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Show S9f!i Anniversary Open Friday at D. Stevens and Co. D. Stevens & Co. is celebrating the 39th anniversary of their opening open-ing in business in Delta, and invites in-vites everyone to join them in festivities sparked by their annual anniversary sale, opening Friday, June 29, and continuing through July 3. W. J. Starley, manager, opened the store in Delta in 1917, and has guided the business through the years since. The business grew, and in 1921 the new and larger building build-ing was built on Main Street. D. Stevens & Co. is a complete department store, and departments have been added and enlarged, and the staff increased, all to serve their patrons' household needs, in foods, clothing and furnishings. Each year since their opening the firm has marked another successful suc-cessful year in business with their annual anniversary sale, in appreciation appre-ciation of the continued patronage they enjoy. Sends Greeting From Hauai9 TJi. Elder Kent Dewsnup, who is fulfilling ful-filling an IDS mission in the Hawaiian Ha-waiian Islands sent word home of a change in address. Kent has spent the past four months on the island of Oahu, in the city of Honolulu. He is now transferred to the island of Kauai where he will be a companion to the District President. Kent is enjoying his mission very much and sends greetings to everyone every-one at home. His new address is: Elder Kent Dewsnup Box 283 Lihue, Kauai, T. H. Kiwanss Attend Party at IVefilii On Wednesday evening. June 20. the Delta-West Millard Kiwanis Club members and partners went to Nephi, Utah. Where a canyon party in Nephi canyon was .held. The Nephi Kiwanis Ki-wanis Club was the host. A very enjoyable evening was spent. Fillmore Slates Gala Events for July 4. 5 and 6 Fillmore extends a warm invita tion to all for their annual Old Capitol Days celebratiion July 4, 5 and 6, sponsored by Fillmore Lions, and civic and church groups. Horse racing is scheduled every day at the Millard County Fairgrounds, Fair-grounds, post time 2 p. m. Thoroughbreds Thor-oughbreds from the intermountain area are coming for the event. July 4 features a parade at 9 a. m., and a display of fireworks and dance at night. A parade of quarter and saddle norses will begin at 9 a. m. on Friday, July 6. The horse show is an event July 6, and Rodney Rickenbach, committeeman, com-mitteeman, says 100 horses or more will be in the show and parade. Rodeo events with local cowboys will be put on each day. Verio Owens Wins Queen Title for Days of 0!d Vest A queen and three attendants were selected Sunday In try-outs at Deseret for the Days of Old West celebration coming in August. Varla Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaVar Owens, won the queen title. Her attendants are Judy Gehrke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Osguthorpe, Grace Warnick, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Warnick, and Ranae Willden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Willden. The attractive royal foursome will reign at the two day celebra tion, in parade and grand entry at the night rodeos, and will ap pear in celebrations between now and August. jayc irnognam 9:30 A. M. Patriotic Program. 10:00 A. M. Children's Sports. Better than ever. High School lawn. 11:00 A. M. Boat Regatta. Gunnison Gunni-son Dend Reservoir West f Delta. Best Yet. 10 BIG RACES. World's Speed Record Holders will be present. pre-sent. Door prizes. FREE boat rides for the kiddies. CONCESSIONS. Improved spectator facilities. Loads of children activities during races 4:00 P. M. Free swimming at the Delta Pool. 30 P. M. FIREWORKS at Reservoir, Reser-voir, free::? Plan To Print Early Next Woek The Chronicle plans to go to press early next week, so the staff may have a holiday to celebrate July 4. Our news, advertising copy and country correspondence, should all be in Monday or before to be in next week's issue. If our correspondents correspon-dents will please send their news next week one day early, we will be much obliged. 311 A Sp o n sors Vance Saturday Deseret Stake MIA is again sponsoring spon-soring a calendar of summer dances, and the first is Saturday night, June 30, at the open air hall at Palomar. Dance music by Bud's Band begins at 9 p. m. Everyone is invited to come and dance. Slate Bake Sale Saturday at 20 Oasis Ward is sponsoring a Bake Sale Saturday, June 30, opening in Quality Market at 10 a. m. Proceeds from the sale are for the ward building fund. There will be fine display of home baked foods on sale, to please all the family tastes. Commissioners To 31 eet July 2 The Millard County Commissioners Commis-sioners will hold their July meeting meet-ing on Monday, July 2, at the county court house in Fillmore, it was announced today. Their regular reg-ular meeting date comes on July 4, so was changed to the earlier date this month. Girls9 Staters Give Reports American Legion Auxiliaries of Posts 89 and 117 held a joint meeting meet-ing Monday, June 25, in the Legion Hall, to hear the reports from the girls who went to Girl's State. Maxine Bishop took charge of the