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Show IN MONTANA, DETROIT New Stake 1 uiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiitiiniiiimniiiiiimii Unusual fund raising gy Henry ATSmfth r President N. Eldon Tanner of the First Presidency dedicated the new Vancouver Stake center In Vancouver, and therein lies an unusual story of B.C., last Sunday fund raising to prepare for the dedication. r a month earPresident Tanner learned lier. While there he that the stake had completed Its new building and stake conference was Just four weeks away. Stake President Keith M. Humphreys and his counselors, Archie D. Evanson and Kdwin Lyle Burwant to use the new gess, reported that they did building for conference until It Vas dedicated. The hitch they still needed to raise $70,000 of which only $8,000 was pledged. They accepted a challenge from President Tanner to collect the money in two weeks and make application for their dedication and he promised he would return and dedicate the building. His challenge to them was typical of President Tanner "just go out and do all you think double can and then it The challenge caught fire you and in two weeks the $70,000 was raised with the largest contribution being $3,000. When Presidnent Tanner attended conference and dedicated the building last Sunday he learned of several unusual experiences which occurred during the two weeks .of fund raising. Typical was the story he related of the young girl who had been saving money for a much desired aquarium. She had $21. When she learned of the drive for funds she took $20 and gave it to the building fund keeping the one dollar for herself. When one of the ward members learned of this he took an aquarium he had stored in his basement and delivered it to the young girl. Said President Tanner, She not only made her contribution, but had her aquarium and tiie one dollar left to buy the fish." It also was reported that several families who had put away their year's supply few an emergency, declared this to be an emergency and gave their grocery money to the building fund and lived for the next few weeks on their "storage." visited-Vancouv- : ' -- T ' l - r 1 i i i t : faith-promoti- i , V t r s A Church Hews reader, Mrs. Susan (Gordon H.) Dotson of Houston, Tex., sent us a dipping which we would like to pass on. It was published in The South- westerner in South Houston with the author unknown. Here it is: t ' , . r WHAT I WANT MY CHILDREN TO REMEMBER ABOUT HOME THAT their father and mother loved each other. THAT the reason home was a happy one was be- cause we all worked to keep it so. THAT each child was given every possible opportu- nity to develop his own personality. THAT each childs personal possessions were in- vlqlable if kept In the place allotted to them. THAT the books in the house were to be read If handled rightly, and there were no shelves under lock and- key because of questionable contents. THAT absolute truth abode there; no earliest f t Twelve. Counselors in the new Detroit Stake Presidency are Irvin Morris Brooks, and Neil Rees Williams. Pres. Hawkins, in addition to four years as counselor in the stake ques- - Moner, however young, was put off with subterfuge or evasion. THAT we believed in hospitality in spite of any extra labor involved, and that our friends loved to come to us. THAT Sunday was the happiest day in the week and that we ail looked forward to its coming because it was a day when we went to Church together, then came home for an afternoon with father in the midst THAT though father and mother worked hard and long at their respective jobs, they found time every day to keep informed on current events, to read good books, to think things through to logical conclusions and to r pray. WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1967 Y&rk Stake are, (1. to r.) I. M. Brooks, Pres. C. S. Hawkins, qnd N. R. Wjlliams. Heading New presidency, has been bishop of Ann Arbor Ward and second counselor in the Detroit Stake Mission Presidency while in Detroit Stake. He had been a member of the College Park Ward in Washington (D.C)' Stake after serving ,as choir Bishopric director and teacher. He came to Washington from Chicago where he was a member of the high council of Chicago Stake. He practiced law in Washington for fiye years before coming to Ann Arbor, Mich., to be a professor of law at the University of Michigan. Pres. Hawkins also is chairman of die Committee on Civil Procedure, State Board of Michigan, and is the work on author