1930-03-08—Brooklyn Eagle—Mormon Elders Touring East Visit Brooklyn

Mormon Elders Touring East Visit Brooklyn

Brooklyn Eagle, March 8, 1930, p. 3

Mormon Elders Touring East Visit Brooklyn

Missionary Conference in Local Chapel by High Mormon Officials

Heber J. Grant, president and highest official in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon Church; Melvin J. B allard, one of the Mormon Twelve Apostles, and James H. Moyle, president of the Eastern States Mission, will speak in Brooklyn tomorrow afternoon at the Mormon Chapel, 273 Gates Ave.

The three officials, all of Salt Lake City, are touring the East, holding meetings and looking after the interests of the Church. President Grant has presided over the Church for ten years. Elder Ballard was for a number of years president of the Northwestern States Mission. Elder Moyle, a lawyer, has been president of the Utah State Industrial School, a member of the Utah Legislature, nominee for both the Governor of Utah and the United States Senate, and from 1917 to 1921 Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury.