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Show Days Or The Old West Royal Trio .. . 4 J ant . Volume 45 Number 52 Delta, Utah, Thursday, June 30, 1955 $3.50 a Year in Advance r 1 1 r ; ' 7 I . K ' I V x 1 Miss Janice Western. Delta, center, won the title of Queen for the Days of the Old West, annual celebration at Deseert, August S and 6, in try-outs Sun day at Deseret, for personality and horsemanship. Delta Welcomes All To Celebrate Monday, July 4 Bring The Children Delta will welcome all to celebrate celeb-rate the Fourth and the day's entertainment en-tertainment is especially designed for the young folks. Come with the entire family and enjoy the program pro-gram as follows: Band Concert,, 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m., on the Delta High School lawns. Children's sports, 10:30 a. m., on high school lawns. Patriotic program at 10:30 a. m., in Deseret Stake House. Free swimming at Delta pool, open 11 a. m. to 4 p. m., and 5 to 9 p. m. Free picture show for those under un-der 12 years of age from 2 p. m. to 3:30 at the Crest. Children's dance and ball game, at Palomar area, 4 to 6 p. m. Dance in the evening at Van's Hall. The Delta JayCees have planned an exciting sports program for the children, including a junior tennis tournament. Glen Swalberg is the chairman. The JayCee Wives are in charge of the children's dance, with social dancing" for the pre-teenagers, pre-teenagers, and will serve refresh- ments. Gloria Walker is chairman. A double header ball game will feature the Delta All Stars vs West Side All Stars, with Grant Bishop in charge. Concessions for balloons, ice cream, pop and hot dogs will be open all day so that the youngsters young-sters can keep filled up. And there are picnic tables at the school grounds, newly installed by the JayCees. D. Stevens & Co. Celebrates 38 Years Here D. Stevens & Co., Delta department depart-ment store, is celebrating their 38 anniversary in business here, and to mark the event are opening their annual anniversary sale this Friday. D. Stevens opened their first store in Delta in the summer of 1917 in the Cooper Block, south of the Delta railroad station one block. Not a trace of the Cooper Block remains today, ,but long before be-fore it dissolved in the path of progress D. Stevens & Co. were moved into their newer building in 1924 on Delta's main street. W. J. Starley has managed the store since their first day of business bus-iness and through the years the staff has changed and added to many times as the business flourished flour-ished and grew. D. Stevens is a complete department depart-ment store, with departments to fill all household needs, though furnishings, clothing, appliances and foods. And the store appears younger as the years go by, as remodeling this spring included a large addition for the furniture department, .entire new front and plate glass, and redecorating in all departments. Talent Find For Farm IZureau Millard County Farm Bureau is sponsoring their annual Talent Find, and communities are alerted to search out their talent for try j ojts that will be held later. j Deseert Stake MIA is sponsoring Talents include music, vocal and ; the first aSturday night dance of instrumen'al, dancing, drama, and I this summer to be held on July other special abilities. Second. Each town may consult their j Bud s Band will play for the local Farm Bureau head for more; event in the stake house and a information, and in the meantime , floor show, .door prizes and conces- st-arch far talent. The young peo-' S';rr.s will entertain all who at- j-!e concerned must be members " tend. of Farm Bureau families. Grace Terry, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Terry. Delta, had mrgery for a ruptured appendix at the Delta hospital Saturday. Evelyn Turner, Holden, left, an.d Edith Petersen. Hinckley, right, were chosen as her attendants. at-tendants. The attractive trio will be featured in the parade and Grand Entry at the rodeo both nights of the gala celebration. cele-bration. - Patriotic Program An outstanding program will be presented in the morning in the stake house at 10:30 a. m. with a patriotic theme, as follows: Advance of Colors, Ariaan Dek-ker, Dek-ker, Scouts, LaVerl Jackson and Cleo Whicker. , Invocation, Clark H. Bishop. The Gay Notes, girls' trio, Kay Moody, Sharon Steele and Dorene Moody. Prize-winning essay, "Knowing and Protecting Our American Heritage",, Heri-tage",, by Leah Church. Double mixed quartet, Karen Sanderson, Geniel Barney, Lorene Black, Ann Kelly, Don Western, Noel Twitchell, Daryl Cropper, Phil Moody and Lula Marie Hilton, accompanist,, ac-companist,, "Shout Aloud In Triumph," Tri-umph," and "America Calling." Dance group, Eileen's School of Dancing, Reconciliation Polka, by Daryl Corry and Kay