Show j- j a W r I i A t J i f I Iw w v l I CHURCH REMODELING BEGINS Groundbreaking has started remodeling to the South Bountiful Ward meetinghouse 1 I I. I 4 J JM L F M 4 I 1 r rI rI I or of I J. J 1 i r 2 r a f 1 rr t I t I f C r. r I G A fix 4 pA it 1 s t e eC n. n III C l r r TU ml Io formerly o the ibe site cite OB on which the modern modernS ern S i building is located Completed in 1906 it was Mas struck b by lightning light light- i Ding ning and burned in 1951 A ground breaking ceremony was s held early Tuesday morning morning morn- morn ing with Pres D D. D Hatch Howard Bountiful East Stake turning the first shovel full of soil This officially begins the remodelling remodeling remodel remodel- ling ing and addition to a landmark i h j- j i Started in 1951 it will be enlarged to meet present day needs of the Woods Cross area the South Bountiful ward chapel AS PART OF the Bountiful East Stake building program it was decided that more extensive and modern facilities are ne necessary ne- ne c to adequately l house the e ethree s three growing wards that meet in this building yet it was felt every effort should be made to preserve and use as much of the present building as possible As a result of much planning a general remodelling and addition addition addi addi- tion was decided upon to provide the extra space and modernize the interior SINCE THE organization of the South Bountiful ward in 1877 when it was separated from the original Bountiful ward Vard man many interesting and inspiring experIences experiences exper exper- fences were undergone by the themen themen themen men and women of the Woods Cross community to provide housing for the increasing ever-increasing ward me membership The several buildings used have ranged from a 60 GO by 30 concrete hall in 1878 to a red redbrick redbrick redbrick brick edifice built in 1906 This building burned to the ground in 1951 leaving only the recreation hall addition which I was not yet completed UNDAUNTED BY the blackened blackened blackened black black- ened rubble and the necessity ty of holding meetings in the unfinished unfinished unfinished recreation hall the entire community banned together making sacrifices of every na nature nature nature na- na ture until in 1953 the chapel that now stands in the heart of Woods Cross was dedicated I With a summer completion in I Iview view building is again underway underway underway under under- way thus adding another milestone milestone milestone mile mile- stone In the progress of the community of Woods Cross |