GLdCEvent&"Improvement Era" Magazine 1897-1970oCNote#The Improvement Era began publication as the official organ of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. Other Church organizations later jojined in sponsoring the monthly magzine, which continued as the official voice of theChurch until 1970. it was replaced by theEnsign magazine.Zpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"Manifesto" Accepted by Vote The "Manifesto" was unanimously accepted by voed in the general conference of the Church. This marked the beginning of reconciliation between the Church and the United States, which effectively paved the way to statehoood for Utah a little more than five years later.Zpage 349 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992],1+ Million Visits in 1 Year to Temple SquareClDS...more than a million people visited Temple Square in one year for the first time.Zpage 358 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Deseret Ind. Store Opens7The first Deseret Industries store opened in Salt Lake City to provide work opportunities for the elderly and handicapped. Part of the Welfare Program, a growing network of stores still offers used furniture, clothing, and other items.Zpage 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]%1st English Meetinghouse Tumbles DownThe building known as the "Cock Pit," in Preston, England, in which the first Mormon missionaries to England held meetings in 1837, tumbled down.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]#1st General Conference TV BroadcastFSalt Lake City, UtahFor the first time, general conference was broadcast publicly over KSL television, although since April 1948 it had been carried by closed-circuit television to other buildings on Temple Square. Zpage 505 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Institute of Religion%Weekday religious education was expanded to include college students with the building of the first institute of religion adjacent to the University of Idaho at Moscow.Zpage 354 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Meetinghouse in Mexico'The first Church meeting was held in the first meetinghouse built in Mexico on the Pierdras Verdes River in a settlement named Colonia Juarez.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Missionary Training Classes-tThe first of the missionary training classes, which were to be organized in every ward throughout the Church, began.Zpage 355 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Mormon Colonies in CanadaLee's Creek, AlbertaRCharles O. Card, leading a contingent of eight families, pitched camp on Lee's Creek in southern Alberta, marking the beginning of the Mormon colonies in Canada. Under instructions from President John Taylor, a gathering place for Latter-day Saints in Canada was selected, and on June 17 a site was chosen for what later became Cardston.Zpage 349 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Presidency increased to 5]With the appointment fo President Joseph Fielding Smith and Elder Thorpe B. Isaacson as counselors, President David O. McKay announced that the First Presidency would be increaded to five, instead of three.Zpage 362 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Relief Society Conference}The first Relief Society general conference was held in the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City. Twenty stakes were represented.Zpage 349 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]%1st Serving President to visit EuropeE President Joseph F. Smith traveled to Europe, the first such visit of a serving president to the area. President Smith also visited Hawaii, Canada and Mexico during his presidency.Zpage 352 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]&1st Utah Genealogical & Hist. MagazineThe first issue of the Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine was published. This quarterly publication served as the voice of the Genealogical Society of Utah.Zpage 352 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Amnesty for Polygamists The President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, issued a proclamation of amnesty to all polygamists who had entered into that relationship before Nov. 1, 1890. The Utah Commission soon ruled that voting restrictions in the territory should be removed.Zpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Anti-Polygamy Bill Becomes LawThe Edmunds Anti-Polygamy bill became law when U.S. President Chester A. Arthur added his approval to that of the Senate and House of Representatives. The law defined polygamous living as "unlawful cohabitation" and made punishable the contracting of plural marriage was well as disenfranchisment of those who continued to live it. Serious prosecution under this law began in 1884.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]$Authorities Enforce Disfranchisement9gThe Utah Commission, authorized in the Edmunds law, arrived in the territory. The five members of the commission, appointed by the U.S. president, had responsibility of supervising election procedures in Utah. Since the result of its activities was to enforce the disfranshisement of much of the Mormon population, Church members considered its work unfair.