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Show Hew Cattle Breed Thrives on Millard Feed ..... v ... ' 'I - 0 ""V J s.'-'-.-.v-.-'liJ Vf!U ((77 - ... it ' f f I -J. . Volume 44 Number 44 Delta. Utah, Thursday, May G, 1954 7 ... ' .4 . r- . J'.f The plump and placid bovine here are from the 70 head of the new., cross-bred.. Brangus stock, that C. M. Pace purchased purc-hased in Phoenix, Arizona, and had trucked to his farm near Delta the week of March 10. The Brangus is a cross of Brahma and Angus being developed deve-loped in the United States and tested now In two herds in Arizona and several large spreads In Texas. Millard Teachers Again Refuse School Board Pre-Election Offer At a recent meeting of the teachers of Millard County, the board's pre-election proposal of $3000-$4000 was again unanimously unanimous-ly rejected by the teachers. Again the teachers reaffirmed their adherence ad-herence to their previously proposed pro-posed schedule of S3100-$4300. As a result of this meeting a letter was forwarded to the board informing in-forming them that they would sign contracts based only on the $3100-$4300 proposal. Now what does this mean? 1. That if the board cannot close contracts immediately with the teachers, Millard County will lose many good teachers that must of necessity necess-ity be replaced with uncertificated uncertifi-cated teahers, if they can be ob tained. 2. That the money needed for this program will have to be provided some other way than through a special election. 3. That parents with child Delta Displays Hew Fire Truck On Saturday City of Delta's newly arrived fire truck will be on display all day Saturday on Main Street at the Baker Pharmacy corner, according accord-ing to Roy Steele, Chief of Delta Volunteer Fire Department. The public is invited to view the new fire-fighting equipment that day, and a member of the fire department will be there to give information on the big truck and answer questions. The new truck is an American LaFrance, 215 hp. V12 motor, 500 gaL tank capacity, 750 gals, per minute pumping. There is a double ignition system, and other items the firemen will explain Saturday. The truck passed the underwriters' under-writers' test with flying colors Monday, on a stationary run. They ran up to 857 gals, per minute, which gives a 14 reserve, which is higher, than the ten per cent asked for. There will "be a little change left from the $20,000 when the new truck is paid for. The old truck, giving valiant service since 1941, is going to have a complete overhaul, and will be retained by the city for additional protection against fire. Births This Week.. To Rex and Lois Carling Harris, Delta, a girl, 7 lbs 9 oz.. at the Fillmore LDS hospital, April 27. At Delta Hospital To Jack and Geniel Bennett Jensen, Jen-sen, Delta, a boy, 8 lbs. 14 oz., May 2. To Glen and Ruth Abbott Losee, Delta RFD, a girl, 8Mbs, May 4. To Reed and Phyllis Wright Wood Delia, a boy, S lbs.. May 5. JuAnn CaHister. 14-year old daughter of Mr. ar.d Mrs. Lathel Carter, is at the Delta hospital recovering from an appendectomy Tuesday. Mrs. Charles M. Jensen returned to Delta Friday from a month in Dal'as City, HI., with her mother yrs Marv E. Anderson, whose health is' failing. Mrs. Anderson is 8 Svears oid and keeps her own r.o.e.' On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. jesen drove to Mt. Fleasant. and vis.ted Mr. Jenser i's motr.er, jrs. ho is 93 years of Ar.n.e .er.ser ihese are first Brangus in this area, and they seem to be flourishing on local feed and weather. The cross makes a hardy strain and produces bigger big-ger calves on less food. When the cattle arrived here, bulls, cows and calves, from 88 degree weather, there was a storm and cold snap here, with temperatures ranging from 10 March 11 slowly rising to 33 March 20. ren to be educated, and others interested in education should be very much alarmed about this educational dilemma and should inform board members and the superintendent of their anxieties, 4. That public meetings should be held in every community comm-unity to which board members and superintendent should be especially invited to reveal the actual status of our educational program. . To dispel from the minds of all that the teachers are not united and serious in this matter, the letter to the board bore the signatures sig-natures of 89 out of 97 of the teachers. Of the eight not signing, sign-ing, four do not anticipate teaching teach-ing next year and four could not be reached in time for their signatures sig-natures to appear on the letter. Millard County Education Association List Closing Dates On 1954 ACP Program Farmers of