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Show KNIGHT SUSTAINED PRESIDENT New Assignments, Releases Made f lit Stake Quarterly Conference At the morning session of the Parowan Stake quarterly conference confer-ence last Sunday Howard D. Knight, bishop of the Parowan First Ward for the past year, was sustained as president of the Parowan Par-owan Stake. Elder Knight, who is a.lso the local postmaster, haS served as bishop of the First; ward since last Nov. 7, and had served as a member of the Bish-opric Bish-opric prior to that time. The new stake president select-1 ed George D. Grimshaw of the, Enoch Ward as his first coun- selor and D. Watson Adams of the Parowan Third Ward as his second counselor. Elder Grimshaw Grim-shaw has boon a member of the Parowan Stake High Council since the stake was divided about i seven and one-half years ago, and has been an active worker in the Enoch Ward all his lifc Elder El-der Adams has also been a member mem-ber of the stake high council for several, years and is a former bishop of the Parowan First Ward. To complete the stake presidency presiden-cy Gordon Whitney was sustained as stake clerk, Wil.'iam Carlston was sustained as assistant clerk and Barbara M. Adams was retained re-tained as stake historian, a position po-sition which she has held for m a number of year. Whitney has been serving as clerk of the Paco-owan Paco-owan Third Ward and Carlston is the principal of the Parowan L D S Seminary. Members of the Parowan Stake Presidency who were released just prior to sustaining the new-one new-one were President W. Clair Rowley, Row-ley, with President J. Harold Mitchell as first counselor and President R. Taylor Mi.'.ler as second sec-ond counselor, and Kendall O. Gurr, stake clerk. The three presidents presi-dents have served continuously since the stake was divided on May 1, 19-18. Further releases were made as follows: II. L. Adams, Arthur Joseph, Jo-seph, Raymond L. Farrow, F. Warren Pendleton, K. Doyle Robinson, Rob-inson, Oscar J. Hulet, George D. Grimshaw and D. Watson Adams were released as members of the Stake High Council. Howard N. Da.lley was released as president of the Parowan Stake High Priests quorum, as were his counselors coun-selors W. Leonard Evans and Gilbert Gil-bert Robinson and Dee Wilcken as secretary. Members of the Stake High Council who were retained were E. Ray Lyman, J. Leonard Top-ham, Top-ham, Elwin Armstrong and Alma Lawrence. New members sus tained as members of this body were Kendall. O. Gurr, Arnold O. Gurr and Howafd N. bailey. This leaves five vacancies in the eoun- cil which are to be filled and sustained at the next quarterly conference of the stake. President J. Harold MitcheJl was named as president of the Stake High Priests quorum, and he chose President R. Taylor Miller Mil-ler as his first counselor, with the selection of a second counselor counse-lor and secretary to wait for a short time. These changes were made under un-der the direction of Elder Mark E. Peterson of the council of Twelve Apostles and Patriarch Eldred G. Smith, and were announced and put to the vote of the stake membership mem-bership at the genera.1, session of the conference on Sunday morning at which time 37 per cent of the stake membership was present. The visiting brethren- were the principal speakers at Priesthood sessions on Saturday night, and both general sessions on Sunday and Elder Peterson addressed the gir.ls of the stake between the ages of 12 and 20 at a special meeting at 4.15 p. m. Sunday. |