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Show MAPLETON HAS NEW BISHOPRIC Bishop Mendenhall Succeeds Bishop Nelson in Mapleton. At the wjtrd conference beld at the Mapleton ward Sunday evening, even-ing, June 29, the resignation of Bishop L. A. Nielson was areepted and his counselors, Oscar Whiting and Ellis Mariner, were released. Itichard Lovell Mendenhall was sustained as the bishop of the Mapleton ward with Richard S. Bird and John I. Holley as counselors. coun-selors. Stake authorities in attendance were President Thomas X. Taylor and his counselors, J. Win, Knight and S. P. Eggertsen; also H. T. Reynolds and Wm. T. Tew of the high council. Music for the conference was furnished by the ward choir with special numbers consisting of a vocal duet by Mrs. Vern Whitney and Mrs. La veil Bird and a vocal solo by Leslie Houtz. Bishop Nielson resigned because of ill health. |