Sunday, April 13, 2008

Los Angeles California Santa Monica Stake

Organized Jul 1 1951 as the Santa Monica Stake- a division of the Inglewood Stake
Ground broken for stake center March 1959 (Stake membership 5200+)
Stake Center Dedicated May 21 1961 (Appr cost $450,000)
Name changed to Los Angeles California Santa Monica Stake in 1974

E Garrett Barlow 1951-1967
Thomas G Myers 1967-1976
Gerald Iba 1976-1982
Herb T Patten 1982-1991
Robert Hedrick 1991-1995
Richard Norton 1995-2004
Robert Keeler 2004-

Santa Monica 3rd Ward (Singles)

Organized (date unknown) as a division of the Los Angeles 1st Ward, Los Angeles California Stake.
Robert Keeler ?-2004
Gary Delgado 2004-2007
Larry Eastland 2007-

Westdale 2nd Ward

Organized Sept 25 1976 from the disorganization of the Culver City and Mar Vista 2nd Wards and a division of the Mar Vista Ward

Need names of Bishops and terms of service.... McBride, Plank, Duckworth,Holdaway and several others

Santa Monica 4th Ward (Singles)

Organized as a branch Nov 1975
Organized as a ward (date unknown)
Disorganized (date unknown-abt 1990)
Ellsworth Johnson 1975-1977
Burton Price 1977-???

Other Branch Presidents or Bishops???????

Los Cienega Ward (Spanish)

Organized as the Spanish Branch of the Santa Monica Stake Sep 14 1969
Name changed to La Cienega Ward (date unknown)
Transferred to the Huntington Park West Stake 1982
Transferred to the Santa Monica Stake 2003

N Magnone 1969

Montarossa, Jimenez, Frausto ???? Other Branch Presidents and Bishops????

Pacific Palisades Ward

Organized as the Pacific Palisades Branch May 12 1957 as a division of the Santa Monica 3rd Ward
Organized as Pacific Palisades Ward Oct 27 1963
Bruce Hargraves 1957-1960
Calvin Shipp 1960-1966
Arden Roney 1966-1967
George Phelps Jr 1967-1971
Kenneth Cook 1971-???

What about Bishops Tyler, Vincent, Cable, Bolander and others not referenced.
Ward historical records indicate in the 1960's talk of a Malibu Branch, what happened?

Culver City Ward (Old Westdale 2nd)

Organized as Westdale 2nd Ward May 15 1955 as a division of Westdale and La Cienega Wards
Name Changed to Culver City Ward Feb 13, 1968
Disorganized Sep 15 1976 members to newly organized Westdale 2nd Ward

W Tate 1955-1961
Harold Redd 1961-1966
H Lynn Brown 1966-1971
C Harris Adams 1971-1976