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Show Death Closes Career of stroltin ' round town 7 Noted Fillmore Leader DELTA. UTAH " Population 1703 City Water and Sewer Electric Service Surfaced Streets Churches, Civic Clubs, Bank Veteran's Groups Hospital, Library Municipal Airport Municipal Swimming Pool FAA Station Volunteer Fire Department MILLARD COUNTY Population 7,877 Grazing and Industrial Lands Alfalfa Seed, Honey Poultry and Turkey Raising Stockraising, Dairy Farming Ducks, Geese, Pheasants Deer, Cottontail Rabbits Trout, Bass, and Catfish Mountain Recreation Boating, Picnic Facilities A Great Place To Lire! MILLARD (Delta) Spring range prospects very good no unusual livestock losses. Winter Win-ter gains on fat stock below normal. nor-mal. Feeders in average condition. Calving 30 completed, lambing 90, shearing 65. Spring grains 25 planted. Winter and spring moisture conditions , have slowed up tillage. Few farms exchanging hands. Future water prospects is stimulating farm sales and leases. Values rather coniistent. No killing frosts to date. Spring insect population popu-lation below previous years. Perhaps Per-haps due to extreme freezing last winter. PANCAKE SUPPER FRIDAY All are invited to the Pancake Supper. Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Delta First Ward. Come and bring the family for Supper. Voluntary contribution for Ward Benefit. ON 1. Y. U. TOUR The MeloD's, vocal trio of Miss Nedra Fullmer, Miss Judy Bishop sun are among uie u uuuenu , ii An j. . . j iti&uaiii uuivciAiLjr vvuu icii. to the northwest that includes a visit to the World Fair at Seattle. The tour, arranged by the "Y" student stu-dent program bureau, includes musical mu-sical programs in various cities en-route. en-route. They have been to Boise, Idaho, Medford and Portland, Ore., and after their stay at Seattle for the Fair will return through eastern east-ern Idaho to Provo. Mr. and Mrs. Will'am S. Bassett returned to Delta Saturday from Payson, where Mr. Bassett had surgery sur-gery Monday, April 16, at a Payson hospital. He is recovering well. Their sons and daughters, Lynn and Edwina Bassett, and infant son, of Logan, aand LeRoy and Eloise Lar-sen Lar-sen and three children, of NephL were home to visit them Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Bassett's sister, Mrs. Winona Swalberg, of Salt Lake City, visited them Sunday. After their return from Delta Lynn Bassett Bas-sett and a fellow-worker left Logan Lo-gan Tuesday on a trip by Jet to Cambridge, Mass., for a week's work on some installations begun at Utah State University, where both are studying. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mitchell and sister, Mrs. Clinton (Myrtle) Tol-bert, Tol-bert, returned to Delta last Thursday Thurs-day from a four-day trip to Esca-lante, Esca-lante, where they visited their brother, bro-ther, William Mitchell. While in the area they visited the famous Hole-ln-the-Rock, where Mormon pioneers pio-neers in 1889 moved their wagon train down the high, rock canyon wall to cross the Colorado River after a hard heroic struggle. They saw where the site Is now being readied to make a film based on the story of this historic event More people than any other WW1 . UTAH STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION SERVING Volume 52 Number 43 Elder Douglas Torrens, recently-returned recently-returned from two years in the East Central States Mission, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, will make his report Sunday, April 29, at 7:30 p. m In Deseret Ward. A cordial invitation invi-tation to attend is extended to everyone. Elder Torrens is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Torrens of Deseret, who met him at Chattanooga, Chat-tanooga, Term., on his release from the mission, and they made the trip home in Elder Torrens' car. Fine Arts Guild Will Meet Friday Th. Vina krta riyiWA will mopt jpriAa. of Tho ntt. via. mentary School at 4 p.m., for e- v e 1 , t, of n?w officers and pr0 pram Modern Dance is the theme of the program, and will be given by Mrs. Loabelle Black Mangelson in a group of interesting presentat- Hons. I This month and next the Fine Arts Guild is conducting a mem-bersh'p mem-bersh'p drive, and they extend a special invitation to all interested in Joining the club to attend the meeting and program Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Barney and son Clay, of San Jose, Calif., spent last week visiting their parents. par-ents. Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Barnev. and the Joe Barneys. During their stay Mr. and Mrs. -ban Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lowder, of Orem, friends of the Ralph Barneys, spent Wednesday afternoon and evening visiting at the Barney residence. For the Easter weekend Mr. and Mrs. Merlin (Beulah Barney) Theobald Theo-bald and son Brent, of Provo, visited visit-ed with the family. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Eliason were in Salt Lake City a week ago to attend University of Utah alumni functions and at a luncheon Friday, April 13, Mr. Eliason became very ilL He entered the L.D.S. Hospital April 15, and after observation and treatment, had surgery April 20. He will be at' the hospital during this week, and is reported doing well. He plans to return to Delta early next week. Mr. and Mrs. Merl'n Bishop and daughters, Sue Ann and Robin, of Pocatello, Idaho, visited at Delta from Saturday to Monday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bishop. On Sunday all the members of the family that live here made Easter calls at the Bishop home. read weeklies advertising media. din THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE, GREA T PAHVANT Thursday, April 26, 1962 Large Donation To Hospital Fund Mrs. Lola Black, vice president of the West Millard Hospital Association, Associa-tion, has just received the biggest individual donation so far made to the hospital fund. This is a check for $2,500.00 from the Bamberger Foundation, an organization founded found-ed by the prominent Utah family. Mrs. Black has been untiring in her afforts to raise money for the hospital, hos-pital, and she deserves a good hand "or obtaining this and other contributions. contri-butions. Adult Education Program Slates Special Features "Families in an Atomic Age" will be the subject of a talk to be given by Winifred Hazen, state consultant consult-ant Family Life Education at Delta High School auditorium Thursday, April 26, at 8:00 p.m. In connection with Miss Hazen's talk, there will be a fashion show featuring .from 50-60 dresses made in the clothing classes under the direction of Mrs. MarGenne B. Rowley, Row-ley, instructor in the Adult Education Edu-cation program at Delta High School. Mrs. Rowley has written an .nteresting script for the fashion show and background music will be furnished by Sandra Gardner ana Mrs. Sharon Rawllnon. Another feature of the adult pro gram will be an exhibit in the home ec. room of articles made recently as a result of the clothing classes and a special display from the Art of fcntertaining class. Anyone, including husbands, are invited to attend this program which will not only be entertain ing but very informative. There will be no charge. The program is being sponsored by the Adult Education program of the Delta High School. irrigation Water At Delta May 7 legation water will be in the Delta City ditches May 7. The ditch tax will again be $5.00 per user and is payable at the city office. This tax must be pa d before be-fore the water can be turned to the user. Delta City has water to rent but the price of same is not known yet. It will, however, rent at mar-' mar-' ket price. It will be announced in next week's Chron'cle how much a share of water will rent for in the city. Among the many relatives from out of town who attended the fun eral services in Delta Friday for Mrs. Frank (Lillie Edith Johnson) Wood were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wood, Levan; Mr. and Mrs. Dean C Wood, Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. George L. Wood, Provo; Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Johnson, Mrs. Grant Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wood, all of Holden; Mrs. Ida Was-den, Was-den, Scipio; Mrs. Willard Johnson, Aurora; Mrs. Millie Dewsnup and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bennett, of Deseret Bey Knight and family spent the Easter weekend visiting with his mother, Mrs. Nora Knight and brother, bro-ther, Russell and family. They are on their way to make their home In Salt Lake Cty, from New Orleans, La., where they have lived for the past 44 years. Rey will be loan supervisor for the City Mortgage Department of Equitable Life and Assurance Society So-ciety in Salt Lake. He has been working for this company for the past nine years. Mrs. A. E. (Adelia) Stephenson returned Saturday to her home at Delta after a stay in the LDS Hospital Hos-pital in Salt Lake City where she had surgery April 9 and a broken hip pinned. Mrs. Stephenson received re-ceived the injuries April 5 in a fall at her home, and has recovered very well since the surgery. Her daughter, Mrs. Rhea