Show relief society Cn conference ference the regular quarterly conference of tile the relief society of tile tha uintah stake 0 of zion was held at tho the stake houie houge at vernal wednesday february 1906 the attendance was unusually large serah al colton stake president of the organization presided over oer the two sessions winch which were held lier her counselors nancy colton and agness bennion benmon secretary pheobe merkley and all the tha ward relief society presidents were in attendance R S collett and james hacking of the stake preside dicy icy and bishop john N davis of vernal honored the occasion by their presence after the preliminary exercises president serah al colton gave a report of the societies of the stake leaving out the jensen society which was rc reported ported by A K bartlett she reported porta d that bishop billings and counselors are members of the society A written essay by adell hunting of the naples society was read abbie henry gave an organ solo the above exercises had been prepared beforehand and were very creditable during the conference the following ward presidents pres identa le ported their respective societies mary J searl sear of dry fork america M orser of jensen annio annie casper of naples hannah of vernal mary alary J ilarda of glines and pheobe hislop of maeser an ablo able lecture upon knowledge and courage practically a temperance address was delav delivered cred by Nancy Colton mary oniell made a f upon the tha lecture sarah pope former stake president of the organization referred to tile the favorable financial condition of the saints us ua compared with their situation at the time of the advent of the early settlers of utah she also added a few remarks upon the necessity of prayer also upon tho the word of wisdom agness benmon spoke at some length upon the training of children the necessity of providing suitable employment for them and di directing retting them in matter of selecting suitable books to read elder alonzo haws expressed his pleasure at the character of the exer chaes aises and spoke of the importance of the work of the society AFTERNOON SESSION minutes read and accepted the statistical report of the societies sucie of the stake was read elthura collett spoke upon the subject of prayer A K bartlett the necessity of obedience to and respect for the priesthood elder E J longhurst related missionary experience president ILes ident R S collett spoke at some length upon the great school of life said we should profit by past experiences perien ces complied d mothers who neglect their duties with those who discharge them conscientiously ile he then gave much advice and counsel relative to the training of children president sarah barah M colton mido mide a few closing remarks she congratulated those who had taken part upon the excellent ell nt exercises und and spoke a short time upon the duties of members of the organization ahe next conference will be held at maeser |