| Show came my turn to leave the bench wherehad sat with my parents wearing my pretty white Fourth of July dress--frightened at the cold cold water and afraid that maybe wouldnbe conpletely submrged and would have to be baptizedsecond time But then almost beforeknew it wasbrand new member of the Church attended Primary in the Social Hall every Monday after school Agein heavy curtains were drawn to form classrooms Somehow we had no fancy names for particular classes such as Bluebirds Larks or Seagulls We just moved on to upper classes as birthdays came along Sunday School with lessons on Church doctrines and Primary with character-building lessons were accepted as part of everyday living just like regular school And so was Religion Class whichbelieve wasfore-runner of todaySeminary Grade school teachers taught Religion Classes after school hours and like Primary the classes were held in the Social Hall Then all ofsudden wasbig girl with Primary and Religion Class in the background and enrolled in Mutual Bee Hive class Our meetings convened in the snall room above the Relief Society Hall Tuesday evenings andwas assigned the responsibility of being class secre tary Conjoint sessions of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association and Young MenMutual Improvement Association were held in the meeting house chapel the first Sunday evening spectal of each month Somehow those sessions were extra The North Ward Meeting House and the Social Hall were important meeting places and so was the big 60 80 frame semi-open air pavilion on the southeast corner of the church Hlock Quarterly church conferences and Fourth of July celebrations were held in this building It was fun sitting in the circular balcony withgood view of the large stand which could accommodate dozens of dignitaries Should it rain whilemeeting was In session large wooden covers were lowered over the window spaces since there were no glass windows This bullding withseating capacity of000 and known as the Assembly Hall was built by townsmen during the summer years ago of 1897 at cost of 300 It was demolished Stake Conferences meant attending Sunday sessions in the Assenbly Hall in Mount Fleasant and it meant going with my -136 |
