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Show Spring Fair Features Fun lor Everyone her counselors, Sarah M. Cleveland and Elizabeth Ann Whitney. Eliza R. Snow was secretary, Phoebe Wheeler, assistant secretary and Elvira El-vira A. Coles, treasurer. In the forced exodus from Nauvoo, the meetings of the Society of Nauvoo were ended, end-ed, but the spirit and genius of Relief Society lived on in the hearts and acts of the members. In this forced exodus ex-odus the women though separated sep-arated in different companies com-panies coming west carried the spirit of the work through over prairie, plains and mountains and ministered to the sick in the camps. Early in the settlement of the valley in 1851-1852, the sisters had temporary or-ganizations or-ganizations in several wards. By 1855 when in more settled conditions, President Young called upon the Bishops Bish-ops to organize a Relief Society in each Ward and he gave Sister Eliza R. Snow a mission to assist in organizing organiz-ing and take with her Sister Zina D. Young as her counselor. coun-selor. Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Prophet Joseph Smith who spoke at one of the first meetings, said, "This institution in-stitution is a good one we must cherish one another, watch over one another and gain instruction that we may all sit down in Heaven together. togeth-er. Let the Society teach women wo-men how to behave towards their husbands, treat them with mildness and affection. The purpose of the society set forth by the Prophet are as follows: to manifest benevolence, to care for the poor, the sick and the unfortunate, un-fortunate, to minister where death reigns, to give guidance guid-ance and trainingin the home making arts and skills, to assist in correcting the morals and strengthening the virtues of community life, to raise human life to its highest high-est level, to elevate and enlarge en-large the scope of women's activities and conditions, to (Continued on Page Seven) A ' ' ' . L4 "jrT"! ir""" - V , - vTt'A " i i ? - ' " I ; ! ' - ! I ." ! U 1 M '- ' i rv ft 5 I " - . ' : 3 s- . -.. ....... ;...-', , j;i - . . r - i 'S mm i1.-- - ' -- j V ' . . t 1 Y r . U ' Relief Society Who are they? What do they do? Are these some of the questions you ask when someone says I learned this in Relief Society? Soc-iety? The Park City LDS Ward is sponsoring a Spring Fair at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 3 in the Cultural Hall, and here you will find an assortment of handicraft items for sale, plus home-made candies, cakes, food, games and entertainment. A fun evening for everyone. The Relief Society is the oldest auxiliary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was organized or-ganized in Nauvoo, Illinois under the name of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo on March 17, 1842 by the Prophet Joseph Smith. By 1872 Female Fe-male and Nauvoo were dropped drop-ped and it was called the National Women's Relief Society until 1892 when it was called Relief Society. Then on June 27, 1945 it became be-came the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Society was organized under the priesthood, eighteen women met in the room over the Joseph Smith store and on this momentous occasion the Prophet said, 'I now declare this Society organized with president and counselors. In addition to the 18 women present, eight not present were admitted to the membership. The prophet was assisted by Elders John Taylor and Willard Richards. Rich-ards. The Prophet's wife Emma Halre Smith was the first president and she chose as The first LDS Chapel dedicated in 1904 is located on Park Avenue. Photo by Ken Webb. X" .''. . - ' . :i i " .. .' . . ' ! '; ': ....... x . . ' . . ' ' .... : i :' f i, x : i ' ' ' - ' 7 INI y. hU-v. 1 - 1 l i J., III ,'A i'" .-.-. The new LDS Chapel is located on Woodside and was built in 1960. It will be the site of the Park City LDS Ward Spring Fair May 3. Photo by Ken Webb. (Continued from Page Six) foster love for religious education, ed-ucation, culture and refinement, refine-ment, to develop faith, to save souls and to study and teach the gospel. Park City organized in 1926. The first president was Minnie Gleason, Lettie Jane Tree and May Lefler, coun-celors, coun-celors, Eva Oblad, secretary. sec-retary. The Ward was divided in 1935 to the Park City 1st and 2nd Wards. The 1st Ward president was Buelah Krue-gar, Krue-gar, Josephine Olson and Rose Lindsay councelors. Second Ward president, Let-tie Let-tie Jane Tree, Mary Lefler and Martha Clegg counselors, coun-selors, Eva Oblad, Grace Olson Ol-son secretaries. By 1958 the townspeople were leaving due to the shut down and the Ward once again became one. The Park City Ward president was Rintha Burns, La Rue Carpenter and Rose Peterson, counselors, coun-selors, Florence Ryan, secretary. sec-retary. With the increase in the population and new growth, 1973 saw the ward once again divided. Park City Ward president is Leona Martinez, Carma Welch and Ethel Ped-erson, Ped-erson, counselors and Kath-ryn Kath-ryn Hansen secretary. Sny-derville Sny-derville Ward president, Dorothy Evans. Barbara MacNaughton and Betty Dur-rant Dur-rant as counselors, Sandy Flinders, secretary. The work set before the women has carried on and on and today is conducted all over the world and theSpirit-ual, theSpirit-ual, Cultural, Mothers training train-ing and Homemaking is carried car-ried on and many things are accomplished by the sisters of the Relief Society. |