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Show Church Wards To Hold Pioneer Program A Pioneer program will be held Sunday evening, July 21st in every L. D. S. Ward if the suggestions of the First Presi -dency is carried out. The Presiding Bishopric have sent a letter to each ward bishop offering a proposed program for the meeting. The program suggests sug-gests that there be a reading of the prophetic scriptures and recorded re-corded utterances about the saints going to the "Valley of the moun-- moun-- tains". I A pioneer or descendent of a j pioneer will be asked to recount 'a few experiences of "crossing the plains". "Our responsibility to i carry on traditions and ideal3 of 1 the Pioneers" will be discussed I by another speaker. I The idea of the Church for holding a special meeting of this kind is to awaken among its members, a deeper gratitude for their heritage and to stimulate more interest in the celebration of the day wheh the Pioneers arrived in Utah the 24th day of July. In Salt Lake City, on the evening ev-ening of July 21st in the Tabernacle, Tab-ernacle, a special program will be given commencing at 9:00 p.m. This will be broadcast over KS'v. The public will be invited to this meeting. I The First Presidency of the L. D. S. Church are asking that I members display their flags on IJuly 24th and that they popul-! popul-! arize Pioneer Day as much as possible. |