blaze in the furnace room before the fire department arrived. It was necessary to chop a hole in the floor ofthe upper hall and pourchemical on the hot areas. Most ofthe damage was finally confined to the lower hall and furnace room.43 However, because of the age of the building and cost to maintain and repair it, the decision was finally made to discontinue the Richville Ward. On 23 August 1964, the entire stake presidency attended the ward sacrament meeting. During the meeting, Otis Rose was released as bishop, and it was announced that the ward would be discontinued and joined with the Morgan Ward. President Larson read a letter from the general church building and inspection committee which condemned the building because of the high cost of repair. It was also explained that since the membership was few, the cost to build a new meeting house would be out of reason in expense per capita. When the meeting was opened for discussion, there was a divided opinion on the proposal. After a fairly lengthy discussion, the members present sustained the action proposed by the stake presidency. It was nevertheless a sad time for all, knowing that this was one of the last meetings they would attend as a ward in Richville. Richville, a parent ward in the Morgan Valley, had enjoyed use of its facility since 1913. The members of the Richville Ward attended Morgan the following Sunday, 30 August. Because ofthe added growth to the Morgan Ward, it was divided on Sunday, 13 September. The division created the Morgan Second Ward. Keith Little remained bishop of the Morgan Ward with counselors, Gerald Whittier and Darrell Judd. Charles Price was called to serve as bishop of the Morgan Second Ward, with William Branch and Don Turner as counselors. The two wards were divided so that their total numbers were within ten people of each other 45The boundaries of the Morgan Second Ward encompassed the area north of Young Street, east to State Street, then south to First South Street; east to Second East Street; North to the Weber River and then East through Taggart's Camp. South of this line, including Richville, was the boundary ofthe Morgan Ward.46 With the discontinuance of the Richville Ward, the building was taken down a little at a time for salvage purposes. It was finally set afire and the debris cleared out leaving a vacant lot.47 Slide Ward Discontinued—-The Slide Ward was organized on 29 March 1914, and remaineda ward for forty-two years. On 20 January 1956, the ward was made an independent branch with Samuel F. Hopkin being called as branch president. Hyrum Winters and John C. Irwin were asked to serve as counselors with John T. Sommers as branch clerk. The necessitated change from ward to branch was a result of many of the Latter-day Saint families building or buying permanent homes in surrounding communities. Soon there were not enough men and women to staff a ward organization.48 During I960, just four years after the ward was made a branch, the stake presidency approached Elder Mark E. Peterson about joining the Slide Branch with the Croydon Ward. However, President Hopkin felt like they 196