opening exercises. Then the time was turned over to Glenda Snow, Mae Jean Barber, Dorothy ( Morrison and Bonnie Johnson, who gave interesting talks on their week at Girls' State. Refreshments were servd by Unit 117, with Maxine Mills in charge. To 3feet Friday For Water Talks Olaf George, Kanosh, president of the Water Resources Develop ment Corp., of Southern Utah, has called a meeting in Delta Friday night, at 8 p.m., in the Voc. Agr. room in Delta High School. He would like to encourage all members of the citizen's committee on cloud seeding, presidents of the irrigation companies and directors of the water users' associations, to attend. Pres. George announced that Boyd Quate, Director of Engineering Engineer-ing Services for the Weather Mod ifications Co., of San Jose, Calir., would be present to show a film on the radar operation and air seeding being done by this com pany. Win Top Honors With Fat Stock Gail Skidmore, of Delta, and Grace Warnick of Hinckley, won top honors at the 20th annual Inter mountain Junior Fat Stock Show when Gail showed his fat lamb and Grace showed her fat hog to the purple ribbon spot at the big event June 6-7. They were presented with Master Stockman pins at the awards banquet ban-quet by Dr. Daryl Chase, president of Utah State Agricultural College in Logan. Over 800 prize animals were paraded before top Intermountain Region judges during the first day's showing. Officials estimate almost 400 4-H Club, FFA members and their instructors and advisors were in attendance at the show. Better-than-market prices were obtained by the juniors "right down the line" from primes to red ribbon rib-bon animals. It was truly "pay day" for the youngsters after months of feeding, grooming and training their prize stock Stock show officials were plea sed to report tha a total of 17 exhibitors entered the profit makers-junior feeding program held with the show at the Salt Lake Union Stockyards in North Salt Lake, Utah. This program is designed de-signed to teach the youngsters how to feed their livestock economic ally. Sponsor Dance at Woodrow July .7 Betah Rebekah Lodge No. 47, I.O.O.F, is sponsoring a dance on Tuesday night, July 3. in the Jolly Stitcher Club hall at Woodrow. The dance date was changed from Ju!y 4 to July 3. Everyone Is invited to come. Music will be by Eddie's F.hythmaires. Enjoy The tTh XXj AT Delta jf sQS;.. &sJ?&&-D&2) " 7 wiih Your M Volume 4G Number 51 Delta, Utah, Thursday, June 23, 1?56 $3.50 a Year in Advance .n p fowl) of i Y i ,cv f&-:- ft VJi ' x-i f -1V Wins Seholarshlpipolio Vaccjne lostamoru t Miiss Bonnie Florine, 17-year old senior at Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, Cal., received a four-year four-year scholarship to Stanford University Uni-versity as well as her diploma in June. She was one of four in California Cal-ifornia to be awarded the scholarships, scholar-ships, which were given this year for the first time under a new provision passed by the 1955 legislature. legis-lature. Bonnie is the oldest of the three daughters of Phil and Helen Bunker Bun-ker Florine, and lis a granddaughter granddaugh-ter of the late D. A. Bunker, early Deltan. She iis making plans for four years of college, majoring in science sci-ence and mathematics. Talent Find and Talk Meet Opens Now for Entries Millard County Farm Bureau Talent Find and Talk Meet is be ing planned for the first part of August. A preliminary talent find and talk meet for west Millard will be held in Delta a few days before the County Fair and Days of the Old West celebration. Contestants must be members of Farm Bureau families, and their membership must be on file in the State Office by Sept. 4, 1956. The Junior group talent find is for those up to and including 17 years of age. The Senior group includes in-cludes those from 18 to 28 years. The topic for the Talk Meet this year is "Agriculture's Place in the Nation's Economy", and is limited to five minutes. Material and further information may be obtained from any of the local Farm Bureau presidents. The State Farm Bureau officials have expressed a high regard for Millard County contestants, having taken three winners from here to Chicago in the last three years, to the national meet. " We are very proud of the showing show-ing made .by Richard Dewsnup, who won the national Farm Bureau Talk Meet in Chicago in 1953, and the two girls' trios, the Deltones, Carolyn Callister, Dorothy Black Teichert and Elaine Sorensen Ren-strom. Ren-strom. and the Gay Notes, Doreen Moody, Alice Kay Moody and Sharon Shar-on Steele, who were rated as top talent in Chicago In 1953 and 1955. And we believe there are other young people in west Millard who can do qually well and we are urging everyone interested In competing com-peting for a trip to Forida in December, Dec-ember, to get busy and have their entries all polished up and ready for the first part of August For further information, please contact one of the following women; Eleanor Skidmore, Lillian Warnick. Fontella Bishop, Mrs. Burnis Finlinson, local presidents; or County President Orvetta Nickle, or Ruby Eishop, county secretary. Mrs. Lemira