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Show l3 P HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1 became very adept at getting the tops off people's milk bottles and drinking the cream. At times they even made off with the whole bottle. bot-tle. In cold weather the milk sometimes froze and lifted the cap off the bottle a couple of inches. When he first started delivering milk in Centerville they charged seven cents a quart. Later it went up to eight cents, then 12 cents and on up. Williams told of the frustrations sometimes experienced in collecting collec-ting milk bills. Centerville people were better at paying their milk bills than were those in the city. In 1973 the dairy business was fast changing, routes were being eliminated, and Dick decided to hang it up and go into the business of managing the Wheeler Ranch in Farmington. The February meeting is the third Wednesday and will feature Clyde Mclntyre and Ulysses Grant, who will recount the history of scouting in Centerville. All people who are now or have ever been in scouting, are urged to be present. Also, if you have any interesting memories of any phase, troop or persons in the history of scouting in Centerville, come and tell us about it, or give the information to either Clyde or Ulysses. By VES HARRISON Centervlle Historical Society recently re-cently elected officers for 1990. They are: Clara Goudy, president; Smith Randall, vice president; Marlene Brown, secretary-treasurer. Ileen Worsley was re-elected to a three-year three-year term as director, memberships. Ves Harrison presented the society socie-ty a copy of his newly published book, "Facial Expressions A to Z," and introduced the speaker, Richard Williams, who spoke on his 35 years as a door-to-door milkman in Centerville, Salt Lake City and the South Davis area. Williams said that some of his best memories were the lasting friendships he made in the area. He related how he started in the milk business. His father, Thomas Q., Sr., had a farm and a herd of cows. Many residents of Centerville at that time owned a milk cow, but there were also many who did not, and these needed to buy milk for their families. So Tom bottled raw milk and sold it to a few of the neighbors. Some of those he delivered to on his bicycle were Joseph Cardall, Neslen Smith, Frank Sheldon, Henry Barber and V.F. Harrison. When he was 15-years-old they bought a 1927 Chevrolet car and stripped the interior to make room for the cans and bottles, and he used that for his delivery truck. He put 220,000 miles on that car, and when its engine was worn out, they bought a 1928 Chevrolet engine from Leo Worsley for $15, installed it in the old Chevrolet and continued con-tinued their deliveries. In 1947 the state passed a law that all milk that was to be sold had to be pasteurized. As the Williams & Sons Dairy could not afford to purchase the necessary equipment to pasteurize their milk, they sold the business to the Bountiful Dairy. The dairy offered him a job driving for them. After many long years of working seven days a week, Dick was about ready to say "enough!," but the $300 a month guarantee they offered him changed his mind. Thus began his career of delivering deliver-ing in Bountiful, North Salt Lake and Salt Lake City. He said, "It was a real joy to work for the Bangerters." He told of having to use a little sled on the avenues in Salt Lake City in winter of 1949 and 1950 when the drifts were real bad. He drove a Duvco truck in which he had to stand up all the time. By the end of his shift he was tired In 1949 he got an International. He could finally sit down and drive. He was bitten by a little cocker spaniel. Another time a huge boxer dog got into his truck, and he had a hard time getting it out. Some dogs |