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Show Groundbreaking Ceremony for Provo LDS Temple Set Monday Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Provo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be held Monday, Sept. 15, at 4:30 p.m., it was announced by the First Presidency of the Church. The services will be held at the temple site at about 2300 North between 9th and 12 East in Provo. Ben E. Lewis, president of East Sharon Stake and chairman chair-man of arrangements for the event, said all of the 30 stakes in the Provo Temple District have reached or exceeded their contribution quotas for the temple tem-ple building fund. The district includes 10 BYU students stakes and 20 conventional conven-tional stakes in Utah and Wasatch Was-atch counties. Bids for the construction contract con-tract will be called for soon. Thousands are expected to attend at-tend the groundbreaking ceremonies cere-monies which will be conducted by the First Presidency of the Church. President Hugh B. Brown, first counselor, will preside, pre-side, and President N. Eldon Tanner, second counselor, will conduct. Also participating will be and President Alvin R. Dyer, President Joseph Fieding Smith counselors and other members of the General Authorities. Music will be furnished by a 250-voice male chorus, made up of priesthood members of the 30 stakes and conducted by Dr. Harold Goodman, president of BYU Fifth Stake. With the completion of the Provo Temple and the Ogden . Temple , simultaneously, the number of Utah temples will be brought to six. This will relieve re-lieve the congestion at the Logan, Lo-gan, Manti and Salt Lake Temples, Tem-ples, which accounted for 52 per cent of all temple work done in 1966. The Provo Temple will overlook over-look Utah Valley and nearby BYU campus. It is Icated within with-in easy access from several major highways. The exterior will be of white cast stone, gold-anodized aluminum alum-inum grills and bronze glass panels. A spire, finished in gold-anodized gold-anodized aluminum will rise from the building approximately approximate-ly 185 feet. |
