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Show ANDERSEN DELPHA Elected Delpha Baird Bassett 1991 to BAIRD .... born December 13, 1930 to Alonzo and Margaret in the northern Utah Community of Brigham City. was Andersen Life was hard during the depression years and Delpha had to learn She became a skilled seamstress very early and was making to work. her own clothes by the age of twelve. She had a strong desire to learn to play the violin and talked the local violin teacher into letting her work in his drapery and upholstery shop in exchange for violin and music lessons. a She became the concert master of Box Elder High school orchestra and was awarded a music scholarship to the University of Utah. She was Senior class vice president and active in many high school and university organizations. She married Steven T. Baird, August One deceased. parents of 9 children. England, where her husband Surrey, 1951 20, and For many years Archi tect was they are the they lived in for the LDS Church. While there, Delpha organized a Primary for the children and was called to the London Stake Primary presidency where she worked with I eaders Bri tish Scouting to establ ish Bri tish Scouting in the church. the to Nauvoo, III inois when her husband was Later they moved Once Architect for the restoration of that early Mormon community. again Delpha worked wi th chi ldren in the Primary and Scouting organization. Stake Primary be call ed to to Utah and she was returned President of the Holladay Stake and she organized a Primary for handicapped children and a cub scout unit for handicapped boys at Realiziang that she needed more education to Hartvigsen School. work with handicapped children, she enrolled at the Universtiy of Utah to get a degree in Special Education. Shortly after this she was called to be on the Primary General Board for the LDS Church where she helped prepare programs and lessons for children and They leaders. In this assignment she traveled through the US, Europe and South America. Senator Baird graduated Education, and then went three quarters of in on Mandarin 1983 to with do six a Canada, degree in Special quarters of Spanish and B.S. more Chinese. the Senator and her husband travel ed India and Sari Lanka, Across world. China and other Asian countries, around the Mediterranean, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the coast of Mexico. the During through other next few areas years, of the Shortly after her release from the General Board, Delpha enrolled 223 |
