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Show Annual session at Girls State underway at Southern Utah State College this week , The 24th annual session of the American Legion Auxiliary Auxili-ary Girls' State opened at Southern Utah State College Saturday for 365 1970-71 Utah high school seniors and 40 counselors and administrators. Keynoting the opening assembly as-sembly in the SUSC auditorium, auditori-um, Mrs. Betty V. Calder, department de-partment president . of the Utah American Legion Auxiliary, Auxil-iary, told the delegates that she would put her faith in them as representatives of the 90 percent of youth who "will make this the kind of coun- ' try we want to live in." Loren Whetten, mayor of Cedar City, noted that the young women are meeting to learn the fundamentals of effective ef-fective citizenship and that their contribution can be significant. sig-nificant. "America cannot survive sur-vive on political indifference," he said. "If It takes a committee com-mittee to run a city, all of America needs to be on that committee." Special Guests J. Lynn Uibel, SUSC coordinator coor-dinator of public services and director of the conference, told the girls that they are very special guests at SUSC for a special reason- "to learn through the governing process pro-cess how to determine tomorrow tomor-row today." Dr. Royden C. Braithwaite, If1 'Lf'wMKf 'T' ; T " ' .m ' - " TiTIT3P1MTi - QfiS"Mw ;nr ! f&m mFM23Xf nS is.,;! ,y .... H .JJW 'l liif: v ":sy :.'m,.'.Mv . -.iKisfelilS jjfiir,, .' " . ' M L-jjjiidmMuiila'teitf 1i .iMi iliillt Ju!iiyilillliilliliilliiUitoiiiiiitMtiBi' iiMi.rMfMWriMirttMMaifirt'' mini in tmfVlttt. SUSC president, welcomed the group to the campus and encouraged en-couraged thorn to take time to view the beauty of the area- "SUSC sidewalks are friendship walks," he said, "And the campus waterfall is a scene that has come to mean so much to so many." He told them to cherish the friendships they will form while attending Girls' State for "A friend is one who helps you do your best." Also assisting with the opening op-ening session were Mrs. Merle Dow, Girls' States director, and Mrs. Ruth Gregory, assistant as-sistant director. Take Positive Stand Mrs. Royden C. Braithwaite spoke to the girls on Sunday and told them to "be a positive posi-tive part of the scene." She said protests should be of a positice nature rather than detrimental and it is much better to be known for "liking "lik-ing something than not liking it." Monday meetings featured a eity symposium on the "Essential "Es-sential Facts of City Organization Organi-zation and Operation of City Government." Participants were Cedar City officials Loren Lor-en Whetten, Mayor; Robert C. Hansen, Haze Hunter, Kerry Jones, Richard Stuck!, and Lewis Webster, councilmen; Mrs. Ellon Simpkins, clerk-auditor; clerk-auditor; Mrs. Marilyn Prince, treasurer; R. L. Gardner, attorney; at-torney; Haldow E. Christcn-sen, Christcn-sen, judge; C. E- Kirkham, Jr., chief of police. Also on Monday, Georgia Beth Smith, SUSC dean of women, wo-men, spoke to the group on the theme "Stand Still and Look Until You Really See." She told the delegates that they should not dwell on the things they cannot control. Rather, they should concentrate concen-trate on the things they can improve and do what is within with-in their power to make their world the kind of place they want to live in Cedar Girls elected In elections Tuesday three Cedar City girls wore elected to positions on the various city governments. Sandi Amend, Am-end, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Amend was named a representative for Dern City; Cynthia Thorley, daughter of Mrs. June Larsen, was named a senator for Mabey City and Jennifer Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Morris was named a senator for Territory Young City. A county symposium on Tuesday used as resource personnel per-sonnel Iron County officials including Keith Smith, chairman, chair-man, Iron County Commission; Commis-sion; Ivan Matheson, D. Robinson, Rob-inson, commissioners; Clair Hulet, clerk-auditor; Eugene Robb, treasurer; Ira Schopp-mann, Schopp-mann, sheriff; Dee White, assessor; as-sessor; R. L. Gardner, attorney-Civil Service Opportunities Don Carlson, personnel staffing staf-fing specialist, U.S. Civil Service, Ser-vice, spoke to the group on Tuesday regarding job opportunities. op-portunities. Also participating was Sharon Robinson, instructor instruc-tor of stewardess training at Dixie College. State officials speaking to the girls Wednesday include 4 Clyde Miller, secretary of 1 state; Sherman Preecc, audi; . tor; Golden Allen, treasurr; Vernon Romney, attorney general, and Allan J. Crockett, Crock-ett, chief justice of the Supreme Su-preme Court. Mrs. Braithwaite will host a tea for Girls' State nartieiDant BEGIN WEEK'S ACTIVITIES. Girls from throughout the state flocked to the SUSC campus this week for the Girls' State, sponsored by the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary. Early arrivals are led to dormitory facilities for the week-long activities which will end Saturday. at her home on Thursday. That evening a special banquet ban-quet will honor department American Auxiliary officers-The officers-The inaugural ceremony for all state, county, and city e-lected e-lected officers will begin Thursday at 7 p.m. A judicial session and mock trial on Friday will feature state legislators Dixie Leavitt senator; J. Harold Mitchell', representative; Sidney J. At-kin, At-kin, representative; Thorpe Waddingham, attorney; James McCune, judge, and J. Harlen Burns, attorney. President Braithwaite will address the group at graduation gradua-tion ceremonies Friday night. 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