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Show Apostle Nears 84th Year One of the best known and most beloved L. D. S. church authorities, Rudger Clawson, president of the council of twelve apostles, will celebrate his eighty-third birthday March 12. 1 President Clawson, despite his age. Is In good health and never misses a day at work. He recalled that he Is three and a half months older than Heber J. Grant, president of the church, whom Mr. Clawson succeeded as president of the council of twelve apostles 21 years ago. The churchman's life la one of devotion to his church. He was at one time a counselor In the first presidency and has served as a stake and mission president. He Is aware of the struggles and hardships hard-ships of pioneer life, having been born In Salt Lake City March 12, 1837. His most sorrowful experience was as a youthful missionary in the southern states, when he saw his companion shot down beside him by a mob. |