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Show strollin9 'round tmvtt DELTA. UTAH Population 1703 City Water and Sewer Electric Service Surfaced Streets Churches, Civic Clubs, Bank Veteran's Groups Hospital, Library Municipal Swimming Pool Municipal Airport CAA Station Volunteer Fire Department MILLARD COUNTY Population, 9,355 Grazing and Industrial Lands Alfalfa Seed, Honey, Poultry and Turkey Raising Stockraising; Deary Farming Ducks, Geese, Pheasants Deer, Cottontail Rabbit' Trout, Rass and Catfish Mountain Recreation Boating. Picnic Facilities A Great Place To Llvel Weather At long last, we can report a full one inch of precipitation for West Millard County. This long awaited moisture came in some snow mixed with lots of rain Monday Mon-day night and Tuesday, March 23 and 24. The lowest reading was a cool 11 recorded on March 21 and a high of 68 recorded March 22. Reminder Friday, March 27, a second health forum will be presented at Delta High School auditorium beginning at 8:00 p.m. Topic for discussion will be JMental Health. Panelists will be from the State Mental Hospital, Hos-pital, Provo. The group will discuss dis-cuss questions raised from the floor or written question submitted dur- ing the meeting. After the panel discussion a musical program will be presented. The public is invited to attend. Quality Market Anniversary In appreciation to its many customers cust-omers for their continued support, Quality Market is planning a big anniversary celebration, Saturday, March 28. Mr. Jeffery offers bigs savings on groceries, plus bags of groceries, sewing machine, vacuum cleaner and sewing basket being given away to some lucky person or persons. A free gift, is also being be-ing given to each lady that visits Quality Market's Hardware Dept. For More details, see full page ad. Tuberculosis Found Irt Cow Millard County is due for TuberT culosis Recertification. It is required re-quired by law that all dairy herds selling milk, test all cows over one year of age. Family cows will be tested if so desired. Purebred beef cattle will also be tested. A report from the County Agent's office of-fice states the finding of one family fam-ily cow with tuberculosis in this area. Mr. Ogden urges all families vantage of this program. Contact Marven Ogedn, County Agent, for further information. Bebekah Dinner Rebekah Lodge will have a dinner din-ner and card party Saturday, April 4, 7:30, p.m., at the Odd Fellows Hall. The public is invited to attend at-tend and a small fee of $1.00 per plate will be charged. Lumber Yard Eeginning Saturday, April 4, -the Church Lumber Yard will be closed every Saturday afternoon until further notice, according to Shine Church, Mgr. Doors will be closed promptly at 1:00 p.m. Dog Tags Dog Tags are now available at the City Library, $5.00 for female, $2.00 male and $2.00 for sprayed female with veterinarian's certificate. certifi-cate. Thci deadline for buying togs has been set for April 10. After the tenth, all dogs without a tag and running at large will be hn- pounaea. i Third Ward Bishopric Merlin Christensen was sustained as Bishop for Delta Third Ward at Ward Conference Sunday, March 15. Sustained 1st Counselor was Joe Moody and as Second Counselor, Counsel-or, Bent Mork. James Martin is the new Ward Clerk and Dale Pearson financial clerk. Assistant clerk )s yet to be chosen. Released were E. D. Harris, Bishop: Bish-op: Ev an Christensen, First Counselor Coun-selor and Nelson Clark, 2nd Counselor. Coun-selor. Albert Skidmore was released releas-ed as Ward Clerk and James Martin Financial Clerk. Coast Guard As a result of the passage of the Motorboat Act of 195S, the VS. Coast Guard has once again opened open-ed enlistments to ex-servicemen. Men having prior service In the U.S. Coast Guard or U. S. Navy, may be considered for enlistment in previous rating held. The coast guard is still seeking an unlimited number of young men between the ages of 17-26, who are of high mental men-tal and moral character for enlistment. enlist-ment. Men Interested In the U. S. Coast Guard may contact the officer of-ficer in charge, CG Recruiting Station, Sta-tion, 36 H 2nd. South, Salt Lake City, Utah. PHONE YOTJB NEWS TO TEE CHRONICLE 4731 'SERVING THE Volume 49 Number ., 1 L L M . 1 L L ' The architect's' plans for the new West Millard Hospital are pictured above and below. The above cut shows the outside of the new buil lit l - - ' . . , . ;i-TS.n , ' J r - n Returned Missionaries Speak af Conference President Joseph Fielding Smith of the Council of Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints and Elder LeRoy A. Wirthlin of the general Welfare committee were the guest speakers at Deseret Stake conference held in Delta Saturday evening and Sunday. Sun-day. President Smith presided over the sessions and June W. Black president pres-ident of Deseret Stake conducted the meetings. Music was furnished by Delta First Ward choir under the direction direc-tion of Dr. M. E. Bird, with Margaret Mar-garet Gardner as accompanist. Jessie Jes-sie E. Smith, wife of President Smith sang two solos, "If Christ Should Come Tomorrow" and "Such Lovely Things God Made for You and Me". Mrs. Glenna