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Show Delta JayCees Install House Numbers " v-"V- ' w -- . y - -.--mm- ..'';"! ja ' rjk - fti - y VI 1 ' 'olume 44 Numb ;r 26 Delta, Utah, Thursday, Decenber Z-,"iuJ $3.50 a Year in Advance Delta Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce has been installing house numbers on Delta homes and plan to have them all on by Jan. 15. One of the first was that for C. M. Pace, mayor, at Millard Co. Com. Pledges Service In The Hew Year Soon it will be Christmas and the dawning of a New Year. In millions of homes across the country coun-try families and kinsmen will sit down to gether, eat a little more than is good for them and make merry. There will be a slight perceptible all-around rising of the temperature of human kindliness. kind-liness. ? Christmas has changed in the years since our childhood. There is more hurry, more expense, more peremptory ' demands upon us from persons and causes. Yet in spite of the tendencytoward the commercialization of Christmas, when we hear the chiming of the strains of "Joy to the World," or "Silent Night", none of us can keep from remembering that it all began with a baby born in a stable. sta-ble. The message that Christmas brings us is so simple that it can be understood by a child, yet no philosopher could exhaust its meaning. This is its substance: What you ate is infinitely more important than what you have. For when we look closely at the first Christmas, we see that it reminds us of giving rather than of getting, and particuarly the out-giving of ourselves. The first Christmas was a symbol of the out-givingness of God, Himself. We in America, and in particular, particu-lar, Millard County, have much to be thankful for. The shooting has stopped in Korea, and many of our Millard County boys have returned home. May we have hope and faith that another year will bring them all safely home. Generally speaking, our chops in Millard County have been good. Prices for the things we produce are generally down, and the articles ar-ticles we buy are up in price. May another year bring our farmers and stockmen the adjustments necessary to put them on a firm economic basis. Financially, your County Gov-erment Gov-erment is in fine, sound condition with no bonded indebtedness, and it is the desire of the County Commission to operate as efficiently effic-iently as possible, so that we may reduce your tax burden and spend your tax dollar wisely. It is the sincere desire of all county officials to serve you efficiently. ef-ficiently. If at any time you have problems that we may help you with to make Millard County a better place in which to live, we will be happy to meet with you , and work for the betterment of Millard County. May we at this time wish you -happiness during the Christmas Season, the joy of full living and prosperity for the coming year. Golden H. Black, Chairman Millard County Commission BirlhsThisVeek... To Robert and Joyce Church Ash by, Delta, a boy, Dec 16. To Christian and Ava Nielson Anderson. Oak City, a boy, Dee. 19. To Ralph and BeUah Petersen Bassett. Delta RFD, a boy, Dec. 20. To A..R- and Ruth Workman Leavltt. Delta, a boy. Dec. 20. To LaMar and Aletha Jecobson i Dewsnup, Deseret, a boy, Dec. 23. at 219 West Main. Shown here are N. S. Bassett. Mr. Pace, Glen Swalberg, Albert Alb-ert Nickle, JayCee president, md Don Bird, as they placed the number on the Pace home entrance last Saturday. Call North Pole 000 For Santa Santa Claus will make calls early Christmas Eve at Delta homes, with small gifts for the household, according to word sent the Delta JayCees. If he has not called at your home by 8 p.m. telephone North Pole 600, and leave word where he is to make a call. Delta Firemen Honored At Annual Banquet Delta Volunteer' Firemen and Fire Chief Roy Steele were guests of honor Monday night at the annual banquet given them by the Delta City Council, and were given giv-en a mammoth vote of thanks for their fine work in quelling fires around the community. The banquet was served in Des-eret Des-eret stake house, catered by the Gem cafe. Guests numbered seventy-three, firemen and partners, City council members and employees, employ-ees, and partners. William S. Bassett, Delta fireman fire-man for years and former chief presided over the long 'banquet table as master of ceremonies. Toasts were given, and responses made by Mayor C. M. Pace, Rulon Callister, mayor-elect, Leonard Vo-dak Vo-dak and Max Robison, incoming city council members. Dale Johnson played three accordion ac-cordion solos, and Mrs. Glenna Moody, played organ music. Suz-ane Suz-ane and Timothy Smith, from Eileen's Eil-een's School of Dancing, danced two dances, with Mrs. Erma Roper as accompanist. Each