Show New N ew Stake take Presidency Named At Quart Quarterly terly Conference Sun r Iti It- i 7 J d dk vf i. v 1 r 1 ar t p I i y y u S j if i yr A ol J y q 1 Vernon L. L Kunz seated right was sustained as President of the South Sanpete Sake at quarterly conference Sunday Neil seated left was named first counselor with R. R Clair Glair Anderson standing right second counselor and Glen Lee standing left stake clerk VERNON L. L KUNZ OF MANTI l J. J E E. E CAMERON WHO VHO IS MOVING l TO LOGAN Vernon L. L Kunz of Manti ManU Sunday was named president of the South Sanpete Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat Lat- ter-day ter Saints He succeeds J. J Elliot Cameron of Ephraim who has accepted a position as Dean of Student Services at the Utah State University at Logan and he and family will move there soon A new director for Snow College is expected to be named a at a meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 12 Mr Cameron had been stake president president president dent since Sept 30 1956 Pres Kunz selected Neil C C. C of Ephraim as his first counselor and R. R Clair Anderson Anderson An An- derson of Manti ManU as second counselor coun coun- Glen Lee of Ephraim will continue as stake clerk Lynn Nielson of Manti ManU was named named named nam nam- ed assistant stake clerk Elders Delbert L L. L and Hugh B B. B Brown of the Council of Twelve Apostles ef effected effected effected ef- ef the stake reorganization and were principal speakers at atthe atthe atthe the various meetings President Kunz Mr Kunz has been first counselor counselor counselor coun coun- to to President Cameron Prior to that he served as second second second sec sec- ond counselor to Pres Reuel E. E Christensen and had been stake clerk for several years before that He was horn born at Bern Idaho Oct 11 1915 a son of Robert H. H and Martha 1 Kunz He at attended attended attended at- at tended Utah State Agricultural College now from 1933 to 1937 and served in the Eastern Eastern Eastern East East- ern States Mission in 40 1938 being president of the Oneida district part of the time He continued continued continued con con- his studies at in 1940 He married Edna Madsen l of or Manti 1 July 17 1940 in the Manti Man Man- ti Temple He was in the army from 1943 to 1946 serving with a transportation corps in N New e w Caledonia the Philippines a and n d Japan He has been employed at the Manti lanti City Bank since 1946 holding the position of cashier He served as president of the IIA and as ward clerk in inthe inthe inthe the Manti tanti South ward before Becoming be becoming becoming Be- Be coming stake clerk p President Mr 1 was born at Manti ManU Nov Noy 12 1918 a son of Wilford and Elda Christensen He graduated from fromi i Manti 1 High and attended attend attend- ed Snow College for one year before entering Utah State University University University Uni Uni- from which he graduated graduate e ed in 1943 with a major in range He received his masters master's degree from the School of Forestry in 1949 He filled a mission to the theN N Northwestern States in 41 1939 serving as president of the Puget Puget Pu- Pu get Sound District He served in the U. U S. S Navy during World War II and was commissioned an ensign in November No- No N No November 0 vember 1943 He participated in many many landing operations and other nava naval activity before be being be- be ing discharged in January 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant junior junior junior jun jun- grade He started working for the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in March farch 1946 and has continued with wilh that work since He lived in Manti ManU for two years and served in the bishopric of the Manti lanti North ward He moved to Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim in June 1949 and has lived in the South ward since He served as counselor in the stake was assistant superintendent of Sunday School In the South ward taught in Mutual l an and l Sunday School and was chosen bishop May lay 22 1955 being ordained to that office on June 5 1955 He became a member of the Stake Presidency Presidency dency on Sept 30 1956 He married Barbara K Jones of Lovell Wyo March 1 20 1945 In the Manti ManU Temple They have four daughters and two sons Carol Ann 12 Neil Nell Jones 11 Continued on Page 5 New Mew Stake Presidency Named At Conference Continued from Page One Joan 9 Jill 7 Barbara Jo 5 and Mark 2 President Anderson President Anderson was born in Manti January 8 1902 a son of Lewis Robert and Clara Munk Anderson He Pic graduated from Manti ManU High School and then at attended attended attended at- at tended BYU where he majored in accounting and business fin fin- ance He engaged in the automobile business in Manti for some ten years handling different makes i of cars He has been agent for forthe forthe forthe the Standard Oil Company for foro Q o some 25 years He filled a mission to t the Ii e Northern States in 26 1924 and served as president of the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago and Wisconsin districts He also served as mission secretary for ten months of the more than r r two years he was in the field t Back home he held various church positions serving in the k of the Centeri Center j i Ward MIA and in the ward bish bish- r He was then appointed t to the stake high council for fora a while before becoming second counselor to Stake President Reuel E E. E Christensen in 1951 He later became first counselor