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Show Eighty new Marines, all Utahns and 80 per cent Mormon, step off in huge Days of '47 Parade in Salt Lake City. Days Of '47 Parade Pays Homage To Utah Pioneers Utahns celebrated the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers into Salt Lake Valley this week with their traditional Days of 47 parade. Several hundred thousand onlookers braved warm temperatures to applaud g more than 150 units in the parade which began, appropriately, at the Brigham Young Monument, and wended its way to Liberty Park, more than three iles away. The parade featured cars full of Church, l govemment and civic officials, a long section of historical floats depicting varioir aspects of Floneer history, floats prepared by local businesses, civic groups, bands, inarching units, horses, clowns, and the motorcycle policemen trying to keep the huge crowds in place. Among special highlights in the parade were President and Mrs. David O. McKay who greeted the throngs from an limousine, and the Days of 47 ever-prese- Queen, Barbara Butters, and her attendants, Kay Davis and LaVona Seeley. Many of the marching groups came from throughout the state, and some were from neighboring states. The historical floats were constructed by local wards and stakes in the Salt Lake area. Parade officials said the 150 units in the parade made it the longest regularly scheduled parade in the nation, surpassing even the world famous Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif. New Alberta Temple President Heber G. Jensen, president of the New Zealand Temple in the South Pacific for the past four years, has been appointed by the First Presidency to preside over the Temple in Cardston Alberta, Canada, where he lived before going to New Zealand. pres, and Mrs. Jensen agreed that it was quite a shift. Hie New Zealand Tem40 ple in Temple View near Wellington is The Cardsof the south equator. degrees ton Temple is 49 degrees north of the equator. "There never is any snow at the New Zealand Temple but occasionally we have a nip of frost during the winter season said which is now on in New Zealand, Pres. Jensen. "Flowers bloom at all times." We are well aware that climate conditions will be different in Cardston where there is plenty of snow in the winter and temperatures drop as low as 45 degrees below zero, he added. Pres. Jensen said Church members in New Zealand are Temple conscious. Great distances hamper frequent attendance. Temple excursions come once a year from the South Sea islands ot Tonga, Samoa, and Tahiti Members from Tahiti have been attending the Temple during the month of July. The excursions average abont 100 members each. They fly from their homes to Temple View. "The members in New Zealand make it possible to hold 15 Temple sessions a week. When Temple excursions come, we hold an extra session each day. There are also special priesthood days held in The people have great faith. This is shown in the way they respond to blessings they receive for improved health and spiritual encouragement, Pres. Jenson said. He said the Church is growing, espe-4 CHURCH daily in Australia and New Zealand where stakes have been recently divided in Hamilton and Auckland. This makes six stakes in Australia and six in New Zealand. Australian members travel great distances to do Temple work. This occurs at Christmas when everyone takes vacations. Members travel 1,400 miles from Sydney, 4,400 miles from Perth, and about the same distance from Darwin. They plan two or three years in advance to make their Temple excursions by plane. Pres. Zacharia Brown from Salt Lake City is the new Temple president in New Zealand. Pres, and Mrs. Jensen are looking forward to their return to Cardston where they were temple workers before being called to New Zealand. He will succeed Pres. Octave W. Ursenbach. Their children are interested in educational professions and some of them xe working on their doctorates. Marion Law, their was recently appointed advisor to Pres. Ernest L. Wilkinson of the BYU in Provo. Pres. Jensen has a long record of Church activity in Canada. Before being called to New Zealand, he served as Bishop of Calgary 2nd Ward for four years, counselor in the Alberta Stake presidency for five years, branch and district president in Edmonton where he was ordained a patriarch in 1960 in Edmonton Stake. For 21 years he was a school teacher in Cardston before being appointed magistrate in that town, a position he held from 1940 to 1951. He was then made deputy minister of lands and forests with headquarters in Edmonton. He served in this work until 1963. Mrs. Jensen's experience in New Zealand as Temple Matron prepared her for WEEK ENDING JULY 27, 1968 her new calling in Alberta Temple. She had previously held office in Primary, YWMIA and Relief Society auxiliaries in addition to being an officiator in the Alberta Temple. President Dyer Gives Counsel To Marines Eighty young men from Utah, sworn in as U.S. Marines, were advised to remember courage, honor, and high moral conduct during their military careers. The advice came from President Alvin R. Dyer, counselor in the First Presidency, who addressed the 1968 platoon at ceremonies this past week. swearing-i- n The enlistment observance was held in the rotunda of the Utah State CapitoL More than 250 friends and relatives of the new Marines heard President Dyer declare that Ameica is a land choice above all other lands by prophetic utterance. "America will not fail, not only because it is the land of our illustrious independence and constitutional fathers, not only because it is the land of the free, but also before any of these, it was the land of Joseph, the son of Jacob, and in this, it is Gods covenant land, President Dyer said. son-in-la- Pres, and Mrs. Heber G. Jensen released from New Zealand Temple to preside over Cardston Temple in Canada. |