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Bern Switzerland TemplewO!Zolikofen, near Bern, SwitzerlandqDedicated by President David O. McKay Rededicated after remodeling 23 Oct 1992 by President Gordon B. HinckleyZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Bishops' Building OpensThe Bishop's Building, an office building for the Presiding Bishopric and auxiliary organizations at 50 N. Main St., opened. It was used for more than 50 years.Zpage 352 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Boy Scout Program Adoptedg"The Church adopted the Boy Scout program and has since become one to the leading sponsors of this movement for young men. May 21, 1913 - The Boy Scout program was officially adopted by the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and became the activity program for boys of the Church._page 352, 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Cardston Alberta Temple!Cardston, Alberta, CanadaDedicated by President Hebert J. Grant Portions rededicated after remodeling 2 July 1962 by President Hugh B. Brown Rededication after remodeling 22 June 1991 President Gordon B. HinckleyZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Carthage Jail Purchased}FThe Church announced purchase of the Carthage Jail as a historic site.Zpage 352 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Chruch Debts Paid President Joseph F. Smith announced payment of the last two $500,000 bond issues sold by President Lorenzo Snow in December 18999 to fund the Church debt. The first had been paid in 1903.Zpage 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Church Army Coordinator;The First Presidency appointed Hugh B. Brown as the Church Army coordinator. His work with the LDS servicement and the military led to the development of the Church serviceman's program.Zpage 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]$Church Building Committee Orgainized=OyThe Church Building Committe was organized to supervise the now-vast building program of the Church throughout the world.Zpage 360 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]'Church Exhibit at World's Fair, Chicago/The Chruch opened a 500-foot exhibit in the Hall of Religions at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, Ill. The exhibit was prepared by famed LDS sculptor Avard Fairbanks.Zpage 355 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Church News PublishedO?$a 12-page monthly Church News for the 70,000 LDS servicement was inaugurated by the First Presidency in order to keep more closely in touch with the servicemen. This edition contained inspirational material, vital messages, answers to questions and a summary of important news in the Church.Zpage 357 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Church Property Returned/President Grover Cleveland signed a resolution, passed by Congress, for the return of the personal property of the Church. Three years later, on March 28, 1896, a memorial passed by Congress and approved by the president provided for the restoration of the Church's real estate.Zpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Church Supports Prohibition+The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution established prohibition. Church leaders supported the movement toward nationwide prohibition and opposed the amendment's repeal in 1933.Zpage 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]!Church Welfare Program Introduced33The Church introduced a formal welfare program to assist needy Church members and those unemployed in emergency situations. Called theChurch Security Program at first, it was renamed the Chruch Welfare Program in 1938 and has continued to expand its services with the addition of local production programs.Zpage 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Conference on RadioS#rRadio broadcast of general conference began on KSL, the Church-owned station. Coverage expanded to Idaho in 1941.Zpage 354 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Conference RestrictedV<UAwBecause of limitations on travel, the annual April general conference was closed to the general Church membership and confined to General Authorities and presidencies of the 141 stakes. The First Presidency on April 5, 1942, closed theTabernacle for the duration of the war. Conference sessions were held in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square and in the assembly room of the Salt Lake Temple. Oct 5-7, 1945 -- The first general, unrestricted conference of the Chruch in four years was held in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. During World War II general conferences were limied to general, stake and ward priesthood leaders.page 358Correlation Committe CreatedXThe First Presidency created a Correlation Committee, headed by Elder David O. McKay, and asked it to coordinate scheduling and prevent unnecessary duplication in programs of Church auxiliaries. A Social Advisory Committee of the General Boards was merged with it in 1920. The combined committee issued a major report April 14, 1921, offering proposals for correlating priesthood and auxiliary activities; many of its recommendations were thereafter adopted.Zpage 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"Cottonwood Canyon Vaults Completed@[sChurch storage vaults for records in Little Cottonwood Canyon were completed. They were dedicated on Jun 22, 1966.Zpage 361 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Council House DestroyedlQThe Council House, the first public building erected in Salt Lake City, was destroyed by fire. The structure was completed in December 1850 and was designed as a "general council house" for the Church, but was also used by the provisional State of Deseret as a statehouse. It also housed the University of Deseret for a number of years.