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Show LAKESIDE Lakeside Review 9 Saturday. March 23. 1996 Descendants of black pioneers change Few active photo of her hus- . band in his World War II He came from a Virginia black Baptist church, but according to Glasker, his relations wath the black-and-whi- in LDS Army-uniform- Church Press World War II brought to Utah war industries, military bases and .soldiers. It also brought thousands of black people who had no connection to Utah or Mormomsm. Betty Bankhead Glasker, a 70-.- y The Associated ear-ol- d of black Mormon pioneers, still considers herself a member of the church. But she followed a pattern of many of her siblings and cousins. She married a man from outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, took jobs where she worked on the weekends and for many jears has not been a regular in Sunday meetings. It was a gradual break with the church that began in the 1940s, but now is nearly complete. Few of the v ! descendants of black pioneer families - the Bankheads, Leggroans. Perkinses and others - are still active members of the state's predominant faith. Glasker and most of her siblings married who African-America- came from the tradition of black churches. On a bureau in her living Glasker room. keeps a Mormons were always friendly. When the bishop, a lay leader of a Mormon ward, asked the Glas-kefor money to build a chapel, he found a receptive audience. James Glasker, who died in 1991, gave what he could. We got a S200 income tax return and he said, The church needs this,"' Betty Glasker said. Like the Bankhead family of her rs generation and of the generations before her, Glasker was baptized a Mormon. Although black men were barred until 1978 from the lay priesthood, the church was a central focus during the growing-u- p years for Glasker and most of her family. All the kids were baptized. You got up every Sunday morning to go to church and go to Primary," GlasWe were doing ker remembered. everything the other kids were doing. it's just the boys did not pass the sacrament. It was something you didn't let worry you." It was an issue, however, that bothered the next generation. Glas-ker- 's niece, Rita Bankhead, was brought up as a Baptist. But as a student at East High School in the 1970s she attended .Mormon seminary classes. Rita Bankhead, now 40, said one seminary- teacher told her she could not attain the same degree of heavenly glory as her white peers. He prefaced everything with, It's not because you're a bad per- son,"' Bankhead recalled. And then he said, Heaven is on the 15th Boor and because of the color of your skin, you have to get off on the 13 th floor." Bankhead said she ran home in tears and never returned to the Mormon-doctrin- classes. e Ruth Bankhead Jackson, Rita's aunt in Oakland, is one of her family's few remaining active members of the church. But even for her, it is no mystery why her sons and her brothers left. My oldest brother Thomas, who has passed on, would sit in a chair outside the room while the other boys went to priesthood meeting," Jackson said. It was the same for my boys. They dropped out because they couldn't find fulfillment in the church." One of her sons. Anthony Jack-soremembers when he first found out about the church's black policy as a boy. "I went to the bishop in Oakland and I said, Explain this to me. And n, Opinions mixed on school club ban tions unspecified by pollsters. The Associated Press Utah residents are split on whether local school boards should ban all student clubs rather than allow organizations in public schools, a new public opinion gay-lesbi- survey shows. The copyright . ! Deseret News-KS- L published Sunday, poll, showed 35 percent of the 607 people interviewed said they would allow support groups for homosexual students rather than ban all student clubs. Pollster Dan Jones & Associates found that 28 percent wanted school boards to specifically ban clubs, even if it mean a court fight over civil liberties issues. The poll, which was conducted March 6 and has a margin for er-Jof 4 percent, discovered that 29 percent favored a universal student club ban. The remainder were either undecided, or suggested other solu 2-- or Until recently, local school boards had been advised they could choose only to ban all clubs or allow them all, as long as their activities do not violate the law. However, attorneys for the Utah School Boards Association recently released a study indicating there is a third option - ban controversial clubs and test the issue in court. The legal opinion is contrary to interpretations by lawyers for the Utah State Board of Education, the Salt Lake City Board of Education and the Utah Attorney General's Office. The issue came to Jhe forefront late last fall when a small group of East High School students peti- tioned their principal to form a Alliance at