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Show Third Ward Chapel Addition Dedicated In Special Ceremony The new addition to the Parowan Par-owan Third Ward chapel which has been under construction for the past two years and a half, was dedicated at the Sunday afternoon af-ternoon general session of the Parowan Stake quarterly conference. confer-ence. Elder John Longdon, assistant assist-ant to the quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who was In attendance at the conference, offered the dedicatory ded-icatory prayer and was the principal prin-cipal speaker at the session. Other speakers during the dedication ded-ication services Included Bishop Charles H. Gurr, who now presides pre-sides over the Third Ward; former form-er bishop Howard M. AvUins, who presided over the ward during dur-ing the major construction period, per-iod, and Bishop Gurr's counselors, counse-lors, Verl E. Taylor and Spencer W. Lemmon. The Enoch Ward choir, which furnished music for the general sessions of the conference, did a repeat performance of what it did slightly over 40 years ago this week when it furnished the music for the dedication of the present Third Ward chapel at which President Joseph F. Smith offered the dedicatory prayer The new portion of the edifice includes a 41 by 68 foot recreation recrea-tion hall with large stage; quarters quar-ters for the ward Relief Society, including a modern kitcner.; quarters for the Junior Sunday School and Aaronic Priesthood; offices for the bishop and ward clerk, rest rooms and dressing room. Heating facilities for the new part of the building were provided several years ago when a new large capacity boiler was placed in the older part of the building. Bishop Gurr informs us that the building cost was $128,000 with the church and ward participating parti-cipating in the construction on a 50-50 basis. Initial construction on the building was started Mar. 14, 1959 according to Bishop Gurr, and it was completed to the point where it was occupied and put in use in the fall of I960. The! completion of minor details on I the building has been done since' that time, and the grounds around the entire structure have been landscaped and a black-topped black-topped parking lot has been completed com-pleted during the past summer. |