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Show strollin" 9 row ml town 1 DELTA, UTAH Population 1703 City Water and Sewer Electric Service Surfaced Streets Churches, Civic Clubs, Bank Veteran's Groups Hospital, Library Municipal Swimming Pool Municipal Airport CAA Station Volunteer Fire Department MILLARD COUNTY Population, 9,365 Grazing and Industrial Lands Alfalfa 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 79 AND STILL BUSY Joseph D. Mercer, veteran Delta druggist, attended Utah Pharma ceutical Ass'n 67th annual convention conven-tion in Salt Lake City this week, and was featured in a news story June 9 in the Salt Lake Tribune, as the oldest active druggist in Utah. Mr. Mercer will be 79 on July 24, and still works 12 hours a day. He opened his first drug store in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1900, and opened the Delta Drug in 1917. GENEALOGICAL Genealogical Union Meeting will be Sunday at 2 p.m., at Deseret Stake House, to consider plans for the genealogical convention on June 28. RODEO TONIGHT It's rodeo time tonight at 8 p. m. at the Deseret rodeo grounds, for the annual amateur rodeo sponsored spon-sored by West Millard Riding Club. A full card of rodeo events is slated, slat-ed, and featured is the contest for queen and attendants for Days of the Old West. MILLARD Sugar beet stands comparable to last year except in spots about 20 abandoned due to lack of Irrigation Ir-rigation water. General condition of livestock good. Pastures and ranges only fur. Winter wheat growth condition good. Approximately Approxi-mately 5 loss to winter kill and wind damage; Needs moisture. LEARN TO SWIM Swimming lessons for the younger young-er set, ages 6 to 12 years, will begin be-gin Wednesday, June 17, at Delta municipal pool, conducted by Doug Allred, life guard, on each Monday, Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday thru the season. Those interested in joining the class may see Mr. All-red All-red at the pool, or phone 2472. SPECIAL EVENTS Each week a calendar of events is published in the paper. Any organization or-ganization wishing to have dates published on its special events should contact Mrs. Ruby Bishop, Phone 5761. Passenger Killed In Car Rollover One woman was killed "and four other persons were injured Tuesday Tues-day at 8:20 a.m. when their auto went out of control and rolled over a 15-foot embankment 19 miles south of Eureka, Juab County-All the occupants except the driver were thrown from the car when it ran off the shoulder of U. S. 6, -cut bark across the road and rolled over three times as it plunged down a 15-foot embankment embank-ment Utah Highway Patrolman Kenneth Ken-neth C. Clements of Delta said the auto was going north on the highway high-way when it failed to negotiate a turn on a downgrade. HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Maxine Mills, Delta, was admitted ad-mitted to the Delta Hospital June 12, for medical care. 7.500 Bead It In The CHRONICLEI S13oM9.09 -$100,500. "SERVING Volume 49 Number West Millard Riding Club Slates Trail Ride Sunday in Miller's Canyon Area West Millard Riding Club invites all to join them in their trail ride Sunday, starting at 9 ajn. in Miller's Mil-ler's Canyon, west of Delta. Their sky line route will follow the ridge,' and promises plenty of scenery on the day's jaunt. Many of the members will meet Saturday evening, in Miller's Canyon, Can-yon, and camp overnight. All those who can come on Saturday afternoon after-noon are urged to do so, for the campfire session at night, and a hearty breakfast Sunday morning before the ride. Follow High way 6 to the Miller Mil-ler Canyon road, club officers direct. di-rect. There will be a sign at the turn to point the way. Clothing Program Scheduled Friday Miss Theta Johnson, USU Extension Exten-sion Clothing Specialist, will be at Deseret Stake House in Delta Friday Fri-day for meetings in the Relief Society So-ciety room. The stake Relief Society presidency presi-dency is sponsoring a "Clothing Remodeling" program for their members and the general public at 2 p.m. Friday. Miss Johnson will be the guest speaker and discussion discus-sion leader. 4-H Clothing leaders are asked to meet with Miss Johnson at 10 a.m. Friday, for instructions for the different clothing projects outlined for the clubs. Teacher Retires After 19 Years In School Rooms . Mrs. Fannie Lee Hilton of Hinck ley retired this year from the teach ing profession after 19 years of teaching in Millard County Schools. For the past 6 years Mrs. Hilton I has been an English teacher and librarian at Delta Jr. High School. Mrs. Hilton started teaching in 1917 at Sutherland Elementary school; she then taught for four years at Delta Elementary, one year at the Hinckley High School and seven years at Hinckley Elementary, Ele-mentary, where she was principal for two years. Mrs. Hilton married Ray P. Hilton Hil-ton and they raised a family of five, Ross Hilton of Provo, Lawrence Law-rence of Salt Lake City, Harlan Hilton and Mrs. Lula Marie Hen-rickson Hen-rickson of Provo, and Mrs. lone Christensen of Hinckley. At the close of school