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Show BYU far Stakes' Young Adults Had a Ball t Sf Continued from page 8 "We really had involvement in this We had affair," said Sister Erickson. chairmen and committeemen 500 i from the 10 stakes and 116 branches. They were called by stake and branch presidents, or by Young Adult leaders. Everyone worked together beautifully for this event, and it was the biggest weve had. Participants could choose where they wanted to spend the evening. They didnt have to go with their specific stake, but they did have to pick up tickets, because no one was admitted to any of the areas without a ticket. Largest of the events was at the University Mall, where about 5,000 people attended. The parking stalls outside were filled, and the halls of the mall were packed with dancers. Floor shows began at all locations at 10 p.m., and all talent came from the stakes. Special invitation? were sent to members of the BYU board of trustees, stake and branch presidents, and to Dr. Dallin Oaks, president of BYU. About 300 special invitations were sent out, according to Brother Forrest. Most of the music was soft rock, but a couple of places had conventional dance music. f The 4 the reaction to the were pleased with ball. "We had planned a one-da- y ticket distribution at various points around campus. But there were so many requests for tickets that we held a second day, and-the- n Pamela Peterson presents lesson to Rina Richardson, Kimberly Buer, Ann Marie Greene and John Pack. Continued from page 7 New Mission Offers Many Opportunities s Genealogical research is being promoted in Saturday morningin- as interest in temple work creases. Early in 1973 an excursion to the Cardston Temple in Alberta was held, and two families were sealed at that time. There are four missionaries working the city, and two more on the Sioux However, Valley Indian Reservation. missionaries are now being sent out from the branch, instead of always being workshops, , a third, the said. Each stake planned its own refreshments, and chairmen and their aides took care of all details. I direction of former branch president Joseph Perry, are improving the quality of teaching. The Home Study Seminary program is headed by Richard Palmer, whose graduating class will make a trip to the historic church sites in Missouri and Illinois. Garry and Richard Palmer recently Misreturned from the France-Belgiusion and Trudy Gross from the Virginia-Nort- h Mission. Carolina Martin Beaumont is serving in the California South, Art Werner just received his call to the same mission, and Miriam Gross left for the Florida South Mission at the beginning of December. Sister Jude Balientyne, a recent convert, is finalizing preparations for a mission, and a number of others are getting ready for mission calls. Pres. Palmer smiles and says at one time his family was a president family." He was branch president. Sister Palmer was both Primary and Relief Society president, a son, Bruce, was Sunday School president, and two sons were called as branch presidents while serving in the mission field at that time. 4. Woman Finds Family, New Church, Home y I ISTANBUL, TURKEY 5 I t ; ; f 1 I ? F odyssey that began over two dcc-- r ades ago in the southern Chinese city of Canton ended on Jan. 8 in Istanbul for Tsise Abdurrahman, a- member of the church since July 28, 1964. Sister Abdurrahman was reunited with her mother and brother, and.now shall be known by her Turkish surname of An j - , Yildirin. The new resident of Turkey was born in Harbin, a city in the cold northcentral part of Manchuria, on April 8, 1922. Her forebears were Tatars, sometimes referred to as Tartars, the nomad- Her fa- people of central Russo-AsiI ther was a businessman in Harbin, a city I "hich also has a fine university. After the Japanese were driven out of J Manchuria following the end of World II, Communist Chinese soldiers, as civilians and with the IV.ar of the occupying Russian forces, into Manchuria. the Communist Chinese took full control of Manchuria, Sister family was scattered a. China. had gone to Canton in southern and as word reached that city that Communist army was moving south, were packing up and leaving Iover Most of them were returning to their home countries, but for Sister Abdurrahman this was an impossibility. Her home Asia, but she was in north-centrcouldnt return there because of Communist occupation. She couldnt leave China, because she had no travel documents. The officials in Canton considered her a stateless person. In 1950, a friendly foreign embassy gave her help. One of their countrymen had died in Canton, and had ben buried there. The embassy called her in and gave her the documents, and she took the train to Kunming, China, and then across the border into Hong Kong, a British protec-- ' torate From Hong Kong, she made her way to Macau, a seaport colony of the Portuguese, but the life there wasnt for her, and after a short time, she returned to Hor.g Kong, and the.i to Saigon, Vietnam. The passport she had been given was due to expire in 1951, so Sister Abdurrahman took passage from Saigon to Taiwan, where she applied for residence. Chinese officials gave her a resident a permit, and she settled in Tainan, city on the southern cud of Taiwan. Thereafter, from 1951 to Jan. 7, 1974, Continued on page 14 Green, Taiwan Mission, helps Taise Abdurrahman complete documents for flight to Turkey. Elder Lee WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 1974 & CHURCH -- 13 |