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Show June Quarterly Conference Held Here Saturday And Sunday, June 22, 23 BY MABEL JARVIS June quarterly conference of the St. George stake was held over Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, with George F. Richards of the council of twelve apostles officially of-ficially attending from Salt Lake City. Apostle Richards is also president of all the Temples of the L.D.S. church and is at present acting patriarch of the church. As outlined in the year's program, pro-gram, this was the missionary conference con-ference of the year, with missionary mis-sionary work being the general theme stressed, and with the music and singing provided by a missionary and seventies chorus conducted by Wm. T. Morris Jr. with Seth Harper accompanist. Pres. Harold S. Snow presided at the meetings, under the direction of Apostle Richards. The opening session, devoted to priesthood work, was held in the south ward chapel at 8 p.m. Saturday. Sat-urday. Congregational singing and special numbers supplied by the missionary chorus. Speakers at this session, following the address of welcome by President Snow, included in-cluded G. Carlylye Thompson, who gave an extensive outline of the work being done by missionaries of the St. George stake; Bp. Wallace J. Iverson of Washington west ward who gave details of the molasses projects being sponsored spon-sored by the priesthood quorums of the stake and Wm. A. Whitehead White-head told of the broom project. Both of the projects are being worked out as part of the stake welfare program and offer increased in-creased possibilities as explained by these directors. Closing speaker was Apostle Richards, who gave encouragement encourage-ment to the priesthood quorums and urged cooperation in putting r,or tho welfare Droeram of the church, advising of the coming need of being prepared to assist with those who shall need our help following the conflict now on in Europe. A special session held at 9 a.m. (Continued on page eight) Stake Conference (Continued from first pagel in the basement of the Tabernacle Taber-nacle covered the reorganization of the local wards. ; General Assembly General assembly was held in the recreation hall at 10 a.m. with a large attendance recorded 'from all wards of the stake, in spite of the very severe heat spell now on. First speaker was Vernon Worthen of the stake presidency, who covered the subject, "What 'Seventies are Doing at Home and j Abroad". He told of the stake missionary service and what is being accomplished. William Lund Talks William Lund of Enterprise, i long active as a stake missionary and now one of the two stake patriarchs, told of the missionary work being done in the western end of the county and into Barclay, Bar-clay, Nev., praising the boys of the CCC camp in that vicinity for their fine cooperative attitude in the religious and social affairs of Enterprise ward. Pres. Donald P. Seegmiller of the Temple Bureau district reported re-ported the joy and satisfaction coming to the group over whom he presides and gave a detailed report of the contracts made and work carried on by this group. Robert Seaman, president of the East District told of the special work activities of his branch in visiting the Shivwits reservation and holding Sabbath services with the Indians of that place. He outlined out-lined briefly the work of the first missionaries to the Indians in 1854 and the follow up work since that time, and praised these peo pie for their hospitality and for their interest and assistance with the programs, furnishing music, singing and otehr parts on request for the meetings. Indian Report Foster Charles, member of the church and presiding elder, over the Indians of the reservation, made a brief and interesting report re-port of the life of his people, told of his joy in being a member of the church, and of reading the Book of Mormon and learning of his ancestors. He said, "Many of my people do not understand the record of our forefathers, but one of the older members remembers the stories related to them of their ancestors by those first missionaries, mission-aries, and hamonizes it with his ancestral legends of their origin. Only five of the original members here when the first Mormon missionaries mis-sionaries came are still living. These are Frank, Little Jim, Peter and his wife, and Dave". They were baptized by David Cannon many years ago and pictures of this service are still available. Bp. A. K. Hafen talked on the subject, "How Can a Bishop Aid Missionary Work", stressing the various angles of cooperation, and including in his remarks the legend "Acres of Diamonds" and its application to the lives of church members in their search for great joy. Following congregational singing sing-ing of "Count Your Many Blessings" Bless-ings" Merlin Huntsman of the Enterprise ward, reported his recent re-cent 25 months of missionary work in California, relating faith promoting incidents and bearing a firm testimony of his belief in the gospel, urging that we live according to our belief and not be subject to criticism for laxity in doing our duty at all times. Apostle George F. Richards reviewed re-viewed the work of the morning session in the reorganization of the wards and urged members to follow their leaders, give them proper cooperation and referred to the ancient teachings of Abraham to his people. He promised great blessings on those who comply with gospel plan. The mixed chorus sang "Peace, Troubled Soul" with benediction by Robert Hopkins. Afternoon Session The afternoon session opened with congregational singing of "All Is Well". Invocation by J. Claud Frei. The Dixie Male Quartet sang "God Bless America" Ameri-ca" with the stars and stripes presented and congregation at attention, at-tention, following introduction by Lyda Cox Prince, with Mae A. Pace accompanist. A brief report of genealogy activities was made by Walter A. Pace. Pres. H. S. Snow told of the ward divisions and gave the appointments of the bishoprics and clerks for these wards. Counselor William Prince presented the general, stake and local officers for acceptance of the members. Brief remarks were made by Counselor Prince, who stressed compliance with counsel in the storing of food and clothing for at least one year by all members of the church. President Snow made brief remarks re-marks urging parents to teach the divinity of the mission of Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the Gospel and Priesthoods and said "Be calm in these perilous times and prepare ourselves for whatever comes, by complying with the programs set out by those in authority". Apostle Richards reviewed the work of the conference, saying "Live wisely, and the Lord will direct; serve God, work righteous- ness and obey commandments". He gave counsel on the Temple work for both old and young,' stressed thoughtful study and of learning for oneself whether or not the Book of Mormon is true. Evening Session In the evening Apostle Richards attended meeting in Enterprise ward. The evening meeting was devoted de-voted to a demonstration M.I.A. camp fire program with discussions discus-sions by President Herman Larkin and a group of members including Robert Seaman, Earl, Harold and Ralph Hafen, Rudger McArthur, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carr, Marion Woodard and Mabel Jarvis, and musical numbers by Juanita S. McQuaid, Doris Seegmiller, Blanch Baker and Nellie Snow, with William Wil-liam T. Morris as accompanist. Subjects covered were the ideals of the L.D.S. faith as applied in the lives of pioneers and in the present day. |