Hardy, Three Fellows and a Girl, Mack and Timothy Tim-othy Smith, Clinton Merrill and Suzanne Smith. Seminettes, Barbara Welton,, Ann Kelly, Beulah Barney, R'Lene Jensen, Jen-sen, Thelma Black, Noleen Dutson, Darlene Fullmer, Janice Western, Lorene Black, and Bonnie Johnson accompanist, "My Own America," and "This Is My Country." Speaker of the Day, Eldon A. Eliason. Desert Sentinels, Ladd Cropper, director, "Battle Hymn of the Republic," Re-public," Benediction, Evan G. Gardner. Retire Colors. Chronicle lias IZirthday, Too The Chronicle will celebrate a birthday July 4 and will be 45 years old that day. The first issue of the Chronicle, with Norman B. Dresser as editor, was published July 4, ,1910. The Chronicle's first home was a tent, ,th,en a small frame building build-ing and then a basement shop on Clark Street, Since 1921 the plant has been at the present location, 40 North 3rd West. Editors have 'been Mr. Dresser, Homer G. Busenbark, Charles O. Davis and Frank A. Beckwith, from 1919 to 1951. Since Mr. Beckwith's death the paper has been under the management of his son and daughter, Frank and Athena. The paper was established to gove the home-town news and to help build a better community. That is still our aim, and we are aided by as fine a staff of correspondents corres-pondents as one could wish for, and thousands of readers (if you don't belie-e it call in and see our proof) to make our increasing birthdays happy events. Sot Slake Dance Night Of July-i A dance will be held In the stake house the night of July 4th to climax the day's celebration. The doors will open at 9:00 p. m. for the crowd. A night of fun and enjoyment is planned for all who attend. -Luc ky Five At Dance Inly 2 ' Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kelly, former Deltans now in Phoenix, Arizona, made a brief visit in Delta during the week and are also visiting n B.-tgham Cty. , Judges from Nephi made the selection. Other' entrants were Varla Owens, Delta; Marcia M. Memmott, .Scrpio; Sherlen Talbot, Tal-bot, Hinckley; Joyce Marshall. Ila Rae Rowley, Fillmore; and Sharlene Sharp, Delta. Ho Fireworks In Forest Prevents Fire There have been instances where the discharging of fire works on the Forest have resulted in fire damage, C. D. Wadsworth, Fillmore, Fill-more, Forest Ranger, states, and in order to minimize this particular hazard, he reminds the public that fireworks in the Forest are against the law. An order from the Forest Service Regional Office points out that the following acts are prohibited on the National Forests of Region 4, U. S. Forest Service, beginning July 1, 1955, until further notice: The throwing or placing of a burning cigarette, cigar, match, pipe heel, firecracker, or any ignited igni-ted substance In any place where it may start a fire: and the discharging dis-charging of any kind of fireworks on any portion of a National Forest For-est closed by order of the Regional Forester to the discharging of fireworks. fire-works. Girls Staters Give Report Sunday Night Our five delegates to Girls State, Leah Church, Grace Warnick, Beulah Beu-lah Barney, Pauline Lovell and Thelma Black, will report their week at Girls State on Sunday eve ning, July 3 on a program sponsored spon-sored by American Legion Auxiliary Auxili-ary Unit 117. The program will poen at 7 p. m., and the public Is cordially invited in-vited to attend. Each girl will have a part. An invitation has been extened to Mrs. Hele Howard, Girls State director, by Unit 117, to attend the program. Former Resident Dies Wednesday Lester Clemence Neely, 71 Delta resident and farmer in the 1920's and 30's, died Wednesday In Salt Lake City of a heart ailment. He is survived by his wife, Florence M. Jones Neely,, Salt Lake City, and a sister, Mrs. C. G. (Iva) Brubaker. Funeral services were conducted Monday in Salt Lake, and burial was in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. Milo Tullis, contractor and builder buil-der from Ogden, and family, visited visi-ted Mr. and Mrs. Don T. Bishop last week. Also a recent visitor at Ihe Bishop home was supervising ?lder, Keith Labrum, from Murray. And during the last week Mrs. Ethel Tullis, of Los Angeles, and daughter Geneva, of Las Vegas. Nev., spent several days with the Bishops. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hopkins, trom Richfield, spent Tuesday in Delta visiting old friends and neighbors. Their daughter, Mrs. Olive Bracket from Long Beach, Cal.. and son. Deward. from Salt Lake, were with them. ' Albert Sidmore and daughters, Peggy and Muriel, and Mrs. Skid-more, Skid-more, who is attending summer school at BYU. attended the Skid-more Skid-more family reunion at Lagoon Saturday, and on Sunday attended the 54th wedding anniversary of Mrs. Skidmore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milan Hutching. Peggy went on to Hyrum to spend a week with her sister, Mrs. Aldean Nielson. Clen Lee and Earliene Robinson Crawford, of Buena Park,. Cal.. are announcing the arrival of a baby boy June 23. He is new grandson for Mr., and Mrs- Clen Crawford, of Delta. The baby's name is Mark Allen, and he has aa cider brother, Gn E:L , Plan Now For Fair Exhibits August 5 and 6 All Millard County is urged to be represented in displays at the fair this year, at Deseret, August 5 and 6, in Days of the Old West celebration, according to Wayne Petersen, Hinckley, fair chairman The fair is open to all organiza tions as well as individuals, and there will be bigger and better prizes this year, Mr. Petersen said As there has been more money ap propriated this year for the event Displays for the Flower Show, Fine Arts and Needlecraft are de sired, and a special invitation has been issued to East Millard to prepare pre-pare exhibits, as they have had few, if any, In preceding years. The fair' is for the entire county, Mr. Petersen emphacized( and displays dis-plays from eevry community and individual will be appreciated. The exhibits should be entered and in place by August 3 so that the judging may be completed on August 4, before the fair opens for August 5 and 6. Community chairmen working with Mr. Petersen on the fair are Mrs. Mary Black, Mrs. Thirza Webb, Mrs. Charlotte Black, Deseret, Des-eret, and Mrs. Mina Steele, Delta. Those who wish to enter articles or flowers in the fair may get in touch with them or with Mr. Petersen. Pet-ersen. Oak City Bids All To Program Monday July 4 Oak City will celebrate Monday, July 4, and invites everyone who would like to come and join their celebration, for the full day's program, pro-gram, or for any part thereof. There will be a sunrise salute and flag raising ceremony at 5 a. m. The program In the Oak City ward chapel at 11 a.m. There will be children's sports at 3 p.m., the women's ball game at 4 p.m., and 'the Stiffs and Limbers will battle 'it out at 5 p.m. , , The dance at 9 p.m. will conclude con-clude the day's festivities. There will also be a hot dog stand In operation during the day. Greet Friends At Open House Mr. and Mrs. E. Blair Maxfleld, whose marriage was performed on June 2 in the Salt Lake Temple, greeted friends Sunday afternoon at an open house at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Verrue Theobald, in Delta. The young couple has Just returned re-turned from a honeymoon trip to Michigan and Virginia, where Mr. Maxfield will study next year for his doctor's degree at Virginia Polytechnic on a fellowship. He received re-ceived his master's degree at BYU in June, In geology. , The bride is the former Eda f Theobald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Theobald, of Hinckley. Mr. Maxfield is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Maxfield, of Delta. Receiving Receiv-ing with the young couple were their parents. Mrs. Grace Eell, sister of the bride, was in charge of the guest book, and Mrs. Evan Crofts, from Provo, and Mrs. Garff Maxfield played music during the afternoon. Refreshments were served at tables tab-les on the lawn. Mrs. Mabel Swalberg of Sacramento, Sacra-mento, California, and son, Bill, from San Francisco, visited In Del ta last week with Mr. and Mrs. j J. W. Swalberg. Hinckley Plans Mammoth Celebration July 23, 24 and 25, Invites AH To Come Plans are under way for a mam-, bration. moth celebration at Hinckley July 3. Ail ladii-s will carry flags in 23rd, 25th and '25th. There will be parade and grand tnfry. -ball games Saturday and Monday," 4. Nj special contest will be held with a special Pioneer program 1 but each lady w ill be watched Sunday. The rodeo will be Satur- during the 3-day celebration, day July 23rd and Monday July 5. The Qjeen will be selected 2Sth. H.nckley is noted f or her rodeos and thi year's should be better Rules for the Queen contest for the 23rd. 2i;h and 23th celebration at Hinckley are: I 1. All contestants must be mar-: ried women. 2. Each contestant must ear rodeo ap;artl for. the two-day ce.e 34th Birthday V Photo by Glen Gardner Peter A. Peterson, Millard county resident for many years, celebrated his Slth birthday Sunday, June 26. He was born in 1871, at Mantua, Utah, and became a resident of Oasis in 1877, as a boy six years old. He has farmed at Oasis for most of his years there, and was section foreman on the railroad about fifteen years. He married Hannah Skeem at Oasis Jan. 11, 1894, and they were endowed and sealed at the Salt Lake LDS Temple Oct. 2, 1902. Both are active LDS members, and have served long and well in church and civic affairs. They are parents of four children, and have 12 grandchildren grand-children and 11 greatgrandchildren. Their children