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Deseret Hospital OpenedSalt Lake City, UTThe Deseret Hospital, the second hospital in Utah and the first Chruch hospital, was opened by the Relief Society in Salt Lake City.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Egyptian Papri Given to Church`Part of the Egyptian papri owned by Joseph Smith while he was translating the Peal of Great Price was given to the Church by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.Zpage 362 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]&Elder Ezra Taft Benson Helps in EuropeABIElder Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of Twelve left New York for Europe to administer to the physical and spiritual needs of members there. He traveled throughout Europe for most of the year, visiting saints who had been isolated by the war, distributing Church welfare supplies and setting the branches of the Church in order.Zpage 357 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Family Group Sheets]KThe three-generation genealogical family group-sheet program was initiated.Zpage 362 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992](Fast Day Collects $210,000 for EuropeanslDFast Day was set aside for the relief fo those in need in Europe. About $210,000 was collected and then distributed to Europeans of all faiths by an agency not connected with the Chruch.Zpage 358 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Fast Sunday AnnouncedThe First Presidency issued a formal letter of instruction directing thatthe first Sunday in each month be observed as fast day, rather than the first Thursday, which had been observed as fast day since the ealy days of the Church in Utah territory.Zpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992] Genealogical Soc. of Utah FormedaThe genealogical society fo the Church, known as the Genealogical Society of Utah, was organized.Zpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Hamilton New Zealand Temple/SHamilton, New ZealandDedicated by President David O. McKay 26 April 2000 from the "Official Temple List" from the Press Kit located on the Church website shows "Hamilton" added to the temple name.Zpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]'Headquarters open for Gen. Soc. of Utah0New headquartes of the Genealogical Society of Utah, located in the Joseph F. Smith Memorial Building on north Main Street in Salt Lake City, was formally opened. The building previously was part ofthe campus of the LDS College.Zpage 355 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Hill Cumorah Pagent5New YorkThe Hill Cumorah pageant, "America's Witness for Christ," began on an outdoor stage on the side of the Hill Cumorah in New York. A Bureau of Information opened at the base of the hill.Zpage 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Hill Cumorah Purchased!(The Church purchased a part of the Hill Cumorah. Additional acquisitions in 1928 gave the Church possession of the entire hill and adjacent lands. July 21, 1935 - President Heber J. Grant dedicated the Hill Cumorah Monument near Palmyra, N.Y.`page 354, 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]History of Church on Film,:A 10-reel film of the history of the Church was completed.Zpage 355 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Home Evening Program\cThe home evening program was inaugurated. A weekly home evening had been encouraged before by Church leaders, but now the Church published a formal home evening manual, which was to be placed in every LDS home. In October, 1970, Monday was designated for home evening throughout the Church; no other Church activity was to be scheduled during that time.Zpage 362 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Home Teaching Program Begins_[A new program of home teaching was officially inaugurated throughout the Church after having been presented in stake conferences during the last half of1963.Ypage 361Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Idaho Falls Idaho Temple?AIdaho Falls, California+Dedicated by President George Albert SmithZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Japan DedicatedNElder Heber J. Grand of the Council of the Twelve dedicated Japan and opened a mission there as a first step in renewed emphasis on preaching the gospel in all the worldZpage 351 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Joseph Smith, Jr. born[Salt Lake City, UTCThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City was dedicated.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Laie Hawaii TemplegLaie, Oahu, HawaiirDedicated by President Heber J. Grant Rededicated after remodelling 22 Jun 1991 by President Gordon B. HinckleyZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Law of TithingKA solemn assembly was held in the Salt Lake Temple, attended by the Church's 26 General Authorities and presidencies of the 40 stakes and bishops of the 478 wards of the Church. The solemn assembly accepted the resolution that tithing is the "word and will of the Lord unto us."Zpage 351 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Law Prohibits Mormon Votes3 Feb 1885 - An Idaho law was approved by the governor that prohibited all Mormons frm voting throught the device of a "test oath." The Idaho "test oath" was upheld five years later by the U.S. Supreme Court on 3 Feb., 1890. 