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Show LDS Society Notes 103rd Birthday The 103rd anniversary of the organization of the LDS Relief society will be celebrated at ward Relief society meetings throughout the church this week, it was reported Monday at headquarters head-quarters of the women's organization, organ-ization, which has more than 100,000 members. . . No uniform program Observing Observ-ing the anniversary is planned, which means that functions of diverse character will be conducted. con-ducted. Joseph Smith, founder of the LDS church, organized the Relief Re-lief society March 17, 1842, at Nauvoo, 111., as a means of giving giv-ing women church members increased in-creased opportunities for service and development in fields in which they are particularly capable. cap-able. The Relief society is believed be-lieved to be the first exclusively women's organization in America. |