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Show !HI Research center. library set up ln: Oakland Temple Area O IN THEvNCV.'S -- j Oakland, calif. -- j stakes In the Oakland Temple District report ' increased interest In genealogical activity among .their members since the announcement of the forthcoming temple to be built At Oakland, Calif. The trend is toward activity 'in research and temple . T Cld- tem- ple. the Hayward, Oakland-BerkeleSan Leandro tand Walnut Creek Stakes have co- establishing a center and library on Temple HilL The center is called the Genealogical Research Library. This unique venture features a staff of librarians who are trained to help patrons to un-- . derstand their own research problems. In addition, there are specialists in United States and British research who use the 700 volume library of books to draw from in giving help to operated In rese- new researchers. The card Index to genealogical books in the Library of Congress is available' on mkrocards. The Genealogical Research Library has copied the 20.000 card index file of family record hooks in the famed Sutro Library In San' Francisco. In the near future, the card catalog of genealogical materials in the University California Library will be ft added to these. Patrons can then use this card index as a reference to genealogical ma-22,000 A Twenty-Fiver- s HOLLADAY Club was launched recently by the Olympus Stake Genealogical Committee. The club consists of 38 members of the stake who performed 25 or more endowments in the ; temple during 1961. Each of the members was given a certificate at a social held for the group. The certificates were designed to - fit into a Book of Remembrance. The event was directed hy the committee chairman, Wil-forWoodruff, and his assistants, Joseph R. McPhie and Bud Dunn, The , committee during the current year Is sponsoring a new quota system under which the wards will be expected to submit names for ordinance work equal in number to the endowments performed in the temples by ward members, the committee officers said. The committee also has set . Erma P. May ... Oakland Temple District Genealogical Library 'inspected by (I to r) Dennis La u per, Oakland-Berkele- y Stake high . councilman; Joseph Roy Hilton, Walnut Creek Stake Presidency; Pres. Milton P. Ream, San Leandro Stake. terials available in other locations throughout the Bay Area and northern California. The 101 volumes published by the Lancashire Parish Register Society in England were donated to the Library before its opening last June, and already have yielded many new names for people whose ancestors came from that region of ers use on their first visit with aHamily. In the San Francisco Stake leaders lead the way. Each member of the stake presidency, the high council, and all presidencies of Melchizedek priesthood quorums have compiled three Items of personal genealogy; a pedigree chart of England. The Walnut Creek Stake has concentrated on strengthening its ward committees by preparguide book for ing a home teachers, and by creating ancestors back te his a family group sheet for each family back to his great grandparents; and a complete page of his own personal history. All other stake officers and teachers are expected to do the same. . s; 200-pag- e an interesting lecture with slides, which the home teach up a project of taking every and teacher - in ' the stake, beginning with the stake presidency, to the Genealogical Library during the year. Astoria matron honored for long service to youth This is the story of a pair of branch teachers who flew 1,400 miles one day and returned the next to do their teaching so their branch could maintain its 100 per cent record. Of the thousands of American servicemen stationed in Germany, upwards of Saints. These men 1,000 are Latter-daand their fainilies are scattered throughout Germany, many of them in isolated and lonely radar sites, miles location fromuie nearest LDS branch or group. InSpite of these unusual conditions the and district leaders are continually 'trying to take the program of the Church to these men and their families. A good example of progress under trying conditions Is in the Elfel region of Germany. Here the Bitburg Branch luts members scattered between two Air Force bases, two Army batteries, one belated radar site, a missile site as well as two gunnery detachments assigned in Tripoli, Lybia. Despite these scattered conditions .and f poor traveling conditions in Germany, the branch has kept contact with their 160 members by maintaining 100 per cent - branch - teaching for - seven - consecutive months'. This represents an unusual effort on the part of the branch teachers and their supervisors. It - represented more than 3,100 miles of travel alone, in the month of February. These miles were by all forms of transportation, from going it afoot to supersonid jet. Poring the branch report meeting to February it was learned that sevmembers eral of the nwncconnted-fo- r were In Tripoli on temporary duty. Two of the pilots ,volunteered to take a training flight to Tripoli and do ' their branch teaching while they were there. So they covered the MN miles one day, did their teaching, and re y ' - -- officer turned the next day. The result: 1M per eent branch teaching again in . , February. Horace President to Branch According E. Coltrin and his counselors, Don Nielsen and R. Lynn Allred, the teaching record has been maintained by knowing ahead when members are in other areas on temporary duty; continually reshuf- 'fling branch teachers to keep current with the large inflow and outflow of troops, and assigning supervisors who will settle for nothing less than 100 per cent. Three such supervisors serving during the 100 per- cent record were John Updegrove, Don Hurst, and William Kornele. We know something about our progenitors, and God has taught us how to be saviors for them by being baptized for them- in the flesh, that they - may live according to God iri the spirit." 