Show vew new aa or recreation hall H all in blanding dedicated nun by blanding correspondent elder marion G romney of the council of the twelve dedicated the beautiful new fectea hall at blanding in impressive evening services sunday may 10 1953 people attended the tha meeting which was conducted by bishop wm win ervin palmer of the grayson ward speakers besides bishop palmer were leland W redd and 0 frost black of the san juan stake presidency parley 0 0 hurst elder marion G romney and bishop grant L bayles the combined choirs of 76 voices furnished the music under the direction of reva redd and robert castleton with mamie adams accompanist darwin jones accompanied by mrs adams sang the lords prayer ble bless ss this house was sung by a trio of young ladies lorraine jones libby lyman and and mabel june hurst accompanied by carol black the following young men and women rendered the lord is my shepherd as a double mixed quartet with miss carol black as their accompanist comp anist lyn stevens lional harvey joselyn bayles lorraine jones helen black shirley palmer bruce N black and williard wright the services i ces were concluded when the choir sang the hallelujah chorus the speakers all told of their pride in the new building and expressed their gratitude to all those who had contributed in any way to reach out and get every young person interested in recreation and to conduct all re activities according to the standards of the church was the advice given by elder romney ile he explained that recreation has always played an important part in the lives of latter day saints the ground breaking ceremony for the new building took k place at a sunrise service july 2 1951 and since that time it has been erected by the members of the blanding and grayson wards at a cost of with an additional spent tor for furnishings |