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Show classified? ; THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1975 FFA1URE5 f.Jh u&?r :fk s IV : SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEWS EXAMINER, PRESTON CITIZEN, CACHE CITIZEN, GRACE CITIZEN AND THE O 'Af o y GUIDE z AG AN TIMES ST GEORGE TEMPLE REMODELED S till ThSird M Th LUst Plans for the remodeling of the Logan Temple are now being prepared, but, according to Elder Gordon B. Hinkley, member of the Quorum of the Twelve, two other temples of the LDS church will probably reno- vated first. Elder Hinkley is the chairman of the temple committee of the LDS church which supervises the 16 temples now being used. He spoke at enterance, foyer, chapel, a press conference in St. George following a tour of cafeteria, dressing rooms and laundry. A 20 foot addition was made to the temple the newly remodeled St. George temple by news people from Utah, Idaho and Nevada. proper to house stairways and elevators. In the temple itself, the previous ordinance rooms which had been used for live presentations, were convert- THE ST. GEORGE Temple, the oldest temple in the church in use, was remodeled at a cost of $5,318,000. The ed into three beginning rooms with film presentations. The interior of the original temple building was also extensively redecorated. During the news conference, the doctrines of the church pertaining to temples and family life were outlined by Pres. Spencer W. Kimball and Pres. N. Eldon Tanner. Elder Hinkley conducted a question and answer session following the remarks of the churchs president and his first counselor. remodeline included the addition of a completely new annex which contains a main ELDER HINKLEY said the Hawaii Temple was next on the schedule to be remodeled and that Manti would follow. He said the remodeling of the Logan temple was coming. He said that the drawings for (he remodeling of the " "Logantcmple are now bCing A- Eldrrtiordon B. Hinkley, chairman of the LDS Temple prepared by the church comiltee,. leaves a news conference, after saying that the remodeling of the Logan Temple is coming. The St. George temple is in the background. rchitects office. The St. George temple was constructed between at a cost and 1877 $5000,000. 1871 of Brigham Young proposed construction on a temple in St. George in 1871, some 10 years after, the city was founded. Members living in Utahs Dixie voted to un- - This is so ordinance room in the temple where members of the LDS church participate irwhat is called "the is is the room before entering the Celestial room. endow-ment.Th- dertake the task at a meeting held in St. George. THE TEMPLE was to occupy a commanding position in the valley, on a plot in the southeastern section of the city. There, on a high mound of earth, George A. Smith knelt and offered the dedicatory six-acr- Then Brigham the first shovelful of earth from the founda- prayer. Young lifted tion. Thus, on November 9, 1871, the task got underway. Workmen ran into difficul ty from the beginning. Water seeped into foundation excavations and threated to halt work. Many thought the temple would have to be moved to firmer ground, but Brigham Young declared the side, had been chosen, the ground dedicated and here they would build the temple, overcoming every obstacle. Water was drained from the temple site and thousands of tons of volcanic rock were pounded into the foundation by means of a crude pile driver. Pioneer workmen improvised the pile driver out of an old cannon used by Commodore ton and Colonel Fremont in the war with Mexico in 1847. - ; rs ,r- ." i i, . I' ., - . The barrel of this cast-iro- n weapon was filled with lead. It was hoisted high into the air and then dropped onto the volcanic stone. This way, a firm foundation of crushed rocks was prepared for foundation footings. NATIVE STONE for the temple was quarried from sandstone ledges on the outskirts of St. George. It was hauled by oxen from a sawmill in Pine Valley, and Mr. Trumbull, Arizona, 80 miles away. The baptismal font of the temple rests on the backs of 12 castiron oxen, fashioned in Salt Lake City by English iron moulders who had been converted to the Church. The front, weighing some 18,000 pounds, was hauled 318 miles by tree ox teams to St. George. The three large pieces were welded together at the temple site. Finally, in 1877, the temple was completed. On April 6, it was dedicated to the Lord. It stands 175 feet high on the top of the vane on its tower. The red sandstone walls are covered with white stucco plaster. Like a white gem in its St. George desert setting. U-ta- h, Answering questions during a Las Vegas interview is Pres. Spencer W. Kimball, president of the LDS church. .. 4 ,i s4 , v , vr Nrwxmrn from all over Utah, Idaho and Nevada line up to take pictures of dignitaries at the St. George Temple. Included on the tour were Mr. and Mrs. Greg Merrill of the KBLW staff in Logan. Grant Heath, church Information otficial. and Mike Adams. KPST Preston, watch while pictures of general authorities are being taken. |
