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Show I Like the Phoenix Chapel JUNEAU, ALASKA The Phoenix is what many of the Church members in Juneau, Alaska call their newly rebuilt chapel. Is Rebuilt : The Phoenix was a mythical bird which ever so often was destroyed by fire, then rose from the ashes renewed and invigorated to fly on. Such is the case of the Juneau chapel. In December 1974, the chapel the members had worked for years to build was all but destroyed by fire. i Since then, with the help of Church officials in Salt Lake City and members of other churches in Juneau, the dedicated members have almost completely rebuilt a strong and better chapel and have scheduled the dedication for July 24. In connection with the building of the new chapel, the members are compiling a history of the Church and its progress in Juneau and seek information from former members of the Juneau Branch who Flames destroy chapel in Juneau, Alaska, on Dec. 21, 1974. i i might recall details of earlier history Fireman douses embers in 974 fire after flames died. 1 Faith of Youth Helps Super Activity Happen : BIKCHWOOD, WIS. A mansion on an isolated island in the middle of Ited Cedar Lake near here was the setting for a recent and especially rewarding "Super Saturday session for 150 home seminary ; students but almost didn't happen. The Duluth Minnesota District seminary students get together each month for a Friday evening of fun and brotherhood followed by a Saturday of scripture chases and instruction from Barry Baker, area home study super- - : it visor. Usually, the students, who come from Canada. Minnesota and Wisconsin, are housed in different members homes. But the most recent meeting the students were was to be different all to be housed under one roof. The house chosen was the summer home of the late Frank D. Stout, a millionaire, who had built the huge, beautiful home as a island in special ret; eat on the Red Cedar I,ake. i re ' t 14 CHURCH WEEK ENDING MAY 15, One week before the special weekend, Brother Baker called Sharon Suttlemyre, who was in charge of obtaining and preparing the facilities for the event. Unseasonably warm weather for 12 days had melted most of the snow cover and Sister Suttlemyre was concerned whether the ice would hold the w eight of 25 cars. Brother Suttlemyre and his son Jeff checked the frozen lake. Eighteen inches of good blue ice and six inches of slush and water, they reported. The area supervisor decided that an alternate plan to meet in Barron, Wis., w as needed in case the ice wasn't strong enough. Enthusiasm for the event dropped among the students, for a meeting in Barron would require them to Ik housed in several separate houses. Two days prior to the big day, Sister Suttlemyre decided that the ice would have to Ik1 checked again. That night her family took a test drive across the ice. Skirting the front of the island, they hit a soft spot in the surface ice. Water rose up to the car's doors. One and a half hours later, after three prayers, a lot of digging of slush and pushing in water up to their knees, the Suttlemyres had the car back up on hard ice. Sister Suttlemyre sent back the report, Super Saturday must be held in Barron! Pres. Wilford Rouse of the Duluth District presidency was called and it was decided that everyone would pray that night and decide the next day which plan should be used. The next morning Pres. Rouse called the Suttlemyres. The island is to be the place for this Super Saturday, he said. The Lord will take care of the ice, even if we have to walk. Friday arrived overcast and windy. The snow was almost completely gone off the ice and the slush had hardened. By 5 p.m. when the first carload of eager students arrived, the ice was in good shape and the car hardly left a track. The mansion on the island, with its many brightly burning fireplaces, greeted and warmed the students as they all met for an evening of games and food, climaxed by a special spiritu al fireside. The students began the next day at 6 a.m. with an exciting scripture chase and instruction from Brother Baker and Arnold Stringham, director of the curriculum for the Church seminaries and institutes of religion, who had flown in from Salt Lake City. The island's resident, Mr. Stout, had named the place the Isle of As the students left the Happy Days island, the truth of that title shone in their faces, reported Brother $ i '4 i one-tim- e 1976 1 |
