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Show CELEBRATE JULY 24 AT HINCKLEY Morning Salute Parade: 9: am. Children's Sports: 2 p.m. . Program: 10:30 a.m. . Ball Game: 3 p.m. AMATEUR RODEO AT 8 P. M. Two nights, July 23rd and July 24th ' Volume 48 Number 2 Thursday, July 18, 1957 Single Copy 10 cents Delta, Utah $3.50 A Year in Advance t f 't - - ' A J. , ' V ! . " v : Y V 1 ; - : - - MAYOR RAY KIZER OF MILFORD hours time, to a Tooele group. There POINTS OUT the new proposed route only remains the 59 miles to be oiled from Cedar City to Salt Lake City, via . from Milford to Delta, which is now on Minersville Milford, Delta and Tooele the state secondary road system which will save motorists almost two Push Completion of Milford-Delta Route ' NEWS ITEMS With the active support of Too ele civic and governmental forces, the oft-mentioned improvement of the Milford-Delta and Minersville Cedar City roads, which would provide an all-weather alternate to Salt Lake and Northern Utah, gained new impetus this week. The Tooele group met with Mil ford Mayor Ray Kizer last week, and after discussing the alternate route, through Minersville, Mil proval to the movement. As explained by Mayor Kizer, the Cedar City to Salt Lake City route, through Minnersville, Milford, Mil-ford, Delta and Tooele, would cut several miles from the present route, "but most important, it would provide an all-weather direct di-rect route to Salt Lake for the communities in the western part of Beaver and Millard counties, and divert much slow, heavy traffic from overcrowded and under-main tained Highway 91." The Milford city official and the Tooele group agreed that "the flat, level route coul d be built, and maintained for the next 10 years for less than the cost of mainten ance alone on 91, . and through travelers wouldn't be plagued by slowdowns, closed roads, and dan gerous icy hills and curves in the winter time." Tooele citizens meeting with Mayor Kizer to discuss the road included Tooele Mayor James A. Bevan, Willis Smith, chairman of the Tooele County Commission; Lionel W. Olsen,- Tooele County Chamber of Commerce president; and Chileon Halladay, Tooele Lions Club president Another meeting, to be attended by representative of all communi ties along the route, is planned for the near future. J ay coos Attend Cedar City Meet Delta Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce members, Gene Walker, state director, Dwlght Moody, secretary, sec-retary, and Glen Swalberg, state vice president, attended the south-em south-em Utah Jaycee institute at Cedar City Saturday. The meeting- centered about the need for stronger unity of southern south-ern Utah cities, and cooperation in bringing their communities more tourist travel. Stickers are now being printed that Jaycees will use in their cars, saying "Hi, Tourist, ask me, a Utah Jaycee, for information about our state". Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stephenson, of Delta, and her brother, William Luke and family, of Tucson, Ariz., and sister, Mrs. Margaret Saddler, of Anaheim, Calif., were in Rex-burg. Rex-burg. Idaho, June 30, for the golden wedding anniversary of their parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Luke. Fifty-six members of the family were present for the occasion. Later they visited Yellowstone national park, and then returned to attend the Luke family reunion Sunday at Salem. - . 31ahing Month's Tour in East Miss Ruth Hansen was in Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, Friday on the eastern tour she is making, and planned to sightsee there several days. She left Delta June 28, and went first to Houston, Texas, where she spent four days with her sister, Mrs. Len-ore Len-ore McCall, and family. From there she went to New Orleans and visited points of interest, in-terest, and then journeyed on, to Atlantic City, Norfolk, Va., and to Williamsburg, Va., where she en joyed the colorful annual festival when colonial days are re-lived In costume and entertainment. Miss Hansen plans to visit New York City, Boston, Pennsylvania and Kentucky before her return to Delta, and on the way home will visit her brothers, Chris Hansen, at Fort Riley, Kansas, and Kimball Hansen at Boulder, Colo., there with the National Bureau of Standards. Of oCocat Arden Sampson, of Las Vegas, Nev., writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Sampson, Delta, that he is at Valley Forge, Pa., at the national Scout Jamboree. He Is representing his stake at the Jamboree, Jam-boree, and made the trip by airline. air-line. His son Larry and trouo. arrived later by train, for their stay at the encampment. 