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Show ..7 . 4-- , 0 , ,... ,,... - . t ..., , , . , News About the , ? i ' 1 , .,.. :4 . - - -'. - - ' -- A. ..,,.,,,.,,,...,.,. ' .c.,,-- - , , cussed "Gratitude For Our klernage," and the other a talk Thursday .morning, Thanksgiving Day, at the University Ward. I -- - , u- ,' ( '.. 1 g 1 - - 1 and-wen- 1 .1 I 1 I i 0 , g , -: - - - ii,s--,.- ', I - , - , ::,., .- .:, t.--,0--,,-- - s, , t r, , 1 . ,,,1 , 1.7" -, ' .'i . ,. . i .., : t ' i , 'N . '' : , , oei 41s, - , ',. , , ,..J . -, ,,,...,:,,,,,p-- 'If general - ,,,..,., ,, .'""'---,.n- , ,,V, - ,- If each ward in the Church would fill a similar assignment by more than 100 per cent, thou- an could liplexeldovi,me eivoen be pies of the Church every day. ,s ''' - ''',:. .. .0,4,-,-- , B. Mangum. , N , , . ' , - ' ' ' ; Woodruff Ward Added to Cherry Creek , the direction ItAALADUnder V ' 1 of the Mated Stake Presidency and at a joint sacrament meeting of the Woodruff and Cherry Creek Wards held Sunday, the Woodruff Ward of ill Malad Stake of Zion, with i membership of 85, was disorgan ized and was made a part of the Cherry Creek Ward. The Woodruff Ward was organized in 1890 and prior to that time had been a part of the Cherry Creek Ward. Brothers Joseph Harris, Moroni Ward, and Thomas J Howell were the first bishopric at Woodruff. For the past eleven years the Woodruff Ward has been under the leadership of Bishop George E. Jarris. On November 16, Bishop Harris was sustained as a member of the, Ma lad Stake High Council. Bishop Verl Moon of the Cherry Creek Ward.. willcontinue to serve as bishop of the combined ward which will have a membership of about 200. STANLEY D. REES Salt of the Earth 7----B- I , kAORE than 100 per cent coot- ,,,,,,,:St, "Illokk4-- , :, nt 1 pletion of a genealogicsr- i ,0,412o- 1 I project in the Lark Ward of the ,, , West Jordan.Stake was reported 1..'. ''''this week when Bishop R. C. counselors, James Crump and-hi- s .'14Reed and Sidney Arnold, called - ,,,,, for a reoort from the ward , ','''',:g ,,IfC genealogical committee. ,. :, As,,-01 There are 350 members in the ......,,4, little Lark Ward and therefore '' ! 350, endowments were assigned 4,,,,,,,,abotei.1( --N:. 1:1 , , as a project for the year. One , It endoWment in the Salt Lake ' , , ck y !' , . ,mbi.:.,-Temple, 24 miles away. - for ,, nr, , ""001, every member of the ward. The .", :1.: -:e; 4 , report indicated that 372 endow,t ' ,, 'r t . , ments had ,, and It ,e I: .,,, e ,,,,, 100 more were scheduled before , It-- , '.'., -.- '4, ' -the of the year, making it a end ? s 4'4'4'4 , 1. , ,' '4''' 7 ' 'project carried out with mote A0.!.4WW, -' 100 than ,. ;"' pet. cent cooperation. ' 1, .,'.' :'''';', 4, At.:, In an effort to fill the assign"''', 17.444.1 ment. all members of the bish1 t''''' , ',:: ',' '. opric accompanied each temple ' ' ItA .,,tV ' ,,,,,' excursion group to Salt Lake and thus 'oe record number of 'Ak''''', 4,4' s'", r,s' ,,, ,40,,, endowments were done. Ward 1, ,,s. '"cv;ik,,f.,)3,,,..;t; genealogical chairman is Odell , - -- Twin Falls Stake at Twin members of f Falls, Idaho, Bishop Joseph L. Use Church Welfare Bishgeneral Wirth lin of the committee to attend quarterly opric and Paul C.Presiding Child, Church conferences In 17 stakes on Sat- Welfare. East Rigby Stake. Presiding urday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, are announced this week Bishop Le Grand Richards. Sacramento Stake at Bacraby President George F, Richards of the Council of the Twelve .rnento. California. Elder Mark as follows: E. Petersen of the Council of Twelve. Portland Stake at Portland, theWest Jordan Stake at RiverOregon, Albert E. Bowen of the ton, Utah, Elder Bruce R. McCouncil of the Twelve. Conkie of First Council of Juarez Stake, no general au- Seventy andtheRoscoe W. tardley, thorfty appointed. Church Welfare. North Idaho Falls Stake at San Luis Stake at Manassa, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Elder Milton Colorado, Elder Matthew Cow- R. Hunter of the First Council ley of the Council of Twelve. of Seventy and Mark B. Gartf, . Church Welfare. Oahu Stake, President George s F. Richards of the Counc41- - of For Deembei-Hathe Twelve. Mesa Stake at Mesa, Arizona, Elder Antoine R. Ivins of the 'i --"s- ",, R4,t4 , A PPOINTMENTS authorities and i . Authorities Assigned To 17 Stake Conferences . Temple Project ....,: ,a , tons were gifts of President PRESIDENT David O. McKay, George Albert - Smith.. They counselor in the First by air express rPresidency eliviudgDvae yredadadarpeeat Washto edPredsiisdpeant ington and Generar Alernan at at religious services held on; Mexico City. rThursday-morninin theTrinie 4 president Smith also the special presentation of the Utah Symphony Orchestra last DRESIDENT George. F. RichSaturday in the Salt Lake Tab- -, ards of the Council of ' the :. ernacle along with 6,000 Salt Twelve will attend the Oahu Lake City school children.