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Vallejo Branch
VALLEJO BRANCH of the California Mission consisted of the Latter-day Saints residing in the city of Vallejo, which is situated on the Napa River, in Solano County, California, opposite the Mare Island Navy Yard, about 24 miles by water northeast of San Francisco. Vallejo city had 14,476 inhabitants in 1930. The L. D. S. membership is about 150; meetings are held in the Masonic Temple at Vallejo.
The Vallejo Branch was organized about 1929 with Milando Mecham as presiding Elder; he was succeeded by Newell Standley, who in April, 1930, was succeeded by Thomas Hovgaard, who still acted Dec. 31, 1930.
Valview Ward
VALVIEW WARD, Teton Stake, Teton Co., Idaho, consisted of Latter-day Saints residing in that part of Teton Valley lying northeast of Clawson. It includes a hilly country and most of the people are engaged in dry-farming. The L. D. S. meeting house, a frame building, is situated about ten miles northeast of Driggs, or about four miles northeast of Clawson.
At a meeting held July 5, 1914, the northeast part of the Clawson Ward was organized into a branch of the Church named Valview, with Byron M. Anderson as presiding Elder. He was succeeded in 1917 by James M. Dunn, who presided until Aug. 19, 1917, when the Valview Branch was organized as a ward with Perry O. Hatch as Bishop. He presided until the spring of 1928, when the Valview Ward was disorganized and its remaining members were attached to Clawson Ward.
Vavau Conference
VAVAU CONFERENCE (The), or District, of the Tongan Mission, comprises the saints residing in the Vavau Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean, and at the close of 1930 the Vavau District had a total Church membership of 471, including 96 children.
Vendsyssel Conference
VENDSYSSEL CONFERENCE, Danish Mission, consisted of the Latter-day Saints residing in the extreme [p.910] north part of North Jutland, Denmark. It was organized Aug. 14, 1852, and was for several years a most fruitful field for L. D. S. missionaries. Prior to the large emigration in 1862, there were about 700 members of the Church in the conference. No province in America or Europe has, in comparison to area and number of inhabitants, yielded so much good material to the Church as has the little province of Vendsyssel. In 1868 the Vendsyssel Conference was dissolved and its remaining membership added to the Aalborg Conference. Following are the names of branches which at different times constituted a part of the Vendsyssel Conference: Taars, Jetzmark, Frederikshavn, Napstjert, Dronninglund, Harritslev, Mosbjerg, Gjøttrup, Hjørring, Hørmested, Sindal, Mygdal, Elling, Albæk, Hune, Seridslev, Gjerum, Jerslev, Byrum, Skjæve, Ugilt, Voer, Brønderslev, Torslev, Hellevad, Idskov, and Veiby.
Venice Ward
VENICE WARD, Sevier Stake, Sevier Co., Utah, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district situated on both sides of the Sevier River northwest of Glenwood. The center of the ward is a village about three miles northwest of Glenwood and 6 miles northeast of Richfield, the stake headquarters. Nearly all the people are farmers, who irrigate their orchards and farms from the Sevier River and Cove River. Meetings are held in a small brick building, formerly a school house, which stands on the east bank of the Sevier River. Within the limits of the ward is a fine modern school house.