40 TEABS Ago FRO 31 THE F M Wj E S . Mr and Mrs. Bob LaFrentz and two sons, Deltans for the past two years are making plans to move next week to El Cajon, California, to make a home. Mr. LaFrentz was in charge of LaFrent liquid i Gas business in this area, and in California Calif-ornia will be with Petrolane-Uah Gas Service, with whom LaFrentz liquid Gas recently merged. NEW SIDEWALKS FOB DELTA The prosposition of building a large amount of sidewalks in Delta has met with the favor of the people of the city and the Town Board has successfully disposed of the bonds to the American Security Secur-ity Co., of New York. There are close to five miles of walk to be constructed and with-this walk in, Delta will be favored with more walk than any other town of the size in the in-termountain in-termountain country. WEDDING BELLS . Last Wednesday in the Manti Temple, the wedding of Miss Gene Lovell and Mr. Eugene Gardner was solemnized. Miss Lovell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lovell of Oak City, and Is loved and respect ed by all who know her. Mr. Gardner Gard-ner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Gardner of Salem, but he has lived in Delta for the past several years, having taught school here for five years. He has a farm here and is now employed in the Delta State Bank. The happy couple will make this their home. The Chronicle joins in wishing them a long and happy married life. Born to Mr. and Mrs.' David Nichols of Oasis, Friday, July the 13th, a girL While beine helDed tin a horse last Wednesday by her mother, Erma Sampson, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ren Sampson, fell to the ground and broke her arm in two. places below the elbow. The Dr. was summoned immed iately and the arm set and she is getting along nicely. Evidence of good faith was not lacking last Thursday when something some-thing like one and fifty Delta people peo-ple turned out to a call to help thin and weed sugar beets over the valley, which were badly In need of attention. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Riding and children. Petty, Kay, Burdell and Eddie, of Tooele, spent Sunday in Delta. They got in some fishing in the canyon, and had dinner with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Riding. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hedlund, of Minneapolis, Minn., visited in Del ta during the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Grant Snow and family. Mr. Hedlund was a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Snow's son, J. Grant, and became acquainted with him on submarine duty. While here the Hedlunds and Mr. Snow and Glen da Snow went to Enterprise to visit J. Grant's sister and husband, Marilyn and Wayne Holt They returned re-turned to Delta for several days and then the Hedlunds went on to California. Hinckley invites All to July Celebration 'rogram, 24th With Parade, rts and Amatei CCC Loans Arc Available Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kimber and sons, Kent and Boyd, have return ed to Delta from a trip of three weeks, spent in Long Beach, Calif, and Idaho . j Mr. and Mrs. LH. Riding are , home after a vacation of ten days. They visited their son, Boh Riding, and family in Craig, Colo., and then went on to Jackson Hole, Wyo. They stayed in Green River, Wyo., to visit Vernon and Agnes Black Nelson before their return to Delta. Bruce and Norma Jean Law Little, at Henderson, Nev., have a new daughter, born July 3 at the Rose de Lima hospital. Older sister and brothers are Shauna, Ricky and Randy. Mrs. Little's mother, Mrs. LeGrand Law, returned to Delta this week after a visit of two weeks in Henderson with the Little family, helping care for the new arrivaL Farmers who are in need of more larm storage space may be missing in opportunity if they do not par Ucipate in the Farm Storage Fac lity Loan Program, offered by Commodity Credit Corporation and administered by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Com mittee. Storage loans are made available to help farmers add to their farm storage space and to avoid the marketing of a crop at harvest time when the prices are normally lower than later in the season. The program permits a loan by which facilities can be erected and the loan can be re paid in four annual installments, with Interest at 4 per year. Farm storage loans are also available for commodities such as Oats, Rye, Barley, Wheat and etc. The price support for wheat in Millard County for the 1957 crop is $1.76 per bushel for No. 1 Red Hard Winter, barley $1.62 per hundred, hun-dred, oats $2.16 per hundred. Far mers are urged to investigate the CCC Loans to determine If benefits would be received in their particu lar operations. Mont B.. Robins, Mgr. Millard Co. A.S.C. Square Dancing AtSaltair Tuesday, July 23 One of the features of the Pioneer Pio-neer Days celebration, right in tempo with the times, will be a huge Pioneer Square Dance festival which will be held by the Square Dance Clubs of Utah a the big Saltair ballroom. All dancers will wear western square dance garb. The dance is scheduled for Tues day, July 23. Randy Stephens, one of the best known callers in this area, will emcee the program and handle the calline. Randy has