Mrs. Hil- L Mrs. Fannie Lee Hilton ton was honored at a banquet given giv-en by the teachers and was presented pre-sented with an orchid and a letter of appreciation for her years of service. Principal D. A. Allred of the Delta High School and Principal Princi-pal Rosslyn Eppich of the Delta Jr. High told of her love for the students and how she had helped hundreds of them through the years. Mrs. Hilton has always found time to teach youth in a church capacity. In MIA she taught the Gleaner class and the Junior Gleaners, Glean-ers, was stake Drama director in Deseret Stake, and ward speech director. di-rector. In Primary she served as counselor in Delta and Hinckley wards and as a Primary teacher when they lived in Orera. In Relief Re-lief Society she was literary teacher teach-er and for the past few years has taught Hinckley Ward Jr. Sunday SchooL THE PEOPLE OF DELTA 50 Thursday, June West Millard Riding Club has 84 members now, of whom 15 are women, wo-men, and is the largest riding club south 'of Salt Lake City. Oscar (Peck) Kelly is president, and Gold-win Gold-win Cluff is secretary. Services Held Thursday for Catherine Riding Funeral services for . Mrs. Catherine Cath-erine Steele Riding, 77, who died June 1 at Delta after a brief illness, ill-ness, were conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Delta First Ward by Bishop Arthur Jensen. Prelude and postlude music was played by Miss Margaret Gardner. Prayer with the family prior to the services was by Anthony E. Stephenson. Steph-enson. Opening prayer for the services ser-vices was by Ray Egan, Salt Lake City. The opening song, "In the Garden," Gard-en," was sung by the quartet of Scott Callister, Lynndon Callister, Sharlene Webb and Anthony Adams. Ad-ams. Speakers were Bishop Jensen, Heber Rose, Ned Church, and Dr. M. E. Bird, who paid tribute to Mrs. Riding's fine qualities, exemplified in a life of service in her community. commun-ity. Her spiritual strength and kindly kind-ly ways were a source of inspiration inspira-tion to all who knew her. Mrs. Blanch Works gave the tribute tri-bute 'from the Sunshine Club, of which Mrs. Riding served as president presi-dent at the time of her death. "Whispering Hope" was sung by Mrs. Thelma Black and Joe Moody. The quartet of Mrs. Thelma Black, Mrs. Deonna Black, Rulon Callister and Clarence Gowers, sang "Crossing "Cross-ing the Bar." The closing prayer was by Joe Bishop. Burial was in the Delta cemetery, under the direction of Nickle mortuary. mort-uary. T. Clark Callister, of Fillmore, Fill-more, dedicated the grave. Pall bearers were Scott, Gary and Tom Callister, Dee and Jerry Knight and Joe Bishop. The Sunshine Club was in charge of the floral tribute. Elvin Anderson Receives HSF Fellowship BATON ROUGEv-George Elvin Anderson And-erson of Oak City, is one of nine graduate students at Louisiana State University who were selected to receive National Science Foundation Found-ation Cooperative Graduate fellowships. fellow-ships. The fellowships are designed to support graduate study in the sciences, sci-ences, mathematics, and engineering, engineer-ing, and to encourage graduate student limited teaching responsibilities. responsi-bilities. They are awarded on the basis of academic record, reference reports, and evidences of attainment attain-ment Selection of fellowship recipients was made by the LSU facutly and applications were further screened by a panel of scientists chosen by the National Academy of Sciences-National Sciences-National Research Council. Anderson, a geology major, will receive a basic $2,200 stipend funds provided by the NSF. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Anderson, Oak City. He was graduated from Delta High School and attended Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University before coming com-ing to LSU. He was awarded a Louisiana State Geological Survey fellowship and is a member of a number of honorary and professional organizations. organiz-ations. At commencement exercises May 30 at LSU his wife, Mrs. Phyllis Anderson, was graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nielson, of Oak City. Mrs. Clair Stephenson, of Grants. New Mexico, and children, Cherie, Jeanie and Ray, have returned to their home after a visit In Delta with her parents, ?Ir. and Mrs. Marion Mar-ion Kii'.pack, and sister, Mrs. Lela Petty. Miss Marian Petty left with them Wednesday for a visit of two weeks with her aunt AND THE GREAT PAHVANT VALLEY" 11, 1959-Delta, Utah DIAPER DOINGS Congratulations to Jerry and The ola Wainscott Wilkms, Delta, the birth of a daughter, June 6. on Array Prt. Glen R. Grygla. 