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Show ‘wx west "THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 13 June 15, 2006 Ecclesiastical History of Liberty Please note, information taken from LaVerna Burnett Neweys “Remember My Valley.” From LaVerna Burnett Newey’s historical account of Ogden Valley, we learn that the historical boundary of Liberty’s first LDS Ward included the upper northwest end of Ogden Valley. The first ecclesiastical meetings in the settlement are recorded as early as 1871 in the home of John Riddle. Eden had an organized congregation, but the distance of travel between the two towns and the he returned, the crust had melted and he sank deep in the snow every step of the long way home. He was exhausted and contracted pneumonia and died soon after on January 11, 1891. After his demise, Elder Joshua B. Judkins took charge of the meetings and presided like his predecessor under the direction of the bishopric of Eden. On December 4, 1892, Joshua B. Judkins became the first bishop of the Liberty Ward. He was ordained December 10, 1892 by Apostle Franklin D. Richards. In 1904, Bishop Judkins moved from the war Joseph E. Ward was sustained as the second bishop of the Liberty Ward. storage space for wood and coal to heat the building. A fine hardwood floor was installed. Curtains were strung throughout Mie a. tee The plaque in front of the Liberty Church. Photos courtesy of Marilyn Creamer Crezee. the congregational room to separate Sunday School and other organizational meetings. On dance and party nights, the benches were moved along the side and the hardwood floor, sprinkled with cornmeal, made an excellent dance hall. The people worked hard and sacrificed of their meager income to build this church house, and by 1906 or 1907 it was finished. The cost of the entire building when finished was $4,000. This building still stands as a section of the Liberty church which was vacated in 1974. [Part of the Liberty church that recently burned.] [A new] Liberty Ward building fund was started in 1942 under Bishop Parley J. Clark and his counselors. An original voluntary assessment of $200 per family was approved by the people, and payments started to come n. While Lysle J. Chard was bishop, a new building committee was appointed and new LIBERTY cont. on page 14 Historical Photo Se a ot — a oat iy — - — oT ot a ) ag P4 — — _— Photo from the day the church was dedicated—December 27, 1953. Back row: Tom Shupe, John Whitley, Edgar Holmes (paint contractor), Erma Holmes. Front row: President David O. McKay, Sister McKay, Zella Chard, Bishop Lysle J. Chard. Photos courtesy of Marilyn Creamer Crezee. 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It wre F where Ny east end, and a smaller room the chimney is located on the roof. It had a fine hardwood floor. behind the stage. There were People came from far and near to dance on the floor two porches. The one on the inaccessibility of Eden in the wintertime conwest was the main entrance; the other porch tributed to the development of a separate on the south side covered a stairway entrance Liberty congregation. to the basement. This basement provided Following are excerpts regarding Liberty’s ecclesiastical history. In 1881 John Marshall became the presiding teacher. Under his direction the little branch, in 1884, bought the 26 ft. by 22 ft. log school house that Eden had recently abandoned. Liberty residents paid the grand sum of $5.00 for the building, and Eden men helped them move it by horse-drawn wagons to its new location. The site for the little log building was an acre of ground donated by John Marshall from the northeast of his farm in the center of town [Liberty). 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