22 March - The U.S. Supreme Court annulled the "test oath" formulated by the Utah Commission, thus restoring the right to vote to a number of saints in the territory.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]LDS Women Protest Loss of VoteIA mass meeting of 2,000 LDS women assembled in the Salt Lake Theater to protest the abuse heaped upon them by the federal courts and to protest the loss of thier vote.Zpage 349 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Liberty Jail PurchasedO8KWilford Wood purchased the Liberty Jail in Missouri on behalf of the ChurchZpage 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Logan Utah Temple Logan, UtahdDedicated by President John Taylor Rededicated after remodelling 13 Mar 1979 by Spencer W. KimballZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]London England TempleSNewchapel, Surrey, EnglandqDedicated by President David O. McKay Rededicated after remodeling 18 Oct 1992 by President Gordon B. HinckleyZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Los Angeles California Temple-PLos Angeles, California&Dedicated by President David O. McKayZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Manti Utah Templel Manti, UtahDedicated by President Wilford Woodruff (private) 21 May 1888 (His prayer read by Lorenzo Snow, public) Rededicated after remodelling 14 June 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley Zpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Many Flee ProsecutionP*Extensive prosecution under the Edmunds law continued in both Utah and Idaho. Many who practiced polygamy were imprisoned, while others fled into exile, some to Mexico in 1885 and to Canada in 1887. Most of the Church leaders went into hiding, which was referred to as the "underground." Similar conditions continued for the next few years. These years are sometimes called the years of the "Crusade."Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Maori Branch, New ZealandPapawai, Wairarapa Valley, NZThe first permanent branch of the Chruch among the Maories in New Zealand was organized at papawai, Wairarapa Valley, on the North Island. The first baptism of a Maori in New Zealand was on Oct. 18.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]McKay Travels Globe?yElder David O. McKay of the council of the Twelve and President Hugh J. Cannon of the Liberty Stake in Salt Lake City traveled 55, 896 miles in a world survey of Church missions for the First Presidency. The pair visited the saints in the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Asia, and then made stops in India, Egypt and Palestine, before visiting missions in Europe.Zpage 354 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Mesa Arizona Temple' Mesa, ArizonafDedicated by President Heber J. Grant Rededicated after remodeling 15 Apr 1975 by Spencer W. KimballZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Microfilming Begins6xWith the adoption of microfilm technology in 1938, it became possible for the Church to film records all over the world.6http://www.lds.org/en/4_News_Update/19990524_FIGS.htmlMissionaries Leave Germany8The First Presidency directed all missionaries in Germany to move to neutral countries. Later the missionaries were instructed to leave Europe and return to the United States. The Last group arrived in New York Nov. 6, 1939.Zpage 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]#Mormon Battalion Monument Dedicated9@The Mormon Battalion Monument was Dedicated in San Diego, Calif.Zpage 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Nauvoo Temple Lot Purchased5A portion of the Nauvoo Temple lot in Nauvoo, Ill., returned to Church ownership when Wilford C. Wood, representing the Church, purchased the property.[page 356 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"New Law Disincorporates the ChurchThe Edmund-Tucker Act passed Congress, and it became law without the signature of the U.S. president, Grover Cleveland. Among other stringent provisions, the law disincorporated the Church, dissolved the Perpetual Emigration Fund Company and escheated its property to the government, abolished female suffrage and provided for the confiscation of practically all the property of the Church.Zpage 349 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Oakland California Temple\Oakland, California'Dedicated by President David O. McKayZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]#Official Statement on Origin of Man~The First Presidency issued the official statement on the origin of man. Published in November 1909 issue of Improvement Era.Zpage 352 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]President David O. McKay'IcqDavid Oman McKay -- Born Sept. 8, 1873, at Huntsville, Weber Co., Utah, to David McKay and Jennette Eveline Evans. Married to Emma Ray Riggs Jan. 2, 1901 (she died Nov. 14, 1970); they had seven children. Ordaned apostle Aprl 9, 1906, at age 32 by Joseph F. Smith; sustained as second counselor to President Heber J. GranT Oct. 6, 1934; sustained as second sounselor to President George Albert Smith May 21, 1945; sustained as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Sept. 30, 1950; sustained as president of the Church April 9, 1951, at age 77; died Jan. 18. 