Comments on: The Tabernacle under Attack, 1938 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/ Where our past is never very long ago Sun, 19 May 2013 11:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sam http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-384539 Sam Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:09:18 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-384539 I too am a great grandson of Paul alma millet. I would just like to say thanks for sharing this story. I remember as a little kid that my parents and grandparents did not let anybody talk about great grandfather or uncle Archie. I shared this with my brother and he had no idea that our great grandfather was involved in such activities. I do not understand why nobody would share what g.gpa Paul did to get ex’d. Thanks for the story, you answered some of the questions that I have always wondered about.
Sam

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-202886 Ardis E. Parshall Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:54:15 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-202886 Mucky, I’m sorry it wasn’t a more pleasant story for you to discover, but if it helps you piece together a better understanding of your family history, well, then, I guess it has its uses.

Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Mucky http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-202883 Mucky Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:33:13 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-202883 Paul Alma Millett is my great grandfather! I have never heard this story,my family were keepers of secrets. I had already come to the conclusion that he was mentally ill and this just confirms it. Too bad he dragged his own son into the mess. He was a peddler,spent time in Southern Utah with outlaws and was a religious fanatic. Poor grandma what an embarrassment he must have been to her and the family. She divorced him in her old age.

]]> By: MoSop http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-17808 MoSop Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:15:13 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-17808 Wow! this story is just incredible! I’ve lived in SLC my whole life, and the Tabernacle is such an integral part of my life, and yet I have NEVER heard about this event. And you used such riveting storytelling!

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The Church now has a large-scale security detail on equal footing with FBI/secret service. Many dangerous security issues still happen, but none of us will ever know about them. The very fact that we can feel secure, and assume that these things would never happen today is just a testament to how well they perform their jobs.

This does not just apply to the Church. It applies to governments, and large corportations with high security risk. Our family were victims of a robbery while at Disneyland four ago. That day, we got to see a whole new side of the Magic Kingdom! The Disney security officer assigned to us took such good care of us. He shared all kinds of interesting stories and insight with us while we were having to trapse all around filing reports and logging info with lost-and-found, etc. During our process we were taken “backstage” where we had to give a formal police report. We discovered they have their own police station, fire station, and hospital onsite. They are a very self-contained city (DL even has their own zip code). There are cameras absolutely everywhere. Everything and everyone is being monitored 24/7. However, they manage to make it all invisible. I asked him what the greatest threat to Disneyland was. What they were most worried about? He was really candid. He stated that their greatest threat is not from an ouside source. Rather, it would be someone on the inside – a disgruntled or mentally ill employee, or a former employee – someone with access and inside knowledge of how to cause the most damage. The same holds true for government, business, and the church. Our greatest threat of destruction always comes from within. Both physically, and spiritually.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-17788 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:00:18 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-17788 And by the way, if any descendant of any of the men involved reads this and wants to tell us something about Grandpa to (partially) redeem his reputation, you’re very welcome to do so. Nobody should be judged entirely by the worst thing he ever did.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-17787 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:58:35 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-17787 ellen, yeah, the panic would have been as bad as, or worse, than the fire. Even though the Tabernacle was protected by automatic sprinklers — which the church did display to reporters at the time of this incident — and even with all those exits on all sides of the Tabernacle, you have to wonder how people might have reacted to the sight of fire.

Jami, you made the search for those dates worthwhile! (I try to include them because it helps anchor me to know how the characters fit into the chronology.)

]]> By: Jami http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-17786 Jami Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:47:45 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-17786 My first bishop was an Archie Millet, a nice guy and tomato breeder extraodinaire. You had me worried for a second. Did my sweet bishop have a murky past? But wait! 1908-1983: not a match. I so appreciate your inclusion of a minor character’s birth and death dates. :)

]]> By: ellen http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-17785 ellen Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:15:41 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-17785

About the “single-handedly” saving the tabernacle: If Lemperle hadn’t stepped in when he did, would anyone else have been able to stop the doors from being lit?

lighting the doors might not have threatened the building, but it could surely have caused a great deal of injury as 2,000 people tried to get out of the building they thought was on fire.

very interesting story!

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-17782 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:48:23 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-17782 A trivial but fun item I found tonight just before the library closed.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/12/07/the-tabernacle-under-attack-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-17780 Ardis E. Parshall Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:53:43 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=4796#comment-17780 Yeah, Steve, what are the odds??!

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