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Show i " -ZIzsl. ijjlu-"VJii..- s&CTv-j. "SERVING THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT V A .'LEY" Volume 57 Number 33 Thursday, February 16, 1967 Delta. Utah 84624 10c copy $4.00 a year in advance Two Local Boys Receive USU Scholarships Utah State University announced Monday the selection of 70 young men from 38 high schools in Utah to receive AchievementAwards for their performance at the 1966 Amer ican Legion Utah Boys State. The young men selected will receive re-ceive a full tuition scholarship to Utah State University beginning the fall quarter of the 1967-68 school year. Selection of the recipients was based upon the young man's performance per-formance while a citizen of Boys State, the recommendation of his American Legion counselor and of his high school officials. Two Delta high school boys were among the 70 named. They are Joseph L. Callister, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Callister, Delta and Kenneth B. Bunker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Bunker, Delta RFD. Congratulations, Lynn and Ken. Capt. Yarren E. Jensen Completes Flying Course OKLAHOMT CITY--Captain Warren War-ren E. Jensen, son of Mrs. Ruth J. Jensen of R.F.D., Delta, Utah, has been graduated from- the flying training course for U.S. Air Force C-124 transport pilots at Tinker AFB, Okla. Captain Jensen, now qualified for aircrew duty on the ioux-engine Globemaster, is returning to Hill AFB, Utah. He is a member of the Continental Air Command. The captain, a 1945 graduate of Delta High School, attended Brig- ham Young University, Provo, Utah He received his B.S. degree in 1962 j from Utah State University. He was commissioned there thru the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. He is a member of Delta Phi. His wife, Verla, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern B. Muir of Bountiful Gardens, Bountiful, Utah. Aboard Ship (D0072) USS- PLATTE (AO-24) ( FHTNC) Feb. 6 - Seaman Apprentice Appren-tice Richard G. Mecham, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mecham of Hincklev, Utah, is helping the U. S. Pacific Fleet Service Force (SER VPAC) celebrate its 25th anniver- sary this montn, wnne serving a- board the fleet oiler Platte. Begun in February of 1942, the force is now 45,000 men strong, and operates 117 ships of 21 different types, as well as 13 shore bases in the Western Pacific. SERVPAC units supply Naval forces afloat and ashore within an area equal to nearly half the earth's surface, with food, fuel, ammunition and other essential needs. In addition to the Force's supply duties, it offers salvage assistance, and ship repair services. Headquarters for the U.S. Service Force, Pacific Fleet, is at Pearl Har bor, Hawaii. Adult Education A class in re-upholslery will be held at Leamington, Monday, Feb. .l Willi -vj . liui u ifiauii instructor The class will run for ' 40 hours (8 hours a day or 5 days). The registration fee wil be $2.00. i - . J V Zh ly Z L Am, r ZZLll'a'ly enjoyed the school page one from other communities will. ' ' i . ., Wool,Fni -unit- iu lu """ ""o it will be the only ' re-upholstery class under tbe adult program that : will be held this year in West Mil- lard. Anothr class many have been waiting for will be a repairing and refinishing class to be taught by . Eldon and MarGenne Rowley at the Oasis recreation hall beginning on Wed., March 1. The class will be held all day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for a $2.00 fee. Get your name on the list if you want to take this class by calling Sebrina Ekins or Mrs. Rowley. Other classes: It isn't too late to enroll in type, carpentry, Business Busi-ness English, Physical Fitness or French at the Delta High School on Monday nights. FAT HOG SALES Elwin Pace, Manager of Delta livestock Auction, annonces that there will be a fat hog sale every Tuesday at the auction rather than every other week as has been the custom for several years. Hog growers in the area will be pleased to learn that the Joe Doctorman Packing Co. will be one of the buyers buy-ers of fat hogs every week. Sale time is 12:00 noon, Mr. Pace says. An ideal gilt (or the college student stu-dent is the Millard County Chronicle. Chron-icle. Order today. Mew OsiizcmcM A new organization was founded represented at a luncheon