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Show Church dedicated missionary reports highlight conference Approximately 1300 people gathered at the recently completed com-pleted Kolob Stake House Sunday Sun-day afternoon at a general quarterly conference session, in which the new $435,000 church was dedicated. President Presi-dent Henry D. Moyle of the LDS First Presidency, offered the dedicatory prayer. Other speakers in the afternoon after-noon session were Wendell Mendenhall, church building chairman, a former resident of Mapleton who told of his experiences ex-periences in various parts of the world. The morning session of the conference was highlighted by missionary reports by Boyd Hales, Larry Chadwick, Phil Bird, Merrill Johnson, Robert Hutchings, Howard Weight and Richard Watts, all recently re turned and by Phil Wright who has been home some time. Mrs. Reed Hales, represented the missionary parents, in a short talk. Other conference speakers were Ernest A. Strong Jr., in charge of the general sessions; Hal Taylor and Claude A. Smith of the stake presidency; Leo A. Crandall, president of Jpringville stake; Bishop Er-.iest Er-.iest Boyer of the 11th ward and Wm. Pratt of the Sixth; also Arlon Van Orden, building architect. Dr. Royal L. Garf of Sal Lake City, a member of the U of U faculty, speaking at the MIA program Sunday evening, even-ing, described the American people as soft, dependent and passive and warned that unless changes are made, this nation will loose its independence and liberty. He commented that divorces are higher in this country than in any other as he urged the young people of the church to uphold LDS standards and the teachings they receive. Darlene North of the first ward was presented with a Golden Gol-den Gleaner pin and certificate by Mrs. Lora Whiting, who presided at the evening meeting of the conference. Another member of the .first ward, Delores Bertelsen, has finished requirements for her Golden Gleaner award but left on a mission to France before receiving it, it was announced. Music for the general sessions ses-sions was furnished by a combined com-bined choir from the wards of the stake, directed by Glenn A. Montague with Zara Tonics, accompanist. |