Banks, of Manti. is In Delta with her mother to help with her care until Mrs. Stephenson is more fully recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Black made a trip to Coalville over the weekend for Easter. They visited friends and attended the Junior Prom at Coalville, Coal-ville, where both taught school two years ago. Glen Stewart. Peck Kelly and Speed Riding spent Tuesday at Utah Lake, fishing. They reported a fine trip and all three caught their limit of fish. Delta, Utah Copy 10c A farewell testimonial for Elder Scott Callister will be conducted Sunday evening, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Delta Second Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. A cordial invitation j to attend is extenaea to everyone. every-one. Elder Callister has been called to serve in the Netherlands LDS Mission. He enters the mission home May 7 for training prior to h's departure. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Le-land Le-land C Callister, of Delta. He is a 1961 graduate of Delta High School and Seminary and attended attend-ed College of Southern Utah at Cedar City during the fall and winter. Deseret Stake Singing Mothers are called to a rehearsal Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the stake house, Mrs. Joyce Long, director, an- announced today. Wit Y'-'l fa a rM V ) fhs j : ...JJm "7 V- - ( j 'r v J(U - j In y .,S - Sen. Wallace F. Bennett escorts Utah's Cherry Blossom Princess, Penny Rae Hafen of Santa Clara, Utah, ot the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C. The 20-year-old beauty was chosen by members of the Utah National Guard to represent rep-resent the state. She has attended Dixie Junior .College and Utah State University. Great Big "Thank You Is Given Delta Firemen Two large and heartfelt "Thank You's" are extended this week to the Delta Volunteer Fire Dept. for the very fine work they did in controlling con-trolling fire and saving property in two different incidents. The first vote of thanks is from Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Dearden and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dearden. of Garrison. Gar-rison. They deeply appreciate the help they received from the Delta firemen when they responded to the fire alarm Monday, soon after 4 p.m.. speeding the fire truck over the 100-mile trip in 2 hours. They worked six hours getting the firej completely quelled where it burned in sheds, corrals and fences. They saved the homes from damage. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Workman are very thankful for the quick and; aoie service tne ueita volunteer, lot oi m ar ow ids. orougm Fire Dept. gave them early Wed- Choice heifers, good $22J50 to nesday morning in putting out a $23.75. Holsteins $18.70 to $19.00 fire at their store. Workman's Home ' Springers $194.00 to $204.00. Furnishings, in Delta. Fortunately I Cows, standard $16.80 to $17.90. the fire was discovered before it Commercial $15.10 to $1630. Can-had Can-had gained much headway, and the' ners $12.60 to $13.80. Dairy kind alarm was turned in at 5:50 a.m.;$15 60 to $17.40; pairs $175.00 to The firemen had the fire out soon $190.00. after. They pried open the doors! Bulls $17.10 to $18.50. at the back of the store to gain! entrance, and doused the blaze that was eating on the roof and side walla ' VALLEY' $4.00 a year in advance 'Trucks Will Aid Clean -MJp Drive The Delta City clean-up campaign cam-paign will end Saturday, April 28th. The city trucks will be manned all day on Saturday to gather trash and debris from property owners and they request that it be in suitable containers. Again, owners of vacant lots are reminded to check their property and clean those premises pre-mises also. HIGH PRICED CALVES At the special sale April 17 at Delta Livestock Auction Jack Nelson Nel-son of Lynndyl consigned 41 Angus steer calves, weighing 435 lbs. They brought the high price of $32.00. Ilelmart Names New 31anngcr Announcement of new manage ment at The Delmart was made this week by Mrs. Wanda Beckwith, Beck-with, company president, and The Delmart this week invites the pub lic to the store's Get Acquainted Sale Saturday, May 5. Richard Nielson, of American Fork, assumes the duties of manager man-ager of The Delmart on May 1. Mr. Nielson Is well qualified for the post and experienced in merchandising. merchan-dising. He is a graduate of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University in marketing, market-ing, and has been employed since in mercantile, business. Ned M. Church, who has been manager of The Delmart for the past three years, leaves the store with best wishes and appreciation for his able service. 