of the University Second Ward remember Anne D. Harriman who served as a counselor in the Church Tradition Sunday School presidency in 1970 . In 1971 she was called to be the president. According to Tony Kimball who was serving in the bishopric Now a Policy at the time, the bishop asked a member of the General Sunday It had long been a tradition in were short lived, because on 24 School Board whether or not such the LDS church that only men were September 1979, one month after an appointment was appropriate. to serve in Sunday School presid- she was called, Kenney was The board member did not know. encies. On 19 August 1979, how- released from the presidency. She Soon after this the Church sent out ever, Ann Kenney was set apart as was given two explanations for the a directive stating that if no priest- the University of Utah Second action. The official statement was hood holders were available, Stake Sunday School president. that in areas where there were members who did not hold the Kenney remembers laughing worthy priesthood holders availa- priesthood could serve in ward when Gilbert Scharffs, then a coun- ble, they should serve in the Sunday School presidencies. Thus, selor in the stake presidency, pro- Sunday School. Scharffs told her Harr~mancontinued as the presl- posed the assignment. Because she the unofficial word was, "In the dent for some time. was unaware of any female past there has been no policy set. More recently, there was a case Sunday School administrators, The quorum was divided on the involving a man in the Primary Kenney thought he was joking. issue, and left the decision to the presidency. Early in the fall of 1984, President Scharffs assured her he president." The President was Ezra Bishop William Cottam called was quite serious and that he had Taft Benson. Doxey Hatch to serve as a counse- been strongly impressed to ask her According to Kenney, both she lor in the Manhattan First Ward to the position. He informed Kenney and Scharffs were very confused Primary. Bishop Cottam believed that a General Authority had about this. Neither one of them that since some of the thirty chil- approved the calling. completely understood the reason dren in the Primary came from Upon accepting the position, why she was released. fatherless homes, it would be nice Kenney's first task was to choose Her dismissal evoked, once for the children to see a man in a counselors; she chose two women. again, mixed reactions. Most of the leadership role, being affectionate Next she was to meet with all of people who had said nothing when and loving. the ward Sunday School presidents she was set apart were now more Additionally, Cottam believed in her stake. The idea of this made vocal. They claimed they had that Hatch, an unmarried graduate Kenney somewhat uncomfortable. believed in the first place that it student, would benefit from work- She feared that some of the men was not right for a woman to hold ing with children. The other over whom she presided might res- such a position. members of the presidency were ent her because she was a woman. Others in her ward were quite single as well. To her relief, her fears were upset. The action prompted one According to Linda Stevenson, a unfounded. Except for one man, man to send a letter inquiring member of the Manhattan First who said he had expected her to be about the decision to President Ward, no one in the ward was very more matronly in appearance, all Kimball. surprised by the calling. Many of nine of the presidents in her stake Kenney's experience was by no the Primary teachers were male both accepted and welcomed her. means an isolated incident. Several and the members could see the News of her calling received a other women were serving concur- need for the children to have some more mixed reaction from the rently with Kenney in their ward good father figures. members in her ward. Many of her Sunday School presidencies in her However, Hatch's calling did not close friends did not comment at stake. They were released at the last long. The day he was sus- all. "Those who considered them- same time as Kenney. Additionally, tained, a woman serving on the selves 'liberal' were, of course, there are some accounts of women General Primary Board in Salt Lake thrilled. Other than this I just got a serving in presidencies at Brigham City was in the audience. After the lot of non-reaction which I inter- Young University in the late 1970s. meeting she informed the stake preted to be negative," said Ken- Many of these women were also president that such a calling was ney. "Overcoming this reaction was released prematurely. contrary to Church policy and that one of the hardest parts of the job." Earlier a similar incident it was not a good idea for men and Kenney's concerns about the job occurred in Boston. Many members women to serve together. On 16

32 SUNSTONE December 1984, Hatch was women are not to be called as released. members of the Sunday School While it is difficult to locate any presidencies." No explanation written policy on the matter, in accompanied the directive. August of 1980 a "reminder" of the No previous announcement by a Church position did appear in the Church leader has been found con- Priesthood bulletin. "We remind cerning this subject. Thus a bishops that men are not to be reminder in the Priesthood Bulletin, called as members of Primary pre- apparently without historical sidencies," reads the first page of antecedent, has become the the bulletin. And on the second governing policy of the Church. page, "We remind bishops that g Vance Law Leaves White Sox for Expos