Day is visiting in Delta with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rawlinson. She has been working for her degree at BYU, and received her diploma there in June. She is also employed in the EYU library. . . Avajiaoie for 282,199 in Utah Polio vaccine for Utah is in plentiful supply, according to an announcement from Joseph P. Kes-ler, Kes-ler, M. D., Acting State Health Commissioner for the State of Utah. The priority age group is now enlarged to include all people under 20 years of age and expectant expect-ant mothers. It is also released for third injection (boosters for all eligible persons). See your .family physician physic-ian for information or to receive the vaccine. All vaccine shipped to Utah must be used prior to the expiration expira-tion date, and it is urgent that all eligible population take advantage advant-age of the wonderful opportunity afforded them to receive protection from this crippling disease. There still remain 282,199 people to be immunized under 20 years of age. Of Local Isitcaest Mr. and Mrs. Grover DeLapp from Montebello, Cal., visited the Delta country during the past week, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. John DeLapp, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker. Mrs. Julene Cottle, who is in Puerto Rico with her husband, Lt. . J. Cottle, at Ramey Air Force Base, writes her mother, Mrs. Zola Bunker, that she has been made president of the Relief Society in the LDS unit there. Mrs. Talmadge Christensen, Mrs. Mary Henrie, Mrs. Laura Nelson, Mrs. Pearl Snw and Glenda Snow were in Provo Thursday for a day of Leadership classes at BYU. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hill, returning return-ing to their home in Los Angeles after a trip into Canada and attendance atten-dance at the MIA conference in Salt Lake, visited in Delta Thursday Thurs-day night wiith their aunt, Mrs. Grant Snow, and family. Bryan L. Bunker, former president presid-ent of the California LDS mission, and Mrs. Bunker, viisited in Delta Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Don T. Bishop, and had dinner with the Bishop family. They enjoyed reminiscing rem-iniscing on their missionary work in southern California, where Mr. and Mrs. Eishop served in 1952 and 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Bunker were returning home after a week in Provo for Leadership meetings. Mrs. Jeneal M. Petersen, and four children, from Flagstaff. Ariz., and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Anderson, and two children, from Manassa, Colo., are visiting at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Ward Moody. Mrs. Adrian Hansen. Miss Ruth Hansen, and Miss Shirley Bowman spent last week in Provo for Leadership Lead-ership sessions. Miss Eowman, Phys. Ed. teacher at Delta High School for the past four years, returned re-turned to pack for a trip to California. Calif-ornia. Her brother, Gail Eowman, of Merced. Cal., and his wife and son. arrived for a weekend visit and took Miss Eowman back to Merced to spend the summer wiith them. Final plans are being made to stage one of the best July 4th celebrations in Delta's history. A fine patriotic program has been outlined to commence the day's activities at 9:30 a. m. A featured speaker will be present. Activities for the young fry are particularly being stressed. At 10 a. m. kid's sports will be held on Delta High School lawn. Races, apple dunking and games galore. Kids, you can't miss this! Boat Regxrtta The Boat Races will start at 11:00 a. m. Speed boats from the entire Intermountain West will compete. Several World's Speed record holders are among the many contestants entered in the Regatta. Ten big races are contemplated. The course is being moved closer to the grand stand, spectator facilities will be greatly improved and every effort is being made to stage one of the biggest and finest Regattas heretofore held on the Reservoir West of Delta. Free Swimming Activities for the children will be held in conjunction with the races and at the conclusion of the races, free boat rides will be given all children. Free swimming will begin at 4:00 p. m. in the Delta pool. Fireworks At 8:30 p m. a fireworks will be held at the Reservoir and will be displayed across the water. There will be no charge for the fireworks. The Delta Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring this celebration cele-bration in conjunction with the City of Delta. L. H. Johnson returned to Delta last week from a visit in California, with Mrs. Johnson and their daughter, daugh-ter, Bonita. He was there for the graduation exercises at Hollywood Professional School, when Bonita received her diploma. Larry Johnson John-son made the trip to California with Mr. Johnson, and remained to visit through the summer with Mrs. Johnson and Bonita. