As on many occasions, the Allegro Chorus, under the direction of Ada Waldron, furnished the singing for the conference. Their rendition of the closing song, "The Lord's Prayer," was so impressive that the visiting General Authority, Samuel O. Bennion, asked that it be repeated.24 In July, the Stake sponsored the annual Old Folks Party. Bishop Joseph Rees of Morgan was master of ceremonies and President Heiner was the . speaker. Jesse Little recited a poem he had written about victory gardens. There j were ninety-five present and all reported 1 that they had had an enjoyable time.25 In August, a letter was received from the First Presidency authorizing the , ... , , . ' ijl Left to Right-. Homer Nelson, Ralph ordination of eighteen year old boys to Carter,James Palmer, HowardFranlis, the office of elder if they were entering Dale Durrant, John J. Johnson, John C the armed services. Also the brethren johnson.Ada Waldron, WoodrowGiles, asked that all the Saints be encouraged «** Giles Bert Carrigan, Charles , . c i c i . Francis, Clarence Rich, Newell to store wheat and fuel for the comtng WaUrlMi Frank SmUbi Don Durmni, years. Members of the high council AmosBingbam. were asked to take these instructions to the various wards.26 By the fall of 1943, there were many young men and even some young women from Morgan in the service. The South Morgan Mutual Improvement Association held an activity to honor those from their ward. As of November, there were sixty-eight boys from the ward in some branch of the service. One had been killed in action, one was missing in action, and one was in a prisoner of war camp. During the course of the program, pictures of all the boys were displayed and letters from the boys were read by some of the parents. Funds were also raised to send reading material to the servicemen.27 On 21 November, the stake presidency and high council met in a special session with 100 percent of the members in attendance. Two hundred and twenty-five letters were written to the young men and women in the armed services and signed by each person present.28 The December stake conference was organized to honor the Aaronic priesthood. All the addresses centered on the importance of young men and those that teach them. Elder Clifford Young was the visiting General Authority. His address was summarized in the following words, "There is a divine mystery and holiness in man. If we magnify our calling, we must down the sin but not the sinner."29 Christmas 1943 A special edition of the Morgan County News-was published at Christmas time to be sent to the servicemen. In it, letters to the boys from various church authorities and organizations were published.