tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post6429474020696734321..comments2023-07-08T06:45:37.946-06:00Comments on Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog: The Penrose Mormon ChurchDwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174492647465668322noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-51669664969465703082008-03-17T13:25:00.000-06:002008-03-17T13:25:00.000-06:00At some point, the ward became a branch. Does any...At some point, the ward became a branch. Does anyone know when? When I received my baby blessing in 1932 from Grandpa Wasden, the certificate of blessing was signed by Charles Anderson, or, as we fondly called him, Charley Barley. He signed it as Branch President. I was never sure how long Grandpa was a bishop, and when the ward was changed to a branch. This photo is actually one of the very few of the old church and the only one I know about; I wish others could come up with more. I have long wished that someone would have taken photos inside the building, but as Burchell Hopkin commented when I asked him if he knew of any, photos just couldn't be taken inside buildings in those days.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174492647465668322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-36958244755838162952008-03-17T13:23:00.000-06:002008-03-17T13:23:00.000-06:00At some point, the ward became a branch. Does any...At some point, the ward became a branch. Does anyone know when? When I received my baby blessing in 1932 from Grandpa Wasden, the certificate of blessing was signed by Charles Anderson, or, as we fondly called him, Charley Barley. I was never sure how long Grandpa was a bishop, and when the ward was changed to a branch. This photo is actually one of the very few of the old church and the only one I know about; I wish others could come up with more. I have long wished that someone would have taken photos inside the building, but as Burchell Hopkin commented when I asked him if he knew of any, photos just couldn't be taken inside buildings in those days.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174492647465668322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-90926232484014241712008-03-17T09:29:00.000-06:002008-03-17T09:29:00.000-06:00Grandpa was the bishop. He told the story of trav...Grandpa was the bishop. He told the story of traveling on the train from Deaver to a destination I don't remember with one of the Church officials who had come to Cowley for a conference. Grandpa was telling him that the land his farm was on had a terrible problem of turning to alkali because of poor drainage. The man was commiserating with Grandpa, but he asked him what his calling was - When Grandpa told him he was the bishop, the man said that he should find some way to drain the fields because he was needed in the community. Of course, they went on to establish a drainage system for the valley.<BR/>About the fire - it was discovered after the fact that the fire district did not at that time extend to Penrose. We were still glad the fire was put out.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728351230605312730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-60546108750804005842008-03-17T09:25:00.000-06:002008-03-17T09:25:00.000-06:00Other notes about the old church. Louise, Dwight,...Other notes about the old church. Louise, Dwight, and I were blessed in that church. The wooden cupboards on the stage held a selection of books from those that the Relief Society members had read. They included "Song of Years", "Mother Mason", Sandburg's "Lincoln, the Prairie Years", George Eliot's "Adam Bede", Elizabeth Goudge's "City of Bells",<BR/>"Tree of Liberty" and several others that don't come to mind right now. We read and re-read those books. Also, the old piano was terribly out of tune, but we bought a John Thompson's beginning piano book, and went over to try to "learn" how to play. Mother had a key to the church by dint of her being Relief Society President of the small congregation of aging ladies who still lived in Penrose (Grandma Wasden, Bothilda Berthleson, Jane Parkin, etc.), as well as being an election official. When election day came, she was at the church early, and stayed most of the day. Who served with her?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728351230605312730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-2634371647013856832008-03-17T09:21:00.000-06:002008-03-17T09:21:00.000-06:00That is one of the best pictures I have seen of th...That is one of the best pictures I have seen of the old church. We (Judy, Steve and I) played so many games on the stairs to the church. It was truly a magical place. I do remember the Saturday night it caught on fire and the fire engines from either Powell or Byron came. The outhouse was a favorite spot for mischief on Halloween, as it would quite often end up tipped on it's side the next morning. It had to be tipped back upright on more than one occasion.<BR/>I always thought Grandpa was the Bishop, not the Branch President. Somewhere in some of his papers, I thought I saw that info. Please help me out with that tidbit.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652616779595499610noreply@blogger.com