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Show BYU A Capella Choir Sings at Delta March 29 PW ;:v: ':... . . ............ Z7 r v11TTV 45 Number 37 Delta, Utah, Thursday March 23, 1958 3.50 a Year in Advance J v.-V s The Brigham Young University A Capella Choir from Frovo, Utah, Is one of the outstanding college organizations of the nation. The group is currently on tour of Western United States under the direction direc-tion of Newell B. Weight, insert, noted young conductor. Four BUS Girls Hauled For 1956 Girls Stale . Delegates from Delta High School to Utah Girls State 195S were announced at a reception and program which was held in their honor March 16, at the Delta First Ward Relief Society room. The lucky girls chosen as delegates dele-gates are Dorothy Morrison, Glen-nda Glen-nda Snow, Mae Jean Barber and Bonnie Lou Johnson. The centerpiece for the occasion was a large replica of the Girl's State pin surrounded by billows of blue net, set off with blue and white candles. Featured also was a display table with scrapbooks and souveniors from Girls State. Special guests for the occasion were Mrs. Ruby Farnsworth, Department De-partment Secretary; Mrs. Lucy Lar-sen, Lar-sen, Department President and Mrs. Swaner who is . Department Poppy Chairman. Also in attendance attend-ance were Mrs. Maxine Bishop, President of Unit 89 and Mrs. Maxine Max-ine Mills, President of Unit 117 along with other members of both auxiliaries. The program began with the Girls State Song and was followed with values of friendship, spirituality spiritua-lity and education; and concluded with the Girl's Staters singing "Perfect Day." Elect New COP County Officers Millard Republicans held their county convention at the courthouse court-house in Fillmore Tuesday afternoon, after-noon, and elected delegates to the state convention and new county officers. Dale Ashman, Fillmore, is the new GOP county chairman, with Mrs. Lula Pearson, Delta, vice chairman, and Mrs. Merl Hone, of Fillmore, secretary and treasurer. Outgoing officers are Carl Ashby, chairman, Delta, Merl Hone, vice chairman, and Verna Walch, Delta, secretary. Thank Donors To Heart Fund Mr. and Mrs. Carl Warner, chairmen chair-men of the fund drive for the Utah Heart Association, wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all the workers on the campaign, and all those who contributed so generously. gener-ously. The sum of $581.81 was contributed contri-buted to the heart fund in west Millard in the February drive, according ac-cording to returns at this time. All communities are reported in except one, and that return will make the total somewhat larger. Deseret Stake Conference in Sunday Session Draws Attendance of Near 1200 to Hear Leaders' Counsel i r The nationally famous A Capella Choir of Brigham Young University Univer-sity is scheduled to appear in the Deseret Stake House in Delta on Thursday night, 8 p. m., March 29. This is the first concert In Delta by this noted group and is a musical musi-cal event which culminates two years of planning. Admission is free to everyone, as the expense of bringing the choir to Delta will be borne by some locan benefactors. Directed by Newell B. Wright, recognized as one of the nation's top choral directors, the ensemble of 70 carefully selected voices will present a repertoire of selections ranging from sacred hymnals to contemporary works and folk songs. Among the outstanding soloists featured in the concert will be Marilyn Worsley, soprano, Provo, Howard Putnam, baritone, Ontario, Oregon, Don Watts, bass, from Oregon, and Donna Glazier, soprano, sopr-ano, Mesa, Arizona. Two young Deltans who sing with the A Capella Choir, now on tour, are Carol Dawn Sorenson, alto, and Winston Christensen, tenor. Both are BYU seniors. Final Rites For Alexander Dalley Held In Delta Alexander Dalley, 73, Deltan for many years, died Thursday of a coronary occlusion at a hospital in Tooele, Utah, where he had resided re-sided since January. He was bom May 2, 1882, in Summit, Utah, a son of William H. and Sara Katheryn Davis Dalley. He had lived in Delta since 1919, and did farm work. Survivors are four daughters and two sons, Mrs. Laverna Corry, of Delta; Mrs. Sadie Weaver, San Di-mas, Di-mas, Cal., Mrs. Virginia Bennett and Mrs. Vermont Bennett, Tooele; Alex C. Dalley, Chehalis, Wash.; Oliver Dalley, Fillmore; 18 grandchildren; grand-children; a brother, Leon Dalley, Delta. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2 p. m. in Delta Third Ward by Bishop E. D. Harris. E. Leo Lyman gave the opening prayer. pra-yer. Elden Sorenson sang "Going Home", and Mrs. Lucile Stapley was accompanist A. E. Stephenson was the speaker, spea-ker, and told of the many years he had known Mr. Dalley, and his honesty and trustworthiness. Marlow Sagers sang "Because", with accompaniment by Mrs. Stapley. Stap-ley. Margaret Wood played a piano solo. Cleveland Mitchell gave the closing prayer. Burial was in the Springdale cemetery Sunday, where the grave was dedicated by a brother-in-law, O. K. Gifford, of Springdale. MRs. Freda Myers is in Salt Lake City this week, taking treatment at the LDS hospital. Junior Prom Is Gala DHS Event' Slated For March 30 Delta High School Junior Prom highlights the social calendar for Friday, March 30. The Prom will be In DHS gymnasium, gymn-asium, where Juniors are busily placing beautiful decorations for their theme of "Blue Star". The Revelers, from' Mt. Pleasant, will be the band for the Prom, and dancing will begin at 9 p. m. Admission to the gala event will be $1.25 per couple, 75 cents for extra men, and 50 cents for extra ladies. Delta Coach Ends 13-Year Reign With DHS Rabbits Merlin Christensen, coach of the Delta High School, Saturday announced an-nounced his retirement from the Utah coaching ranks, after 13 years as head of the Delta Rabbits. He plans to continue teaching. Mr. Christensen is rated as one of Utah prepdom's most successful coaches, and was also one of the topflight track coaches of the state. During his tenure the Delta teams won 80 of 102 league games, and have gone to the state championship champ-ionship tournament seven times. The Rabbits also wound up second in the Millard Division race during three of the five years the club failed to "make" the tournament. In tourney play Delta has finished fin-ished third once, fourth twice, fifth once, sixth once and eight twice, with Christensen as mentor. In track his squads won the state championship in 1954 and placed second in 1955. Christensen developed many topflight top-flight players, such as DRay Fullmer, Full-mer, Harold Snow and Dale Lang-ston. Lang-ston. Snow won the all-around track championship at the BYU relays in 1952. Births This Week To Marvin and Lucile Bain Os-guthorpe. Os-guthorpe. Delta, a boy, 9 lbs. on March 16. To Mont and Nelda Demmick Cook, Delta, a boy, 9 lbs. 1 oz., on March 16. To Wallace and Vada Ivie Ker-nell, Ker-nell, Delta, a girl, 7 lbs. 1 oz., on March 17. To Calvin and Vernell Stewart Dutson, Oak City, a girl, 7 lbs. 6 0z., March 21. i t - J Services Held Monday For Oak City Mother Mrs. Florence Maud Tritt Heges-sey Heges-sey Jones, 91. one of Millard's oldest old-est residents, died Friday of causes incident to age at the home of a daughter, Mrs. George H. Anderson, Ander-son, of Oak City. She was born in Alliance, Ohio, Dec. 8. 1S64, a daughter of Henry and Mary Wiley Tritt. Her father died when she was 3 years old, leaving her mother a widow with two stepsons nearly grown. Florence graduated from high school and then continued through normal school. Later she taught school for four years, until her marriage to James Hegessey Sept. 22, 1888, in Alliance. They lived in Alliance for some years, and then moved to St. Louis, Mo., where they resided a few years, later moving to California, where her husband's work took them. There his work took them to different cities, and they finally made their last move to reside in Sacramento. Four children were born to them, Harold ' Hegessey, (deceased), Mrs. A. C. (Catherine) Moulton, Heber City, Utah; Mrs. George H. (Adele) Anderson, Oak City, and James F. Hegessey, Salt Lake City. Years after the death of her husband in 1926, Florence married Charles E. Jones, of Enoch, Iron County, Utah. The couple resided in Enoch, and later in Oak City. They also lived in St. George, where they did ordinance work in the Temrjle. Mr. Jones died in March, 1946, and Mrs. Jones had resided in Oak City since. Mrs. Jones was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints and was baptized Oct. 2, 1910, in the Sacramento River, by Elder J. S. Steele. