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Show 4 ' Doing The Town By ELAINE CANNON WASHINGTON, D. C Being in Washington, D C, is almost like being home you see so many, many people you know. Took in Washington Stake Conference-, held in the beautiful beau-tiful Washington Ward chapel Sunday, and what a wonderful time it was! Right there on the scene to welcome us (at least he seemed as glad to see someone from home as we were to see him) was Gordon Mad-sen. Mad-sen. Gordon is a missionary for the LDS church in this area, and from all we could gather he is a very popular elder and doing a fine job. He spoke with an Elder Harrison, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Harrison. These people are members of Parley's Ward. Had a nice long chat with J. D. and Bea Wright Williams. Wil-liams. They both look fine as could be. Bea's short coif was becoming and she was smartly dressed in a gray tailored tai-lored dress, coat with bright red shoes and bag. Gene Merrill waited for his father, Joseph F. Merrill, who was the visiting authority for the conference, and we had a chance to talk with him about his recent work in Europe. new president, you know) . . . Rheim Jones, who is bishop of the Baltimore Ward, now looks wonderful. These are some of the people we saw there. Had dinner with Lowell Anderson An-derson and Paul Lukow, who are stationed in Fort Mead, Maryland. We saw Helen Clair Redd, who is in training for service that will take her to Germany for service with the diplomatic corps. Before we came to Washington Wash-ington we went out to the home of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Paul. They have a charming old place with three floors, arid they have decorated it very attractively. They are happy, but they miss Salt Lake and their lovely place in Millbrook. Also on the scene at the Pauls were Mrs. George H. Mortimer, wife of New York Stake President and Mrs. DeAlton Partridge. She especially wanted to be remembered to Dr and Mrs. Preston Robinson. Also in New York we visited with Genevieve Pratt, daughter of Salt Lake's Judge Pratt. She's one of the top staff members on SEVENTEEN, magazine for teen-age girls. Her office is something wonderful, too. Needless to say he was glad to get home. Barbara Musser Merrill, Mer-rill, his very attractive wife (she's as young and pretty as ever!) brought their little daughter up just then and it was good to see them again. ' Mr and Mrs. Ottis Peterson . . . Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kirk-ham Kirk-ham helping their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kirkham from Salt Lake, into the family car. They all sent warm greetings to their Salt Lake relatives, including in-cluding Dr. and Mrs. Les Bur-bidge Bur-bidge out on Hillsden Drive. Margaret Alice Eccles Smith, daughter of Mr. and and Mrs. Parley Eccles, well - known former Salt Lakers, introduced intro-duced us to her husband and three adorable children. Margaret Mar-garet Farnsworth Richards as if you couldn't guess was busily giving her time to the care of others' youngsters so they could enjoy the meet-ings. meet-ings. Elliott was on hand to help. They have four cute children . . . their brand-new baby, born since they left Salt Lake, is a fat little cherub. They asked especially about Dr. and Mrs. Lyman Condie in Salt Lake. Ben Lewis, former BYU student stu-dent body president . . . Stanley Stan-ley Johnson ,. . . Wildeen Jones . . . the Abe Cannons . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson and the William Edwards, who are on their way out to the BYU for top officer in the school administration admin-istration (Mr. Wilkinson is the |