- He Stake quarterly conference on ' enjoyed the concert and the December 6 and 7. He will be .. presence of the children. ? accompantqa by his wife, Betsy , whom he Hollings Richards, in July of this year. DttE'SIDENT J. Reuben Clark married I Jr., returned this week from rIZER Bruce R. McConkie of the east where he delivered's - the First Council of -- special address in Chicago, 44 is home this week fromSeventy a tour t full text of which was published of Southern States Mission-- p. in last Saturday's Church News withthePresident ' Heber Meeks. He t on to New reported the mission in Section, ' good York for business appointments. condition and missionaries all He returned to give ' two well and active. -- ---Thiscompletes Thanksgiving talks this week. the visits of general authorities One was before the Rotary Club to missions of the Church during of Salt Lake in which he dis- - 1947. 1, -- . i THANKSGIVING if t of Utah celery was enjoyed this week by the chief executives of both the United States southern - and its neighboring itepublic of Mexico. The car- '''' Exceeds in ., General Authoritiès , Lark Ward ' Y GORDON B. HINCKLEY- AST Sunday morning America heard the 955th broadcast of the Tabernacle choir. That this program, like its predecessors, was enthusiastically receiVed is evident from the letters that come from appreciative listeners all over the nation. They acclaim the musicianship of the choir and the organists They praise the dignity and the wisdomof the "spoken- word." And' weIltheyniight. But few listeners ever give a thought to the men who sit quietly in the control rooms skillfully handling to First Council of Seventy. patch cords and rheostats stories, pictures, poems make such rendition possible. San Fernando Stake at Bur-bati- k, SHORT J and games in t'h'e December Yet the slightest etror on their California, Elder Oscar A. or Kirkham of the First Council issue of the Children's Friend, part will ruin a program of Seventy and William E. Ry- published by the Primary As- - black it out completely sociation of the Church are all Last Sunday morning Stanley berg, Church Welfare. D. Rees sat in the little glass-centered a Christmas around Washington Stake at Washings theme and promise many panelled room under the south ton, D. C., Elder Clif.ford E. of interesting all balcony of the Tabernacle. He for reading the to Council subscribers. Young, assistant is one of a devoted group who, , of the Twelve. On the cover of the magazine the eighteen years the during Bear Lake Stake at Paris, a boy and girl are shown hang- - choir has been on the air, have Idaho. Elder Harold B. Lee of ing their istockingslor Santa - occupied-this Council of the Twelve. Claus in the last picture in direction of "Dick" Evans, KSL's Blaine Stake at Jerome, Idaho, Centennial series 'which have genial chief engineer. Among Wright, adorned the cover during the them are Melvin B. Bishop Thorpe B. Isaacson Harry Poll, the .Presiding Bishoric arid taken in the Lion House in Salt and John Powell. During the DtitiV-41DDavis, Church WelLake and the mirror, lamps, stool past six years Stan has had the fare. and chair are all part of the assignment most of the time. Montpelier Stake at MontYou who listened to the choir collection. pelier, Idaho, Elder Ezra Taft Brigham Young Coyering almost every land, last Sunday would have enjoyed Benson Of the Council of the Christmas stories in the maga- - watching him at his post. Prior Twelve and Elder Thomas E. zinc are about children, toy - to the broadcast he and DirecMcKay, assistant to the Counmakers. chubbies, ornaments, tor J. Spencer-- Cornwall had cil of the Twelve. and even about a gone over the program together, decorations Star Valley Stake at Afton, mouse that wanted a Christmas and the director had indicated Elder- Spencer W. Wyoming, Usual departments to the operator all of the Kimball of the Council of the stocking. such as the officers and teach- - nuances he wished to bring out. Twelve and Fenno B. Casto, era departments in the back, the Stan noted them on his score. Church Welfare. That score was before him on pen pal section, games, etc., Phoenix Stake at Phoenix, Ail are Carried, but the December