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Show !rev. magor has resigned Rev. E. J. Magor, the new pastor of the Methodist church, has resigned. re-signed. Mr. Magor served the local church only two weeks. He was well liked, ve believe, was a good speaker speak-er and a genial gentleman. Last Sunday Sun-day the church was well filled with a congregation in which was represented repre-sented many denominations. Mr. Magor went to Salt Lake City Monday Mon-day morning to determine what arrangements ar-rangements he could make for his family. He wanted them here, of course. But his two. sons desire to enter the University. He hoped that he might arrange so that Mrs. Magor might be here at least a portion of the time. But a letter received yesterday yes-terday states that he will not return. Following is the letter: Salt Lake City, Utah. 160 Lincoln St. Tuesday, Sept. 11th, 1917. Dear Friends: A "bomb .has dropped into the midst of .my plans and hopes and I suppose I am only a thing of the past. Yesterday just after I came home from Milford, Mr. Lace came into my home and said he had been told that I was not going to take my family to Milford. I told him I had come home on purpose to see' what arrangements ar-rangements could be made. He promptly replied in his characteristic character-istic style, "You must move your family, there at once or resign, and I must know by tomorrow." It is impossible for me to express myself upon the subject, save but to say that I should consider myself less than a man, if I allowed any person or institution to dictate my private affairs. No one would suffer from such a condition as much as I should, and being very much "the family man" I loathed the thought of it and came home with the fond hope that some arrangement could be made, and . I am inclined to think we should have found a way, but never under a threat I was born a free man. A woman from Baaver has come to Salt Lake each winter since I have been here to put her daughter . in high school, not college, mind you; also a woman from Bingham Canyon; Can-yon; and the wife of our pastor of First Church, Salt Lake, is doing similarly at Berkeley, California, but to me it is forbidden. I- should abhor myself if I submitted sub-mitted to such an injustice. I could not. So much as I regret leaving you tolks among whom I had anticipated a pleasant and blessed pastorate, I presume it, must ho so. But I assure you all it is with a sad heart and sincere sin-cere regrets. Wishing you every success and blessing, 1 am yours fraternally, E. J. Magor. A |