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Show A Portrait Of President McKay Painting Given To Hospital By Utah Artist By J M. HESLOP Church News Editor OGDEN, UTAH large portrait of President David 0. McKay has been presented to the new McKay Hospital here by Ev Thorpe, prominent Utah artist. The painting portrays President McKay as he appeared when he became president of the Church in 1951. Painted against a background of the Huntsville Valley, the picture shows the fall colors with the first snow on the mountains. Die home in which President McKay was born is also shown along with him as a boy standing with his father near the house. A Kenneth E. Knapp, administrator of the LDS Dee Hospital in Ogden, accepted the painting. I am very moved by this painting. It has a tremendous dignity and it projects so well. Its a very moving likeness of President McKay, Mr. Knapp said. This is the seventh portrait of President McKay that Mr. Thorpe has painted. The others hang in the presidents room of Hotel Utah, the Visitors Center on Temple Square, the Salt Lake Temple, the Improvement Era office, Zions Bank. One painting was destroyed in the fire of the Huntsville Chapel. Its easy to paint a portrait when you know and admire someone so much, said Mr. Thorpe. I wanted to do it when I heard about the hospital. The painting is a gift of the artist and President McKay was not aware it was being done. The picture is designed to portray re- - Ev Thorpe, left, prominent Utah artist, presents a portrait of. President David O. McKay to Kenneth E. Knapp. alism. The President likes realism, said Mr. Thorpe. I visited Huntsville several times to make color sketches but the pic ture was painted from photos of President McKay in my Logan studio, he added. The opportunity for presenting the por trait was worked out with Leland executive director of the Foundation. H. McKay-De- Mon-soe Church Pays Tribute To Gen. Eisenhower His passing was like the felling of a giant tree in the forest. It left a lonely void against the sky. that Gen. Eisenhower was 50 years old before he received his greatest challenges and opportunities, Gov. Rampton said: The death of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of tt a United States, was thus described by Elder Harold B. Lee of the Council of Twelve at memorial services this week in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. If there is any lesson in his life, it is that every man should prepare in case he is called on by his God or his country to render service. Elder Lee spoke for about 30 minutes, mostly quoting scriptures and the words of Gen. Eisenhower and others. He invited the audience, which comfortably filled the lower floor of the auditorium, to associate themselves with the former President Pres. Eisenhower was the most universally liked man of this generation. Even the crucible ot a political campaign could not destroy the peoples affection for him. Elder Lee spoke of Gen. Eisenhowers spirituality, dedication to service and his disinclination to show off. He described him as a man whose actions were motivated by what was good for his country, not what was politically expedient. To illustrate the generals religious convictions, Elder Lee repeated a remark made by the Prayer is that which gives a man in & moment of great decision, a feeling of repose and trust the rest to God. President Hugh B. Brown, first counselor in the First Presidency, conducted the services for President David 0. McKay, whom he described as a personal friend of the general. The program included remarks by Utah Gov. Calvin L. Rampton and three numbers by the Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir. As the program proceeded, lights in the tabernacle were dimmed to enhance the solemn and subdued atmosphere. Gov. Rampton thanked the First Presidency for an opportunity to appear. Noting D-D- soldier-statesma- The speaker asked, May we all . . . seek divine guidance and then wait for the hand of God to bring about the result WEEK ENDING APRIL 5, 1969 CHURCH- -3 n, |