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Show V 3 Pioneer Homes To Change Hands An exchange of pioneer homes between the church and the state of Utah has been approved according to a letter of intent signed by President N Eldon Tanner of the First Presidency, and a representative o the state. The church would exchange the Brigham Young Forest Farm Home at 732 Ashton Avc., in calt Lake City for the state-owneJacob Hamblin Home in Santa Clara, and the Brigham Young winter home in St. George, both in Washington County, southern Utah. d The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation has been operating the two southern Utah homes as historical monuments in the state parks system. The church intends to maintain the two homes as visitor and information centers. Gordon E. Harmston, executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, who signed the letter of intent on behalf of the state, said the Young farm home would be moved to the Pioneer Trail State Park site at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. Tl-- e Brigham Young home in St. The exchange would include the property and all buildings located at the sites and the fixtures, but would not include the furnishings. The furnishings in the respective houses would remain the property of the present owners. The state acquired the Brigham Young winter home in 1959, and completed its restoration in 1962. In 1971, a carriage house and rest room addition was completed The Jacob Hamblin home was acquired in 1960 and restored ir. 1965. Rest rooms were added in 1971. A state official said not having these two homes in the state parks system w ould allow funds to be used elsewhere. The farm home in Salt Lake City is surrounded by homes on three sides and y on the fourth. It is a by adobe, stucco and frame building that has been restored inside. two-stor- A complete pioneer village park will be built at the mouth of Emigration Canyon by the state in the next few years. This forest farm heme of Brigham Young's will be moved to site after the State of Utah takes possession in trade. a new George, left, and the Jacob Hamblin home in Santa Clara, right, will be obtained by the church in trade. One Stake Created , Two More Reorganized PAGE ARIZONA Dyke and they have three chil- STAKE dren. The new Page Arizona Stake was formed March 10, 1974, by a division of the Kanab Utah Stake and branches from the New Mexico-Arizon- a Mission. Elder Delbert L. Stapley, of the Council of the Twelve, presided at the quarterly conference of the Kanab Utah Stake and directed the changes. The new stake has a membership of 3,873 organized in four wards and branches: Moencopi, Page, Page 2nd, Kayenta wards and Bodaway, Kaibeto, Red Lake, Inscription House and Shonto branches. J. Ballard Washburn, formerly president of the Kanab Utah Stake was installed as president of the new Page Arizona Stake with Lewis Jones Singer and Warner LaVon Gifford as 12 CHURCH O Valton E. J. Ballard Washburn Jackson in the parent Remaining Kanab Utah Stake were 2,935 members in eight wards: Alton, Kaibab, Glendale, Fredonia, Kaibab 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Order-vill- e. , Valton Elmer Jackson, second counselor in the stake presidency, was sustained as president. WEEK ENDING .MARCH 23, 1974 with Howard L. Roberts Jr. and Jack Horace Maxwell as counselors. Pres. Washburn was born Jan. 18, 1929 in Blanding, Utah, a son of Alvin Lavell and Wasel Black Washburn. He married Barbara Harries of Columbus, Ohio and they have 10 children. Michael H. Holmes He studied at Brigham Young University and University of Utah Medical School and is presently employed as a medical doctor. Pres. Singer was Kayenta, of Oscar Jones and Singer. He married 30. 1944 in born Aug. Ariz., a son Ruth Black Donna Van He received both B.S. and Masters degrees from Brigham and is Young University, employed as guidance coordinator for Kayenta Public Schools. Pres. Gifford was bom Jan. 4, 1928 in Boise, Idaho, a son of Warner L. and Mary Ethel Harris Gifford. He married Adrienne Marie Peterson and they have eight children. He studied at BYU and University of Oregon Dental School and is now employed as a dentist. Pres. Jackson was born July 24, 1927 in Kanab, Utah, a son of L. Elmer and Leah Meeks Jackson. He married Alton Maxwell of Peoa, Utah and they have six children. He received both B.S. and M S. degrees from BYU, and is Continued on page 15 |