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Show flew Presidency Of Ikho Stake President W. R. Wightman is a native of Payson and was born here 52 years ago. He received his education in the Payson schools and Brigham Young university. He filled a mission to the Southern South-ern states from 1906 to 1908 and was conference president in North Carolina. After he returned return-ed home he went to Silver City for employment and resided there for Uf years. He served as a counselor to John S. Smith in the Silver City ward for four years and to Bishop E. F. Birch, the present Tintic stake president for four years. He then became stake clerk and held that position for three years when he returned to Payson. He was president of the Payson Second ward M. I. A. for a short time until called to the position of stake M. I. A. superintendent for five years. He was then stake genealogical chairman for five years and counselor to Bishop John F. Oleson for seven years until called to become stake president. George Albert Cheever, first counselor in the presidency was bom in Provo in 1892. He came to Payson in 1918 to work as bookkeeper for the Salt Lake and Utah Railway and is also the present stationmaster. He did a great deal of fine work with the young boys of the old First ward as Scoutmaster for five ye'ars. He served also in the M. I. A. presidency until called as a counselor in the Fourth ward bishopric under Heber A. Curtis, j He has served as bishop of the j ward since 1929. S. Roland Lindsay, second counselor to President Wightman was a native of Heber City where he was born in 1896. He was educated in the schools of Heber and Provo. He left to fill a mission in the Hawaiian Islands in 19 7, remaining there for almost al-most four years. He remained ! in Salt Lake City for a short time after his return and came to Payson late in 1920. He worked as a teacher in the various organizations or-ganizations of the old First ward and in the Sunday school superin-tendency. superin-tendency. He was Sunday school superintendent in the Third ward and was a counselor in the bishopric bish-opric to Bishop R. H. Clayton and Bishop R. L. Wilson. He also served in the stake Sunday school superintendency and stake M. I. A. superintendency. He was ; a high councilman when called to 1 the stake presidency and is also j the present Scout commissioner. He was district Scout chairman several years and chairman of the I stake Aaronic priesthood commit-1 commit-1 tee. V t ; . ..; John C. Taylor, the new stake clerk was bom and raised in Pay-son Pay-son and has always been an active church worker. He ' was stake superintendent of the Sunday Sun-day school for many years and served as counselor in the Second ward bishopric to Bishop George Tanner and Bishop Jasper Hill. He also served as ward clerk. All of the new officials have served in numerous civic positions posi-tions in Payson. . r |