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Show Provoan Leads National Organization CHICAGO: PROVO: Coed Returns From Genealogy Trip - of Bill J- - Anderson, administrator divichurch of the building engineering sion, was appointed chairman of Boys Baseball, Inc. at the annual national board meeting in Chicago, 111. Elder Anderson is the top executive officer of the organization. He is the only Mormon on the board of directors. Boys Baseball was organized in 1951 to bnng boys together in small groups, and through baseball, to teach them love of country and love of God, regardless of reli- coed at' Karen Moloney, learned just Brigham Young University, how exciting genealogy can be recently, when she traveled to northern Germany to visit her relatives there. . - didnt speak any German,-anBertha Hansen, who my great-aun- t, is S3, understands no English, I aid lean a lot about my family," she said. ' They communicated through the use of a good German-Englis- h dictionary, and some acting out the words. The actress in me had a heyday acting things out. We laughed and laughed many times," Karen said. One of the projects she did with her great-aun- t, was the comparing of the. spelling of names on Karens family-grou- p sheet to the spelling in the family Although I gious affiliation. Boys age 11 to 16 are eligible to join the organization. The program now has million members in the United States, Japan, Mexico and Latin America. Bible. Elder Anderson, Provo, Utah, is the first counselor in the Edgemont (Utah) Stake presidency. When I was in Germany, I saw the old family Bible, the home where my lived, and rec- ords of the family. I also saw an old church in the community, which dates back to 1200 A.D.," she said. SUNNYVALE: Writer Gets Journalism Fellowship From Germany, David Johnston, Church News corresin central California, is one of 10 American and Canadiatj journalists selected for a 1973 Urban Jouranlism Fellowship at the University of Chicago. Mr. Johnston is chairman of the elders quorum welfare committee in Sunnyvale Ward, Palo Alto (Calif.) Stake. He is a is already looking forward to going back to Europe again, and seeing her rela- : lives. She traveled to Europe with the BYU lour, Our Euro sponsored travel-stud- y pean Ancestors. pondent 1965 convert The five and fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding print and broadcast journalists who work in the field of urban affairs. Mr. Johnston reports on urban problems on the San Francisco peninsula for the San Jose Mercury and News. His articles also appear regularly in The New York Times. Mr. Johnston, 23 and the father of five children, is the youngest newsman named to the Urban Journalism Fellowship program Since 1970, he has been writing for the Church News and the Deseret News. He is a junior in the urban studies program at the San Francisco State University. The fellowships, at the University of Chicago's Center for Policy Study, are funded primarily by the Narkle and Ford Foundations. Fellows take courses of Iheir choosing, attend seminars with urban leaders from across the country and write a major paper on an uiban pioblem. He will study urban ci ime, corporate involvement in urban pioblem solving, race relations and land use, while in Chicago. Karen traveled to Dublin, Ireland to locate relatives in another branch of her family. She said she Walter A. Hawkins, retired construction worker, traveled 1,500 miles a to Denison to be baptized in this border city of 26,000, birthplace of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mr. Hawkins, who lives in Laton, Calif., made the trip so he could be baptized by his son. Elder Jack Hawkins, who is serving in the Texas North MisTexas-Oklahom- sion. 13 y' PROVO: Contest Opens For Vignette Writing A wife and son joined the church years ago in San Jose, Calif.' Walter didnt ever want to join the e church, even though we tried to get him interested, Mrs. Hawkins said. When his son was called on a mission, Mr. Hawkins began to read the Book of Mormon. He gained a testimony that the book is the word of God and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints was true. Mr. Hawkins church-wid- e Mormon vignettes writ-- 1 ing contest will again be part of the annual Mormon Festival of the Arts in March. vignettes will be staged for. the public during the festival; they may also be published for distribution throughout the church. The contest is open to anyone. Entries should consist of a 600-simple dramatization (which may include a narration) of a single dramatic event in LDS incident of history or any any period. It may also be a single Mormon pioneer character sketch telling in the first person, one or more of the exciting highlights on the subjects life. Suggested sources for ideas and mate-- , rials are family histories, journals, diaries, autobiographies, books on church history, church publications which contain true stories and historical incidents ; and personal remembrances. Entry forms and examples of Mormon vignettes are available from the Brigham Young University Department of Speech HFAC, BYU, and Dramatic Arts, to send invited are Writers Utah. Provo, entries to Dr. Preston R. Gledhill of the BYU Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts. Winning d D-5- Elder Hawkins said he wanted to baptize his father, and Mr. Hawkins wanted to be baptized by his son. When Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins arrived in Texas, they received the missionary discussions from their son and Elder Guy Davis before being baptized. CHAPEL HILL: Sergeant Listed As Outstanding Bradiey E. Provancha has been included in the 1972 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America." He was selected from among nominees endorsed by local Jaycee chapters, alumni associations and other organizations and individuals. Sgt. Provancha is an operating room technician at the Air Force Hospital at Seymour-Johnso- n Air; Force Base, N.C. In 1971, he was named Airman of the Year for Tactical Air Command. Sgt. Provancha, MONTEREY: Young Golfer ' . Wins Amateur Tourney Marie Tinder, 15, is the youngest golfer City (Calif.) Amateur Golf Tournament. He is also the defending champion of the Monterey. ever to win the Monterey Open, the youngest player to hold that title, too. Junior TournaIn the 1970 ment in Provo, Utah, Mark placed second. This year, he was selected as one of the top five junior golfers in Northern California. As a team, these five golfers won the Holden Cup tournament in competition with the best Junior teams from the United States and Canada. Marks family joined the church in January 1969, while the Bing Crosby Golf Tournament was being played in their, home town of Pebble Beach. Professional golfer Billy Casper, who was playing in the tournament, baptized die family. Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Tinder, is a member of the Pacific Grove Ward, Monterey Bay (Calif.) Stake. He has been playing golf since he was seven years old. son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Provancha of Chapel Hill, N.C., is a, member of the Goldsboro Ward, North Stake. His ward activities include teaching a Sunday School class, and serving on the scouting committee. He also attends evening classes at Wayne Community College. .Carolina WEEK ENDING DECEMBER Mark Tinder 9, 1972 CHURCH-- 11 |
