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Show "1 "BP PAjA mm a Vir-d flk. strollin9 9 round town yy Co? il El Z7 yi it DELTA. UTAH Population 1703 City Water and Sewer Electric Service Surfaced Streets Churches, Civic Clubs, Bank Veteran's Groups Hospital, Library Municipal Swimming Pool Police Department Municipal Airport CAA Station MILLARD COUNTY Population, 9,365 Grazing and Industrial Lands AMalfa Seed, Honey, Poultry and Turkey Raising Stockraising, Dairy Farming Ducks, Geese, Pheasants Deer, Cottontail Rabbits Trout, Bass and Catfish Mountain Recreation Boating, Picnic Facilities A Great Place To Livel Snow and Sun We have had a variety of weather weath-er in west Millard through the week, with snow and rains, followed fol-lowed by sun, and dust in between. be-tween. March 31 was both like a lion and a lamb. The month of March brought 1.25 inches of precipitation, pre-cipitation, according to Weather Man Phil Eliason, at Deseret, who reports thirteen days with precipitation precip-itation or a trace. April came in with temperatures of 58, high, and 29, low, and .12 inches precipitation precipita-tion in the snowfall April 2. 23rd Anniversary Quality Market celebrates their 23rd anniversary Saturday, April 5, and Orvil Jeffery, owner and manager, man-ager, invites you and your family to the 'big birthday sale that features feat-ures the annual event. There will be contests and games, 'bargains and prizes, specials every hour, and fun 'for one and all . Grand Opening 4-D.C. Company, plumbing, heating heat-ing and flower shop, invite all to their Grand Opening Friday, April 4, at 288 West Main, Delta. There will be "Flowers by Gowers", favors fav-ors to all, and music on the electronic elec-tronic organ by Clarence Gowers and daughter, Linda Mental Health Mental Health and a panel from the state mental hospital at Provo will "be featured at the dinner meeting and program Wednesday, April 9, sponsored by Delta Lions and Lady Lions, with Hinckley Lions and ladies. The public is invited in-vited to attend the dinner and program that follows, in Delta Second Ward, at 7:30 p.m. Square Dancing There will be square dancing Wednesday, April 9, in Delta First Ward, from 9 p.m. tomidnight, according ac-cording to Leigh Maxfield, who invites in-vites all who enjoy square dancing danc-ing to be there. . A Correction Five sisters, in the picture on page 3, are identified in wrong order, and really are, from left to right, Amanda Johnson, Midvale, Mary E. Anderson, Oak City, Eva Johnson, Flowell, Jane M. Ashby, Fillmore, and Clara Crosland, Hoi-den. Hoi-den. Such mistakes do happen, and we regret each one. Easter Specials The Delmart announces Easter Specials this week, for three days only, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Satur-day. Bargain prices are listed on articles for finery for Easter and spring days thereafter. Millard Teachers Set Institute at M.I1S April 9th The Millard County Teachers' Association under the direction of W. Blair Low, president, have scheduled their annual spring institute in-stitute for 4:30, April 9th, at the "Millard High School auditorium. All teachers and administrators of Millard School District are members mem-bers of the teachers association. The agenda has been approved by the M.C.E.A. Board as follows: Quartet Ladd Black, George Richard Long, Norman Dunn. Prayer Milton Beckstrand. . Quartet as listed above. Elections Carl Whatcott, chair-; chair-; man of Nominations Committee. Presentations of Certificates Thomas A. Whatcott, chairman of teacher education and professional standards. Report of Committees: Policy Louise Bennett chairwoman. chair-woman. Ethics George Bennion, chairman. chair-man. Social Mavis Bennett, chairwoman. chair-woman. Public Relations Paul Peterson, chairman. S. U.T. A. Vertical Meeting Gwen S. Hunter, chairwoman. Salary Phyllis Bennett, chairwoman. chair-woman. Credit Union Carl Verhaaren. Financial Report Harold A. Wood, Secretary. President's Report W. Blair Low, president. Officers of the association are: W. Blair Low, president; Rosslyn Eppich, first vice-president; Eleanor Elea-nor Roberts, second vice-president; Harold A. Wood, secretary; June Reid, Merlin Christensen and Neca Watts as board