the school. The Salt Lake City School Board Gay-Straig- ht voted 4-- 3 he couldn't do it." Jackson said. I wanted to know I could reach the ultimate kingdom of heaven, that I could be a bishop, that I could be the president of the church. As long as you tell me I'm limited ... I am a second-clas- s citizen." For many years. Rita Bankhead did not understand how her grandmother Mary Lucille Bankhead -the family matriarch and a stalwart in the Mormon faith - could believe in a church that excluded blacks from positions of authority and refused them the opportunity of participating in Mormon temple rituals. But it was pure faith - simple as that. Just like a Muslim or a Baptist or any other religion." Mary Lucille Bankhead's Notice is hereby given that the Davis County Council on Aging will hold a public hearing on a vehicle application for specialized transportation for senior citizens in Davis County under Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 Funds to be held on Tuesday , March 26, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of the Heritage Center, 562 South 1000 East, Clearfield, Utah. reli- gious conviction is clear in an oral history at the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University. Bankhead, who died in 1994, talked about how important the church was in her life, about growing up as a black Mormon woman in Utah and the 1978 announcement by church authorities that blacks would be allowed to receive the priesthood. I prayed that they would. I told people in the ward at the time. It's coming, and we are going to have it.' she said in the 1985 interview. NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE attorneyatlaw and as substitute hereby gives notice that the following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder payable in lawful money of the United States at the time of sale at the entrance of the Second District Court 800 West State Street Farmington Davis County Utah at 10 00 a m on April 16 1996 for the purpose of foreclosing a trust deed executed by Kyhe Guse also known as Kyiie Susan Whiting as Trustor, in favor of Delwtn C West and Median C West filed tor record m the offices of the Davis County Recorder on February 21 1995 as entry No 1166335 Book 1849 Page 615 covenng real property located at 696 East Davis County. Utah and 1000 South. Clearfield more particularly described as follows. ALL OF LOTS 16 AND 18 BLOCK 1 CAMPBELL Dale E Stratford trustee beginning this fall. Meantime, the Legislature adopted a bill that would prohibit public schoolteachers and volunteers from encouraging, condoning or supporting illegal conduct while engaged in their official duties. The limitations also apply to school employees acting in a private capacity if their conduct "results in a material or substantial interference or disruption in the normal activities of the school. The Utah Education Association has asked Gov. Mike Leavitt to veto the bill, arguing that the measure would have a chilling effect on their free speech rights. Leavitt has until midnight Tuesday to decide whether to veto the bill, sign it or let it become law without his signature. Your hair is in perfect place. Hold the moment with Ncxxus styling gels, mousse and environmentally friendly hair sprays. Keep your hair well-fe-d with over SO Nexxus solutions. Feed head Neus your HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION EXCEPTING THEREFROM BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 16 BLOCK 1 AND CAMPBELL HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION RUNNING THENCE NORTH 0 18 EAST ALONG PROPERTY LINE DIVIDING LOTS 14 AND 16 68 FEET THENCE NORTH 89 50 EAST 90 FEET THENCE NORTH 0 18 EAST 2 FEET THENCE NORTH 89 50 EAST 30 FEET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF LOT 18 THENCE SOUTH 0 18 WEST 70 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 18 THENCE SOUTH 89 50 WEST 120 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING Land Serial No 120700016 Dated this 13th day of March 1996 Dale E Stratford Attorney at Law and Successor 1975 N. Main Layton Trustee Pub Mar 23 26 Apr 2 1996 to prohibit clubs from meeting at school s 1 P MILITARY NEWS , Army Pvt. Paul E. Wallace has graduated from basic military training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tac- - tics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid, and Army history and traditions. Wallace is the son of Larry W. Wallace of Ogden, Janice G. Snow, Lajton. He is a 1991 graduate of Washington High School. Army Pvt. Kelly J. Chartier has graduated from the Bradley fighting vehicle system mechanic course at Fort Knox, Ky. In addition to basic combat training, the course instructed sol- - diers to perform maintenance on ls .fighting vehicle systems, the of components and assem- - blies if engine, powertrain, suspen-- t sion, and steering controls. Use of -'special tools, test, measurement, ind diagnostic equipment were in-- 1 funda-menta- eluded. Chartier is the son of Kerry J. Chartier of Layton and Robyn Jack-so- n of Pleasant View. He is a 1995 graduate of Weber - 'High School. I Army Pvt. Greg A. Backus has '.graduated from the cannon fire specialist course at Fort Sill, "Lawton, Okla. . . Students were instructed how to "operate and maintain a digital automated computer for field artillery Atnd a cannon fire direction center "with the purpose of compiling target lists. Air Force Master Sgt. Dan E. Wilder has retired from the U.S. Air Force after 24 years of military ser- vice. He was decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal at the retire--meceremony. The medal is awarded for out- standing non-comb- at nt meritorious achievement for service to the United States. Prior to retiring. Wilder was a Istandardizationevaluation superin- tendent at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Wilder is . the son of James E. and Rosemary Wilder of Hot Springs, S.D. His wife, Tami, is the daughter of Jerold S. Bailey, Sunset. The sergeant graduated in 1971 from Hot Springs High School. Marine Lance Cpl. Brian J. Jen-.seson of Ned and Margorie Wall Layton, has returned to Camp .Pendleton, Calif., after completing a n. 'of overseas deployment with the Uth Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the ships of . the USS New Orleans Amphibious -- Ready Group. ! Jensen is one of nearly 2,000 Marines and Sailors who traveled ; 30.000 miles aboard the four-shi- p ARG, which included the amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans. The amphibious transport deck USS Iluneau and the dock landing ships -- USS Comstock and USS Mount Vernon. While a deployment. Jensen and fellow Marines participated in sev eral multinational exercises with forces from Jordan and Kuwait. While spending most of the deployment at sea, Jensen also visited Australia, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Jordan, Kuwait, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates and had an opportunity to visit local sites. The 1991 graduate of Ogden High School, joined the Marine h t 1 Ui-- Corps in May 1994. L Marine Sgt. Richard K. Luger, son of Jerome and Janine Luger of Ogden, has returned to Camp Pendleton, Calf., after completing a th overseas deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the ships of the USS New Orleans Amphibious Ready Group. Luger is one of nearly 2,000 Marines and Sailors who traveled 30,000 miles aboard the four-shi- p ARG, which included the amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans, the amphibious transport dock USS Juneau and the dock landing ships USS Comstock and USS Mount Vernon. The 1996 graduate of Bonneville High School joined the Marine Corps in October 1986. Navy Lt. Karl Garcia, son of Coralea R. Garcia of Layton, recently reported for duty with Sea Control Squadron 41, Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego. A 1989 graduate of Davis High School, he joined the Navy in May 1993. He graduated in 1993 from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., with a bachelors degree. His wife, Hollee, is the daughter of George M. and Janet Warded, also of Layton. Navy Seaman Shad W'. Gann, a 1993 graduate of Great Basin High School of Clearfield, recently deoverseas departed on a ployment aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout as part of the USS George Washington Battle Group. Gann is one of 323 Sailors aboard the destroyer, who departed Norfolk, Va., along with 10 other ships and submarines. The 1 battle group includes more than 80 tactical aircraft, and ships and submarines armed with Tomahawk th missiles. Gann's battle group replaced the USS America Battle Group, which most recently was in the Adriatic Sea near Bosnia supporting the peace efforts in the former Yugoslavia, and also hud helped enforce the no-fl- y zone over southern Iraq in the Persian Gulf. Gann and fellow Sailors spent the past year training for a variety of situations they might encounter durvoyage. ing the 30,000- - nulc-lon- g Gann will spend about 150 days at sea as the ship participates in a variety of multinational operations and exercises, and can expect to operate in a variety of geographic areas. He joined the Navy in January 1994. i i M I ':Sy SPECIAL " V Alaska Home of the Gihugus" Serving All You Can Eat Ribs And 50 Different Burgers. Outside Stateroom Passpe mcls Inside Week ThisAt The Entertainment Ferrill Baldwin Friday, March 22nd Saturday. March 23rd Bailey The Music Of Bob Green. 2465 N. Main Mil 1699 Ml,,, HlM'tH cmp1etePer Pejson Sunset 779-100- Organ. 8 P D n uanttywW" June IT I Sunset 2465 N. Main wvaedQ C I 5, Better to Serve You 2465 N. Main (Sunset Square) j CRUISE U Weslgale Travel &Turs 2465 N. 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