From Deseret News archives:
LDS Church terms no longer in use
For example, today there is the Young Women organization. But it wasn't always so. The group started as the Young Ladies' Relief Society. It was also referred to as the Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association, the Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association, the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association and the Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women all before today's title.
Today's Primary groups nursery, Sunbeams, CTRs and Valiants used to have a variety of nicknames.
Here's a partial list of some of the names and abbreviations previously used in the church:
A.C.M.I. The Arizona Co-operative Mercantile Institution, the title for a short-lived Arizona version of ZCMI.
Beacons This was a short-lived title for 8-year-olds in the primary, starting in 1953.
Bluebirds These were 10- and 11-year-old girls, starting in the 1926 Primary organization. Later, they were just the 10-year-olds.
CoPilots This was the title for Primary 7-year-olds in 1952.
Deseret Sunday School Union Original name of the church's Sunday School program.
Firelights In 1960, this was the 10-year-old Primary girls.
Gaynotes The 9-year-old Primary girls in 1959 used this title, as part of the revised Liahonas (Little Homemakers) girls program.
Junior Sunday School A standard church program for about 50 years, starting in 1933.
Juvenile Instructor The official publication of the church's Sunday School, from 1866 to 1930. The name was simplified to Instructor, until it ceased publication in 1970.
Improvement Era The original name of today's Ensign magazine, from 1897 to 1970. There was also a Relief Society Magazine, from 1914 to 1970.
Larks Primary girls, age 9, used this name in 1929.
Lihomas This was an umbrella title for all older Primary girls in 1940.
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