meeting in West Millard last week. The held Friday at Hatch's City Cafe, new organization, known as the Members of the board were elected "Millard Commerce and Investment , on their immediate availability to Corporation" (MCIC) is a non-profit1 attend meetings and will be work-organization work-organization whose purpose is to , ing directly with leaders in other work for the economic development ! communities. of Millard County and its environs To accompolish its purpose the and to promote and assist the grow th and development of business concerns within the county. The primary objective of the corporation corpora-tion will be benefit to the county as measured by increased employment, employ-ment, payroll, business volume and corresponding factors rather than monetary profits to the shareholders. share-holders. MCIC Board of Directors is comprised com-prised of Bill Iverson, Chairman; Dell Ashby, Vice Chairman; Bill Bishop, Sec.-Treas.; Leigh Maxfield, Don Bird, Jim Kelly, Leo Burraston, Jim Nickle, Ted Harris and Ward KUlpack All areas of West Millard were B 1i own HauMO&i By INEZ BIDING After being away from the type- writer for this long, one would think that. I would be runnine over witn tidbits. Maybe I am. We'll just type along here and see what comes out. NEW COLUMN? I would like to try a new column in tne chronicle. I'd need lots of 1 help tho, from parents, friends and i relatives of west Millard service-' men. The column would be bnei accounts of the men in service and I feel sure that it would have wide reader appeal. How about it? If I can assure space for such a column, will it be filled each week? Brief items could be the completion of basic training completion of more intenive training, train-ing, transfer to other bases, promotions, promo-tions, etc. AROUND THE WORLD West Milard servicemen are scat-trede scat-trede all over the world. They are in Viet Nam, Korea, Thialand, Ger-i many, Italy. Name a country that, " j.o. ' " likely a West Millard serviceman is serving his country at that spot. REMEMBERING Perhaps we aren't as considerate as we should be towards servicemen service-men and thcrir parents. How long has it been since you inquired about a serviceman from his family: How long has it been since you ex-nresspd ex-nresspd pratitude to Darents of servicemen for what their son is doing? How long has it been since, you've written to a serviceman? We parents are all alike when it comes to our children. We like to' know that they mean something to someone. Parents of servicemen, I'm sure, like to know that their sons' efforts are appreciated. THOUGHTFULNESS Speaking of servicemen reminds me of a verev thoughtful gesture . . . f , , u . Many o you know Ma k pe -I any llZl all know of hlm. hfts been subscriber of the Chronicle for years. He has, '.(, aA ,.,..i0,,c i.lW . . '.v r.1:;: ., u " ""Cf. . " -Jl" ,V. 1. 'L.." u! I ZlZT ..uu i L . ZZ-"ot them about the same as that I us a check with the instruction hh Ah ironlc,e was t0 g0 t0 a SUNDAY CLOSING I wish the Sunday Closing bill would "drop dead". One would think by now that old age would have overcome it. Not so. Each Utah State Legislature spend a lot Utah State Legislature spends a lot Member of U. of V. Maids Golda Jane Black, University of Utah freshman, was recently select ed as a member of the NIAIDS, a Navy ROTC-sponsor group. Golda is one of seventeen winners from a field of 250 coeds and was a unam-imous unam-imous choice of the NROTC. The Niaids was organized last year on the university campus and members are chosen on a basis of charm, poise, personality, desire, grade point average and willingness willing-ness to serve. Final selection follows fol-lows a personal interview of the coeds. Golda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Golden Black, is also a member of the Utonion yearbook staff. . organization will need the support of Millard County residents. Shares will be offered to the public and the money will be used to help induce in-duce an industry into the area which will employ local people. Majority control must at all times be locally held. The idea of financing financ-ing is being patterned from other areas that have been successful in inducing an industry or industries to locate within its boundaries. Articles of incorporation are being be-ing drawn up by Attorney Dudley Crafts. Already