Comments on: Riverview Ward Anniversary, 1948

By: queuno

queuno — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:32:13 +0000

My grandfather served in the North Central States mission (but before this) and my father served in the Central States mission (but after this).

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:06:41 +0000

I know of a couple of ward reunions out there. The Stockton, California 3rd Ward (now named something else) does a reunion every few years. Even though the ward has chnaged names, the reunion still called the “3rd Ward Reunion”. And the Sixth-Seventh Ward (disolved in the 1960s) in Salt Lake does big reunions ever 10 years, and a low key annual Christmas party. I’m sure there are others. But these are both wards that exist only in memory with members who don’t see each other every day.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:06:19 +0000

Yes, that’s part of our cultural heritage that I’m nostalgic for, too, that has gone by the bye in our streamlining. I guess that’s why I wanted to put this where it could be found, to remember.

My current ward does have a few low-key traditions. The bishopric gives a quite nice (for its type) finger-food buffet open-house after church near Christmas. Our stake is also part of the Celebration of Faith group in Salt Lake, where once each year the Mormons (our stake representing everybody), the Catholics of the Cathedral of the Madelaine, the First Presbyterian church, and one or two others, have an excellent musical evening with a combined choir. We alternate the venue each year. The wards in our building also do a community breakfast on the morning of Pioneer Day — anybody and everybody is invited.

That’s a little different from the anniversaries and reunions, but traditions, whatever they are, really add to community life.

By: NorahS

NorahS — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:14:35 +0000

I love seeing how units used to have these events like anniversaries and reunions (and all of the costumed stuff from the picture posts) complete with printed programs. It makes me sad that these are not the kind of thing we do anymore.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:45:06 +0000

I have no idea — having seen the printed program, you know as much about the party as I do.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:31:22 +0000

What is the meaning of the “(a and b)” suffix on several of the lines of the Monday Evening Program?

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:14:54 +0000

My mother’s family came from the Pioneer stake before 1922, before their ward was moved to the Temple View Stake. But I don’t recognized any names. I do recognize the “Creamed Potatoes”, however. Some dishes haven’t changed much.

By: Yeechang Lee

Yeechang Lee — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:06:37 +0000

There were no organized missions in Utah until 1975; I presume that, before then, stake missionaries handled any required teaching and baptizing of converts. (I also presume that this is the origin of the phrase "mission field" for everywhere outside Utah.) So, yes, for a Salt Lake City ward in 1948, all missionaries served in "foreign" missions.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:04:04 +0000

Yeah … I’m not sure how widespread that usage was or exactly what it means or where it came from. I suppose it is used to contrast full time missionaries “in the mission field” with stake or home missionaries who served part-time at, well, home. But since I don’t remember running across that term before, there could be more nuance to it than I know.

By: queuno

queuno — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:43:00 +0000

Interesting that it considers US missions as “foreign” missions…