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Show Introducing OurStako Presidents Church Unit Formed New West Pocatel IcrlsT 49th Stake Pocatello Stake,- - the unit In the Church, was created last Sunday by a division of the Pocatello Stake, at the regular quarterly ConferWith a ence of that stake. - the - folloof 5,203, membership wing-wards comprise the new unit: Pocatello First, Third, Fifth, Ninthr- Eleventh, nd American Falls, Rockland and Arbon. Under the direction of Elders Joseph Fielding Smith and John A. Widtsoe, of the Council of the Twelve, - Elder - Twayne Austin, formerly second counselor In the Pocatello Stake presidency, was sustained- - Hresident of the new stake with Bishop Myron L. Western of the Pocatello Third Vr ard -- as first counselor, Elder Calvin E. McOmber as second counselor and Grant L, Stowell ... as stake clerk. Members of the high council West -- -- Ezra of the - new unit -- are: Hawks, Joseph Bowen Smith, C. Joe Loveland, Emerson McOmber, Ellis Christiansen, and Joseph Lee May; others to be selected later. Patriarch1 Calvin McOmber Sr., was continued in that office President William P. Whitaker was retained as head of the Pocatello Stake as was also Jared O. Olsen, his first counselor. Elder Leo H. Edgley of the Pocatello Stake High Council was installed as the new second counselor and El win Jensen as . Stake clerk. Personnel of the Pocatello Stake High Council-a- s reorganized Include: ArY." Satterfield" Elbert R. Brown, Hyrum Crane, Heber Hansen, George V. Marion Colman, Cromwell Bird, Rowe K. Hart, Ewart Swinyard, and Harry N. HirschL Elder O. M. Hess was sustained as stake patriarch. Wards retained in the Pocatello Stake are: Pocatello Seco" Sixth, Seventh, nd,-" Fourth, Thirteenth, Eighth, Inkom and Ft Hall Branch. The reduced membership numbers 5,228. Cro-sha- r700 SeminaryStudents- (Visit Temple - w, David Smith No.ldaho Falls Head Passes - Y-Jl j jobs,-living -- built under his direction. "Tn"l 936"fcrith the organization" servicgJhehasTendCrefJJtdthe IDAHO (Idaho) the, center of interest to over 700 seminary graduates from nineteen seminaries in Eastern Idaho last Saturday. The days activities for this' large group people with, their seminary teachers and a generous sprinkling of . par-- I ents, commenced at 9:30 a.m. with entertainment at a local theater. Elder Gustav DECEASED At 1:30 p.m. the chapel of the A. Iverson. .... North Idaho Falls Stake-Fir- st Ward was filled to overflowing Ex-Missij with this happy group where on they came to listen to a message front Dr. Franklin L. West, Church commissioner of educa-- 1 tion and to listen and participate C.. this in program numbers from memweek, came word of the bers of their own group. Dr. West gave a stirring ad death of Elder Gustave A. Iver-dress on the four aspects of life the of former son, 71, president good home, good job, good re-- 1 Eastern States Mission. and good recligious adjustment Elder Iverson died Tuesday at reational life-.- He admonished the graduates to learn what they 10 p.m. of a hemorrhage after ofat invocation Day. wanted to do and then do the fering the welL He emphasized the services at the Washington D. C. job for cultivating a ,de necessity Ward Chapel according to rel- sire fo work, not only with, our atives in Salt Lake City. intellects but with our handj A native of Norway, Elder and then when we have acquired we fnust learn how to relax '"Iverson and his widowed mother f to rest with wholesome en and settled in Ephraim Utah in 1876. tertalnment and recreation. He attended Brigham Young Above all, he said, we must University, and later studied law learn to be happy and this can evenings' while working for a be made possible by good home environment, good Provo law firm. He fulfilled the Gospel of Jesus Christ in mission to his native land and whatever vocation we choose for V. married Mary upon returning He admonished against life. Olsen of Spring City. . To them having lifes aim the making of were born stx children. money and - cautioned - against In 1907 he was graduated from losing health in trying to follow - the University f Michigan Law out this endeavor!-- He spoke of and came back to Utah the saeredness of marriageTmd 1909 he practice in Price. In advised for its preparation in the was elected state senator and Holy Temples of our God- .