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Show Information Center To Tell Nauvoo s Part Continued from pr-g- e In History 8 buildings to be restored in the central e town site. Joseph Smith planned the town so everyone would have space for garden and landscape. The beauty of it is we have room for landscaping, Dr. Kimball said. The Wilford Woodruff home, recently completed, was opened for groundbreaking ceremony visitors. It is a sturdy brick home, located on Highway 96 at Hotchkiss Street. The architect was Steven T. Baird. Mrs. Christine Robinson was the decorator. The Brigham Young home has been restored and awaits interior decoration. was the dediHighlighting the week-encation May 25 of the Nauvoo Branch chapel by Elder Lee. This is the first dedicated chapel ever built by the Church in Nauvoo. A branch was organized in Nauvoo in 1956. Elder S. Dilworth Young of the First Council of Seventy spoke briefly at the dedication. The red brick building is prominent on the hill overlooking the old city of Nauvoo and the Mississippi River. 100-acr- Relief Society and of the National Council of Women, told the audience, Nauvoo has special meaning for the women because Relief Society was founded in the upper room of the store. Joseph Smith clearly defined the purpose of Relief Society. It has been a better day for the poor and needy. The Prophet turned the key in behalf of the women and strengthened the movement of women. Mr. Hantzog indicated that no strand of American history was m;rc corful than the westward movement of the Moimon We need creative citpeople of Nauvoo. izens who are willing to become part of preserving and developing America, he said. Neal A. Maxwell, executive vice president of the University of Utah delivered the major address. Prayers were offered by Elder Lee and Elder Stapley. Mary Jamison sang three songs during the program. Nauvoo Restoration Inc. owns about 1,000 acres. Plans call for 40 homes and Rowena J. Miller, Nauvoo Restoration Inc., shows indicating homes built in Nauvoo. map of 1839-46, 7 AAission by the First Presidency to Albert Berrett Crandall of Sacramento, Calif. Trainer for the Kaysville Stake. She has served in many capacities in the auxiliaries of the Church. Pres. Crandall, a former banker and manager of Deseret Farms of California from 1951 to his mission call, is a native of North Ogden, Utah. HENRY CLAY GORTON He was bom to William Hurst and Rose Emily Berrett Crandal on Feb. 22, 1902 and was educated in Weber Henry Clay Gorton, president of the Columbus, Ohio, Stake, will now serve as president of a mission, according to a call from the First Presidency. County. He married Arvilla Bingham of Ogden in Martinez, Calif., April 7, 1929, and a year later the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. They have a daughter and three sons. Trcs. Gorton, who resides at Beautyview Ct., Columbus, is acting chief of the electronic materials and devices division of Battelle Columbus Laboratories. He will be accompanied to the mission by Mrs. Gorton. 716 NORMAN Norman Keith Roberts of Logan, Utah, has been called to preside over a mission of the Church by the First Presidency. Pres. Roberts, chairman of the Department of Agricultural Economics and director of Economics Research Center at Utah State University, resides at 464 E. 3rd South in Logan. He is a native of Sugar City, Idaho and was born to William Carlos and Florence Emma Holier Roberts on Jan. 7, 1919. He married Zella ONeta Wads - ' WEEK ENDING MAY He has served in the San Joaquin Stake presidency; on the high council of the Sacramento Stake, and at the time of his call was president of the Sacramento Stake. Mrs. Crandall was born in Ogden, Jan. 28. 1906, a daughter of Edwin Aldous and Genevra Martin Bingham. She has served as & Primary and YWMIA teacher, but the greater amount cf her Church work has been In Relief Society executive positions on both the ward and stake levels. WILLIAM H. DAY worth of Ammon, Idaho, in the Salt Lake Temple, Nov. 14, 1944. They have had five childrea He atterded Ricks College in Rextourg, Idaho, and received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Kentucky. He has taught at the Universities of Hawaii, Nevada and Florida. he K. ROBERTS 3, 969 d Presidents Are Named Continued from page 6 He was born in Soda Springs, Idaho, March 7, 1923, to Rees Dubois and Dorothy Sterrett Gorton. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and holds a masters degree in physics and math. He married Hilda Edna Frances Foot in the Logan Temple on April 7, 1949. They have five children. He has served in the presidency of the Columbus Stake since 1962 and in February, 1968, was called as president of the stake. He fulfilled a mission 'to Argentina from July, 1946, till January, 1949. Mrs. Gorton was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, Oct. 15, 1926, to Richard Stanley Nelson and Elizabeth Brown Foot. She was converted and baptized Into the Church March 27, 1948, at Buenos Aires. She has served in various teaching and executive posts in ward and branch auxiliaries. two-stor- y He and his family lived in Bolivia in team. with the wras USU-USAI- 1965-6- 7 while D He has served in stake MIA positions and in a bishopric and on a high council He served a mission to the Northwestern States. Mrs. Roberts was born to Ell Arnold and Sarah Ilumpherys Wadsworth in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Dec. 3 1919. She attended Brigham Young University. She also has held many teaching and administrative assignments in Primary, MIA, Relief Society and Sunday School. ALBERT B. CRANDALL A call to head a mission of the Church has been issued Dr. William H. Day, president of Tulsa, Ckla., Stake, has been called to preside over a mission of the Church by the First Presidency. Pres. Day has served as Tulsa Stake president for the past seven years. He, and Mrs Day, have also served on the mission board of the Central States Mission. He served as superintendent of Sunday Schools and she was first counselor to the state Primary president. Pres. Day also served a district mission. He is professor of business administration and director, Management Development Center, University of Tulsa. He Is well known as a business consultant and has conducted seminars in Japan and Venezuela for the petroleum industry. He published a book on petroleum marketing in 1966. He was bom in Salt Lake City, a son of Elias L. and Gertrude J. Day. He was graduated from the University of Utah; received his M.B.A. from Northwestern University and his Ph.D., from Ohio State University. He has done post doctoral studies at Harvard University. He married Marjean Anderson, daughter of Maurice and Vesta Anderson of Salt Lake City. They have two daughters and a son. |