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 1 p. m. in Oak City Ward by Bishop Don Anderson. Prelude and postlude music was played by, Ruth Anderson. The choir sang "Glory to God", and-Ivan and-Ivan Shipley gave the opening prayer. Lyman FinlinKon sang "Rest, Res for the Weary Soul". A life history of Mrs. Jones was given by Silva Harris, and Mae H. Shipley gave neighborly remarks. Tributes to Mrs. Jones and her fine character were made by Zella Lovell, Stanford Jones, and Bishop Anderson. "That Wonderful Mother of Mine" was sung by Florence Beth Nielson, Norda A. Roper, Meredith A. Anderson, ElDonna C. Anderson, with Laurel A. Prisbrey as accompanist. accomp-anist. The closing song by the choir was "Come Unto Me", and the benediction was by Addison C. Moulton. Burial was in the Oak City cemetery, cem-etery, under direction of Nickle morturary. J. Barton Moulton dedicated de-dicated the grave. Pall bearers were Junius E. Anderson, L. J. Roper, Fay Provost, Clyde Miller, Irvin Anderson and Wayne S. Nielson. M. J. MOODY SELLS ANGUS M. J. Moody of Delta, recently sold 15 purebred Aberdeen -Angus cows and one registered Angus bull to Grant Anderson of Wales, Vermont. Ksrrcv Escape from Death in Truck-Trsln Crash Saturday Afternoon at Lesni'ngfei There was a narrow escape from death for a man and a boy in a collision Saturday at 4:45 p. m. ot the truck in which they were riding rid-ing and a Union Pacific freight train of 120 cars. People who saw the demolished truck marvel that the occupants emerged alive. The accident occurred on the railroad crossing in Leamington in the center of town. Rich L. Finlinson, Leamington rancher, was driving his 1-ton Regional Meet For Baseball School At Delta March 29 Regional baseball school will be conducted Thursday night, March 29, beginning at 7 p. m., at Delta High School. Modern baseball, and the 1955 World Series will be shown in films. Everyone interested in baseball is specially invited to attend, by the Utah High Schools Athletic Association. Required to attend are all people who plan to officiate at coming baseball games. Horace Rose, executive secretary, UHSAA, will be present, to answer questions on ' baseball and give explainations and information. Eteiuocrats Call Meets in Delta Notice of a Democratic Party mass meeting for Delta voting district 18 Vi is announced by Sterling Ster-ling Bennion, party chairman, for Wednesday March 21, at 8 p. m. in Delta City building. The meeting will elect district officers and delegates for a two-year two-year term, chairman, vice chairman, chair-man, secretary and treasurer, and at least three committee men, and four delegates to the county convention. con-vention. A mass meeting for Democrats in Delta voting district 18 was held Monday night in the I.O.O.F. Hall, and the following officers were elected: Homer Petersen, chairman; Mary Jeffery, vice chairman; Dick Hun-saker, Hun-saker, secretary and treasurer; six delegates to the county convention in Fillmore March 24, Thorpe Wad-dingham,. Wad-dingham,. Fenton Gardner, Leigh Maxfield, M. H. Workman, Mary Jeffery and Homer Petersen. Open Bake Sale Saturday M orn A bake sale, sponsored by the MIA Special Interest group of Delta First Ward, will open at 10 a. m. Saturday, March 24, at the Quality Market. There will be a large and varied display of home-baked foods on sale, and proceeds from the sale will be used by the sponsor on a service project. r-x- - - f truck, carrying 11 head oJ cattle. With him was his cousin's einht-year einht-year old son, Rex Finlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker Finlinson, of Leamington, When truck and train collided the motor was torn from the true'.; and thrown 36 feet beyond the truck to land in the middle of the highway. The transmission was at the side of the road. .... Neither Mr. Finlinson nor the boy were thrown from the truck,, but apparently the eleven head of JC Wives Style Sliotv Is Success Delta J-CrEttes had a large and interested audience, overflowing the DHS auditorium, for their