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Show iiiimHmiHiHiiiiHiiimtMiHiiiiiiiniiiimiiiiiiiimHtiiiiiimmttiHimmmn I - West Friendly? Try The East! MORMON WOODCARVER His Hands Bring Joy iiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiHuiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiitiiimiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiHi By HAROLD LUNDSTROM By MIKE" LAWYER Hospitality the likes of which one never even dreams was accorded the Tabernacle Choir on its recent fantastically successful lour. The tour has been described; many of the critical reviews and several of the hundreds of letters have also been published. But only casual men lion has been made of the enthusiastic hospitality that was accorded the tour members, and it needs to be publicly acknowledged in winding up the story of the tour. In Boston, the Balfour Jewelry Company and its president, C. Robert Yeager, presenied every member an e booklet especially prepared for the Choir members of the interesting historical sites to bo seen in the Boston area. Entitled, "Guide Notes For Your Tour, the mimeographed and bound volume had been prepared by the Public Relations Division of the Balfour Company, as a memento of the tour that it provided, among many other things previously mentioned. In Chautauqua, Pres. Axel W. Mrt'nsen. president of the Jamestown Branch, Erie District, Eastern Atlantic States Mission, presenied every Choir member a very informative brochure, "Some Early Mormon History from the Chautauqua Region and Environs," which he and his branch members had prepared and had printed. And in Saratoga Springs, the staff members found Ihis letter in their rooms from Rev. Gerard !ao Tierney of the St. Peter's Rectory: "May I welcome you to the City of Saratoga Springs and the State of your Churchs birth. "Permit me to introduce myself and to tell you why I have taken the liberty of welcoming you this way. am the assistant pastor of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church and chaplain of the Newman Association at eight-pag- 1 Skidmore College. made a journey "In the early part of August, around the United States which included several days in .Salt Lake City as the guest of the LPS Church and of President McKay. My visit to Salt Lake began with an unforgelable meeting with the President and eonii'uied its unforgelable tone under-thgraciousness of Mrs. Irene Staples, whom I am certain you know very well. Mrs. Staples and I have become very good friends, and, since then, have communicated by letter and hy tele1 LOS ANGELES The skilled hands of a Mormon wood carver made the 186th observance of the founding of Angeles complete. Ellis Hathaway of Elysian Park Ward. Glendale, Calif., Stake, was commissioned to create a new cross to stand at the head of famous Olivera Street in Los Angeles. The hew cross, a duplicate of the old, decayed ore, stands across from the old Is plaza. Mayor Sam Yorty lauded the craftsman in his talk Sept. 4, commemorating the founding of I.os Angeles. In February, 1966, Mario Valdez, manager of Olivera Street, recognized the need for the creation of a new cross to replace the rapidly decaying landmark of the late 19.30's, and commissioned Mr. Hathaway, one of the street's professional wood carvers, to carve out a new one. After careful selection of the most perfect pieces of redwood he could find. Mr. Hathaway began his work to skillfully sculpture the intricate design on the new cross. He completed his work four months later and the new cross was ready for the 1967 rites. How did he get into wood caning? l "I was a tuberculosis patient in the Olive here in 1942, and my case was so severe I was told I would never be able to do anything for the rest of my life," Mr Hathaway said. One day he observed another patient carving wood and decided to try it himself. Everyone who saw his later handiwork wanted to buy a carving. This soon became his livelihood, and after his dis View-Hospita- charge from the hospital in 1945 he opened his shop in Olivera Street. His wife, Vera, whom Mr. Hathaway met while they were both- hospital palietus. works with him in his shop. Th- two of them have served as set apart ple workers for several years. e British Work Moving phone. "I gave President McKay and Sister Irene my word that I would be more than happy to do anything 1 possibly could to bring a bit of hospitality to your visit here. I honestly bo"eve I