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Show Boston Stake Reorganized; New Utah Presidency BOSTON A new stake presidency was set apart in Boston Stake, April 14, with Word of Wisdom and the press It hasnt been too many years ago that non members of the Church took an amused view of those 'peculiar Mormons and their Word ol Wisdom. The fact that faithful members of the Church declined to drink coffee, tea, liquor, beer or wine and to smoke brought a raised eyebrow now and then. If Now, some writers like to take an occasional at us because of our stand on alconot frequent poke holic beverages. But that can be looked at the same as a boy whistling in the cemetery. Modem science is finding out new things every day on how the items forbidden in the Word of Wisdom are harmful to the human body. The nations press and electronic media almost daily carry the news of findings in medical research. Just a few very recent ones indude: S From Signs of the Times, a religious periodical published on the West Coast: Coffee, tea, and certain soft drinks may not be as innocuous as they' seem, according to German geneticist Dr. Wolfram Ostertag. The caffeine in these drinks, and in some tcines, can cause miscarriages or can be passed on to the Unborn baby, causing mutations in its cells. In experiments with human cells, the physidan found that caffeine caused the chromosomes of the cells to break up." ' " The possibility exists that caffeine is one of the most dangerous mutation-causin- g agents in, man, said Dr. Ostertag, since it is known that caffeine penetrates to the human germinal tissue and through the placental barrier to the human fetus. non-LD- Louise Sweeney TV critic of the article on Christian Science Monitor, writes an the recent complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission which accused three organizations connected with dgarette interests of conspiring together to mislead the public about the health hazards of smoking, by planting articles extolling the virtues of the tobacco in national publications. well-respect- th The complaint by the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) organization followed an' expose in the Wall Street Journal tracing the tobacco interests covert campaign to soothe smokers fears about the health hazards of cigarettes. A recent symposium of science writers, sponsored by the American Cancer Sodety, was told that a U.S. across the Public Health Service survey of country shows 10 per cent fewer smokers than 10 years ago and says 80 per cent of those now smoking plan to quit. The Associated Press, in reporting the story, said the service credited recent news stories and TV ads on the health hazards of smoking with a significant role in teen-age- rs Bishop William A Fresh of Lynn-fiel- d Ward sustained as stake president to succeed Pres. Wilbur W. Cox. Pres. Fresh has Don Parker as first counselor and L. Tom Perry as second counselor. Elder Boyd K. Packer, Assistant to die Twelve, and Elder Loren C. Dunn, first Council of the Seventy, officiated at the reorganization. Pres. Parker was first counselor to the previous stake president and Pres. Perry was a counselor in the Weston Ward bishopric. . Pres. Fresh had served only eight months as bishop of Lynnfield Ward when called to be stake president He bad been a counselor in the bishopric for a year before being made bishop. During 1965, be served as Aaronic Priesthood advisor in Denver and Portland West stakes before moving to Boston. He and his wife, Luana, are the parents of four children. Pres. Fresh, a graduate of BYU with a BS degree in marketing, is associated with the Mobil Oil Corp., New England division. Pres. Parker has been in the stake presidency as first and second counselor for six yean and before, that had been a counselor in the mission district presidency in Boston for two years. He and his wife, Carolyn, have three children. Pres. Parker received his BS degree from BYU and then went to Harvard to get his MS degree in 1957 before getting ScD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. He presently is a staff member of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Pres. Perry, a native of Logan, Utah, and a graduate of the Utah State University had been a counselor in the Western Ward bishopric for two years before being set apart in the stake presidency. He had been a member of the high council in New York Stake for four years before moving to Boston. He also had served as a counselor In the stake presidency of the American River Stake, California, and as a member of the high council there over an eight-yea- r period. Pres, and Mrs. Perry are file parents of three children. the decline. A chilling story in the January edition of the Readers Digest, titled What the Cigarette Commercials Dont Show! should be enough to make anyone throw away the tobacco. ' Its the true story of an insurance executive who winds up with cancer of the throat from his heavy consumption of cigarettes. He describes in every detail what his fellow patients look like with their larynxes, pharynxes, esophaguses, tongues and other affected areas cut out. He tells of his horror in seeing these men, and then realized that he will become like one of these voice-les- s patients who will have to have flesh replaced to cover up the holes in the neck. Some of the stories being carried concerning the health effects of not adhering to the, Word of Wisdom laid down by the Lord arent pretty. But, then neither are cancer, emphysema or malformed babies. 6 CHURCH WEEK ENDING APRIL 20. 196 NEW BOOKS IN THE CHURCH So Youre Going on a Mission; Barbara Tie; jean Jacobs; Brest Publishing Co., Proo, Utah, $4.95. This book is a practical guide to missionary life. It considers ways of meeting the spiritual, physical and emotional challenges which come as a Latter-da- y Sanit prepares to preach the Gopel of Jeus Christ. h It is a volume written in plain language such as, Dont for one moment think that no matter what you do there will be I little band of angels hovering down-to-eart- J. J. Rose J. J. White In other action at the conference, Massachusetts Brandi received ward status with Pres. Cyril Poul-so-n being ordained as the first bishop. GARLAND, UTAH James J. White, former first counselor to Pres. Arthur R. Michaelis, was sustained as the new president of Bear River Stake at quarterly conference, March 31, at file Garland Tabemade under the direction of Elder Spencer W. Kim--ba- ll of the Council of file Twelve. Jerry J. Rose, former second counselor to Pres. Michaelis, was sustained as first counselor and Donald Petersen, former bishop of Fielding Ward, was sustained as second counselor. Pres. Michaelis, with Pres. White and Pres. Rose as counselors, had served as the presidency of Bear River Stake for 9 years.' wound to help you overcome obstacles. You will receive help and strength only in so far as you keep spiritually in tune and live your religion so that you are worthy of Barbara Tietjen Jacobs is a graduate of Brigham Young University, teacher, lecturer, writer, mother of five sons and daughters, wife of Dr. Briant S. Jacobs of BYU. She gathered her material through careful research and interviews and correspondence with mission presidents, missionaries and former missionaries. The appendix of the book gives a complete description of every mission in the Church including pertinent information on area, climate, accommodations and special condi- tions. The 23 diapters deal with pre D. Petersen John H. Presiding Bishop Vandenberg assisted Elder Kimball in reorganizing the stake. The new stake president has long been active in Garland 2nd Ward, Bear River Stake, where he served as bishop, 2nd counselor in the bishopric and MIA superintendent after returning from a mission in California where he was supervising eider in Arizona District He also served with the U.S. Navy for 20 months on the USS Aircraft Carrier Lexington. Pres. White and his wife were (he parents of three daughters when he was made a member of the stake presidency in 1958. He was then uwner of the J. J. White Blacksmith Shop. Other changes made in the stake leadership Included the addition of T. LaMon Simmons and Darrell G. Gamble to the stake high coundL They replaced Duane W. Archibald end E. Lamont Richards, who bad saved far the past 10 years. paring for a mission call and go through all pertinent information needed by the missionary, right n down to the adjustment after-missio- REXBURG: Tries Again For Miss Idaho Crown Peggy Clemons, last years Miss will represent ReXburg Rcxburg, again this year in the annual Miss Idaho" pageant in Boise in June. The fair Miss Clemons is vice president of student relations at Ricks College. She was selected by the Rexburg Jaycees when the Miss Rexburg pageant was canceled this year. Miss Clemons was one of the 10 finalists in last years Miss Idaho pageant |