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Show ? i I 'vrTgTi THURSDAY. 29. JULY CLASSIFIEDS FEATURES PAUL HARVEY WEEKS TV GUIDE 1976 -- sua? ! I " l...h 1 PRES. EZRA Taft Benson - at home f ' "l nf-- wY. v HIS FIRST love - serving with Mrs. Benson in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. r ... on a horse. J C- . ' :T 'I A ft. SATURDAY AT 4 P M' Parade's The Grand Marshall of the Days Bicentennial Grand Parade on Saturday in Preston is one of the most prominent men , the blessing of the Lord had planned and built. "Later as the family in- creased, so did the farm .J&jymsuaiajJ from Franklin. County , ho, and one of the prominent natives of the state of Idaho. It was from the community of Whitney, that Pres. Ezra Taff Benson, church leader, former government official, and national authority on cooperatives, walked to school, rode a pony to high school, skinned muskrats to help pay for books and clothes. It was in Whitney that he watched his mother, with tear-fille- d eyes, turn on the faucet in the kitchen as the children watched with staring eyes as the first water in the house poured out. He was in Whitney that he recalls his father turning the spring switch that lighted up the "sacred farm home with single drop lights in each ' room." It was in Whitney that he recalls how his father and mother had worked to provide the comforts for their growing family. First had been the new two-rooframe home with a hall between the rooms, made from the trees that his father had cut, hauled, sawed and planed "Few items of building materials were purchased. Money was short. They paid as they went. They made much of their furniture by hand. Mother had made the drapes, carpets, table clothes, dish clothes. The day they were married, they moved into their beautiful, clean 'Castle', they, with m more, substantial additions were added ...a dining room, kitchen, bath, and one bedroom. Still later, a full upstairs with three large bedrooms and closets..." The last addition to the house was a large cement porch extending the full length of the house and lovely new sidewalks, front and back. Pres. Benson was born in Whitney, Franklin County, Idaho, August 4, 1899. He is the son of George T., and Sarah Dunkley Benson, and a of the Mormon apostle, Ezra Taft Benson, one of the original pioneers who entered the Salt Lake Valley with Brig-hagreat-grandso- ' n. He attended the Oneida Stake Academy at Preston, Idaho, from 1914 to 1918, and the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) at Logan, Utah, from 1918 to 1921. From 1921 to 1923 he served in the British Isles as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. On his return home, he continued his education at y 1948-196- 9 Extension Service, Preston, Idaho. From 1930 to 1939 he served as extension economist and marketing specialist, University of Idaho, extension Division. m native State and operated a farm there from 1923 to 1930. On September 10, 1926, he married Flora Smith Amus-seThey are the parents of six children. For many years Pres. Benson has been active in Scouting. He served intermittently as a Scoutmaster Scout Commisfrom 1918-2a member sioner in 1930-3of the National Council and committees. Boy Scouts of America since 1939; a member of Region Twelve Executive Committee since 1945; a member of the National Executive Board from and is now a member of the National Advisory Board. He has been awarded the Silver Beaver and the Silver Antelope and was presented with scouting's Pres. Benson served as county agricultural agent, University of Idaho 24, 1847. July His grandparents were among the earliest pioneer settlers of southern Idaho. He grew up on a farm in his Conference of Farm organizations in London, England, in 1946. In 1952 he was named Chairman of the Board V -Trustees' of-- the Amerttaft- Institute of Cooperation. . In 1929 n Young on the Brigham Young Univer-Idah- o sity at Provo, Utah, where he was graduated with honors in 1926, and received a State "fnoW'Idwa State University) at Ames, Iowa. He received his M.S. degree in agricultural economics from Iowa State College in 1927 and was elected to Gamma Sigma Delta, honor society of agriculture. He did graduate work at the University of California in 1937-3- " He helped organize the Idaho Cooperative Council and served as its secretary In the spring ot from 1933-31939 he was appointed Executive Secretary to the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, a federation of 5,000 cooperative groups. Since then he has served on several advisory committees and national boards in the field of Agriculture. He was a member of the executive committee of the American Institute of cooperaDirector of tion, the Farm Foundation from 1946-5appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a member of the National Agricultural Adivsory Committee during World War II; member of the National 1942-195- Farm 1940-4- given a leave of absence from this responsibility while serving in president Eisenhower's Cabinet from From January 1946 until December of that year he served as President of the European Mission of the Church with headquarters in London, England. He was responsible for reorganization of the work of the Church in 14 European countries. South Africa and the Near East. During this time he also supervised in these areas the distribution of food, clothing, and other needed supplies through the Welfare Program of the Church. Over a period of ten months he traveled more r the Silver Buffalo. than 60,000 miles through these war-tor- n countries. In December, 1963, he was again appointed president of the European Mission of the Church with headquarters at highest