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Show .THE VOICE OF SHARON PAGE EIGHT Vera Dell Missionary Returns The Stake heartily welcomes Carter Dies back Elder Alvin Rowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses A. Rowley of Timpanogos ward, who has been laboring for the n past 32 months in the missiog. Elder Rowley sailed for Europe on the President Harding in Janmonths of uary of 1931. Twenty-si- x his missionary service were spent irj Germany, and five months were spent in Switzerland. He labored in the Co- Swis-Germa- ELDER ALVIN ROWLEY logne branch for five months, Dussel-dor- f for eight months, Nurnberg for one month, Furth for six months, and Luzern Gotha for six months Switzerland for five months. Elder Rowley reports having served a very delightful mission, and in commenting, said: I enjoyed myself very much while I was laboring in both countries. The people are very good to the missionaries, an(l help them in many ways. Alvin also reports an enjoyable trip home; After a pleasant sea voyage, he and two of his companionSj purchased a car in New York.' and . motored through the eastern and central states, enjoyed the wor'ds fair at Chicago, and visited Carthage and Nauvoo, spent; three delightful days in Yellowstone park before coming home. He arrived in Provo on September 11. Welcome home, Alvin I NOT SEPARATE You must continue to bear in mind that the temporal and the spiritual are blended. They are not separate. One cannot be carried on without the other, so long as we are here in mortality The Church of Jesus Christ of aLtter-daSaints on the earth is a physical Organization. We need practical faith that is, we needto practice the prin Vlthout the pracciples of our faith. tice of the principles of the gospel we can never realize our hopes and expectations concerning the results of this work. President Jogreat latter-da- y seph- F. Smith, October C. R. 100. y Sharin Wit TOO CHATTY Wet or dry, sir? Patron Comb the hair; ' Herald. From 1880 to 1882 he filled his first mission for the L. D. S. church. The first nine months he traveled in Iowa and Nebraska, serving the remainder of the time in the southern states mis sion. Returning to Utah, he again took up school teaching, continuing ai this occupation until 1883, when hi L. D. S. LEADER DIES was again called to the southern states (Continued from Page 1.) being appointed to the presidency ol writings are among the finest of their the mission. kind. The climax' of his writing caIn 1886 he went to England to, conreer came in 1930, when, on April tinue his missionary wosk, and while 6, the 100th anniversary of the found there was editor of thp Millenial Star, ing of the church, his monumental published in Liverpool by the L. D. S. work on L. D. S. history was pub- church. He returned to Salt Lake in 1888 and at the semiannual con1 lished. The list of his writings include? ference of the church that year was the following: The Gospel, Life of sustained as a member of the first John Taylor, Outlines of Ecclesiastical council of seventy. Later he spent about three years in History, Succession in the Presidency of the Church, New Witness for Goo, making of visits throughout Missouri Persecutions, The Rise and the" we $ coast cities and terriFall of Nauvoo, Mormon Doctrine of tories' imichalf of the church, and Deity, Defense of the Faith and the in 1893, with Francis M. Lyman, of Saints Tour From the council of the twelve rpostles Saints, Latter-da- y Palmyra, N. Y., to Salt Lake Cit he opened the church mission in southThrough the Sterescope, History of ern California. the Mormon Church (six volumes) Mr. Roberts was always interested and Seventys Course in Theology in work among the young people of He edited Smiths the church. He was assistant super(six volumes). Journal History of the Church. intendent in the Mutual Improvement Mr. Roberts had traveled extenassociation through the administrasively ojt church work since his ill- tions of Presidents Wilford Woodruff ness of two years ago. Last May he Lorenzo Snow and Joseph Smith and toured California and Arizona, visiting into the administration of President missions and other branches of. the Heber J. Grant, For nine years he church. Early this month he went to was chairman of the manual commitChicago as L. D. S. representative to tee of the M. I. A. the Worlds Fellowship of Faiths. Politically Mr. Roberts was a Dem He delivered an address, The ocrat and prior to the division along Standard of Peace, during the first national party lines jn Utah was a week of the meetings, and wa warm- prominent member of the People's ly applauded. Forty years ago party. He was a member of the state