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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1953 -HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE TORES' Old Sawmill Forms Basis For Mormon Structure In K. Falls By PATI O'CONNOR " ".i Growing, growing, but not yet grown And so goes the history 01 the Church of Jesus Christ ot the Latter. Day Saints In Klam ath Falls. Like most people with worthy purpose, the old adage, "Where there's a will, there's a way," al ways wins out, and with the long-hoped-for local chapel at 511 Mar tin still pretty new, local church members Have already begun to plan for erection of another chapel in the suburban area to take care of the Second Ward. But this is their aim to life. . w " . , .. To carry out the figure concrete ly. Jack Bower as president was assisted by two counselors, O. E. Burke and R. J. Henderson. Suc ceeding presidents have been R. J. Henderson, Jesse Elgan, Homer Wakefield. L. A. Bramwell. Ar thur Hawkins, Roland Rlgby, Paul E. Skeen, Orval Provost, E. E. Burrows, Merlin W. Bleak and Ron ald E. Phair. The word spread and soon founding and growth of other branches brought the necessity of broader organization. Paul E. completely pay off the 11000. " I Much of the labor, too, was dona by the members at night and on their days off. There's the interest tag anecdote told on Lawrence Wortley. Apparently Wortley was one hundred per cent against us ing old lumber. "Alter all," he probably figured, "this will be the last building we'll put up for quite some time, and it may ts well be the best I" His sentiments wen good but one thing he Urgot was the fact that new lumber ; is' mis green and! green lumber has a tendency to shrink I Wortley learned his . lesson the hard way when, after putting in the . sub-floor' of the basement and using green lum ber, the heat . un-did his .work: the boards literally crawled away. Women were summoned from kit chens and nurseries to nail ail the boards back in place. "It was a hot Job,, especially for mid-afternoon," Mrs. , June Peterson . re calls, y.?. ; : ' . . , Evldentally the Hand of bod waa In the work and the hand of man was not for during the whole time of construction the worst injury THE IODY of the Church l Jeiui Christ of the LaHar- Day Saints is symbolic of ae-. complishments; . the spire points to things to come. putting the cart before the horse as far as the story of its life here is concerned. : The "cart" came into existence over a quarter of a century ago in 1825 to be exact when sixteen persons gathered In the Darley home for the ilrst Sunday meeting of Mormons in this principally non-Mormon community. Of those first members, Klamathites remem ber the names of Grace Fossum and Iva Eldrldge but these and ' their contemporaries are now de ceased. The organization which they effected continues. . As with most such organizations, membership grew as the commu ..nlty . grew with the times. Rec - ords of the church show organiza tion of the Relief Society in 1929 with -Iva Call Eldrldge as presi- dent; a natural consequence of the desire for fuller organization. Growing pains caused the church members to start looking around for more extensive building accom- : , modatlons for their tapidly lncreas tag numbers. The IOOF Hall proved a likely spot, but only for awhile. The congregation soon moved to the meeting rooms in the basement of the city library, and this was the church "home" for several years. Organization became official in 1931 when W. R. Sloan, Northwest ern States president, called a spe cial meeting for that purpose and named Jack Bowerlng as president. Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints or LDS for convenience reminds one of a goal post on a football fieldThere are always two vertical posts which support a hor izontal post, and through the work of all three, team members, if they are fortunate, send the ball over the goal and score. So with LDS: one person Is "head" sup ported by two counselors: the three make up the structure, and through their leadership and guid . anoe, church members "score" in Skeen was designated president of the southern Oregon district of the Northwestern States Mission. Ulti mately Klamath Fall became as sociated in the Klamath districts of the Northern California Mission. Everybody wants a roof over hi head, a home of his. own man's inalienable right to private prop erty and members of LDS were no different. Their dream of. a building of their own was Just one of the goals they kicked and made thanks to good support from their own goalposts. Records show that as early as 1931 meetings were held to take care of the business side of a building. A committee was named to work on obtaining a place of their own; money was collected little by little during the years, but the first concrete step was taken by President E. E. Bur rows in 1941 with the purchase of a drying shed of the defunct Al goma Lumber Company at Algoma. This was highlight in the church's history, and of course many tales still persist. The build ing was constructed during those war years when materials were