of a Michigan Rules of Civil Procedure. ng A model home 1 Presidencies in two stakes Detroit, Mich., and Missoula, Mont. were railed to serve in their respective areas. Carl S. Hawkins, is the new president of Detroit Stake. Hie former first counselor in the Detroit Stake Presidency was set apart by Elder Marion G. Romney of the Council of the Twelve. Pres. Hawkins succeeds Pres. Edwin B. Jones, who was called to be a Re-'- ! the Representative" -- of gional . . . served as bishop Counselor OGDEN A local banker was sustained as second counselor in the East Ogden Stake presidency during quarterly conference sessions here Oct 22. O. Leon Miliett, 36, bishop of the Ogden 72nd Ward, was named second counselor in the stake presidency by Pres. Scott B. Price. Pres. Henry J. DeHaan, who served as first counselor to Pres. Price for 15 years, was released and sustained as stake patriarch. Pres. G LeGrande Stewart, who had been serving as second counselor, was sustained as first counselor in the presidency. Pres. Miliett was born Oct. 26, 1931 In Provo, Utah, the son of Orson Paul and Norma Allen Miliett He married Velma Payne Miliett July 31, 1953 In the Logan Temple. He was graduated from Brigham Young - University and attended Weber State College. He is an assistant vice president of Commercial Security Bank, and served a mission to western Canada from He and his wife, Neima, are the parents of five children. Pres. Brooks had been second counselor in the stake presidency before being sustained as first counselor to Pres. Hawkins. His previous duties had been on the high council, bishop of Detroit Ward, School superintendent, Sunday teacher and counselor in the branch presidency of Chain O Lakes Branch, Chicago Stake. Presently he is department store manager for the J. C. Penney Co., in Detroit, having been with the firm since 1936. Pres. Brocks and his wife, Ina, are the parents of three children. Pres. Williams had served nine months as stake clerk when called to be a member at the stake presidency. He had been a general secre Julie Ann, 5. that bishop of Fort Wayne stake clerk and counselor Ward, in the" Dallas Ward Bishopric. Presently he is a manufacturers agent in Detroit. Pres, and Mrs. Williams are the parents of two sons and two daughters. MISSOULA Hie Missoula Stake Presidency was reorganized Sunday, Oct. 22, with Meriyn Wayne Vincent Lofgren sustained as stake president under the direction of Elder Mark E. Petersen of toe Council of the Twelve. Pres. Lofgren succeeds Pres. Grant K. Patten, with whom he served as second counselor. Counselors to Pres. Lofgren in toe new stake presidency are Gerald Freeman Burnham, first counselor, end Dale H Andersen, second counselor. Pres. Lofgren, baptized as a convert In Salt Lake City 15 years ago, had served in the stake residency for two years after being on the stake high council for six years and a member of the Missoula Ward Bishopric for two years. He is associated with toe Upjohn Co., of Missoula and is a graduate of toe University of Utah College Of Pharmacy. Pres. Lofgren and his wife, Dorothy, are the parents of four children. Pres. Burnham Is a native of St Anthony, Idaho, and has been ac-- V.vI'Xv Coo tinned on Page 15 East Jordan Counselor W. Roy Brown, treasurer of The Genealogical Society of the Church, Sunday was sustained as second counselor in the East Jordan Stake presidency. He succeeds Pres. Ralph E. Jensen who was released because of illness in his family. Stake Pres. Richard F. North officiated at toe change. Pres. Brown will serve with Pres. North and Pres. Del E." Brady, first counselor. All other officers of. the stake will remain in their present posts. Pres. Brown is a native of Boise, Idaho. He is a son of Wesley Leroy and Ruby Glen Brown and was bom April 21, 1932. He married Evelyn Johnson of Boise in 1951 and their marriage was later solemnized in the Sait Lake Temple. They have one son and three daughters, and reside at 7546 Michelle Way, Sandy, Utah. Pres. Brown is a graduate of the University of Utah and also attended Brigham Young University. He is a certified 1950 to 1952. Pres. Miliett served as bishop of the Ogden 72nd Ward from September, 1966, to the present Pres, and Sister Miliett have four children, Randy Leon, 13, David Jon, 10, Kimball Alan, 8, and tary of toe Aaronlc Priesthood in' Minneapolis First Ward and before public W. ROY BROWN Genealogy official s accountant He was appointed treasurer of The Genealogical Society of the Church in October of 196L g |