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Show SHARON STAKE 0rem Pnst 837 And Auxiliary Jk w mnKiprs U'iuec cictprs Pnct With a sun in thp el Observing its 40th anniversary this year as the oldest stake of the LDS Church in Orem is the Sharon Stake which was organized in 1929. During its first few years of existence it was thought by many people not to have much chance for survival because of sparsley populated ward areas of Timpanogos,' Sharon, Vineyard, Grand View, and Edgemont. Long before Sharon Stake was organized, however, the first LDS Church meetings in Orem were held in a one-room school house, east of the present Spencer School building, as the Provo Bench Branch of the ProvoThird Ward of theUtahStake, organized in 1883. This branch became a ward two years later under the name of Timpanogos Ward with Peter M. Wentz as first bishop. In subsequent years other wards were organized in the Orem area until the forming of Sharon Stake which was organized September 15, 1929, as a division from Utah Stake. Arthur V. Watkins was sustained as President withSam-uel withSam-uel H. Blake First Counselor and Adelbert Bigler Second Counselor. The stake population was 2,994 at the time of its organization. On January 20, 1946, President Presi-dent Arthur V. Watkins was released re-leased and Henry D. Taylor (now an Assistant to the Council of the Twelve) was sustained as the Stake President with J. Clayton Watts, First Counselor, and Walter R. Holdaway, Second Counselor. Sharon Stake was divided for the first time on April 13, 1947, creating Orem Stake. The Sharon Stake Presidency sustained at the time was Henry D. Taylor, President; William C. Faulkner, First Counselor, and Philo T. Edwards, Second Counselor. Approximately five years later, on November 30, 1952, the second division of Sharon Stake took place creating East Sharon Stake. The new Stake Presidency of Sharon Stake was Philo T. Edwards, President; G. Milton Jameson, First Counselor, Robert J. 01son,Sec-ond 01son,Sec-ond Counselor, and Delance W. Squire, Clerk. Clyde M. Lunce-for Lunce-for was called as Second Counselor following the death of Pres. Robert J. Olsen. Other clerks who served with Pres. Edwards were J. Murray Rawson and Lowell Woodward. Only six more years had passed, when the third division in Sharon Stake took place forming West Sharon Stake, with Highway 91 as the dividing line. This action occurred on November 30, 1U5B. The Stake Presidency sustained was as follows: Philo T. Edwards President; G. Milton Jameson, First Counselor; Cecil W. Wag-staff, Wag-staff, Second Counselor, and Ray E. Hanks, clerk. Glenn C. Shaw was later sustained as Second Counselor after the release of Pres. Cecil W. Wagstaff. Sharon Stake population after this division divi-sion was 3014. On February 26, 1961, President Presi-dent Philo T. Edwards was released re-leased after many years of faithful faith-ful service and the following were sustained as the Sharon Stake Presidency: Alma P. Burton Burt-on as President; Newell B. Weight, First Counselor; De-Lance De-Lance W. Squire as Second Counselor and Orval Bawden as clerk. Upon the release of Pres. Weight, Pres. Squires was sustained sus-tained as First Counselor and Bishop J. Murray Rawson as Second Counselor. Pres. Squires was released November 24, 1963, to become bishop of the Orem Eleventh Ward and Pres. Rawson was sustained as First Counselor and Ray Watters as Second Counselor. Today Sharon Stake, consists of the following nine wards: Orem 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 31st, 32nd, and Provo 20th with a total membership nearly 5000. In December of last year a beautiful beauti-ful new stake center and two ward chapel was dedicated at 545 South 800 East. CPL RAY McKINNEY ENGAGED IN 'SWEEP AND CLEAR' VIETNAM - Marine Corporal Raymond H. McKinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. George KcKinney of 45 N. 800 W., Orem, Utah is serving with Headquarters and Service Company, Third Battalion, Bat-talion, Ninth Marine Regiment, Third Marine Division in Vietnam. As a part of the division's new task, the battalion has been conduction sweep and clear operations throughout the "I" Corps area. His unit is also engaged in a civic action program designed to assist the Vietnamese people in completing self-help projects, such as the building of wells, culverts," "small "bridges and schools.' Equipment and materials mater-ials are made available through the Marine Corps Reserve Civic Action Fund. . We, mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of soldiers, sailors marines, air force and coast guard who have seen foreign service, and women of the Armed Forces of the United States who have seen foreign service, and their mothers, sisters and daughters have formed ourselves into a permanent organization for the relief of those who fought in defense of our country, and those depending upon them, who may need our aid....We also endeavor to educate in partiotism the children child-ren of our land.... This in part tells who we are and our purpose pur-pose of organization. We are the Ladies Auxiliary To The Veterans Vet-erans of Foreign Ward, Orem Post 8376. The story of our parent organization, or-ganization, the VFW, begins in 1899. That was the year of gas lights and five cent beer, of bicycles built for two and the first horseless carriage. InSept-tember InSept-tember 1899 in Columbus Ohio a group of men from the Cuban Campaign met and formed themselves them-selves into the American Veterans Vet-erans of Foreign Service and on December 1 of that year in Denver, Colo., a group met and formed themselves into the Colorado