In 1963, the Church began to hold training sessions for stake presidency members at the Philmont Scout Ranch located in northeastern New Mexico. The Philmont Scout Ranch is located about four miles from Cimarron and covers a scenic area of over one hundred thousand acres. The first training session in 1963 was under the direction of Robert L Simpson, a member of the presiding bishopric, with twenty-three in attendance. The program to train stake presidencies has continued and even greatly expanded until, at the present time, this world famous Scouting center sees over twenty thousand boys come and go annually. Four years after the first training session was successfully held by the Church at Philmont, President Raymond Larson and his wife attended a week of intense training there. The training commenced on Wednesday, 28 June, and ended Monday, 3 July. Bishop Robert L Simpson, of the presiding bishopric; Sister Lavern Parmley, general president of the Primary Association; Superintendent Carlos G.Smith, ofthe YMMIABoard; George R. Hilljr., explorer chairman; Blaine Watts, Scouting chairman; and Folkman D. Brown, chairman of Mormon Relations Boy Scouts of America were the leaders in charge ofthe workshop.60 A little over a year later the stake presidency held a special Scout seminar in the stake. All were invited who had any connection with Scouting. About one hundred and fifty were in attendance. Special guests for the evening were Bishop Robert L Simpson; Carlos Smith, general MIA superintendent; Lavern Watts Parmley, general Primary president; and two members of the YMMIA general board. It was an enjoyable evening with many helpful suggestions to build the Scouting program in Morgan.61 Meeting for Young Ladies—All stake presidents from Salt Lake, Ogden, and Morgan attended a meeting on 16 April 1968 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle where they received instructions on passing the sacrament at a special meeting which would be held the next evening for the young ladies of their stakes. The meeting itself was for all young ladies attending college. Elder Paul H. Dunn, ofthe First Council of Seventy, conducted. Itwas,accordingto thosewhoattended,"inspirationalandinformative."Paul H.Dunn,Bruce R. McConkie, Florence Jacobsen, Lavern Parmley, Mark E. Peterson, N. Eldon Tanner, and Hugh B. Brown all spoke.62 CentennialBall—To locally commemorate the one hundredthyear since the organization of the YWMIA (first called the Young Woman's Retrenchment Society), a centennial ball was held in the Morgan Stake Recreational Hall on 28 November 1969- A crowd of three hundred and fifty, including adults and young people, attended. Most ofthe women and part ofthe men wore pioneer style clothing which included authentic gowns ofthe period for the women while the men wore high starched collars, bow ties, and long-tailed coats. "At the door was a 'hitching post' to tie your horses to, inside lining the walls was a replica of Morgan's Main Street a century ago. On one side was the Heiner's livery, ZCMI, Williams store and the like, and the other side, what else but a railroad, complete with locomotives and box 200