two industries have con tacted local persons about the poss ibility of moving into the area. Y. demerits. In my opinion, it only has dements! I'm one of those who think such a matter as closing on Sunday should be left up to the individual businessman. No one forces anyone to open and by the same token, no one should force anyone to close. But, then, I also feel that way about "Delta'9 Closing Ordinance and the pressure that is placed on Delta businessmen to close during a football game! That should be up to the individual businessman, in my opinion. Aand if a business wants to stay open until 10:00 p.m. or later it should be up to him! His competitor is not forced to stay open. Why should he be forced to close??????? WEATHERLY SPEAKING Following several days of spring like weather the area received .03 of an inch of precipitation in the form of snow on Feb. 14. In less than 24 hours the official weather ,,,,, . the Mth an(J a 1qw Qf g Qn thg These were also high and low for the week. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Feb. 16 Delta 3rd Ward Program Feb. 17 Basketball, Beaver here Feb. 17-18 Region Wrestling at Cedar City. Feb. 23 Basketball, Parowan here Feb. 24-25 State Wrestling here LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 60-A Escondido Village Stanford, California February 6, 1967 Dear Friends, This letter is long overdue but I could not let any more time go by tho.,t,ellin?. Vou- the PePle of t Millard County, how much appreciate your thoughtfullness a ' 5 "y "'""j- it"uai and letters I received from you a tuuuuii lu lue BIIU lu my parents. I once read that the people of ones home town thought j person thought of the home town. That certainly was demonstrated to me as so many of the home town friends remembered me as I so often think of Delta and the wonderful people there. Again may I thank you for thinking think-ing of me. Sincerely, Elaine Cole Engstrom Delta, Utah, Feb. 12, 1967 Editor, The Millard County Chronicle: I want to state my own position on some matters discussed in your paper last week over the signature of my long-time respected friend, Councilman Archie Barben. 1. While I'd like to see the Liberty Liber-ty Amendment adopted so the people peo-ple could direct the spending of their own money, instead of sending send-ing it to Washington, I am not averse to using Federal funds for needed public projects under the existing system. 2. Deltt City is on the threshold of an era of economic growth, based bas-ed chiefly on prospects of the Berylium and Communications industries. in-dustries. It should avail itself of '"in if Formed Funeral Services Held for Ileva Bennett Watts Funeral services for Reva Bennett Watts, 55, were held Thursday, Feb. 16, (today) 10:00 a.m. at Delta First Ward. Mrs. Watts died Feb. 13 in a S?lt Lake Hospital of natural causes. She was born Dec. 11, 1911 in Deseret to William T. and Alice Kinder Bennett. She was married to Harold R. Watts in March 1928 at Fillmore. She was a member of the LDS Church. The family home was made in Delta until 1937. Survivors: husband at Phoenix; eon Harold J., Yerington, Nev.; mother, Tooele; brothers, sister, Henry, Magna; Carl, Clemont, Jay, Max, all of Delta; Orrin, Page Ariz.; Mrs. Fern Day, Tooele; three grand children. Burial in the Delta Cemetery. Weed Control to Be Discussed Alfalfa seed growers are invited to attend a public meeting at the American Legion Hall in Delta Monday, Feb. 20, 1:30 p.m. to hear a discussion on weed problems. The meeting is being sponsored by the Elanco Products Co. Speakers will be Dr. Lloyd Warner War-ner who is the Plant Science Representative Rep-resentative for the Elanco Products Co. and Mr. Ken Woodward, region sales representative for the company. com-pany. All interested persons are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Feb. 22 Parents' Day Outlined Dr. Royal Graff, University of Utah Speech Dept. Head, will be guest speaker at the annual Parents Par-ents Day scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Delta High School. The schedule for the day's events ha been outlined by the officers in charge and from all appearances the day promises to be an enjoyable enjoy-able one. Parents pre to register between the hours of 8:00 and 8:55. Registration Regis-tration will be followed by a welcome wel-come from the administration of