- : served four years," serving durHighlighting the days entering the same period as president tainment was the toUrthrough -- of the Carbon Stake.He resided Idaho Falls Temple conductin Utah until 16 years ago when the ' he went to Washington as a spe- ed under the direction of the David Smith, cial assistant to the U. S. at- - templeR.presidency, Fred Schwen-dima- n. and John Sayer Cool-idtomey general under the administration. The day was climaxed with a Elder - Iverson was appointed Invitational dance held Spring -States Eastern ot the, president at the spacious in the. evening reand Mission Sept. 15, 1940, North Idaho the of ballroom leased April 8, 1944.. During a Falls Stake. Th4 dance was the and until of this time part the Idaho Falls time of his death he also acted sponsored ofbywhich Ellis S. Me Seminary as chairman of the denominaInstructor. tional committee of the general Allister is flam the Graduates following committee on army and navy . Idaho . seminaries were reprechaplains. - Funeral services were sched- sented at the gathering: Malta, Oakley, Rupert, Heybum, Sugar In Washinguled for mid-weCity, Burley, Declo, Driggs, St ton and interment to take place Anthony, Rexburg, Blackfoot, In Manti, Utah. Mooreland, Shelley, Ririe, Rigby, Midway, Ammon, XJcon and Ida-'h- o Falls. Moy 12, 1945 I Ing completion at a cost approximating $125,000.00 has been te nth niversary of the organization of the North Idaho Falls (Idaho) Stake, it is fitting to introduce to the readers of The Church News the stake president, David Smith, who really needs no introduction, because by this time he Is known by multitudes of the Church membership through his appointment' in September of 1943 as the president of the new Idaho Falls Temple. - To those of the Church membership who only know' him "ty his most recent appointment, this brief resume of his life and the ve Church, will add to their and respect for a man whose works have merited many' honors. Like Nephi of Old, he was born of goodly parents on Oct 14, 1689. at Fillmore. Utah, be- ing one of a family of ten children born to Joseph Daniel and Adeline Bronson - Smith. - His early boyhood was spent with his parents on the farm and he obtained his elementary schooling heat Fillmore. As a young man-entered the Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah, where he specialized in music and financed his education by playing in orchestras and doing other musical work. From 1911-1- 3 he filled a mission for the Church in California. In the St.' GeorgeTempIe on June 4, 1914, he married Emily Hancock. From this union President and Sister Smith have been blessed with four sons and seven daughters, all of whom are Three. of his sons are serving their country; Capt. Alison Smith is in Europe. Harlon David Smith is a doctor in the northwest, and Dale Smith is completing his medical training at the University of Tennessee. ' Soon after moving to Idaho in 1917 came opportunity to start out as a leader both in the Church and In a commercial enterprise. Up to April of 1919, Idaho Falls had oniy one L. d! S. ward and with the steady growth of the Church it became apparent that Idaho Falls should have another ward. With the o, the- - Idaho Falls First Ward David Smith was selected to be the first bishop of the Second Ward. After serving for about seven and one-ha- lf years as bishop, he was called to be a counselor to the late President Fred A. Caine of the Idaho Falls Stake. He served until President Caines death, and was chosen as coun- selor to ' President Leonard G. knowl-edge.lo- -- PRESIDES TEN YEARS David Smith, was appointed president of the North Idaho Falls Stake - organization . ten - years ago today. President Smith hat been-- president of the North Idaho Falls lull of Stake, his life has-beactivity and service for the stake and the Church. New chapels in number of the wards and branches have been erected. and completed and the new Stake-Fir- st Like the first ward In Idaho Falls, the Stake had now grown in Church membership to the point where a division 'was recommended, Division of the Idaho Falls --Stake - was accom plished on May 12, 1935. Though President Smith was living within the boundaries of the Idaho" Falls "Stake" he ' was ' selected and chosen as the man to become the first president of the new North Idaho Falls Stake. Having been the first bishop of ward he now found himself the first president of a stake and found it necessary to look tor a home within the boundaries of 1- his new stake.. , . During the ten years which ge ek Clearfield Ward To Plan Building First Ward, under the "direction of Walter Steed as chairman of the fl nance committee-wi- ll have their speaker at a special meet' ing and program Saturday eve nlng, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. Bishop M. O. Ashton of the Pre siding Bishopric. . The purpose of the meeting is to arouse Interest of the people of the ward in the erection of new ward chapel at Clearfield. -- of the Church Welfare