Show Pte 4 - Millard County ISPS Thun Mar 16 1989 West Millard History Lynndyl 1st settlers from Milestones of Millard In 1910 Oscas Passwater came as He afterwards became an timekeeper businessman important opening the first ice cream shop in 1915 and later a toggery Mr Passwater was one of the first judges of the district and handled many criminals In 1913 Tom Mead built a stone store and opened a restaurant in the basement The building is now owned by Ray Mills Harvey Hedges the first railroad cop came in 1912 Things were quite rough at times for gambling and drinkMoonshine ing were quite prevalent was distilled by men who lived in dugouts on the river bank Mrs Ida Edwards was the first Until her time the mail postmistress was handled by the agent and foreman of the Union Pacific railroad Mrs Edwards wrote to Washington to establish a post office and they informed her the name must be changed as there was already a Lynn Utah So it was assumed that she added the “dyl” Her post office was a tent on the west side of the depot which was then a box car In 1914 Oscar Passwater took the post office over and served during World W'ar I His building was on the corner where the Roy Clark home now stands which he built to re house the post office after the original had burned to the and Frank He resigned ground Johnson took it over It was then moved to another part of town His health wouldn’t permit his keeping it so it was turned to Cora Paxton who is the acting postmistress today Miss Paxton had come to Lynndyl as a nurse at the time of the flu epidemic which was one of terror for the new town The dance hall was used as a hospital where (he sick were taken care of by Doctor Banning Light deaths occurcd during the epidemic The school house just beside the hall served as kitchen laundry and nurse home Mrs Hattie Johnson and family moved to Lynndyl in the spring of 1915 and during the siege of the flu she took ten gallons of milk each day to the hospital and loaned them her washing machine and gas engine to help in the A power machine was a emergency luxury in those days An incident is related of Mrs Effie Johnson in her Model T I ord While going out to her mother's home Mrs Hattie Johnson had a collision with the Watkins man without even seeing him for the dust was so thick "Dad Larsen” came in 1916 and ran the hotel which Charlie Gunn later took over George Sudbury moved his family here in 1914 and in 1915 built the big stone building where he lived and maintained a store The building is still being used and the business is owned by Harry McCardcll The little community continued to grow and some very fine homes were built Milestone' was written in 1951 Job Service recognizes Older Workers Week I ditha Ebner is an Older Worker who makes an important contribution She operates the in the workplace equipment at Collectables a rapidly growing tole wood and at age 65 she is exin Delta dustry tremely productive wrapping from six hundred to over one thousand bundles of tole wood each day Ann Jackson of Collectables says of Editha "She is one of the most hardworking and productive employees I have every had She is a very valuable Editha atasset to this business” tributes her drive and motivation to her upbringing "I was taught to never take a job for granted and that good hard work is the best way to gain a sense of I think and satisfaction that most workers my age have that attitude” Editha says she would like to in all see older workers occupations receive the pay and recognition they and deserve for their experience productivity The Governor has declared the week as Employ Older of March Workers Week Job Service would like to hire to encourage employers qualified older workers (age 55 plus) and benefit from their experience and For more information productivity contact the Delta Job Service Office at or I illmore Job Service History fair coming soon The regional Utah History Fair for southern Utah area will take place Thursday March 23 at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City Registration will begin at 8 a m Judging of the student work will be from 10 am until pm Tying in with this year’s theme of "The Individual in History” Wayne Hinton of history at department SUSC will speak on "Great Grandmother” at 1:30 pm The awards ceremony honoring the best young historians takes place after the lecture The Utah History Fair is an educational program for all Utah students in grades 4 through 12 It covers any history from local to international History Fair director Robert Parsons says students are encouraged to explore a topic uniquely interesting to them and then present it at one of the regional History Fairs around the state Last 10000 students nearly year participated Students can use any one of four categories: Essay a project a performance or a media presentation Entrants receive a certificate of merit and regional winners receive trophies and ribbons and are invited to participate in the State History Fair April 4 and 5 It will be held this year at Brigham Young University Winners at the state level are honored with scholarships books and trophies The state Grand Prize winner paid trip to gets an Washington DC to compete in National History Day The Utah History Fair is sponsored West Center for by the Mountain Regional Studies at Utah State Univer Utah Power Announces sity and made possible through funding from the Utah Fndowment for the Humanities BYU the Utah State Office of Education Utah Geographical and the school districts Society throughout Utah Choir efforts continue fund-rais- er Efforts by the Delta High School acappella choir to raise money for a trip to France this summer continue Among recent efforts: - A scrap iron drive is underway “Anybody in the valley who has scrap iron they would like to donate to the choir may drop it off on the corner by Jones Road on Clyde Bunker’s property” choir booster Angela Wankicr said "We want any old farm machinery any old cars things that are salvageable” A salvage company will buy the scrap Deadline to contribute scrap is Contact Scott Anderson for April directions and details - Old batteries are being collected for resale See Scott Anderson (or details - Choir members are available for yard clean up this spring For details or contact Angela Wankicr at Nan Bunker at The choir will also sell gift balloons baskets for Mother’ with Day May 14 The concept was recently used for Valentine' Day and wa well received To order contact Jane Ekin at Delta High School or any choir member - Choir member continue to sell new and renewed subscriptions to the Chronicle Progress For each subscription sold a donation is made to the choir Annual Mormon Cricket meeting Mormon The Annual Control Meeting will be held this Thursday March 16 at 7 pm at the LDS Church at Oak City Personnel from several agencies will be on hand to provide information regarding expected problem areas and control measures Those landowners who have with the Mormon had problems Crickets in the past or who are terested are encouraged to attend Killpack honored Community leaders from 16 southwestern cities and towns were March 4 by recognized Saturday Southern Utah State College for their contribution to their significant hometown areas and to the state of Utah One of those recognized was Ward Killpack Delta Honors Medallions were presented to Killpack and the others at the third annual Southern Utah Honor Award Ceremonies presented as part of the observance of the 92nd anniversary of the founding of SUSC Designed to honor "people who have made a difference and continue to make a difference in the quality of life for all southern Utah” the awards are made possible through a gift from Utahn JR Bingham Killpack’s many civic and public activities include two terms on the Millard County Commission president of the Delta West Millard Kiwanis Club chairman of the Delta and West Millard program and a member of the Central Utah Public Health Board He has been active in the Delta Jaycees the Delta Chamber of Commerce the Utah Pharmaceutical Association and (he National Highway 50 Federation where he has served as a director vice president and president He served for two term on the Snow College Institutional Council Among many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints Killpack has served as a bishop stake and stake clerk high councilman Utah’s big school numbers makes comparison hard January 19 (This Is Not A Misprint) Utah Puvi-- is lev tnrg its Utah rates by almost $13 million Combined vrh four previous reductions UP&L rates have decreased by 5 percent since January 16? for a total of S53 million This rate reduction fulhlls our promise to reduce rates by 2 percent upon completion of our merger with PadfiCcrp A further decrease of 3 to h percent veil be forthcoming within the next four years reflecting the efficiencies the merger v ill provide Utah’ abnormally large population lends to distort many of the comparisons made with other stares This fact was highlighted in a series of charts prepared by Utah Foundation the private tax research organization which show how Utah compare with other Mountain State and the United State a a whole in tax ad and other aspect of state and local government According to the study approximately 252 percent of Utah’ total wa enrolled in public population elementary and secondary schools This percentage is considerably higher than the Mountain State average of 192 percent and the US average of 165 percent The large school burden ha caused most taxes in Utah to be substantially higher than those of other states T otai state and local taxes in Utah were equal 25 per J 08) of personal income to Thi compare with an average state and local tax burden of SI 16 per SI 000 of personal income in the eight Mountain State and S 5 per S 000 of personal income in the nation a a whole Among three major taxes Utah appear to be higher than average in it use of the income tax and the sale tax and about average in the property tax Two of the Mountain State (Nevada arid Wyoming) have no individual come tax and one state (Montana) ha no general sale (ax Other fads that may be gleaned from the I oundation chart scries include the following: - Utah's state cigarette tax of 23 cent per pack is the highest among the tight Mountain State and i well above the Mountain States average of 16 9 tent per pack arid the US average of 19 4 cent per pack - Utah' state gasoline tax of 19 tent per gallon is second highest among the eight Mountain States Montana levies a gasoline tax of 20 cent per gallon - Utah ha the lowest per capita come in the Mountain Slates A major factor accounting for Utah' low ranking of course it the large proportion of children in the Personal income per household in Utah however still i about 3 percent below the Mountain State average and 12 percent under the US average Because of Utah' large school age it spend population considerably more for educa'ion than most other :ate Approximately 418 percent of Utah' total state and local budget goes for education compared with 37 2 percent in the eight Mountain State and 347 percent in the nation a a whole Welfare expenditure in Utah are y slightly higher than the Mountain States average but arc well below the US average The percent of stale and local spending in Utah going for highway purposes is below the Mountain States average but higher than the (US average - Stale and local general debt a a percent of general revenue in Utah States very close to the Mountain average but higher than the US - average I oundation caution (hat analyst while these comparison are interesting and may be useful for some purposes no single measure can give a complete and final answer as to where Utah stands among the states A noted such a Utah's special condition population tremely large can distort some of the comparison Acord is farm credit mediator Utah farmers and ranchers who need help in working out problems with lenders should welcome the appointment of Dr Clair R Acord as stale mediator in the new agricultural credit mediation program Edison Stephens deputy commissioner with the Utah Department of Agriculture has announced Acord has more than 50 years of experience in Utah agriculture He was a county Extension agency for 22 years Extension livestock specialist for nine years and executive secretary of the Utah Wool Growers Association for the past years - his present position Earlier he taught vocational agriculture and served as a farm supervisor for the I arm Security Administration Stephens has been assigned to work with the new program created by the 1987 federal Agricultural Credit Act "We were impressed with the experience and qualifications of all the applicants we interviewed for this position" he commented "We're pleased to get a man with Dr Acord’ experience and abilities to handle the sensitive job of working out programs for handling farm debts" While the new mediator will act as a neutral party in proposing solutions to credit problems all financial decisions will be made by lenders and borrowers Stephen said Acord will listen to the two parties in confidential discussion and make recommendations for a solution f aimers or rather who would like help through the program can call Stephen in Salt Lake City at wwwwwawa "Improving Your Self Esteem" The Doris Taggart Seminar Dale: Wednesday Mareh 22 Time: 7:30 9:00 PM Location West Central Utah Vocational Center Delta Utah Cost: 58 CO per person &LJGHT COMPANY i |