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Show Whiterocks Chapel Dedication Features LDS Stake Conference By MRS. M. J. EDWARDS The Roosevelt Stake quarterly quarter-ly conference was climaxed Sunday night by the official dedication of the newly-completed Whiterocks ward chapel. A large crowd overflowed the chapel auditorium to be present at the dedication ceremonies. Speakers included Elder Marion Mar-ion G. Romney, assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles; President Hollis G. Hullinger, of the Roosevelt Stake; President Presi-dent Archie Johnson, of the Uintah Stake; James Bacon, president of the Uintah Basin Indian mission; Preston At-wood, At-wood, bishop of the Whiterocks Ward; and Merrell Rasmussen, chapel construction supervisor. All praised the untiring efforts ef-forts of the Whiterocks citizenry citizen-ry in behalf of the new chapel building. 111' The rest of the two-day quarterly quar-terly conference program was held, as usual, at the Roosevelt Stake house. Saturday night Elder Romney discussed church government, explained the "many prophesies of war, and admonished the assembled as-sembled group to be faithful in their duties. President Hullinger Hul-linger presided. At the Sunday morning general gen-eral session, President Hullinger welcomed the congregation and stressed the necessity of keeping keep-ing in touch with servicemen. He also advised all church members mem-bers to be active, in order that they may develop from participation. partici-pation. Elder Romney dealt with the need of more welfare projects; and John Longden, . of the Church Welfare committee, exhorted ex-horted church members to realize re-alize their responsibility in welfare wel-fare work. Two missionaries gave reports: re-ports: Douglas Lawson, of the Roosevelt Second Ward, who related his experiences during the 22' months he labored without with-out purse or script in the California Cal-ifornia mission field, and Milton R. Bloomquist, of the Roosevelt ward, who told of his recent experiences in the Brazilian mission mis-sion field and reported there were only 50 missionaries in a country of 45 million people. 111 Elder Romney, principal speaker of the afternoon session, at which Counselor W. Russel Todd presided, emphasized that the greatest danger facing the people of today is not from mil-' itary forces but from dangers from within. He admonished the congregation to be faithful and obey the commandments of God. He continued that, preferably, male missionaries should be at least 20 years of age and have had at least two years of college col-lege training, while women missionaries mis-sionaries should have at least reached the age of 23. Mr. Todd spoke of the advantages ad-vantages of seminary work; Edgar Ed-gar Stoddard, who was sustained sus-tained as a member of the high council, discussed genealogical work; and Counselor R. V. Larson Lar-son stressed the ' necessity of following the counsel of the Church authorities. Another speaker was Clarence M. Wright, of the Moffat ward. |
