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Show m jjan mi niiiiii m Presidencies Called for Three Temples Pres, and Sister Lloyd Appointment of new presidents for the Logan and Manti Temples and counselors for the Washington Temple was announced this week by the First Presidency. New president of the Logan Temple is Pres. Lloyd R. Hunsaker, Patriarch of ;v;e Utah State University stakes. He succeeds Pres. Elvie W. Heaton. June W. Black, former president of the Deseret (Utah) Stake and now second counselor in the temple presidency, will preside over the Manti Temple succeeding Pres. Reuel E. Christensen. The wife of each new temple president will serve as temple matron. The new presidents and matrons were set apart in October by President Harold B. Lee. Called as counselors in Washington are Pres. Byron Fife Dixon, first counselor in the Potomac Stake presidency, and Pres. Wendell G. Eames, president of Washington Stake. Pres. Hunsaker has been patriarch of the Utah State University stakes since April 29, 1973. He had served as president of the Logan Stake from November 1957, until February of this year, when he was released. He had served as a counselor in the stake presidency for nine years before being called as president. He has served in various quorum and auxiliary posts, and was in a bishopric. He was born in Tremonton, Utah. Sept. 30, 1908, a son of Lewis and Sarah Ellen Warner Hunsaker. He married Thelma Layton of Safford, Ariz., in the Arizona Temple on May 29, 1934, and they are the parents of four children. He was graduated from Utah State University, and received his M S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. He taught at Utah State from 1936 to 1970. Sister Hunsaker is a native of Thatcher, Ariz. She was bom Oct. 15, 1905 to Emma Diana Martin and Frank Ellsworth Layton. She, too, is a graduate of Utah State. She has served a mission, and in executive and teaching capacities in the various auxiliaries of the church. She taught in the Safford and Logan City Schools. Pres. Black was set apart as second counselor in the Manti Temple presidency on July 22, 1972, and prior to that had served as bishop of Delta (Utah) Second Ward, and president of Deseret (Utah) Stake. He had served as an ordinance worker in the temple before being called into the presidency. He was born in Ibapah, Tooele County, Utah on Dec. 3, 1903, a son of George A. and Artemisia Cox Black He married Thelma Reid of Utah, in the Salt Lake Temple 1927, and they are the parents and daughter. He is the retired ter of Delta, Utah. Hinckley, April 12, of a son postmas- R. 2 Temples Close For Remodeling Both the Arizona and St. George Temples will close early in 1974 for extensive remodeling and refurbish- the First Presidency announced this week. The Arizoni Temple at Mesa, Ariz., will close on Feb 2, and be reopened approximately Dec. 1, 1974 The St. George Temple lit Southern Utah will close on March 2, and will not reopen again until about Nov. 1, 1975. Members of these two temple districts may wish to visit other temples during these periods, the Those said First Presidency persons from Mexico and other areas which have Spanish-speakinused the Arizona Temple will be able to attend the Los Angeles Temple, where Spanish sessions are held regularly. The Idaho Falls Temple opened recently after being dosed for more than a year for extensive ing, g Sister Black was bom m Oasis, Millard County, Utah, to Thomas G. and Edith Mary Haynes Reid on Oct. 17, 1907. She has served in a ward Primary and Relief Society presidency, and on the stake boards of Relief Society and Sunday School. Pres. Eames has served as president of Washington Stake since Sept. 13, 1970 He was an FBI agent for 20 years, and at the time of his call as stake president, was director of the office of accident in- vestigation and data analysis for the Department of Transportation. He is a graduate of the University of Idaho. was bom in Preston. May 30, 1917, to David G and Pearl Geddes Eames. He married Nedra Cole of Preston at Gooding. Idaho, on April 6, 1939, and they are the parents of one child. Pres. Eames Idaho, He has served as a counselor in a bishopric, and as a bishop before being called into the stake presidency. Pres. Dixon of Potomac Stake has served the church in various capacities throughout his life. He was bom in Downey, Idaho July 9. 1908, a son of Riley Lake and Finis Fife Dixon. He married Mabel Patra Hackney m the Logan Temple July 9, 19"9 They have two children. He received his B S. degree from Idaho State University at Pocatello, and two other degrees from Benjamin Franklin University in Washington, D. C. lie Public Certified was a practicing Accountant, and also was assistant director of Benjamin Franklin. Tropical Trees Planted in Hawaiian Welfare Project LA1E, HAWAII It was dawn when nearly five dozen enthusiastic members of Oahu Stake here arose and headed for the hills behind the Hawaii Temple. They were there to take part in an unusual welfare project-planti- ng tropical fruit trees and vegetables in the extenwoodlands near the sive church-ownetemple and the Church College of Hawaii campus. The project occurred Saturday morning, Oct. 13, m the middle of the traditional Hawaiian planting season. Members piled seeds and seedlings of tropical fruits, such as mango, breadfuit, avocado, lime, ldikoi and coconuts, plus seeds of beans and Tongun spinach, into d 4 - CHURCH 9 WEEK several hardy jeeps and pickup trucks for the drive into the forest area About 600 trees were set out in a area, according to Henry Lindsey, high councilor m the Oahu Stake and father of the idea. We should have done this years ago, said Brother Lindsey of the project, which through his efforts has been adopted by the State of Hawaii as an annual Arbor Day program. The project will have immediate and long range benefits, both for the people and for nature, he said. "In addition to providing important food reserves for family emergencies and food storage, these trees and bush plantings will im ENDING NOVEMBER 3, 1973 prove the area's ecology by making better use of the available land and helping to halt soil runoff." Brother Lindsey said he hoped to see a reservoir built in the area "so that we will be able to plant up in those hills all year around, instead of just during the rainy season He pointed out that in Hawaiis warm climate, the trees the members planted would grow without special cultivation, producing fruit in five years or less, in most cases. Fruit trees of many kinds flourish in Hawaiis warm, damp climate, a fact which was not lost on the Oahu Stake volunteers planters. Most of the group l etui nod to their homes, muddy and tned, but with bushels full of strawberry guavas, a common and delicious Hawaiian fruit Brother Lindsey said students ftom the Church College of Hawaii had plans to turn out with seeds and planting sticks for another day of planting on Nov 3. the official Arbor Day. g The project is the InteM in Brother Lindseys career of innovation for the church and the Church College of Hawaii, where he pioneered use of tree-planl'n- microfilm for important Hawaiian genealogical and other historical ami legal records. He was active m the ml lege's electronic media lor many yeais |