Show changes made in high i offices of roosevelt stake at quarterly conference BISHOP RA RAY Y E DILLMAN AND FENTON L WILLIAMS ARE ELEVATED TO STAKE presidency OF ROOSEVELT L D S STAKE SUNDAY WARD CLERK AND CITY MAY OR HEBER T HALL SELECTED AS BISHOP OF ROOSEVELT WARD TO SUCCEED FORMER BISHOP RAY E F rudger clawson president of I 1 tie the twelve apostles of 0 the 1 L D 8 church was the representative of the general authorities at the quarterly conference held at the roosevelt ward chapel saturday and sunday the first session of the conference was held saturday afternoon f following lowing ol convention of the auxiliary organizations in which work for the coming montil month was given to officers and teachers of the primary relief society and al I 1 A president byron 0 colton was in charge with the following program carried out community singing praise to the man invocation J jj austin pack community singing lord accept our true devotion ephraim lambert first counselor of the roosevelt stake ataka gave statistics of attendance of meetings payment of tithing keeping the word of wisdom and other activities of the priesthood of the stake as shown in reports given hy by each organization president colton gave reports of activities ti tivi ties of the priesthood he expressed his full accord with tile hie program of the church but regretted that not enough ac was helm being shown by the pu a quartet stanley it R gunn reed morrell harold bateman and L sutton sang let the lower lights be durning burning ralph miles spoke to the subject what the seventies are doing to promote ote the work of the churda church in rille the following topics in offering fraternity and individual help to quorum workers in rendering assistance to ward authorities in assigned projects in promoting the study of tilt th gospel especially in the gospel doctrine class in sunday school in preparing missionaries in local missionary work in the stakes president clawson cla outlined the different offices of the priesthood and defined it as divine authority he rehearsed the history of 0 the restoration of the priesthood to joseph smith and encouraged the members to magnify their calling in the priesthood and thereby help to advance the work of the lord sinking singing ac come me let Us anew benediction aloo glade davis at the sunday morning session the following program was carried out singing america invocation J robert lambert I 1 biging I 1 cr zion stands with hills surrounded F L williams spoke on ie live subject the phase of priesthood quorums in the government and work of the church wm smith raymond and hugh percival val inoke on the topic what opportunities tuni ties have I 1 had in my quorum work to help the church a male chorus of the second elders quorum sang high on the mountain top stanley R gunn spoke on how the priesthood quorums may best avail themselves of their opportunities offered in sunday school band and Y al al I 1 A in preparation for the prosecution of priesthood quorum duties mrs gertrude treated the subject what contribution the women and organizations r an izat ions have made and are making to the advancement of the priesthood quorums Qu Quo ruma violin solo the holy city mrs airs K kent johnson accompanied by mrs airs helen RICO rice ray E dallman spoke on my conception of the ideal priesthood quorum as a factor in promoting the activities of the ward charles U knight ight spoke on the responsibility ot of priesthood quorums in contributing to tile the success of sacrament meetings and conferences the elders chorus sang come come ye saints president clawson complimented the participants in tile tha conference program and said the soul ot of the man is the greatest thin on earth that the mission of the priesthood was to bring the souls of men to christ singing how firm a foundation benediction robert H C marchant sunday afternoon tho the session I 1 continued on last laet page CHANGES MADE IN HIGH OFFICES OF ROOSEVELT STAKE AT conference continued from page one I 1 was again presided over by president colton with the following business and program rara conducted sinking singing for the strength ot of the IIiI hills Is invocation chas chaa A stoddard singing our mountain home so dear president clawson took charge of the business constituted the release of ephraim lambein and fred S bubser as counselors ot of the Roose roosevelt Nelt stake and the appointment ot of ray E dillman as first counselor and F I 1 L williams as second counselor ray E dillman was released as lyash bishop or of the roosevelt ward an and d heber T hall with louie G galloway I 1 and bruce V smith were appointed as bishop and counselors with thomas A sullivan as clerk all these men spoke of their appreciation of the confidence which was placed in them and their desire to do their best had and asked the support of all the members to help them in their new task I 1 john E and kent bent johnson sang the morn in ang breaks they accompanied by mrs both beth berrett president colton spoke a short time on the chango which had been made in officers of the stake and expressed his appreciation of the loyalty and support which the offices had bad given him in the past singing redeemer of israel president I 1 clawson cited incidents showing values which have come to many by trying to overcome obstacles I 1 which confront them tie lie gave as an example the many times lin coln coin was defeated and the admirable quality he be showed in never giving givin up tie lie urged members to be faithful and thereby acquire strength which is essential to overcome the trials ahead which will test the faith of many he closed with a blessing to all singing let Us all press on in the work of the lord benediction chas al larsen the roosevelt stake JM 1 I A conducted the exercises sunday evening stanley R gunn president of the Y at M I 1 L A presided the following pr program was presented singing al 1 I A our al 1 1 I A invocation R L neil son aon talk on the slogan reed morrill quartet by the blaniar ing sisters accompanied by oral goodrich cornet solo harold bateman baleman accompanied by cleo allen alien president clawson spoke on work lie ile said there is no excel excellence lance without work piano selection leona male quartet V T rice L sutton kent johnson and reed morrill benediction mrs airs mary alary mackay |