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Show Salt Lake Temple Annex, officially for temple. work March 21, 1966, was dedicated Monday, Oct. 22, 1967, at the request of President David 0. McKay by President Hugh B. Brown of the First Presidency. Others participating in. the dedication wejre President N. Eldon Tanner and President Joseph Fielding Smith of the First Presidency. Elder Alvin R. Dyer, newly appointed Apostle, spoke also before President Brown offered the dedicatory prayer. Mrs. Jesse Evans Smith, wife of President Smith, sang Bless This House as a solo number. The The large and appreciative audience that filled the chapel auditorium included other members of the General Authorities, presidencies of auxiliary General Boards, the Salt Lake Temple Presidency and the large corps of temple workers. Construction on the Temple Annex started in August 1962 and continued for nearly four years before the official opening on March 21, 1966. Great care was taken to have the Temple Annex harmonize with the architectural lines of the temple. Granite used in construction was taken from the same quarries that produced die granite used in building the temple. A total of 50,0000 square feet of granite of different thickness were used for annex, addition and terrace walls. At the time the work started on' the Temple Annex and the sealing room 'addi permit more work to be done by more members with greater dispatch and tion of the north side of the temple, President McKay explained that, Improvements in the temple are being made to Leaders At Nauvoo Restoration Women's Meet Calls Elder Stapley Elder Delbert L. Stapley o I the Council of the Twelve was elected on Oct 27 to the board of trustees of Nauvoo Restoration, Inc. The General Authority, who has had strong interest in restoration work going on since he attended the dedication in 1961 of the Heber C. Kimball home in Nauvoo, attended the Friday board meeting. Also meeting in Nauvoo were board trustees, Dr. J. LeRoy Kimball, president; Harold P. Fabian, vice president; and A. all of Hamer Reiser, secretary-treasureSalt Lake City; J. Willard Marriott, Washington, D.C.; David M. Kennedy, Chicago, HI.; and A. Edwin Kendrew, Williamsburg, Va. Unable to attend th meeting was President Thorpe B. Isaacson of the First Presidency who is also a trustee. At the meeting In Nauvoo, trustees approved and. discussed preliminary plans for a visitors center to be constructed in Nauvoo. Construction is expected to start next year. It was announced that restoration work on the Wilford Woodruff home is nearing completion; it will be open to the public next spring. Restoration work is also well under way on the Brigham Young home. A master plan on the complete Nauvoo project is nearing completion, Dr. Kimball said. The board president estimated that it would take several years to. r, DELBERT L. STAPLEY .. . another assignment complete work on all projects planned. Board members also heard a report on tours conducted during 1967. By the end of 1967, approximately 125,000 persons will have visited Church points of interest in Nauvoo. Registration figures for 1967 are well ahead of 1966. During April 1967 alone, there were 4,000 registrations. In August there were 26,054 tourists, compared to 21,863 for the same month a year ago. Julys registration figures were 25,056, compared to 15,964 in July 1966. Many student groups from various parts of the United States stop in Nauvoo for conducted tours by interpreter - guides. Work of the guides, many of whom are returned missionaries, was commended by the board of trustees. Dr. Kimball is a Salt Lake City physician and surgeon. Mr. Fabian is former chairman of the advisory board, National Park Service, and is chairman of the Utah State Park and Recreation Commission, and Mr. Reiser is a member of the board of directors, Deseret Book Co. Mr. Marriott is chairman of the board of Marriott Hot Shoppes and Marriott Motor Hotels and member of the board of directors, American Motors Corp. Mr. Kennedy is chairman of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company Board and chairman of the executive board, mayors committee for economic and cultural development of Chicago. Mr. Kendrew is senior vice president of Colohial Williamsburg (Virginia) and resident architect. He is also director of the Division of Architecture, Construction and Maintenance in Colonial Williamsburg. : Reports on progress and activities of the Relief Society and the Young Womens Mutual Improvement Association were given at three-da- y meetings of the National Council of Women of the United States in New York City this month. They were given by Gen. Pres. Belle S. Spafford of the Relief Society and Gen. Pres. Florence S. Jacobsen of the YWMIA. Mrs. Jacobsens counselors, Margaret R. Jackson and Dorothy P. Holt, and Mrs. John Q. Cannon of Salt Lake City also attended "the meetings, held in the Carnegie Endowment Building and the -- Jiiltmore Hotel. Mrs. Cannon is the council's fourth vice president. She was elected, in October 1966 for a two-yeterm. Mrs. Spafford was a member of the councils executive committee from 1956-6and served as second vice president from 2 1918-56- . When the national council was organized March 30, 1888, the Relief Society and the MIA became charter members. There are now 30 organizational members of the council which represents five million organized women In the United States. The t, council is a organization. The triennial conference of the international council will be held in January 1970, non-profi- in Thailand for representatives from nations. During the council meetings in New York City, Mrs. Jacobsen and Mrs. Spafford told of the work of their organizations throughout the world. Many of the publications of the Church, including the Family Home Evening Manual, have been distributed to council-memborganizations. WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1967 f CHURCH- -3 |