New President for the African Mission

900 IMPROVEMENT ERA. This is only a suggestion, a thought which has been harbored for years, but which has never impressed itself so forcibly as it has this Twenty Fourth of July, spent far from Utah, and all she holds. There is much of detail which must be well considered, but if the thought is good and leads to fruitful action, a monument of beauty and usefulness, typifying the lives of the pioneers of Utah, may be raised to their memory. Philadelphia, July 24, 1908. New President for the African Mission. Frank J. Hewlett, for four years president of the city council of Salt Lake City, being the last republican president of that body, and for several years president of the Y. M. M. I. A. of the third ward, in the Liberty stake of Zion, left for South Africa on July 26, to preside over that mission. Mrs. Hewlett accompanied him to his field of labor in Africa. On the 20th of July a farewell reception was tendered them in the 3rd ward meetinghouse. The program was social and musical, followed by refreshments. Mr. Hewlett was born on February 15, 1862, in Bristol, England, and when eight years old accompanied his parents to Canada, coming to Salt Lake City two years later. He has resided here ever since, except two years in Lehi. He received his education in the public schools in Salt Lake City, and in 1887 entered business with his brothers under the firm name of Hewlett Brothers. Last January Mr. Hewlett was elected on his second four-year term as director of the Utah State Fair Association. He has traveled extensively throughout the inter-mountain country, and also made several trips to the Orient. Readers of the Era are familiar with his descriptive articles on Japan, and his other articles on travel. He is qualified in every way to act in the responsible calling to which he has been assigned. He will particularly make Mends with the young people, and his judgment, good nature, and business capacity especally fit him for the position. He will release Elder John F. Sagers, who is temporary president of the mission.