| Show Gordon B. B Hinkley Hinckley To Speak At Thanksgiving Service A special Thanksgiving day service will be held Thursday Nov 24 in the Bountiful and ward chapel E E. E 1400 S from 10 to 11 am a.m. according to Clifton I I. I Johnson bishop of the Bountiful ward and program chairman for this event SPECIAL MUSIC will be furnished furnished fur fur- by the combined and ward choirs Elder Gordon B B. B HInckley a member of the Council ot of Twelve Apostles Apostles Apos- Apos ot of the Church ot of Jesus Christ of Latter will willbe be the featured speaker The public is Invited ELDER HINCKLEY has devoted devoted de- de voted a major part of his life Ufe to Church service In addition to his Church duties duties du- du ties he is active in community and business affairs being a director of Inc television and radio CBS affiliates of the Deseret News Publishing Company owner of the largest dally daily newspaper and largest commercial printing plant in the Intermountain West a director of Beneficial Life Insurance Insurance In- In Company vice president president dent and director of Recording Arts Inc all ot of Salt Lake City Director of KIRO television and radio Seattle Wash and director director di- di rector ot of radio stations W NW and In New York City ELDER HINCKLEY was born June 23 1910 In Salt Lake City a son of Bryant Sr S. and Ada Bitner Bitner Bit Bit- ner Hinckley After attending city schools and the LAS High School he was graduated from the University of utah In 1932 In June 1933 he was called to serve a year two C Church h u l' l C h mission In Great Britain and andIn andIn In March of 1934 he was assigned assigned as- as signed to the European Mission with headquarters In London Within two years after returning returning return return- ing to his home in 1935 he was 5 I IM Ii Ii Ii It It i I I M j I I I t I 1 t I II II I rI t r ELDER EIDER GORDON CORDON L B. HINCKLEY i named to the Deseret Sunday i School General Board on which he served for nine years 1937 1946 I II I I FOR TWO decades until he hei i was called as an Assistant to the Council of Twelve Apostles on April 10 1958 Elder Hinckley I was secretary of the Radio I Publicity and Mission Literature Litera- Litera ture Committee of the Church I and for the last seven years ears of that time he also was executive secretary of the General Missionary Mis- Mis I Committee He was called to the Council of Twelve Apostles Oct 5 1961 He has filled numerous special special cial assignments from the First Presidency of the Church four ot of the them m being in connection with l preparations for tM the dedication of tour four temples te of the Church the Swiss Te Temple mple first Mormon I temple In Europe in September i 1955 the Los Angeles Temple I In March 1956 the New Zealand Zealand Zea- Zea land Temple in April 1958 and andI I the London 1958 He presently is responsible responsible sible for the work of the Church Churchin in the Far East Including Japan Korea Okinawa Taiwan the Philippines Hong Kong and South Viet Nam HE IS THE author of five books has edited a number of others and has written numerous numerous numer- numer ous Church study s t u d y manuals pamphlets and radio and film scripts In addition to these varied activities he served asa as asa a member of the presidency of East Mill Creek Stake for ten years and was stake president for two years just prior to his appointment as a general Church officer |
