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Show ,n,rsjv, December 22, 1927 TIIE LEni SUN, LEm, UTAH Thursday. DecemW 22. 1927 f. I i I 0 - & I 0 n 0 0 Seasons reelings ., ; from the J ALPINE STAKE PRESIDENCY To the Latter-day Saints and All Citizens Living In This Alpine Stake District . WE EXTEND GREETINGS iqot11?. T thG accomPlisl"nents for the year 1927, and taking into consideration the district as a whole .we can not refrain from expressing our gratitude for that which has been achieved, both financially and spiritually. We take this opportunity of thanking you one and all for your confidence, good will and support and hope that the year that is about to dawn upon us will be one of real advancement m every way for the best good of the people. May you. have A Happly Christmas and 366 Days of Good Health and Prosperity . During the Year 1928 ' Is the wish and desire of your fellow servants, Alpine Stake Presidency . STEPHEN L. CHIPMAN JAMES H. CLARKE ABEL JOHN EVAN'S 3 8 i I t 0 I P. I 0 Ik Greetings From The Alpine State Relief Society We appreciate the opportunity granted us, at this the close ol an. other year, to express through the columns of our valuable home paper, our feelings of loe and good will to the officers and members of the Relief Societies throughout our stake, to the Stake Presidency, Bishoprics! of wards, and all who have so kindly kind-ly assisted us in making the measure of success attained possible. We feel great good has been accomplished by the Relief Societies of our stake during the year 1927. uur staue tsoara, we are pieasea to say, remain the same as at the beginning be-ginning of the year. Twelve in number num-ber but one in love and desire to do the work assigned them. Each' has a part of Relief Society work to oversee over-see and strive, in humility, to do her part faithfully and well. There has, however, been several changes in our ward organizations. Manila, Highland, Pleasant Grove 2nd, Pleasant Grove 3rd and Lebi 1st ward having been reorganized during the year. We feel, as a board, that the Relief Society officers of the nine, teen fully orgamlzed wards of our stake bend every effort willingly to flo in the best manner the many things required of them.. Our ward-conferences held m every ward of our stake this year, wherein Relief Society work was emphasized, have been very successful; altho the weather, at some of our conferences somewhat interfered with the attendance. atten-dance. Our Semi-Annual conferences were well attended and our Relief Society membership is slowly increasing. At tte beginning of our stake from the then eleven wards our enrollment nufbered 817, now from the 19 wards, comprising our stake, we have an Increase In membership of 231 as our membership now reaches 1048. According Ac-cording to the nine months report Siven by our president at our last stake Relief Society Conference. A onderful increase is noted in Relief Society membership thruout the world. The last general report reach-tag reach-tag 61,627 In place of 18 members at lt's beginning. Weekly meetings have been held each ward during the year, except J the months of July, August and September. rhirlng tnese fle Months Relief Society meetings were continued except the "Work and usiness" meeting, but during these ree siest months of the year, fconshine workers did themselves grond Dnder the able leadership of tw Rhoda Gardner. 4437 visits the homebound Bick and aged ere "Ported during the first nine 2T3 of tte past year- Under . . Gdner are three district airmen. Sisters Annie Holman, , ?asant Grove district; Sabina Al. American Pork district and Julia own. Ley dlBtTlcL Under ggg Sin commlttee3 of from t0 ach who take great Joy In 5 on this phase of Relief 7 work, believing that a part of re and nndefiled religion Is to visit the widow and fatherless in their affliction" and to scatter cheer and sunshine everywhere. Each of these three districts have also remembered re-membered the inmates of our County Infirmary. Besides District Teacher's conven. tions held in Pleasant Grove, American Ameri-can Fork and Lehi, February 8th of this year, a Relief Society Reunion was held on the 27th of September, prior to the opening of the weekly Relief Society meetings. At this reunion nearly 400 sisters were pres. ent. An excellent program was rendered ren-dered and at it's close prizes consisting con-sisting of flowers, receivers filled with beautiful flowers ' were awarded award-ed as follows, by. the Stake Board: (As each prize was awarded an ap. propriate gem1 written by sec'y. Mary J3. Abel was read as here given). 1. To the oldest sister present en. rolled in Relief Society work. Award, ed sister Emily K. Adamson American Ameri-can Fork Second ward 82 years. We honor the aged and value Their Counsel and help, and we pray Our Father will ever be near them With''the choicest of blessings each day. 2. To the largest enrolled member mem-ber present at reunion. This, too, fell to sister Adamson having been enrolled 67 years, but who, receiving the previous prize, declined in favor of sister Josephine Young Lehi Se. cond ward. 62 years. To the largest enrolled, at least, that is here And we hope many years your name will appear And be followed by present marks during each year. 3. To the mother present having the largest family. Awarded to President Rose H. Grant American Fork First ward. We feel that this mother among many has given Her best to fulfill a Commandment of Heaven So, In love, we present our approval and say God bless you anl youra to be faithful faith-ful always. 