7 LIVESTOCK QUOTES By Win Walker April 24. 1962 Cattle salable, 400. Hogs salable, 150. The feature of today's market was the fine consignment of Hol-stein Hol-stein cows for slaughter from Min-ersville, Min-ersville, which sold extra welL 20 good to choice bulls; 200 head feeders on the light side for feeders; feed-ers; 70 head stock calves; bal. of run was some of all classes. The pr'.me steer that toped the market two weeks ago dressed 62. The receipts from last week's sale was $214,358.00. The top for today was 12 Angus heifers fed by Jerry Nielson and purchased by Doctorman Packing Co. for $25.45. No choice steers on market. Good sold for $22.30 to $25.50. Holsteins $18.10 to $23. Crossbreeds $21.30 to $23. Feeders. 500 lbs, 20 head. $2550. 30head. 450 lbs, $27. One Calves under 400 Ids, steers, ( $27.50 to S2S.10; heiifers $26. to $27.80. Baby Calves $28.50 to 41. j Hogs, top, "16.70. Sows, $14.00. I Daniel Stevens, 91, Millard County Coun-ty civic leader, died Thursday, April Ap-ril 19, in the Fillmore L.D.S. Hospital Hos-pital after a long illness. j Funeral services were conducted Monday at 1 p.m. In the Fillmore First LDS Ward Chapel, when final tribute was paid Mr. Stevens by his many friends and fellow citizens. citi-zens. His many years were spent in civic service and he was always al-ways deeply interested in the growth and betterment of his home county. He was elected Millard County treasurer at the age of 21 years, and from 1910 to 1913 served as mayor of Fillmore. In 1930 he was elected a county commissioner. He was state senator from Beaver and Millard counties from 1917 to 1919 and 1935 to 1939. He owned and operated mercantile mercan-tile stores in Fillmore, Delta and Cedar City, and a hotel in Fillmore, and had been a successful Fillmore Fill-more area farmer and rancher for many years. Mr. Stevens was instrumental in bringing the Union Pacific Railroad Co. line to Fillmore, and in establishing estab-lishing a National Guard armory in the city. f h i :Am n-n 7 S?WT y-NX MRS. MARY S. BECKWITH 88TH BIRTHDAY Mrs, Mary S. Beckwith will observe her 88th birthday on May 1. Many of her birthdays have been observed in Delta, as she has made a home here since 1913. She was born May 1, 1874. at Coalville, Utah, a daughter of I. W. and Elizabeth Brierly Simister. She was married to Frank A. Beckwith Aug. 25, 1898, and their home was made at Evanston, Wyou and later in Salt Lake City until the move to Delta was made. Mrs. Beckwith has been active and interested in community affairs through the years in Delta and welcomes visits vis-its with a wide circle of friends. Her interests are many, and she reads a great deal, does handwork, hand-work, and cares for her household. house-hold. Celebrating her birthday with her are two daughters, A-thena A-thena Cook and Florence Reeves, daughter-in-law, Wanda Beckwith, Beck-with, five grandchildren, and two great-grandsons. 80TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Lydia L. Evans will observe her 80th birthday with an open house Sunday, April 29, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at her home, 169 South 200 West, Delta. Friends and relatives rela-tives are cordially invited to call during the afternoon. Mrs, Evans was born May 1, 1882, in Oak City. She was married to John D. Evans Jan. 26, 1903, and the couple celebrated their golden wedding In 1953. Mr. Evans died May 14, 1957. Mrs. Evans has lived at Oak City, Holden, Leamington and Delta, and a host of friends wish her Happy Birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Arland Peterson and three children, from Pleasant Grove visited in Delta over the weekend with nn rente Mr anA Mr. Tnkr. . . . ""H fud, WVillt . Peterson. Richard Shields spent Easter in Delta with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Buss Shields, and Karla. A good example of community service work of West Millard 4-H Clubs is displayed by the club superv'sed by Mrs. Afton Peterson. Peter-son. Abraham. If you haven't already noticed, you will find this road sign at the crossroads a mile south of Sutherland Suth-erland which directs traffic to the Abraham area. This s'gn is built of hardwood and is a credit to the 4-H Club. Road Department, and to the people of West Millard. The girls displaying the sign orre from left to right: Wanda Lee Talbot. Helen Marie Stone-k'ng, Stone-k'ng, Jill Johnson and Genie 1 Fullmer. Other 4-H Dubs in West Millard are encouraged to follow this club's example of community