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Show MI , WITH GENERAL AUTHORITIES ' s--- . t4.,,...6...r1,40009,11,190,1POr014111101,1 . 6...:6m; 4 Chapels Deditatek Ward Created in Oahu ! , - ' - , ' ' s ' . , , , f . satnd ' lb- - ' $o rrtt F ta : ra so 14 : i ''- - Z. - , ' :!. ,, . ' , Ao- - .,- .....;tos'g .4 .1" $ . 1,-- 4 ,Sr ...noir ; 4,,,,.- ..: i ,''''' 1 ''"'...,,,v-,,- ; , 1 ! 4 1 ' i ', i - ..,, , , .,... ., .,..., l': ...if ' i41 ; I ;,,,,I, ts,, ,, , ,;;,,.. , ,,4..),k,:t: -- -- "'''' ..., , .. ',. ...,.::',..7 -' "''''' '''''' .. . -- ,, '..' --- , , ' '- , '!! , '' - - ''' ' t ,t.1; --- '4,' --- -. , , r ' ..., t v I 4 ' , I Is ' ' a12- I t ' - ;" - 1 . rI . n Ent missionaries, that compose the mission staff, and interviewed each individually. Special meetings were held with LDS servicemen in the areas visited and representatives of all such groups attended the various public meetings held. Elder Benson reported a rather complete organization of the maxillary organizations, and priesthood quorums as well as in the branches and districts of therovission. It is significant, he said, that the 12 districts are each presided over by a local presidency and that seven have district councils comparable to high councils in the stakes. All districts have organized aux. t i Ia....., g t' , .......-TIL''- , - ..) - s'4.- . - ' ' ags tar :' ast - bat 'rill 11 ' A' , tho .., A by ,''' . . '' ' 1 , . -,- , . - Sin bet , - , ' - sal , 1 II ,t rated dint i i ra ' ' , ' , '''''''''''"-- leam..., -- . .. ' - ''''''-'-' , - ,...,---- t. ''' WARD CHAVEL,Omnbined chapel and Idaho Stake House, this new red brick structure was ' dedicated by Elder Ezra Tilt Benson of the Council of - BAlitiCROFT -' - , 1,i :.,- ',,' ; g.. ; ' ...' ' i4 r...z . 1 ' ...:-- k ., :',,, Vi. i ".. ''' ?"'''''!".:,:,,. l': t ' t 1. - NI; ivp.m, i . , ; - - ..,. .;i4; . ' ' AS 5 I - t k :'.5"- : ' I . ';''''.-,:- 7 A14.mbowabee.wea4 t boards with Mary one exception he said. Organizations throughout the mission totaled: 84 branches, Sunday Schooli . including home Sunday Schools; 94 Relief Societies, 67 Mutuals, 40 PH.. mules, 20 neighborhood anl home Primaries. 20 mission Primaries and 76 Church-sponsorBoy Scout troops. All boll monthly leadership and union ant meetings and mission-wid- e el dmisercht edeeokmmainttdees A litta rPeornvirs' Priesthood work, Elder Benson reported. There are three elders querums in the mission and approval for a fourth has been granted, he said. Before his return home, Eldzv Benson attended committee and executive board meetings of the Boy Scouts organization in New York. ELDER MARION G. ROMNE1 . of the Council of the Twelve returned to Church headquarters during the week-en- d Irons a trip to Oahu Stake and the Hawaii Mission in the Hawaiian Islands. He made the trip its ten hours by plane and was In the islands six days. During his stay among the Saints of the islands he officiated In organizing the new Kahala Ward in the south part of Honolulu, the sixth ward in that city; combined the former Kakaako Ward with the Papakolea Ward and reorganized the bishoprics of the Kaimukl. Waikiki and Lanakila Wards. Appointed as bishop of the new ward was George Blair Bradshaw, with Carl A. Swat. berg and Lawrence I. Hannenburg as counselors. Bishopric of the egAlrged Papakolea Ward was reetoinel with the bishopric of the Wediwesdloy, Owe loor D, ISSI - -- merged Kakaako Ward re- leased. Named as bishopric of the Kaimukt Ward were, Bishop Russell K. Homer with Alexan. der K. Kaonohl and Isaac, F. Akinaka as counselors. Leaders of the Waikiki Ward are, Bishop Albert V..Stirling with John N. Baird and Adney Y. Komatsu, counselors. Dishôp of the Lanakila Ward is Hovey A. Lambert assisted by Nawat and William H. Nako as coung;elors. Sustained as members of the Oahu Stake High Council were! J. A. Quealy, Kay Ikegaml, Russell Robertson and Abet 4,1,,,,.,. Mattoon. Eldon P. Morrell was ..:i , ,,, 1. appointed stake mission presi, dent and Alfred L. Gonzales was set apart as a president of the 260th Quorum. of Seventy. ,., Elder Romney set apart John , ..I Floyd Scott and Elder Richard '41' '. James Marshall as counselors the Twelve. It will seat 276 persons and With the recrea- of I te Pres. Ernest A:Z.,Ifelson; tion hall will accommodate as many as 1000. It was built the Hawaii Mission. at a cost of $136,000..' , CHURCH SECTION- -3 DESEIET NEWS . . 