Show Page 4 - Millard County i Thurs LSPS Dec 10 Messiah performance to be held December 13 1987 West Millard History Book Topaz— a ghost town NOTE: The following excerpt was taken from Milestones of Millard a history up tp 1952 by Erma Peterson Shortly after the surprising attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 the of the United States government declared war on Japan and immediately decided to place all Japanese who were then living in the United States or Territories in concentration camps located away from the Pacific Coast Inquiries were made by the army officials of various states with a view of locating a tract of land sufficiently large to accomodate several thousand Japanese in a “town center” on the land selected This land must have access to irrigation as it was intended that during the period of the war the Japanese would be required to farm and garden to help produce part of their own living Culinary water for domestic purposes must also be obtainable It was along these lines that the government advertised for suitable locations and sent out engineers to examine any projects offered Nels L Peterson was in charge of the S George Ingraham holdings in Millard County which consisted of several thousand acres of land with water much of which was located in the vicinity of Abraham Millard County Utah This land was irrigated from what is known as the Abraham and Deseret Irrigation systems It seemed to Mr Peterson that the holdings he represented with some other lands adjoining would make an ideal location for a Relocation Project After getting in touch with The United States army officials Washington DC and San Francisco and ascertaining just what the requirements were it seemed that the Ingraham holdings were just what the army needed As a result the army engineers were invited to make an spection of the Abraham district About the 15th of April 1942 Mr Nels L Peterson met two government engineers and General Couzzins who was in charge of Japanese Relocation Projects They drove to Delta where they met Homer U Peterson acting secretary for Mr Ingraham and Albert E Reid of Abraham who was a large property owner of that locality and the party proceeded to investigate the land the After inspecting the property engineers and General Couzzins were favorably impressed General Couzzins wired Washington that he had located what seemed to him to be an ideal spot to place about 10000 Japanese and asked the government that five and million dollars be “ear marked” for the project Government appraisers were sent out to place a value on the Ingraham land and adjoining farmers’ property that was needed to complete the project Land with buildings on was valued higher than those without There was considerable difficulty in agreeing on values and the Ingraham interest spent several thousand dollars in protecting the price of land and raising the price of water shares in both the Abraham and Deseret Irrigation Companies Options for the water were taken by government representatives when the price of land was agreed upon or set by the government by the appraisers Purchase contracts were made directly with the owners and contrary to public opinion not one cent of profit was made on the sale of either land or water cept the increased value that was secured on the water and land every cent of which went to the owners who sold either land or water In one sweep as in the early days of drouths people were leaving their farms only this time most of them moved their houses into neighboring communities As soon as the government had secured all the property needed US army official from Fort Utah were appointed to Douglas oversee the building of this project Captain Dryer who had charge of where would be the best location to build the main part of Topaz as it was later named A site was finally selected miles to which was three and the northwest of the Abraham townsite Six hundred and forty acres were selected from the site part of Local music enthusiasts have been busily preparing for the annual perforThis mance of Handel’s Messiah year’s production will be held Sunday December 13 at 7:30 pm in the Delta The director is Joe Stake Center Moody with Glena Moody accompanying on the piano and Roy Barraclough will be at the organ Scheduled soloists are Russ May Linda Larsen Evan Maxfield Norman Lister and Marie Jensen Russ May is a seminary teacher in Delta He has been active in the musical scene for many years delighting many with his music both serious and lighthearted Russ has sung in “Fiddler on the Roof” and he has had solos in “The Messiah” While living in Spokane he was a soloist in the production of Russ May “Elijah” Linda Larsen has always loved to sing At