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Show kU - kfki114$1.1titgl 111,1418teettgilv kko,ktg,tittikkiti 4 4 i ' , AROUND THE WORLD THg.''''cNOgc,11:-:::iN..i'Ati,7Tt.P- 7 SALT LAKE: Invalid Sees Idaho Miss Is National Teenager Genealogy Library from Bed A missionary-mindeMia Maid from the Caldwell 2nd Ward, Caldwell Idaho Stake, was crowned Miss National Teenager Aug. 8 in Atlanta, Ga. d Betty Gotberg recently saw the new Church Office Building for the first time from a hospital bed. Sister 'Gotberg, who is crippled by multiple sclerosis, had been wanting to see the Church Office Building -especially the Genealogical Society for a long time, said her Library husband, Bolan I Gotberg On Tuesday, July 8, Brother Gotberg put his wife in her small hospital bed in their station wagon and drove her to the office building from their home in Sandy, Utah. Brother and Sister Gotberg, accompanied by two of their three chidldren, Rose-Mar12, and Carl, 9, ate lunch in the building cafeteria, viewed the city from thé 26th floor and examined the microfilm records and new research techniques in the genealogical library. '"I used to do genealogy the hard way," said Sister Gotberg. The Gotberg family are active hers of the Undo n lOth Ward, Midvale Utah Fort Union Stake. With her family's help, Sister Gotberg attends Church regularly in her bed, Before the pageant's final judging, Kimberly Ann Jensen confided to her mother that she hoped she would "be a really good missionary and use every opportunity to talk about the gospel" if she won the c Of nest. -- ':,. ' "I couldn't believe it. I never thought I'd win," Kimbei ly said after she had been crowned. - , As Miss National Teenager, she will travel about 100,000 miles to make personal appearances at various events throughout the United States and some foreign countries. Her first official trip outside the country will be to Spain in y, c .,a1?; Georgia Poster Child son of Brother Jeff Powell, and Sister Wayne Powell of the Warner Robins Ward, Macon Georgia stake, has been selected as the 1975 Georgia State Poster Child for the Muscubr Dystrophy Foundation. Jeff was chosen from representatives of the six IMF Chapters in the state. His parents report that Jeff's experiences in the Church have given him added poise and confidence for him public Toastmasters Elect International President CALIFORNIA: George C. "Chad" Scott, high priests group instructor in the Sunset Hills Ward, Beaverton Oregon Stake, was elected president of Toastmasters International in Santa Ana, Calif. Aug. 21. The election occurred during the 44th annual convention of the nonprofit educational organization dedicated to better listening, thinking and speaking. Brother Scott, who was recently released after serving 10 years on the Beaverton Stake high council, is a certified public accountant who joined Toastmasters International some 23 years ago when he was working in a bank shortly after his mission. , , high priest instructor isomeogilmniimmomwag(wol.3-- October, : 4 ...".'. ,' : , ' Kimbedy'Ann Jensen Kimberly, daughter of Brother and Sister Vert Auer Jensen, said she feels the Church has been a great guide in her life. "It's good to know what's expected of you and to know how important you - It LEBANON: Top Medical t:,:,,,' ,., are. It's great to know you're a child of God," she said. She will be a sophomore at Caldwell High School this year ;.. Award Goes to LDS Woman ,o, ,. Maud Evelyn Pearson, a member of Ras Beirut Branch, has been awarded the high Order of Health Merit Medal from the Lebanese government for services in community health. the REXBURG, IDAHO Albert A. Pieper, a member of the foreign languages department faculty at Ricks College, has been sustained as second counselor in the presidency of the Rexburg Language Training Mission. David B. Hillier, former second counselor, was sustained as first counselor, replacing Lorentz Pearson, who is now on leave from Ricks doing research in Sweden. President of the Rexburg LTM is Ermel J. Morton. There are 110 missionaries at the Rexburg LTM who are learning Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish. DENVER, COLO. Duane K. Nelson, a priest and 1975 honor graduate of Montrose High School, has been granted a four-yescholarship by the Gates Foundation of Denver which he will use to study engineering at Brigham Young University. Ile also received a BYU Dean's Scholarship. ar BURNEY, CALIF. The Burney Branch of the Redding California Stake doesn't have many members but it's well represented in two local high schools. Kenneth Johnson and David Fowles, two active priests, have been elected as student body presidents at Burney and Fall River high schools. 1 George C. Scott ,4;0?,:.:;;; GLENDALE, CALIF. Dr. Joseph Goodsell, a member of the La Crescenta California Stake high council, has been appointed acting director of advanced oral surgery for the University of Southern California School of Dentistry. ST. LOUIS, MO. Brent V. Stromberg of the St. Louis 4th Ward, St. Louis Missouri Stake, received the Joseph J. Gitt and Charlotte E. Gift Award at his recent graduatiol from the Washington University School of Medicine. The award is given for outstanding original contributions in clinical and therapeutic medicine. Dr. Stromberg, son of Bishop and Sister Vern L. Stromberg, has begun his residency in the department of surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in ' Baltimore, Md. , ROLLA, MO. Dr. Lou Pearson, assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Missouri-Roll- a, has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities for personal study and research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. He is a member of the Rolla Ward, Columbia Missouri Stake. NEWBERRY, S.C. A 0,500 college scholarship has been awarded Debra Rose Hawkins by the Georgia-PacifiFoundation. A membez of the Newberry Branch, Columbia South Carolina Stake, Debra will use the scholarship to attend Brigham Young University, from which she has been awarded an additional scholarship. c ELKO, NEV, Gary L. Karmer, bishop of the Elko 2nd Ward, Elko Nevada Stake, has been awarded an education personnel development fellowship to atten1 Oregon State University. COLUMBUS, OHIO Frances Juanita Gerard', a member of the Columbus 2nd Ward, was recently elected treasurer of the Bhie Star Mother of America, Inc. Sister Pearson, a native of Moore, Idaho, was presented the citation and geld medal by Dr. Elias Hayek, director general of the Lebanon Ministry of Public Health. As a nurse, Sister Pearson serves as vice chairman of the Christian Medical Association of the Middle East and is a board member of the Lebanese Operating Room Nurses Association. She works six to seven days a week as a supervisor at the American University Hospital. She has worked in Lebanon for the past 25 years. Sister Pearson has served as a Sunday School teacher and Relief Society president in the Ras Beirut Branch, which is a part of the International ission. SALT LAKE: Church Offices Part of Campaign Trail A visit with Elder. Franklin!). Richards, an Assistant to the Twelve, was part of Sen. Lloyd Bentsen's "whistle stop" in Salt Lake City Aug. 13. who anSen. Bentsen, nounced his canedacy for the U.S. presidency in February, visited with Elder Richards in the latter's office. Elder Richards told the senator of his own experience in working for the federal government He spent 18 years as an appointee of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S Truman in the Federal Rousing ministration. Sen. Bentsen bad a brief tour of the Church Mike Building smd was presented with a copy of "Meet the Mortnons." WEEK ENDING AUGUST 23, 1975 C CHURCH - II |
