| Show jP president resident magleby Magr leby sends greetings from new zealand president john E magleby of the new zealand mission former pr president eident of the south sevier stake in a recent communication to the reaper sends greetings from and his wife to all of their former sevier county friends the Magle bys have now nor been in the new zealand mission three years and aie still enjoying i n 9 their activities during that t time ii 1 e president magleby states that lie he has traveled over miles has conducted three annual conferences attended 86 district conferences and other meetings so it is very evident that his program has been full he enclosed in his letter a report of the last annual conference or giaui tau of the mormon church held at babaka the report was vas written by dean ence a missionary well known to many Ri richfield clifield people and was high in its praise of the work being done by the various organizations of the church collaborating with a more brief report which appeared in the hawkes day bay herald a newspaper in new zealand because it will be of interest to so many returned missionaries and to peo ale ole of the south sevier stake stace ve anve quote the following paragraphs from aiom the report the largest branch of the mormon church in new zealand is s located at nuhaka and a ious ous edifice with a seating capacity of from 1000 to 1200 ale le affords facilities aplenty for lust just such gatherings it was within this modern modem shrine that the various pro programs grains were performed and ably executed casting aside all religious barriers and racial differences vie the local people made preparations to feed and house all visitors the spirit of oneness for the success of the event which seemed to dominate in the minds of the laborers permeated every corner of the marac inarae from the community upper supper rooms to the temporary tempora ry tents and wooden structures serving as sleeping quarters with president john E magleby at the helm belm the hui tau began in earnest the mutual improvement pro and primary associations sponsored the opening programs competitive numbers along oratorical musical and ean lines infused the contestants contestant with a spirit of friendly rivalry and caused them to extend their best efforts effort to obtain a victory captivating and interesting as the whole program was inclined to be the real spiritual treat came with the rendering of sacred anthems by selected maori choirs three in number and tutored by unpaid but nevertheless proficient ro instructors to hear bear xin them render their own interpretations of various sacred musical concoct eions was a rare treat in itself but when they combined to furnish the music for the terminating inee meetings tings of the conference their singing defied description humorously one old maori related that while the combined choirs were singing he had bad to feel if his bis hair was still on his head so great was the feeling he experienced |