Delta High School and an orientation orienta-tion period will follow. Classroom work will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Lunch hovr is 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Two events have been scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. and running thru 1:15 p.m. In the auditorium an organ concert will be presented. Miss Clawson's P.E. classes will present pre-sent an exhibition in the gymnasium, gymna-sium, also. At 1:15 p.m. a political rally will be held in the auditorium followed fol-lowed by a program during which Dr. Graff will speak. A pep rally will be held at 3:15 followed by a basketball game between be-tween the Parents and Teachers. the opportunity which will not come again, to secure Block 59 and retain it in Public Use, under the Dedication by the Founders. (The ball park north of the Palo-mar Palo-mar is privately owned.) 3. I favor maintaining an airport capable of handling more traffic thaPn is likely to develop for many years. The 5800 ft. runway 12-30, plus the 4000 ft. taxi strip, both biacktopped, are sutticient. l tavor the City-S buying another 40 acres adjoining the airport for extension of runways if ever needed: I would consider the restoration of runway 16-34 at this time a waste of money 4. As a stockholder of Delta Can- al i nave joined in petitioning for Federal Funds to defray part of the cost of improving the canal system. Delta Canal is a semi-public entity. I have never accepted any Federal handout or subsidy for my own farm or business. Richard S. Morison. Mayor. Dear Editor: This is in response to Councilman Council-man Barben's letter published in the Feb. 9, 1967 issue of the Chronicle. Chron-icle. Tourism is getting to be one of our foremost industries in Delta. One of the best assets we have had is the high school lawn and picnic tables. It is no secret people can drive by and observe the tourists that stop by and have lunch. I have heard them personally praise Delta for having this facility. The school park is centrally located. There has been a lot of money and labor used to plant grass and other improvements to make it an ideal location. The swimming pool park isn't large enough for a very big family (Continued on back page) Champion wrestling will be hosted by defending champions, DHS Rabbits in Delta Feb. 24 and 25. Ready to try for the fifth straight championship title are (bottom 1. to r.) Craig Talbot, Rod Fullmer, Mike Nielson, Edgar Lovell, Ladd Holman, Gary Harper Har-per (top 1. to r.) Bryant Anderson. Clyde Wood, John Henrie, Jay Warnick, Ken Bunker, Niel Callister Call-ister and Coach Porter. Not pictured pic-tured are Dennis Alldredge and Council Mas Heated Discussion Delta City Council met in regular regu-lar session Tuesday night at the City Offices. Several items of business, bus-iness, which could properly be termed "old business" were discussed, dis-cussed, some rather heatedly. Mr. Rod Ivie, accompanied by his wife, attended the meeting and urged that the right to establish his own business hours be recognized. recog-nized. Mr. Ivie was referring to Chapter 6, Sec. 1 (Delta City Ordinances) Ord-inances) which regulates business hours for Retail Stores, Grocery Stores, Meat Markets, Feed Stores, Father of Delta Councilman Dies In Albion, Idaho Frank O. Price, 63, Albion, Idaho, and father of Councilman Robert Price died Feb. 4 at his home follow ing a long illness. Mr. and Mrs. Price spent several weeks in Delta last summer with their son and family. He was born Aug. 24, 1903 in Berryville, Arkansas to James A. and Lena Freeman Price. He married marr-ied Rose Winn Sept. 9, 1929 at Rupert, Idaho. He was a farmer and rancher and a member of the Albion Masonic Lodge. Survivors: his widow, son, Robert Price Delta; three grandchildren; brother, sister, J.H. Price, Burley, Idaho and Mrs. Vella Downs, Albion Funeral services were held m Albion LDS Ward Chapel with Pres. Jay L. Nielson conducting. Burial was in the Albion Masonic Cemetery with Masonic rites being conducted. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Price and family attended the services. CSU "Carmen II Cast Named Virginia Done Stephenson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Done, Delta, RFD, and Maxy Jo Finlinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker Finlinson of Leamington are both in the cast of "Carmen" at the College of Southern Utah Feb. 28, March 2 and 4, 1967. Virgina is cast in the lead role of "Carmen". Mary Jo is cast as a chorus member. At Delta High School, Virgina, held lead roles in "Oklahoma", "Carousel" and "South Pacific". She has been a Millard County Farm Bureau Talent Find winner and was a Kiwanis winner at the age of twelve. She represented Millard County at the Utah State Fair and was a member of the Del ta Community Church Choir in 1962 -63. While attending the LDS Business Busi-ness College and a college of beauty beau-ty in Salt Lake, Virginia auditioned and was accepted into the Salt Lake Symphonic Choir. She, also, was a member of a national barber shop organization. Throughtout her college career at USU and CSU, Virginia has been under music scholarships and is presently under that of the Opera Scholarship at CSU. She plans to graduate in 1968 with a BA degree in Music. Virginia is under private vocal instruction and has performed as a soloist in the "Messiah" for the past two years at CSU. Mary Jo has been a member of a girl's trio for four years and her senior year at DHS found her in the leading role of Maria in "West Side Story". She choreographed "The Dance in the Gym" for the West Side Story production. While at CSU, Mary jo, has sung in the CSU Chorale and has been a member mem-ber of the traveling dance troupe of "Adagio" and Folk Dancing. She is majoring in Business. Sieve Jefferv. The Rabbits will be in Cedar City this weekend vying for region honors. The State meet, the first ever held in Delta, will bring 96 wrestlers wrest-lers from four regions. Some of the teams that are expected to be in Delta for the tournament and may give the Rabbits trouble are Unitah, Millard, Wasatch, Morgan, Mor-gan, Union and Monticello. It's a cinch that all will be trying their best to feast on Rabbit Rarber Shops, Beauty Parlors, Coal Dealers, Lumber Yards, Hardware Stores, Repair Shops, Clothing Stores and Jewelry Stores. Mayor Morrison stated that he felt this Ordinance was an infringement of the rights of shop owners and urged urg-ed its repeal. The matter was discussed dis-cussed heatedly but the Ordinance remains on the books. Readers will recall that the complete Ordinance was published in the Chronicle on January 26, 1967. Following the suggestion of May or Morrison, council members favored fav-ored unanimously the re-appoint-mer.t of Leland Roper to the Delta Board of Adjustment. Mayor Morrison recommended that the City Offices be moved to rented quarters in the Bank Hotel Building; and that the old building be converted to house both fire engines in the front part. Council did not act on his recommendation. Mayor Morrison was authorized by council to meet with the County Coun-ty Commissioners on Block 59 (old high school property). Peace Officers Meet in Nevada Peace Officers in the western part of Millard County met Monday night at the D-X Ranch Inn with peace officers of White Pine County Coun-ty of Nevada. The idea of the meeting is to promote understandiing and cooper ation between the two counties in curtailing traffic problems, problems prob-lems of delinquency andor other matters pertaining to law enforcement enforce-ment agencies. The group is planning plan-ning to meet together every three months. The next meeting is scheduled sched-uled to be held in Delta in May. Speakers at the meeting were County Attorney Eldon Eliason and a Nevada State District Attorney. Attending from here were Delta City Policeman, Niel Lake, Deputy Sheriff Edgar Mills, who was instru mental in setting the meeting up, Hinckley Marshall Fay Theobald, Trooper Tom Rynearson and Sgt. Elden Sherwood, Utah Highway Patrol. Heart Chairman Lists Workers Mrs. Ruth Corry, Delta area Heart Fund Chariman wishes to announce the chairmen for the various areas under her direction. These women will be in charge of all Heart Fund activities on or before Sunday, Feb. 26th. June Stanworth, Oasis: Mar garet Murdock, Delta 2nd; Mary uppetts, bugarville, Sutherland; Luena Fullmer, Abraham; Lawana Jensen, Deseret; Diane Larsen, Hinckley; Delta 1st, M e Shields; Delta 3rd Gloria Hare. The Delta Business District will be covered by Edith Anderson, and the general treasurer for the drive will be shirl Bailey. MAKES HONOR ROLL Roger Stanworth is among the top twenty students at Brigham Young University. He has made the high honor roll for two semesters. High honor students must maintain main-tain a grade point average of 3.8. Roger has maintained an average of 3.96 in addition to working ininy nours a week. He is carrying hours of semester work and is an Education major. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stanworth of Oasis. HOSPITAL NOTES Josie Walker, medical admitted Feb. 12. LaClead Nielson, surgical, admitted admit-ted Feb. 13. Beryl Bennion still hospitalized. DIAPER DOINGS Congratulations to: Dan and Lucile Turner Hansen on the birth of a 7 lb. 10 oz. girl Feb. 11. 7,500 Read It In Th CHRONICLE Stew. The tournament begins Friday, Feb. 24, 1:00 p.m. The second round bagins at 7:00 p.m. that evening. Consolation matches begin Saturday, Feb. .25, 1:00 p.m. Championship matches begin that evening at 7:00 p.m. Admission will be $1.00 for each round for adults and $.50 for students. stu-dents. The DHS Student Council and other student groups are sponsoring sponsor-ing a concession stand. Parallel Parking in Delta and the Delta Airport came up for discussion. dis-cussion. Following another heated exchange of remarks, council voted to invite the State Highway Commission Com-mission and the State Aeronautical Commission to Delta for further discussion on the matters. Mayor Morrison read a copy of a letter that he had written to Ann Landers, nationally known newspaper news-paper columnist. His letter was requesting re-questing Miss Landers' guidance in solving what Mayor Morrison terms an "ethical problem" posed by Del-taCity Del-taCity Council wanting to use federal fed-eral funds to restore airport runway run-way 16-34. He reported that, as yet, he had received no answer from Miss Landers. Bills were presented and accept ed with the exception of one for $67.50 to pay for an Abstract of Title on Block 61, which had been ordered by Attorney Eliason on the advice of Mayor Morrison. Councilman Council-man Ashby moved to hold up payment pay-ment of this bill. His motion was seconded by Gardner and carried. Council held that Attorney Eliason should have obtained his information informa-tion from the Board of Education. Mayor Morrison held that the official of-ficial Abstract was the authorative source. LaVoy Kimball Heads Angus Ass'n The Utah Angus Ass'n met in Delta Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Hatch's City Cafe for a steak dinner and business meeting. Elected to serve as president of the organization in 1967 was LaVoy Kimball of Fillmore. Vice President is Cleo Christensen of Delta RFD. Mr. KimbalL will appoint a Secretary. Secre-tary. The Board of Directors is comprised com-prised of Mr. Kimball, Mr. Christen sen, Dean Howard, Nephi; Neil K. Boyter, Cedar City; Grant Anderson Wales; Gerald Nielson, Lynndyl; Jack Nelson, Lynndyl; Reed Hansen Salina, outgoing president and Laura Haggerty, Sandy. The association voted to continue its support of the junior livestock shows thruout the State of Utah. In addition to giving a trophy to a Grand Champion exhibitor at each show, the association gives the exhibitor ex-hibitor a $50.00 check. The new president will contribute an article each month to the "Utah Cattleman", a magazine published and supported by the cattle industry indus-try of Utah. County Cancer Unit Reorganizes The West Millard unit of the Utah Cancer Ass'n has recently been reorganized. Pearl Hawley has been named Chairman. Other officers are Lilac Holman, Service Chairman; BarbaraThomp-son, BarbaraThomp-son, Sec.-Treas.; Nancy Price, Crusade Cru-sade Chairmen; Ludean Peterson, Publicity Chairman; and Education Chairman is Evadene Moody. Medical Medi-cal advisors are Dr. M.E. Bird and Dr. M.A. Lyman. On Feb. 20 and 21, a state meet of all county unit officers will be held in Salt Lake City. Local officers offic-ers are planning to attend. As Education Chairman, Mrs. Moody will be able to supply civic and church groups with films and lectures on cancer. Interested groups should contact her. March has long been known as Cancer Crusade month and local officers are hopeful that the 1967 drive will be one of the more successful. . SLOGAN Have you entered the Millard County Slogan Contest yet? Deadline Dead-line for entries is March 1. 1967 Entries should be submitted to Mr. Wallace Jeffery of Delta and the contest is open to everyone. |