A 1951 gift from my cousins.
Elizabeth
Thompson Groesbeck’s life story is continued from this 1872 visit to her
father.
The first Primary was organized in 1878 by Aurelia Spencer Rogers in Farmington, Utah. She felt younger boys in the community were
becoming unruly and mischievous. In her first primary meeting, “boys were specifically
taught not to steal fruit from orchards and girls were taught not to hang on
wagons.” With permission from church leaders and under the initial direction of
General Relief Society President Eliza R. Snow, a primary was organized in the
17th Ward.
30
November 1878
At a special meeting held in the seventeenth
Ward meeting house on this date, a Primary Association was organized by Sister
Eliza R. Snow with the following named officers.
President: Elizabeth Groesbeck
1st Counselor: Clarissa S. Williams
2nd Counselor: Sarah H. Burbidge
Secretary: Edith Smith
Treasurer: Rosena Lemon
No
history available for 1879
20 June
1880
Pres. Groesbeck resigned and the Primary
Association was reorganized at this time, Sister Eliza R. Snow being present,
as follows,
President: Serepta M. Heywood
1st Counselor: Lavina T. Clayton
2nd Counselor: Lucretia L. Heywood
3rd Counselor: Minnie Felt
Secretary: Elizabeth Smith
Treasurer:
Rosena Lemon
Elizabeth Thompson Groesbeck was then called to assist Sister Eliza R. Snow at the new Deseret Hospital.
In 1882 when a woman’s hospital became a
reality in Utah, the Deseret Hospital was established on August 1, 1882. Eliza
R. Snow was president of the Deseret Hospital Association and Zina D. young,
vice president. Elizabeth Groesbeck was
listed as one of a ten member finance committee.
No comments:
Post a Comment