Show i 1 if edifice to be dedicated Monday Latter-du Saint who membership in the Roo Stake will participate Sunday in dedication ceremonies for this beautiful new stake and two-ward Assigned to give the dedicatory address and prayer is Elder S. Young who will represent the first presidency of the Ceremonies will be part of stake quarterly conference and will be at p.m. Public is invited to Started in 1956 stake center dedication is set for Sunday during conference When Elder S. Dilworth member of the First Council of comes to Roosevelt this weekend for the fall quarterly conference of tWe Roosevelt he will be filling a dual He will address and direct the proceedings of the conference Saturday and and will officially dedicate three church buildings MEMBERS OF THE Roosevelt Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day will see the culmination of a long awaited They will participate in the dedication of the stake-two-ward chapel which has been used for two first meeting to be held was the 1958 September Time for the dedicatory service has been set for Sunday which will be merged with the regular afternoon conference session Not only will Elder Young dedicate the beautiful new stake center in but he will also officiate at brief dedicatory services at the renovated Uintah Basin Indian Mission chapels at Gusher and The Gusher dedication is at 4 00 p.m. and the Bennett rites are scheduled for FOR THE PAST several or since the stake officials were assured the final payment on the stake center would be made to the general church building crews of workmen representing all the wards have been finishing up a multiple number of small jobs that had to be done before dedication could take According to Paul stake these have been and the building it ready for that eventful ceremony Three stake Hollis G. Ezra J. Nixon and Mr have shared re in getting the building Ground was broken in March 1956 while Hullinger was the presiding authority in the He was released in May but plans had been approved by the building architects had been excavation completed and footings had been laid before his release He had also supervised the raising of approximately in cash by various wards in thc PRESIDENT NIXON directed the actual building of the chaple and presided over the stake nearly a year after it was used for meetings of the stake and Third and Fourth Roosevelt The final fund-raising and completion of the plus landscaping and exterior improvements were supervised by Pres Murphy He assumed the presidency of the stake In May TWO Alva C. Snow of the Third Ward and Merlin Fourth have contributed much to the construction of the building since their wards were to become part occupants of the Bishop Sullivan was appointed chairman of the building committee and has served during the construction up to the present time in that capacity All ten in the stake since early in carried on building fund projects to raise money to help finance the stake center A formula was devised to determine the proportions of the overall cost of the building each ward was to Most of the wards have contributed their assigned which is reason for the dedication services being set up for The stake borrowed funds two years ago to finish the and relied on the wards to make payments to the church building committee to liquidate the Some wards still owe a portion of their which they will be expected to turn to the stake to offset the previous A RECORD CROWD is expected to attend the dedication session of the stake conference Sunday at The three stake presidents who have figured in the building of the chapel are expected to share speaking with Elder Young and perhaps others not announced by those planning the President Murphy indicated a special invitation would be sent former bishops of the various wards who helped build the chapel and who are not living in the area at plus others who served in stake presidencies and on the building committees A general and See back Dedication page broad invitation is extended people in the Uintah Basin to attend the THE DEDICATION of Uie two Indian Mission chapels at Gusher and Bennett will be arranged by the mission Ellis Owen Goodrich and G. B Workman No information has been released as to the programs at the two except the dedicatory prayer and address will be by Elder Young As soon as Roosevelt Stake ceremony is finished at 3 30 a caravan will leave foi Gusher to function In the ceremony at 4 o'clock The caravan will then move to Bennett from Gusher for the 5 30 dedication These two chapels were used by the old Moffat and Bennett wards before they were merged with Ballard and respectively a few years |