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Show Large Crowd Attends Funeral Services Here For Leo G. Smith The main floor of the St. George stake tabernacle was crowded to capacity Sunday, Nov. 12 at 3 p. m., when hundreds of relatives, friends and associates met to pay tribute to Leo G. Smith, 34, who died Monday, Nov. 6, at Menden, New Jersey where he was attending attend-ing the national school of Scouting Scout-ing at the Mortimer Schiff Reservation. Res-ervation. He had received less than a month of his six weeks training. Outline of Services Bp. Byron Taylor of the center ward presided at the services. Mrs. Mae Pace was in charge of the music numbers which included two numbers, "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and "Come, Ye Disconsolate" Disconsol-ate" by the Center ward choir and two vocal trios, "Some Time, and Some Where" and "My Peace I Leave With Thee", by Mrs. Gerald Ger-ald Blake, Mrs. Murray Webb and Mrs. Rex Nelson of the cast ward. A tribute in verse "To A Scoutmaster" Scout-master" was read by Mable Jarvis. First speaker was Charles L. Green, recent comer to St. George from California, who praised this former member of the center ward bishopric and Scoutmaster, for his kindness to strangers and for his understanding of true brotherhood. brother-hood. Officials Present W. O. Wight of Provo, president of the Utah National Parks Council Coun-cil told of his association with Mr. Smith as a Scoutmaster, of the joy of the Council in having him enter their ranks and of his out.standing record in Scouting (Continued on page eight) Leo Smith Funeral (Continued .from first page) and in harmonizing this work with that of the Aaronic priesthood priest-hood work for the L. D. S. church. B. Glen Smith, local Scout commissioner of the council paid tribute to this associate worker and expressed hope that the many boys he had trained in Scouting would emulate his example in observance of the Scout Laws, in orderliness and in being prepared for whatever events await them in their lives. Concluding remarks were made by Bp. Byron Taylor with whom Mr. Smith has been associated since July, 1940, in the bishopric of the center ward. He praised this associate worker as a faithful worker and an honest, dependable husband, kind father, loyal church citizen and friend. All three speakers paid tribute to Mrs. Smith for her splendid cooperation coopera-tion with her husband in his work. Prayers were by W. W. Mc-Arthur Mc-Arthur and William Brooks and the grave in the city cemetary was dedicated by Pres. Harold S. Snow. |