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and has made slaves of our mothers and daughters. I have long had it in my mind to organize the young ladies of Zion into an association. There is need of our daughters getting a living testimony of the truth.' Then he said, 'We are about to organize a Retrenchment Association which I want you all to join and I want you all to vote to retrench in your dress, in your tables, in your speech wherein you have been guilty of silly extravagant speeches and light mindedness of thought - retrench in everything that is had and worthless and improve in everything that is good and heautiful, not to make yourselves unhappy, hut to he happy in this life and in the life to come.' " "The organization was then effected - it was on the 28th of Nov., 1869, with a President and six counselors, a secretary and treasurer. Sistel-s wcre then sent out to different wards to organize associations. I t was some timc, in 1875, that Sister Barney was sent into this part of the Territory to org-anize the young girls into Retrenchment Associations. A Relief Society meeting was called. Mother and Aunt Ellen attended and T was in charge of the Telegraph Office while they were gone away. After meeting, a numher of sisters, officers I suppose, came with sister Barney to my father's house. 011 seeing so many coming to the house, I slipped outside. When I thought the ladies were all in the parlor, I entered the hall to go into the offire and was met by Sister Barney who put her hand on my shoulder and, turning- to the sisters in the room said, 'This is our President.' I was then 1 7 years old. I was told to select six counselors, Sec., and Treasurer. I will never forget the feeling that came over me, the thoughts of such a responsibility and to be expected to teach the gospel which I didn't understand myself. There were no outlines to guide us. and so far from headquarters." "The C:nunselors selected were Amy Wehster, Sarah Jane Leigh, hlal-y Nielson. Kate Stcwart, Mary Mackelprang, Rachel Corry, who was alro Scr. and Treasurer. We held meetings everv two weeks, hearing testimonies to the truth as wc understood it, and depended on the Spirit of thc Lord to direct 11s in the right way. We also worked with our hands making straw hats. One time we ~ r o c u r e d team and went to Hamila ton's Fort to Brother Thomas Thorley's farm to get rye straw, as it was considered the best for making braid. IVe made a quilt and donated it to the St. George Temple. T h r memhers made things which would sell, w(:h as stockings, and p v e the money received to help build temples." "We worked in this way for some time and felt we were not accomplishing what we should, so we appealed to the Bishop who appointed Sister Ann Aldridge to he the hIother of our society. We certainly did appreciate her good ad\.ice and council, and depended on her and the

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
Type	Image; Still image
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

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Description	and has made slaves of our mothers and daughters. I have long had it in my mind to organize the young ladies of Zion into an association. There is need of our daughters getting a living testimony of the truth.' Then he said, 'We are about to organize a Retrenchment Association which I want you all to join and I want you all to vote to retrench in your dress, in your tables, in your speech wherein you have been guilty of silly extravagant speeches and light mindedness of thought - retrench in everything that is had and worthless and improve in everything that is good and heautiful, not to make yourselves unhappy, hut to he happy in this life and in the life to come.' " "The organization was then effected - it was on the 28th of Nov., 1869, with a President and six counselors, a secretary and treasurer. Sistel-s wcre then sent out to different wards to organize associations. I t was some timc, in 1875, that Sister Barney was sent into this part of the Territory to org-anize the young girls into Retrenchment Associations. A Relief Society meeting was called. Mother and Aunt Ellen attended and T was in charge of the Telegraph Office while they were gone away. After meeting, a numher of sisters, officers I suppose, came with sister Barney to my father's house. 011 seeing so many coming to the house, I slipped outside. When I thought the ladies were all in the parlor, I entered the hall to go into the offire and was met by Sister Barney who put her hand on my shoulder and, turning- to the sisters in the room said, 'This is our President.' I was then 1 7 years old. I was told to select six counselors, Sec., and Treasurer. I will never forget the feeling that came over me, the thoughts of such a responsibility and to be expected to teach the gospel which I didn't understand myself. There were no outlines to guide us. and so far from headquarters." "The C:nunselors selected were Amy Wehster, Sarah Jane Leigh, hlal-y Nielson. Kate Stcwart, Mary Mackelprang, Rachel Corry, who was alro Scr. and Treasurer. We held meetings everv two weeks, hearing testimonies to the truth as wc understood it, and depended on the Spirit of thc Lord to direct 11s in the right way. We also worked with our hands making straw hats. One time we ~ r o c u r e d team and went to Hamila ton's Fort to Brother Thomas Thorley's farm to get rye straw, as it was considered the best for making braid. IVe made a quilt and donated it to the St. George Temple. T h r memhers made things which would sell, w(:h as stockings, and p v e the money received to help build temples." "We worked in this way for some time and felt we were not accomplishing what we should, so we appealed to the Bishop who appointed Sister Ann Aldridge to he the hIother of our society. We certainly did appreciate her good ad\.ice and council, and depended on her and the 70
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
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