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was organized with George Osmond as president, William Walton Burton as first counsellor, and Anson Vasco Call II as second counsellor. In August 1904, the cornerstone was laid for a new
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teacher in the winter and built buildings in the summer. In 1892, he designed and supervised the construction of the Afton Ward chapel. That same year, the Star Valley Stake of
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