Show clarkston conference EDITOR tur ur ward conference haq held oi on sunday feb 23 the saints turned out well a great many coming up I 1 from weston till there was wag no I 1 sta adin anding room there were present on the stand prest irest orson orgon smith dishop crookston of loan bishop jardine bishop griffin Grif fil elders geo gen rigby john griffin peter benson bensen reter pete r larson elders jensen and parsons of newton prest loosle counsellors Coun A W heggie and yates at 10 sharp bishop jardine called the meeting to order the choir sang prayer was offered by W V 0 carbine of egin 0 idaho the choir s gang ang an anthem prest pet smith then made a few I 1 remarks in which he said that he be 1 was glad to meet with the saints once more and hoped all had come to 10 be instructed and not to find t fault ault the presidents of the different quorums qu the relief society young ladies and primary associate Asso associations ciati gave in some very good reports and we had a time of rejoicing and 0 great cause to feel thankful prest thomas godfrey reported the sunday school as being in fine cond condition prest sarah buttars of the primary showed that she needed more help hell from the parents of the children the best report of all was that of prest caroline thompson of the relief society the lady showed that the sisters are looking after tile the poor and are willing to be a help to the tha bishop prest john buttars buttaro reported the elders ciders and those that turned out to their meetings were good men ami would receive their reward bishop jardine reported the clarkston ward in good condition the saints had paid more tithing in tile the year 1895 than in 1894 and we es n orp 01 of bro myler leader andi and miss M iss larson presiding at organ never sang better and I 1 heard several remark what a good choir you have in clarkston I 1 am thinking of taking them to the worlds fair next tibe time and en ter the contest and walk away with the e second prize anyhow in the afternoon the meeting house was packed and after the authorities were voted for elder crookston talked for 65 minutes and fired shots that hit all present and gave us a splendid discourse prest smith occupied the balance of the time telling the saints how to live and gave much good counsel the choir sang who is on the lords side and thus ended our conference |