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Show . - ..~1nce December ~rd, T hcJ.ve filed reports i Yl t he or.,er of their dJtes or. Emergency motters a.lone, ::d!d. hJ,ve omitted otber ~cti vi ties .. ,~· ich I now go b~ck ~na muke brief mention: On the ~rd December,I h~d b special conference vith uishon D~vid r.s~ith and ?resident Louisa Y.Robison in her office at their reQuest on the ~ctivities of isiter Robisons first ~ounselor,~od ~~ lath to men1ion much of i here exoeot to so.y the ,.. ) resident of the ·'a.tior;sl JeliAf 'ociety h:;1s t.i:.il1!:ed nrivately with me many times ~nd ~sked ~Y ~dvice in the rn~tter ,- s tating how difficult it was to ::et-the·ear of the ':resident of the churoh , while her first Coun selor , \'Jith her husbt:.;nd :Sic.hii.rd R ... -Lym.J.n ,dFe.o.lwuys n:-ssing . .her. by,ignoring her ~nd even while we were t~lking,~my c~me past us ~nd never even spoke to uer '-''uoerior . Dre s ident ,t{Obiaon., - -~he has. tried several times to get the ~ar of the ·=>resident ,but has· failed :i.nd no~.v she feels th::1t the time hCis 0ome to tell tmy to keep her place or sh~ will.?et ~nether co'l\nseror • . !he sobbed quricg most of the time of our meeting , ~n~ we to.ld her t~~t it was her ri[ht to tell the ~resid~nt just the seriqus situati9n~-how she was innored ,and th&t ~~ny times "~my gets information regc:.rding th~ .rtelief ... ociety th~t she herself ,only should get ta:Ri:~~ and .. Hi shop . 3mi tp himse~f stated rJ.mong other things that pmy is ol~~ing football with the oresiding bishonric , -etc ~nd etc , - We both tried to comfort her ,to b~ patieni.~nd never ~ive un until she. had~ pe~sonal inter view with the.~resident ~nd tell him exa6tly how things &re going und what she expects of her counselor , e~c ;.nc1 etc., · e sa.id it is unfortunate to allow this condition to exhist longer,~o say not~icg ~bout it to any one except the Presideot ,__.na (;..bide by _ pis counsel.. I 9.rn odllb~~ mentior.ing. it here for the sake of what ~f£ect it is h~vin~ on this won~erful and beautiful churacter , ure sidefrt Louise Y Robison,v·hom everybody loves ~nd resqec~s.exceDt the one w h 0 s h o' u l d . t e t h 'e mo 8 t t 0 y d l t 0 her • 1 d. n y f i r. e T • D. ,., • ~ e n and wo 111 en have u.s ked me ·' why -~ i s t e r R o bison d ll o ws i t , u n d I leu. v e ~ he r.1 to m uk e . t he~ r own dec i - sion,ds I want to judge no one,but.w~uld.rcitber · nuiet ~~e fears of Deoole and never listec ~o ::sossin ,of' which there is . too much , even ;in. the uhvrch.circ_les witt som~ of it~ 'memoers. · ·- · · ~ecember suriday ~th , l932. , h~d a gloriou$ ~emple . aircle_meet~ng,attended,~asatb .};:;1st meeting J.nd as it was sb rut to close,~ishon ~T . ·;;o.arnes a,skedi me to answer some things tt~t h~d been s~id in the meeting,-he handed mP the enclosed card ;.;..tt'o.ched herevvith:- · .. · · · ·'"" · ·· I s~oke on the meaning and ·urrose of F~st Day,its rroMises bnd blessings ~rowing out of proper f~sticg , ~hich· Ol~~ht 3l~ayS to g~ve ~ gre~t n°rnos~:~t~., l..::.ter sppke at the funeral "~f sister Du.ncombe ,"'1other of 15 children, in -:he: 15th ward , and in the evening lectures i·c the ..:; ,.. .. r.d wo.rd conjoint ~~r.J .il ~ " ,,,1Je sd a.y evening December 6th, lectured to the conjoin~ ~ T. I." of the 'Nasa tch wd ::.:.nd beside emergency· rne·etir:gs ,secur·ea ·from the City Gon1mis·sion , 8 free· Dermi t for one in need to ~tt~ch to tbe City water mains free,-he is d war vetran,and the permission Nas graciously grdnted·. very cold ~na snow. · · . . )unday De cernber ll th, spoke in the Ei gh lund wu.rd, .:; .J.Ve a Dl..nrber of blessings which practice· I have ker::t· uo all during the past ::veo.rs. ' le seven na.tri~rchs hold a monthly meeting ~nd h~ve ~lorious occasiJns,we visit i~ n ~ irs the sick the Widows-and Or~hans and·other~· in sr~Cidl need Of 6dmforn ~Dd ~nCOlJr~gemect and all seeT41 pleased to h~ve us come. Ve :..tlso ·:1-tteDd \Jith the -' t<:ike nresioeccy all of the war~ &nd st~ke conferences , the ~onthl~ ~raje~ Circles , ·~hf other special ~eetir.gs. I dm ~lso ~elning }len ~nd ~essie , -~m t~kins my large J. a r rage we s t o f · the home a r. c. t J. k e n i r. t o 8 6o E as t , w l s t -:., ') u t h ·, :.1 b d mo. k i r. g · o f i t a swell .Barber ~ bon for '~len , -he is very hs.~r)y "lb011t tre m::itter. ~n the l4th , took Zera Runt ~nd wife torr ~ahr· · for treatm~nt~ ne ~nd wife . 13 e s s i e :.1 r. d i- l e n , 3. n d t h r e e o t r e r f ami l i e s are h u d d 1 e d n r i n mlb e s e f11J art e r s ::lnd the church is he lninp· them g,nd· many others with· the cec·e~sities ·of life. :.o one will ever know hO'lv m1..1ch the church is doir. c; for its me""lbers during this s e r i o u s c r i e i s • mX: do ·i n ~· rn n c h v i s i t i' n -:-r -~ mo r: s: t h e d i e t res s e d ·':1 c d · m i r. i s t e-r i n g to their wants. Decenber GG,2 "'arlow ,Ida acd .entire fct"Y1ily curoe to spend .;hrjstr'lli:tS , .:ind 'Sd ison |
