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Show p SETTLEMENT CHAPEL DEDICATED Tl,e chapel at Ivins. recently com-,.,ed com-,.,ed was dedicated last Friday nf-;,'Mon nf-;,'Mon by Al'ostle Anthony W. Ivins. Te building was crowded, i large "nber of people from St. George and Santa Clara being present inelud-v inelud-v the Stake Presidency and Bishop 'rjV R. Frei of Santa Clara. KHex singing and prayer, Bishop E. p Vrei expressed his pleasure at be-i be-i c here and seeing one of his dreams fulfilled. Referred to the beautiful SKery near Ivins including Snow's. caDvon. Had assisted in bringing ihis settlement into being; all who hsd gone into the Ivins 'project had been unselfish in a marked degree; Join S. Stucki had put in $S000; made special mention of Pres. Edw. t u cnnw .Tames Andrus, Bp. I. C. 11. , - Macfarlane, Clarence Jarvis and Leo 1. Snow, saying these men had assisted assist-ed much. There is much room for growth at Ivins. God had blessed us uracil in the work of constructing this building and in the settlement of the place. .Pres. Ivins had assisted in the cost of the building and all workers had contributed 10Cr of their dues for labor; Pres. Snow gave the organ and Leo A. Snow $60. The presidency of the stake have helped loyally. Elder Leo A. Suow, the engineer of the project, gave credit for the construction work to Clarence Jarvis equally with himself. Pres. W. 0. Bentley, who had been with the project since its inception, spoke encouragingly to the people of Ivins. All work in connection with 'iff- . the project had been well done by all concerned. We selected a good laae for this community, Ivins, none better. The community is of a high character in all things; they will grow in righteousness. The branch membership sang "Mm is Growing." Pres. A. W. Ivins said he had chosen to dedicate this chapel; loved these places of undeveloped resources. resourc-es. Made mention of some of the old settlers, also of the early settlement f Santa Clara. Many of the early J mtlers suffered from fever. Asked I ' a satisfactory record had been e ot the early settlers; would like a record made of their missionary wk,. educational and financial a'gth and their accomplishments mm the beginning. Told of pion-jing pion-jing in Mexico. Was thankful for g his name placed on this town. church had erected many chapels I1" War, great growth is being made '"this matter. Told of his love for Part of Utah and of the good accomplished ac-complished y a slow steady growth, w. Ivins then offered the dedicator dedicat-or prayer. Pres. Jos. K. Nicholes made appro- 'te remarks, commending all the p".,"eators of e community of Ivins. t0 the prQduct'veness of the . "we, made an estimate of its pos- -2;rckeoftl,',n,p,ration- ZTZhyPres- Walter Can- sea 'be services. te-a n?KhaPel is 24x36 feet made of CI reStS on a concrete Ration three feet wide, four feet h IT?' 11 is a Pretty build- bstantually constructed and The S 3UStly proud of it-settlement it-settlement consists of 12 chiMren (r,ried CUP'eS' havi,1S 30 W' u eIdest 10 yrs old. bout 5000 acres of excellent bvti, tS0Uthern exPosure, back- The 0Jei'million cli-itpr cli-itpr 18 admirably adapted to been 8 a sustantial start The rimade a'ng this Iine-tet Iine-tet a'a'tor wa" there on the 5th the bra SaW mag"olia fig trees with ith , ' one year old, loaded of a'r, SmaU ones about the ripe Tll Up t0 mature figs about 'arietv fPeple there believe this lrfJ"iTexa Whih W3S sniPpd in H extenSWl11 P''Ve Very Profitable, H i " 'V-e Panting of it is plan-u'e plan-u'e future. 0 all th i H on tS- 600d Work that has been J 6iop P Santa c'ara bench land, 'euidp61 f Santa Clara has been ,atber to ,1 ''eal helper- He a kfen to Sa,7 f'0Ck there as he has M it Is fit Clara for many years, V pre, and prPer that his son, Jr- should be the pres-id- ing elder of the branch. Ivins has a prosperous future, Long may she fl urish. |