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Show I i I ' Relief Society's Societys Society'slOOth Society's100th Society's100th Societys100th ' lOOth 100th Birthday BirthdayObserved BirthdayObserved BirthdayObserved Observed Observedat at MoabChmty Moab MoabChinty Chinty Ch'tnty Chtnty Chmty ' Organization Orgaruzahon Orgamzation Cele Cele-is Cele is Celeisbrates Cele-icbrates Cele icbrates - . . , brates Centenmry Centenn1ry Centenniry WIth WIthB'1nquet withBinquet withBinquet B'1nquet B1nquet Binquet ' and ProgramThe Program ProgramThe The organization orgamzation organisation of the Natlonal National NationalRelief NationalRelief Relief Society at Nauvoo 111 III Ill on onMarch onMarch March 17 1842 was celebrated by bythe bythe the Moab odganization odganlZatlon Tuesday Tuesdayeven Tuesdayeven even ng"lth ng rep \ yith \"lth "lth lth vith " an eliborate ehborate elthorate and m in interesting mteresting teresting program and banquet at attended att t'nded tnded tended ' nded by several hundred peopleThe people peopleThe The centennial centennisi observance cbservance was oneof one oneof oneof of the most successful events ever everIrlven everwiven everriven Irlven wiven by this L LDS D S church aux auxllraf auxibiary auxlhary llraf ibiary } . at a MoabAt MoabAt Moab MoabAt At 6 30 p m tt the > e } : planting lantrng of a acentennial acentennial acentennial centennial evergreen tree on the thechurch thechurch thechurch church grounds was staged with withacproprlatl witharpropriate withappropriate Congregational Congregatlonal a-cproprlatl a cproprlatl arpropriate - ' ceremonies Congrega tlonal tional singing smgIng was led by E W Wstout WStout WStout stout followed by a trumtyt trumpot trumy't trumyt ' solo soloby soloby soloby by Wallace Somerville The tree treewas treewas treewas was planted rlanted rianted by Mrs Mabel vlabel John Johnson Johnson son on president preslJent of the Moab Pellef Pelief Pellef"ociety Pehef"ociety Pehefociety "ociety ociety ociey " and the dedication prayer prayera prayerwas prayerwas \\a a was \ < ; off red by Frink Fr'tn1 Frtn1 Frunk ' . M ShaferThe ShaferThe Shafer ShaferThe The banquet was served in m the theRecreatlon theRecreation theRecreation Recreatlon Recreation hall ball about 150 eople people ] : peoplebeing eoplebeing being seated The Relief SocIety Societya a lighthouse lightholl . e < for 100 } years ears was the thetheme thetheme thetheme theme and the tables were attractively attractivelv at- at - tractivelv tractively decorated with a center centerll centerlighthouse centerlighthouse ll lighthouse hthouse and many lighted candies can candIes candIes dIes \ Mrs l\Irs l Irs E W Stoutas Stout \ was \\as as toast- toast toastmistress toastmistress toast-mistress toast mistress - - mistress and the folio follo - vang nng i-mg i mg pro proIrram proeram proeram Irram eram was rendered Toast HoW Howth Howth ' th ' " Priesthood Pnf'thood Pnfthood Priethood " ' Turn d the Keys Kes } tv to tvthe tothe tothe the Women to Carry on ore Rellef Relief RellefSociety ReliefSociety ReliefSociety Society Work Bishop Bl5hop W R Me Mc MeCon1.1e McConkie MeConkie Con1.1e Con11e Conkie . who told of the tre creation of ofthe ofthe ofthe the organization organlzatlon by PresIdent PresIdentJoseph PresidentJoseph PresidentJoseph Joseph Smith at Nauvoo one hun hundred hundred hundred dred years ago a candle lightingceremony hghtmg lighting hghtmgceremony lightingceremony ceremony conducted by Bishop Mc- Mc McConkle McConkie Mc-Conkie Mc Conkie - Conkle Conkie and President Mabel John Johnson Johnson Johnson son pla\er pla er piaser pi aver \ Howard Ho"ard Hoard " Lance toast toastRolief toastR'lief toastR . Rolief R'lief Rlief ' het Society a Llghthooe Lightho Llghtho oe ce < e for for- for100 for100 - I 100 Years President Johnson Johnsontoasts Johnsontoasts Johnsontoasts ' toasts to tv various vanous departments departments- departmentsTheology departmentsTheology departmentsTheology - - Theology Mrs Charles Zufelt Zufelt1or1 Zufeltisork ZufeltMork , 1\or1 1 or1 isork \ . department George A I\ew I ew Mw Iewell Mweli \ I.ewell Iewell . ell eli literary hterary Mrs Joseph F Par Parnsh