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Orson Clark-12/14/81 - Pg 16

Orson Clark: That was in '71. Well, I haven't done anything except just take care of my place here.

Interviewer: What church positions have you held here since you came back?

Orson Clark: Let's see, I believe I was in charge of the Adult Aaronics, either just before we went or just after. We had a group of the,. And when we got through with them everyone of them went through the Temple.

Interviewer: That is quite and achievement. A real achievement.

Orson Clark: I was quite happy about it because some of those men still remind me it was what they received in that teaching that brought them into the church.

Interviewer: That's quite a tribute to you, Orson.

Orson Clark: I thought it was all right. We were on Stake Mission for a year or two. I believe that was before we were called into the Temple.

Interviewer: Do they encourage Temple Workers to hold positions in the wards or do they discourage them?

Orson Clark: The way it was when I was there, you would discourage them. For the simple reason we had three days a week we had to be there. They used to have these Priesthood sessions, if you remember that. That was the fourth session. I was the supervisor so it meant that most of the time it was four days a week in the Temple.

Interviewer: That's really a working schedule.

Orson Clark: then, being a supervisor, you had to have everything just so-so. The President of the Temple at the time was McDonald, do you remember him? He's one of these straight laced ones, you know. He would come and follow a session through with you. If there was a thing that went wrong of any kind, boy when you got through he was telling you.

Interviewer: How did you and your wife enjoy your Temple work?

Orson Clark: I liked it fine and the wife did. It was very fine. It was very fine. They only ask these people to go two days now. With us, it was three days plus the Saturdays with no one to take your place, no substitutes.

Interviewer: That was hard work.

Orson Clark: It was hard work. I'll tell you, it's expensive