| Show millard stake reorganized at quarterly conference john A beckstrand T clark callister cal lister and asael fisher sustained as new presidency Ali APOSTLE OSTLE it LYMAN 11 officiates quarterly stake conference Conto ronco for millard stake wair waa held it at fillmore last saturday and sunday at which a now stake presidency was sustained to fill tile vacancy created by the death LL few weeks ago of president orvil L thompson it was not sunday morning that the namo john A beckstrand was presented subject to the approving vote of tho the people to bo be president of the stake in tho afternoon mooting following tile tho names of T dark clark Calli callister ater and asael fisher wore were approved as first and second counselors respectively to 0 o president president il Bock eckstrand strand had been birst counselor to president thompson over ever since the division of millard stake previous fous to that time ho he had served in various capacities in his home ward of meadow among them boeni baini president of the Y al DI I 1 A and bishop of the meadow ward lie ho was serving in the latter position when first called nto into the stake pros res it hu was also ill at one time stake president of the ille Y M al I 1 A civick ile he has also served in many civic pt positions ln among them being county commissioner ile ho Js s universally respected as a man of integrity sound jud judgement gement and high ideals deala j T alark callista Calli str the first counselor to the new president Is at present superintendent of tho the fillmore ward sunday school school which position it he nas efficiently filled for several years lie he la Is a son of thomas cj C I 1 callister who served tor for many years as aa bishop of the Fill fillmore moro ward andi and I 1 later as a member of the mallard mill ard stake presidency in civil life mr air I 1 callister has served two terms as way may ro city an dono andone term as I 1 n city councilman which position he now 0 w holds ile ho is a college graduate civil engineer and Is manager of tho the mallard A county telephone and telegraph company ile he Is also manager and engineer tor for the east I 1 fl illard canal company I asael fisher the second councel or recently returned reter ned from a mission to now new zealand prior to that time he 10 was a member of the sunday school of tho the fill moro more ward Hs is it of the faculty of tho the hilliard county high school which position he held tor for several years before going on his mission nil sElon ile he la Is 4 of the utah agricultural arl cultural college another stoke stoka otilee tilled filled at this his conference was that of president of 0 the Y L M 1 A mrs millie callister was sustained in tills position from the opening meeting to the last tills this was one or me best beat attended conferences ever held in tho the millard mallard stake approximately six hundred people were present at tile the final meeting on sunday afternoon the conference opened saturday morning orning In with apostle richard R lyman present present representing the gen oral authorities author itic of the church tho the first speaker was peter L brunson of the stake presidency addresses wore were delivered do livered vy J J bonnell bennell of tho the meadow ward parker 11 robison of the fillmore first ward and joseph F anderson of thu tho fillmore second ward apostle lyman occupied the bo remaining lime ime with ono one of his charach characteristically 0 rustically risti cally discourses lie he preceded his gospel discourse with a few reminiscences of ills his early life in fillmore the place of his birth and early childhood the saturday Satu iday afternoon mooting was wag addressed by A A kirn him ball of kanosh bert L robins of scipio and juhn C of holdon holden mrs john A watts reported the work of the primary association of the stake over which she abo Is president frank badger president of tho the stake Y M M I 1 A reported progress in that field of work mrs john 0 poulson first counselor in ahn hn stake relief society presidency reported healthy progress in that organization aniza tion the remainder of the time was occupied by apostle lyman lu in an ah inspiring sermon ori OA tap the mesa ings and happiness that come to ono one from giving and sacrificing g tor fell a good causo A special priesthood meeting vas held early in the evening at which apostle lyman gave special In instruction to all al holding the priesthood following meeting a program I 1 was given by t the e stake M I 1 A alter after a number a of t musical and other entertaining torta ining nuni numbers bors apollo lyman L lave bave ave a address oti on tho the subject its ita up UA to you with many et a well chosen story he that success und and genuine happiness como come only from work and consist tent application to the thing to bo be attained tile tho sunday morning meeting op on conod ed with a crowded house mild autumn weather prevailed and tho the street in front of the chapel was literally filled with cars from neighboring towns A largo large part of tho the time of this meeting was devoted to talks by recently returned missionaries F earl stott and wife wha with their family had spent nearly tour four years in now zealand both talked interestingly of their work in tte south seas their little daughter vera sang a maori song I 1 asael fisher and wife who with their family spent som something thang over two years qs 45 missionaries in new zealanda zealand reported belr alark and spoke feelingly of the good charac characteristics tr of tho the now zealand natives V S peet colon agent of tho the union pacific rall hallway way system was present at al this meeting and was invited by apostle lyman to speak ile he gave one of tho the most talks on tho habit ever delivered from any platform he announced as hla his subject YOUR ROSS BOSS and illustrated his bis d nun elation of ho be cigarette with many well chosen stories from real life apostle lyman then follo followed wod with an emphatic endorsement of what mr poets poet had said after 9 iving giving some instructions on church government and procedure he announced that ho he represented the presidency of the tha chu church ach arul and hebl of aillard stake in proposing the name ot of john A to bo be tile president of millard stake the proposition was unanimously sustained by the congregation and president beckstrand strand was se beet t apart in the presence pre senco of all by apostle lyman the first hour of the floal clial mooting k on oil sunday afternoon wad devoted to reports from foul tour recently returned missionaries elder wiford watts of kanosh reported his bis work vork in the southern states mission I 1 elder george ilak hart t johnson ot en reported his experiences in the bah eastern tern states mission elder durton burton badger als alo of holden holder reported his dvork ork in the tha same mission eloer elder ralph jones i of holden reported his ex experiences perlen ces in tho southern states mission apostle lyman then announced that president Becks beckstrand tranh had chosen T dark clark CaH lster to bo be his bis first and asael fisher his second counselor their names were presented and they unanimously sustained nad in these thebo positions all ahr three e 0 members meme marne bers of the now new stake presidency tapo delivered brief addresses in delivering his eloping closing address to the conference apostle lyman made maae a passionate appel appeal tor for missionary service urging that one 0 lf t tho the greatest grei greatest test blassl blessings ga that can come to j a man i Is an opportunity to do missionary lona ry service he declared that ho he had yet to find a man who atter after having filled a mission regretted 0 having made tho the sacrifice of time and money re required by a foreign m mission the comment most heard atler after the conference was over was that it was waa one of the best eyer ever held in millard stake the indian summer weather made jt pos possibly tor for man many y to come from othar comm community uniti filling the chapel to its utmost C capacity ap the abo largo crowds crowd were adm admirably taken care of and entertained in the homes ot of the people of the two fillmore wards tk tie speakers all seemed at their best and delivered messages that timely timely and worth orth while during couran of 0 tho the the absent of the late lata pros dent thompson wa waa ii frequently mentioned I 1 with much feeling many of the he speakers particularly ly 1 man toa too net as lonto eulogize him for h rp am and worthy life A feature of the conference was waa the earnestness and force with which apostle lyman delivered his mess ago to the people ho he seemed to have no end of fitting filling anse anecdotes dotes and stories with which to emphasize the great truths ot of life which ho he pros prea entea incidentally he succeeded in teaching the people to say amon amen it if they approved a prayer offered in emphasizing the importance of reading the bible apostle lyman submitted flub mUted 4 list ot of favorite chapters as aa lollop lot let COAL lans ans 13 luke 15 harrits 1 7 matt 5 6 7 10 job 6 28 20 Pio proverbs verbs S 41 16 psalms l lat john 3 |
