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Show Stake President Observes Birthday President W. W. Warnick, the "Father of Timpanogos Stake", celebrated his sixtieth birthday Tuesday, quietly at his home with his family. He was born April 23, 1880, in Pleasant Grove, a son of Charles Peter and Christine Larson Warnick, pioneer settlers of the community. All his life has been spent here. His education was received in the local public schools, the B. Y. U. and the U. of U. After finishing school he taught for five years. At present he is living on his well-kept well-kept farm in Manila, where his hobby is the raising of outstanding dairy cattle. Perhaps it is his close contact with nature, and with farm problems that has helped him to acquire . that fine understanding sympathy for the trials and difficulties diffi-culties of the members of his stake. That he has always been a person per-son of deep faith and determination is shown by the following incident. As a little fellow of eight years, he was herding cows one day down in the meadows near Utah Lake, when he learned that there was to be baptisms bap-tisms in Pleasant Grove that afternoon. after-noon. Without hesitation, he walked walk-ed to town, was baptized and walked home, in his wet clothes, traveling in all a distance of eight miles. His marriage to Nettie Wadley took place June 17, 1903. Their life together has been one of similar interests in-terests and teamwork, each helping the other. Mrs. Warnick, as president presi-dent of the Relief society at Manila, works as zealously as her husband in the advancement of the church. They have living, three daughters and two sons: Mrs. Effie W. Adams, Mrs. Ethel Mecham of Hiawatha, and Helen Warnick, Charles Warnick, War-nick, assistant county agent at Brig-ham Brig-ham City, and Stephen Lee, a junior jun-ior at Pleasant Grove high school. A glance at the list of the public services rendered by Mr. Warnick, makes one feel inclined to ask, jokingly, jok-ingly, "What does he do with his spare time?" He has held the following fol-lowing positions: Officer in the Farm Bureau, the Grazing board, director di-rector of the Farmers Exchange, a member of the local Farm Loan board, and of the Farm Adjustment board, a member of the School board, two terms in the Utah State Senate, ward clerk for twenty-two years, a member of the M. I. A. board of Alpine Stake and superintendent superin-tendent of that board at the time Mutual Dell was completed, bishop of Manila ward for four and a half years, from which position he was released to assume the duties of president of the Timpanogos stake. In addition to his numerous duties Mr. Warnick is called upon to speak erals held in the community, which is a tribute to his faith and wisdom. o i |