Millard County 'are reminded that under the general plan of operation of the Millard County jricultural Conservation Program, closing dates have been established in order that the administration ad-ministration of the ACP and the SCb can be more closely co-ordinated. Farmeis are encouraged to carefully care-fully plan their operations and make requests for federal cost-shar ing prior to the closing date, after af-ter which the practices are to be I complete. The closing dates as j established are: May 15, August J 15. and October 15. Farmers who wish to complete practices from i May 15 to August 15 would make their request prior to May 15, 1954. Requests received after this closing clos-ing date will be processed at the next closing date, which is, Aug-rst Aug-rst 15, 1954. It wil be the responsibility of the farmer who participates in the federal Agricultural Conservation Program to make his requests through the Milard County ACP Offices or through his local committeemen. com-mitteemen. Information concerning concern-ing the status of any individual farm will be gladly furnished any farmer who is interested by the county or community committee-through committee-through the Millard County ACP offices. Ileccive Honors At IJSAC Sunday Sheldon Callister and Rondo A. Christensen, both of Delta, received honors Sunday at the annual a-wards a-wards and Honors convocation at Utah State Agricultural college. Mr. Christensen who will graduate grad-uate May 20 with, amajor in agricultural agri-cultural economics, was accepted into Phi Kap-pa Phi. national honorary hon-orary scholastic fraternity, which is composed cf the upper ten percent per-cent of graduates in each of the ! seven schools of the college, j Mr. Caliister received the Salt Lake Union Stockyards trophy for ; his achievements in judging swine. ! He was named most proficient in j the judging following tryouts by j agricultural students. Mr. Callister lis a senior student majoring in ! ar.lrr.al husbandry. The cattle readily adapted to the change of climate and never failed in appetite. One cow who had been separated from her calf bawled for three days until her hungry calf was trucked in. The bulls pictured here are from the first cross and show the Braham hump. Some second sec-ond cross have less hump, but all the animals retain the dewlap dew-lap on the belly. Delta Seminary Graduation Is Friday, May 14 The Deseret Stake LDS Seminary Semin-ary will hold its graduation excer-ises excer-ises Friday evening, May 14th, at 8:00 P. M. in the Stake Chapel. A list of graduates and program for the evening will be listed in next week's issue of the Chronicle. The public is invited. This Friday afternoon and evening even-ing the graduates are planning to attend a Seminary Convention at Ephraim, which includes 12 Seminaries Sem-inaries from Central Utah. Dr. Harvey Taylor is the guest speaker for the Ephraim festivities. festivi-ties. A banquet is being planned, also al-so a program, Testimony meeting, a play from Snow College and dancing will conclude the evening. Forty Four students are making the trip. The Deseret Stake Seminary has been invited to furnish the mus ical numbers for the program, consisting of two vocal solos and a girls triple trio. Cedar Kiwanis Make Date For Spike Jones Show Residents of Millard County will be. glad to hear that Spike Jones, who is just completing an out standing season on television, can be heard in concert in Cedar City on Thursday, May 27 in a full two and one half hour program of real entertainment. "Musical Insanities" will be the theme of the presentation and It promises to surpass anything that has ever been staged in the southern south-ern Utah eastern Nevada area. Under the sponsorship of the Kiwanis Club of Cedar City, Millard Mill-ard residents have been encouraged encourag-ed to take advantage of this once in a life time opportunity. The gigantic memorial fieldhouse of the College of Southern Utah, with a seating capacity of over 2000 will be used for the production. product-ion. Tickets will go on sale Monday and an early purchase will insure a good seat. Tickets have been divided Into three categories according to the view of the stage and will be sold for $l.C0, $2.40 and J3.60, all including in-cluding federal tax. A coupon for tickets appears elsewhere in an advertisment in this paper and local residents are encouraged to send them to the Kiwanis Club, Box 247, Cedar City Utah. However, a ticket sales group will be in Delta at a later date with a diagram of the fieldhouse and the seating situation so that you may pick the seat of your choice. Announcement will be made next week as to the exact day that this team will be in your city. Those in the know, from Hollywood Holly-wood to Broadway, say that the show is tops in entertainment and will be entirely new to residents of the area. Mrs. Garth Cahoon and daughter ! Jackie and Janice, of Riverside CaL, is spending two weeks In Utah. She has been viiiUng her sister, Mrs. Rodney P.ickenbach in Fillmore, and came to Delta Wednesday Wed-nesday to visit Garth's parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Cahocn. Garth Gar-th will join his family here next ; week, and take them home. ltanquol Honors Alumni Saturdav Classes of 1914. 