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Show Central States'll nits Form New Tulsa Stake A- - ' -- i t! TULSA, OKLA. The 298tfi" stake , of the Church was formed here Sunday from districts of"the Central States Mission. It consists of three wards and seven brandies. Robert N. Sears ofBartles-- ville,- Okia., was sustained as the president of the stake. His counselors are William H. Day of Tulsa and Veigh J. Nielson of Bartlesville. All three are graduates of" the University of Utah. - Orlin Dale Hall was named stake clerk; Eugene L.Ker, stake patriarch, and LaRon D. Stewart, mission president The organization was effected. under direction of Elders LeGrand Richards and George Q. Morris of the Council of the ! - I i " i- - -- t " , - A SAN JOSE STAKE PRESIDENCY New presidency of the San Jose Stake sustained left to right Sunday includes. Stake President Horace J. Ritchie, seated; standing, and Dale R. counselors B. President and R. Floyd Farr, President William SIddoway -- Jensen, clerk. San Jose Stake Members Sustain New Presidencyl SAN JOSE, CALIF. The - San Jose Stake presidency was reorganized here Sunday with Horace J. Ritchie sustained -- stake president as the-ne- w succeeding President Vemard L. Becks trand who was named patriarch to the stake. Sustained as counselors to President Ritchie were Presi-- " dent William R. Siddoway, formerly second counselor and President B. Floyd Farrfor-merly bishop of the San Jose Second Ward. President Boyd H. Pulley, was1 released as was Willard W. Wright, - stake clerk. New clerk is Dale R. Jensen formerly a high councilman. The reorganization was effected by Elder Spencer W. ' Kimball of the Council of the Twelve and Elder Henry D. 'v, Taylor, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve. President Ritchie President Ritchie,"7 a native of Charleston, Utah, served as bishop of the Roosevelt Ward, RooseveltStake in Utah for five years and as bishop of the Sunset Ward, San Francisco Stake, three years. He has also served as a high councilman in the San Jose, San Francisco and Wasatch Stakes. His Church positions also include general secretary Aaronlc Priesthood, ward and stake MIA assistant superintendent and M Men leader, Sun. ' day School teacher, district , Boy Scout commissioner in the Wasatch Stake; stake Seminary coordinator for San Jose and Monterey Bay Stakes, and a mission in the Samoan Island 1923-3. President Ritchie married Arvilla Wootton of Midway, Utah, in the Salt Lake Temple, Sept. 21, 1934. They have two sons. He attended the Utah State Agricultural College and the University of Utah. In civic affairs he has been city councilman at Roosevelt, Utah; secretary, Associated x AutomaticJLaundries of San Francisco; and director, South San Jose Klwanis Club. Presently President Ritchie is an agent for the Beneficial . Life Insurance Company and vice president of the Willow Glen Mortuary at San Jose. ' President Siddoway, assist-- y' J 4 CHURCH are Harve; Thompson, Thomas Durm, Charles W. Ziemer, Alfred T. Jacobson,'' James R. Blamires, Owen T. Rgmney, Melvin C. Hoppock, Samuel C Hood, Walter F. Rowen, Scott S. Bradshaw, Royal J. Christensen, Serge C. Head. x W. V- , ant to the vice president San Jose State College,, had been second counselor in the stake presidency since May of 1959. Previously he served since 1956 as a member of the high council, counselor in the South Indiana District presidency counselor. Pacific Grove Ward bishopric and counselor. North Central States Mission presidency. After graduating from the U of U he received his M.BA. degree at Indiana University in 1956. J "" , , President Siddoway was born at Vernal, Utah, Aug. 18, 1929, a son of Ralph and Mar-salEaton Siddoway. He married Nila Perry of VemaL" They have one son. 7 President Farr President Farr had been bishop of the San Jose Second Ward since 1957. Previously he served two years as counselor in the bishopric, assistant stake YMMIA superintendenO e and Special Interest class teacher in the MIA. A native of West Weber, Utah, he was born Nov. 2, 1909, a son of Bernard Elijah and Susan ATvord "Farrr He married Jetta Barker of North Ogden, May 4, 194L They have two sons and two daughters. President Farr graduated from Weber High School, attended Weber College, received his A.B. degree at the U of U and has done graduate work at University of Iowa. He is general manager of the Radio Station Keen, vice of president and United Broadcasting Co., member of the advisory board, San t Jose State College, San Jose Advertising Club, director. National Association of Broadcasters and member of the Press and Union League Club. ' There are many who have been ordained among you, whom I have called, but few of them are chosen. D&C 95:5-- 6 A things shall be done by common consent in the Church AH by much D&C 26:2 prayer and faith. INCREASE IN BAPTISMS NOTED IN E. CENTRAL STATES MISSION A significant increase in baptisms during the first three months of this year over a corresponding period last year was noted by Elder Henry D. Taylor, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve, in his recent tour of the East Central States -- Week Ending May 7, "1 960 - - ... ried Marjean Anderson of Salt Lake City In- - the Salt Lake Temple, July 27, 1943. They have two daughters. He graduated from South High School and received his M.B.A. at Northwestern University and the PhD. at Ohio State Univer- " Other stake officers are