development de-velopment and civic pride. He established D. Stevens store in Delta on July 3, 1917, with a son-in-law, William J. Starley, as manager. Born Jan. 31, 1871, Holden, he was a son of David R. and Caroline Felshaw Stevens. He married May Cooper in the Manti Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- ay bamts. She died Julv IS He married Bertha Warner 23, 1935. She died Nov. 6, 1945. e attended Fillmore schools, Brigham Young Academy at Provo, and served an LDS mission to England Eng-land from 1894 until 1897. He also nad been superintendent of the Fillmore LDS Ward Sunday School and a counselor in the bishopric. Survivors are a son and five daughters, Ward Stevens, Mrs. La voy (.iaine Kimball and Mrs. Don (Maxine) Cummings, all of Fillmore; Fill-more; Mis. William J. (Ava) Star-ley, Star-ley, Delta: Mrs. Burke (AltA Mnth. ews, Scipio; Mrs. Dean (Marjorie) risner, rueDio, (Jolo; 24 grandchildren; grandchild-ren; 58 great-grandchildren; five brothers and a sister, Hazen, Fill more: David. Salt Lake Pitv in. renzo, Alma, Marion, and Mrs. Laura Stevens, all of Holden. Tribute Paid to Mrs. Lillie Wood In Rites Friday . Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Edith Johnson Wood, 77, who died April 17 after a brief illness, were conducted Friday at 1:00 p.m. In Delta Third Ward Chanel hv Bish op Merlin Christensen. .Prelude and postlude music was by Mrs. Sharon Rawlinson. The opening' op-ening' prayer was by E. D. Harris. Prayer with the family prior to the services was by Van Bishop. Speakers were Bishop Christensen, Christen-sen, who gave the life sketch of Mrs. Wood, Anthony E. Stephenson, Mrs. Vera Hilton and E. L. Moody. They paid tribute to Mrs. Wood as one who lived by the golden Rule, guided by her deep faith and high principles. They spoke of her kindness kind-ness in thought and deed, and the love and devotion she gave her family. An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, Mrs. Wood had served lone and well. A resident nf TVlta since 1909, Mrs. Wood had filled a valued place in the community. The speakers expressed the sympathy sym-pathy of all in their bereavement to her husband, Frank Wood, their sons and daughter, Wells, Lon, Reed and Rex Wood, and Mrs. Edith Ed-ith Anderson, and their families. "Beyond the Sunset" was sung by Mrs. Elaine Allred and Joe Moody, Moo-dy, accompanied by Sharon Raw-linson. Raw-linson. Miss Raelene Wood sang "Going Home", accompanied by Mrs. Rawlinson. The closing prayer was by Bent Mork. Burial was in the Delta City Cemetery, Cem-etery, under direction of Nickle mortuary. The grave was dedicated by Clark Wood. Pall bearers were Dale, Roy, Wallace Wal-lace and Clyde Wood, Scott Anderson, Ander-son, grandson, and Major Wayne D. Morgan, a nephew. Salesmanship Is Popular Class In Adult Education The Salesmanship class being held on Monday nights at 7:30 p. m.-9 p.m. in the Delta High School for adults, is proving an outstand-, ing class with 48 enrolled. The in-' structor is furnished by the State Vocational Education Dept, He is Mr. Paul" Lloyd, instructor of Sales Education at the Central Utah Vocational Vo-cational School and instructor In Merchandising at Provo High. He has 16 years of experience and is a special instructor for the State Dept, of Public Instruction. Mr. Lloyd has taken up suggestive sugges-tive selling, customer approach and shrinkage. The two remaining classes will be held April 30 and May 7. Next week he wiU show an outstanding film, "Customers' Relations", Re-lations", to be followed by a discussion. dis-cussion. Anyone interested in selling-store selling-store managers, insurance salesmen, sales-men, service station operators, cafe owners, clerks, mechanics, ectl, can all benefit from this class. Everyone Every-one is welcome. The following business houses of Delta have an almost 100 enrollment enroll-ment of their store personnel: D. Stevens Co, Quality Market and Variety Store. Fashion House and Baker Pharmacy. Morris Mercantile of Hinckley and Deseret Cash Store of Deseret each have a representative representa-tive in the class. The class was requested by the Millard County Industrial Development Develop-ment Association and is bem sponsored through the Adult Education Edu-cation program at Delta High. Major and Mrs. Wayne Morgan. from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif, visited during the week in the home of Frank Wood at Delta, and attended the funeral services Friday Fri-day for their aunt, Mrs. Lillie John son Wood. Accompanying them was Mrs. Flora Tillery, Wayne's sister, of Fresno, Calif. |