Show Church members to initiate use of Stake center at conference next week TO HOUSE LATTER-DAY SAINTS This beautiful building will open its doors for the first time Saturday and Sunday to admit members of the Roosevelt who will hold their fall quarterly conference sessions September The edifice was begun In March 1957 and required 18 months to The Third and Fourth wards in Roosevelt will meet here after Sunday's Everything new Is Two wards move When the membership of the Roosevelt Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meet Saturday and Sunday in their fall quarterly they will be initiating their beautiful new stake First meeting will be a general stake welfare meeting at 6 30 Saturday This will be followed by a priesthood meeting at 8 Ground was broken on the building that will house the and Third and Fourth wards March 1957 at a special ceremony that was directed by Ezra J. president of the Officiating in the ceremony In addition to was Hollis G. who was stake president when the building project was first and several other stake and ward Had Break In Weather Erection of the spacious building which is considered one of the most modern stake-ward buildings in the was under the direction of the general building committee of the Supervisor of the project was Glen Oaks of who has directed several such buildings in the A open winter and excellent building seasons since the building was first started about 18 months gave the stake a real break from the Members of the committee have marveled at the speed in which the project and Fetzer of Salt Lake City were the architects and several phases of the ing were let by contract to various mostly inside the All Wards Assessed Financing of the building has followed a uniform pattern set up by the Half of the funds must be raised with the church supplying the When the project was first conceived approximately two years before it was a formula was drafted by the stake presidency and high council and approved by the wards within the After the financing plan was money-raising activities were initiated in the wards and Uie project was Most of the wards still have considerable money to raise before the build-will be completely paid Recently the stake membership voted to borrow sufficient money from the general church building committee to complete the building so it could be to relieve the congestion at Uie old stake cen tec where four in Roosevelt have been meeting for nearly five It will be necessary to repay all borrowed money before the building can be New Schedules When the Third and Fourth wards begin holding their various meetings in the new building on new schedules for the four Roosevelt wards See NEW BUILDING back page From Fage NEW BUILDING will go into Elsewhere in this issue of the Standard these schedules will be All stake meetings will follow the present The only change will be moving from the old building to the The Roosevelt and Second wards will continue to hold their meetings in the old Maintenance costs on the respective buildings will be born by the wards that use with the stake aiding in the All New Furnishings When the new stake center is opened for it will be equipped throughout with new A new Baldwin electric organ and three pianos have been purchased for use in the new New pews for the tables for class rooms and the newest in kitchen furnishings will be ready this Heading the stake building committee was Merlin bishop of the Fourth The other bishops of the Roosevelt wards and the slake presidency have served as committee James E. senior high has been coordinator for the committee and has devoted almost full time on the job since construction Expresses Appreciation President Nixon in comment-ling on the completion the building anxious to express appreciation to everyone who has contributed in any way to its the united effort and the hard work that has gone into its we could never have achieved the ney edifice in which to Your efforts arc greatly appreciated I'm sure the Lord will biess every Mormon and non-Mormon has aided in any way to see this long awaited dream come We invite you all to come and enjoy what you have President Nixon In the years when new stake center was first talked President Nixon recalled the first money raised by a stake organization was by the Primary under the direction of Lela They raised which went into a fund and was retained by who at that time was bishop of the Roosevelt ward before it was divided into two wards and later into Landscaping Next The grounds will be completely landscaped in the near A lawn is expected to be planted this fall under the direction of the stake All this was considered in the general plans of the building when blue-prints were |