4. To the ward reaching 100 percent per-cent for Teacher's visits for five continuous years. Awarded to Lehi First, Lehi Second, Lehi Fifth and American Fork Third ward. We feel happy Indeed to these teach ers to say That you've won for your ward this laurel today We hope this is yearly, and next year will be seen Our gifts of approval, will number nineteen. 5. To the ward having the highest percent present at the reunion. Awarded Fairfield ward. 70 percent We are happy at our reunion to meet so many dear faces so pleasant end au-eet. This token I hold to the one ward Is meant ; Who today, of their members, have the highest percent After benediction, refreshments All in nil vi foul mi i rfoiio cri- ! ty work Is progressing and that the blessings of the Lord has attended our labors during the year now closing. clos-ing. The presidency and members of the Board appreciate greatly the willing will-ing support given them by the officers offi-cers and members of the Relief So. cieties of our stake, also the faithful teachers under Sister Lettie Gud. muidsen's direction who have eo faithfully and well performed their part Twenty one percent being reached by our stake for Teacher's visits during nine months of the year. . Those in charge of the different derartments appreciate the work of the class leaders in the uany hours of care fill preparation given the tplendid lessons prepared by our General Board We unite In asking Father's choicest blessings to attend you all the coming year that Christmas Christ-mas and the new year may be your very best laden with the Joys that will make you truly happy. Eliza Buckwalter, President Harriet M. Webb, 1st Coun. Edith G. Young, 2nd Coun. Mary E. Abel Secretary. . o r were served to all the sisters present by the Stake Board. Our Theology and Testimony department de-partment under the supervision of Sister Ella M. Cragun, have studied, during the year 1927, the lives of some of the leading women of the Messianie dispensation. Mary, the mother of Jesus was considered the greatest woman. Her mission was a higher privilege if not a greater re. sponsibility than that of any other woman. She bore, cared for, taught and trained the Beloved Son of God . .. ... .. 4 tne oniy cegouen or me iatner. Motherhood was the culmination of Her greatness. Thru the study of the lives of these noble women we have learned many wonderful les. sons of value to us, and our testimonies testi-monies are becoming stronger each day of the truthfulness of this glorl. ous Gospel. The Literary lessons the past year, under the able leadership of sister Emma Phillips have taken up American literature. For a young nation, whose early life was a constant con-stant battle for existence, America holds a prouder place in the Republic of Letters than her writers ever hoped for, and more are writing good poetry than ever before. This course is to stimulate not only the desire for better and more wholesome whole-some reading in the home, but to draw us and our children nearer to the Great Masters of Literature. The problems of childhood have been taken up in our Social Service department. Speakers have been engaged en-gaged among medical men and those dealing in these problems. Thru the kindness and thoughtfulness of our Commissioners health work has been able to progress as never before. Heath conferences have been held monthly since last March with the exception of the months of July and December. The doctor and nurse are paid by the State and County. Sister Mary Cooper in charge of Pleasant Grove district, Laura Dunkley American Amer-ican Fork district and Olena Goodwin Good-win Lehi district, with their corps of workers work unitedly and with, out remuneration to assist the moth, ers in having their children examined examin-ed and the defects remedied. Great credit is due our local doctors, who in charity cases have given their services ser-vices freely. Beginning with the new year the first Wednesday of each month, health conferences will be held monthly as heretofore, and also those in charge have been pleased with her response so far, they hope the coming year to see many more mothers take advantage of these "Well Baby Conferences'. A long felt need has been supplied sup-plied In our Burial Clothes department depart-ment Those in charge of this de. partment under the direction of Sister Sarah S. Chipman appreciate the loyalty of our undertakers and people of our stake in supporting this department Their desire Is to please and any suggestions would be appreciated along this line. WAS Christmas Eve and everything in the small town of Robblnsdale was bubbling over with the true holiday spirit Bril liantly lighted Christmas trees, holly wreaths and bells shone through the windows of most every home In town ; while each church Joined in with' Its usual Yuletide cele bration. A snow storm the day before had clothed the town In