Show OUR nun L I L. L D. D S. S CHURCH Duchesne Genealogical Department Department De De- At the Sacrament meeting last Sunday evening it was decided upon the recommendation of the bishopric that until notice the weekly genealogical meeting will be held on Friday evening commencing promptly at 7 30 As all the members of the Stake Genealogical Committee have been taken from the Duchesne ward thus making it more difficult to officer the various ward departments depart depart- departments ments by the desire of the local authorities the stake committee will rill continue to act executively as assistants choosing such of its members to act and for as long longa a time as may be deemed sary Elder Leo Bennion who has been acting in this capacity is retiring retiring retiring re re- tiring through finding this responsibility responsibility responsibility res res- too s strenuous to carry carryon on in connection with ith other public public public pub pub- lic and private duties which he cannot well shift Elder Wm H. H Case having been recently assigned to supervise the Genealogical class works throughout through through- out the stake was released from acting as class leader in the Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne ward John P. P Madsen was sustained as his successor with Wm Vm H H. Case as his first assistant an and other members of the stake and ward committees secondly to assist incase incase in incase case of his Inability to be present Council meetings of the ward committee are to be held on Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day evenings commencing promptly promptly at seven All these propositions were unanimously unanimously unanimously u- u sustained It was explained that the thc order of the church provides that all members of ward record belong automatically to the Genealogical department and that all other citizens citi citi- citizens zens ens are welcome to officiate in our meetings or wherein they may wish the hood good oo offices of the Genealogical Genealogical Genealogical Gene Gene- Society of Utah and its local stake and ward representatives tives to assist them in forming I family organizations searching 1 for genealogy in general or or in tracing their pedigrees that they may know their direct lines of ancestry All citizens as well as all church members are therefore eligible to attend atten meetings and to welcome ward committee workers to their homes and receive of their aid and andall andall all are invited to do so I Bishop Larsen as head of this department in the Duchesne ward I strongly endorsed its scope and serviceable labors commending it I to consideration and Interested Interested interested In In- in- in support of the public I |