---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 21
number: 4
published: 1918-02
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “New Stake Presidencies,” *Improvement Era* 21, no. 4 (February 1918): 350–352."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2104unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera2104unse
start_page: 350
end_page: 352
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-02)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2104unse
  publication_year: 1918
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# New Stake Presidencies

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New Stake Presidencies

PRESIDENCY OF THE NEW MONTPELIER STAKE

Chosen and sustained December 23, 1917

Henry Herman Hoff Edward C. Rich Silas L. Wright

1st Counselor President 2nd Counselor

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Center: President Edward C. Rich, for three years bishop of Mont-

pelier First ward; a missionary in England in 1896-8, and 1909-11; and an

earnest worker in many civil and religious positions in his community.

Left: Henry Herman Hoff, first counselor; born in Philadelphia,

Pa., March 16, 1849; came to Utah in 1872; joined the Church in 1873;

since 1909 bishop of Montpelier Second ward ; former regent of the Uni-

versity of Idaho, and director of the State Normal School at Albion; for

six years county commisisoner of Bear Lake, and for two years Mayor of

Montpelier.

Right: Silas L. Wright, second counselor, former bishop of Benning-

ton; since Jan. 22, a misionary in California two years, presiding elder of

Cokeville for two years, and at present postmaster. Born March 16, 1884.

The new Montpelier stake was organized from a part of Bear Lake

slake on December 23, 1917, at a conference held in Paris, Idaho, under the

direction of Pres. Heber J. Grant and Elder Rudger Clawson of the Council

of the Twelve.

President Joseph R. Shepherd, of the Bear Lake stake, was honorably

released owing to ill health, and that stake was reorganized.

The new Montpelier stake includes the following wards: Nounan,

Georgetown, Bennington, Bern, Montpelier First, Second and Third wards,

Wardboro, Dingle, Raymond, Geneva and Cokeville.

NEW PRESIDENCY OF THE BEAR LAKE STAKE

Chosen and sustained Dec. 23, 1917.

Center: President William L. Rich, for many years first counselor to

former President Joseph R. Shepherd.

Left: Ola Transtrum, for nearly four years bishop of St. Charles,

first counselor.

Right: Roy C. Welker, a Seventy and at present principal of tbe Field-

ing Academy, second counselor.

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