Virginia L. Jacobson, Relief Society president; Leroy L. Gamble, YMMIA superintendent; Bonnie Lee Blamires, YWMIA president; Doris Mae Geer, Primary president; Walter F. Bowen, Genealogical chairman. Thestakewill include-the- southeast area of Kansas, eastern third of Oklahoma and Fort Smith, Ark., having a Church population ! approxi- mately 2,000 persons. Norman Andrew Lish was sustained as bishop of the. Tulsa Ward; Glen Peterson, bishop of the Tulsa Second Ward and Glen Tolman Patterson of the Since 1957 he has been in the mission, and the past year super-- " visor of the mission Sunday School board, and board mem-ber. Previously he was East Oklahoma District Councilman, Tulsa Branch. Sunday School t r, Tulsa. President Sears President Sears is a native of New York City where he was bom Oct 1, 1915, a son of John S. and Florence A. Scholes Sears. He married Peggy Broomfield of Spokane, Wash., in the Salt Lake Tem--. pie, Dec. L 194L They have three children. He graduated from the East-Hi- gh School, and received his MB. A. degree from the Harvard Business School in 1938. Since November of 1958 he has been serving as first counselor in the Central States Mission presidency. Previously he served three years as East Oklahoma District president and five years before that assignment was president of the ' Bartlesville Branch. President Sears is associated with the Phillips Petroleum Co, at Bartlesville. Previously he spent 10 years, 193848 with Wasatch Oil Co, in Salt Lake aty. " During World War II he was a lieutenant with the U.S. Navy and in 1956 received the U. of U. Outstanding Business Achievement Award. President Day , President Day, associate professor of business admlnistra-- . tion at the University of Tulsa, previously was business analyst, Utah Oil Refining Co, Salt Lake City. In both cities since 1954 he has been a business - consultant. j - He also is a veteran having served as a captain in the UK Army-- " Quartermaster Corps. Ha was chairman of the Business Administration Section, Southwest Social Science Assn, and national - chairman- ,- Collegiate Chapters Com. Am. . Marketing Assn, President Day was bom in . Salt Lake City, June 27, 1924, a son of Ellas L. and Gertrude Leeuwen Day. He mar-- - 1958-59- - sity. Bart- . lesville Ward. Branches include Coffeyville, Ft Smith, Gore, Henryetta, Muskogee and North Mission. Elder Taylor reported this week that there were 75 more .baptisms thus far this year than in the same period last year. The mission leaders are placing new emphasis on the district missionary program using local members, he Boy Scout work also is receiving special attention. All but three of the 50 branches in the mission are officered by local people. Elder .Taylor noted. The auxiliaries of the mission also are under the direction of the local members, he said. Thirty-nin- e of the- branches own meetinghouses and preparations are being made for further building. Elder Taylor interviewed all of the 150 missionaries. Their morale is high, he said. They are in good health and are J working hard. ' Both, missionary and public meetings were held in all eight districts of the mission with a good attendance of mem bers and investigators. Elder Taylor said." Meetings also were held with servicemen' at' Ft Knox and Ft Campbell. We have fine groups there with able leadership, he noted. '"President and Mrs. Frank H. Brown and Mrs. Taylor accompanied. Elder Taylor on the tour. He said that President and Mrs. Brown are greatly loved and respected by the missionaries and members. They are doing very well hr this new assignment he 'said. The East Central States Mission includes the states of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia with small areas in Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio and Maryland PRES. ROBERT N. SEARS heads Tulsa Stake - superintendent In Salt Lake City he was assistant Sunday School superintendent in Highland Stake and member of the board and in California president of the branch at Camp Roberts. President Nielson , President Nielson has been YMMIA supervisor for the mission. Previously he had served as president of the Bartlesville Brandi, counselor in the branch presidency, secretary of the Melchizedek Priesthood Committee and group leader, Elders Quorum in New York Stake; M Men teacher and various priesthood offices in the Twenty-seconWard of Salt Lake Stake. He was bom at Whitney, Idaho, Feb. L 1921, a son of W. W. and Beatrice Jensen Nielson. He married Janet Moyle of Salt Lake City in the Salt Lake Temple, Jan. 19, 1949. They have two sons and two daughters. After graduating from West High School and U. of U. he received his MBA. at Harvard. President Nielson Is manager, Administrative division, .Research and Development, Phillips Petroleum7 Co. Previously he wasmanager, emd -- relation, ploye Trans-Arabia- n Pipe Line Co, New York, and industrial engineer, Geneva Steel Co, Geneva, Utah. During World War H he also was a lieutenant with the UB. Navy. Arizona Stakes Buy Welfare Farm 240-Acr- ' -- e The purchase of a 8408,000 Welfare agricultural project by the East Mesa, Mesa and Maricopa stakes was one of several transactions approved recently by the General Church Welfare Committee. The stakes will sell two farms of 50 and 80 acres and buy a. 240-acr-e -- tract ; Also approved was the purchase of 135 acres of irrigated land by East Idaho Falls Stake n for a Welfare project at $108,-Va- 000, |