members. "SERVING THE Volume 48 Number 071E Birthday PETER T. BLACK, one of Millard's Mill-ard's eldest citizens, will celebrate his 87th birthday Saturday, April 5. A family party will mark the occasion. Mr. Black was born in Kanosh, in 1871, a son of Joseph S. and Caroline T. Black.' He was a boy of five years when he came to Deseret with his mother and other children to join his father, who had 'been there a year. He married Isabelle Jane Bennett in 1893 in the Manti IDS Temple and their home was made in Deseret, Des-eret, where Mr. Black was active in church and civic affairs. Their family consists of five sons, two daughters, and now 36 grandchildren grandchild-ren and 48 greatgrandchildren. - He was bishop's counselor in Deseret Ward, served as postmaster, postmas-ter, and owned and operated a store. He has served as Millard County sheriff, county commiss-ioer commiss-ioer and deputy county treasurer. He has been president of Abraham Irrigation Co., and president of Sevier River Commission. He also ranched and raised cattle. A Republican, Re-publican, he has always been active ac-tive in the party and politics. In 1924 he moved to Delta, where the family home has "been since. Mrs. Black died Dec. 14, 1934. In April, 1936, Mr. Black married Carrie Hatch Thompson. At 87 years Mr. Black enjoys good health, drives his own car and attends to his business affairs. He said today "I have always enjoyed en-joyed meeting people, and particularly parti-cularly young and active people." His many friends join in wishing wish-ing him "Happy Birthday". Meet to Organize Auxiliary for Legion Post 135 The first meeting to organize the Auxiliary to Cahoon-Jensen American Ameri-can Legion Post 135 was held Monday Mon-day night at the Delta Cafe. Four officers were elected, with Inez Riding as president; Amelia Cole, senior vice president, Jean Sanford, junior vice president, and Irene Little, secretary. Pres. Inez Riding has called a meeting for Monday night, April 7, for election of other officers and appoint the various committees. The meeting will 'be held at the Post home, former home of Cahoon Post 89. Any lady that is a member of either Auxiliary, 89 or 117, either paid up or in arrears, or any lady that is eligible to be a member L: ureed to attend the meeting on Monday. Officers present at Monday night's meeting from Post 135 were Boyd Schena, Commander, Grant Workman, 1st vice commander, and Don Corry, Adjustant. With Air Force . . J A 3 C DIXON H. CORBY is now at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, for technical training in radai communications. com-munications. He enlisted in the Air Force Jan. 1. and was at Lackland AFB, Texas, for basic training four weeks. After two months more training Dixon plans to spend a leave at Delta and visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Heyborne Corry. A I I 4 f . s t PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT VALLEY" 40 Thursday, April PRESENTATION OF KEY CLUB Charter is made by Eiwanian Bill Bishop, Lt. Governor, Division 7, to Charles Allen, president of the new Key Club at Delta High SchooL f l 4 f ) v MM i l" 'I t b 1 i ! X , I ' " U ? - i I J I I ! ' West-Millard Kiwanis Club for Delta High A Key Club for Delta High School, sponsored by Delta-West Millard Kiwanis Club, received their charter Thursday, March 27, in a program in Delta First Ward. "Our youth, the key to the future," fut-ure," is the key-note of Key Clubs, a service organization for high school students, where members serve the school and community, as well as themselves. Charter members of the new Key Club are Charles Allen, Scott Anderson, And-erson, Kay Bassett, Dale Soothe, Gary Callister, David Church, Gary Church, Owen Gonder, Jay Grygla, Neal Finlinson, Duane Jackson, Bryce Knight, Merrill Maxfield, Dale McCbrmick, Jim McCardell, Richard Moody, Allen Nielson, Nick Pace, La Von Rowley, Darrell Turs-ton, Turs-ton, Dale Wood and Spencer Wood. Key Club officers are Charles Allen, president; Bryce Knight vice president ; Spencer Wood, secretary and Dale McCormick, treasurer. Board of directors are Allen Nielson, Niel-son, Senior, Scott Anderson, Junior, and Dale Boothe, Sophomore. D. A. Allred, principal of Delta High School, and Fay Jacobson, faculty, are