are Peter H. Peterson, Peter-son, Oasis, with two children and four grandchildren; L. Elmer Peterson, Peter-son, three children and five grandchildren; grand-children; Mrs. Ulllan Roundy, Oasis, Oa-sis, three children, and two grand-Children. grand-Children. A daughter, Mrs. Philip (Laurleen) Abbott, died at Berkley, Cal., some years ago, and her four children are at Mesquite, Nev. Iine Valley Centennial nOe hundred years ago this summer sum-mer Isaac Riddle came over the ridge and took a long look at Pine Valley. He was the first known white man to see the place. So Pine Valley will celebrate ineir cemenmui uus yiur, on juiy 21, and all residents, both past and present, are invited to attend. Quite a number formerly from Pine Valley, Gardners and Snows, and others from west Millard, plan to attend the celebration, which will be opened with a program on Friday evening, July 22, old-time celebration on Saturday, and special spe-cial programs on Sunday, July 24. Those who wish more Information Informa-tion may inquire of Mrs. Vera Snow Hilton, In Delta. Births This Week.. To Morris and Elizabeth Autero Hopkins, Delta, a boy, 7 lbs. 8 oz., June 24. To Harold and May Memmott Robison, Hinckley, a girl, 7 lbs., 14 oz., June 27. To Merrell and Kay Henrie Nielson, Lynndyl, a boy, 8 lbs, 13 oz., June 29. To Fred and Elaine Theobald Turner,, Delta RFD, a girl, 9 lbs.,, June 29. Edgar Hales from the railroad .ignal gang, .was a patient at the Delta hospital 21 hours for treatment treat-ment of head and hand Injuries received In a fall from a truck. Mr. and I.Irs. Emerson Wheeler left Delta Tuesday to return to their home in MIdvale, Idaho. after spending a week with their mother, moth-er, Mrs. Amanda Conk, and brothers broth-ers and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wheeler and Leonard Wheeler. at the rJ o. the night of July 23. G. There will be attractive prizes for Ihe lutky lady chosen gueen. This will be worth your time. 7. All entries n:v:st be registered with duff Talbot. Chairman, by July 5th. A group picture will be taken for the paper. Let'a all celebrate the 23rd. the 24ih and the 25th at Hinckley. Daughter Drowns Thursday Afternoon Swimming At The Sinks Near Lynndyl Judith Rae Turner, 15, daughter of William and Rayola Cook Turner, Tur-ner, of Lynndyl, was drowned Thursday about 2:30 p.m. while in swimming in "The Sinks," reservoir about five miles southeast of Lynndyl. Judy was with a group of girls her age, fellow members of a soft-ball soft-ball team for an afternoon of fun in the water. The girls had a rubber rub-ber boat as a raft and were wading and swimming around it. Judy was wading behind the boat when she suddenly disappeared under water, and in the anxious moments that followed her young compan-iones compan-iones were unable to find her. Final Rites For Dr. Freeman Held Monday Dr' Ralph W. Freeman, 50, Fillmore Fill-more physician and well- known Millard county figure, died in a Salt Lake hospital Thursday afternoon after-noon of a heart ailment. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon in Millard High School auditorium, and were attended at-tended by a host of friends from throughout Millard. Dr. Freeman was born in Ogden, 111.,, Jan. 22, 1905, a son of Charles and Anna Johnson Freeman.' He was a graduate of the University of Illinois Medical School. He had practiced medicine at Fillmore for twenty years, and returned there after serving in World War II. He is survived by his widow, Lena Scussel Freeman, two sons, Jan and Juy, of Fillmore, his mother, moth-er, Ogden, 111., and three sisters. Sunday School Special Meet Friday Night Piof. Leland E. Anderson of the Sunday School general board will present a special film and demonstration demon-stration on new teaching methods at the Sunday School preparation meeting Friday, July 1, at Deseret stake house. The meeting opens at 8 p.m. and all Sunday School officers and ' j" eaehers will attend, and Sunt, Rulon Caliistcr has extended a special Invitation to Primary officers offi-cers and teachers and anyone who is teaching youth. Bishops and counselors are also invited to be there. J. Nelson, of the stake presidency, presi-dency, will speak, and Ladd Cropper Crop-per will sing a bass solo. Primary Honors Outgoing Heads Delta First ward Primary officers and teachers held a party on Friday, Fri-day, June 24, at the Relief Society hall in the ward in honor of the outgoing president, LaVon Taylor, secretary, Amelia Cole, and chor ister, Lucille Stapley. The president and secretary were each presented with a book as a token of appreciation for their work In the Primary. The party was well attended by the former workers In the Prmary during the time Mrs. aylor was president, and the new officers and teachers in charge at the pres-, ent