1924. 1934. 1944 and 1954 are being honored at the annual Millard Academy-Ilinckley High School Alumni banquet Saturday Sat-urday night. Theme of the gala event is i Remember When", and a good time is assured. The banquet will be served at S p. m., in the Hinckley gymnasium, gymn-asium, prepared by Mrs. May Pratt and staff. Leigh Maxfield will act as master mas-ter of ceremonies. Bud's Band will furnish music for the dancing later. Invitations have been sent to as many of the alumni as the committee comm-ittee had records of and addresses for. If someone has been overlooked, over-looked, the committee invites them to the banquet here and now. All Alumni of the two schools will be welcomed Saturday night. Set First Ward Recreation Area For Jamboree The square dance Jamboree on Saturday night, May 29, gala event for all square dancers from far and near, will be held in the Delta First Ward recreation area. . Roots and Bows, square dance club, who sponsor the Jamboree, selected the First Ward site In preference pre-ference to the Delta airport, as announced earlier, because of the handier location, right in town and the line facilities readily avail able there. And there Is plenty of room for the square dancers on the newly poured concrete parking park-ing area at the ward, with 20,000 square feet in readiness. Monday the north drive way there was completed, and Tuesday the walk on the south side of the lot was finished. Square dancers contributed time and labor to help complete the new parking and recreation area when First Ward built It, as did a number of others outside First ward. W'allace Jeffery, First Ward member who has put much time on the project, said that a-bout a-bout 25 of the labor Involved on the job was given by persons from outside the ward, and their service was greatly appreicated. The program for the big Jamboree Jam-boree is printed on the back page of this Issue, and gives a preview pre-view of the entertainment scheduled sched-uled for May 29, with callers and dances listed. Show the program to your friends, especially If they square dance. Hake Sale Friday At Helta School Delta PTA and the staff from the school and hot lunch room of Delta elementary school are sponsoring spon-soring a bake sale Friday, at 2 P. M.. at the school. There will be a fine variety of baked goods. with specials for Mothers' Day, on sale. Proceeds from the sale will go toward the purchase of draperies for the hot lunch room windows. Along with the bake sale there will be a program. The public is invited to come, whether they have pupils in school or not. This bake sale was first scheduled sched-uled to be held along with the PTA program. Wednesday night, but has since been moved to Friday. Fri-day. An added feature to the benefit is a bake sale, to be held after the concert. Members from Deseret Des-eret Slake will all help in providing provid-ing many home-baked foods for sale that night. Margaret Masters, of radio and TV fame fr her farm home programs, will be a special g'uet that night', and will help with the bake sale. She wrote this week to say that she and her husband J. Franklin Master, would be at the stake house at 8 p. m. on May 31. for the program They will be overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Eliss, at Abraham, Abra-ham, after th program. Mayor Proclaims Clean-Up Day May 12 In Delta Wednesday, May 12, is offically proclaimed Clean-Up Day for the city of Delta, by Mayor Rulon A. Callister and Delta City Council. Business houses in Delta will be closed that day, and everyone is urged to Join the clean-up campaign. cam-paign. Deltans are asked to clean up their yards and collect the trash and rubbish In boxes to haul away. The City will have trucks on duty that day to pick-up the trash and cart it away to the city dump. The crews will not have time to rake or shovel, that is the householder's house-holder's part, but they will haul off the boxed trash that Is put out by the road. Hinckley Pupils Velcome Spring At Dance Frolic A lively touch of Spring was brought to