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Show SECOND WARD NOTES L D S SECOND WARD NAMES GAEL ELMER TO SUCCEED GRONNING AS BISHOP NEW BISHOP Members of the Second Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sustained a new bishopric in Sacrament meeting last Sunday evening. Gael Winfield Elmer was named bishop, with Calvin H. Bartholomew as first counselor counsel-or and F. Kent Hanney as second sec-ond counselor. Ira M. Fisher was retained as ward clerk. Bishop Elmer succeeds Car-lyle Car-lyle F. Gronning, who became the first bishop of the newly created cre-ated Milford Second Ward two years ago. Bishop Gronning is to become a member of the Stake High Council, according to Stake President A. Carlos Mu'rdock, who, with other stake leaders, was in Milford Sunday I to effect the change. Counsel-I Counsel-I ors to Bishop Gronning were Gael Elmer, who now becomes I -s. - . . . V . . : . ' V , J - $ Gael W. Elmer NEW HIGH COUNCILMAN bishop, and Joseph C. Smith, j who became a Stake High Councilman Coun-cilman at the last Stake Quarterly Quar-terly Conference in November. Inasmuch as it is the policy of the L D S Church to have members affiliate themselves with the wards in which they live, it became necessary to release re-lease Bishop Gronning, who purchased a home in the First Ward some time ago. By special permission of the general authorities auth-orities he was permitted to continue con-tinue to serve as bishop in the Second Ward for a while after he moved, in order not to disrupt dis-rupt the ward too soon after its beginning. Bishop Gronning and his counselors have served the ward and the community well and faithfully during the last two. years. Ward members were saddened at the prospect i of losing Bishop Gronning and I his family, but were pleased ' with the choice of his successor I and has pledged their full sup- port and loyalty to the new bish- opric. The best wishes of the ward are extended to Bishop Gronning and his family, together to-gether with an invitation to visit the Second Ward often. Bishop Elmer, well known South Milford farmer, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Elmer of Milford. He was born in Delta in 1924, but has spent nearly all j of his life in Milford, where he attended the Milford schools and graduated from high school in 1942. He served two years in the Army Air Force during World War II and was a prisoner of war in Germany for several months after his plane was shot down over Hungary. Upon his return home in June, 1945, he was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Doris Terry of Leslie, Idaho. They have three chil- Carlyle Gronning dren. Bishop Elmer was not always a member of the L D S Church, but is a convert, having joined the Church eight years ago. Since that time he has proved his ability to take over the position po-sition for which he has been chosen. The new first counselor is comparatively new to Milford, having come here last fall as the English teacher at the high school. Prior to this Elder Bartholomew Bar-tholomew taught religion at the B Y U. He has filled missions for the Church to Germany and to the Southern States, and he also was in the service of his country during the last war. He and his wife, the former June Barton, have a family of six children. Elder Bartholomew is well qualified for his new position, posi-tion, having an excellent knowledge knowl-edge of the Gospel and a friendliness friend-liness which the people here have felt since he first arrived in their midst. Kent Hanney, second counselor counsel-or 'to Bishop Elmer, is also a convert to the Church. He was baptized a little over a year ago Continued on Back Page Seconb Wllarb By MRS. BETH FISHER Continued from Page One and since then has proved himself him-self a most cooperative and dependable de-pendable member. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl G. Hanney. In 1947 he married Duveen McCulley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. McCulley of this city. They-have one child, a little boy named Michael. The new bishopric wishes to announce that there will be a party in honor of the retiring bishopric on Monday, Jan. 21st, after Priesthood meeting. In attendance at Sacrament meeting on Jan. 6 were President Presi-dent Murdock and President Merkley of the stake presidency, as well as other stake leaders and high councilmen. After the business of releasing the old bishopric and installing the new one, the time was turned to testimony tes-timony bearing. All members of both bishoprics spoke, ex-' ex-' pressing their feelings and bearing bear-ing their testimonies. A number num-ber of others present also spoke. All expressed their appreciation of Bishop Gjonning and pledged themselves to support the new bishopric. Deacons who assisted with the Sacrament in last Sunday's I meeting were Russell Griffiths, Karl Merryweather, Leland ! Beard,, Gerald Gillins, Rulon j Hardy and Lynn Vestal . I Fireside on Jan. 6 was held at the McCoy Williams home. Mr. Bartholomew gave a lesson on the teaching of the Gospel to children. Afterward he and his wife, together with two of their children, demonstrated the effective method of such teaching. teach-ing. Fifteen members of the Primary Pri-mary organization met at the George C. Goodwin home on Jan. 7 for a Preparation Meeting. Meet-ing. Mrs. Goodwin as hostess was assisted by Margaret Sears and Beth Fisher. After the. regular reg-ular teacher training lesson by Ella Jean Parkinson the ladies discussed the coming Primary conference. " The religious lesson les-son was given by Beth Fisher. Cake and cocoa were served. Some of the officers and teachers, teach-ers, among them President Lish, were unable to be present due to illness. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and -Mrs. Gael Elmer last Sunday were President A. Carlos Car-los Murdock, Aird G. Merkley and Dee Stapley of the Stake Presidency. |