building could be dedicated. On 19 June 1964, a special program anddinner was held with Elder Marion D. Hanks, ofthe First Council of Seventy, as the guest speaker. Elder Hanks had recently been released as President ofthe British Mission with headquarters in London, England. Following the program, a smorgasbord dinner was sponsored by the MIA28 Five years of hard work, both physical as well as spiritual, on the part of Church members in the Peterson area finally brought to fruition their labors as they witnessed the dedication of their building. The building was started under the direction of Bishop Verl Poll and completed under the direction of Bishop Gene Jones. With an eye to the future, Church authorities planned the ward headquarters so that it could be expanded into a stake center, if and when population growth demanded it. Ezra Taft Benson, a member ofthe Quorum of Twelve, was the visiting authority at stake conference on 23 and 24 September 1967. Following the afternoon session of stake conference, dedicatory services were held at 5:00 p.m. in the Peterson chapel. The program was as follows: Opening Song "Come Listen to a Prophets Voice" Invocation Don Whitear Song "Bless This House" by Robert Bigler Remarks Bishop Verl J. Poll Remarks Bishop Eugene C. Jones Musical Number "This House We Dedicate To Thee" Peterson Ward Choir Address and Dedicatory Prayer Elder Ezra Taft Benson Closing Song "Rejoice, the Lord is King" Benediction Donald J. Kimbal29 McKay Dee Hospital—On 10 February 1958, priesthood leaders from Morgan and Ogden, including stake presidency, high councilors, and high priest group leaders, met in the Ogden Tabernacle with Thorpe B. Isaacson, first counselor in the presiding bishopric of the Church, to discuss the problem and need for a new hospital in the Ogden area. The projected cost ofthe building at the time was five million dollars, of which the people of Ogden and Morgan were to raise 25 per cent. The rest would come from Church funds and be paid back from income from the operation of the hospital. It was four years later, however, before the decision was finally made to actually build the hospital. The Morgan Stake was assessed $19,000.30Bids were finally opened in January 1966, and on 20 April 1966, "The First Presidency authorized construction of the hospital at a cost of $9,971,785, including furnishings." President David O. McKay attended the ground breaking ceremony on 23 April and "threw the switch to detonate the dynamite that signaled start of construction."31 On 9 July 1969, the hospital was completed and its doors were opened to receive patients. 192