resented the church at ffle worlds constitutional convention, and in the Parliament of Religions, held at Chi- election for state officers in 1895, was cago in connection with the Colum- a candidate for congress. He was debian exposition. feated, however, in the landslide which Slightly more than a week ago, Mr. defeated the whole party. Roberts visited the strike areas of In 1898 he again was a candidate for Carbon county with a delegation rep congress? and was elected by a pluralresenting the Civil Liberties union. ity of , nearly 6000 votes. Through He had always been known as a the efforts of his political opponents champion oof the 'people, and fought in congress, however, that body remany forensic battles on their behalf. fused to seat him. In defense of himIn 1917 Mr. Roberts was appointed self, Mr. Roberts delivered an oration military chaplain on the staff of Gov. which lasted four days and which was Simon Bamber, and when the Unit- - regarded as a masterpiece of oratory aWes politics! HY NOT YOUR OWN? Husband ,to wife driving a do you expect to However a nail in the wall with a clothes brush? For goodness sake, use your head! even by his enemies. On his return to Salt Lake he again became actively engaged in church work, and began compilation of his church historical works. Mr. Roberts niterested himself on numerous occasions in labor problems, and in 1907 acted as mediator and was instrumental in' settling the famous Salt Lake street car t.rike. He assisted in other strikes in bringing employers and employes together to reach amicable settlement of difficulties. In 1922 the church again called Mr Roberts to do missionary work, this time appointing him as president of the eastern states niissioa; It was during1 President Roberts work in the eastern states mission as President, that he purchased for the church the Peter Whitmer farm at Sayette, Seneca "county, New York, birthplace of Mormon church. He the served there until 1927, and, returning v Salt Lake, went to work on the last of his church histories. This is the one published in 1930. Mr. Roberts retained an active interest in the members of the 145th field artillery, and was to be seen at many of their annual gatherings after the war. . Several years ago he toured the" state with the band of this organization and collected sufficient funds to erect a monument in Memory park ' He also was chairman of the Mormon Battalion mounment committee rhich raised funds for the monument which now stands on the state cap-itHe delivered the pringrounds. cipal address at the unveiling on May throughout his life, and even pool health of Hie last few years coula not quench his zest for work. He was preparing to take an active part in the forthcoming semiannual con ference of the church wlje i death came. Mr. Roberts first wife, Mrs. Louisa Smith Roberts) died in U23. Th surviving children by this marriage are M rs. T. V. Naylor, Los Angeles. Ben E. Roberts and Mrs. R. W. Wors-lerSalt Lake; Miss Luna Roberts. Centerville; Mrs. George Beuler. Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Newton Wigton, Forest Hills, Long Island, N. Y. By his second wife, Mrs. Celia Dibble Roberts, who survives, are the following children: Harold Roberts Centerville; Mrs. Hazel Moss, Boun tiful; Miss Naola Robert and Miss Georgia Roberts, Mrs Centerville; Josephine Naylor, Bountiful, and David and Lawrence Roberts, Centerville His third wife. Dr. Margaret Shipp Roberts, died seven years ago. of the state board of equalization. He resigned this position to enter the service when this country entered the World war. On Mr. Roberts desk in the church administration building is his autobl ography one of the last of his literary works. It was virtually completed before he was confined to his apartment ' at the Hotel Utah by illness last Friday. He had recently completed a booklet entitled, Rasha, the Jew," a trea tise on Jewish religions. Only Wednesday a request was received for a copy from the New 'York City public by-la- He has confidence in us. Every day for forty-si- x year we have been open and ready to serve you courteously and economically! Hedquist Drug s for seventies, which was being sent in the form of monthly lessons to all seventies quorums. Busy Until the End Mr. Roberts was possessed of ambition and energy out Your Home Owned Stores! 3S tmti ? MSifyyvUhijisi i mm m m (p s U n Only $32.50 COMPLETE Federal Tax Paid The first small radio with '' performance! And built to conform to Underwriters' Laboratories Safety Standards! This - f A ny r n LJ f O CjJ rj M rn V I ; J- Ad in D-T-- 1 BB 5 R t xdw JL complete Federal Tax Paid SELING FAST , Tat t vV? f $ '4 ' itfthvu PHILCO n aerial n no ground required. Operates on any standard 1 1 currant, D.C or A.C 85, 50 or 60 cycles. Amazing range. Complete broad? casting band eU police calls plus amateur and airplane shortwave up to 3300 kilocycles. xv 4 ; Inlay. walnut $ finish. 