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Show mm0lremVm m HiiijliiiinmiiHiiii CftfMO IN ACTION TIME :ii;ii JJH mi HOKKAIDO Parkview Ward, Dearborn (Mich.) Stake, is especially proud of Valerie Shew-fel- t. Valerie has accomplished the outof task standing on work completing all 80 of the Beehive honor badges. Valerie is enthu-- siastic about MIA and feels that the B e ehive program has widened her interests and helped her to grow both PROVO: Musicians From BYU Tour West spiritually and intellectually. Ruth Lehenbauer, Dearborn Stake YWMIA president, described the achievement as typical of smiling, energetic Valerie to put her whole heart into everything she tackles. Nine Brigham Young University music faculty members will present concerts and interview talented students on three tours of 10 western states from Jan. 20 to Feb. 5. Divided into three concert teams, the musicians will appear in 26 cities. Tenor Ray Arbizu, pianist Dr. Reid Nibley, and violinist Percy Halt will tour Las Vegas and Over ion, Nev., Jan. 20 and 21; Escondido, Hacienda Heights, Long Beach, Palmdale, Fresno, Palo Alto, and San Jose, Calif., Jan. Newell Daley, trumpet, Ronald Staheli, piano, and Robert Downs, baritone, will tour Afton, Wyo., Jan. 20; Denver, Colo., Jan. 23; Fort Worth, Odessa, and El Paso, and Mesa, Ariz., Jan. 30. Texas, Jan. Dr. David Dalton, viola, Dr. David Randall, clarinet, and Paul Polei, piano, will tour Twin Falls and Boise, Idaho, Jan. Spokane, Pasco, Tacoma and OlymPortland, pia, Wash., Jan. Ore., Jan. 28; San Leandro, Glendale, Carmichael, and San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 29, Feb. 2, In most of the cities the artists will appear in ward chapels and stake centers, but in some cities will use high schools and theaters. HAWAII: New Student Has Written 10 Books 27-3- 0. Teachers at the Church College of Hawaii can be excused if they feel there is nothing much they can teach new student, Dr. Jong Whan Cha. Dr. Cha is the author of 10 scientific books and 47 articles. Dr. Cha is from Korea, where he was chairman of the Department of Scientific Education at Dongg Kuk University in Seoul, and president of the Central Dis- 27-2- 9, 1; 26-2- 22-2- 3, 7; trict, Korean Mission. 5-- 6. , ' ft ' av.v v.w.; .."V Tr if' fetta " KV i cry x 4 I f ' '' ' s fc . . . s f, V''v DOUGLAS ' V', f Latter-da- y Stoke-on-Tre- wgs ' f -- Stoke-on-Tren- his wife. y -A . V The Lord Mayor of the industrial town t, in the midlands of Engof land, recently received a copy of the Book of Mormon and other Church books from Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of Twelve. During a visit to the town, elder Benson presented the mayor with a Book of Mormon, the Family Home Evening a and Manual, special presentation copy of The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ Saints. With Elder Benson at the ceremony were Fres. Clifton I. Johnson, of the England Central Mission, and W.Vl'A'..vX'.W.V ' ENGLAND: Lord Mayor Gets Book Of Mormon of V'- B. BOWIE returned missionary. is the pottery capital cf nt It produces world-famou- s the world. brands of pottery and china that are distributed throughout the world. Following the presentation, Elder Benson and Mrs. Benson toured one of the major; factories. Elder J I wanted to learrv English at the Elders Roger Harris and Michael Dahle, Japan East Mission, compare religious beliefs with Ainu chief. The Ainu people are racially akin to the Neolithic inhabitants of Japan. Their numbers are dwindling fast and they are unable to compete with the advanced Japanese civilization. Their culture recalls the Stone Age and they have preserved the earliest stages pf agriculture. At present, they are a tourist attraction. Assistant To Minister 4 He is learning English at the college before doing post doctoral work on the mainland U.S. Missionaries Visit Ainu Chief OTTAWA: YMMIA Aide Douglas B. Bowie, Ottawa District YMMIA superintendent, Ontario-Quebe- c Mission, has been appointed special assistant to Gerard Pelletier, Canadian secretary of state. Among other duties, Mr. Bowie will be responsible for advising the minister on youth policies for Canada. Chief area of concern will be the role of the Company of Young Canadians (the equivalent of VISTA in the U.S.). Originally from Alberta, Mr. Bowie attended Ricks College and the University of Calgary. He is currently finishing an M.A. degree in political science at Queens University, Ontario, Canada. He served a mission in the French East Mission from June 1963 to December 1965. )" MICHIGAN: Beehive Completes 80 Honors Fewest judge in the Payne family of Lordsburg, N.M. is H, Vem Payne. Ke recently won election as a state district court judge and joins his father, H. Vearle Payne, who is chief judge of the U.S. District Court for New Mexico. At 34, Mr. Payne junior will be the youngest judge on the bench. He is president of the Los Lunas Branch, Albuquerque Stake. Mr. Payne senior is patriarch to the Albuquerque East Stake. 20-2- li I President Are Judges 22-2- 4, l)i Hgii Around The World iiuiiimi NEW MEXICO: Patriarch, nji Bensons Climaxed a two-wee- k visit to the mayor period in which the missionaries of the England Central Mission made similar presentations to the mayors of each city, town and village where missionaries are laboring. - BRISBANE: MIA Show A Resounding Success At least 500 were among more than 1,500 people who enjoyed performances cf the musical comedy Show-boa- t, presented nightly for one week by the Brisbane (Australia) Stake MIA. Played in 17 scenes over three acts and with a cast of more than 50, the show proved the young people of the stake have what it takes in talent, loyalty, dedication and togetherness, said Malcolm Rea, stake public relations director. Everyone who saw the show enjoyed it and many in the audience remarked on the happiness that radiated from the young actors as they sang and danced their parts. On the first night of the plays opening, TOO senior citizens, were in-vited to the show. They Were treated to a delid bus' threecourse dinner prepared by the Relief Sodety and served by Mia Maids and Laurels. Transportation to arid from the event for the old folks was arranged by high priests of the stake, whose donations paid for this and a subsequent dinner for senior members a week later. non-membe- rs non-member- s, Church College because it is a Church school and there is a fine spirit here found in few other places, Dr. Cha said. I hope to do my post doctoral study at BYU for the same reason. Dr. Cha was converted to the Church in 1957 by Dr. Dean Andersen, associate professor of biology at Church College. In 1965, at 31, ha became the youngest recipient of a doctoral degree in Korea. He began teaching at Seoul National University in 1965 and rose to become chairman of Dongg Kuk and one of the most published scientific writers in Korea, all within five years. While at Church College, Dr. Cha has not kept his talents idle. In addition to learning English, he assists the Biological Sciences Department in experiments and teaches missionaries Korean at the Language Training Mission. 1 DR. . . . JONG WHAN CHA teaches missionaries j WE.EN0IJG,AN9A?,T,J6.,,I9?1 4p ,CSCH-- 3 ' |