19. son of Mrs. Clara G. Johnson, of Leamington, recently was assigned as a welder in the 46th Chemical Company at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. He entered the Army last November and completed basic training at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Grygla is a 1958 graduate of Delta High SchooL Air mail greetings arrived today from Hawaii, from Mrs. Martha Dutson, touring the islands with her sister, Mrs. Amy Faust, of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Dutson, at Ingle-wood, Ingle-wood, Calif., for the past two years, says "Tell all hello, and will show you all my slides of Honolulu when I move back." CHURCH SERVICE HONORED; Elvin Tanner, at left, and wife, Elizabeth, center, received honors hon-ors Sunday at Deseret Stake Conference Con-ference for service in Hinckley Ward. Mr. Tanner received the f ) --A w Summer Music Program Opens Classes June 15; Free Instrumental Instruction A summer music program, with free instruction on all standard band instruments, will be conducted conduct-ed by Richard C. Long, of the Delta Del-ta High School music department. Classes will begin June 15, and continue to August 20. They will be held in Delta at the high school band room, and in the elementary schools at Leamington, Oak City, Hinckley and Sutherland. Summer is an ideal time to begin be-gin band instruction, and gives the student a good background for band work during the winter months. Parents interested in enrolling their children in this music program pro-gram may write or call Mr. Long, at Delta. Receives Degree From U.-ol U. Loabelle Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Golden H. Black, was graduated Monday, June 8, from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science degree, with a High School teaching certificate. She has been an active member of Orchesis, and the Ballet Theatre, and took part in several productions produc-tions in Kingsbury Hall. She is member of Lamba Delta Sigma Sorority During the past two summers she attended schools in Connecticut Connecti-cut and Colorado Springs. She will teach an eight week course in Dance at the University of Utah thi3 summer, and has signed a contract to teach next fall at the new Olymphus High School in Salt Lake. CALENDAIl Thursday, June 11 Dorothy Eishop reception. Friday. June 12 General MIA Conference in Salt Lake City Marlena CarlLng reception Saturday, Sunday, June 13-14 General MIA Conference Monday, June 15 Stake MIA Leadership Wednesday, June 17 Stake Primary Leadership Friday. June 19 Loabelle Elack reception $3.50 a year in Advance Army Life Photo Wins Honors for Terah Billings Private Terah L. Billings, U. S. Army, won first place honors In the 1959 All Army Photo Contest, in Category C, Military Life with his color shot entitled "Long March." Terah is at Fort McNair, Wash., D. C. A native of Delta, he entered the service June 10, 1958, and joined Company "A" October, 1958. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald O. Billings, of Delta. He is a member of the Honor Guard that meets visiting dignitaries digni-taries on arrival in the nation's capital, and accompanies the president pres-ident on his goings and comings. He was with the ushering group at the funeral services for Secretary John Foster Dulles. n - n Master M-Men award, and Mrs. Tanner received the Golden Gleaner award. Eldro Jeffery, at right, stake MIA superintendent, made the presentation. The summer band schedule opens op-ens Monday at Delta, at 8 a.m. and classes go on through 2:30 p.m. Classes at Delta will be conducted each Monday, Wednesday and Fri day until mid-August. Tuesdays and Thursdays through the season are scheduled for Lynn- dyl, Leamington, Oak City, Hinck ley and Sutherland. The full high school band will meet each Monday and Thursday, from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30. The full Jr. high band meets Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m., and Fridays, at 10 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Maxfield observed ob-served their 62nd wedding anniversary anniver-sary Wednesday, June 10, at their home. A family dinner honored the couple. Mr. Maxfield, Is 81 years old, and his wife is 80. They were married June 10, 1897, In Deseret where they made their first home. Their marriage was later lat-er solemnized in the Salt Lake Latter-day Saint temple. In 1904 they moved to Salt Lake City and remained there until 1911 when they moved to Hinckley on a farm r ( V Y Mr. Maxfield 2nd wedding t HONOR BEE AWARD: Lexianne MerrilL at center, 13-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Merrell. Delta, is the first Bee Hive member of Deseret Stake to achieve an Honor Bee award. She has filled all 90 requirements, require-ments, each representing 12 hours work during the past two years in Delta First Ward Bee Hive. Dairy Royalty Will be in Delta June 18 For One of 30 Dairy Month Salutes A salute to Utah's dairying and its products will be given on Thursday, Thurs-day, June 18, at Hatch's City Cafe, with Frances Frost, attendant to Utah's Dairy Princess as honored guest. The salute will be one of more than thirty by Utah civic clubs, from Logan to Cedar City. One of Utah's dairy royalty is scheduled to be guest at each of the salutes. Royalty includes Elon Mangel-son, Mangel-son, Ephraim, Sanpete county, Utah Dairy Princess, and her attendants Frances Frost of Kaysvllle, Davis county, and Barbara Rose of Logan. Lo-gan. Miss Mangelson will be guest of the Salt Lake Rotary Club at its regular luncheon meeting In Hotel Utah on Tuesday, June 23. State Announces Local Highway Construction The