White Sox and was a key player when that team won the West divisional title in 1983. Despite criticism that he was a "good-field no third baseman," Law had his best year offensively in 1984. Law batted .252 while hit- ting 17 home runs and driving in 59 RBIs. "At first I was disappointed by the trade," Law told SUNSTONE, "because I felt attached to the White Sox organization and to sev- eral players on the team. But I finally realized it was a good career move for me because I would have the opportunity to play every day." Law also indicated he was look- ing forward to playing again in the Vance Law National League. "It's a different type of game in infielder that league because there isn't the Vance Law, whose career designated hitter, and the pitchers began at Brigham Young rely more on finesse than over- University, was traded to the whelming power. But I've played in in December for the league before and I think I can pitcher . The twentv- hit National League pitching." eight-year-old Law, son of Pitis- Recently, ~aw,who liveswith his burgh Pirates pitching ace Vernon wife and children in Provo, Law, spent two years in the minor received BYU's Alumni Community leagues before joining Pittsburgh in Service award. The recognition 1980. After two seasons with the came as the result of efforts bv Pirates, Law was traded to the BYU alumni from the ~hica~ogrea.1

SUNSTONE 33 Excommunicated Myth- Bustin(I Man Sues Church Utahns in Wi by Michelle Macfarlane Claiming his excommuni- spread about him following the Reporting on Utah Mormons in catioll from the Church damaged trial based on what occurred there. Washington, D.C., is certainly his reputation, a Mesa, Arizona, "The term 'excommunicated' nothing new. As recently as March man in December filed an $18 mil- itself is damaging to my reputation of 1981 The Washingtonian, a lion defamation suit against the among both Mormons and non- widely read monthly in the nation's Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Mormons," Hancock told SUNSTONE, capital, reported on the apparent day Saints and his stake president because it presumes someone disproportionate influence wielded According to articles in Mesa's is bad or has done something by Mormons. In the November 1984 Arizona Republic and Salt Lake wrong. I just wanted out of the issue of Utah Holiday magazine, City's Deseret News, Norman L. Church and wanted to be left The Washingtonian's analogue in Hancock first asked to have his alone." Zion, readers are once again name removed from Church Hancock says he considered treated to a Who's Who of Utahns records for "personal reasons." appealing the decision to higher in Washington. But unlike previous Because it is official procedure to Church officials but finally decided listings, the authors have examined conduct a cou'rt following such a "it would be a waste of time." not only the influence of these request, Hancock was summoned Then he heard about a similar Utahns but also some of the myths before a sixteen-member jury com- case in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which and stereotypes engendered by posed of the hierarchy of the Mesa Marian Guinn was awarded their presence. Arizona North Stake. $390,000 in damages after she sued Authors Mary Lythgoe Bradford According to Hancock, Stake the Collinsville Church of Christ. of Dialogue fame, herself a Utah Prsident Duane Beezer conducted Apparently a letter was read the transplant, and Alice Allred the closed-door trial, held on 4 congregation which she claimed Pottmyer, reigning president of March 1984, in a manner which publicly denounced her for alleged "humiliated" Hancock. Hancock "fornication." believes Beezer "slandered" him Hancock says he decided to sue with accusations of "illicit, the Church and Beezer out of improper and immoral conduct in neither bitterness nor desire for violation of the law of the Church." financial gain. He says he is seek- Such statements placed him "in a ing $6 million in actual damages false light in the public eye" and and $12 million in punitive dam- "permanently injured his reputa- ages because he believes the tion, business, and standing in the Church should be forced to reeval- community." uate their court procedures. Hancock also complains that no "It will be a better church," says witnesses were called to testify Hancock, "when they let God be the against him and he was allowed to judge of a man's conduct." call none in his defense. This, Hancock is acting as his own Hancock believes, was illegal. lawyer. His suit has been assigned Church policy requires that the to Superior Court judge David proceedings of the court as well as Roberts. Roberts, a Mormon, the reasons given for the excom- serves as Beezer's first counselor munication be kept private. Even in the Mesa Arizona North Stake. Hancock, for "personal reasons" Roberts has said, however, he will has declined to reveal the charges. "undoubtedly" disqualify himself However, he claims lies were from the lawsuit. Rex Lee