Easter Fashion Parade Wednesday night. Funds from the "style event will go to West Millard Hospital Assn., and a report of the net sum will be announced later.' . - . Styles for the parade were from Delta firms, The Fashion House, Delmart, D. Stevens & Co., and Wright's Variety, and local models displayed the varied costumes. Kiel Bishop was narrator for the show, and Willis Morrison was the pianist. Talent numbers were vocal solos by Janice Western, Nel Twit-chell. Twit-chell. the winsome JC quartet of Don Bird, Glen Swalberg, Phil Raw linson and Paul Cahoon, gowned in astonishing styles, and R'Lene Jensen Jen-sen and Ed Cole, in a dance number. num-ber. . Rites Conducted Monday in Genola For Mrs. Martin Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Ann Evans Martin, 44, who died March 14 in Ontario, California, were conducted Monday afternoon in Genola L.D.S. Ward. Burial was in the Santaquin cemetery. Mrs. Martin was born July 19, 1911, at Ilolden, a daughter of John D. and Lydia Lovell Evans, now residents of Leamington. She was a graduate of Delta High School, and since her marriage to Rodney Martin, she had resided at Santaquin and Genola. Survivors are her husband, Genola, Gen-ola, parents at Leamington, a daughter, Mrs. Peart, Ontario, Cal.; a son, Dennie, Genola; two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Marva Whitney, Mapleton; Mrs. Zada E. Shields, Delta; David, Cedar City; George, Louisiana, and Lloyd, of Spanish Fork; two grandchildren. Set Rake Sale For Easter Trailc Oasis Garden Club is planning a super bake sale for Saturady, March 31, with a wide variety of home-baked foods ,no package goods) especially for Easter Sunday Sun-day dinners and picnics. Colored Easter eggs will be a specialty. The sale will open at 10:30 a.m. in Gardner Photo Supply in Delta. '1 o t - i ; . x '1 cattle were thrown out unhurt, for they disappeared completely from the scene. But it is thought that their weight held the truck upright. up-right. Both Mr. Finlinson and Rex are patients in the hospital at Nephi. Mr. Finlinson had cuts and bruises and a back injury, and was released re-leased from the hospital Tuesday. Rex has a skull fracture, a cut on his head that called for four stitches, and he will be in the hospital until the end of the week. Special Week Honor M-Men And Gleaners M-Men and Gleaner week is March 23 to April 1, and will be observed with special activities in Deseret Stake. ' Sunday night M-Men and Gleaners Glea-ners will present programs in their own wards, and Monday there will be a temple excursion. On Saturday, March 31, a banquet ban-quet at 7:30 p. m., in the stake house, program and dance honors M-Men and Gleaners, age groups of 19 to 30 years, and a special invitation in-vitation is issued to all Master M-Men and Golden Gleaners. The banquet will be catereil by Hatch's City Cafe, with chicken as the main dish. Tickets are being sold for the affair, at $1.10 a plate. In charge of the event are Sheila Ogden, chairman, Vera Stevens, Gleaner Girl counselor, Raymond Vest, M-Men counselor, and Frank Bishop, advisor. Marh ISirthday At II. S. Party The Relief Society of Delta Se cond Ward entertained the married people of the ward at the banquet and prorgram Thursday night in celebration of the Relief Society birthday. A beautifully decorated birthday cake, made by Mrs. Angie Warner, and decorated by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lloyd Warner, formed the centerpiece and ribbon streamers led to ten picture dolls, labelled for the classes. The dolls were later la-ter presented to class leaders. The program was on the theme of memories, and was in charge of Vera Hilton, Thelma Black and Maurine Jeffery. Mrs. Hilton wrote the lyrics for the program, and past presidents were honored. The dinner was cooked and served ser-ved by the ward Relief Society officers, of-ficers, Mrs. Eddys Barbery president, presi-dent, Mrs. Angie Warner and Mrs. Luella McAllister, counselors, and Mrs. Blanche Creed, secretary. Square Danciny Saturday jSiyht There will be square dancing Saturday night in Delta Second Ward hall, opening at 9 p. m. All square dancers and those who would like to be are Invited to be there. ! .i i 1 f .V |