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Show 8 called as Regional Representatives Eight new Regional Representatives were recently called by the First Presidency. They are: J. Elliot Cameron, Provo, Utah. Marion J. Callister, Boise, Idaho. Lloyd G. Davis, Buena Park, Calif. William A. Fresh, Mont Vernon, N.H. Edwin B. Jones, Birmingham, Mich. Glenn E. Nielson, Cody, Wyo. Deraid P. Romney, Spokane, Wash. J. Clifford Wallace, La Mesa, Calif. Elder Cameron, 54, is a former president of the South Sanpete (Utah) Stake, and served previously as a Regional Representative for seven years. He is the dean of student life at Brigham Young University. He is married to the former Maxine Petty, and they have four children. Elder Callister, 56, is a U.S. District Judge for the District of Idaho, and a former U.S. attorney for the District of Idaho. He served as president of the West Boise (Idaho) Stake for nine years. He is married to the former Nina L. Hayes and they are parents of 12 children. Elder Davis, 46, chief of the personnel department for the Western Electric Co., served five years as president of the Cypress California Stake. He was also bishop of the Buena Park 2nd Ward for five years. He and his wife, the former Ruth M.' Redford, have nine children. Elder Fresh, 48, was president of the Manchester New Hampshire Stake for seven years, and was a bishop in the Boston Massachusetts Stake. He is president of Hendrix Elecronics, Inc. His wife is the former Reva L. Clegg. They are parents of four children. Elder Jones served previously as a Regional Representative for eight years. He is also a former president of the Detroit Michigan Stake. The chairman of the executive committee of the Michigan National Bank of Detroit. Elder Jones and his wife, the former Mildred Salisbury, have five J. Elliot Cameron Marion J. Callister Lloyd : u 3 Glenn children. Elder Nielson, 74, is a former president of the Big Horn (Wyoming) Stake and former patriarch in the Cody' Wyoming Stake. He also served on the Church Finance Committee and Church Investment Committee from 1956 to 1973. Active in public affairs, he has served on many governmental committees, and has worked many years with E. Nielson William A. Fresh ( v Edwin B. Jones G. Davis J 'v zSSS Deraid P. Romney Husky Oil as president and chairman of former Susan Jacobs and they have five children. Elder Wallace, 35, was president of the San Diego California East Stake for five years and served seven years previously as a Regional Representative. An attorney, he is a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His wife is the former Virgina L. Schlosser, and they have four children. the board. He and his wife, the former Olive Wood, have five children. Elder Romney, 62, was president of the Spokane Washington Stake for 17 years. He also served as patriarch of that stake. He is president of the Mountain States Casket Co. Elder Romney is married to the Actor boosts Kentuclcy missionary work BARDSTOWN, KY. For the first time in its 19 years of production, the Stephen Foster Story, acclaimed as Americas favorite outdoor musical, has a Mormon taking the title role and he is using the role to further missionary work in that state. Michael Ballam of Cache Valley, Utah, stars as Stephen Foster in the production, which runs six nights a week through the summer, and is expecting its millionth spectator this season. Held in an outdoor amphithe ater in Bardstown, Ky., the play is presented next to the mansion of a Judge Rowan, in whose home Stephen Foster was supposed to have drawn his inspiration to write the state My Old Kentucky song, Home. Brother Ballam and Elder Lance Robinson, a full-tim- e missionary laboring near Bardstown, attend the same branch of the Church in the area, and saw a natural missionary opportunity involving local residents. Distributing thousands of flyers in the local area and using many free radio spots, the missionaries inivted the public to a Meet the Mormons open house at the local high school. "The Stephen Foster Story" stars Michael Ballam, a Mormon, in the title role. 6 CHURCH O WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 3. 1977 President Ezra Taft Benson was the featured speaker and Brother Ballam, assisted by other members of the Stephen Foster cast, presented musical numbers. The mayor and the commonwealth attorney were also present. Earlier in the day, President Benson held a press conference in Louisville. The next night, he joined four stake presidents and their wives at the Worlds Championship Horse Show at the Kentucky State Fair. The next day, Sunday, a special Meet the Mormons program was held in the Louisville Kentucky Stake Center. Every Church family was encouraged to bring a nonmember family and the result was standing room only in the center. President Benson bore his testimony of the gospel and commented on the basic spirituality of the southern people as a whole. Last year two new stake centers were dedicated in Kentucky and there are nearly 200 missionaries serving there. In July, they had the largest number of convert baptisms in years. full-tim- e |