holding a hand scraper to scrape out the mud to provide room for the concrete footings that were used in constructing the swimming pool. George was made manager of this resort facility and John Heiner, who was the principal owner, was the president. About 48 percent of the stock was held by the rest of the brothers, including George. George was always very busy and dedicated to working in the Church. He served in the youth organizations and later was called to the high council. He attended meetings in the old rock stake house where the meetings were usually conducted by President Daniel Heiner, his father. Later on, the stake was reorganized and President Randall was made stake president. George served as one of his counselors. He was himself made stake president in 1942. His counselors were Cal Geary and Clarence Rich. His clerk was Roy Francis. George held the position of stake president for five years. This was during the war years. After he was released as stake president he was called and ordained a patriarch which position he held the rest of his life. He also held a position on the draft board and served in a number of other civic responsibilities. He was also instrumental in getting the first power to Morgan City from the generating plant at Hardscrabble Creek. George was a county commissioner for a number of years and was instrumental in getting roads oiled in Morgan County. He was also a very good public speaker and served on the school board. George was frequently called on to speak at funeral services, participating in close to a thousand such services. He seemed always able to bring out the salient points of the gospel with a good story that was appropriate for the occasion. One memorable story went as follows: There was a young girl who was dating age. The girl's mother was concerned about her, and wanted to give her some advice before her date. So she sat her daughter down and said to her, "I want you to be a good girl. This boy you are going to date will probably want to hold your hand, and then he'll want to lay his head on your shoulder. Now that's when your Mom starts to worry." When the girl returned from her date some time later, the mother questioned her. 'Tell me how your date was." The young girl said, "Well, you were right. He wanted to hold my hand and then I thought, I'll lay my head on his shoulder, and let his Mom worry.. .. and that's what I did." Like his rather, George was a great hunter, having hunted all of his life Together they provided much wild game for the dinner table. George did not have a high paying position, and his family had to plan to have adequate food on the table. But his family felt he was a good provider. He had a cow and he taught his children to milk when they were very young. He also raised several pigs during the year to supplement the meat supply along with the deer and elk that he was usually able to secure. George used to take a number of his friends and acquaintances hunting with him, and he had some very unusual and interesting experiences. He 257