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MormonTimes.com: Strange ward names: the sequel

I hate to say this because I know the author put in some effort but...I don't seen anything funny or strange about most of these names. They are only named for a local area and they don't seem strange at all. I don't see any point to this article. Big deal

This is a pointless article. Non of the Wards listed are that interesting or funny.

Obviously the Normal 1st, 2nd, and 3rd wards were left out. Yes, Normal, as in not-weird. Located in Normal, IL. My BYU roommates loved that.

Have to add one more: In Milwaukee, Wisconsin one of the chapels is called the Hale's Corner building. Before stake Conference, they always announce that the meeting will be held at Hale's Corner. But it always sounds like they are saying "Hell's Corner". (So if the children were all wild and fussy during the meeting, many Moms feel they spent their Sunday morning in "Hell's Corner"!

My home ward is called Satan's Throat Ward.

Jeff and Anonymous,
I have to disagree with you. I'm the Bishop of the Angel Crossing ward and have been a member of the Zionsville ward. Both are interesting and unique.

Thanks for the article.

Mark

I recall the wedding announcement from downstate Illinois with the headline that read, "Normal boy marries Oblong girl."

Hometown branch? What's so unusual about that? A Seinfeld-esque story about nothing, really.

I agree with Anonymous - I didn't find many of those name unusual or funny. I lived in the Montgomery Ward in Cincinnati for some time. It is a pretty normal name, but got a lot of laughs because of the Montgomery Ward stores and catalog.

What a sad state of affairs the Utah education system must be in, when the Editor doesn't know the difference between the postal abbreviation for Alaska and Alabama.

The Homer and North Pole wards are NOT in Alabama, postal abbreviation AL, they are in Alaska, postal abbreviation AK!

How are you so certain that the editor for this artical was educated in Utah? Perhaps AL? Or even AK?? Don't assume anything.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!! I was seriously laughing my head off!!! WOW!!!! Those were some funny names! I mean, "Union Mill" Singles' Ward! Isn't that the funniest thing you've ever heard of in your entire life! Do you get it!? It is because in Mormon singles' wards, the kids want to get married, so it is like a factory that produces marriages (a "Union" mill). Seriously, LOL. What about the "Humble Ward" in Humble, TX? Oh. My! GOODNESS!!! HILARIOUS!!! It is like a humble ward--like, soooo funny! What about "Pioneer Ward"? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HILARIOUS!!! "Great Sky Ward"? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! WOW!!! The author of this article should audition for SNL or write a script for a Mormon comedy starring Kirby Heybourn only to be distributed in Provo or something. I am overwhelmed by how funny that was!

In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, "BORING".

Lighten up those of you who have thought that this was a nonsensical article. I, for one, thought it was fun to know of unusual ward/branch names. I live in the Antelope Branch in the Clearfield South Stake named after Antelope Drive that goes to the island. And there is a Freeport Branch (in the same stake) named after and is adjacent to the Freeport Industrial Center. The branches were organized last summer when the Church started the pilot program of creating branches in apartment communities. Before the Antelope Branch was created, I was in the Island View 2nd Ward but I'm not sure where that name came from.

I like the old way when they were just numbers. I lived in the Uintah 3rd ward then the Unitah 4th for over 27 years and then one day they changed all the numbers to names. I'm now in the Eastwood Ward which is a new ward but no one knows where it really is. I just wisded they would go back to numbers. I'm in the Ogden Utah Weber Stake but it is really in South Ogden Utah, get that one I don't.

When I was growing up as a youngster the old joke was the "Mountgomery Ward in the Serloin Stake or T-bone Stake." Personally I dont find anything funny in poking fun at the Lords organization but then we are living in the internet era and anything goes.

I'm thinking about the guy who was excomunicated for doing the calendar about the missionaries. So if a member were to poke fun at the church on a web site that was making money with links and advertising and it actually made tons of momey, then would they be subjected to church displine. Lets not poke fun at the names of our wards.Our wards are a place of worship and not foder for Saturday Night Live or The Tonight Show.

Its because a number is no longer classy and a name has a more powerful and elegant ring to it.The numbering system was great when we lived in humbleness and the sisters wore costume jewelry to meeting and the brothers wore clip on ties.Now it is real pearls and Brookes Brothers ties so we need a classy name to keep up the image.Actually I think there is a better answer. When you have multiple stakes in a city and they all have the same 1'st,2nd,3rd,etc ward names then it gets confusing.I do think there is some truth to both reasons.

In Hawaii a lot of the Wards are named after the Towns or Areas that they are located in. Waianae Ward, is in Waianae, Hawaii. Also located in that Ward House is the Makaha Ward and The Malai Ward. The Stake is the Makakilo Stake, A lovely Steak House sitting on a Hill in an area by the same name. The Stake is famous for different levels of Parking and the fact you can see from the Stake, All the way to Diamond Head, Downtown, and Pearl Harbor, The View Rocks.

Most of those Names are natural for us as we live in Hawaii and adapt. A Wards name has a lot of meaning to the Ward or Stake.

I get tired of hearing Singles Wards called Marriage Mills and Singles Websites and Publications Meat markets. Usually by the Selected.

Singles Wards are Vital to the Church, not everyone goes to College, and in the World of Work there is Great Temptation. There needs to be a place to meet, greet and find a eternal companion.

Vital to prevent Rutting with non members. At some point Emotions, and Desperation May Take Over.

Singles Wards and Events Serve Single Members Needs.

Are we supposed to take any comment seriously from anyone who would not only watch Homer Simpson, let alone quote him??????

If you want to protest something, protest the vulgar, inane "Simpsons".