| Show GOLDEN anniversary celebrated SUNDAY bountiful wards hold special services in tabernacle it being bein 50 years since its dedication every seat was occupied at the east bountiful haberm tabernacle acle sunday afternoon when the fiftieth anniversary of the dedication rj of that house of worship was observed it is estimated that there were over SOO people in attendance there were thirteen of the t it number who had helped to build bi ild the structure ture aal thirty three of the number who were at the dedication present upon this occasion this house of worship was as dedicated by prest brilliant brigham young march 14 1863 A special pro grain had been prepared for the anniversary comprising sin several inu musical nuin bei by tile llie bountiful see second ond ward choir and other vocalists and a 1 dis disburse urse by elder orson F whitney of the council of the twelve seated pc abed upon tile stand vy o e P Ily silent J 11 II grant aud and st kiors ors the presidency of divi divis s stake edward IT II Au andersen derson a ai i weible edito of the iii m ea james II 11 anderson depro entin the general board of the Y al 21 1 I A and many prominent local churchmen the services were conducted by bishop String liani of bountiful second ward anor io hotl to Tl discoursed diacou di elder 17 I 1 wallace W willey alley read some sta gathele from tile the ward ard records pertains per taing L to the building of the tabernacle be begun un in 1856 and ts deli dedication cation seven years later ile he also gave a brief sketch of ille lie settlement of davis county vieth the names of those first upon tile dio ground for that purpose the Iio lione neer cr of bountiful which was wai originally called north mill creek ward and subsequently Se sessions ions settlement was peri trine tr ine inc G sessions a captain of 50 im the first immigration that followed brigham young and the pioneers into salt lake valley A few days after ilia his arrival at tho the cid fort now pioneer lat jat in september 1847 captain sessions ces moved northward about ia 10 miles for the purpose of pas his cattle ile he remained through tile the winter and in tile the sarn tip ing of 1818 1848 plowed land and veiled ve permanently at the wi alg get geltion tion of elder willey those hal hai helped to anil 1 l tic the tabernacle and were pre ent at its ils dedication stood upon their reet feet and were counted before the tx arvice closed bishop Whit whitneys discourse Dis couns elder eider whitneys Whit discourse was mainly historical lie ile began by congratulating the surviving old settlers upon the fact that the they Y and ami their fellows since passed away aay a ay had had the courage faith and fortitude in a da day y 0 of f I 1 hard I 1 lao hp privation and poverty lo 10 erect at a cost of over such a handsome commodious and substantial edifice to the service of god it was a credit to the ward and to the stake even at the present time notwithstanding its age and the wear and tear of time talle the speaker then launched d forth on his discourse proper which occupied an hour or nr more inore and was listened to with rapt attention by the large congregation grega gre gation tiou it has been stated that was the estimated cost of b dilding but it is thought aliat the actual cost was close to COO the late anson acson call an aej bishop john stoker greatly assisted in compier iol ii the building when all mothr sources of revenue had bad been i i hausted |
