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Show The Bishop Of Nottingham NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND Bishop Sydney George Vaughan of Nottingham Enand has never shot an arrow, but like the legendary Robin Hood," he has helped the poor, but without robbing anyone to do it. For several years he was bishop of the Nottingham. Ward and is now a member of the Leicester Stake high counciL Not a native of Nottingham, he has found Sherwood Forest and the stories of Robin Hood very interesting. Ward and family putings are often held in the famous forest Sherwood means the woods belonging to the shire and it is probable that at one time the villagers were free to allow their pigs and cattle to feed in the forest, and they themselves were allowed to hunt. But soon after the Norman Conquest of 1066, Sherwood became a royal forest and has since been reserved, Bishop Vaughan said. Of course the name of Robin Hood became linked with the, forest, probably because the stories attracted the sympathy of those who were poor and oppressed. Robin Hood and fcis Merry Men were heroes, taking from the rich and helping the poor and then riding off to Sherwood Forest to hide. There are few tangible relics of Robin Hood, in fact there is little evidence that he really existed. One of the best is known as the Major Oak, which had a hollow trunk and could hide members of Robin Hoods band when be was pursued by the sheriff of Nottingham, Bishop Vaughan explained. Actually there was no sheriff of Nottingham until 1449, long after the tradition of Robin Hood. It must have been the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Whether or not all the facts are there, the legends are so strong, that Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest will always to be important, he said. Bishop Vaughan has been a member of the church for about 12 years. studies Robin Hood's bow and arrow technique. Two lady missionaries, Mary Ann Clyde and Karen Neilson, spoke to me while I was making a fence for my garden. We have a message about Christ, they said to me. We weren't church-goerbut we did feel that we should have a Sunday School for our children. I Invited them to come back, Bishop Vaughan receled. When they arrived for the appointment, I offered them a glass of wine. They declined without explanation. When they started to teach, I knew they had something special. When they got to the third lesson, I found out about the wine and the Word of Wisdom. It was a shock, but turned out not to be too difficult to accept, and I was baptized, he said.- s, A week later he was called as branch clerk, which was a bit frightening for him. He became involved in the branch.-Soohis children were baptized and then his wife. The Vaughan family was living In the High Wycombe Branch, located near London. He was the manager of a bowl- ing alley and was sent by his company to open a new center at Nottingham. About five years later his company wanted him to move back to London. It was a good offer, with an increase in pay, but it was in conflict with the church. I was the bishop then, and Elder Spencer W. Kimball had given me such a. marvelous blessing, that things would work out so I could serve the Lord. I turned down the offer and resigned from the company, he said. In four days he had a new job as a salesman with a firm that had only four accounts. Now they have 300 accounts and Bishop Vaughan is the sales manager. My church experience helped me a great deal. The leadership opportunities in the cnurch are great. I feel that the Lord has been with us and guided our lives, he said. Youth , Adult Committees Nome Secretaries director of internal communications of the church, with Elder Daniel H. Ludlow as director of instructional materials. The First Presidency announced this week the appointment of two Salt Lake City men as secretaries of the Youth and Adult Correlation committees. Representing the Council of the Twelve in the organization on matters of correlation, doctrine and church procedures are Elder Thomas S. Monson, Elder Boyd K. Packer and Elder Marvin Pres. William James Mortimer of the Butler Stake will serve as secretary of the Youth Correlation Committee. He succeeds Elder Reed H. Bradford, who has been called as patriarch of the Brigham Young University 8th Stake. J. Eliler Augustus F. Faust, who has served on the Adult Correlation Committee since 1961, will serve as the secretary of that committee, lie succeeds Elder Aldon J. Anderson. Both committees are part of the Internal Communication Department of the church. The youth committee is responsible for tiie curriculum of all church members of the ages 12 through 17. This includes the Aaronic Pnesthood-MIA- , seminary, Sunday School and Aaronic Priesthood. . . The aduit committee is responsible for all curricula for members of the churcli 18 years of age and older. This now includes the Young Adults. Adults and 12 -C- HURCH WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY . . . youth committee Special Interests programs of the Priesthood-MIA- , Sunday School, Relief Society and Molchizedek Priest- 3, 1973 Augustus F. Faust . . . adult committee hood quorums are served by this committee. Elder J. Thomas Fyans is managing Ashton. Elder Mortimer is the general manager of the Deseret Book Company and has been president of Butler Stake since 1967, having serve 1 as counselor in the stake presidency since 1962. He has served as bishop of Butler 6th Ward and in the bishopric of the University West 11th Ward. He .is married to Paula Ann Deline and they have five children. Elder Faust is a member of the Murray Stake and has served in the bishopric of the Highland View Ward, Canyon Rim Stake. He married Afton McKean and they are the parents of three children. Elder Faust is piofossor and chairman of Cultural Foundations of Education, in the University of Utah graduate school of education. |