Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-08 | Page 7 | Samoans Celebrate Mission Centennial |

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Date	1928-12-08
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Samoans Celebrate Mission Centennial
Type	article
Date	1928-12-08
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	7
OCR Text	Show SAMOANS CELEBRATE MISSION CENTENNIAL APIA APIA Samoa AP The AP Tho AP-Tho The centennial centen centen- nm nial o of tho the founding of the Methodist Methodist Methodist Meth Meth- odist church in Samoa was spectacularly spectacularly spec spec- celebrated near Apia by natives of Samoa and of the Tonga Islands miles to the south Tho Tue landing of Tongan natives who first brought Christianity to Samoa Bamoa in 1828 was reenacted by who landed from native nativo canoes in traditional costume Tho qu queen en of or Tonga sent a delegation o of five chiefs to represent her at nt the celebrations which took place at atthe atthe the thc sHe where the Tongan mis- mis first Jan landed c
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