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Show 1 Halloween Is a favorite holiday for families of all sizes and ages. Let your family get into the spirit of the season by participating in one of the following suggestions during your home evening this week: Goblins Of Fun For Home Evening 6. Let the children make slips for the family to play Pick a Pumpkin." Cut out small paper pumpkins and print different instructions on each one such as, say a nursery rhyme, sing a song, count from 12 Jo l backwards. pet like a Halloween cat. and so on. f Go as a family tq a nearby farm or fruit stand to buy pumpkins for 'Cornstalks can often be obtained free by asking the farmers permission to cut some. Let each member of the family draw a pumpkin from a hat and perform the stunt indicated on his pumpkin. 7. Make a Halloween treat and share with others such as decorated pumpkin cupcakes, candied apples, caramel popcorn, or Halloween cookies. All Jhe family can assist in this activity and eftjoy reor lonely person in membering a shut-ithe area. ' These can be used in decorating your house for Halloween. ; 2. Make an attractive door decoration to hang on your front door. Indian.com, autumn leaves, paper pumpkins, black cat cutouts, and many other items can be used to create an interesting and colorful door piece. Everyone who passes by will enjoy it 3. If you get your pumpkins early, instead of carving faces in them try painting them with poster paints. Wonderful characters can be created out of paints and paper, and the pumpkins will last much longer this way. Paints can be washed off on the next home evening when you carve them put for use with candles ou Halloween. 4. Plan progressive party on Hallow- - n By MONROE AND SHIRLEY een for neighbors or relatives. Have a spook alley for the youngsters if you can arrange one in your basement or other part of the house. Try bobbing for apples or play sortie of the old favorites such as pin the nose on the pumpkin" or pin the tail on the cat. PAXMAN 5.- Have a family art contest by drawing Halloween figures or designs on the windows using Bon Ami or other cleansers. The windows can easily be washed after the fun. 4 ; v - i Give work. a simple prize for the best art Doughnuts are fun to make and are delicious with the fresh apple cider available at the time. 8. Sing some of the Halloween songs the children learn in school or have someone in the family recite James Whitcomb Rileys Little Orphan Annie or other Halloween verses. There are many delightful Halloween stories found in the library. Your librarian will help you select some appropriate for the home evening. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiimimiiiiiimiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiua New Mission Head Called i i A new mission president was named this week to preside over a mission not yet designated. The new president is Joe E, White-sidepresently a counselor in the Parleys Stake Presidency and a prominent Utah military leader and former athletic coach and director. President Whitesides expects to leave for his new assignment soon after Dec. 1 and will be accompanied by his wife and a daughter, Jill, who is currently a student at the Utah State University. Pres. Whitesides retirement from the Utah National Guard will become effective on Nov. 30. For the past 14 years he has been a colonel and United States Property and Fiscal Officer with the guard. He saw service as a lieutenant colonel in both World War n and the Korean War with the Utah National Guard battalions he commanded. The new mission leader is a native of Layton, Utah, where he was bom Oct. 11, 1913, a son of William Wilford and Mary Alice Adams Whitesides. He was married in the Salt Lake Temple in May, 1935, to Lazelle Ewing of Smithfield. They have two children. A son, Kim, lives in New York City. Pres. Whitesides is a graduate of the USU and for several years was a USU coach and then became dean of students and director of athletics at the same Utah schooL He also graduated from the ROTC at the Logan institution. His has been a long record of service in foe Church. He was a counselor in the bishopric of foe Logan 15th Ward before s, i kv.v.; MRS. LUCY PEELE . . . "Mom" to missionaries i i J Mission Mom Pays A Visit To Her Boys I never thought Id - live to see this day. That was the smiling declaration of Mrs. Lucy Peele, 72, of Miami, Florida, who has been sent on a cross continental tour of the United States by some of die 500 missionaries she has sheltered in her home since she became a member 18 Joe E. Whitesides, named as Mrs. Whitesides a new mission president, with and daughter, Jill. the Korean War, and then In I960 he was named bishop of foe Parleys Third Ward serving until he became second counselor in the stake presidency in 1965. Mrs. Whitesides has given prominent service in foe Primary and MIA and is now Relief Society president of the Par: leys Third Ward. nmrnininmiuiiiiHiHmmiiimimiiimiitiiimiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiimiMiiiuimuiiuuiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiaiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiumiiiuimuiuiimiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiyiuiuiuiiiiuimuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiima -- years ago. Missionaries in Miami soon learned to house call Mrs. Peeles seven-roofoundation and home with its coral-roc- k four bedrooms. It is one of the oldest homes In MiamL They contributed from their meager funds for lodging and were welcome to use Mrs. rede's cooking utensils and kitchen. m After, the Church ruled against missionaries staying in the homes of members, Mrs. Peele invited them to eat d meals. She mended some their clothes and frequently washed their clothes. They were always welcome at home. Mrs. Peele met President David 0. McKay in Miami 10 years ago when he came there to dedicate a chapeL He invited her to the stand and introduced her as foe wonderful little missionary mother. He gave me a blessing in which he promised that I would never suffer as long as I lived, and I havent, said Mrs. Peele, her smiling face and vigor at 72 home-cooke- confirm the Prophets blessing. Missionaries who stayed in her home and enjoyed her hospitality have not forgotten. They united to bring Mrs. Peele to Utah for a month-lon- g visit It has been a thrill to come into their homes and see how wen they are doing with their families. Tm real proud of them, she saidl Missionaries andjfoeir wives accomet first visit to the panied Mrs, temple in Salt Lake'City. Another group of missionaries in Mesa and Phoenix have sent her a ticket to visit them in Arizona. i Many other missionaries in other parts of the country have sent me invitations to visit with them but Pm afraid it would take some 10 years to see all the missionaries who have been in my home, she said. Mrs. Peele is looking forward to meeting the elder who baptized her (Dr. Darrell Jenkins) when she arrives in Mesa. After her visit in Arizona, she will leave on her retum trip to MiamL She has been a widow for many years, working as a seamstress in her home. She still does sewing for other people as well as missionaries. . WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1 967 CHURCH- -5 |