honor, the Silver Buffalo, in 1954 at the National Court of Honor in recognition of distinguished service to the boyhood of America. He has taken a prominent part in the activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints since his youth. While residing in Boise, Idaho, he served as president of the Boise Stake. Following his move to Washington, D.C., in 1340 he was named by his Church as President of the Washington Stake, which included all members of the Church in the National Capital area, Baltimore and Richmond. Credit Committee United States dele- gate to the first International On October 7, 1943, Pres. Benson became a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church. As such is one of the Church General Authorities. He was A List in Idaho, County Agricultural Agen, Univ. of Idaho Ext. Service, Preston, Idaho, Extension Economist and Marketing Specialist, Univ. of Idaho, Ext. Div., Boise, Idaho, Organizer and Secretary, Idaho Cooperative Council, 1923-193- 0. 1930-193- 1933-3- Executive Secretary, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, D.C., Member Executive Committee and Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Institute of Cooperation, Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Institute of Cooperation, 1952. Member Farm Foundation, 1939-194- 1942-195- 1946-195- Member President Roosevelt's National Agricultural Advisory Committee during World War II. Member National Farm Credit Committee, U.S. Delegate to First International Conference of Farm Organizations, London, England, May, 1946. Advisor to U.S. Delegation at F.A.O., Copenhagen, Denmark, September, 1946. United States Secretary of Agriculture, beginning January, 1953, to January, 1961. 1940-194- 3. AS SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Chairman of the Board of Directors, Commodity Credit Corporation. Chairman Commodity Exchange Commission. Chairman Agriculture Research Policy Committee. Member Board of Directors, Virgin Islands Corporation. Member Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. Member National Forest Reservation Commission. Member Smithsonian Institution. Member Joint U.S. Canadian Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs. Member Transport Policy and Organization Committee. Member Presidential Advisory Committee on Water Resources Policy. Member Interdepartmental Savings Bond Committee. Member President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. Member National Security Resources Board. Member Trade Policy Committee. SCOUTING Scoutmaster, 1918-2Scout Commissioner, 1930-3Executive Board Member, Cache Valley Council, Member, BSA National Council, since 1939; and of Agriculture with Pres. Dwight Eisenhower. When Spencer W. Kimball became president of the Church in December of 1973, he became the president of the Quorum of the Twelve. 1935-4- Commit-tec- s Member BSA Region Twelve Executive Committee since 1945 and Chairman. 1963. Member BSA National Executive Board, 1948 to 1969. Member BSA National Advisory Board 1969. Member, Executive Board of the Salt Lakf Council. 194d69. Mrs. Benson who also came of pioneer stock, was named Homemaker of the year in 1955, and Mother of the Year at Ricks College in 1969. Awarded BSA Silver Antelope, 1951. Awarded BSA Silver Buffalo, 1954. Awarded BSA Silver Beaver, 1961. CHURCH 1929-193- ASSIGNMENTS AS SECRETARY Frankfurt, Germany. Of His Accomplishments AGRICULTURAL Farm operator nrL (I EZRA TAFT Benson receives Scoutings highest award, British Mission, LDS Church, 1921-2Member Sunday School Stake Board, 1924. Member Y.M.M.I.A. Stake Board, 1924-3Member Boise Stake Presidency, 1933-3President, Boise Stake, Boise, Idaho, 1938-3Member, Washington District Council, Eastern States Mission, 1939-4President, Washington Stake, Washington, D.C. 1940-4Ordained an Apostle of the L.D.S. Church and set apart as a member of the Council of the Twelve, October 7, 1943. President, L.D.S. European Mission, 1946, President, L.D.S. Asian Missions, 1968 Member, General Church Board of Education. Member, Board of Trustees, Brigham Young University. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 3. 0. 0. 4. 1963-196- 8. Bonneville International Corporation. Beneficial Life Insurance Corporation. Zions First National Bank. Olson Brothers Incorporated. Corn Products Company International. HONORARY AWARDS Master June 19, 1948. Distinguished Alumni Award, Brigham Young University, June 3, 1950. Honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Los Angeles, California, June 15, 1951. Awarded Testimonial for Distinguished Service to Agriculture by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, February 6, 1952. Honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 9, 1953. Honorary degree, Doctor of Agriculture, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, June 12, 1953. Honorary degree, Doctor of Agriculture, Michigan State College, Lansing, Michigan, February 10, 1955. Honorary degree, Doctor of Public Service, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, June 2, 1955. Honorary degree, Doctor of Law, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Main, June 18, 1955. Honorary degree, Doctor of Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 6, 1955. Honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, University of Maine, ' June 10, 1956. Honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. Hawaii, March 22. 1957. Honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, Utah State University, Logan. Utah, June 7, 1948. Honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, Fairleigh-Dickinsol'niver;tv, Ifiilhfrford, N'w .Ithpv Frbruary 20, 1959. n |