advisors to the unit. An impressive program marked charter night for the DHS Key Missionary Visits r 4 $V ELDER JAMES T, HOLLINGS-HEAD HOLLINGS-HEAD was released March 21 after he had filled a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in the North Central Mission, with headquarters head-quarters at Minneapolis, Minn. He will report his mission Sunday night in Downey Ward, Downey, California. Elder HoUingshead visited in Delta, his former home, during the week with his father, Elmer HoUingshead, HoU-ingshead, and aunt, Mrs. Jennie Largent. His mother and brother. Richard, had come from Downey to meet him in Salt Lake City and accompany him home. On Honor Roll at Nevada Southern j I Eldon Poulsen was one of twelve ! students from the Las Vegas area i named on the fall honor roll of the i University of Nevada and Nevada I Southern which was released re- cently. Eldon, engineering sopho- more at Nevada Southern, graded ' . 3.47 in 17 hours. . I He and his wife, Dawana, and children, Marilyn, Steven, David and Diane, reside in Las Vegas, where Eldon is employed in the titanium plant days, and attends college at night sessions. This week Mrs. Poulsen and the children are in Delta, visiting parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Maxfield and Mr. and Mrs. Arch Poulsen. Eldon will join them at the weekend. 3, 1958 Delta, Utah ftfWlHlllnflT'y1lfl'""''",AA Beside Pres. Allen is Key Club Lt. Governor Phil Yergensen, of Cedar City High School, and at right is Governor lay Stevens, of Jordan Charter Key School Unit Club. Dinner was served by the City Cafe to one hundred and five, members, parents, Kiwanis and visitors. Leo D. Day, Key Club committee chairman, gave the welcome address ad-dress and introduced guests. Cedar City Key Club furnished the musical numbers for the program. pro-gram. Phyllis Jensen. 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jensen, Delta RFD, had an appendectomy Monday at the Delta hospital. ? Sierra Sinners Come from Renojfev. For Concert at Deseret Stake House It will be welcome from the home town for Ladd Cropper and his wife, . May Gardner Cropper, when they come to Delta with the Sierra Singers of Reno, Nevada, for a concert in Deseret Stake house Friday, April 18, 8 p. m. A warm welcome also awaits the Sierra Singers, well known 40-voice male chorus directed by Mr. Cropper. Crop-per. They have presented concerts in different cities in Nevada, California, Cali-fornia, and Utah. The concert at Delta is a benefit, Organize to Aid State Hospital on Patient Heeds Friday, March 28, a large group of relatives and friends attended Family Day at the Utah State Hospital Hos-pital at Provo. As guests of Unit D a tour of the Hospital was made at 10 a. m., lunch was served on Wards 3, 7, 8, 9 and 22. In the afternoon discussion discus-sion was held and a plan for "organization" "or-ganization" was presented and ap proved upon. It is felt that through organization organiza-tion patients needs, family understanding, under-standing, and community interest can be spurred. Action can be had in obtaining necessary improvements improve-ments of the hospital, patient care and help to the families concerned if presented in orderly procedure and petition. This Unit is the first at the Hospital Hos-pital to present such a plan. Officers Offi-cers were elected, chairman appointed appoin-ted for each county represented, (Continued on back page) . ti f y 1 ) . T t -C V VYo a ;Y 5 I A. - V vf ' XJ. - f t: .,v ' ORPHANS IN KOKEA await the icon Red Cross chapter. The reopening re-opening of bags of clothing, a ship- ; sponse was generous, and many ment of 1400 pounds contributed ' warm and useful articles of child-from child-from all wards in Deseret Stake in xen's clothing were sent, especially a drive conducted last November. Mrs. Robert Torrens, of Deseret. sponsored the campaign, which was assisted by the West Millard Amer- $3.50 a year in Advance .