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Show Munti temple. After doing some temple work they had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gronning, parents of Bishop Gronning, who are serving a two-year mission as ordinance workers in the Manti Temple. The minute talks in Sunday Sun-day School on Nov. 19th were i given by Mary Johnson and Mary McCulley of the Gospel Doctrine class. Fireside last Sunday evening, Nov. 19, was held at the home of Bill Goodwin. On Nov. 16 Gael W. Elmer, Art Williams and Parley B. Fisher went to Beaver where the Stake cattle herd was be:ng divided. The received the Milford Mil-ford Second Ward's allotment, i consisting of nine head of cattle, cat-tle, which were brought down land turned into the Church , faim. J Beginning on Nov. 21, MIA I will convene at 7:30 p. m. int I stead of 8 p. m., as has been in I the past. I The Relief Society has announced an-nounced that there will be a Sing.ng Mothers song practice for members, of both wards eveiy Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 p. m. Stake Primary officers visited vis-ited Primary on Nov. 20 and plans were discussed for the Stake Primary Bazaar which will be held at Beaver on Fri-1 Fri-1 day, Dec. 1. It will commence at 3 p. m. The public is invited and urged to come. There will be all k nds of handiwork offered of-fered for sale. The entire proceeds pro-ceeds will go toward completion of the Primary Children's Hospital. Hos-pital. For each $100 contributed contrib-uted a gold souvenir Heber J. Grant paperweight will be given. The Primary desires to obtain at least one of these paperweights to present to the stake president. The monthly Stake Primary union meeting will be held on Dec. 1 at 2 p. m., just preceding preced-ing the bazaar. Following is part of a letter written to Bishop Gronning by Brother and Sister J. Kenneth Munk, who are serving as mis- Doin'sot tlx Seconb WHarb Mrs. Beth Fisher Reporter Carlyle Gronning, Bishop D - a large territory to work ... a strip of territory over 30 miles long and perhaps half that wide so I see the necessity of missionaries mis-sionaries here. There is room for more of God's representa- tives here in this locality. . Your brother and sister, ! i Elder and Sister J. Kenneth Munk. I The speaker in Sacrament meeting next Sunday, Nov. 26, will be Miss Lenora Reynolds of Beaver, who has recently returned re-turned from a mission. The First Ward Bishopric, consisting of Bishop Clarence Tuttle, Karl Stott, Orrin Love-land Love-land and Frank King, met with the Second Ward Bishopric at their regular bishop's meeting on Nov. 20, to discuss matters pertaining to both wards. Sacrament meeting last Sunday Sun-day evening was in the form of a testimony meeting, with peo- j pie who have recently been to the temple bearing their testi-monies. testi-monies. Among those who j spoke were Annie Killam, Ger-j Ger-j trude Fisher, George C. Good- win, Parley Fisher, Emma Smith, J. C. Smith, Arthella ! Evans and Howard Sherwood. j Stake MIA visitors at Mu-j Mu-j tual on Nov. 14 were Mabel Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fotheringham, Katherine j Schncpel, and Ralph McCloy. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith and : Mr. and Mrs. George C. Good-' Good-' win spent Nov. 18th at the sionaries in Santa Maria, Cal.: Dear Brother: When we were at the mission home in Salt Lake we were told to write to our mothers once a week but to our sweethearts once a month, so I have had an excuse for not writing many letters since I have been here in Santa Maria. Of course writing too many letters distracts dis-tracts a missionary from doing his whole duty and takes his m ud off from the work to some extent. This is a wonderful experience ex-perience and not exactly like I thought it would be. Before I left Milford I thought I would have to argue with people but that is not the case. I find that my contacts need teaching and I also find that a very few people peo-ple know much about religious doctrine ... I find myself in an attitude of hope that all people will come to a knowledge knowl-edge that . . . Christ's Church as established through Joseph Smith is the true Church. The climate here in the Los Flores mission district is invigorating invig-orating and delightful. Today the clouds are pouring out a steady drizzle but not enough to confine one to his room . . . It seldom frosts here and there are years between snows. The strawberry season is between the fore part of May and the middle of December and other vegetables compare with the strawberries. Santa Maria is a beautiful city with wide streets (100 feet wide) and square blocks. The streets all run east and west, and north and south. Almost to 100 the buildings seem to be on good repair and clean. The soil in this district is sandy loam and with the climate yields abundant crops of tropical, semi tropical and temperate produce. Some of the fruits and veget-tables veget-tables I have never seen before. Sister Munk and I have a |