1970, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, at age 96.Zpage 48, Deseret News Church Almanac 1999-2000 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1998]President George Albert Smith@"IGeorge Albert Smith -- Born April 4, 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, to John Henry Smth and Sarah Farr. Married Lucy Emily Woodruff May, 25, 1892 (she died Nov. 5, 19370; they had three children. Ordained apostle Oct. 8, 1903, at age 33 by Joseph F. Smith; sustained as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles July 1, 1943; ordained and set apart as president fo the Church May 21, 1945, at age 75; died April 4, 1951, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, at age 81.Zpage 48, Deseret News Church Almanac 1999-2000 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1998]President Heber J. Grant@Heber J. Grant -- Born Nov. 22, 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, to Jedediah Morgan Grand and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins. Ordained apostle Oct. 16, 1882, at age 25 by George Q. Cannon; became president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Nov. 23, 1916; ordained and set apart as president of the Church Nov. 23, 1918, at age 62; died May 14, 1945, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, at age 88.Zpage 48, Deseret News Church Almanac 1999-2000 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1998]President Joseph F. SmithJoseph Fielding Smith -- Born Nov. 13, 1838, at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, to Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding. Ordained apostle and named counselor to the First Presidency July 1, 1866, at age 27 by Brigham Young; set apart as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve A;ostles Oct. 8,, 1867; released as counselor to the First Presidency at the death of President Young Aug. 29, 1877; sustained as second counselor to President John Taylor Oct. 10, 1880; released at the death of President Taylor July 25, 1887; sustained as second counselor to President Wilford Woodruff April 7, 1889; sustained assecond counselor to President Lorenzo Snow Sept. 13, 1898; sustained as first counselor to Lorenzo Snow Oct. 6, 1901, not set apart to this position; released at the death of President Snow Oct. 10, 1901; ordained and set apart as president of the Church Oct. 17, 1901, at age 62; died Nov. 19, 1918, in Salt Lake City; Salt Lake Co., Utah, at age 80.Zpage 48, Deseret News Church Almanac 1999-2000 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1998]President Lorenzo Snow'Lorenzo Snow -- Born April 3, 1814, at Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio, to Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Ordained apostle Feb. 12, 1849, at age 34 by Heber C. Kimball; sustained as counselor to President Brigham Young April 8, 1873; sustained as assistant counselor to President Brigham Young May 9, 1874; sustained as president of thQuorum of theTwelve Apostles April 7, 1889; ordained and set apart as president fo the Church Sept. 13, 1898 at age 84; died Oct. 10, 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, at age 87.Ypage 47 Deseret News Church Almanac 1999-2000 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1998]President Wilford WoodruffWilford Woodruff -- Born March 1, 1807, at Avon (Farmington), Hartford Co., Conneticut, Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Ordained apostle April 26, 1839, at age 32 by Brigham Young; sustained as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Oct. 10, 1880; sustained as president of the Church April 7, 1889, at age 82; died Sept. 2, 1898, in San Fransisco Co., California, at age 91.Ypage 47 Deseret News Church Almanac 1999-2000 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1998]Prophet's Birthplace Dedicated Sharon, VTPresident Joseph F. Smith dedicated the Joseph Smith Memorial Cottage and Monument at Sharon, Windsor County, Vt., the site of the Prophet's birth 100 years earlier.Zpage 352 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]!Relief Society Building DedicatedP@The new Relief Society building in Salt Lake City was dedicated.Zpage 360 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Relief Society IncorporatedArticles of Incorporation for the Relief Society were filed, after which it became known as the National Women's Relief Society. The name was again changed in 1945 to Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsZpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992] Relief Society Sells Wheat to US6Wheat that the Relief Society sisters had been gathering and storing since 1876 was sold to the U.S. government at a government price, with approval of the First Presidency and the Presiding Bishopric, to alleviate shortages during World War 1.Zpage 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Revelation D&C 138OWhile contemplating the meaning of Christ's atonement, President Joseph F. Smith received a manifestation of the salvation of the dead and visit of the Saviour to the world of spirits after His crucifixion. A report of the experience was published in December and was added to the Doctrine and Covenants June 6, 1979, as Section 138.Zpage 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]&Revelation Increases Genealogical WorkPresident Wilford Woodruff announced in general Conference that he had received a revelation that ended the law of adoption. The law of adoption was the custom of being sealed to prominent Church leaders instead of direct ancestors. He re-emphasized the need for genealogical research and sealing along natural family lines. With the termination of this type of sealings, genealogical work to trace direct ancestry increased among the members of the Church.Zpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]$Roberts Prepares Church History Book.