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clair F. Gardner are Mr. Gardner's Gard-ner's sister, Mrs. Rose Abbott, of nrf nair It frm i ACToi nrt J. R. and family, from Salt Lake City. Mrs. Martha Dutson is taking her Sunday School class of 35 members, from Delta First Ward, to Salt Lake City Thursday, where they are viisiting Church Welfare, the zoo Temple Square, and Lagoon. La-goon. They are making the trip there and return on the Delta Bus.! 1 LD.S. Spanish-American mission. Postmaster June Black, and Mrs. j where he has served two and a Black, attended the state conven-lhalf years. Raymond was district tion sessions for postmasters of . president in the missiion during Utah held in Beaver last week,! part of that tin.e. A famiiy party opening Wednesday night with a 'of Canisters and Churches wel-fun wel-fun festival, and closing Saturday ) corned Raymond home Wednesday at noon. ' night. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Poulsen and three children, from Las Vegas, Nev., spent last week in Delta ! visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.! (Leigh Maxfield. and Mr. and Mrs. Arch Poulsen, and relatives, i -V" X X t YX - :-x . &siv. - -km h $ au- yi.. yx Fire Sweeps Thru Orton Home in Delta Early Wednesday Nothing Is Saved Miss Thelma Black, who has been in Albuquerque, N. M., with her 'brother, Bob Black, and family, visited in Delta last week, and left Sunday for Las Vegas, Nev., to visit brother, Paul, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robison were Salt Lake City visitors during the week. A new grandchild for Mrs. Deona Black, and greatgrandchild for P. T. Black, is the baby girl born June 19 to Stanley and Delores Phelps Black, at Fillmore. Mr. and Mrs. Meivin Luke from Rexburg, Idaho, and their daughter, daugh-ter, Anna Merrill, her daughter Sue Ann, and Miss Joyce Sadler visited at the Willard Stephenson home this past week. Mrs. Merrill previously taught physical education educa-tion at Delta High School and the Meivin Lukes just returned from a 6-months mission in the Northwest. They all accompanied the Willard Stephenson family to Orderville on Saturday to attend the Esplin reunion. re-union. Mr. and Mrs. Harding Russell and children, Mark and Diane, from Salt Lake City, were weekend visitors visi-tors in Delta wiith Mrs. Russell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Starley. Betty Ann Cantrell, of Phoenix. Ariz., is in Delta for the summer visiting her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cantrell. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stephenson, and Mrs. Ruth Bishop and children, Barbara, Carolyn and Vance, are visiting in Brigham City this week wiith the family there, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Siggard, and Mr. and Mrs. Norris Larson, and families. Mr. Stephenson's grandson, Daryl Siggard, is there, just recently returned re-turned from Germany, where he fulfilled an LDS mission. Mr. and Mrs. Lathel Callister were in Salt Lake Crty Tuesday at noon, to meet their son, Raymond Callister, on his return from the ( Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hodgen. and : daughters. Mary and Joanne, of Monterey. Cal., who have been vii-' tir.g at the home f their parents.! Mr and Mrs. Frank Eringard. left. f. home Friday a; ter a visit here i of two weeks. The Dee Orton home, 90 North 1st East, in Delta, went up in flames early Wednesday, and daylight day-light revealed charred and. smoldering smol-dering walls and household furnishings. furn-ishings. The Delta Volunteer Fire Department Depart-ment had water on the house ten minutes after the fire siren sounded at 4 a. m., but were unable to save the home or any of the contents. Mr. Orton was awakened by flames that blocked one door in the bedroom, and rushed through the other door to put in the fire alarm and rouse his son, Duane, asleep in an upstairs bedroom. Smoke and flames were billowing billow-ing through the house, and the telephone was too hot to handle when Mr. Orton gave the alarm, so that he dropped the receiver and shouted at the operator. Both he and his son saved only the work clothes they donned hurriedly, and Mr. Orton retrieved his wallet, charred around the edges. By an odd quirk of fire behavior be-havior some currency Duane. had tucked away on a closet shelf escaped es-caped the flames, and was found later Wednesday, water- soaked but still whole. Linens nearby were burned and blackened. Mr. Orton particularly wishes to express his thanks to the Delta fireman, who worked valiantly to control the fiire, and he appreciates appreci-ates deeply their aid and that of friends and neighbors. Fireman Injured Seth Jackson, assistant fire chief, was injured while fighting the fire, and had the lare tendon and two small ones on his riht foot just above the heel severed by a jagged piece of glass. He was at an upstairs window, where the glass had been broken out, breaking out the framework, when one sharp piece of glass still in the wood cut through boot and into his foot. He was treated at the Delta hospital, where the necessary nec-essary stitches were tnken, and released re-leased to go home s'er in the day. He is to have a o?k of complete rest off the foot, but will be up and around as s on as possible after that. Birihs This Veek To Max sr.l (','. i LynndvL, a 1 8 1' H ; .-r Vest, s S z June 21. To Dw:sM Jensen 5 12 oz.. Moody, D !a..a 1. S Jane 27 |