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Show '268 Y/est 100 South 5. HISTORY (continued): / only the State of Utah but also most parts of Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming,' and a small part of Colorado. To assist the minister in the evangelical v/ork the Ladies Society and the Christian Endeavor Society were organized. Both a. Sunday School and a Bible Class wereformed, though on a small scale. In 192^-, at a. cost of $30,000, the present church building v/as constructed. Of the $30,000, $20,000 came in contributions from local Japanese and American citizens, $5 5 000 came from the Presbyterian Board, and $5,000 from the American Missionary Association. In 1953 the church wa,s separated into Nisei (first generation Japanese) and Issei (second generation Japanese) branches and they functioned as two separate groups until a merger in June 1967. |
