Show church security projects win F favor a aorl blanding high pi st qu quorum I 1 prevents Ws suffering ering re reduces relief rolls wood yard and bean projects show small profit besides Sp spreading employment adjacent to the business district of blanding is a city lot on which many cords of wood are pled and conspicuous among this is a motor driven wood saw inqui y elicit elicited cd the he information that the yard is tha location of the church security plan that is attracting nationwide nation wide attention mayor marvin lyman is the president of high pries priests s quorum and franklin J adams is his first counselor the wood project that they head was started a year ago last fall and did much to relieve the unusual situ situation aaion caused by the cold weather of the winter of 19 36 37 when for a time the cold was sa so extreme and the snow drifts so deep that it was impossible to haul wood and the supply made available by this project prevented much suffering that the people would have otherwise endured worth of wood was stored and disposed of the first winter and besides preventing much suffering from the cold provided work for a number of men which enabled them to procure the necessities of life for themselves and families considerable sid erable of the wood was sold to the local schools and to families unable to haul their own besides this of course a large pe percentage r of the wood was donated to the poor each high priest in the quorum was asked to donate two cords of wood to the project beyond this each worker was paid for his time at the rate of per day the saw outfit was not purchased until last fall men were hired to cut and pile the wood trucks were employed to haul it it and other men were hired to saw it up forty cords were sold for cash to the school district at for pine wood and for cedar fifteen or twenty cords of cedar were sold in addition at per cord there are nearly 50 cords of wood now on the lot half or more of which is pine all expenses have been paid and the wood on hand is clear from the first the business has shown a small profit to the high priests quorum but the profit is the least of their objectives the prevention of suffering and the provision of work for those without jobs are the main accomplishments also sponsor bean project besides conducting the wood turn to page 13 column three e CHURCH SECURITY PROJECTS WIN FAVOR continued from page 1 yard the high priests quorum assumed the responsibility for a bean project 15 acres of land was rented from the local relief society and beans were planted in the spring of 1937 in the fall they gathered and sold worth of beans each worker employed donated two days of his time and was paid for the balance at the rate of per day after paying all expenses this project also showed a small profit for the year last fall this same land was sown to fall wheat and there is every reason to believe that it will produce a good crop the rotation of crops and particularly with beans increases its fertility these projects are certainly very commendable and reflect credit not only upon the high priests quorum at blanding but upon the leaders of the church for instituting the church security program it is much better than sitting down and waiting for the government to take care of us more projects of this kind should be started the out of town visitors at the funeral included mr and mrs roy johnson mr and mrs glenn johnson mr and mrs ellis palmer son george and daughter sally mr and mrs delbert palmer joseph hawkins earl hawkins parker hawkins andars and mrs rachel sellers mrs palmers halmers Pal mers father and mother attended from manti where they are working in the temple |