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Show 8 Pag Septenber 18 t 1959 BLANDING OUTLOOK Mormons Start Million $1 Project in Bestern Colo. Notional Edifice FROM THE GRAND JUNCTION . SENTINEL million expansion program is being, undertaken by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on the Western Slope. The ambitious plan, under way in some areas, includes rive new' chapels at Grand Junction, Fruita. Gldnwood Springs, Montrose and Paonia; a sawmill at Gunnison: a planing mill at Glcnwood, and a dairy farm near Olathe. In design, the new churches will mark a radical departure from the traditional format adopted many years ago by the Mormons. Plans already drawn call for an ultramodern style combining stone, brick and glass. They will be the first of. this type built anywhere m the world by the Mormons. Practically all of the const ruc- ion work will be done by church A $lVi already nembrs donating their leisure ime. Biggest and costliest structure will be the stake house in Grand Junction, worship center for two wards and administrative 'headquarters for the Grand Junction stake. A third ward will continue to be boused in the present building on. Gunnison Ave. Cost of the building is estimated at $100,000. It will be built on a site at Orchard Ave. and 28 Boad, will have 25.500 square feet of floor space, conlain a chapel, classrooms, kitchen, recreation hall, slake and ward offices, i owns 8.6 The church already acres of land there. Four acres will bo used for the buildings, a landscaped area and parking, lot, plus a generous allowance for future expansion. Remainder of the land will be sold. The four other chapels, comparable in size and style, will cost about $200,000 each. All will have auditoriums, classrooms, kitchens and recreation halls. Three wards have already pure chased sites: Fruita will build at the intersection of Maple and Ottley Sts.; Glenwoods site is' on Stale Highway 82 at Valley View St.; Montrose ward owns a site along the east side of the high-- 1 way south of the city limits. The Paonia ward is still negotiating for its site. .Montrose, having already sold its present building, will be the first of the structures to get under way. are jGroundbreaking ceremonies scheduled within the next two weeks. The Grand . Junction building should begin about March. Fruita, Glenwood, and Paonia want to sell their present buildings first, and use the proceeds to help finance the projects. The Gunnison sawmill, purchas-- , ed in April for $4,500, has been; operated by the Mormons since! June. It is now producing 8.000 board feet of lumber per day, some of which is being sold on Ilie commercial market. The remain-- 1 der is being stored for use on the. new buildings. Some of the lumber Is being sent; to Glenwood Springs for plaiing; at the mill .acquired two-acr- months ago. Eventually, the probably be moved to Olathe farm. The farm, the 140-hea- d ' Financing the huge project will require a major effort on the part of the stakes 3,.?00 members. Al its present rale of growth, however, membership is expert ed In bv HORIZONTAL 1,7 is under cultivation, is valued at $150,000. Purchased Aug. 11? from Jay Graff, its dairy herd produces 84.000 pounds, or milk per month, sold through the Western Colorado Milk Producers Assn. The Mormons expect to invest, about $15,000 in improvements on the farm. They will build new milk houses, fences, feeding bins, irrigation system and Jouncing shed, plus a bunkhouse for volunteers increase years. one-lou- i lh in five In the case of lie Grand .Tune-liobuilding, the eenlral church headquarters al Salt Lake Cilv will furnish 52 per cent of the money. Local members will be cx peeled to put up the remaining 48 per cent, one third of which, or $04,000. must he on hand before construction begins. The ward chapels are financed on a basis. Proceeds nun the farm, gross-inabout S 1.000 each. monlb. will , first pay off Hie original loan from' the central church, then go into the churchs welfare fund. As stake president. Loyal B. 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