4 sto - - , ItE OT IN; ; .,, rt 44 -- Kekoolani 111 1111 , . i Llso III ., AA - and-distric- Returning Mission President Cites E vidences of Progress in New Zealand,' -- qt) ET " 4.- IP 4..;,,ht: - I , , It; t,,,'. 4., , -- -- 11. i't;-..- . eAST POINT CHAPELLocated in the Georgia District, Southern Stakes Mission the newly converted chapel was dedicated by Elder Ezra Taft Benson, of ths Council of the Twelve: Purchased from the Presbyterian Church it contains ample classroom space and many conveniences. It 11 of brick construction. Ward-Idah- rat lit ,,,,,,A4, -- : d all - ;,, 1 ards which they maintained. Elder Merrill delivered an inspiring and instructional address after which he offered the dedicatorial prayer. s The chapel was a remodeled building begun ten years before, but interrupted by scarcity AFTER 11 days on the water, Maoris, just now augmented by !greater efforts than ever before of materials induced by World an and flight from an influx of Samoans, Tongans to take the gospel to the airplane War IL C. and other islanders, who are em- ed Europeans of that country. Pres. Gordon Honolulu, DAY SAME THE Elder ON reached his home in Salt igrating to New Zealand for One evidence of increased acYoung Spencer W. Kimball offici- Lake City, finishing to take advan- tivity in the branches of the misand employment Cod at the dedication of the Ox- mission to New Zealand as the of opportunities in educa- sion cited by President Young, nerd Ward chap-- I, Santa Bar- presiding officer of the Church tage tion Unusual inducements are was the fact that the Sunday bara Stake. f in that land. He was' also being made by the govert- School in Auckland bad inThe ward, accompanied by his wife and. ment to attract immigrants from creased 700 per cent in the past elevated from a branch of two children, Gordon W, 11,' all European countries even to three years, which was indicathe California ItT ',Sion, bloke and Kathy Joy, 5. the point of paying their pas- tive of the growth elsewhere. ground for it 1,Nv building A new chapel, nearly half comn g probably sage to New Zealand, he said. You President April 13, 1950. :411 was but re- holds a record of sorts in the Because of this situation, and pleted, is another indication of cently completel. distance traveled in attending to the fact that 80 per cent of the growth. Located on Queen St.,I e Speakers at ti,e c,Temony affairs of that mission. He Maoris are already members of the chief thoroughfare in Auck-sides Elder Kimball and Bishop calculates that he traveled ini the Church, - President Young land, the Mormon chapel is the who conBurton, D. Bwhm-miles over the and his workers have made first structure to be permitted 200.000 excess of ducted, included Robert Stev-- 1 narrow-gaugin that area in 15 years, the misroads winding, mon and William K. Tanner, over the mountainous New Zeasion leader said. counselors in the bishopric;1 land He praised the work of Elder terrain, during his mission, Pres. Arthur J. Godfrey and his He said that he made Beisinger, building supGeorge first counselor Karl N..,Haws. one of 8000 miles to visit, who is in charge of conervisor trip "pedal music was furnished one district. struction and will also have by the ward. choir and the of building the Church President Young reports an , charge , 1 "Musettes." , in missionary work in school planned for Hamilton, 60 upsurge -' Emmen; ' dad that mission ': Elder Ezra Taft , miles from Auckland. He redespite a diminish-teste'1 1 S; I t it, f ,, e the combined Bancroft ing staff. Ninety missionaries ported that a stock pile of build4, o i1,,, -t Stake chapel last are now engaged in the service f,,ing materials including cement Sunday it the second general there, he said, but many will be blocks, steel and timber have i session of the regular quarterly released soon and few replacet le) already been accumulated ready conference of the Idaho Stake. ments are taking thei; places:for commencement of building Afore than 1000 members or 38 Within the past year 351 conoperations there. ' ' ''. ' per cent of the stake member- verts to the Church were bapPresident Young carried letI .:, ,' ship attended. and more are expected tized ters from the Prime Minister, The assemblage was welthe current period. Near the Minister of Public Works comed by - Pres. Herbert K. during half of those joining the Church and other government officials WMtworth; Joseph C. Call gave have conic from European exexpressing their appreciation for a history of the ward, Airna A. traction and the balance are the work done by the Church Moser told of the building of Maoris. t lamong the people and offering the chapel and Elmer Stettler, FRESIDENT YOUNG assistance in furthering the work explains rea made building engineer of the mission, all of which porNew the of that population ,, port which was followed by re- Zealand is made up of approxtends well for the expansion of - merks by Bishop Wilton O. TRES. GORDON C. YOUNG, of the 'work of the Church hi 1,800,000 Europeans imately Payneand 75,000 returbs from mission that land. Climax of the services wait mostly English out-lyin- -- i , ii n tr-- : ,, 1 it , )'..'"A ,,,t .1 e e E- l- ' ,A, A' - - ,,,'-- - ,IP r"tffitrovp:;-- ; i. ? 3 '''.-- d f ,1.,,, :( ,,,,. . I,- 4 -;- , .... ,. )' : II, t'. - Nlil- - ''''''' - 7 ,,,:...'' be-th- ay ell'a ..: far-of- itg Id , ' , t . .4 so-c- all - es 1 , ' ' ' ,'''4 .. , MORE CHAPELS were the address and dedgatory officially opened to Church prayer by Elder Benson. service during the past fort- DEDICATION of the newly purchased building, converted to night es they were dedicated at eppropriate exercises with three a branch chapel, at East Point members of the Council of the in the Georgia District of the Twelve officiating. Southern States Mission, was atRider Joseph F. Merrill ded- fectedon December 2, by Elder icated the Winslow Ward chap- Benson at the conclusion of his el in the Stl()k flake Stake Sun- three-wee- k tour of that mission. day, Nov. 9. The services were During, his visit of the 12 disconducted by Bishop Burton R. tricts he was accompanied by Smith and attended by a capa- President and Mrs. Choules who city crowd which included preside in that area. Stake Jesse W. The East Poirit chapel was Smith and three former bishops, the fifth dedicated by Elder all of whom addressed the Benson in the mission during his tour. Others were dedicated at gathering. Speakers included: President Seneca, North Branch, and MyrSmith, Bishop Smith, Arch B. tle Beach in South Carolina and Campbell, first bishop of the New Smyrna Beach in Florida. wadi J. Virgil Bushman, secHolding from one to six meetond bishop and LeRoy A. Pal- ings in each district, the Church mer, the third bishop of the officials contacted grand total ward. of 5080 Saints and investigators Also invited to speak was or 33 per cent of the mission Major L. M. Shipley, a promi- populationdouble the attendnent citizen of the area, who ance of a year ago. lauded the Marmon people for Elder Benson met the 180 their way of life and the stand. , ... i. . - President - 1. ' , ' t I : ., - !:. 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