Hinckley on Friday, April 30th by the Hinckley Elementary Elem-entary School at a two hour dance festival, as they presented their Spring Frolic In the gymnasium at 8:00 p. m., defying the wlntery blasts which were reluctant to give away to Spring. Every pupil in the school participated part-icipated in the event, which was witnessed by all the parents, grandparents and many other interested in-terested patrons. It was a gala sij;ht to see approximately 115 boys and girls on the gymnasium floor simultaneously sharing In a like experience. Colorful skirts and blouses of the girls and bright colored shirts of the boys gave a touch of gaiety that was n thrill to witness. The program began with an entrance en-trance of the children in their costumes, and a raising of the Hag to a military tap dance by some of the girls; followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag given by the entire crowd. Included In the, program were square 'dances, ' circle dances, round dances, the braiding of the Maypole, Individual top dances, original ballet and comic dances with special costuming, and novelty nov-elty acrobatic stunts. The program was presented Thursday Thurs-day for the Sutherland School. Principal Phyllis Bennett and teachers Cleone Tolbert, Mavis Hardy and Carmen Rose directed the dancing, which was an outgrowth out-growth of the activities in the phy sical education work In the school throughout the year. With the cooperation co-operation of the parents in the making of the costumes, the children chil-dren were given this opporunity to learn the spirit of cooperation and working together in the developing of their abilities and the creating of self confidence. Compliments to the teachers and the students were profuse, but Mr. Arthur H. Reeve expressed his liking for the program in a language lan-guage which was easily understood under-stood by the youngsters by sending send-ing candy bars to the school to trea't each and every child, as well as the teachers. Square Dancing In Sutherland There will be square dancing In Sutherland Saturdav night, and all square dancers are invited to Join In. Glen Rawlinson will call. There was no square dancing last week at Sutherland, on account ac-count of the Indian progrnm, but will be resumed this week. Haked Foods On Sale Saturday Abraham Garden Club is sponsoring spon-soring a bake sale Saturday, May 8. at Quality Market, and invites you to stop there for good pies, cakes, breads, rolls and cookies. Cakes for Mother's Day will be especially featured, priced at 51.25 and SI. SO. Poppy Hay Is Observed Here Poppy Pay will be observed in Delta on Wednesday, May 19, and the memorial flowers will be offered of-fered by members of American Legion Auxiliaries SO and 117. The red crepe paper poppy carries car-ries a message of tribute and remembrance re-membrance to the hundreds of thousands of men who laid down their lives that we might walk free. Thousand of disabled veterans have been working for months making crepe paper poppies for the American Legion Auxiliaries. Let us help the people of America Amer-ica help these men salute their fal lcn comrades, by wearing a Memorial Mem-orial Poppy during Poppy Week. It is a way to say "I remember, and am grateful". Local Philco Dealer Wins Hawaiian Trip Mr. William J. Starley, of D. Stevens & Company at Delta, will fly to Hawaii on May 12th a3 the guest of Strevell-Paterson Hardware Hard-ware Company and the Philco Cor poration. Mr. Staiiey Is making the trip, together with 300 other dealers from the eleven Western States, as a reward for an outstanding sales performance on Philco products pro-ducts during the first four months of 1954. Mrs. Ava Starley will accompany her husband to the Islands and they will be staying at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel during their so journ in Hawaii. Their return to Los Angeles will be aboard the S. S. Lurline on May 23rd. Akraliam Ward Henefit May M The Abraham Ward building ben ef it and concert by Desert Sentinels Sent-inels Is now definitely announced for May 31, at 8 p. m. In Deseret stake house. Last week we ran a correction from May 31 to May 21, but It seems we were right the first time when we published Monday, May 31. The change was made as May 21 is the date for graduation exercises exer-cises in Delta Junior High School. Otherwise the program is going ahead as originally planned, with a fine concert by the Sentinels, and proceeds marked for the building build-ing program underway In Abraham Ward. J. W. Pace, from Salt Lake City, was in Delta Tuesday and Wednes day, and his niece, Kathryn Pace, returned to the city with him, and will spend