New Mission Establishment In Tahiti
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THE missionary organisation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, of Salt Lake City, USA (commonly called the Mormon Church), on August 14 laid the foundation stone of an important group of buildings (chapel, assembly rooms, class rooms, missionary quarters) at the corner of Prince Honoi
and Commandant Chesse Avenues, Papeete.
The mission record of this Church in French Oceania is over 100 years old.
Three Elders, Addison Pratt, Noah Rogers and Benjamin Grouard, established the first mission station on Tubuai in 1844.
The mission now also operates in Samoa, Tonga, Hawaii, as well as several islands in French Oceania.
The new Papeete establishment is to cost 200,000 dollars, and everything is
supplied, without charge, from Sait Lake City. It - will be a beautiful structure, set in special landscaping.
The photograph shows the ceremony of setting the corner stone. From left to right: Mr. Frank J. Fullmer, building project manager; Mr. Dee Lou Savage; Mr. Leland Carver, building project man ager: Mr. Rulon Cook; Elder Matthew Cowley (holding trowel), president of Church’s Pacific Islands Missions; Mr.
Carlos Levy, who presented some of the building materials; Mr. E. Bentley Mit chell, president of the Tahiti Mission.