Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-09-19 | Page 14 | L. D. S. Church Parley Nears

I, D. S. CHURCH ; PARLEYNEARS Salt Lake City's largest meeting of the year Is only about three weeks away the 109th semiannual semian-nual general L. D. S. church conference. con-ference. As time for opening was steadily approaching, church officials Tuesday Tues-day began planning details for the conference, which will be held October Oc-tober 6, 7 and 8 in the tabernacle. At least 8000 members from all parts of the United States, Including Includ-ing some from. Canada, Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands, will attend at-tend the three-day meetings. There will be another 5000 Latter-day Latter-day saints from stakes and wards In Utah. In Denmark All church general authorities will attend the conference with the exception of Joseph Fielding Smith, member of the council of twelve apostles, now In Denmark supervising the return of missionaries mission-aries from war-torn Europe. A member of the council of twelve Is expected to be appointed at the conference to succeed the late Melvln 1. Ballard. Whether Sylvester Q. Cannon, now associate asso-ciate to the council, will be chosen remains to be seen. tober 8 at 10 a. m. The afternoon session will be held at 2 p. m. The meetings will be held October 7 and 8 at the same hours. Heber J. Grant, church president, will preside. A prelude to the general conference con-ference will be the semiannual convention of the National Woman's Wom-an's Relief society, October 4 and 5. which will be attended by at least 5000 members, said the society so-ciety first presidency, Tuesday. Officers' Meeting Mrs. Louise Y. Roblson, president, presi-dent, will be In charge of all sessions. ses-sions. An officers' meeting will be held the first day and will be limited to mission and stake presidents, pres-idents, stake officers and board members and stake representatives. representa-tives. In the afternoon department depart-ment sessions will be held. A feature of the general conference confer-ence will be the usual Urge number num-ber of department meetings and missionary runlons. An Important gathering will be the general priesthood meeting In the tabernacle. taber-nacle. Other meetings will be the Pri- mary association conference, church welfare session, Aaronlc priesthood convention, the seventies seven-ties conference and many others.