Col-orado Society of the Army of the Philippines. The two groups later merged with other groups and became the Veterans of Foreign "Wars of the U.S., chartered by the United States Government. The charter states: "The purpose pur-pose of this corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, and educational; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist -worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance al-legiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to the Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; patriot-ism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, free-dom, and to preserve and defend de-fend the United States from all her enemies, whomsoever. Orem Post 8376 was organized organ-ized in 1946 for some reason, this group did not continue to function and the charter was dormant until 1956. The eligible servicemen from Orem held membership in other cities in the county and state. In 1951, the Grant Johnsons who were members of the Provo Post and Auxiliary, returned from Oklahoma where Mr. Johnson John-son had been called , with the 145 F A Bn. The Johnsons had spent many hours prior to their departure working In the Provo Three Operators to Serve You . . . at Naomi's Beauty Shoppe 79 West 400 North - Orem - Ph. 225-3241 If . . 46: .- A i' . v nil if ( ! 4' Sherrie Bushman Elaine Lewis Linda (Sawaya) Popish Just returned from California For Mothers and the Graduate Give a Gift Certificate from Naomi's Beauty Shoppe. o t: Tints Hair Styling Permanent Waving COMPLETE LINE OP Wigs Wiglets Falls Cascades WE SPECIALIZE IN PERSONALIZED SERVICE Naomi Walker Mpr. Naomi's Beaut y Shoppe Post. With a son in the elementary element-ary schools of Orem, Leah began be-gan to wonder about an Auxiliary Aux-iliary and Post in Orem. She had been elected to the office of president of the District Auxiliary Aux-iliary and Post in Orem. She had been elected to the office of president of the District Auxiliary Auxil-iary and Post in Orem. She had been elected to the office of president of the district 6 (now no. 4) and at the 1955 convention conven-tion in Salt Lake City, Commander Com-mander Arnold Bradshaw offered her the challenge of getting the Orem Post reactivated and then to get them to give her an Auxil-iary. Auxil-iary. Commander Bradshaw didn't know her very well, as she did just that. In January of 1956 the Orem Post was reactivated reac-tivated with Stanley Houston as the new Commander. As a guest at this reactivation meeting and the election of officers, Leah presented to the members of the Post present her plan to obtain an Auxiliary. The members voted to have an Auxiliary affiliated with them and on March 10, 1956 the Auxiliary was instituted and Leah was elected as its first , president. In June at the State Convention, Conven-tion, the Johnsons pledged that Orem Post and Auxiliary would become known in the city of Orem and in VFW circles in the state of Utah. For the next several years, they (the Post and Auxiliary) received many awards for their community service projects, youth activities and hospital work. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary Auxil-iary have truely been felt in Orem. If you look about you, you will see the results of their labors as they go about living the moto of the VFW "Honor the Dead by Serving the Living." The dug-outs and rest rooms at the city park baseball diamonds, dia-monds, The fountains throughout the city (the masonry work of Bill Davis), the rest rooms at Marina Park, the flag poles at the YWMIA Girls Home in North Fork of the Provo Caynon and the South Fork of the canyon at the Girls Scout camp. These are only a few. Thousands of Dieces of Americanism Ameri-canism literature have been dis-tributed dis-tributed in the elementary schools and Americanism programs pro-grams given. Flags have been given to the schools and to the Boy and Girl Scout troops. The good sportsmanship which can not be measured in trophies etc., but in the hearts of the youth who have participated in the hopscotch and marble tournaments tourna-ments which were held; the hours' spent with local boxers and their club management, with the many Orem-Geneva Times Thursday, May 8, 1969 fooes and trunks which were sown by Ruth Davis;' the boxing ring which was built by Bill and some of the boys and the many matches sponsored years back by the VFW; all helped in building the characters of the youth who were touched by these men who gave so much of themselves them-selves The Lite-a-Bike program which taught safety to the young boys and girls who rode their bicycles along the streets of Orem Or-em is another VFW service. The hours spent in the Veterans Vet-erans Hospital with the Veteran Patients, and the many gifts which are sent each year to the hospital hos-pital and the aid which is sent to the National Home, a home for the Widows and orphans of de-sceased de-sceased and disabled Veterans, at Eton Rapids Mich., all has been done by the many willing hands of the post and Auxiliary members in a few short years. Recently the VFW and the Auxiliary have been asked to co-sponser the Voice of Democracy Demo-cracy Contest in the local high schools and the post sends a representative to Freedom Academy at Camp Williams each year. These boys are taught Patriotism Pat-riotism and leadership and have many worthwhile experiences while they are there. "In the last couple of years Orem hasn't heard oo much about the Post and Auxiliary, guess we have all been a little lazy, but with the GOLDEN Hap-PENINGS Hap-PENINGS '69 we will get rolling again. 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