+The centennial of the Church's organization was observed at general conference in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. B.H. Roberts prepared his "Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" as a centennial memorial.Zpage 355 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Roosevelt Defuses PropagandaCollier's magazine published a letter from Theodore Roosevelt refuting many charges made against Utah Sen. Reed Smoot and the Church. This action helped defuse an anti-Mormon propaganda surge of 1910-11.Zpage 352 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Salt Lake Temple DedicatedeSalt Lake City, Utah(Dedicated by President Wilfred WoodruffZpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Seminary Program Begins"aA seminary at Granite High School in Salt Lake City opened, marking the beginning of a released-time weekday education program for young Latter-day Saints. As the seminary program grew, the Church phased out its involvement in academies, which were Church-sponsored high school or junior colleges. By 1924, only the Juarez Academy in Mexico remained.Zpage 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Snow Reaffirms Polygamy Ban [President Lorenzo Snow issued an official statement reaffirming the Church ban on polygamy.Zpage 351 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]%Special Fast Day for Great Depression0.zUtah Gov. George H. Dern proclaimed a special fast day in the depths of the Great Depression to gather funds for the poor.Zpage 355 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Spring Hill, Missouri Purchased?z?MissouriqThe Church announced the purchase of the Spring Hill in Missouri, known is Chruch history as Adam-ondi-ahman. Final deeds for the purchase were dated June 27, 1944, the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The deed to the land was passed on to the Church by Eugene Johnson, whose family had been in possession fo the property for a century.Zpage 357 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Supplies to Saints in EuropeAfThe Chruch began sending supplies to the saints in Europe. This continued for the next several years.Zpage 358 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992] Tabernacle Choir on Weekly Radio%*5The Tabernacle Choir started a weekly network radio broadcast on NBC. Richard L. Evans joined the program with his sermonettes in June 1930. "Music and the Spoken Word" eventually switched with KSL Radio to the CBS network and has since become on the the longest continuing programs in broadcasting history.Zpage 355 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]&Talmage's "Jesus the Christ" publishediCJames E. Talmage's influential book Jesus the Christ was published.Zpage 353 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]USS Brigham Young Christened<|The USS Brigham Young was christened. It was of the Liberty ship class, as was the USS Joseph Smith launched the next year.Zpage 358 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]USS Joseph Smith Launched=USS Joseph Smith, a Liberty class ship, was launched in Richmond, Calif. Ceremonies included a tribute to Joseph Smith and a description of the Church's part in the war effort.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Utah 45th StatePQPresident Grover Cleveland signed the proclamation tht admitted Utah to the union as the 45th state. Up to staehood, the affairs of the Chruch in Utah territroy had been closely associated with the affairs of civil government. With statehood and the rights of self-government, the Church could become separate from political struggles.Zpage 350 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Visitor Booth on Temple SquareSalt Lake City, UTThe First Council of the Sevently opened a Bureau of Information and Church Literature in a small octagonal booth on Temple Square. It was replaced by a larger building in March 1904 and by the present visitors centers in 1966 and 1978.Zpage 351 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]-Woodruff's "Manifesto" Ending Plural MarriagePresident Wilford Woodruff issued a "Manifesto," now included in the Doctrine and Covenants as "Official Declaration - 1," that declared that no new plural marriages had been entered into with Church approval in the past year, denied that plural marriage had been taught during that time, declaired the intent of the president of the Church to submit to the constitutional law of the land and advised members of the Church to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by law.Zpage 349 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]World Conference on RecordsJcOciA world conference on records was held in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the Church's Genealogical Society.Zpage 362 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]