time. An excellent program was given, and refreshments were served. Foresee Death And Injury On Weekend From Excessive Speed On Highways deaths and the balance of Injuries. Nearly one-half of the fatalities If these estimates hold true, 2S5 and injuries feared likely to occur j people w ill be killed and 21,000 on the nation's streets and high- Injured in Fourth of Jjly holiday ways over the long Fourth of July traffic accidents. In addition, 3,000 weekend will result from excessive! pedestrians will suffer personal in-speed, in-speed, the Association of Casualty j Juries. Drinking will be a factor in and Surety Companies announced today. Despite the fact that the holiday weekend, which begins officially at G:' p.m. Friday and ends at rr.ldnig'.t. Monday, will give motor-better motor-better than three days for travel and relaxation, 154 motorists motor-ists and passengers will face death and 9,P may suffer injuries as a result of driving to fast. An additional add-itional 72 are likely to be killed and 1 S injuried while driving on the wrong s.de of the road. Other fears are for 50 deaths ani 2 r') injuries from reckless driving, 42 deaths and 5.0"0 injuries from failure to yield the right-of-way, 25 deaths and 1,100 injuries from fatigue or falling asleep at the wheeL Accidents from all causes will account for 41 other more It is not known exactly what happened, whether the girl slipped Into one of the deeper holes that are found on the bottom and vary with the shifting sand, or whether waves from the w-ind that day caught her off guard and prevented prevent-ed her from ' coming up for air. She could swim a little, but not too well, it was said. , Some of the girls from the group started afoot for Lynndyl to take word of the tragic happening, and two of the girls floated on to the island out in the reservoir and were marooned there for several hours until help came, as their boat had no paddles. The alarm reached Delta at 4:30 p.m. and Delta Volunteer Fire Department De-partment sent a crew of volunteers with the resusicator. By that time men from Lynndyl and nearby were there searching the waters for the girl, and soon after more help arrived, some boats and grappling irons. But it was about 8:30 p.m. before be-fore the body of the girl was recovered, re-covered, by one of a chain of men iiiak.ing a sweep across the water. She was found in 414 feet of water, about 25 feet from where last seen.' Judy was born in Salt Lake City December 30, 1939, ,and had lived in Delta and in Lynndyl with her pprents. She was graduated this yi-ar from Delta Junior High School and would have been a sophomore ut Delta High School next year. fihe is survived by her parents, a'd three sisters, Mrs. David (Mer-na) (Mer-na) Boig, Provo, Miss Phyllis Turner, Tur-ner, Los Angeles, Cal.,, and Tammy Turner,, Lynndyl and a grandfather. grandfath-er. Senrices Sunday Funeral services were conducted Sunday at noon in the Lynndyl ward chapel by Bishop Earl Great-house, Great-house, Prelude and postlude music mu-sic was played by Mrs. Erma Roper Ro-per ,and the opening prayer was by Patriarch Clarence Hogan. Speakers were Bishop Great-house, Great-house, Phil Nielson, L. Jay Nelson and Mrs. Rhea Whatcott, who expressed ex-pressed the deep sympathy felt by all for the sorrowing family In the death of the beautiful and talented young girl. Music for the services was a violin solo, "Angel's Serenade," played by Mrs. Norma Hannifin, with Mrs. Lucile Stapley as accompanist, accom-panist, "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked,," and "In God'a Garden," by the Lynndyl Singing Mothers, "The Lord's Prayer," by rhil Moody, with 3anice Western as accompanist, and "End of a Perfect Day," by Mrs. Hannifin and Mrs. Stapley. The closing prayer was by Lile Johnson. Burial was in the Lynndyl cemetery, ceme-tery, under the direction of L. N. Nickle and sons mortuary. LaClead Nielson dedicated the grave. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Fereday, from Sale Lake City, spent Sunday In Delta visiting their sister, Mrs. Norma Hannifin. one out of every four fatal traf.;c accidents. "If motorists would not try to pack too much activity into the 78-hour holiday, much of this need Ies tragedy could be avuided," Thomas N. Boate. manager of the Association's accident prevention department declared. "The time to bfgin being cautious is when planning plan-ning the trip. Dont try to cover too much ground; begin your trip, and your return home, so as U allow a little extra time for traffic congestion and emergencies. The rest is simply adhering to the basic driving rules and exercising a little courtesy and self control when you drive. These simple things could mean the difference between a safe trip ar.d tragedy for every motorist on the road." |