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Show I f SUCCEEDS GORDON B. AFFLECK 1 ? 5 r t ' Church Names Top Buyer ! ' 4 I New BLACKFOOT IDAHO I fr.AXE, Blackfoot 1st Ward: second I i tanlev Merkley, ' aunse'or. AUSTRALIA BRISBANE TAKE, Brisbane 2nd Ward: aisliop David George William 1 i'1L CALIFORNIA Oceanside Ward: I TAKE, I fcckie Doyle Burgess, first lunsdor. I CASTLE DALE UTAH I TAKE, Cleveland Ward: I oger Eugene Olsen, second CARLSBAD i I i junselor. I iCOLORAilO SPRINGS I COLORADO STAKE, Colora-- 1 Springs 7th Ward: Bishop fred LeRoy SchaSg. DENVER COLORADO )RTH STAKE, Brighton lard: Charles Merritt, first M. sunselor; Spencere second counselor. lien, ?nver 11th Ward: Dennis counselor; jward, first Ijenson Lewis, second counse llr. fGRAN'D JUNCTION STAKE, COL-AD- O Fruita Bud Larsen, st counselor; Stephen F. affin, second counselor, nloa Ward: Samuel Cloyd first son, counselor; ard: Clifton i erril J. Robinson, second counselor. 3100PER fi UTAH, Hooper Bishop Merrill Ward: "hnson Widdison. LA CRESCENTA CALI- - ipp.MA STAKE, Sunland Ward: Allen Field Newton, j J, rcond counselor. JLAS VEGAS NEVADA Vegas 28th ITAKE, Las Ward: Lon G. Rothey, first counselor. MIDLAND MICHIGAN STAKE, Saginaw Ward: Michael Elmo Jessop. first counselor. MOSES LAKE WASHINGTON STAKE, Moses Lake 4th Ward: Bishop Wallace Elmo Bergeo Bergeson. Billy Sears Foxley, Larry Wells Pope. OGDEN UTAH MOUNT OGDEN STAKE, Ogden 27th Ward: Bishop Ralph G. Crandall, Jay H. Goodfellow, George F. Reiner. MURRAY UTAH NAMPA IDAHO NEPHI UTAH STAKE, Nephl 1st Ward: Bishop Joseph G. Christensen, Fenton Broadhead, Arthur G. Ostler. Nephl 2nd Ward: Charles R. first Mellor, counselror; Richard McKee Bean, second counselor. Nephl 5th Ward: Bishop Bryon Madsen Dick L. Ingram, Donald Read. Nephl 6th Ward: Bishop Ned Henry Worthington, Raymond K. Lovell, Fred J. Chapman. Wilkey, OGDEN UTAH NORTH STAKE, Ogden 59th Ward: Bishop Kenneth SYDNEY AUSTRALIA South STAKE, Harbour Ward: Bishop Alexander Scott George Harvey, Michael Thomas Davis, Roalder Tavares. SOUTH f 1 handling, total $2.15). NAME ADDRESS CITY .. Check for The Church In Actior " at $1.50 each (postage included): 1971 j 1972 .Copies ol publications available at the newspaper office. 34 E. 1st South. i 4 er Affleck. The appointment of Brother Wells took effect on Jan. 1, and was announced to department personnel by President N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor in the First Presidency. The retiring Brother Affleck was given a special assignment with offices at 47 E. South Temple. Brother Wells is a Regional and Mission Representative of the Twelve and was president of the Mexico North Mission. For 18 years he was a banking executive in Centra! and South America, and where he also was active in the church. He attended the University of California and was graduated from Brigham Young University in 1849. When called to served as a mission president in 1968, he and his family were residing in Quito, Ecuador. 4 4 i 4 4 i 4 Robert E. Wells . purchasing agent Gordon B. Affleck . . . new assignment Brother Affleck, who also is a practicing attorney, was named church purchasing agent in 1940, and has built the department deinto the the of handling today partment buying for all facets of the church. smooth-functionin- g . . offices in Besides many wards, branches and stakes, he has held positions in state and national associations affiliated with his purchasing work. He was president of the National Assn, of Purchasing Agents in 1958-5and held all offices in the Utah association. i i Joseph Smith Story Becomes Conversion Key for Spaniard MADRID, SPAIN One of the early members to be baptized in Spain was Manuel Conejero. He was baptized on Oct. 6, 1969, 1 1 4 1 1 after a friend, Paulino Perona, told him about the gospel. Brother Conejero, unlike most citizens in Spain, was not Catholic, but in early adult life was active in a fraternal organization. Because of this interest and political events during the Spanish Revolution in 1936 Brother Conejero was held in jail for 15 years. He had been builder, and when he was released from prison he returned to the building trade. While on a construction project, he met Paulino Perona, who introduced him to the church. Together they studied with the missionaries. On the first discussion, the elders left a tract, Joseph Smiths Testimony, send me copies of the Deseret News 1974 Church Almanac at SI. 95 each (plus 20 cents tor postage and $. James Alford. Please Total Enclosed STAKE, Nampa 3rd Ward: Bishop Roy Elmer Thurgood, Scott S. McKnight, Joseph J. L Koudelka. Nampa 6th Ward: Bishop Thomas J. Tingev, Kenneth Rex Ashcroft, William Francis Winter. POST OFFICE BOX 1257 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84110 STATE EAST STAKE, South Cottonwood Sth Ward: Bishop Denzil Eugene Watts Jr. head of the Central Purchasing Department oi the church is Robert E. Wells, who succeeds Gordon Burt Affleck, and who was assistant to Broth- with Brother Conejero. I stayed up all night reading and rereading the pamphlet about Joseph Smith. That was tny conversion. I knew he was a prophet. It was an immediate conversion. As the elders continued to teach, it seemed to me as though I had been a member of the churcl. all my life, he said. Brother Conejero was baptized with the attitude that all he had, his whole life, was for the church. He has since spent much of his time finding contacts for. the missionaries and fellowshipping new 4 4 i 1 i 4 4 4 4 1 i 1 the members work to find the contacts," he said. We must do the work of finding so It is the missionaries can spend their time teaching. In June, 57year-o!- d 1971, his wife and son were baptized. His fellowshipping had opened the way for the ones he loves the most to join the church. I did not preach to them, but I tried to live so they could see how the gospel made my life happier and better. I made every effort to be a good example, and I gave them books to read. When they were ready, I notified the elders and they did the teaching. He baptized his wife and son in the font in the rented chapel in the fine northwest section of Madrid. Brother Conejero enjoys find-in- g 4 contacts for the j missionaries. He will find out' the feelings, likes and dislikes and other interesting facts about a contact, and advise the missionaries before they visit or teach them. This has proved helpful to the work of 1 1 1 .Recently, Brother and Sister Conejero received a call to a special building mission. His experience as a builder qualified him to supervise the remodeling of a chalet to be used as a chapel in the city of Cadiz, on the southern coast ot Spain. At 84, Brother Conejero is happily engaged in the work of bringing members into the church. Last July he w.int to the temple, and, for him, life began two-stor- y at 80. WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 1974 9 CHURCH - 15 |