the age of twelve she sang in productions of Brahm’s Requiem Promised Valley and the Pirates of Penzance During the summer of 1969 Linda was accepted as a member of the Central City Opera with the New York Opera Company Since moving to Delta Linda has continued her activities in the musical scene She has led several combined Stake choruses has been a member of the Blue Notes and a soloist in the Messiah She is also in demand as an entertainer in the area Linda loves doing solo work but steadfastly maintains that she gets the most satisfaction singing with her husband John She lives in Delta with her husband and five sons Evan Maxfield was born and raised in Delta and he graduated from Delta He has played the High School trumpet for many years While at BYU he was a member of the “Young the symphonic band Ambassadors” and the orchestra which were once owned by EJ Biehler Maurice Fuchs and Dalton Reid but owing to water conditions hadn’t been farmed for some time Weeds and brush were growing abundantly so the land had to be brush railed and leveled June 28th Captain Dryer contacted John Nutsch to bring in his equipment and start railing who had been Herald S Peterson working for the Nutsch brothers and Raymond Nutsch started at once to rail and level the land Even did not major in music Music was his minor His major believe it or not was in Chinese His paper was on on “The Effects of Communism Agriculture” Evan is hopeful that he will be able to bring his knowledge of China to good use soon in connection with his as manager of business occupation Oasis Seed Company Evan makes his home in Hinckley with his wife Joan and their three (soon to be four) children Norman Lister is a familiar name in the Delta area As a music teacher in the Delta High School he became known for his outstanding productions as well as for his own strong bass voice While a student in college Norman had many parts in the musicals He celled as both director and soloist Norman is coming back to Delta as a guest soloist in this year’s performance of the Messiah He now lives in St George with his wife the former Sue Turner and their family Marie Jensen has always loved music She grew up listening to the wonderful tenor voice of her father S Holm as he sang and Dr Floyd throughout his life Marie’s first musical performance was a duet with her father when she was six years old It was in a musical production in Idaho Falls Idaho Since then Marie has sung and performed over the years enjoying happy participation She has sung solos in the Messiah in St George Cedar City Ephraim Fillmore and Delta Her German Opera teacher at Snow College Joe Moody told her that Handel must have writ- ten the solo “He Was Despised” with her voice in mind Marie has sung for the Governor on three different occasions In fact the Governor called her “Utah’s Kate Smith”! She has also taken musical programs from one end of the state to the other Marie has studied voice under Dr Dr Welty at Utah State University Howard Putnam at Dixie College and Dr Gert Meuser at Snow College With the exceptional talent involved this year’s performance of the Messiah promises to be an exceptional one Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Saturday The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated Saturday evening 12 at St John Bosco December Roman Catholic Church Mass is at 7 pm Promptly following Mass a fiesta will be held downstairs in the church The public is cordially invited to attend t Attend and Support Your Church SOUTHERN HARDWARE & Materials Building Quality Delta 705 West Main DRUG SERVICE 2JMajMelta8MJ545 BENNETO" DRivE in” Eat Out Eat In types of Chicken 303 E burgers & CHURCH Shared Ministry 107 So 200 W Decorative Painting 278 West Main Delta Ph DOVES for DOUBLE DISCOUNT MARK-I- Prices Best t 377 W Main 1081 Main Pastor Jim Gregg Pastor Sac or call 10:00 Pat Manis Agent - Delta - a m I0S0 am 11:50 am Meeting Ladd Res Holman OAK CITY 1st WARD 58 W Main 11:00 Sac Meeting PH RS 12:20 1:20 SS Rick's Family Restaurant Alden Bishop J am pm pm Res Nielson OAK CITY 2nd WARD our specialty “ Topaz Blvd 21188 is Sac 900 am am 1115 am Meeting 10:20 PH S$ Howard Bishop Res Dutson DELTA 3rd WARD ALLRED’S W Hwy EQUIP CO Sac New Holland Hesston Equip GMC Trucks 50 Sac 6 Delta LENNOX Don's Heating Service 233 S 200 W Bishop Rex Day no great miracle to see the future for the patterns of today deterIf we observe mine the shape of tomorrow closely the events of the past and tie them in to what's happening today we can have a fairly good idea of what tomorrow will be like It's a matter of observing and learning remembering But alas do we learn enough from the past? 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