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Show Girls' Program Notes Increase In Attendance The LDS Girls program which was transferred to the MIA in June . of this year and is now known as ' the Girl's program in each of the ward and stake organizations in the church is going forward successfully suc-cessfully in Deseret Stake. Accurate records and reports are sent in each month by the ward attendance secretaries to the stake attendance secretary who forwards a stake reports to the general board in Salt aLke. In a letter received re-ceived in the stake recently by SebrLna Ekins, president, every stake in the church but two had their reports in. Ward leaders in Deseret Stake are preparing now for special award aw-ard programs which will be held in January. At these programs the girls will receive individual awards, class awards and group awards. The girls qualify for these awards by their attendance at Sac rament meetings, MIA, and Sunday Sun-day school.Observanfce of the Word of Wisdom , payment o'f tithing, giving a spiritual talk in any church chur-ch meeting and participation in an activity. Girls receiving these awards will be Bee Hive Girls, ages 11 to 13, MIA Maids, ages 14 and 15, and Junior Gleaners, age 16 to 18. According to the reports in from the wards attendance at all meetings meet-ings has greatly increased in the past four months. In some cases 20. The average stake percent of attendance of girls to MIA in July was 49, in Aug., 58g, Sept., 76 and in Oct. 79. Attendance to Sunday School was 70 in July, 71 in Aug. 75 in Sept. and 71 in Oct. At Sacrament meetings 53 in July, 61 in Aug. 62 in Sept ember and 63 in Oct. In October the following wards had these percentages at MIA: Abraham - 100; Oasis - 100; Lynndyl - 98; Learning - 94 and Sugarville 91. Sugarville ward was highest in attendance at Sunday school with 91, Delta Second, 94, Oak City, 85 and Sutherland - 78. Oasis ward was highest in attendance at-tendance at Sacrament meetings with 87, Oak City 78, Sugarville Sugar-ville 73, Hinckley 72 and Delta Second - 68. These figures were compiled from the records of Mrs. Blaine Robinson, stake attendance secretary. |