SUNSTONE Mormons for ERA, have compiled a 59 West 100 South lengthy list culled primarily from Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 surveying other Utahns in D.C. Please send me a subscription to SUN~TONEmagazine, the unique Their article entitled "Power People Mormon monthly. on the Potomac" identifies the most 6 months (6 issues) 1 year (12 Issues) 2 years (24 issues) influential Utahns according to a $1 5.00 $27.00 $50.00 panel of "about fifteen men and $12.00 student rate women, Republicans and Demo- Name crats, spread across a spectrum of Address age, knowledge and experience." The panel nominated prominent Utahns in four leadership catego- ries: government and politics ("All

34 SUNSTONE 1. All Mormons, especially Utah Mormons, are right wing conservatives. False. Ideologies don't make it in Washington. 2. The FBI and CIA are com- shington pletely infiltrated by squeaky- clean Mormons who are being

-- recruited in droves. the President's Men"), business and False. Dale Van Atta's report that trade associations, professions 10% of CIA operatives and (Media Mavens, Lawyers, and Lob- employees are Mormon is probably byists"), and women leaders off by 9%. ("Women Who Matter"). 3. Mormons present a unified In the government and politics block because they are alike category Utah's two Republican and they all know each other senators, Orrin Hatch ("credited (i,e. Mormon Mafia). with killing the 1984 Civil Rights Somewhat true. Act because it could have threa- 4. Mormons are trying to take tened the LDS church's tax exempt over the government. status") and Jake Garn, chairman False. The percentage of influential of the powerful Senate Banking Orrin Hatch Utahns is "not overwhelming." Committee, were most freauentlv mentioned by the panelists. category. Also on the list were his Also on every panelist's list was parents, J. Willard, Sr., and his Richard WMhlin, President Alice, who arrived in Washington in Reagan's pollster-strategist. the late 1920s on their honeymoon Although he recently resigned, and stayed on to set up a root beer Education Secretary T. H. Bell was stand. listed by some, while other pane- lists argued that his influenc,e was Jack W. Carlson, executive vice- marginal at best. president and lobbyist for the Other persons in this category nation's largest trade association, included Rex Lee, the U.S. Solicitor the National Association of Real- General ("the beleaguered enemy of tors, as well as three other busi- the New Right"), Mark Cannon, the nessmen/lobbyists, Kent Colton, Chief Justice's administrative Gary Terry, and Ralph Meacham assistant, and Roger Porter, a were identified in the article. White House aide. The professions category Not surprisingly, J. Willard included individuals ranging from Marriott, the Marriott Corporation's such nationally known figures as chief executive officer and the syndicated columnist Jack Washington stake president, Anderson to perhaps the most headed up the business leader effective lobbyist in Washington, Tom Korologos ("dubtied by his col- leagues 'the 10lst senator' "). Sonia Johnson According to the Utah Holiday article, no Utah woman is more influential in the nation's capitol 5. Mormons stop short of the than Esther Peterson, the labor- top because they are not willing consumer activist who has served to sacrifice families and church in every Democratic administration work. since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also Partially true. "Other long-time under "Women Who Matter" were Washingtonians aver that most Sonia Johnson, excommunicated Mormonssimply haven't developed Mormon feminist and Citizen's the intellectual strength and reser- Party presidential candidate; and voir of knowledge that would two other founding mothers of propel them into positions of last- Mormons for ERA, Maida Withers, ing power. . . . An anti-intellectual director of Dance Construction strain, combined with a strong Company; and Hazel Rigby, past need to make money, may cause president of the Alexandria Educa- Mormons to sell themselves short." tional Association. Authors Bradford and Pottmyer The article is a useful source of explain and assess several preval- information for those particularly ent mvths surroundina Mormons in interested in the Saints in ~ashlngton.The mytfis-with the Washington, D.C., and in the per- authors' conclusions of validity- ceptions others have of Mormon Jake Garn are as follows: influence there.

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