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288 HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. the city. Sunday-schools and other church societies are held regularly and are in flourishing condition. In the spring of 1S75 Rev. I). J. McMillan held services in the South ward schoolhouse, under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. A mission school was opened two rears later by J. S. McMillan and a Sunday-school organized. Miss M. Fishback soon took charge of the schools and continued the work till 1879. Her school was kept in an earth-covered house belonging to George The property was afterward purchased by Miss (juinn. S. Carrie Rea and donated to the Presbyterian church. In the fall of '77 meetings were held in the hall owned by 0. A. Larsen, Rev. F. Franson and M. Frederickson being the preachers. An interest was developed and several members were added to the church. On February 1, 1SS0, Revs. D. J. McMillan and F. Franson organized the church with four members, and Rev. G. W. Martin was soon after put in charge as pastor. The building is a neat stone structure 25x40 feet, substantially built and well furnished at a cost of about |2100, most of which was furnished by the board of missions. It was formally dedicated August 20, 1882, Rev. G. W. Leonard X'i'eaching the dedicatory sermon before the Presbytery then in session. Regular services are held by Rev. G. W. Martin, the efficient pastor. The membership now numbers twenty-six, and the school is well patronized. In September, 1880, Miss Rea took charge of the school and remained the teacher for ten years, giving good satisfaction and succeeding in building up a fine school. The teachers since employed were Misses Brown, Helen N. Cough, Fannie Galbraith, L. B. Work and A. B. Fitts, now in charge. The enrollment has ranged from thirty-six to sixty pupils and the school has always been of the highest order. The first attempt at organizing a Methodist church in Ephraim was made in 1883 by Hans Hammer, a lay preacher, and in 1885 the present church edifice was erected, being the first Methodist building constructed iij Sanpete county. The work was chiefly among Scandinavians and is continued so under the present able pastor. Rev. Johan M. Hansen. Among the ministers who