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Show Young Mother To Speak In Bountiful .:'-:'. '' ' ' 1... ': a ' 'i ' i . ; rt r. - ; ' ; I - ;X ' p "C.vv. '.'lift LINDA L. FORD Utah's 1983 Young Mother Representative will speak to the public on May 19 at 7 p.m. at the Bountiful Library Auditorium. Au-ditorium. LINDA L. Ford of Kaysville was named Utah's Young Mother in March at the State Convention of Utah Mothers Association. She has recently ' returned from the National Convention of American Mothers held in New York " City where the National Mother of the Year and Young Mother Representative were named. Linda will speak on "In the Eye of the Beholder." : " Linda was born in Logan, but spent most of her youth in various parts of the Western United States with her family. Her high school years were filled fil-led with honors and activity in music, scholastics, and drama. SHE MARRIED Blaine B. Ford and they are the parents of seven children; Holly, 12; Robert, 10; Alan, 8; JoAnne, 6; Richard, 4; Kimberly, 3; and Steven, 1. Besides keeping busy with her family, Linda serves as Mother Education teacher in her church where she also directs the choir. She serves as publicity chairman for the Columbia Col-umbia PTA and has instituted a neighborhood preschool Mrs. Ford has been instrumental in the formation of several Young Mother Study Groups in the Davis area where mothers meet monthly to discuss their parenting skills. THE PURPOSE of American Amer-ican Mothers Inc. is to build the moral and spiritual foundation founda-tion of the family and home. Also expected to attend are Lydia Burrows, Utah's 1983 Mother of the Year from Salt Lake City, and some of the new State Board of the Utah Mothers Association. The public is invited to meet them following the meeting at an informal in-formal reception at the library. ON DISPLAY during the evening will be Utah's winning Art entry to the National Competition Com-petition which was also held in New York. Afton Smith of Logan is the artist and winner of the $100 prize for her entry of a multi-media portrait of a mother and two children. Derry Cartwright of Ogden will also have displayed her exhibit ex-hibit of feathered eggs designed de-signed from Utah game birds which took first place in the Utah Art and Craft Show. THE PUBLIC is welcome and invited to attend. Questions Ques-tions may be answered by Marcia Ford 546-4346. |