fireman was presented with a handsome leather wallet as agift from Delta City. Holiday Special At Leamington Everyone is invited to dance at Leamington on next Wednesday night, Dec. 29. Leamington veterans are spon- soring the affair as a holiday spec( ial. The Revelers, Moroni orchestra, are being imported for the affair, and a good time is assured. lUfle Club Organized Members of the National Rifle Association met Monday night at tho IOOF hall to aDDlv for a chap- o become affiiiated with the NRA so that they could have year around traget shooting. Officers elected to apply for the charter were J. C. Giles, president; Glen Rawlinson, vice president; Frank S. Beckwith, executive officer; of-ficer; James Owens, chief instructor; instruct-or; Dick Hunsaker. secretary; and Sherman Perkins, treasurer. The former association here had rifles and ammunition furnished them, and also had built a range up by the sand pits. If the new charter is accepted the club hopes to revive the shooting that was carried on here for many years. There are 49 members of the NRA in west Millard and they all will be welcomed into the new club so that they may have a local shooting club affiliated with the parent organization. Any of the NRA members who wish to be- come charter members of the new clOb can contact Mr. Giles or Mr. Hunsaker. The numbers installed by the JayCees on ' their project of house numbering in Delta are the first in the city, will last a lifetime, and mark a big step forward in civic improvement. DHS Alumni Plan Gala Reunion Night OF Dec. 26 Delta high school alumni, from the first class of '23 through the years to the class of '53 will meet at the annual banquet and reunion reun-ion Saturday night in Delta high school. Invitations have been mailed to all alumni whose addresses were available, but if any have been overlooked, they are cordially invited in-vited to attend. Come and visit with your old school friends, there will be food and fun for all, the committee states. "The banquet at 8 p.m. will have turkey as the main dish, with other fine fare. It will help greatly on deciding how many more turkeys tur-keys to roast if reservations will be made or confirmed with Glen Fullmer, president, Nielson Clark, or Mrs. Lucille Hansen secretary. Glen Fullmer will preside over the affair as master of ceremonies for this year and after the banquet ban-quet and program there will be dancing. Delta Second ward Relief Society Soc-iety will cater the dinner, to raise funds for the ward building fund. Gala IBance For Christinas IVight Deseret stake MIA invites everyone every-one to the dance they are sponsor ing Christmas night in the stake house. Wes Barry and orchestra, from Provo, will provide the dance music, mus-ic, and an excellent floor show will be given at 10 p. m. Relief Society Union Meeting Regular Relief Society Union I Meeting will be Sunday, Dec. 27, at 3:15 p m in Deseret stake house. The Singing Mother Groups will meet earlier, at 2 p. m., to pract- ice They win sing at stake quart erly conference in January I V e feel that we have been wonderfully blest this past year; it has indeed been a privilege to work with the membership of this Stake. We have had joy in your success and have shared in your sorrow. In this day of uncertainty and doubt, wo can find comfort in seeking Him who said: "I am the light of the world, he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life". "I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly." We shall continue to enjoy life, liberty and plenty if we will serve the God of this land. May your Christmas Season be joyous and the New Year bring happiness, peace and prosperity. DESERET STAKE PRESIDENCY June W. Black L. Jay Nelson Verdell R. Bishop Lloyd K. Schlappi Services Held Thursday For T. C. Gronning. i . ! Funeral services for T. C. Oon- ning, 74. who died at his home in Doha Dec. 13, were conducted Thursday afternoon in Delta First ward, by Dr. M. E. P.ird, Bishop. The opening song was "Oh My Father", by the quartet, Evan Gardner, Laylon Bishop, Eldon Sornenson and Dr. Bird. Opening prayer was by Pres. Harold R. Morris. Marlowe Sagers sang "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine". Speakers were Peter Frandsen, fellow worker in the Manti temple with Mr. Gronning, Pres. June W. Black, and Dr. Bird. Their tribute was to Mr. Gronning as a kindly man, who lived a life of service to his fellow men, and was -a go)d friend and neighbor. Mrs. Deona Black and LaVar Owens sang "Beside Still Waters", and Mrs. Norma Wright, at the organ, and Mrs. Norma Hannifin, violin, played a duet. The closing song by the quartet was "God Be With Us Til We Meet Again", and the closing prayer was by Merlin Workman. Burial was in the Delta Cemetery, Ceme-tery, under the direction of L. N. Nickle and sons. Evan Gardner I dedicated the grave. Pall 'bearers were from the High Priest group of Delta First ward. Class of ? 