Moody was her accompanist. Returned missionaries reporting at Stake Conference were Craig Mortensen, Western States; Robert Callister, Gulf States and Max C. Elack, Southern States. During the morning session. Elder El-der Wirthlin spoke on "When Jesus Je-sus Comes Will He Find Faith on the Earth?" President Snath's PEOPLE OF DELTA A 39 Thursday, March ' 0 TP 1 1 "TTT 2i Milk A W OTP I ding and below is the floorplan. Architect, Peter Moyes, Salt Lake, has designed a building to suit the particular needs of West Millard speech was on "When Will Jesus Come?" The afternoon session, President Smith talked on "Eternal Life as the Greatest Gift of God." During the morning session. President, Pres-ident, June Elack gave a review of the accomplishments of the members mem-bers of the state and their responsibilities. re-sponsibilities. President Verdell R. Eishop explained why the two T T A VlAO C tl'arfl Pnlnn r-xwl T V X w "vjm.vjo vit4v icicaacu, ill iua talk, President Bishop stated that the MIA program was being changed chang-ed to give more available leaders to the wards and the leaders will work directly with the youth of the stake. President L. Jay Nielson in his alk during the afternoon session compared health centers to stake houses and chapels places to go when help is needed. The opening prayer in the morning morn-ing was offered by Walter L. Ekins and closing prayer was by J. Leslie Les-lie Bennett, both members of the High Council. In the afternoon session, LaClead Nle'son and Eugene Young of the High Council offered the opening and closing prayer respectively. ; y ' 'O i L . ' . t - v 1 , - S' ' - N L I g I" ND THE GREAT PAHVANT VALLEY" 26, 1959--Delta. Utah ' - ! J r : T, A L D . E s - I en,-. '4 -1 J1- A T A L D County. The hospital will be built at a cost of $250,000 and will be a 15-bed unit. A low ptructure, the Variety Show and Banquet in Offing Entertainment of the best is in store for West Millard residents In this form of a large variety show and banquet, Friday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. The affair is sponsored by the 4th Quorum of Elders and will be held at the Stake House. Variety numbers will be presented by students stu-dents of EYU. All proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to West Millard Hospital Assoc-ation. Assoc-ation. IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK. THE DEADLINE FOR WEST MILLARD MIL-LARD MOTHER NOMINATIONS IS APRIL IS. Send your nomination to the committee member nearest you. Hinckley, L a V e r n e Theobald; Sutherland, Gloria Walker; Oasis, Eiah Sjostrum; Oak City. Margaret Margar-et Roper; Deseret, Carol Warnick; Delta, LynndyL Leamington send to Delores Warnick. Delta. RFD Do it now. Social Security A representative of the Social Security Administration will be In Delta in the County Office Euilding on March 27th at 9:00 a.m. JOE. DALE, SUSAN. ATHENA. BOB AND INEZ WISH YOU A HAPPY EASTER, SUNDAY. MARCH 23. $3.50 a year, in Advance T t I U T - 4Cu.'t T.L- .. ... t. - Ubui-V'W. "TIL.. SMI Ij - Ku Ait rpwc y--L 'J' E L T ' A , U T A' H hospital is designed with the possibility pos-sibility of expansion as the need arrives USU Awards Grant For Summer Study To Delta Teacher A Delta Jr. High teacher of mathematics math-ematics will attend a Summer Institute In-stitute for Science and mathematics mathemat-ics teachers at Utah State University, Un-iversity, Logan, Utah. Mrs. Mavis H. Bennett, who has taught mathematics at Delta Jr. High for seven years, received a scholarship which will enable her to attend the Institute from June 15 to Aug. 21, 1959. Fifty teachers from 17 states will participate in the Institute. The Institute is sponsored by th? National Science Foundation, and is under the supervision of the Utah State University at Logan. Mrs. Bennett is a graduate of Utah State University. Her studies will center around mathematics and Biology. Joseph D. Mercer received word of the death of his only sister, Mary A. Mercer, 71, on March 17 at Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Mercer, a high school teacher for years at Pittsburg, visited Mr. Mercer three years ago at Delta, She is survived sur-vived by two brothers, Mr. Mercer, Mer-cer, at Delta and Charles Mercer, Pittsburg. Eurial was at Beaver Falls, Pa, her birthplace. 1. : v ? a. lospiiai ioiiiRcnaii Drsve iartsMonday,iVlarcE Sebrina C. Ekins An intensive fund raising campaign cam-paign will start in West Millard County on Monday, March 30 to raise the balance of the money needed to build a new hospital at Delta. The campaign will promote a house to- house canvass in every community in the area to ask for money contributions or to pledge what they will pay. The Finance chairman, Leo Day, with Mrs. Loa Black and Mr. Jack Fowles as co-chairman, has appointed ap-pointed committee members in every community to contact the people. As the fund swells, a thermometer, ther-mometer, to be managed by N. S. Bassett, will show the people how near the goal is being reached as the money comes in. The estimated cost of the new 15-bed unit has been set at $250,-000. $250,-000. Federal funds will be applied for and il the plans' are approved and