a week there, to look after the Pace home while Mr. and Mrs. Pace make a trip by air to Denver. Highway Patrolman Ken Clements Clem-ents and Mrs. Gements have returned re-turned from a week's vacation, that took them into Texas and the southwest, visiting Carlsbad Cavern, Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde en route. Infantile Paralysis tiational Foundation Sends Millard 52000 For Polio Patients A check for $2000 has been received re-ceived from the National Foundation Found-ation for Infantile Paralysis, to help provide care for polio patients pat-ients here, it was announced today to-day by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Starley. chairman of the Millard County Chapter of the March of Dimes organization. "This financial help comes as part of a general National Foundation Found-ation arrangement to provide needy chapters with immediate emergency aid," Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Starley said. Mr. W. J. Starley explained that March of Dimes funds raised each January are shared with national headquarters. The chapter spends its portion for patient care and national headquarters finances re search, epidemic services, profess- ional education and emergency aid to chapters. This year, national $3.50 a Year in Advance Girl Grabs Boy From Icy Dip In Delta Ditch Larry, the 22-months old son of Leif and Geneal Walker Alldredge had a cold dip last Thursday after noon, when he fell into the irri-gatlon irri-gatlon ditch on 5th West that runs by the home of his great-grandmother, great-grandmother, Mrs. Albert Bishop. He was saved from a perilous predicament by the quick action of his 12-year old aunt, Bonnie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fay D. Walker. Larry was playing with some young compalniosn alongside the ditch, when he slipped on the grassy bank and fell into the stream. He bobbed along about 20 feet before he was rescued. Bonnie was In the house when she heard the cries of the other children, and rushed out to see the young Larry headed downstream. down-stream. She jumped in the ditch into two feet of water and seized the boy just before he floated under the bridge there. The little fellow had a narrow escape, for if he had caught under un-der the bridge the water was too high for him to have lived long. Latest reports, however, are that his spirits are far from dampened and he has taken up the habit of tub- baths with his head completely com-pletely submerged. Hinckley Garden Club Has Talk On Garden Care The Hinckley Garden Club met at the home of Alice Bliss Monday, Mon-day, May 3, at 2 p. m. President Sebrlna Eklns conducted the meet Ing. Guest speaker was Zola Bunker of Sutherland, who has been and is very successful In raising trees, shrubs and flowers around her home. She gave instructions on the care and planting of gladioli, when to dig bulbs and successful storing during dormant season, al-son al-son on dusting and spraying plants for thrips and other insects. Members present were Sebrina Ekins pres.; Alice Bliss, Fawn Dillenbeck, Arvilla Swensen, La-Verne La-Verne Theobald, Angie Cahoon, Bessie Hardy, Minnie Talbot, Lula Cropper, Clo Hilton, Helen Shurt-liff, Shurt-liff, Beryl Hardy, Arvilla Workman Nellie Webb and Gladys Carter. Refreshments were served by Alice Bliss and Clo Hilton as co-hostess. co-hostess. Flower seeds were given to all and Nellie Webb received a beautiful bouquet of lilacs as a prize for drawing the lucky number. The next meeting of the dub will be held the first Monday in June at the home of Minnie Talbot. Tal-bot. Anyone intereseted in home and town improvements are invited invit-ed to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Justin Smith and dance pupils, Daryl Corry. Kaye Hardy, and Margene Finlinson, drove to Salt Lake Wednesday for the ballet at the U. of U. theatre. headquarters added another program. pro-gram. Polio Prevention, which con sists of increased supplies of gamma globulin and studies of a trial vaccine against polio. "We have in Millard County, "Mr. Starley said. " a good example ex-ample of how the local chapter and national headquarters work together to fight infantile paralysis. para-lysis. If we run in the red, the National Foundation will pull us out." (Previous to the current advance ad-vance this chapter has been advanced ad-vanced $1X0.) Mr. W. J. Starley said it is quite possible the local chapter may require re-quire even further aid from national nat-ional headquarters. The local chapter at present is providing funds, in whole or in part, for patients stricken this year, in adiitirn to ethers who con tract ed polio in previous years. |