white, as If In preparation for the great holiday. Tho children Just knew that It was sent on purpose, so that Santa Claus. could come in his loaded sleigh and fill their stockings. :.. . But amidst all this Joy and beauty there was one sad family, who lived at the far end of Main street. They had Just received word that their eldest eld-est son, Ray, had been lost on the field of battle. Father, mother and the four remaining children were seated within the living room in silence while the happy celebrations were In full swing on all sides of them. Each one was filled with thoughts of other years and how happy they had been. Eacli saw visions of the heavily loaded load-ed Christmas tree gleaming in all Its beauty, while their son and brother presided over it in his Santa's outfit Thus they sat speechless, with lumps In their throats, until bedtime. One by one they retired broken-hearted to finish their visions in the far-off dreamland. When quietness covered Its cloak over the little town and the children's stockings were all waiting for Santa Claus, the midnight flyer pulled In, dropping off a lone passenger a soldier sol-dier boy. He had come to surprise his family on the glorious Christmas holiday. Not having heard of the false report of his death, he had come to be their Santa Claus, as of old. As he was hurrying home he met an old schoolmate, who told him the sad story of how his family had mourned, thinking him dead ; and that they had not Joined in the usual holiday festivities. festivi-ties. ' Suddenly a beautiful surprise filled his consciousness, and with the aid of his friend he scoured the town from end to end, frantically awakening awaken-ing all the storekeepers. Loaded with gifts, and with his friend carrying the Christmas tree, they proceeded homeward, home-ward, while the full winter moon looked down upon them, knowingly. Bidding his companion a Merry Christmas, and thanking him heartily, heart-ily, he crawled In through the basement base-ment window and carefully ascended to the living room. Here lie trimmed the tree, banging all the smaller gifts upon its branches and placing the larger ones upon the floor beneath. i When It was completed he lay down up;n the old couch of his childhood and dreamed happy thoughts. He, too, felt a lump in his throat but his was a lump of gladness, as theirs had been one of sadness. Here he remained in silence, his heart filled with Joy, until Christina morn. As he beheld the sun glimmer-' Ing upon the snow-covered scene, making diamonds everywhere, he realized real-ized that it was to be one of the most gorgeous Christmas days he had ever witnessed. He hurriedly dressed himself In a bright new Santa outfit, his heart wildly thumping as he did so; and he had Just seated himself beneath the glowing tree, when he heard his dear old mother's soft, fa 'ailiar footsteps upon the stairway. He listened breathlessly while she descended and passed through the hallway Into the kitchen. Then soon t' old familiar odors of coffee and friddle cakes came floating In. ne rould hardly contain himself, as he wanted to rush out and smother her with caresses. With sheer will-power h remained silent until the family wa called to breakfast. Then little Ruth stole Into the living room to see If by chance Santa had left her anything. She gave a scnm of ileHghr n she beheld the marvelous tr-- l..; ! wft'i rfft j,nd Santa him self actually sitting beneath It The next moment the whole family stood wide-eyed, gazing' upon the scene before them, too surprised to utter a single word. Thoughts of a practical Joke by their friends came to them, and they hardly knew what to do or say. Tears came to mother's eyes with the memories memo-ries of her lost son. Just as father was going to speak Roy, their own, son, pulled the mask from his face and smiled a "Merrj Christmas. ($X 1917. WwUrn Hwtppr Cnlaft.) Blood in Human Body Experiments have shown that the total blood volume of a series of healthy men averaged 4.9 per cent or approximately one-twentieth of th body weight. There were individual variations of from 4.2 per cent to 6.9 Der cent. Perfume' Odd Basis In producing the perfume of th rose chemists combine toluene, a coal tar distillate which smells like gasoline, gaso-line, with chlorine, a poison war gas, and treat it with another poison, potassium po-tassium cyanide. (Tor6ial (Breetings The good will of patrons and friends ' is one of our most valuable assets. The spirit of the Season brings to us renewed re-newed appreciation of old associates and of the value of new friends. May your Christmas be a happy one and success attend your New Year, is the cordial wish of Lehi Motor Co. MAIN STREET, LEIH, UTAH ci)rist.iim$ GReeuuGS I Xmas Gifts For Him WE STILL HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY Store Stays Open In The Evenings. WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS Powers Shoe Store MAIN STREET, LEHI Just Arrived A NICE LINE OF UNPAINTED ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL Furniture Tea Wagons ..... Desks and Seats.. Breakfast Tables End Tables Fern Stands Magazine Racks L..$7.00 f. $6.00 JL42.75 4 $3.00 (.$2.25 Very Strong and Durable. 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