17 Plans Party The class of '47, Delta high school is calling all members to a class party on Monday night, Dec. 28, at 8 p. m., in Delta high school gymnasium. The party will be informal with pot-luck supper served at 8. There will be games and other entertainment for the reunion. All members of the class are cordially invited to "be present, and there are around 70 of them around here. Mrs. Jonelle Hender son Nielson is chairman of thejin Salt Lake Cilv Jan- 6- for entertainment committee, and would like to hear from class members who plan to attend the event. Earth Black, son of Mr. and : Mrs. Golden Black, and Lamond Robins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken-ith Ken-ith Robins, are home for the Christ mas season from San Francisco, where they are studying dental surgery. Mrs. Clara Clark Malone. of Huntington Hun-tington Beach Cal., arrived in Delta Tuesday and will visit over the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Ralph Morrison, and family. Mrs. M. J. Harris has returned to her home at Delta after a month in Salt Lake City at the hospital, recovering from surgery. N THIS SEASON OF GOOD VILL and thanksgiving, we have cause to be thankful unto the Lord for His many blessings. We express cur sincere appreciation to our friends and fellow workers for your wonderful support and cooperation. lission Call . . . f.p&$&qt xt& V- Elder Mcrylon Fred Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Erick son, of Deseret. is called to fill an LDS mission to the South west Indian Mission. A farewell testimonial in his honor will be held Sunday, Dec 27, in Deseret ward, at 7:30 p. m. He leaves Jan.6 for the mission home in Salt Lake. He attended College of South ern Utah, at Cedar City, for the past two years. At present he is Scoutmaster in Deseret ward. He was graduated from Delta high school, where he was president pres-ident of Delta Chapter, FFA. and attended the national FFA convention in Kansas City, Mo., in October, 1950. He received the Standard Oil Company of California scholarship and was alternate to the Carl Raymond Gray Scholarship. 39ission Call To Finland Duane Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart, of Hinckley rerelvca 8 ca" 10 a mis sion in r inland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. His headguarters will be at Helsinki. He will enter the mission home training before his departure. He is a graduate of Hinckley high school and attended the BAC at Cedar City two years. A farewell testimonial will be held Sunday night, Dec. 27, in the Hincklev ward chanel. at 7:30 n.m. Takes Eleader In flariger Cliase The other night as Doyle Steele was driving homeward, a badger crossed the road, and Doyle decided dec-ided to pursue him, afoot. Armed with a pitchfork he took off after the badger, which eluded him in the dusk. However, Doyle hit everything in sight, including a large rock, which cut his leg so deeply that Doyle is now on crutches while the stitched leg heals. t-:" St 1 , j V " "j ,t i X - I Elder Erirkson Dewsnup Wins National Speech Titl At Chicago Farm Bureau Meet DelTones, Millard Trio, Win Honors Millard county was most ably represented at the national meet of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago last week, when Richard Dewsnup, 23, University of Utah law student won a big gold trophy which marked him as winner of the national speech contest. H? is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Dewsnup, and is a senior at the U. of U. He was winner of the speech crown on the Farm Bureau's Bur-eau's "Rural Talk Meet" in the county at Days of the Old West,' and won the Utah title at the State Fair in September. Boy Breaks Leg !n Accident At Hinckley Russell, 7-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cluff Talbot, of Hinc-Kley Hinc-Kley will spend Christmas in the Delta hospital for the little boy had his left leg broken in an accident Sunday afternoon at Hinckley, and will be a bed patient for about a month. He was riding with three other boys on a tractor driven by his cousin Stephen Talbot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Talbot. When Stephen pushed up on the throttle, the tractor 1 stopped too suddenly for Russell, who was pitched pit-ched off, and the tractor ran over his leg above the knee. Unit 117 Makes Christmas Gifts And Donations Sunday afternoon ladies from the American Legion Auxiliary 117 played Santa Claus to one of their Tiny Tot members, Lynn Stevens, of Hinckley. Lynn is six years old and has" been a member