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Show Whiterocks Ward Members Greet 1859 Seated On Ceiling For Church Services By ZADA T. SEELEY History was made New Year's day in Whiterocks. On that wintry win-try day, a goodly number of L D S members of the Whiterocks White-rocks ward convened for the first time in a warm, but unfurnished un-furnished chapel. As they entered enter-ed the essembly hall, the odor of fresh plaster assailed them, but this failed to daunt the spirits spir-its of those who had come to worship. The opportunity to attend at-tend Sunday School and Sacre-ment Sacre-ment meetings had been denied them for a period of three long weeks and they longed to sing the famil'iar hymns and listen to the council of their leaders once again. The problem of seating this throng, with no chairs and only five small benches, called for both ingenuity and labor and a great deal of both. They finally fi-nally found a solution: They would sit on the ceiling. Impossible? Impos-sible? Not with these folks. They d i d literally sit on the ceiling. However, it was still in the boxes, in which it had been shipped. The net result was that these Whiterocks members mem-bers enjoyed an inspirational New Year's day service from their ventage point on the ceiling. ceil-ing. Ground was broken for this chapel just a few month ago. on June 2. -Since that time people of the Whiterocks ward together with the helpers from other wards in the Roosevelt Stake, have been busy with construction construc-tion of this house of worship. They are extremely anxious to have it completed and dedicaed. so that it may serve, not only as a ward chapel and recreation center, but also as the Lamanite (Indian) Missionary headquarters. headquar-ters. Considerable progress is being made each day, and it is hoped that soon dedication services ser-vices can be held. Members of the ward bishopric bishop-ric have thrown themselves whole-heartedly into the enterprise: enter-prise: Preston L. Atwood. bishop: bish-op: Elbert Smith and Gilbert Ellingford, counselors; and Cloyd Seeley, ward clerk. John L. Kitchen, now of Roosevelt, was ward clerk until September, Septem-ber, and helped immcsurably while here. Others cooperating in the building of the new chapel chap-el were two full-time Indian missionaries. Elders Vernon Morris and Doyle Johnson: the Roosevelt Stake presidency, high council, and priesthood quorums: and the presiding bishopric bish-opric of the church. i i 1 LDS members of the Whiterocks White-rocks ward number 27 families, with a total membership of 85. The people have m e t many problems since organization of their ward, formed from a portion por-tion of the Tridell ward in Uintah Uin-tah stake and the Bennett ward in the Roosevelt stake, just a little over a year ago. Through the cooperation of the Whiterocks Indian School Superintendent Roy S. Adams, the bishopric was permitted to hold meetings from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. But the auxiliary work could not be crowded into the Sunday schedule. This difficulty was overcome by leaders of the Relief Society and the M.I. A, Madeena Smith, James Trujillo, and Zada Seeley, who, took their meetings into the widely scattered homes of the members, traveling a considerable distance to fulfill their duties. A full program was carried out, with the exception of dancing, and. on special occasions, even that was made possible. Thus members of the Whiterocks White-rocks ward have achieved what many claimed was impossible, and, even mo"e. have enjoyed themselves in the process. |