Show WAYNE STAKE ORGANIZED RICHFIELD sevier co utah may editor deseret news avio I 1 cheerfully comply with the request of elder P F M lyman to send bend you a low lew items relative to the organization of the wayne stake of zion which was wag effected at loa wayne county on saturday may 27 1898 it corn com arises all of wayne county and that portion of garfield county north and east from potatoe valley known as boulder plateau by previous appointment a priesthood meeting mt convened at loa 2 pm may 26 the names of sui su liable Lable persons for stake of officers floers were furnished by i the he ward bishops from the seventy eight names thus supplied the corps of stake blake officers were selected and unanimously sustained by the saints they are as follows stake presidency willis E B robeson president mans hans M hanson hansen first coun counselor lor heanen 8 bastian second cou high council Frail franklin klin W young george J forsyth forsyte parley M griggs willard snow both talt tait george ceorge D morrell thomas blackburn john giles J joseph J anderson aanderson JA william S rust bust william callahan Ca llaban ephraim black burs burn alternate high cou councillors councilors Counci net lore lors peter J christenson christensen thomas H jakeman JakeM SD charles P benjamin beniamin 0 turner furner james M taylor lafayette allred patriarchs elias hicks blackburn i ephraim K hanks stake presidency high priests quorum franklin W young president dent thomas tThomas R forsyth For Byth first counse lore lor john T lazenby second counselor lor Di bishops dishons clerk stake clerk and historian and clerk of the high council joseph eckersly Ecke rely assistant charles F brown stake of sabbath schools joseph J anderson superintendent in walter jefferys first assistant slot si arit joseph Ecke eckersley Eo kersley raley second as si stant lizzle lizzie russell secretary and treasurer stake Y M M 1 I A peter caristensen Chrit stensen superintendent james taylor first counselor moroni lazenby second counselor stake presidency of relief societies jane smith coleman president mary ellen hanks first counselor sarah sarab 8 forsyth Po reyth second counselor stake Y alj L M 1 I A arrests young superintendent mary ann bullard first counselor alia julia R J jeffery off ery second counselor stake presidency primary assoria Aae As ocia socia eions jullette juliette blackburn president olive young first counselor sarah ann Luz lazenby enby second counselor bishopric Bisbo los ward benjamin P F brown bishop michael hanson airia counselor jedediah Jed edlah odish M grover I rover second counselor bishopric fremont ward hiett E maxfield bishop james A taylor first counselor william H morrell second counselor under the hands of elders lymam and merrill all of the officers present were consecrated to the service of the tb fjord in their different callings elder lyman stated that greater harmony harmody had characterized characterised this organization than any which he has heretofore assisted in consummating the saints were made to rejoice under the in tive ve practical and profitable re marks made by the servants of the lord during the meetings held at teasdale thurber and the two days con ference hold held at loa lioa and concluded sunday evening may the wa ne stake of zion is now placed among her slater sister stakes witt flattering prospects before her favored with an almost unequaled water supply plenty of good land a climate varied and favorable to the production of choice fruits cereals and legeta vegetables bles an abundant supply of building tim timber ber wood and coal for fuel a range suitable for raising horses cattle and sheep which has already brought wealth to a number of her people a temperate god fearing band of officers in charge who will no BO doubt devote themselves to developing and sustaining the dinati institutions established by the inspirations of our heavenly Fa father their those these and other things that might be mentioned all point to her future greatness may the blessings pronounced by elders elder lyman and merrill be realized in th spiritual and temporal prosperity of the present and future population of wayne stake very respectfully WILLIAM jea H |