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Show Name Child At Birth, Advises Health Department Whether or not a newly born baby is to be blessed or named in a church, it is important that the baby's name is entered on the birth certificate which is filled fill-ed out a few days after birth, advises Roy C. Stephenson, deputy dep-uty state registrar of vital statistics. sta-tistics. "Parents who do not believe it necessary to name their child until he is old enough to be taken tak-en to a church service are committing com-mitting a serious error. A name previously decided upon should be entered on the birth certificate certifi-cate when the mother is interviewed inter-viewed after the birth of the child, and it should be considered consider-ed his permanent name," cautioned cau-tioned Mr. Stephenson. With the exception of Salt Lake City (where the mother is personally contacted by the Vital Vit-al Statistics office of the Salt Lake City Board of Health), the state division of Vital Statistics in conjunction with the U. S. Bureau of Census mails to the parents (1) a photostat copy of the birth certificate; (2) a blank form on which corrections or additions to the record may be made; and (3) a potage-free envelope en-velope for the return of this information. in-formation. In spite of this effort to secure complete and correct birth certificates, results have not been satisfactory. . "Parents should realize that government agencies and the armed forces will not accept church birth certificates in lieu of those filed with the state division di-vision of Vital Statistics, and when the name is not shown on the birth certificate, complications complica-tions always arise. Some parents name their child at birth only to change to another one when the child is named in a church. As the state certificate . cannot be altered after the query form has been returned, it then becomes necessary for the parents to attach at-tach an affidavit amending the certified copy of birth certificate issued by the state office. This is always inconvenient, and an affidavit is of dubious value. "Parents will save themselves and their children future trouble if (1) they see to it that the child is named at birth, (2) make sure that the correct name is entered on the state birth certificate, and (3) have the same name given to the child when christened in a church," concludes Mr. Stephenson. home on Monday after visiting in Provo and vicinity. There were three babies blessed bless-ed on Fast Sunday. The small son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. O. Lar-sen Lar-sen was given the name of Nolan. The small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaVon Atwood was given the name of Gloria Berneice, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bird was given the name of Emma Lou. Primary, Conference was held on Sunday evening. The theme chosen was Love. Each group in the primary presented some very interesting and inspiring thoughts on the subject. .6n Monday the Primary officers offic-ers suprised the children with an outing down on the Remington farm. They played games and punch, sandwiches and boiled eggs were served. Franklyn Smith of Salt Lake City came home on Sunday to spend the day with his parents. The occossion was his father's birthday, Maxine Winkler returned home Monday of last week after visiting a few days at Naples with the Manwaring girls. Marie and Henry Jenkins and Mrs Maggie Hamaker of Ogden visited with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jenkins this week. Mr. and Mrs. LaVar Washburn of Draper and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carpenter of Salt Lake visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. James W. Powell. They were buying ponies for a riding academy. acad-emy. Miss Bille Faith Goodrich broke her leg on Sunday evening. even-ing. Clarence and Grant Smith of Altonah were business visitors on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Jensen of Elmo, Utah are visiting with Mrs. Jensen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bird. |