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A beautiful radio with wonderful tone quality, surprising selectivity and amazing distance range. J First Coed The cheek of that con ductor. He glared at me as if I hadnt paid my farel Second Coed And what did you do? First Coed I glared right back as if I had! New 'big-set- - . ' , following library. At the time of his death he was working on a correspondence school course The luxury of it! . . . But belioi- smart bud-practical luxury. With prices as tbw homes can be their that are giving geters for enjoyed prices will years to come...whi3. f be only a pleasant memory. The carpet that we carry sr He by the Bigelow Weavers. And that means that jt's made pf Lively WooL The new patterns hi as up and smart as they can be. on Laid Fjer Yard, judge for yourself. - r Your Floor L. N6 FARE, GIRLS! out the general the trustees went into session and adopted a set the , seaof and a budget-fo- e son of 1933-3The budget, the bylaws and the articles of incorporation re published in full on another page of this paper. Immediately organization meeting, Automatic Volume Control. A CUTTING REMARK Are ye the most who MacGregor cut ma hair last time? Barber I don't think so, sir. Ive only been here six months. came bury Thursday. Genuine PHILCO Balanced Unit . Superheterodyne. dif- NOT SO GOOD Minister As I gaze about me Hsee a great many bright and shining faces. powder puffs Just then eighty-seve- n " PHILCO 54 C . male dog, almost an Airedale. The "Voice of Sharon. - Marvelous New 1934 WRONG CHURCH Why don't you and your munutiie go to the church that me and my mumie go to ' (Continued from Page 1 ) The meeting was pursuant to a call of A- V. Watkins, acting president of the association, prior to its incor poration. Mr. Watkins acted as chairman of the meeting, and Dee Glen Brown actec?-- as secretary. The . articles of incorporation were filed with County Gerk Frank Salis- Upstairs, Downstairs.. .and in my Ladys Chamber! look, where yer Why don't youse goin'? Woman Well, you see, officer, this is the first time Ive ever driven from the front seat! ' SHARONS COOPERATIVE You have confidence in your Doctor. One of the few political positions Mr, Roberts held was as a membet IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE! Cop to woman driver() Hey, you! Cause we belong to a Violet ferent abomination. services have not been on, but plans will be discussed at a conference between members of the family and church officials Is Hall of the Battle 1927. 30, i Funeral Confidence I ' CairpetS Barber mind Vera Del! Carter, 10, daughter of Mrs. Ida Otterback Carter Tajlor and the late Richard Clarence-Carte- r, died at the family home in Grand View Thursday night, September 21, follow ing a short illness. The little girl was born here June 2, 1923. Her father died in 1925, and a year later her mother married Walter Taylor and the family moved to Wendell, Idaho. ' They returned re. cently. Besides her mother and 'stepfathei. she is survived by two brothers, Harold Richard and Clarence William Carter, and a haltbrother, Walter Eugene Taylor; her grandfather, William Otterback', and grandmother, Mrs. Ada Carter, all of Provo. were services funeral Graveside conducted Sunday afternoon at 1.30 in the Provo Gty cemetery, under the direction of Bishop John B. Stratton of the Grand View ward. The many friends of Mrs. Taylor throughout the stake sympathize with her in the loss of her little daughter. champion on the staff of Governor Simon Bamberger, and when the United States entered the World war he entered the service as chaplain of the 145th field artillery. He was assigned first to Camp Kearney, Cal., but served with his regiment in France from August, 1918, to January, 1919." He endeared himself to all in the service who knew him. After settling in Davis county with his mother, soon after their arrival in the Salt - Lake - valley, Mr. Roberts attended the district schools of that county, and later the University of Deseret, then presided over by the pio neer educator, John R. Park. He was graduated from the norrr-- 1 department of that institution in 1878. After graduation he combined school teaching with his1 blacksmithing, ana He lafinally drifted into journalism. ter became associate, and for a time editor in chief of the old Salt Lake I sell Exclusive l'BB Company Philco Dealers for Central, Southern and Eastern Utah. jjrgir I. C i |