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Show l ' " . . . ' " ' " . Impressive Rites Planned At 2 p.m7 In Chapel Elder Harold B. Lee of Council of Twelve Will Give Dedicatory Address, Prayer; Beautiful New Structure Now Completed The event to which LDS stake and ward officers, as well as the total population of two wards, have been looking: f orward, will take place Sunday, Decern- ber 17, when the new Stake Housed and Fifth-Sixth ward chapel will be dedicated. The dedication is scheduled for 2 p. m. at the chapel, located on a site to be known as Kolob Circle. Elder Harold B. Lee of the Council Coun-cil of Twelve Apostles will offer the dedicatory address and prayer. The complete program for the dedication, announced by Stake President Ernest A. Strong, is as follows: Organ prelude, Pauline Boyer, stake organist; hymn, "We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet," Pro-phet," choir and congregation, Golden Hanson conductor; Pauline Boyer and Jane C. Norton, accompanists. accom-panists. The invocation will be by Andrew An-drew ,G.' Peterson of the stake presidency, followed by the anthem, an-them, "Let the Mountains Shout For Joy," by the choir. Remarks will then be made by Bishop John Y. Bearnson of the Fifth ward and by Bishop Erwin L. Sheffield of the Sixth ward. Their talks will be followed by the choir singing "God So Loved the World." President Strong will then address ad-dress the assembly, followed by remarks re-marks by Howard J. McKean, church building supervisor. A vocal vo-cal solo, "Bless This House," will be rendered by Grant Clyde, followed fol-lowed by the dedicatory address and prayer by Elder Lee. The anthem, "Come, Come Ye Saints" will be renedered by the choir, and the choir and congregation congrega-tion will join in singing "The Spirit Like a Fire Is Burning," as (Continued on Page 14) the bishoprics of the two wards concerned. The plans were taken to Architect Claude Ashworth and with his Outstanding ability the details of the building were started. start-ed. After several meetings with the presiding bishopric, a plan was approved and officers were given a green light to proceed January 4, 1949. The Strong Company supervised the entire job of improving the site, laying the parking area, and building construction, with the actual ac-tual excavation commencing about March 14, 1949. The work was carefully supervised by President Ernest A. Strong, with Howard Sanford doing a good job as superintendent. super-intendent. The members of Kolob Stake express ex-press joy and appreciation for the facilities .of the new stake and ward building and the Fifth and Sixth wards are especially happy to have a home after being orphans for seven long years. The new church building is indeed in-deed a home, defying verbal description. de-scription. It is all that anyone could desire in beauty, comfort and convenience. An appreciation for the forethought, planning and work which has gone into this magnificent structure will be gained gain-ed only by seeing it. Modern Equipment . . . A sound systen installed throughout the building and into the tower on top is but one of the many very modern features to be found. Enough cannot be said also for the pipe organ which is one of the best ever installed in a church building. A complete news story might be written of this single piece of equipment, which wall be the pride of the people for nxanj years to come. A beautiful kitchen, conveying Kolob Stake House To Be Dedicated Sunday (Continued from Page One) the concluding number. Glen V. Sumsion of the stake presidency will offer the benediction. Plans Begun . . . Plans for the beautiful new church building had their beginning begin-ning several years ago, when it was learned that the population of this stake had so increased that a division of wards was necessary. This fact in turn necessitated the erection of new buildings. The population of Kolob Stake has increased from 3S12 in 1924, the date of its organization, at which time Thistle and Birdseye were included, to a present enrollment enroll-ment of 6775 members. Devoted Study . . . Many months of devoted study and planning were spent by President Presi-dent Strong in making the preliminary prelim-inary plans for the new Stake and Fifth-Sixth ward building. These plans were approved by the counselors coun-selors in the Stake Presidency and crowd in the one huge room. Chairs for the hall are concealed under the stage on steel carts. The west entrances and the east entrances of the building are built similar and identical overstuffed sets adorn the foyers. Two bishop's rooms, a stake presidency room, storage rooms, and a vault will add to the convenience con-venience of preserving records and caring for business conected with the stake and wards. The baptismal font is not to be passed by in a description of the convenient phases of the building. A spacious tiled room has a tiled pool in one corner, and is joined by a dressing room well equipped with booths. Entering and leaving the building build-ing one is impressed with the spacious spa-cious parking facilities around the chapel. On each corner a light has been placed. In the background are the majestic ma-jestic Wasatch mountains, and as the silver spiral on the white steeple points heavenward, the chapel stands as a monument to the faith, spirit and cooperation, of church members. the economical use of the most modern equipment, will delight every woman in the two wards and of the stake. A description of the effective decorative theme carried out throughout the building would fill a book. Suffice it to say, it is inspiring in-spiring from the biege colored carpeting car-peting to the rose and green tinted walls, to the lovely natural fin- ished solid oak benches in the chapel, to the gorgeous pale green upholstered rostrum seats, to the maroon covered chairs in the Re- ! lief Society room, to the matching drapes in every room. , Walking through the spacious halls of the building, one cannot but be impressed with the massive-ness massive-ness of the entire plan which has been worked out to the finest detail. de-tail. The huge engineering plan covering cov-ering the heating system for the building in itself is apalling to the layman. There is a spacious room for the junior Sunday school and kin-; kin-; dergarten rooms, equipped with small-size folding chairs for the little tots. The Scout room, with 1 its picturesque fireplace of stone, : has been designed especially for the boys. The spacious stage with a gorgeous gor-geous green velvet curtain, is at the end of the amusement hall. There is also a stage in the Junior Sunday school room. The huge automatic soundproof sound-proof folding doors between the chapel and the recreation hall, which incidentally has a floor of maple bruce-block, is an attractive attrac-tive feature. The doors will make possible the seating of a very large |