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Show THE SOUTHERN Page Five June 5, 1975 t. to publie, re- ceremonies were anlast week by the First Presidency of The Church ot Jesus Christ ot Latter-da- y Saints. The temple In southwestern Utah built a centure ago is undergoing extensive interior remodeling and exterior additions and will be opened for a nounced ten-dpublic preview beginning Wednesday, October 15, 1975. Just last month the Church the Arizona Temple in Mesa after it had undergone similar renovation. More than 200,000 people visited that temple before it was once again closed to the public and dedicated for its intended purposes: ay the performance of baptisms, marriages and other sacred ordinances for qualified members of the Church. The public preview at the St. George Temple which serves Mormons in 22 stakes in southern Utah, southern Nevada and northern Arizona, will run from October 15 through October 25, except Sunday, October 19. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., except Monday, October 20, when the tours will run from 10 sum. to 5 p.m. An announcement on how to obtain free tickets to the open house will be made in the near future. Prior to the public tours, a preview for specially invited guests from Utah and southern Nevada will be conducted Tuesday, October 14, with President Spencer W. Kimball, world leader of the Church, as host. Following the public open house, the temple will be closed again and six services will be conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 11 and 12, 1975, under the direction of President Kim- ball. temple is pletely refinished inside, The being comac- cording to Reed Whipple, temple president. There will be a new electrical system, a fire sprinkling system, new heating and air conditioning equipment, and new carpeting, drapes and furnishings. The existing baptismal font, resting on the backs of twelve Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss, pointed to an improvement in the reorganization plan of Bureau of Land Management offices in Utah but emphasized that he . . . . did not totally agree with the proposal of State Director Paul Howard. "The State Director's latest recommendation to reorganize BLM field offices is much better than his original proposal and I look forward to better efficiency as the result of these Senator Moss said. changes, The Senator had previously called a meeting with Director Howard and reviewed the first proposal and requested additional public hearings before this latest recommendation was west. It was dedicated April 6, 1877, just four months after the death of Brigham Young. Other Mormon temples are situated in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Logan and Manti, Utah; Los Angeles and Oakland, C alifomla; Mesa, Arizona; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Cardston, Alberta, Canada; Washington, D.C., and in Hawaii, Great Britain, Switzerland and New Zealand. Still another is planned for Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Church built twotemples before coming west one in Kirtland, Ohio, which still stands but is owned by others, and one in Nauvoo, which no metal oxen, has been recondilonger stands. Unlike Mormon meetinghoustioned President Whipple said, and its interior is being lined es, which are used by neighborhood congregations around the with stainless steel. An old annex building has been world for public Sunday worship services as well as cultural, removed and a new ry annex added to the north side recreational and other weekday el of the temple. The activities, the temples are reannex includes a chapel, 906 served for sacred ordinances. lockers for temple patrons, and Worthy members of the Church offices for the temple presidgo to the temples as often as ency and matron, plus laundry they are able to participate in: facilities and a cafeteria for Temple Marriage for the Living. W'hen marriages are pertemple workers. The exterior of the annex formed in the temples, under the authority of the Priesthood, matches the design of the temple, which was built of red the contracting parties are joinsandstone, since painted white. ed not for this life only, but Another addition, on the west for time and eternity. side of the temple, houses new Temple marriage for the decEternal marriage is eased. stairways and elevators providing access to the various rooms performed by living proxies in of the building. Previously, behalf of those who have died access to the rooms has been without the opportunity of a temfrom the east side of the temple. ple marriage. New entranceways and lobbies Baptism for the dead. Just as marriages are performed for are also being built. All additions, including the