'John Taylor William L. Knecht ir , - A suggestion From Joseph F. Bulkley of Mesa, ArizV comes this suggestion relative to a bit of verse, Soldiers of the Lord 1962 Variety. by Sidney J. Ottley, published in this column on April 28: Dear Editor: ' The article In this week's edition, Appreciation to Verse, in so beautiful that I just bad to sing it as I read it. The author may not know H tod It carries the old march tune of Hark, f Listen to the Trumpeters page 253 in our LDS Hymn Book Just thought this may Interest some who could put It to music. With best re gards for your part of this wonderful paper,1 1 beg to remain, ' . Yours sincerely, Joseph F Bulkley, Help wanted - Prince Street Berkeley 5, Calif. ; ' Dear Editor: I am Attempting to write a history concerning the emigrants who were with , the Martin Handcart Company In 1856. would like Information concerning the members of that company. Particularly wanted ig information concerning .the klentity of the captains, or the personality - ... ; - ' ... . plus several Sunday South Africa reports The Church is making excellent progress in South Africa, according to Mission President O. Layton Alldredge. An extensive building program is under way. We have the brick work going up on the chapel in Pretoria, President Alldredge said. We have the root going on the new recreation hall,, kitchen and Relief Society room In Durban. We expect to. break ground shortly in the Rhodes ias for three new chapels, and in Krugers-dorp- , Benoni, Pietermaritzburg, East London, Welkom here in South Africa. We also 'are planning about a 340,000 addition to the chapel here in Johannesburg, and remodeling down in Cape Town which should cost about the safne amount There we expect to demolish the mission home and the offices . . and to convert the present chapel into what they call their small hall and to .build a new chapel and classroom block Ion the ground where the present mission home currently , stands. We recently had our Youth Convention here in Johannesburg over the Easter weekend. We had a variety concert, produced the play, Promised Valley had a lovely dance and our spiritual meetings on Sunday. At these meetings we had the largest attendance we have ever had in the history of the mission Everyone had a wonderful time and, if I do say so myself, the production M "Promised Vaney was really outstanding. The scenery and singing was out of this world. ; . age-grou- p and characteristics of any of these men. Any help that can be given will be gratefully appreciated. Sincerely your brother, " Faithful and outstanding service to the youth of the Church during 25 of her 45 yeafs brought an Honorary Golden Gleaner award to Mrs. Erma p. May. . Before coming to Oregon 15. years ago, Mrs. May served in California Mission as Bee Hive leader, branch YWM1A president, district MIA counselor in both and activity capacities and later stake MIA counselor. During this same time she served as counselor in the branch Relief Sdetet presidency, taught Sunday School classes and, after the stake was organized, was counselor In the stake Relief Society preside" ey, Staka Prlmiry-l- W dent and secretary In the Genealogy Society, Her. assignments in Astoria after moving to Oregon In-elude district MIA counselor and teacher In special Interest, Mia Maid, Laurel and Mutual study classes, district Relief Society president, sec--' ret ary and Social Science Saviors For Progenitors 2413 . OREGON ASTORIA, FROM JHE CHURCH EDITOR'S DESK By Henry A. Smith 100 per cent story xvlns citation d arch-training r- Club Twenty-fiver- s f work. In preparation for the Olympus organizes Genealogical i . ! PEOPLE-EVEN- TS School teaching assignments. Research brochures . ready for. mailing The first In' a series of 12 brochures explaining the steps in genealogical research are being readied for mailing on May 23. Enough of the brochures will be sent to the stakes so that each ward may have a sample copy, the Genealogical Association presidency announced. . ' Accompanying the brochures will be copies of lessons one and two in a newly prepared home teachers ' lesson guide. These new materials will be available on order by ward committees for use in their home teaching programs, the presidency said. , four-colo-r ' , "Essential Principle Some deem it wrong to number baptism among the essential principles ordained of .God, to be attended to to oh- - taining remission of sins. In reply, we say that.the Savior and apostles have done so be- fore us; therefore, we feel obligated to follow their example. Lorenzo Snow Week Ending May 19,1962 CHURCH- -5 -- |