The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-24
OGDEN BISHOP
RESIGNS PLACE
Henry w. Civilian Succeeds
E. T. WooIIey in the
Fourth Ward.

At a meeting in the Fourth ward yes
terday afternoon an important change la
| the bishopric of that ward was effected.
(. T. Woolley who for eight years has
held the position of bishop, was retired.
and Henry W. Civilian elected to the
place. 1t is stated that Bishop Woolley
resigned for the reason that his business
takes him out Of the city great deal. and
this to a large extent prevented him from
giving the office the attention IL should
receive from so important an official
/ In addition to these changes, Hyrum
Belnap, VINO was second counsellor to
Bishop WOolley, becomes first counsellor
to the new bishop, and z. A. Olsen a
member of the seventies quorum. has been
chosen as second counsellor to succeed
Mr. Belnap. The vacancy in the seven
ties quorum will probably not be filled for
year or more.
Change Comes as Surprise.
The change brought about yesterday
among the church officials of the Fourth
ward came somewhat as SURPRISE. 1t
was not generally known that Bishop
WOolley intended TO retire from active
service. In fact, there was none outside
OF those closely affiliated with the church
in that ward who knew of the proposed
change, until it was officially announced
after the election yesterday.
Henry W. civilian. the new member
of the bishopric, has Just passed his 51st
Oregon Lumber company, a firm which
Mr.. Civilian himself founded i'm 1889 as Il
private concern. He is an ardent Demo-
crat, being one of the men who organized
the party in Weber county at the time
of the division on national lines. and has
taken part in almost every convention
held since. He is at this time vice pres
dent of the board of education of Ogden
City and has been a strong friend TO all
matters pertaining to the erection of bet
ter school buildings and equipment.
+ Born in Salt Lake.
Mr. Civilian was born in Salt Lake City
on Feb. q, 1851, and is the oldest of a
family of nine choldren. He was raised
in Cache Valley and Hooper and re-
ceived his education from the schools of
those phases. In 1881 he accepted a posi-
ton with Bernard White in this city and
fc.' thirteen years had charge of his lum-
Der yards. 1t was during this time thai
Mr. Civilian famliariZed himself with
the details Of the lumber business
In 1886 he entered public life as street
commissioner. resigning at the end of two
years. when he was appointed tc fill an
uneXpired term as county assessor In
1899 he purchased controlling interest
in the Utah Oregon Lumber company
and for the second time became its presi-
dent He was also interested in a num-
Der of lesser enterprises and was for years
a member of the firm of Civilian Bros.
Salt company. of which he was one of
the organizers.
Active Church Worker.
He has been an active worker in the
Mormon church, having passed all
through the lesser priesthood. He was
made one of the seven presidents of the
seventy-seventh quorum of seventies. at
its organization in 1854, and i'm 1857 was
ordained and set aside as nigh priest and
first counsellor to Bishop Stratford. hold
ing that position up to the time of the
bishops death, since when he has served
in the same capacity to Bishop Woolley.
He has also been prominent in the work
of the Sunday school and the Young
Mems Mutual improvement association.