S. Taylor Farnsworth was set apart as president of the stake, August 13, 1933, with Clark G. Murdock as first and William E. White as second counselor. J. Albert Muir was selected as clerk.
Until the re-organization of the stake, February 16, 1947,...
March 12, 1869, Beaver Stake was organized and Beaver was divided into two wards. John Ashworth was made bishop of the Second (now West) Ward, with Andrew Patterson and Philip Baker as counselors. In June, 1877, John X. Smith became bishop, with...
August 15, 1937, C. Edwin Paice was made bishop, with William Milo Baker and Wallace D. Yardley as counselors. John F. Joseph served as clerk.
From August 25, 1945, to August 18, 1946, Hyrum Steffen served as bishop, with Leonard W. Paice and...
this group; cooked and sold many hot dinners. The canning project was continued, which required many long hours of their time and labor. Board released in 1942. Zelma Muir, president; Pauline Firmage and Lydia Smith, counselors ; Jennie Tanner,...
of eight was also appointed, whose duties were to inquire out objects of charity in their respective districts and to go out and solicit means for relief of the suffering. The good sisters of the branch who were lovers of benevolence were invited...
June 6th, 1876, Ruth Tyler went in as president of the society, with Eliza Hawkins and Ann Levi as counselors; Mary E. Shepherd Ashworth, secretary and treasurer. Donations, from three pounds of flour, one-half dozen eggs, to $20 in cash, were...
was made president of the Beaver Ward, with Mary A. Tolton and Lizzie Lillywhite as counselors; Louisa Jones, secretary; Betsy Goodwin, treasurer. These officers carried on until the ward was again divided in 1905. The ward work was carried on...
Murdock and Lovina Pearce were called as executive of-ficers of Beaver Stake Relief Society. When the Church-wide Singing Mothers Chorus was organized a number of mothers (Relief Society members), of Beaker Stake, under the leadership of Mae C....
clothes were gathered and later shipped to the L. D. S. Saints in Europe. A loom, which was ordered, was paid for and $300 worth of rugs sold. The largest welfare budget assigned to Beaver Stake was completed one hun-dred per cent. The Family Hour...
Libby Woodbury, Lucy Fotheringham, Elva Smith, John Grimshaw, William Ash, William and Milton Rogerson, George Woodhouse, Joseph Bakes, George Munford, and all the former male singers of the other chorus. The choir did the singing for all holiday...
THE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS OF BEAVER STAKE The earlist available record of the Young Men's Mutual Association of Beaver is dated 1879, showing Solomon A. Wixom as superintendent, with W. H. Bakes, William Ashworth and Frank Clayton as...
Y. L. M. I. A. Nora Morgan, president, with Amelia Dean and Ida Grimshaw as assistants; Catherine Muir, secretary.
JULY, 1947 (CENTENNIAL YEAR) Y. M. M. I. A.-Beaver Stake, Milo Baker, superintendent; assistants, Arch Hoopes, Melvin White, Orville...
For one year all the children in town attended Primary meetings. On March 28, 1881, the wards were divided, designated as First and Second Wards, with a Primary organization in each ward. Jane Gillies was sustained as president of the First Ward,...
Hester Harris, president; Ella Smith and Alice Farnsworth, counselors; Ruby Grimshaw, secretary. ' Centennial Year, 1947.
PRIMARY ACHIEVEMENTS In May, 1922, the Children's Hospital, a home for crippled children, was established in Salt Lake City....
poses. After other, and more modern, facilities for school were procured, this building was rented to the Beaver Creamery, where butter and cheese were manufactured. Then, finally, it was turned over to the Beaver High School and the old historic...
women who took up such work were Mrs. Ruth Reese, "Aunt Jane" Richards, and "Grandma" Jenkins. It is believed that Mrs. Jenkins was the first to practice in Greenville. When Mrs. Reese would meet one of "her boys," she would say, "I was the first...
great-grandson of C. D. White, Sr. At this time the enrollment of children was 100 per cent. HONOR ROLL Honor for the most outstanding records in the history of Beaver Stake Primary goes to Mary F. Goodwin and Catherine Muir, of the Beaver West...
West Ward Superintendent, Edwin Smith; Ronald Bradshaw and James Morgan, assistants; Joan Baker, secretary.
"WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT"
To the hundreds of sincere and faithful workers of the various organizations of the Beaver Stake...
CHAPTER TWELVE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF BEAVER LAND MARKS Old landmarks of our community, like our old inhabitants, are fast disappearing. Old landmarks, for the pur-pose of this article, include public buildings and sites once of prominence and...
This house was made possible by assessments levied on all the families of the Beaver Stake. The greater portion was paid for in labor. The stone for the foundation was hauled with horse and ox teams from the rock quarry, six miles south of town....