Show Indifference Noted As A Mod Obstacle We are all pioneering today but our enemy Is not crickets or Indians It is indifference This is the weapon Satan is using today in his war against the Saints This warning was stated by Ferry J J. J F Faux ux in his Pioneer Day address at the program in the South Sanpete Stake House at Ephraim Tuesday The program was arranged by the South Sanpete unit of Daughters of of- Utah Pioneers and was conducted con by Mrs Dona Peterson of Sterling head of that unit She related the history of the writing of Come Come Ye Saints by William Clayton and the encouragement it had provided for the struggling migrants This song was then sung by a male quartet from Manti W W. Max Larsen Ted Hougaard J. J Evan B Bean nn and Kenneth Kenneth Kenneth Ken Ken- neth M. M Graham with Mrs Bernice Keeler as accompanist Other music included a ladies trio Those Pioneers by Mrs Norma N Nelson lson and Mrs Bonnie Olsen of Ephraim and Mrs Maxine Andrews of Phoenix Ariz accompanied by Mrs Mable Dyreng and a song by the congregation O 0 Ye Xe Mountains High Th The invocation was by Glen J J. Nielson of Ephraim and the benediction by R. R Clair Anderson of Manti Monti Mr Anderson An An- derson also made brief remarks about the Sons of Utah Pioneers PIoneers Pio Plo and said if they could get 20 members in ill Sanpete a unit of the organization could be established he here In his address Mr Faux stated that Come Come Com Ye Saints had been called caned The Battle Hymn of The Plains He listed three reasons why the Pioneer Day meeting was being held held- 1 1 The birth of a baby boy in December 1805 2 A prayer uttered in a grove in New York in the spring of 1820 and 3 3 A book translated and published in 1829 He then told of a new book just out telling all ll about the boyhood od of Joseph Joseoh Smith but said as for him he would rather believe the history of that boyhood as told by Joseph's Josephs Josephs Joseph's Jo Jo- Josephs seph's mother Mr Faux told of persecution of the Saints in Illinois and Missouri read from the Discourses Discourses Discourses Dis Dis- courses of Brigham Young on the subject and told some specific instances of sufferings sufferings sufferings suffer suffer- ings endured He said that more than graves marked marked mark mark- ed the trail o 0 church members as they to Utah but added that Salt Lake City was not their goal but rather it was the celestial kingdom He told of the struggles struggles struggles with crickets of the rattlesnakes rattlesnakes rattlesnakes rat rat- which plagued the first settlers of Manti and of the plan to destroy the migrants migrants migrants mig mig- rants by calling most of their able bodied men to serve in inthe inthe inthe the Mormon Battalion aplan a a. plan which did not work He told of the killing of seven people near Ephraim on Oct 17 1865 and urged people people people peo peo- to visit the Pioneer Cemetery Cemetery Cemetery tery and see the stone erected to their memory by William Kuhre a 2 year old year old ld child who child who survived the killing of his parents and others He also urged a visit to the grave of William Palmer In the Manti Cemetery he being the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of We Thank Thee 0 O God for A Pro Prophet het He urged a fight against communism which he said is the present greatest threat along with indifference e to the progress of the work of God The meeting was held immediately immediately Immediately Im im- mediately following a miniature miniature miniature minia minia- ture parade in which scores of children participated Five floats were adjudged winners inners all all tied for first place They w were re Sterling Sterling Deseret Deseret or Bust Manti South Do You Take Your Children to Church or Send Them Manti Center Treasure Chest Ephraim South Indian Princess Moonbeam Ephraim West See Zoo Primary with an assortment of zoo animals While the public meeting was in progress children were engaged in a sports pro pro- gra mon the Snow College lawn and most of their parents parents par par- were there to watch and enjoy the various events r rh h m t tI I i LV k r rt t tom y r G g gr r y r f A 1 i iA iI I A L Miss Kathryn Smith and Albert Antrei of Manti take part in Harvey production at Snow F 1 t 4 i l r y I M 1 James Aston and Enid Adams are two of the performers in Snow Colleges College's play Harvey |