Iron County Record | 1964-04-02 | Page 5 | Indian Branch Gets All-Indian Presidency

,.. .. .... . V " ,' "Jl"' i: . - , A 4 ' r - I v- A iyj?-l .J ' 'I J . i .;, ASSUME LEADERSHIP. These men were sustained Sunday Sun-day as the presidency of the Cedar Indian Branch. They are, left to right: Kenneth Anderson, counselor; Franklin Ben, president; Jay Benson, counselor, and Grant Pete, branch clerk. Indian Branch Gets All-Indian Presidency What is believed to be the first all-Indian presidency in the Indian In-dian Mission program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, was sustained at the Cedar City Indian Branch Sunday, Sun-day, according to an announcement announce-ment by A. E. Whatcott, Cedar Stake president. Sustained as president of the Branch was Franklin Ben. To sere as his first counselor wh! be Kenneth Anderson with Jfc Bnson as second counselor. Sustained Sus-tained at branch clerk was Grant Pete. All are members of the Cedar City Branch. i Released as president of the , Branch was Scott Urie of Cedar City, with LaNoir Jones as first counselor. Ben, who was named branch president, served as a second counselor with Anderson as the branch clerk. President Whatcott noted that 'the sustaining of th new presidency presi-dency was a big move forward in the Indian Mission program. I The entire operation of the j branch will now be in the hands I of the Indian people themselves, he said.