Sunday morning, as was also a Elders Joseph F. Merrill issue of the Children's Friend copy of the program continuity. gong-and Henry D. Moyle of the brings to---a close the Centennial One eye was on these and the editions of the magazine. Council of the Twelve. other, so to speak, was on the Children's Friend audio-mete- r -- at the top of the control console. A few seconds before broadcast time he pulled a switch and a green light flashed near .the organ. A solemn hush fell over the choir. That was the "stand by" signal. And then precisely on the second, he pushed the switch to the other extreme. The light flashed red, and in your living room you heard the familiar strains of the broadcast theme. Stan watched the needle dancing ever the alibrad dial in front of hi e alas to watched the cent' know when to fade the. music and build up the announcer. His fingers moved skillfully and familiarly along the cow meet another responsibility. of black knobs at the base of He is a member - of the super- the console. intendency of what is probThese iChobs control the input' ably the largest Sunday School from eleven different micro- - in the Church, with an average 'k a as phones strategically placed attendance of about six hunresult of years of studyOne .tif the control these is for the announcer, one booth in the Tabernacle or on ---thhandles the soloists, three pick the stand in Edgehill Ward, up the organ. One is placed to his greatest desire is to lg resonance of the halt, ad fYvej That desire received its first are so located as to pick up the when he served in the individual sections of the choir. German-Austria- n ; Mission from The program literally comes 1932 to 1935. During 'most of , A in that , to the operators console period he was secretary pieces. It is his task to put it to two mission presidents. He together in the pattern that witnessed in Berlin the tragic pleases 'millions every Sunday. change in Germany from a land , He emphasizes the tenor or of to a regimented arsenal the soprano, the organ, or a solo of peace war. He watched a methods ical abandonment of the voice by controlling the prin microphones. He can create many cinles of Christianity. And in different tonal effects, and does 1946, as a bombing analyst for so under the supervision of the the- - U. S. Strategic Bombing director for the listening pleas- - Survey, he returned, and saw at ure of the vast radio audience. sorrowful results hand the first last. Following Sunda y's of the trend he had noted dur- broadcast, Stan made his usual ing his mission, That experience hurried exit so that he might has increaseehis desire to fur, ther the cause of the Lord. ' 1 In spite of the taxing Sun..., i ;71 .2'. :1 schedule of his work with ,:'', day ,. ; I , i Stan Rees has maniv' t4,. the choir. 41, mt. . 1 4.,r i (1,k i ir III ,, ,7 aged to keep busy with Church , activity in one form , , t)..... . , (; ool - t as president of an elders quok..,1 s, r,4 ...r,:;41 1 1 i'4: ,,,,I, ,... 'iti rum. as a Sunday School stake ,,,:, it ;44,,,,. .: tif 8,17 ,ek.44V1I' I board member. as President of ow,,,e1,10,.. 4'''''' '". ''''-'- . '71 :4N ''k. ' ' ". ' '''' the returned missionary society 1 4011"1' OA 41 '' . ,' ' '''' I, , , ,,IP '''.1 S' Ar ' ' '." ; , ' '.t .1414. of Utah, as a ' ' . Vir"44 : at the University .4" ALI ' l 4 01.,,,,,,. School teacher, and as ...,k,i.4".';4Nilly:t.: t Sunday ,..., , ."' , 4.:. , MIA. officer. 1 4 v ,,,, President J: Reuben Clark at :' tt, A ' ,,, 1,11'4 k one time indicated that an im,, i' d III ''N li.,,4'"..,.. '.. , ; . nortant source of the choir's o 13. ; ' .. - ' '.. ' 4,k,44, 4, i .44 "44.'4444.4.44, , strength lies in the testimony of -i ''',4474;t4 ' ,.. ' ',.. :.: ,:,4,' , , ' its Individual r members. That , "...1,,,,,,,,, :::,,,:::. 4,,,,100-...,- 14 , i...,: pA.,,, same spirit of testimony also ,f underlies the skill of the man ,.,,.- ..A. : , .., If t, , , Ai who turns the knobs and patches , -i 1 i the circuits ,to bring you the II I vompulomoloomileftemosastoimwate,'N'..'Wsmat,44 I inspiration of 'Music and the 0......m. , i - - I 1 Word" each Sunday -- Spoken a was With stake mnrnint organized there. I - SOUTHERN CHOIRThe above choir was called the South Catalina District Choir before I more than OS members; it rendered music at the conference when Soutls Carolina Stake was created. Mrs. O. H. Joyner . is the P I ... , i november 29, 1947Popo5 sonductor and Nellie Solicit Is the accompanist. The choir will continue to function it the new stake. 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