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Show "100 YEARS OF HIGHLIGHTS" PROGRAM in life of Mayor DeVaughn Jones, Conducting Primary Chorus ..........._ Director Lorella Tippetts Ac{!ompanied by Thora Gregory Medley _....... __ .. "/ Wonder When He Comes Again" "/ Am a Child of God" "Shine On" Invocation Richard H. Clark "100 Years of Highlights" ...... __ Lucy McCullough Speaker __ ...__ ._ ....... _... ............ George A. B. McIntyre Associalte Scouter Vocal Solo ... _. __ . ___ ....... _. __ .. _____ ..._._. ____ ___ . Fern G. Hess Accompanied by Thora Gregory Speaker ......... _.. __ .............. President Milton J. Hess Male Quartette _... .........._. __ .. "The Home Towners" Response ..... ___ .. ........ .... .... .......... Bishop A. L. Clark Benediction ............................ Richard K. Robinson Prelude and Postlude. Music . __ _____ Wilda Schryver Ushers _............_.......................... _______ ..... Boy Scouts AMASA LYMAN CLARK Farmington Ward Chapel SUNDA Y, JUNE 6, 1965 Program - 4 p.m. HIGHLIGHTS OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS Honorary M Men A ward Treasurer for Davis District for 16 years. 1865-April 14. Abraham Lincoln assassinated. 1865-June 6. Amasa Lyman Clark born in F"armington to Mary Stevenson and Ezra T. Clark. 1869-May 10. Pirst Transcontinental Rail road completed at Promontory. Uta h . IS76- Alexander Graham Bell exhibited the telephone at Philadelphia. IS77--Prophet Brigham Young died. IR78- - A. L. Clark. a member of the first Primary organized by Aurelia Spencer Rogers. 1879-- Edi.on invented the electric light bulb. 1883-4 - A. L . Clark att.nded B. Y . Academy at Provo. 1884-5 - A. L. Clark attended the Unive rsity of Utah. 1885-December 16. Alice Charlotte Steed a nd A. L . Clark married in th ' Logan Temple. 1887-November 17. A. L. Clark left for a mission to the Southern States. 1890-0n his return. he worked on the family farm. 1892-Mar c h 31. Davis CO'Ilnty Bank organized w it h A. L. Clark as Cashier and a total capital of $25.000. 1892-A. L. Clark appoint~d Farmington City treasurer, a position he h eld for the next twenty years. 1893- The Salt Lake Temple dedicated. Amasa Clark was in attendance. 1895-- Alice Steed Clark died. 1896- Utah finally made a state. 1896-Lagoon Resort established by the Bambergers. IR97- March 31. Susan Duncan and A . L. Clark were m a rried. 1900- A. L. Clark selected to be Superintendent of the Davis Stake Sunday School. At this tim~ all Davis County was one stake. 1900-A. L. Clark. representing the Davis County Bank. became a member of the Am ~ rica n Bankers Association and the Utah Bankers. 1903- The Wright Brothers flew the first plane at Kittyh awk . N.C. 1904-The Clark family went to the World Fair at st. Louis where they saw th' K 'tty hawk on display. 1908-12 - A. L. Clark served as mayor of Farmington. During this tim e thf) elec tric lights wel"e br-::.:ught into town. IUI O--M ill er Foral estab lished. 1915-A. L , Clark set apart as Bi. hop of Farmington Ward. which position h e h e ld [or the n':!xt 16 years. 1915--The Boy Scouts of America organized a Fa_nnington troop. Bishop Clark has be - n an ardent and constant: s upporter of this progra m. 1915- Utah State Capitol Building ccmpleted. 1925- Bis hop Clark called to the Central States for a short term mission. 1945--April. A. L. Clark made president of the Davis County Bank . the position he holds today. 1960 - A. L. Clark present<d a new bicycle on the occasion of his 95th birthday. This h. finds a convenience despite the fa ct that (oday i, the Space Age. 1965-The Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of Am erica awarded A . L. Clark an Appreciation Award for ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LIFE and SERVICE TO BOYHOOD AND FELLOWMAN. Chairman of the American Red Cross drive many years Chairman of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 10 years Memb.er of the Finance Committee of the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 38 years "By their fruits ye shall know them" 8 children reached maturity 39 grandchildren 68 great-grandchildr,en "How do you. measure a human life? Is it by the length of time it spans, the number of people it influ ences, 01' the numbe1' of good works it accomplishes? Surely it is a combination of these things, and probably others. There are those who live long and do little. There are others who aTe taken away just when their power /01' good is at its zenith, Then there m'e those f ew ?'are individuals who live long and useful lives that leave a mark on mankind for generations to come. He is truly blessed who finds the pattern on life that starts with usefulness in the early years and then is privileged tn live on lcith health and the ability to Se1've ill many ways. Such individuals tower above the c'rowd and set a mark to which others can aspire . Such a life has both length and depth. Such a life we honor today. OPEN HOUSE - 5 :30 p.m. Oakridge Country Club Shepherds Lane -Dr. E . D. Partridge 67 |