the deceased, so are baptisms. annex, total 53,195 square feet The Church believes baptism of floor space. by Immersion is an essential Four new sealing rooms (for ordinance and many have died marriages) are being added without the opportunity to be for a total of twelve, and there baptized. The Temple endowment. This is to be a new brides room. The architectural and enginordinance, too, is performed eering work for the temple re- by the living in their own bemodeling is being done by the half. They then are encouraged staff of the Church Building to return as often as possible Division, under the direction of to the temple to perform this Emil B. Fetzer, Church archiordinance in behalf of the detect. ceased. The endowment comThe St. George Temple was prises a course of instruction begun in late 1871, under the relating to the eternal journey direction of Brigham Young, of man and woman from creasecond president of the Church tion through the Garden of Eden; and the man who led the Mortheir struggle when driven out mons to the Rocky Mountains into the world, and the exaltafrom their previous base in tion they may attain. The endowment includes vows to be Nauvoo, Illinois. Although the great Mormon chaste, charitable and to live temple in Salt Lake City was lives of consecration and begun 18 years earlier, it required 40 years for completion and the St. George Temple beNO COMPARISON came the first House of the Flood control is nothing when Lord to be finished after the Latter-da- y Saints arrived in the compared with trying to keep one-sto- NOW OPEN Save on SELF SERVICE GASOLINE GROCERIES ICE POP STOP FROM: 7 A.M. to PM. 11 within a budget today. Kane County Area Community Calendar June 5 Weight Watchers Meet, Clubroom, 6 p.m. Fire Department meets, Firehouse, 8 p.m. Little League: Fredonia at Legion, Lions at Valley, 6 June 7 AA meeting, Clubroom, 8 p.m. June 9 Kane County Commission Meets, Courthouse, 10 a.m. June 10 Little League: Lions at Legion, 6 p.m. Kanab City Council meets, City Office, 7 p.m. June 11 Kanab Lions Club meets. Lions Den, 8 p.m. Bookmobile, Elementary School, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m-Jun- we need Senator Moss noted, to care for and properly utilize our public lands. ,. our national I dont agree land reserve. totally with the proposal, but I am pleased to see that some consideration has been given to the protests of those people adversely affected by the original proposal, he said. The recommendation must now be acted upon by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. e 12 Kane County School Board Meets, School Board Office, 7:30 p m. Weight Watchers Meet, Clubroom, 6 p.m. Little League: Valley at Lions, 6 p.m. Fire Department meets. Firehouse, 8 p.m. June 14 AA Meeting, Library Clubroom, 8 p.m. June 17 Little League: Fredonia at Lions, Legion at Valley, 6 Smokey Says: T ONE OF THE CALAMITIES YOU presented. six-lev- FUSE'S HUSKY June 5, 1975 Page Five NEWS Moss not in total agreement - BLM Ogorgg fgmpig to bo opened Plans tor public tours at the Mormon temple In St. George, Utah, and subsequent UTAH The new recommendation from Mr, Howard would retain the Salt Lake and Vernal districts; consolidate the Price and Monticello districts into a district office at Moab and retaining Price and Monticello as Resource Area Headquarters Offices; consolidate the Fillmore and Richfield District offices into a district office at Richfield and open a new Re- CAN DO SO ABOUT j & ftPlVADos Chamber of Commerce Meets, Chef's Palace, noon June 19 Fire Department meets, Firehouse, 8 p.m. Weight Watchers Meet, Clubroom, 6 p.m. Little League, Legion at Lions; Fredonia at Valley, June 21 A A Meeting, Library Clubroom, 8 p.m. Dearth quakes fires June 24 source Area Headquarters at Hanksville; and consolidate the Cedar City and Kanab District offices at Cedar City. Thepre-se- nt offices at St. George and Escalante will remain the same designation. Little League: Fredonia at Legion; Lions at Valley, ( June 25 Bookmobile, Elementary School, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Kanab Lions Club, Lions Den, 8 p.m. Ont of the calamities you cut do somethin, about tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires. Its simple be extra careful with fire of aay kind! District administrative boundaries will also be adjusted to coincide with the proposed re- i (To enter dates in the community calendar please before Monday a m.) contact Fred Brueck, 644-265- ... organization. "Of one thing I'm certain, 1 ! LOOK BACK CHRIS'S FABRICS ! AT SODOM LOOK BACK AT SODOM ANNOUNCES Timely and Fascinating Account From Imaginary Sodom Scrolls A n o u CLEARANCE SALE by Neal A. 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