learned the meanitf' of the word hospitality from the goodness of your people in Salt Lake. . . . What we want most of all is for all of you to feel that the city of Saratoga Springs is yours and that we are at your disposal for whatever might be your wishes or necessities at every moment of your stay . . May I say we have provided a number of automobiles and drivers who will be more than happy to take you anywhere you might want to go at any moment of your stay . . And this department can report that every time he was supposed to be anywhere at any given time, there was a knock on the door, and a driver and ear wer w: Ihis is the kind of to take me there. To repeat hospitality of which one never even dreams . . open-hearte- ing to an old approach to interest tin public in the Gospel. We went back to street meetings, using a display board to portray Gospel principles. We picked up many fine telcr-ral- s from these meetings in addition to the lists of referrals handed to our missionaries by the members in different branch- Continued From Page S bers as the Mormons should be assisted. There are three chapels completed in Ihe South British Mission. One at Crawley was dedicated by Elder Petersen in May. Another was dedicated by Elder James Cullimore, Assistant to the Twelve, at Redding and another chapel is located at Southampton. Pres. Archer said a new building si'e had been purchased on the Isle of Wight near Newport shortly before they were i d . es, American films. These films are now being used throughout the British Isles. Opposition from other churches has almost disappeared, he said. stead Members willingly contrlouted money and labor to help in chapel construction. While many kinds of sports are used by Hie MIA to keep the young people busy and interested, the missionaries are turn . Pres. Archer said. They soon discovered that the English jieople like to be taught In their own way. Missionaries used English film presentations which they formulated and used inof English-produce- d NEW BISHOPRICS Choir CBS Program IUNDAV, 17 SSRTBMBlR fcr solos' "The Bird os Proobet." by Schumann "Mow Genlte God s Commands." by ftoeoet! SUNOAY, SCRTEMBCR 24 Broadcast Directed by Richard P. Candle, the hor will sinq; "Cherubim Sono," bv Panchrk Krone "Awake the Harp," by Haydn "O God, the Eternal Pother," bv im "Mountains," by Rasbach Aslanott Robert CuruPck will play as araan "Fuoue in "How Havdti F. Toole, Geoi go E. Jacklin, Ren N. Wilde. U. Wright. Suckow. Tampa Ward, Tampa Stake. Fla.: Bishop James C. Graham, William R. Opp, Franklin A. Fowler. Mt. Ogden Colo.: San Diego 2nd Ward. San Diego South Stake. 'Calif.: Bishop Virl Kay Tanner. Smoot Ward. Star Valley Stake, Wyo.: Bishop Lloyd D. Johnson, Marvin .E. Cox, Spencer L. Taggart. Salt Coalville Ward, Summit Stake, Utah: Bishop Francis Pullan. 17 by Richrtf p. Cfftfif. will ftinq: Bo "Achitvtd Is fht Gloriout Work Hnvdn "Arlsy, My Scxrf, Arise." bv Circlets "Sheeo Mo y Solely Groit," by Both "Eorly One Mcrnin," by Whtt'.heod Alexander Schreiner will ploy os oroon fk- Grant Minor," bv Bach and Wondeceua Gteal," G by Watsonville Ward, Monterey Bay Slake, Calif.: Bishop Hal D. Mitchell, Dolan N. Sorensen, Gary M. Conover. Bank Ward. New Orleans Stake, far: Bishop James I.. Edgar. Melvin O. Stacey. Glen W. Smith. West Raton-Trinida- Branch. d Pikes Peak Slake. Pres. Larry G. Giles. ' Seventeenth . Ward, Quarters Stake. Iowa : Pres. Charles J. Vo'waller. Travis K. Campbell. Ray A. Lake Stake, Utah: Bishop Kenneth E. Hunter, LeMoyne Perkians, George E. Sawyer. North 17th Ward, Salt Lake Stake, Utah: Bishop-WaynC. Pederson, Carl K. Carl B. Masters. Midvale 4th Waul. Mhlvale Stake, Utah: Bishop Gerald A. Moser, Vernal Newbold, e Black-welde- Sol-hei- Coalville 2nd Ward. Summit Slake. Utah: Bishop Merl D. Chappell. Victor M a n w a r i n g. Joseph L. Emmett 1st Ward. Weiser Stake, Idaho: Bishop David L. Morton, Clarence J. J.ouis K. Johns. Car-rol- l, Sioux City Branch, Winter Nord.Ward. Germany: Biilin Stake,. B'shop Karl . Ward. East Ogden Stake, Utah: Bishop James E. Hamilton. M'I'on M. R chard II. Harris. Jensen. Downey 3rd Ward, Huntington Park Stake. Calif.: Bishop Howard G. Hoyle, Reid D. Hutchings. Glenn L. Mehr. HtiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimNiiiiiiiiiimimitiiiiimtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiimiii WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 16, 1967 CHURCH-- 15 tem- |