War Ration Book Even the talks at stake conference in May and throughout the war years reflected the leaders' concern about the war and the stake's involvement in it. In May, President Geary spoke of our free agency to worship God and asked that the slogan be adopted, "For God and For Liberty." President Heiner remarked that we should be very thankful that the battle fronts of this war are not in our country and asked that all be alert and safeguard "our" young people.10 In November, it was decided that the home missionaries should be released to cut travel, helping with gasoline rationing, and the bishops of the wards were asked to appoint a committee to arrange for the sacrament meeting programs for the second and fourth Sundays using ward members.11 At the October meeting of the stake presidency and high council, the matter of keeping in contact with all the young men in the armed services was considered, and it was decided that a committee be appointed in each ward to keep an up-to-date mailing list and have a photo of each posted in the ward meetinghouse. Also, it was decided that church literature, including the Improvement Erabe sent to them.12The Relief Society sisters, too, were doing all they could. One of their main projects was sewing for the Red Cross.13 The Saints in Morgan, as all citizens in the United States were faced with rationing. They supplemented their food supplies by growing as much as they could at home and preserving many foodstuffs. By the end of November 1942, there were 113 men from Morgan County serving in the armed forces. Sister Nettie Durrant of Morgan, widow of Owen Durrant, had six grandsons serving with two more soon to go.14 Ward Activities &£&n giEffi «tirt? Activities were still held when rationing and 34''a f*£a3 frfigigl SS22! conditions would permit. In August there was a '**££! gfc£r3 **03 !M3: stake Sunday School outing at Lagoon, and in *s£iS *&t?3 gfiKSa *6^£ October, the stake presidency hosted the high *g£S3 *e£ii3 *si20 SiS£ council and ward bishoprics and their wives at ^M!*B£3Sa6E£ an annual social.15 4£s3 ?fc£s!l ftfflB *8H£ Many of the wards made efforts to provide *^s3 **3£! !!iE-q3 «i^ recreation for their members within the ward mtS® AB9 AtiJB «£S boundaries. The Croydon Ward Relief Society fssan •*»»! gwjH WaL* anAi bishopric purchased volleyball equipment, " roller skates, and table tennis equipment.16 The Peterson Ward bishopric—Alfred Bohman, Lee Rollins, and Deverl Lamb—went to Deseret 150 *~Vl! ?Ck1 **&&\ JfcffS