since sne was a baby. She was stricken with rheumatic rhe-umatic fever in September, and will be in bed for two years. She was given a beautiful baby doll and doll dresses, with best wishes for a merry Christmas and hopes that she will soon be well, from the members. The little girl was overjoyed with her gift and expressed her thanks to all the members. The Unit has also been busy with other Christmas giving, and several boxes of good warm clothing cloth-ing have been given to needy children in the community. Also a box of clothing was sent to the American Fork Training school. They remembered the Gold Star mothers, with gift copies of a little book called "Golden Nuggets of Thought". They sent a check for $20.00 to the old veteran's hospital in Salt Lake City to help purchase a 16 mm moving picture machine for the bedridden veterans at the hospital. hos-pital. Also they sent a check 510.00 to buy coupon books for the veter ans so they can buy wnaiever they wish at Christmas time. A check for $10. was sent to national president Betty Burdette. to help on the Wooden Church Crusade, project to build churches where people have no place to join in worship. Xmas Greetings From Helta Lmlge The I.O.O.F. wishes ail our friends in the community a happy Christmas and New Year. Our ?ub for Santa is all arang-ed, arang-ed, and if we, in our small way, can bring some measure of happiness happin-ess and comfort to anyone at this time of the year, then our efforts shall have been worthwhile. Signed I. O. O. F. Delta Lodge Mr. and Mrs. Wiiken and children child-ren from Roosevelt visited Saturday Sat-urday and Sunday with Mr. Wil-ckens Wil-ckens sister and family, Mr. and Mrj. Doyle Mace. 0 In Chicago he drew his subject. "Should I Take an Active Interest, in Local and County Governments' 30 minutes before start of the competition. He appeared on the stage of the Chicago Civic Opera House and delivered his winning extemporaneous talk before a pac ked house. He out-performed farm youths from Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania In the finals. Next week the Chronicle will have a picture of Richard and his trophy, presented by Alan Kline, national Farm Bureau president. Richard has attended Brlgham Young University two years, then served an LDS mission for two years. This is his second year at the U. of U. College of Law. He is a member of Delta Phi fraternity He flew to Chicago for the contest, con-test, competed in semi-finals one day, and won in the finals the next evening. He then flew back to Utah hi time to take university univer-sity law examinations last Thursday. Thurs-day. DelTonet Win Laurels The DelTones, Millard trio of Carolyn Callister, Dorothy Black Teichert, Delta, and Elaine Soren-sen, Soren-sen, Sutherland, were lauded at the convention, and named "among the best" In talent contests. They sang before the nationwide farm audience twice in the Chiago Civ- . ic Opera House, No winner as such was named from among talent contestants, but the appearance of the trio on a program along with eastern pro fessionals was deemed an honor. The girls made the trip to Chicago Chic-ago by train, with their accompanist accomp-anist Mrs. Ruby Bishop, and were treated like "royalty" for their four-day stay. Since their return they have had letters from Secretary Secre-tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Ben-son, who heard their performance and commended them for their talents. They were also visitors of the LDS mission president and his wife while in Chicago. Richard returned to Deseret to spend the holidays, Carolyn and Elaine are coming from the BYU today for Christmas with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Callister and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Sorensen, and Mrs. Teichert returned to Pacfic Grove, Cal., to rejoin her husband, Pvt. John Teichert, there in the service. Rabbits Have Bad Week of Basketball The Delta Rabbits had a little bad luck this w eek in their hoop schedule, and lost four straight games. Friday night, Dec. 18, at Fillmore they lost to Richfield. 51 to 49 Saturday night, in Delta, they lost to Spanish Fork, 37 to 49. And Monday night, Dec. 21 in Richfield, they were again beat by the Richfield boys, 4S to 41. And Tuesday night in Richfield South Sevier, ended up with the long end of a 51 to 49 score. The Rabbits have learned a lot of things in these bail games that will help them in their league play, which will start, January 8. The next home game will be Jan. 2 against Carbon high school. Deseret Cilold And Green Hall Deseret ward will present their Gold and Green Ball on Tuesday night, Dec. 29, in their recreation hall. They extended a cordial invitat ion to all to attend. |