called for dances in Utah, Nebraska, Wyo ming, California and other states, He has made several square dance recordings and is extremely popu lar with Utah dancers. More than 400 dancers turned out for the first square dance at Saltair last week with Cal Golden calling. An even larger turnout is anticipated for the Pioneer Days dance on July 23, according to C. A Thomas, president of the Square Dance Dubs of Utah Association. "Saltair's attractive ballroom offers a wonderful place for square dancing. It is so hard to find a good wooden floor and still have the advantages of a covered and an open-air area at the same time. Saltair offers all this. As Cal Golden Gol-den pointed out, it Is definitely one of the finest floors for square dancing in this country." Dr. and Mrs. Barth H. Black and four-months old son, Bryan Holt, left Delta Tuesday for San Francisco, Fran-cisco, where Dr. Black will take the state, board examinations in dentistry. He recently passed the Utah examinations. Visiting them in Delta last week were Mrs. Black's parents. Judge and Mrs. Lee Skanchy, of Salt Lake City, who attended Delta First Ward when their grandson was blessed and named. Mrs. Martha Dutson fell and broke her ankle July 4, while on a picnic at Laguna Beach, Calif. She slipped on the rocks on the descent to the beach, she wrote her sister, Mrs. Lucy Christensen. at Delta. At the present she is confined con-fined to her home at 3756 West 109 St., Inglewood, Calif, and will welcome calls . or cards from friends. Sgt and Mrs. D. H. Barkdall, and four children, on furlough from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, are Miss Evelyn Knox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Knox of Delta, is a stewardess with Western Airlines Air-lines since July 4, and at present is stationed in Salt Lake City, and making flights from there to Minneapolis, Minn-eapolis, Great Falls," Jackson Hole, and others. Later she will have other assignments. During the past year she was in Los Angeles with her parents. Development of Underground Water Discussed Approximately seventy-five in terested Millard farmers attended the meeting Thursday in the Delta elementary school auditorium, to hear the information and discus sion of underground water devel opment in the Delta area. Herbert Waite, of the U. S. Geo logical Survey, Frank Mayo, state engineer's office, and Herbert Lam bert, assistant state engineer, gave extensive reports on underground water and discussed development problems in the three-hour session, A detailed report of the three Topaz wells was given, from infor mation compiled by the State En gineer's office and published in this paper Dec. 11, 1952, with maps and graphs. They also told of the pump testing test-ing made this spring on the Jeff Jones well, with varying results. The tests covered distances from 300 yards to two miles and showed slight interference in varying de grees, with the closest well showing show-ing none. Distance and depth of the wells affected the findings. Pressure, quality of water, insol uble salts and other matters concerning con-cerning underground water were discussed. The State Engineer's office stated stat-ed that they are going to allow some drilling in the Delta area, but will proceed with caution. This valley is divided in three areas, and they will expedite ap plications for wells. However, the person who is granted an applica tion must drill, or relinquish his permit to someone who will. Births This Week TO Joe and Helen Watson Barney, Delta RFD, a boy, 8 lbs 12 oz, July 13. A new grandchild for Mr. and Mrs. George Cahoon, of Delta, Is the baby girl born Sunday, July 14, to Wayne and Janie Cahoon Cole, at the LDS hospital in Provo. Mr. and Mrs. Cahoon and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nickle visited the Cole fam ily Monday to see the new baby, named Lori Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steele, of North Hollywood, Calif., are visiting visit-ing in Delta with members of the Steele family. Mr. Steele is a brother bro-ther of the late John and James Steele. Everyone is Invited to attend the celebration at Hinckley July 24, with outstanding entertainment all day, capped by the big amateur rodeos two nights, July 23 and July 24. A special program honoring Utah pioneers will be given in sacrament sacra-ment meeting at Hinckley chapel Sunday, July 21. Services Held For Ilelier Cook Heber James Cook, 63, died Sunday Sun-day at his home in Springville after a lingering illness. He was an early Deltan, coming here with his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Cook. He was a vetran of World War 1, and served in France. He is survived by his wife, Jetta Bunker Cook, three daughters, two sons and ten grandchildren; one brother, Jerome Cook, Springville, and seven sisters, Mrs. Nora Chap-pell, Chap-pell, Lyman; Mrs. Francetta Sampson, Samp-son, Mrs. Florence Workman, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Lucine Jenkins, Mrs. Olive Miller, Springville, and Mrs. Geneva Pace and Mrs. Ardella Riding, Delta. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday in Springville Fourth-Tenth Fourth-Tenth LDS Ward, and burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Military rites were conducted by Springville American Legion Post No. 28. Seltlappi Reunion Held at Saratoga The Schlappi reunion was held Saturday, at Saratoga, and the day also celebrated the 84th birthday of H. J. Schlappi, early Deltan now in St. George. Seventy-two members of Mr. Schlappi's family, children, grandchildren grand-children and great grandchildren, were present, coming from four states, Montana, Idaho, Arizona and Utah. The day was spent in sports, swimming, boating, and dinner in the pavilion. Each family had a number on the program. From Delta were Bishop and Mrs. Norman Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gardner, Mrs. Zerma Schlappi and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd K. Schlappi were there from Fillmore From St George were Mr. and Mrs. Bud Sorensen, and Verna Jean and Kenneth, and Mr. Schlappi's ctctar Vf rc "Kfaercria X7nl f onctotn ' 86 year old. The schedule of entertainment for July 24 will be a daybreak salute, and parade at 9 p. m., on Hinckley's tree-lined main street. Many beautiful floats will be featured. SCHEDULE OF ENTERTAINMENT A program begins at 10:30 a. m. in the Hinckley church. Children's sports are at 2 p. m., on the church lawn. At 3 p. m. is the ball game, back of the elementary school, Sutherland and Hinckley league game "MISS UTAH " Miss Janet Reeve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elfred Reeve, has been chosen to represent Miss Utah for the July 24 celebration. Her attendants will be Mary Warn-lck, Warn-lck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Wal-do Warnick, and LaDawn Mecham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mecham. They will be featured on the Miss Utah float, and will take part in the morning program. hodeo yuttw Miss Sharon Hardy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hardy, won the title of rodeo queen. Her attendants atten-dants are Myma Western, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Western, Delta, and Kathy Carroll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Carroll. They will ride in the parade and Grand Entry at the night rodeos. AMATEUR RODEO The amateur rodeo will be two nights, Tuesday, July 23, and Wednesday, Wed-nesday, July 24, at 8 p. m. Wild rodeo stock will be used to provide pro-vide plenty of excitment and entertainment. en-tertainment. Novelty acts will be top-notch entertainment, and the Grand entry will include queens, cowboys, and committee members. Committee members in charge of the celebration are Mayor Randall Swensen, Kenneth Mecham, Ken Damron, Grant Hardy. Dana Pratt. George Ekins and Wayne Petersen. Service Sunday t Comm. Churclr Services will be conducted Sunday Sun-day at 11 a. m. in the Community Church in Delta by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Westerburg, of Wasatch Presbyterian Pres-byterian Church, Salt Lake City. Mrs. Westerburg will also sing a solo. Mrs. Betty Day made a trip via airline last week to St. Joseph, Mo., where she is visiting her mother, Mrs. Edith Nash. Delta Municipal Pool has been reserved re-served for WOMEN ONLY for each Monday night through the summer until the pool closes in September, from 8 to 9 p. m. Admission will be 25 cents each. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ahlstrom, of Salt Lake City, and their family of four boys and two girls, visited in Delta Third Ward Sunday with friends and former neighbors, and were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don T. Bishop. The new addition in the Ahlstrom family is the baby girl, Allison, born May 3, in Salt Lake City Mr. and Mrs. Glen McAllister and family, of St George, visited in Delta Thursday with their brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lee McAllister. Mc-Allister. They were making a trip to Idaho. W G. Barlett, manager of the Delta Motel and Apts., returned Saturday from Salt Lake City, where he has been recovering from surgery. His son, Charles Barlett, brought him home . visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Walker, at Delta, and Mr. and Mrs. Ursal Barkdall, at Fillmore. J i .; ;. .. v ,:- . T ROYALTY FOR DAYS OF OLD WEST August 16 and 17, at Deseret, are Anne Eckers, queen, center, and attendants, at-tendants, Jean Eckers, left, and Kath-ryn Kath-ryn Petersen, right. The trioVill reign at the rodeo both nights at the annual celebration. Anne and Jean are daug hters of Mr. and Mrs. Rich Eckers, of the Eckers ranch north of Delta. Kathy is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Petersen, Delta. The phcto was taken by Earl Willden, chairman of the queen contest June 30 when the girls won their titles. |
