Show ILLNESS KEEPS L. L D. D S. S WORKER FROM P PARLEY Oldest Member of Relief Society Society So- So Board in Point of Service Absent The smilIng face ot of a little gray haired woman who has spent her l life e in 11 active service In the L L. L D. D S S. S church was missing In the Wednesday and nd Thursday relief society crowds She is MISS Sarah l McLelland ol of 1812 South State street a member of the general board society ty since 1911 and the oldest member in point of servIce in lathe the organization She is forced to remain from the conferences because of illness but was wao reported Thursday however recovering from froma a cold Miss McLelland was the only general general gen gen- eral board member absent from the thes s stand nd when the first society conference confer confer- ence was called to order Wednesday Officers said this is the first time she has missed a general meeting She is the society's most traveled missionary having at various times visited all the stakes in the church in inthe inthe the and west b f filling ill fill illing ing a missIon to the central sta states in lOShe he is noted for her faithful service keenness ot of into human hu hu- man nature and her tolerant nature A me member of the Daughters ot of Utah Pioneers and the Genealogical Society ot of Utah Miss McLelland began be- be gait gan her active church work as n a teacher in the first Farmers Farmers' ward Sunday school In Since then she has served faithfully in various capacities ca ca- including 10 years as a counselor coun- coun five years as a class leader Jeader Inthe in inthe the Y L L. L M. M I. I A A. a stake board memo mem- b ber r and has been doing Red Cross work for or the society for years Miss McLelland is of Scotch IrIsh I I W S w tAt Sarah M. M parentage Her parents Thomas and Elizabeth M. M McLelland joined the church In Scotland in 1 They emi erni- grated to America on their wedding anniversary Ire in 1844 Her father assisted as as- in the completion ot of the Nau Ill temple and arrived in Salt Lake in 1848 and helped build the temple here For a number of years MISS MeLd MeLd- land served as a counselor to the Granite stake president |