Show Millard County 4 - Page Thurs USPS Nov 24 1988 Thanksgiving is 367 years old West Millard History stitution throughout New England and was officially proclaimed a national holdiay by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 The traditional feast of turkey and pumpkin pie celebrated on the has fourth Thursday of November become an indiginous part of American culture Thanksgiving also has been celebrated in Canada as a national holiThe Canadian 1879 day since Thanksgiving is observed on the second Monday of every October When Americans sit down Thursday Nov 24 to eat turkey and give thanks for their blessings they will be repeating a cermony first performed 367 years ago It was in the autumn of 1621 when Massachusetts Bay Governor William Bradford invited neighboring Indians to join the Pilgrims for a festival of recreation and feasting in gratitude for the bounty of the season By the end of the 19th century Thanksgiving Day had become an in Contel Manager Allen Wardle left presents deed for building to Great Basin Historical Society President Dorothy Killpack center while Contel State Manager Aloa Stevens right looks on Local Historians get museum restored steam engine is wheeled into the new museum part of a display of local history to be housed there The in by Ken Rand Contel of the West telephone company has donated some of its property Historical Basin Great the to Society for use as an area museum Deed to the property was presented at a ceremony and reception Wednes16 The building and Nov day grounds are at 328 West 100 North in Delta About 40 people were on hand for the early morning event The property consists of a large building a fenced area in the back a lawn area in front and a parking lot It is valued at $18000 Local Contel manager Allen Wardle said his company had been trying to sell the building for about three years Last summer he was contacted about the possibility of donating the facility to “We’re excited about the Society what’s taking place here today” he said “We feel this is an opportunity to display some of our history Our kids and ancestors from here on out will be able to come here and look at what’s gone on in the past” Wardle presented Society President Dorothy Killpack the deed to the property “On behalf of Contel” Wardle said “we would like to present to you the deed for this property and tell you how excited we are as a company to participate in this process and what’s going to take place here in the future” Killpack thanked Contel for the donation “We organized our group a Delta Steam engine has a new home Morrison by Charlotte After several years of wanderings the steam engine from Sawmill Canyon found a home last Friday afternoon Almost as soon as the Great Basin Historical Society acquired the museum preparations building from Contel were underway to move the steam engine there The engine obtained by Lee Howard Clayton Fred Tolbert Waldo Warnick and Don Tippetts Morris several years ago has needed a home for permanent some time now Basin Days the Great During Celebration last May the steam engine came to town and was displayed on Main Street Because of its antique quality the engine has needed to be protected from the weather and vandalism With the space available in the new museum building and the fenced yard for safe display m good weather the old engine came to town to be placed in the museum An overhead door had been installed the week before and an unloading ramp built that morning Shortly after pm on Friday November 18th the steam engine entered the building with Howard Clayton steering and Hale Jeffery pushing with a tractor No steam was up but plans are underway to get some building Everyone in town will know one of these days when a few loud toots are heard and a trial run on some woodsawing takes place! mm little more than a year ago” she said “First thing we thought was that we can’t just have a historical society we have to have a museum to put our We tried several in gatherings buildings and when this came through we were really grateful” will contribute a The company display of antique telephones to the museum For the event Jane Beckwith showed here collection of artifacts photographs books and documents on the Topaz World War Two Japanese internment site west of Delta A Topaz display will be housed at the museum Killpack said a history of the Sevier River will also be a part of the museum Other displays will focus on banking railroads mining and farming minerals and other aspects of local history Contel State Manager Aloa Stevens from Tremonton and was present the Contel Lance Tate represented Division office from Bellview Washington “It’s really an honor and a privilege to be here today” Stevens said “and to have an opportunity to donate this building to Millard County We’re going to watch the progress you make here and enjoy it I’m sure” The Great Basin Historical Society is at PO Box 550 Delta Utah 84624 Phone Membership in the group is tax deductible Crash blocks freeway by Evelyn Mallet southA section of Interstate-1bound in Millard County was closed to traffic Friday Nov 18 when a truck carrying a load of lumber sideswiped and overturned a spilling the load Ron Driver of the Iowa was Groenewald of Otumwa unhurt Driver of the flatbed truck J ton Bernell Beardall of Hurricane Utah received only minor injuries He was wearing a seatbelt when the accident occured According to investigating officer Dean Shields Utah Highway Patrol eyewitnesses said the lumber truck from the Shemo Lumber Company Hurricane was passing the southbound CRST semi in the lefthand lane when the left wheels of the lumber truck fell into the median Beardall apparently lost control of the truck when the lumber load shifted spilling into the median The truck returned to the roadway on its side striking the semi and tearing a gash in the trailer The semi was carrying a load of floor tile “It was the first time I’ve ever had anybody try to pass me on thei: side” Groenewald said The lumber truck then flipped on its top blocking traffic m the southbound lanes its load scattered hundreds of feet along the Killer of former Delta resident sentenced to die Police say the shooting began after an argument in the bar between Potts and the bar owner Davey was a patron in the bar at the time He was sitting on a barstool where he witnessed Potts shoot the bar owner three times the bar owners wife twice and another bar once Potts then shot Davey in the head killing him Potts then reloaded his pistol and shot everybody again including Davey before calling the police On Sept 23 1988 Potts was sentenced to death for the murders A former Delta resident was shot to death in a bar fight in Crown Point Indiana Oct 27 1987 His assailant was found guilty of murder this fall and sentenced to die Robert Davey 23 of Alvarado Texas was called “Billy Bob” by his friends here His assailant Larry D Potts 51 of Lake Station Indiana in the of murder was 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southbound and backed up over a mile according to Shields He said some vehicles were rerouted from Meadow through Kanosh before a lane of traffic was Some on the freeway reopened motorists experienced delays of up to two hours according to Shields Sheriff’s Lynn Jeep Posseman Williams of Fillmore said about 10 possemen were called out to help with He were control said there traffic eight ambulance crew members from Fillmore and Scipio with the extrication three Millard County equipment Sheriff’s Deputies and three UHP officers involved plus a half dozen men from the Meadow Fire Department called in to wash down diesel spilled on the roadway Shields said if Beardall had not been wearing his seatbelt he would have been killed Prtertss NEWS TIP? 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