Parrish Parnsh ' nsh rish social service Mrs Wayne WayneMcCVnkle WayneMcConkie WayneMcConkie McCVnkle McConkie vocal tno trio HarborLights Harbor HarborLights HarborLights Lights by the Ll Lightho htho isse lse iso Lassies Lassles LassiesDorothy LasslesDorothy LassiesDorothy Dorothy Stout Sally Taylor and andMarJone andMarjorie andMarjone MarJone Marjorie Lou Chnstensen Christensen an anongInal anoriginal anoriginal ongInal original : poem Joem toast to old and andne andno andnev ne no v members Mrs Lester Burr Burrresponse Burrresponse Bun-response Bun response - response by old member Mrs MaryDay MaryDay Mary Day pioneer of Moab respons response " " by- by - bynew bynew by-new by new - new members niembers Mrs Owen DeSpain DeSpaintalk DeSpaintalk DeSpaintalk talk Influence of Relief Rellef SOciety Societyon on My Home L Burton Reddcongregational Redd Reddcongregahonal Reddcongregational congreg-ahonal congreg ahonal congregational - singing smgIng One Hundred Hundred Hun- Hun Hundred - dred Thousand StrongFollowmg StrongFollowing Strong StrongFollowing Following Followmg the banquet a programwas programwas program . was rendered in the L LD.S LDS D.5 D5 . . . chapel chapelfeatming , featUlmg featming an Easter can cantata ta The Theprogram Theprogram Theprogram program ' \ was as opened by coIl"O'J'ega coIlOJega congrega coIl"O'J'egatlonal congregational congregational " ' tlonal tional singing srngIng of The Spirit Spnt or- or ot orGod otGod of"God ofGod - " God and Mrs Lloyd Somerville Somervillegave Somervillegave Somervillegave gave the Invocation A Song or- or ot orTIiurrph otTiiun'ph ofTriurrph - TIiurrph Ti-iun'ph Ti iun'ph iunph - ' especiallv especIally written wntten for forthe forthe torthe the Cent nnlal nnial rental by bv Beitnce Be\tnce Be tnce Beutrice ' \ ParleyStevens Farley FarleyStevens FarleyStesens Stevens Stesens wis W'1S W1S ' rendered bv by the Sing Singmg Singmg Singing mg . Mothers .rothers rothers of the Relief SOCIety SOCIetyand Societyand Societyand and an Informative informathe Informatise talk tal1 . on th the thework thowork "ork ork work " of the Relief Reliet Relies Society wasg1 wasgh was ; g1\ g1 gh River g1er \ er by Mrs L D Heywood The TheSmgmg TheSinging TheSinging Smgmg Singing Mothers rendeied rendeled In Thy- Thy - ThyForm ThyForm ThyForm - Form by Florence FlorenLe Jepperon JepperonMadsen Jepper 'on on 'onMadsen < ' on : MadsenhlCh Madsen ' \ which \\hlCh hlCh alsoV'1.S also \ wis \V'1.S V1.S V'1.S V1S uses ' . especIally especIallywntten especiallywritten especiallywritten wntten written for tt the > e CentenmalMrs CentennialMrs Centennial Centenmal CentennialMrs Mrs Leon Castleton gave a , re retold re- re retold retold - told storv store which illu-trated illu trated lllu-trated lllu illu.trated illutrated . - . - " in "In sn intance in'tance in instance stance -tance tance 'tance - ' of Relief Rellef Society SOClety ' \ work or1 . The Thefeature Thefeature The-feature The feature - feature of the program " was "as as an Eas Em East"r Emtor East t"r tr tor " r cintati c\ntah c ntah cntatw ' \ Resurrection Morn by byB byB byB B Cecil Gates rendered by the theSingln theSinging theSingine Singln Singing ; Mothers ; und'r undr undor ' the dlrec- dlrec direc- direc dlrecI dlrechon direction direc direction - tion hon of Mrs Omile Omlle Orville H Hnckley nCkley nCkley1159 \1159 1159 Mise MiseJayne ' \ 'VTisaJayne VTisaJayne ' ' Jayne Reed was pianist Leon LeonCastleron LeonCastleton Leon.Castleton LeonCastleton . Castleron Castleton \ was as organist organl5t and MrsSId MrsSid Mrs Sid Pace pa.ce . was W'3S W3S ' the reader The can cani cantata cantfta tt > tata ta was < ; superbly uperbly rendered and andI andwas andwas was greatly greatlv enjoyed bv by thoO th " large'audIence largeaudience large 'audIence audIence audience The program clo'wd clowd closed c1o ed edlth < ; ' \\lth lth uiith uiiththe \ withthe lththe the benediction benedtctIon by Mrs Martha AWestwood AWestwood A Westwood WestwoodThe WestwoodTIle The TIle evening evenmg was concluded with withan withan withan an hour of social socral dancing in the therecreatIon therecreation therecreation recreatIon hall |