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Show logr.-- - ' A C.àdithis"Read In New Action Comic Book Two Stakes Created, 2 Reorganized Continued from page Stake Nov. E. Watkins. 2. 13 Ile succeeds Pres. George counselor, counselor in a mission MIA presidency, branch president, high councilor and counselor to two mission presidents in the France Paris Mission. lie is executive director for Church property in the New York and New Jersey region. SANDY UTAH EAST STAKE Charles Bailey Sainsbury was sustained as president of the Sandy Utah East Stake on Nov. 9. He succeeds Pres. Howard J. Moody who was called as stake patriarch. Sustained as counselors were Billie Dean Wilson and John Clealund Durfee. Elder Le Grand Richards of the Council of the Twelve presided at the stake conference. He was assisted by Elder Da Ilin Oaks, Regional Representative of the Twelve. Pres. Sainsbury was born Dec. 31. 1926 in Midvale, Utah. He married Beth Bishop July 20, 1950 in the Salt Lake Temple. They have seven children. His past positions include bishop in two wards and high councilor in two stakes. He is an attorney. Pres. Wilson was born June 15, 1930 in Brigham City, Utah. He married LaRee Orr Sept. 16, 1954 in the Salt Lake Temple and they have eight children. Pres. Wilson, who is the principal at the Sandy LDS Seminary, has served as a bishop, high councilor and stake president's counselor. Pres. Durfee was born Aug. 23, 1933 in Spanish Fork, Utah. He married Gaylie O. Dixon Aug. 29, 1955 and they have nine children. He has been a bishop's counselor. bishop in two wards and stake president's counselor. He is manager of Country Pride Foods. - CHURCH - DAI'D BL'I' Church News Correspondent BY ,;.,..:., WINNIUG, MANITOBA comic book may geem an unlikely missionary tool but many young Canadians are reading about the Church in Canada's neWest comic, Captain Canuck. Captain Canuck is the brainchild of Richard Comely and Ron Leishman, two members of the Church from Winnipeg. Their character is a superhero whose moral and physical strength comes from clean living and a firm belief in God. The concept of a Canadian super hero is an indirect result of Brother Comely's conversion to the Church in ,,, ,e,,,,,:v ,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,:. ,.,,,...:.,,,5.,,,,:,.,:,,,,, 41, ii;,,'7'.:-- .., ,, .. ..: "My distributor tells me we've outsold all other. COlnieS in Canada," Brother Comely said. Nearly 170,000 copies of the first Captain Canuck went to stores and newsstands, including 10,000 in the United States. Brother Comely expects to distribute about 290,000 copies of the second issue. One of Canada's leading manufacis now licensed to turers of WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 15, 1975 ,: ,, , 1 ..,.....,,.,:,,,,..0,,..,,,,,,,.:,.....,,:., ,,,, ,..... , ,,,...:.:..,, , ..,........:,, , ':::..' ...,....,:,:...:.....,....,.,,,..,i,,,::,:,...,,,.:,....,.:.....r.',:' : ,.,,.....::::,.,,:','',.t-,''t;'';-'''- , .,,,... 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In a short article in the back of the first issue in July 1975, Brother Comely introdixed himself and Brother Leishman, who is now serving in the Belgium Brussels Mission. Brother Comely's mention of his conversion to the Church and his firm declaration that his comic will abide by high :noral standards elicited many questions about his religion. By mail, by telephone and in person he has had the opportunity to explain to many the restoration of the gospel. He keeps a supply of Church literature which he hands out when the occasion calls for it. At news conferences "the second question usually asked concerns the Church," he said. "Everyone seems to know I'm a Mormon." :,....,., ,,,,, .,.,, 1971. It wasn't until about a year later, though, that the two began to discuss the idea seriously. Then Brother Leishman had to go into the Canadian Arctic to work so he could finance a mission, which left Brother Comely to finish the preliminary work for the book. "I was always prayerful about the matter," he said. "I felt very strongly I was doing the right thing." While still working full time designing embroidery patterns, Brother Comely researched the intricacies of printing and distributing a comic. Finally, when he felt he was ready and when he had scraped the finances together, he quit his job and rented a small second-floo- r k,,,,,,,,,.!'l .,.,,:::.:,.,,;,,,,.7....:;7:77.777.:;?7,!ot:,..,h.,:,i:!,.:t...:,.:-.:,-,,,,:,i.:,:--..-::::;:-::::::-.,,;:.-...,,:::;::::',-:- ,,,,:,,,,,.,, A Sustained as counselors were A. Sterling Lichfield Jr. and Terrell Anthony Lassetter. Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Council of the Twelve presided at the stake conference. Pres. Jex was born April 17, 1919 in Salt Lake City. Ile is married to the former Marva Tingey and they are the parents of two sons. His past positions include branch president's counselor, branch president, district president, mission president's counselor and counselor in two stake presidencies. He is the laboratory director of home and automotive products of the Union Carbide Corp. Pres. Lichfield was born May 13, 1936. He married Sandra M. Alvord June 28, 1962 in the Arizona Temple and they have four children. He has served as a stake cleA, counselor in two bishoprics, bishop, high councilor and stake president's counselor. He is associate tax counselor for General Electric Co. Pres. Lassetter was born Sept. 16, 1930 in Memphis, Tenn. He married Martha Ann Duvall March 3, 1951. He has been a district president's 14 6f-Churt- h ' ,:- - , '. - ig,,ti....,.; iff',..1,.. .....,.. , ,;,. ..,,j,1r2rff' 77,:::::,',:t ..... .:::,: ' ''::::.':::,:.,:':-.:IP.:- ,. ,,, ....,,. :,::.t.3:.,....:;:..,....,, '... ' ... 7 ''''..."1 t .......,,,,,,,,,,,....,,,..,::..,:,,::, -- :..,:J..t.,..'..:4..: 'ti .. 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"When this man took my wife and inc to dinner one day," Brother Comely said, "he was very respectful of our beliefs, lie insisted that no one drink alcoholic beverages in our presence, and asked if we would say a prayer on the food before we began to eat." At first glance, Captain Canuck is not so different than his American counterparts Muscular and colorfullyattired in a space-ag- e costume, he whizzes about Canada in jets, rockets and other vehicles in a constant campaign to defeat the villains who threaten the security and freedom of the continent. But the difference shows up when the super hero bows his head in prayer before embarking on a mission, and after another mission, attributes his success to the fact that "God was helping us." The second issue of Captain Canuck includes an article by Victor B. Cline concerning the effect violence and immorality in movies and television have on young people. It is this violence and immorality which Brother Comely hopes to combat. While his hero does find himself trading blows with the enemy, he manages to defeat them without unnecessary gore and death. his comic is not like other comics, which he said contain "page after page of hacking off heads." The man behind Captain Canuck has an exciting mission of his own. Recently called to be mission leader in his e branch, he works with the full-tim- missionaries proselyting and teaching, and is involved in fellowshipping new members. Brother Comely and his wife, Evelyn, a convert whom he baptized, were married in the Alberta Temple in Ca rdston. They have two small sons. |
