WOMEN'S WRITES
NEWS LETTER OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY, U.S.M.B.

President Shirley Maynes

This past year we lost our FIRST NATIONAL AUXILIARY PRESIDENT. Colonel (They had military rank then) Mary Goodman was the continuous president for twenty-one years, 1960-81! She was the founder of the Auxiliary, and her ideas and efforts are still very much in evidence in our present organization and duties. She held her meetings at the State Capitol, where the Battalion had a room/office. She marched in the John F. Kennedy inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. In recent years, when invited to come to one of our activities, she always graciously declined on the grounds that she would be "out of place." She will never be out of place in our hearts. We have lost a remarkable lady! From time to time, I want to feature one of our company Auxiliary presidents. This time, it is Stella Ebert of Company "B".

Apropos of my message above, please note this from our historian:

DAYLE WHITE, Historian

Auxiliary presidents and historians are requested to collect the obituary of any member of your company auxiliary and send a copy to me (Dayle White, 1120 Gilmer Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84105). It is the desire of the Ladies Auxiliary to place these in a "In Memoriam" publication yearly, detailing their lives and accomplishments so they will not be forgotten, and illustrating their service to the Battalion. (You may do the same for the men of the Battalion, if you wish.)

Michelle Teeples, Vice-President

On February 14, the National Staff of the Ladies Auxiliary held their first training meeting. Although small in numbers, we had a good attendance and a very informative and enjoyable time. One goal for this meeting was to get better acquainted with one another--to forge ourselves into a team. We of the Staff feel a great need to have all the women of the Battalion work together as one, rather than as individuals. We also had some wonderful speakers entertain us. Robert and Harmony Race and family had the opportunity of walking the last 540 miles in the handcart company with the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train. In giving their experiences, they told how the angels helped them along. They bore their testimonies. We enjoyed hearing the children bear their testimonies, too, about the worldly sacrifices they made to go on this trip. I hope that as ladies auxiliary we may learn from this family and others who went on this great trek that if we pull together, we can accomplish anything. We, too, are a great organization, and we can succeed in achieving our goals by working together. I wish to express my gratitude to the ladies of the National Staff who helped to put this meeting together.

FLASH!! As we go to press, we announce the passing of Pres. Stella Ebert, from complications in surgery. What a loss!

DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL/COMPANY AUXILIARIES

In November, we listed the duties of President, vice-President, and Secretary; in January, the duties of Treasurer, Historian, and Memorialization. The following completes the duties:

Life Membership & Enlistment Director

• Assist the president, and work closely with her.
• Encourage members to become life members.
• Keep the life membership board up-to-date.
• Do all you can to promote new memberships.
• Promote & secure Life Memberships; help in filling out Certificates.
• Work on the Memorialization committee and the committee to
• Gather histories on the women and wives of Battalion men.
• Visit Company auxiliaries and promote memberships.

PUBLICITY DIRECTOR

• Assist the president and work closely with her.
• Send articles to local newspapers, T.V. stations and
• Radio stations on activities of the Auxiliary.
• Make invitations & favors for Auxiliary parties and events.
• Make flyers advertising programs and events and
• Send to appropriate Battalion companies and businesses.
• Help to prepare a newsletter, if called upon.
• Work on the memorialization committee & the committee to Gather histories on the women and wives of Battalion men.

This completes the duties of officers. If you have any additions or changes to our lists, please contact the National Board.

STELLA LOUGEE EBERT, President, Co. "B", Sandy

Born in Dubois, Idaho, 11 April 1928, Stella was raised in a home where the gospel was both taught and lived. She remembers that her parents stressed honesty, love, kindness, and concern for one another. The family moved about because of the Depression, and there were times when the table was bare, but she remembers that her mother was a fastidious housekeeper, and they wore clean clothes. At ten, she went to care for her grandmother, whose father was a sergeant in Co."B" of the Battalion, and was injured in the Battle of the Bulls. As a teenager she worked at Hill Field. Here she met Glen, and they were married after a short courtship; sealed in the temple, later. They have 7 children. Stella got her high school diploma through Adult Education, and attended college to get her LPN. Working at University Hospital and for Upjohn gave her valuable experience in nursing. This came in handy when she cared for her mother, who was suffering from a malignant brain tumor, the last five years of her life. When Glen retired, they served a mission in the Nashville Tennessee Mission. Today, they serve as ordinance workers in the Jordan River Temple. They joined the Battalion in 1992. He was the Battalion chaplain, and she is auxiliary president of Co. "B."