State Road Commission Utah, according to Mr. Elmo Morgan, Director of Highways, has asked for bids for new road construction con-struction in Millard County. The project is located on State Road No. 2G from the junction with US easterly to junction with State Road no. 125. Also on US 6 in Delta northeasterly for approximately approximat-ely 6 miles. The total project will Involve almost 9.5 miles of construction. con-struction. Construction will consist of a bituminous bit-uminous surfaced road. It will also include part of the Delta main street on the east end for approximately approx-imately five blocks. This will Include In-clude the rebuilding and re surfacing surfac-ing from curb to curb. The project is to be completed In 100 working days. Total estimated cost of construction construc-tion will be one quarter million dollars. Bids will be opened at the State Capitol on Tuesday, June 9th, at 2 p.m. The job will be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder after bids are checked by the State Road Commission. Anniversary on Cropper Lane when they still reside. Mr. Maxfield recalled the move to Salt Lake which was made in two wagons and took ten days to make the trip. He only had $5.00, but they had food and horses would feed on grass on the way. That was during the Cleveland de pression, he recalled, but when he returned to Millard County he had saved money and their furniture was shipped by railroad. On returning he took up farm- Mrs. Maxfield Her bandelo bears the 90 cells of completed work. She was honored honor-ed Sunday at stake conference, and was presented with a Bee Hive pin by her mother, Mrs. Marie Merrell, at left, and congratulations con-gratulations from Mrs. Eleanor Murray, at right, stake age group counselor. Young Women's Mutual Mut-ual Improvement Association. "Our Dairy Princess or one of her attendants will invite all businessmen bus-inessmen at luncheon and dinner meetings to drink milk as their beverage in a salute to June Dairy Month," said Richard G. (Dick) Stevens, general chairman for the observance. In charge of the civic club appearances of the dairy royalty roy-alty are Wilbur C. Parkinson, Claude L Richards, and Paul A. Freebalrn, dairy executives. "Nutritional studies show that the normal person should drink 3 glasses of milk every day," Mr. Stevens said. "Utah's Grade A. milk supplied the major marketing market-ing areas ranks on the honor roll of the United States Public Health Service. Mr. Stevens said that there will be a number of June Dairy Month events across the state, Including county Dairy Princess contests, parades, par-ades, demonstrations, baseball games, and Dairy Day at Lagoon. The national Dairy Princess, Utah's own Carol Ralphs, of Ferron, Emery Em-ery county, will preside over dairy days in Cache county June 19-20. Sticky-Fingered Prowlers Visit Greathouse Home Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Earl Greathouse and Gregg were In Salt Lake, and Don was attending Deseret Des-eret Stake conference in Delta, prowlers entered the Greathouse ranch home at Lynndyl, and helped themselves to such articles as radios, rad-ios, cookbooks, jewelry boxes, frozen fro-zen foods from the deep freeze in the basement and from the refrigerator, refrig-erator, work shoes, kodaks, stainless stain-less steel cooking ware, cutlery, shirts, dolls, cosmetics, small coin banks, and any number of personal per-sonal belongings. The prowlers went through the house from upstairs to basement, taking whatever they felt like making mak-ing away with. ' When the family returned home they called the sheriff, but they were unable to determine where or which way the Invaders went. B Ing and broke brush at night and plowed the land In the daytime. His farm now is known throughout the county as one of the outstanding outstand-ing alfalfa seed farms in the area. During the Hoover depression he remembered paying 50c down on a car tire, and then paid 10c a week out of a $1.93 cream check. Mr. Maxfield was born January 27, 1S73, at Murray. Utah, a son of Robert and Sarah Cahoon Maxfield. His father died and he moved to Deseret with his mother when he was only 4. He freighted ore from Fish Springs to Deseret for 13 years and besides farming worked for years as a seed advisor for J. G. Pappard Seed Company, in Delta and In the Uinta Basin. He still works on the farm and drives the family car to Delta. Mrs. Fanny Maxfield was born at Dt'seret February 12, 1S7D, a daughter daugh-ter of Fanny Powell and Leigh R. Cropper, Sr. She received her schooling in Deseret and after her marriage was active in the church as counselor in the Primary at Pleasant Green for 17 years and then worked in the Primary In Deseret Des-eret Stake. She was Relief Society teacher for 60 years. She never misses a quilting at Relief Society. She was a member cf the'Theo-bali the'Theo-bali Camp. Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pio-neers, at Hinckley. They have three sons, Verl Maxfield Max-field of Hinckley, Layton. Maxfield, of Salt Lake City, and Leigh R. Maxfield of Delta, and a daughter, Mrs. Leona Pratt, at EUf.ower, California. |