-, j 'J 1 High School, who were speakers at the program March 27 in Delta when the charter was presented and officers were installed. George Church Jr., had a fall Friday Fri-day that broke his left leg near the hip. He was working with his father, George Church Sr., remodeling remodel-ing the house Mr. Church recently bought when the accident occurred. occur-red. George is recovering at the home of his brother, Ned Church, in the Millard Hotel. Mrs. Pearl Gottfredson, of Cirde- ville, visited in Delta Wednesday and Thursday of last week with her mother, Mrs. Lula Warnick. She was accompanied by Mrs. Helen Riddle, who visited friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pace returned to Delta Tuesday from a stay of two weeks in Las Vegas, Nev. for Deseret Stake Scholarship Fund, M. Ward Moody, chairman. Tickets are available now from the bishops of various wards in the stake, at 50 cents per person. With the program by the Sierra Singers at Delta, the Desert Sentinels, Senti-nels, formerly directed by Mr. Cropper, Crop-per, will sing three numbers. The entire program promises to be a musical 'festival for both singers and audience. Mr. and Mis. Conrad Kay, of Vallejo, Calif., arrived in Delta Saturday to visit their daughter and husband, Charlotte and Willis Morrison, tnd their little daughter, Karen Louise. Jerry Anderson, 2, son of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Christian Anderson, Oak City, J had surgery at the Delta hospital March 29. U.S. Army Advisory Group, Korea Detachment R (Provisional) Office of the Chaplain APO 18 San Francisco, California 13 March 1958 Bishop Ceoil Warner Deseret, Utah Dear Bishop Warner: I am writing this for Chaplain Sperring, co-ordinator of "Operation "Opera-tion Helping Hand" who has departed depar-ted to the States for his new assignment. as-signment. We have received your most generous gift of clothing for our , baby clothes. One sack was filled with baby shoes. Some contributed money to pay for shipping. Mrs. Torrens thanks all who contributed The Delta Oil Information Committee Com-mittee held its annual reorganization reorganiza-tion and indoctrination meeting at Hatch's City Cafe, it was announced announ-ced by Grant Snow, outgoing local Oil Information Committee chairman chair-man for Delta. The 1958 Public relations program pro-gram for local oil men was outlined by Loy C. Maycock of the Central Petroleum company, who is the Area Chairman for the Delta area. A new "three point" program was the topic of discussion at the dinner din-ner meeting. New displays, demonstrations, demon-strations, and other working tools were shown and described. Other local oil men on the Delta Oil Information Committee are: W.hitey Dekker and Norman Gardner, Gard-ner, Speakers-Film Vice Chairmen; Newell Knight, Oil Progress Week an Special Events Vice Chairman; Frank Law, School Vice Chairman. These committeemen, under the direction of the newly elected Local Chairman L Kennard Riding, will direct their industry's public relations rela-tions program in the Delta area during the coming year. Also pre sent at the meeting were Alvin J, Bonn, Max J. Roblson and Donald Robison. Former If cltnu flics at 31osa Mrs. Liza Skousen Abbott Brown, who lived at Sutherland many years when she was married to the late M. A Abbott, died March 24 at Mesa, Ariz., according to word received this week by Mrs. W. R. Walker. She is survived by three daughters daugh-ters and a son, Mrs. Bessie Howells, New York City, Gwen Erickson Cline, Anna Enke and Otis Brown, all at Mesa, and several grandchildren grand-children and greatgrandchildren. LADD R. CROPPER Births This Week To Kerry and Bonnie Shumway Abbott, Delta RFD, a girl, 6 lbs. 9 oz., March 30. To Jerald and Emily Elder Justesen, Delta, a "boy, 8 lbs. 9 oz., on March 30 To Leroy and Dorothy Harris Steele Delta, twin girls, each 5 lbs. 12 oz., March 31. To Gilbert and Joyce Bell Searle, Delta, a boy, 6V4 lbs., April 1. "Operation Helping Hand". The clothes and shoes were distributed this past week. The response we have received has been very gratifying. grat-ifying. Robert Torrens, my test friend and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Torrens helped me break the clothing cloth-ing down just before we distributed them and was a big help. Would you please convey our thanks to all the many people who helped in this project and especially especi-ally Mrs. Robert Torrens, whom I know did much to help this pro- in any way on the clothing drive, and their help is deeply appreciated. appreci-ated. This picture came from Korea this week, with a letter from the Office of the Chaplain that conveys th graUtude of these orphaned j children., for.. "Operation.. Helping, Hand" f $ s n n r .