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Show Ticket Policy For Promised Valley Outlined Although Promised Valley, a musical story of the Mormon Pioneers, is intended principally for tourists to Salt Lake City, tickets will be available this year to Church members on a limited basis. The hour-lon- g production featuring Broadway star and former Utahn, Robert Peterson, will open Monday, July 1,' at 9:30 p.m. before an invitation-onlcrowd of Church, dvic, business and governmental officials. Starting Tuesday, tickets will be available free at the Visitors Center on Temple Square on the day of each performance. Reservations by letter and telephone will not be accepted because of the heavy y demand. Special sections of the Temple View Outdoor rhea t re on Temple Square have been reserved for visitors and Church members with non-memb- er guests. Extensive testing has shown, however, that all sections of the theater, described as one of the country's best designed outdoor theaters, provide good sound and a clear view of the large stage. Best seating for overall effect is considered to be the bleacher sections, about 1,000 of which have been set aside each night for Church members. Some seating for this years production, the second season for the shortened version of the musical, will be held for special guests or selected stake missions. Promised Valley depicts the humor, heartache and courage of the pioneers and is a noteworthy example of the Mormon philosophy in action. The musical, coupled with the messages given in the Visitors Center, will give greater impact to the missionary effect. Based on last year's experience, the theater gates will swing open two hours before curtain times of 9:30 p.m. through July and 9 p.m. during August. No one will be seated after the show has begun and admission of children under 12 years of age will be discouraged. Primary purpose of the production is a missionary effort for and members are urged to cooperate. Improved sound and lighting systems, full carpeting on the huge stage and enlarged seating capacity will enhance this years effort. The theater, with the beautiful Temple spires as a backdrop, will now seat nearly 2,500. non-memb- er Scouti By DELL Rebecca B. Glade and Robert Peterson rehearse scene. Program Gains VAN ORDEN About one out of every IOC persons In ttie United States is a member of the Church but one out of every seven Explorers in the country is a Mormon. The Church is the largest sponsor of Explorer units in the Boy Scouts of America program, with 13.7 percent of all Explorers being Mormons. Ibis information, released in the annu- al report of the Churchs General Scouting Committee, illustrates the effectiveness of the Church in reaching its youth, reported Folkman D. Brown, director of Mormon Relationships Service. The Church is aware of the needs of its older boys ;,al has the organization in which it can do something about those needs, he said. Church ranks second in Explorer units, followed by industry, the Presbyterian and Catholic churches. The Methodist sponsoring The Church ranks as the sixth largest sponsor cf Boy Scout units with five percent of ah Scouts in the nation being Mormons. The PTA is tlie largest sponsor of Scout units, follwed by the Methodist, Catholic, Baptist. Presbyterian and LDS churches. In the Cub Scout program, the Church ranks fifth with 4.1 percent of all Cubs being members of the Church. The PTA is also the largest sponsor of Cub units, followed by the Catholic, Methodist, Baptist and LDS churches. The Church ranks as the fourth largest sponsor of all Scout units with 5.9 percent of all boys in Scouting being Mormons. The PTA is first, followed by the Methodist, Catholic and I.DS churches. Growth of Scouting in the Church has steadily increased during the past 10 years. During 17, there was aa Increase of 6.1 percent in boy membership and 4.7 percent in units, despite the high density the Church has already attained 84 per-eeof its boys from eight to 18. nt Tliere are now Boy Scouts and 57,718 Cab Scouts, 85,300 45,483 Explorers, or a Scott Kinnear, left, Jim Taylor and David Fullenwide of East Millcreek 4th Ward in Salt Lake County typify Scouts of the Church. 188.501 boys, enrolled in 8,923 sponsored units, according to the report. In addition, there are 61.103 adults participating in the three segments of total of Church Scouting. Ten years ago. there were 20.761 Cub Scouts, 37,392 Boy Scouts and 23,247 or 81,400 boys enrolled in 4,421 Church-sponsore- d units. is stronger in the Church today than at any time in its history," said G. Carlos Smith Jr., general superintendent of the YMMIA and chairman of Scouting the Scouting Committee, in his introductory statement to the annual report. Since the adoption of Scouting by the Church and the issuing of the first charter by the Boy Scout of America to institutions on May 31, 1913, the Mormon Church has made the program of Scouting an intergral part of its youth activities," he said. It is also the desire of the First PresiSaint boys have this dency that Latter-daexperience in units sponsored by the Church, under the direction of Church A statement in the report by the First Presidency states the desire of the Church is to have its boys have the full advantage of the Scouting program. things: , WEEjC y loaders, and according to Church policies and standards. When we do not accept this responsibility, but leave it to the school, tlie community, or another church, we do two We place our boys in a situation where their activities may not be conduct-Continuon Page IS rd NDiNQflE ft,, 968f CKyRCH- -3 |