the application granted, the government will pay 4S of the cost of the building and equipment. ... An application has been made for reclassification in an A rat ing with federal officers. According to 'Ferrtn Lovell, sec retary of West Millard Hospital Association $15,000.00 is already in the hospital fund and they own the building site, which is estimated esti-mated to be valued at $12,000. An attempt will be made to raise the balance of the money needed with the next two weeks so that further delay on actual construction con-struction of the building and the application to be made to the government gov-ernment will not be Interrupted. Miss Bee Roberts Dies Tuesday in Salt Lake City Miss Bee Robrts, 44, died Tuesday, March 21, at the home of a sister, Mrs. A. K. (Elva) Steele, Salt Lake City of cancer. She was an In structor in the education department depart-ment of Utah State University. She is well remembered at Delia, Del-ia, where she was graduated from Delta High School, and later taught in the elementary school for three years. She had taught in Cedar City for 19 years, and for the past three years had been teaching in the first grade at Edith Bowen Laboratory Lab-oratory School in Logan. Miss Roberts was well known in the educational field, and in 1954 was vice president of the Utah Education Assn. She was one of lha organizers of the Southern Utah Teachers Organization. She is survived by four sisters and a brother: Mrs. Harold (Lou Veil) Madsen, San Lorenzo, Calif.; Mrs. A. K. (Elva) Steele, Salt Lake City; Brose H. Roberts, Delta; Mrs. Daryl (Ivy) Pearson, Palo Alto, California; Mrs. Fred (Leah) Banks, Layton; 13 nieces and nephews. r,rd IHrllitlay . . . A birthday party for Mrs. George N. Church was held at the home of Mr. Wally Church Wednesday, March 25. Mrs. Church was observ ing her 73rd birthday and helping her to celebrate were her husband, George N., her sons, Ned, Grant, Mel and Wally and their families and her daughters and their families, fam-ilies, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lathel Call-ister, Call-ister, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Finlin-son Finlin-son and Mrs. Deona Black. Paul Ludwig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ludwig, Oasis, receives lh first "Duty to God" award ever given to an Oasis boy. The award was presented in Sacrament meet ing by Bishop LawTence Cropper. To be eligible to receive a "Duty to God" award a boy must be registered reg-istered with the Boy Scouts of America of Explorers for four years ft SM.I.GQO.OQ Delta The architect's plans for the new West Millard Hospital were unanimously approved at the directors' dir-ectors' meeting Sunday and March 30 was set as the day to launch the big finance drive In every community com-munity in West Millard. Cutler Henrie, chairman of West Millard hospital association, presented pre-sented the drawing of architect, Peter Moyes, for $250,000.00 15-bed 15-bed hosjiltal, to be built at Delta. The plans had been been previously pre-viously approved by the building committee, local doctors, and some of the directors. The building will include 8 rooms with 2 beds in each room with the exception of one room which will have only one bed. There will be a waiting room, isolation ward, operating room, maternity ward, delivery room, nursery, doctors' offices, of-fices, x-ray room, kitchen, storage, dining facilities, nurses' station and wash-up rooms. Two long corridors are in the plans and the building Is designed with the possibility of expansion. It will be a one-story bulding with the entrance to the north. The building site will be on the corner lot north of Delta First Ward Latter-day Saint chapel. Peter Moyes, of Salt Lake City, who has been retained by the building committee under the direction dir-ection of Melvin J. Roper, chairman, chair-man, designed the new addition to the IDS hospital In Suit Lake City and is highly recommended. In his designing he has made an effort to save money and yet not have a cheap building. In his designing he works with doctors and hospital staff members to get their help and suggestions. Farewell Parly At Oak City Elder Don Anderson, former bishop bish-op of Oak City Ward, w ill be honored hon-ored at a party and dance Saturday Satur-day night, March 28, at the Oak City recreation hall. All friends and relatives are cordially cor-dially invited to come and enjoy this entertainment. Elder Anderson will fill a mission mis-sion in the East Central States for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will enter the mission home April 13, Salt Lake City, for training prior to his departure. de-parture. Holden Ward will present its MIA three-act play at the Oasis Ward Chapel, Saturday, March 28, 8:00 P. M. The name of the play is "Black Derby" and everyone Is invited in-vited to attend. y f f t if v and to receive annually for four years an individual award from the L. D. S. Church. Some of the requirements for receiving the individual in-dividual award is to attend at least 75 of the meetings. Sacrament, Sac-rament, Priesthood, Sunday School, Mutual, a boy must be a full tithe payer end observe the Word of Wisdom. 0 |