Show n i h Wa d u s 1 A 0 7 1 0 Q 9 p pf f A a a P r y L r a t R Manti North has attained the ripe old age of 50 years A wear r. r Golden date was November 5 1961 Stable Stahle photo ng the important events iti ti the past year was of the an- an pry ry of the dedication of ti North Ward Vard chapel ber bel 5 1911 marked a since the of white brick view of the dedicatory and and other important I in the progress of the was given in connection Fast Day services on ber bel in the ward wardS ward'S S 'S Joseph Hatton tel iter spoke at the meet- meet of the dedicatory r s 5 are being d for ward members to too toto to o remind them of this occasion Manti North Ward Vard was ed July 4 1877 For st ears the ward meetings held in the Council Councilor ti or in the Tabernacle in in March farch 3 1908 that 3 r c cps eps ps were tak taken n. n for then the then n n of the building A v handful met in the tow house to decide if ag a ag 0 t g house houss should be built re i t was chosen to f after ter the work consist- consist l Jl following persons R. R Peterson who was Lewis Anderson Jo- Jo JoE E udd d E Edward ward T. T Parry arry t T 1 T Reid Francis M. M Joseph H. H Carpenter i. i I. I and E. E M. M Y the of May lay 1908 round was broken and indicatory prayer was of- of Iby by Patriarch John S S. i. i From the minutes of services at the lion stion of the chapel we of these early begin- begin We uWe did not have any to start with all we yas as faith and today we what we this building and it ted and paid for with Exception of a very few fews s 5 which is guaranteed by and sisters who ay ly in the very near fu fu- ll t was completed it was a ful building of cream Id d d brick with an outing out- out ng ing stained glass window o. o front The interior is ally decorated and cona conf conf con con- f f a large auditorium table class rooms Anve An ive ve recreation hall was later to the rear of theng the theng ng ig under the hop C. C G. G Braithwaite ops lops who have served in forth orth Ward Yard since 1877 been William Villiam T. T Reid R Peterson Edgar T. T Charles G G. Braithwaite Stott Calvin Keller t- t Stevenson and Frank FrankI i lass ilass I r am ram for the dedicatory s included the following following follow follow- ing Jing ward choir We UVe 1 Thee 0 O God for a et Jet location ca cation B B. B Y Jen Jensen en ling ing ward choir O 0 Ye thins High arks larks Bishop Niels R Ron R. R son on on i arks larks Lewis Anderson arks larks and dedicatory r Apostle Anthon II 11 his remarks Elder Lund PWe We are arc going to dedi- dedi this house and you all stand what dedications dedication s s. s You own it it is yours but you want it dedi dedi- unto the Lord That s 2 given unto him so that it will indeed be a house of the Lord In his dedicatory prayer he said may the days that they come here and that they are studying Thy work and their teachers imparting unto them knowledge in regard to salvation may this never be forgotten by them and when they shall grow up and go out into the world may their hearts look back to this house where they enjoyed meeting and Sunday School and the things taught them and ma may it be a guardian unto them against temptation ion and vice that they may assault them in inthe inthe inthe the world Remarks Apostle David 0 O McKay 1 said He said in part I think that Gods God's children are Him when they give something good to the world which has hns never been there there- before I believe too that the truest happiness comes to us when we exercise that divine part of us by creating something something something some some- thing new saying to the world there is something good which was never there be be- fore That is what we feel and experience today in giving to the world this beautiful house of worship which was neverin never ne neverin in the world before Just think as the body and the spirit are the soul of man so God would accept this house as it The body the place of worship and the Spirit the life you brothers and sisters within it H. That is what he wants and I fancy that some Sunday if he comes here to meet you and he finds half of you somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where else absent without excuse excuse excuse ex ex- cuse he will feel as you feel when you see your loved ones ill when sickness has deprived deprived deprived de de- the child of the organ of hearing and she cannot hear your voice You feel that part of the life is going and you would hold it back and so it would would seem seem in this houses of worship A vocal duet duct Brother and Sister Johnson Benediction Patriarch Allen Allen Allen Al Al- len Russel |