Since his release from the stake presidency on Sept 30 1956 he has served as S senior member of the stake J high ligh council Is Leg Legislator slator He was elected to the State StateHouse StateHouse House of Representatives in 1950 and served two terms holding hold hold- lug ing some very important committee committee com com- assignments He was then elected to the State Senate in 1054 1954 and has filed for reelection re-elec- re r tion this year He married Rachael Holbrook May 25 1927 in the Manti TempIe Temple Tem Tem- pIe and they have four living children hildren She died in June 1946 1546 and he married Mabel 1 Luke Oct 6 1948 also in the Manti ManU Temple His sons and daughters are L L. L Robert Anderson Monticello Monticello Monticello Monti- Monti cello f Mrs Jane A. A Braithwaite Manti lanti Mrs Ruth Keller Salt Lake City and William Villiam E. E Anderson Anderson An An- derson who is now serving in inthe inthe inthe the East Central States Mission 1 There are eight grandchildren t r Other Appointments Choosing of Mr Anderson as asa a counselor in the Stake presidency presidency t dency necessitated his release as f. f senior member of the stake high council Also released from the high council was Elmer Ludvigson Ludvig- Ludvig son of Sterling with Lloyd Kjar of Manti being released as al alternate alternate alternate al- al ternate high councilman There were already two vacancies in inthe inthe inthe the high council due to the death eath of Calvin T. T Keller and the moving moving moving ing away of Merlin Stock Appointed Appointed Appointed Ap Ap- pointed as members of t that hat h a t tg g group r o 0 u p were Lloyd E. E Kjar Charles Dennis Funk and Dr Harvard Halyard J. J Davidson all of Man Man- ti tit That still leaves one vacancy in the council President Cameron Makes lakes Statement President Cameron told at the Sunday morning meeting of his transfer to Logan In an interview interview interview inter inter- view with the publishers he said that as Dean of Student Services he will have supervision of the Student Union Building the counselling program for a 11 students the student activity program registrars registrar's of office ice admissions ad admissions admissions ad- ad missions and orientation A At t the conference he told of his desire a few years ago to get into the field of higher ed education education education ed- ed a and d of his appointment a as m director of Snow College two years ago He praised the members members members mem mem- bers of the Board of Trustees Trustees Trustees Trus Trus- tees as prayerful sincere men and said that people in this area should be thankful that Snow is a branch of the and for the support being given this school by the trustees and the mother schO school l. l He said he was first approached approach approach- ed about the new position at Logan on Memorial 1 Day and that it was no easy task to decide decide de decide de- de cide what to do He said he first counseled with his family and that they joined in prayer and fasting about the matter He said they did not pray for fora a position but for guidance He told of satisfaction received ed in a talk with LeGrand Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards former chairman of the Board of Trustees concerning concerning concerning con con- the matter of relinquishing relinquish relinquish- ing the stake presidency position position position tion and Elder Richards told him that the lithe church Is not in South Sanpete alone In other words there will be chur church h work wherever one is Next Mr Cameron conferred with President David O. O McKay and was told I am impressed to tell you to accept the new position po position position po- po I Mr Cameron spoke very highly high high- ly of Pres McKa McKay as a prophet ho ho has concern for all t the h e church a man of God a hum hum- ble prayerful man Who ha haS hag concern concern concern con con con- cern for the welfare re of pf Snow College and oil nIl other educational education education- al institutions in the state It was this conference with Pres McKay Mr Cameron said that was vas the deciding factor in his decision to accept the new position po- po Asks Support of Leaders Pres Cameron then hoped the people here will support the new stake officers and all officers of the stake and church He pointed out that to sustain the officers fully the people should keep the word of wisdom marry in ill n the temple and young folks sho should ld refrain from necking and di dissipating their lives away Bend your yourself to fit the church hurch and dont don't try to bend th the chur church h to o fit your own desires and habits he urged He stressed the obligation of church members to obey the counsel given by the church authorities and quoted a recent MIA 1 theme Seek not to counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel the Lord but to take counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel from Him Expresses Love Lov For Workers Co President Cameron expressed eq great love for his counselors members of the High Council Counell and all others with whom he has hag been associated in church work in this area He expressed appreciation ap appreciation appreciation ap- ap to all church members members members mem mem- bers for the support they have given him him for putting up with me and to my wife and family for putting up without me he said He bore a strong of the divinity of the work of the church and prayed for blessings on all |