-a. v ....... . The Oil Information Committee is the public relations branch of the American Petroleum Institute, whose Rocky Mountain District Office is located in Denver. Former Resident Of Oak City Dies March 31 - Mrs. Laura Rawlinson Morrey Orrock, 78, of 333 Elizabeth St., Salt Lake City, died of natural causes at her home Monday, March 31. She was born Jan. 15, 1880, to Charles W. and Lemira Lewis Rawlinson, Raw-linson, at Holden, Utah, and moved with the family to Oak City She was married to John F. Morrey Mor-rey at Kanosh Jan. 4, 11)00, and the marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. Mr. Morrey died July 30, 1926, at Joseph, Utah. She married William T. Orrock April 2, 1936. He died Oct. 19, 1954. Survivors are two sons, J. Eldon and Grant, of Joseph, Sevier County five daughters, Mrs. R. D. (Alice) Bailey, Mary Vetris, Salt Lake City; Mrs. A. Bryant (Revo) Young, Mrs. Leo (Rachel) Poulson, Richfield, and Mrs. F. Ellis (Macel) Anderson, of Oak City. Also surviving are two stepdaughters, stepdaug-hters, Mrs. Orin A. Ogilvie, Mrs. J. Elmer Nielson, Salt Lake City; three half -'brothers, Frand and Dell Rawlinson, Delta, Claude Rawlinson, Rawlin-son, Orem, Utah, one half-sister, Mrs. Parley Elder, Oak City; seven teen grandchildren and twenty-ono greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 2 p. m., at Richfield, under direction of Neal S. Magleby mortuary. Nov Training for Giant Maneuver In Yakima Area FORT LEWIS, Wash., Mar. 31 PFC Grant R. Jensen, US562G9390, Delta, Utah, and fellow 4th Infantry Division soldiers are training for Exercise "Indian River", a giant maneuver to be held near Yakima, Wash., in May. "Indian River" will be a 16,000-nvan 16,000-nvan "war" fought over the 27,000 acres of Cascade foothills at the Yakima Training Center from May 6 to 20. Pfc Jensen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen, of Delta, Utah, is with the division's 2d Howitzer Battalion. (105mm) 1st Artillery. He is assigned as a Computer with the FDC Section with Battery E. The upcoming maneuver will employ em-ploy the 4th Division "Saints" and several thousand troops from other posts and Fort Lewis units in one of the first major tests of the Army's new pentomic battle order. Combat training will include offensive of-fensive and defensive actions under atomic, electronic, chemical-biological-radiological, guerilla and psychological psy-chological warfare conditions. Simulated atomic blasts will add further battle realism. Also planned are the air lift of a reinforced battle group and use of new devices de-vices which harmlessly simulate radioactive fallout and its detection. detect-ion. o o ject become successful. Thus far we have provided clothing cloth-ing for thirty-seven orphanages containing some three thousand children. With your clothing, we fully clothed eight orphanges. We have high hopes of providing for the other twenty orphanges before the winter is over. May God richly bless you and may this year continue to bring you much happiness. Sincerely, Eugene R. Nietz Chaplain's Assistant Play Therapy Is Topic Friday in Adult Course "Play Therapy Can Help a Child's Emotional Growth," is the title of the lecture-discussion to be given Friday, April 4, at 2:00 p.m., by Mrs. Eldon A. Eliason, at her home in Delta. According to some of the latest work done in psychotherapy, a great deal can be done with play therapy both as a preventive measure meas-ure and a remedial process in helping help-ing children in the avoidance and j solution of emotional disturbances. l This is the third lecture in this adult education series. It is still not too late to enroll tor the entire en-tire course. Registration fee for the entire course is one dollar. A charge of fifty cents will be made for single lectures. According to Mrs. Sebrina Ekins, Adult Education Director, the registration reg-istration fees will be used for purchases of booklets and literature litera-ture of interest to class members. Some of this printed information has already been received and is available. En if |