hard to get, but this "relatively minor point" was overcome by the versatile church workers. After purchasing the drying shed, they dismantled it and moved the lum ber to the present site at Home and Martin. , . The J giant trusses were moved intact, and formed the base of the present structure. Architectural plans were drawn to conform. There were several reasons why things were done this way. One lumber costs money, especially In war time. Another was the fact that war time "red tape" required things like rationing, priorities, and such. By moving in dismantled parts of the old sawmill, the mem bers got a priority to build. According to the records print ed and otherwise the oK building cost church members $1000 but by selling all the scrap metal out of the building, they were able to was an occasional smashed finger when they hit the wrong nail "but nothing serious." - " - , - . ' "There were some close : calls, thoueh." parishioners remember. "Once a truck loaded with lumber from the old sawmill got in a pret ty tight, spot when the brakes gavt away on the Algoma hill. Fortu nately,, there were no cars' com ing and the driver was able to coast on down. with no accident, Within a year after Its beginning on February 3, IMS, the new build ing housed its first meeting or lds members, and meetings continued regularly from then on. Dedication services were May n, 1847. A ' building of their own' made for more growth both in quality and in quantity. The LDS church has no board for governing pur. poses; the church is, as Bishop Hallmark expressed it, "part of man's entire life and should fulfil) all the needs of the individual A Bishop and ' counselors preside over a Ward and are responsible for all tne members in that ward. : Auxiliary organizations' direct efiorts to the various channels and transform potential energy Into ac tual won. witnin tne wara are organized five '"societies" in. addi tion to a Welfare ;progran;-Taking a look Tat . the local organiza tion, there ts again opportunity to acnly the goalpost figure: - The Women's Relief Society has a pres ident in both Wards Mrs. Basil Behnke in the Second Ward;: Mrs. George Shaffer in the First. Their counselors are Mrs. Merlin Bleak and Mrs. Wesley Clark in the Sec ond Ward: Mrs. Charles ZIgier and Mrs. Clifford Lawrence in the First. : The Relief Society, organized ha' tlonally and internationally, takes care of the needy, visits the alck. gives assistance where 11 is need' ed and teaches women members the domestic, arts. The Sunday School is responsible ror teacmng ine uospei to tne en tire membership of the church. Present Sunday School superintend' ent for the First Ward Is Henry W. Clarke, assisted by Harley Vro- Cool refreshing idea mm-.. from the land of sky blue waters A bit of the cool refreshment of this enchanted land is yours right now) with a frosty bottle of Hamm'a Beer. Just reach . . . and discover the flavor that's switched over a million beer drinkers in just the past two years. Discover re-, freshing Hamm'a Beer from the land of sky blue waters. Thte.Hamm Brtuting CeSI.PaultMiatti 38 il if ton.. lit ' man and-Charles Dover: Calvin Ktra heads the Second -Ward Sun day School; assisted by Virgil Per Ty and Merle Smith. " The primary Association Is a re ligious character-forming organisa tion "designed to help parents with spirttusl and moral guidance of their children." Meetings are held one day a week throughout the year; '. First Ward President is Mrs. Barley Vroman, with assist ants Mrs. Arthur , Learning ami Mr. Cecil Lake;; Second Ward president - is Mrs,-- John Caldwell with . Mrs. John Evans and Mil dred Pippin helping. -.. The .Young - Women's.. Mutual improvement" Association baa for its object "to orovlde wholesome supervised recreation for youfh oil tne cnttrcn." Heading it locauy are Mrs.. Harold Catmull in the First Ward with Mrs. Walter Blesslngcr assisting' (second assistant will be appointed);.' Mrs. comer caseman presides In trie Second ward wun Mrs. Merle Smith as manual execu tive and Mrs. John Argetslnger as activity executive. : 1 The Young Men's Mutual Im provement Association Is head ed by Ralph D. Hunter ' as super intendent in the First Ward with Kenneth Cooper as manual execu tive and Lyle Shaffer as. activity executive; Second ward officers are Keith Smith, Fred Lewis and Charles (Ed). Taylor. -The .Mutual' Associations have speech," drama, dancing,'', or what ever programs members desire, throughout the' year divided into programs of .six weeks . duration. They present -plays .from time to time which are open to the public, give dance .demonstrations, , festi vals,, or ' do : whatever they think necessary , to help, members "live a Balanced me -so that they- can life a good full life." One of the church's most Im portant projects is their. Welfare Plan. . When it, Was-begun in 1936 the goal was to take every mem ber of the church off. federal, state, or local relief a tremendous un dertaking in the midst of a national aepression. with -pride .they say that -"no 'active worthy member of LDS was . on ' relief after the Plan- became effective "a . The Welfare owns farms, factor ies and. coal, mines' stratetrinaiin located over the country,. By cross Hipping produce, the church has come to the' point 'where, if neces- oy TOjuirea. .it could Be one hun dred; per cent self-sufficient. Tfce plan operates on" the nn nritvi. pal' that. Secretary Benson's agri- vuimroi program, zoiiows: . Never give a man something .for noth ing:' give -him a chance' to work for. a livelihood and. to maintain his own self respect and this the Welfare Plan doef . The LDS church, sponsors' more scout troops per capita than-any other such, organization in the Unit ed States. Elghty-eight per cent of the Wards or Branches Wdop. The local ' church sponsors Troop No. 30. - - Also on the loca) scene,:the Klam ath Falls' church was only recent ly maae an ecclesiastical organiza tion and' the - former Branches raised to Wards; the mission be came a Stake. Because of building limitations both Wards still use the same Chanel: but nlanx a in the-offing for: construction of a sec ond chapel- In. the suburban area. The fund has already begun , to w to iinance tne construction, This second chapel will take care oi au members east of the North and South line following Washburn Way those now In the Second Ward. It will also be used as a stake house where member church es in the Klamath Stake will meet for conventions. Proposed plans also include a basketball floor. When the Klamath church was organized into two Wards in March of- this year, authorities in Salt Lake "called" the Bishops whose naes were presented to members of the respective Wards over which they were to preside. These mem bers voted to sustain the Bishops Dr. Harold Catmull In the First Ward; John Hallmark in the sec ond Ward. , ..-.-... Dr. Catmull, originally from Po catello, Idaho, went to Portland when he was released from mili tary service. In August of 1941 he came to Klamath Falls where he served as Mutual Improvement As sociation counselor and latar presi dent. When, to November of '5a, the Klamath Branch was divided into an East and West . Branch. Catmull served as West Branch president. In March, with the or ganization' into a Stake, Catmull was ordained Bishop of the First Ward.- ' '.' ; A graduate of University of Oregon Dental School, Dr. Catmull also attended University of Idaho, Southern Branch, for two years and Lewis and Clark College. His family also Include his wifn. Ellen, and three children: Ed, 13, Terry, 10, and Cynthia, 5. . 1 John Hallmark came to Klamath FaUVin 1938. Besides spending six years in military service he acted as superintendent of Sunday school, taught, helped In young people's organizations, and In 1946 went on mission to the central states Okla homa, Arkansas, Nevada; Kansas and a small portion of Illinois. Hallmark also served as a branch Lpresident before Ward organization came into Detng here. He was or dained Bishop of the Second Ward in March. Besides his wife there are three children in1 the family Joan, 3, Judy, 1 '4 years old and William David, 1 week old today I The two Bishops are responsible for all the members in their Ward 379 in the Second; . 360 in the first. . ,The chapel structure at Home and. Martin is one of Klamath's most beautiful edifices,, I :mv'i, SEATED FOR A FAMILY PORTRAIT are the Rev. and Mr.. Keith L, Hume, Timothy (back) and Stephen. The Rav. Hume hat assumed the pastorate of the Klamath Temple, 1007 Pin. : ' (Story on Paqa HI Lakeview Girl's Death Cause Told CORVALLIS Ifl Oregon State College Thursday announced the cause of the death of a 13-year-old Lakeview, Ore., girl here last June 24th. : An autopsy showed ' the' girl, Madeline Manning, died of a rare Lawyers Guild To Be Listed BOSTON Iffl -l Atty. Gen; Brown. ell said Thursday he. proposed to put the National Lawyers Guild which he described as the legal mouthpiece, for the - Communist Party on his list ot subversive organizations. , Brownell made the announce. ment In an address prepared for the American Bar Association (ABA) in convention here. . There was no immediate com ment from the Lawyers Guild. . The attorney general said he had served notice on the Guild of its proposed inclusion on the list which the government uses in workers in relation to their loyalty checking the affiliations of federal and security. - muscle disease called myesthesia eragls, the college said. The dis ease affected muscles ol her dia phragm, causing respiratory fail ure, the report said. The girl collapsed and died while returning from an assembly while attending a 4H Club summer camp on the Oregon State CoUega campus. '. nsMsnxmi 4TITS8BL . ; , ;'.' , r - -. ' ' 'v. i &nT DR. NOLES OPTOMETRISTS URGE YOU TO SEND THE WHOLE CHILD TO SCHOOL PARENTS, it depends' upon you . . . don't let defective vision cans your child to be a failure. Before your child starts to school have Dr. Nofcs Optometrists give him a cpmplete eye examination. You can consult with confidence Dr. Noles Optometrists who have served the families of the Northwest for over 46 years.. Stop in todav no appointment necessary. 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