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Show HYRUM'S SWORD AND UNIFORM Smith Heirlooms Given To Church The family of President Joseph Fielding Smith this week presented to the First Presidency the library and many family heirlooms of the late president of the church. President Smith, "long a collector and student of important volumes in science, history and religion, had brought together a library which will be of great worth to the historical department of the church. This trunk was opened in the presence of the First Presidency last Monday morning, and was found to contain not only important writings of President Joseph F. Smith, son of Patriarch Hyrum Smith, but also articles of clothing belonging to Hyrum. Among these were . portions of hjs uniform worn in the Nau-vo- o Legion of which he was a commissioned officer. Following his passing last week, the members of the family indicated that it would best Serve the purposes of all concerned, if the books and heirlooms were placed where they would be accessible to the greatest number of people. To be placed in the archives of the church will be many letters, diaries and other documents which had been in the hands of the family from the days of Patriarch Hyrum Smith, who was martyred with the Prophet Joseph Smith in Carthage Jail in 1844. One of the very interesting gifts to the church was a trunk which belonged to Hyrum Smith, and which his widow, Mary Fielding Smith, brought across the plains when she came to make her home in Utah. The sword used on dress occasions by Hyrum also was presented to the First Presidency. Some of the diaries of President Joseph F. Smith are included in the gift to the Presidency, as is also one document which President Joseph F. Smith, a man, used to extend his vocabulary, both in English and in other langua- Smith brothers, Joseph F. Jr., left, Douglas, far right, examine heirloom epaulet with Presidents Lee and Tanner. ges. Presidents Listed It is tiie pian of the First Presidency to arrange for a museum display of many of the artifacts belonging to all of the presidents of the church, from Joseph Smith to the present day. This display will be placed in the new large Church Office building when it is completed. For 42 Missions Alabama-Florid- a W. Spencer Osborn to succeed Hartman Rector, Jr. Alaska-Britis- h Weston F. Columbia Killpack to succeed Raymond C. Bowers. Argentina East Joseph T. Bentley, hew mission. Marvin Brown to Argentina North succeed H. Clay Gorton. C. Dixon Anderson Argentina South to succeed Verden E. Bettilyon. Arizona Oscar W. McConkie, Jr. to ' succeed Chile M. Wood. Australia South' George Z. Apos-hiaJr. to succeed Lester F. Hewlett. Pres, and Mrs. Benjamin Pprra will direct the mission in Mexico. Jr. Neil D. Schacrrer to sucAustria ceed Charles W. Broberg. Keith R. Allred to succeed Bolivia N. Keith Roberts. Brazil North Central Drechsel to succeed Sherman II. Ilibbert. LeRoy A. Mexican Grocer Called As Mission President " N Benjamin Parra (Monroy) of San Marcos, Hidalgo, Mexico, has been called as president of the Mexico Southeast headquartered in Vera Cruz, Mexico. He succeeds Pres. Samuel Boreg. Mis--sio- n, Pres. Parra owns and operates a general store in San Marcos, one of the ric-spots in Mexico concerning, the church. It was in this town that two members of the church were martyred. Pres. Parra also holds the post as secretary of agricultural affairs in the state histo- ' of Hidalgoi ; . . . 'He was bom in Mexico City, Oct. 4, 1938, a son of Bemabe Parra. Gutierrez and Amalia Monroy. He married Maria Magdalena Villalobos of San Marcos on 14 CHURCH April 13, 1964. They Owen Nelson Baker, Jr., new mission. California DeWitt J. Paul to succeed John K. Edmunds. Brazil South Central , are the parents of three children. Pres. Parra and his wife have been seminary teachers in San Marcos. He also has served in various auxiliary and priesthood posts, including that of district and branch president He also has mission served a He has served as second counselor and also as first counselor to five Both full-tim- e' mission presidents. Parra was bom in San Marcos 1945, a daughter of Catarino Villalobos Elena (Rodriguez) 1 and Mrs. on July 24, Monroy. jprved in the presidencies of the branch Relief Society and Primary. She has WEEK ENDING JULY 15, 1972 Gerald E. Mclchin California East to succeed William L. Nicholls. William M. Walsh California North to succeed Ira A.' Terry. California South' LeRoy Layton to succeed Marion Coleman. Chile Roydcn J. Glade to succeed J. Donal Earl Colorado-NeG. Marion Mexico Hinckley to succeed Phillip G. Redd. William R. Siddoway to Cumorah succeed Robert L. Stephenson. Denmark Grant R. Ipsen to succeed Paul L. Pchrson. w Reed I,. Reeve to England Central succeed Clifton I, Johnson. Milan D. Smith to England East V .succeed W. Dean Belnap. to Davis L. Ebbie succeed Fiji Sherman A. Lindholm. Robert G. Wade to succeed Finland Orval L. Nelson. William 11. Bennett to Florida South succeed J. Murray Rawson. Willis D. Waite to succeed France Smith B. Griffin. France-BelgiuDonald K. Barton to succeed Thomas Ii. Brown. m Joseph E. French-Polynes- ia ders to succeed Karl Chil- M. Richards. Rudolf K. Poeck-e- r Germany Central to succcyd Walter 11. Kindt. Hawaii Robert E. Crandall to succeed Kenneth N. Gardner. Lester D. Call to Italy South ceed Leavitt Christensen. suc- Kentucky-Tenuesse- e George D. Durrant to succeed William II. Day. Manitoba-MInnesoVern R. Peel to succeed Carl M. King. ta Mexico Southeast Benjamin Parra to succeed Samuel Boren. New Zealand South Merlin W. Sant to succeed Eugene C. Ludwig. Northern States L. Darrel Welling to succeed Wilford W. Kimball. Gosta Berling to succeed Norway Ray C. Johnson. Ernest Eberhard, Jr. to Oregon succeed Grant A. StuckL Quebec sion. Scotland John K. M. Olsen, new misDennis Livesey to succeed F. Ncphi Grigg. Southeast Asia Miller F. Shurtleff to succeed G. Carlos Smith, Jr. L. Ronald Folkersen to sucSweden ceed Herbert B. Spencer. r , ' sucto Charles Woodworth J. Tonga ceed James P, Christensen.. Language Training-ChurcCollege ot Hawaii Charles Eugene Hill to succeed Kenneth J. Orton. h |
