Millard County Chronicle | 1948-01-01 | Page 1 | Ben Douglas, Early Deltan, Dies in N. Y.

Ben Douglas, Early Deltan. m In N. Y. Ben Douglas, one of the early merchants of Delta, and for many years a prominent figure in ' the community, died of pneumonia in a New York hospital on October 30, according to word received last week by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Star-, ley from Mrs. Douglas. Mr. Douglas first came to Delta in 1914, and opened the Golden ; Rule store, in the cement block , building west on Clark Street, then owned bv Wm. Jenkins. In 1917 he moved into a new location, in the Mercer building, next to the Delta Drug, now the new quarters of the Commercial Bank. His business flourished, and Mr. Douglas was active also in various ways contributing con-tributing to the growth of the new town. He was married to Amelia Fielding Field-ing Douglas several years after he came to Delta, and their two children, child-ren, Elaine and Jocelyn, were born here. The family home was first on Lyman Eow, and later they built a new home, since bought by Ralph Morrison. Mr. Douglas became badly crippled crip-pled with rheumatism, so much so that he sold his interests, and the family returned to New York City to make their home around 1930. For the past four years he had been in a hospital, helpless physically, physi-cally, although alert mentally. In constant pain, yet he enjoyed visits, especially with any old Delta friends fri-ends who called. He is survived by his widow, whose home is in Brooklyn, and the two children, Elaine and Jocelyn.