Program, President Smith had his third- first, with his appointment as chairman of the Eastern Idaho Welfare Region comprising nine stakes ln Southeastern Idaho. Under his tenure of chairmanship the present regionai storehouse at Idaho Falls was erected and has a value of $25,000.00 As the Idaho Falls Temple was nearing completion and its dedi- - -cation aproaching, the presidency .ot the Church brought the fourth, first into the life of President Smith with the announcement in September, 1943, that ha hurt hnrt rhnsan fla it president. Perhaps no one in Eastern Idaho had taken more . interest or given more of their time - without remuneration to the - erection of - this beautifuls temple, the procuring of surrounding property, the directing of the hauling of thousands of loads of dirt and fertilizer for-th- e landscaping of the grounds, than has President Smith. He turned .the first shovel of dirt . at ground-breakiceremonies and from-th- at day to the present his exhibition of interest and work for this most beautiful edifice and its surrounding grounds merits the. noble call that has come to him to be Its first president. -- on CLEARFIELD First Ward s en Ward building how near- - Jht In Seventy ng s CoL This Solemn Hour BY LEVI EDGAR YOUNG Of The First "Council of Seventy . We' believe in God the Eternal Father, and In His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. My son, forget not my law let thine heart phep my commandments ; But t For length of days and long life, And peace, shall they add to thee. -- "Trust in the Lord with all thine hearty And lean not to thine own understanding. Tn dU thy ways acknowledge him. And he shall direct thy paths." URING the past few days a mighty thankfulness has as- cended to God for his blessings to mankind. Men have paused topray.and songs of praise are heard In every home and church, It is a time Of worship. . The civilized world Is grateful, and fear eannot rule where gratitude reigns. In ,the hearts o all Americans are two. eternal truths. The one first and foremost is that Jesus Christ is the Redeemer of the world and he is the Savior of mankind. "It is In him that the Creator has given to the woild a power for the worlds recovery. From him as from no .other teacher in history, men have gathered an idea of God which has proved Itself to be the greatest force in the only civilization which endures the changes of time, and. survives the vicissitudes t of life, the civilization of the human soul. His name has attracted the greatest men of all time, as well as the lowliest. He taught that the statutes of God give wisdom unto the lowly, and the highest conceivable wisdom to the humblest of minds. His teachings give to mankind the Increasing consciousness of the Immortality of spiritual values., i In the Peace Convention now in session in San Fran cisco, there are not only representatives of the Christian faithr but there are Mohammedans, Hindus," Buddhists, and S. From countries in which these predominate, and from other lands with other ideas of Deity, delegates are In attendance at this peace conference. ' Looking Into their own hearts, they all stand for one eternal truth: Where God is present all good things can be accomplished declares the KORAN. With God present the convention can give to the world a new faith, a new life, a new concept,, forjhe human race has but one God, one Eternal Father. Con-fucian- There is another message which , America has to give. It the principle of government which lies behind the expression: - FEDERAL UNION, for which Washington, Franklin, and Madison stood for with the other delegates In the ConIs stitutional Convention which met in Philadelphia in May, 1787. It has been tested and refined lay our own national life for over one hundred and fifty years, and the spirit of it has been extended to other democracies .and is destined to be extended to all nations of the world. America is justly proud of Us history, proud of the government which could unite thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard Into a nation. The government of the United States has been flexible and has expanded across the continent and united Into a nation peoples who have come from all parts of the earth. The principle of government which lies behind the Constitution is an eternal principle the princjpiethat good and righteous government is ordained of God. Jesus Christ taught the meaning of true democracy and the sacrament he ordained was a sacrament of unity, which guarantees to mankind freedom and liberty.. The Ideal of the nnity of Christianity should be set against th background of the need for a united world for peace. . 4... |
