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Show ( f Ail : WWMg, ' 1 1 corlippt.itiorl Keeri At Swimming Meet SAN ANSELMO, CALIF. 1i i riMMISVIREMIIMMISIMMINIkainillilarliPtIntlatr1111 4. arms, splashing water, cheering crowds and the spirit of competition marked the first Oakland regional swimming meet July 5. Churning " :ieVawk. , ' 4 ,.. 'h , .:'3':',,..;::: - ,,7;t Planned as an annual event, scores of participants from the stakes in Oakland, San Rafael, Concord and Walnut Creek, Calif. joined to make the meet successful. The meet was held in the outdoor pool at the San Domenico Girl's School. ,t''' Swimmers from age 7 to 50 participated in breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke races and in 100- yard relay competition for both men and women. Each contestant could enter three events. free-styl- APhi V".$06'.'" , t- Backstroke competition begins for six women racers. ,,, By LOUISE CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Bishop James E. Cannon heard it first from the Relief Society president. Then he heard it from her counselors and the Primary president and one of her counselors. He was told by the entire elders quorum presidency and by the seventies group leader. Then all three Aaronic Priesthood advisers, the Sunday School president and the Junior Sunday School coordinator told him. DURHAM But it was still hard to believe their words: "We're moving invite ward whose membership is 40 percent students, but it is no consolation, either. "The problem is that this is a ward and not a student branch, so each auxiliary and organization needs to be staffed all summer. Bishop Cannon t:111 .... Clawson wins backstroke. Vicki student put it, "How do you a family of seven over to a apartment for dessert?" Bishop Catmon is aware of the problems, but is not o.zzly concerned. "We survived last September; we can survive anything." September is the month that Cambridge 2nd Ward was created from segments of another ward and three branches. "Nobody knew anybody else," said Bishop Cannon. "I knew as many people as anybody, and I was lucky if I could identify 25 percent of the people at sacrament meeting." To compound the problems, Bishop Cannon had held stake positions for the previous six years and had never attended a ward correlation council or priesthood- executive committee meeting. "Everyone in the bishopric knew more about a bishopric than I did," he said. "In fact, the reasons I was able to function at all were that I didn't completely understand everything I should have been doing and the leaders I had to work with were exceptional people who performed their responsibilities in spite of my lack of experience." The job of restaffing is now almost completed in such a way, the bishop hopes, that another drastic reorganization will not be necessary. ..After considering people to fill these vacancies for several weeks, we were left with several difficult and apparently conflicting choices," said Bishop Cannon. "But after conscientious fasting and prayer as a bishopric, the difficult choices became clear and the apparent conflicts disappeared." "But," Bishop Cannon conceded, "I've been told I have more gray hairs nov than before." Top Positions in Student Body Church Ne s Correspondent As one three-roo- m Perhaps that's not surprising in a A winner comes in. athletic director. The annual influx and outflow is especially hard on "permanent" residents who have to say hello and goodby, to ward members every two or three years. The situation makes it difficult to bridge the gap between the two popula- tions. summer. e, Ribbons were awarded to winners and participation cards given to all who entered. "The meet was successful and offered a great opportunity for athletic involvement," said John E. Cox, Oakland Region There are other problems. The turnover has devastated the home teaching program, which derives its effectiveness largely from the continuity of relationships. "In many cases, a family just gets to know a home teacher, then summer comes and he finds a new face at the door," the bishop said The executive secretary said it, and teachers from virtually every auxiliary and organization told him. Altogether, 40 percent of the Cambridge 2nd Ward, Boston Massachusetts Stake, is leaving the ward, 20 percent permanently and 20 percent for the Diving start in vvoments race. Cambridge 2nd Ward Is Losing 40 Percent of Its Population Moving! .; 0, LDS Held 'We're , , 25-ya-rd 7o; explained. 0- - , WEEK TEMPE, ARIL Nine percent of the 2,000 students at Tempe High School, Tempe, Ariz., are LDS, but 66 percent of the school's student body officers last year are active Church members. Diane Thomas, Melvin Bushman, Jenafer Gerber and Maureen Christiansen, who were among six student body officers during the past school year, have been conurended by admissions representatives at Brigham Young University for the contributions they have made to their school. Diane served as student body presi- dent at Tempe High School and was a member of the concert choir. Last year she was Tempe's representative to Skopje, Yugoslavia in the sister city exchange program. Melvin served as vice president of the high school, was a member of the concert and marching bands and was winner of an Elks scholarship. Jenafer, who served as the school's was corresponding secretary-treasurethe senior class valedictorian. She was also a member of the concert choir and advanced choral ensemble. Maureen was the student body recording secretary, a concert choir member and one of a select few who participated in the home economics vocational program. Each of the young persons comes Eroto an active Mormon family, Maureen's father is a bishop, Melvin.s father ii.in the stake presidency, Jenaler's tz,ther is in the Arizona Temple presidency and Diane's father holds several ward positions. ' ENDING Juvr12, 1915 lb CHURCH - r, - |