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Show t . . 1 i - . SERVING THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT VALLEY" Volume 50 Number 17 Thursday, October 22, 1959 Delta, Utah $3.50 a year in Advance r strollin? 9 round town 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 WEATHER Weather maintains bright and sunny through the week. Lowest temperature was 23 Oct. 17, and highest was 77 Oct. 19. No precipitation, precip-itation, nor clouds in the sky. TRIP TO CHICAGO Eighteen more winners of the highly coveted trip to the National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago Nov. 29-Dec. 3 were announced today by Dr. Carl Frishknecht, Extension Director with Utah State University. Among them is Millard County winner, Bonnie Rae Bunker, 17, of Delta, Frozen Foods, sponsored by Whirpool Corp. She is a daughter of Mrs. Zola Bunker, Delta. FOOTBALL Make plans now to attend the Millard-Delta football game scheduled sched-uled for Oct. 30 here. The team needs the support of every sport-loving sport-loving fan of west Millard. WARD CHOIR All persons who sang in the Delta Del-ta Ward Choir before the wards wete seperated and divided are asked to be .out to practice Friday, 7:30 p.m. in the Delta First Ward Chapel. MILLARD Sugar beet harvest 25 completed. com-pleted. Harvest mechanical. No labor problems. Potato harvest will ibe completed by about October 20. Size and quality good to very good. Sales slow. Most of crop going into storage. Livestock conditions fair. Feed short. Some forced sales. Pric es low. Still no rain very dry. EDUCATION National Education Week will be observed in November. Mr. J. D. Martin, 6th grade teacher at Delta Elementary is overall chairman this year and details for the week will be announced in the next two issues is-sues of the Chronicle. LIONS CLUB The Delta Lions Club wish to thank the many hunters who have contributed their deer hides to their benefit program. They are much appreciated and the proceeds will be put to work for the betterment better-ment of the community. Delta Lions will be happy to receive more hides and urge all hunters to keep bringing them in to the various receiving stations. 4-H ACHIEVEMENT The annual 4-H Club Achievement Achieve-ment Program is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 29, at Deseret Stake House, at 7:30 p.m. This is the time when recognition is given to the different clubs, their members and leaders, for the work accomplished and honors received in 4-H fdr the past year. In addition to special awards there will be attendance prizes. Fair premium money, etc., presented. Kathie Ivie spent the past week in Delta with her grandmothers. Mrs. Jennie Largent and Mrs. Lillian Lil-lian Ivie. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Ivie of West Jordan, came Sunday for a short visit and took their daughter home. Dr. and Mrs. O. W. Israelsen of : the Clair Gardner's on Sunday, Oct. I 11th. Also Miss Eleanor Kaloi and; Shirlpv Williams. I Services Monday Held fop Mother Funeral services for Mrs. jda Lee Hollingshead, 86, were conducted con-ducted Monday at 10 a.m. at Pah-aca, Pah-aca, Nevada. Additional services were Monday at 4 p.m., at Miners-ville, Miners-ville, and burial was in the Min-ersville Min-ersville cemetery. Mrs. Hollingshead was the mother mo-ther of Elmer Hollingshead of Delta. Del-ta. Other survivors are Golden, Las Vegas, Nev.; James, Milford; Garland, Gar-land, Panaca; Glen, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Othello Lee Blad, Mrs. Lafe Wadsworth, Panaca; Mrs. Elmer Woods, Cedar City; Mrs. Mark Mon-cur, Mon-cur, Nyssa, Ore.; numerous grandchildren grand-children and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Hollingshead died Oct. 16 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Wood, at Cedar City. She was married to John Franklin Hollingshead Hol-lingshead May 8, 1895. He died in 1933. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hollingshead attended the final rites Monday in Panaca and Minersville, and returned re-turned to Delta Tuesday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Jennie Largent. f I 4 7:X ft 4 ' ' -Tj'i. ili'.4...il.i,..i... ''M;'" - JUT'- v" HOMECOMING QUEEN Selma Ash-by, Ash-by, and attendants, Linda Lue Talbot, Tal-bot, Jean Hopkins, Carla Deem and Julie Chesley, reigned over Delta HINCKLEY LIONS OPEN ROLLER SEATING SATURDAY Hinckley Lions announce that the roller skating season they sponsor spon-sor annually will open Saturday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m., at the rink in Hinckley gymnasium. Roller skating will continue each Saturday night during the winter and coming spring, except for a " . '-. . ' . . - r '" . - - : ... . , tZS- -V - jr'Z"t x Lr?--& ' - v A . . 4.. " L'l - ' r , "4- t v j Ski " '' '- ' X , . -.. J i. .;:------.-fcfUL 1 - - - - .N--' . - - - .... - . j . '- t, f -f:. . . '' w . i, . ,..-.. V r' f , , ... : . 1"- ,' ' - ' 1 - " ' . -- 1 ; r- . -. . ,. - - .in - ' ' -' ' '"m,, '"" ' '' ' Delta Ward Mm FIFTY YEARS OF GHOWTH in Delta will be reviewed during the golden jubilee Delta First Ward celebrates, opening Sunday, Oct. 25. at- 7:30 pjn. This air view, taken tak-en this week by E. D. H Arris, pictures pic-tures part of a flourishing com munity, with homes, schools, churches, business district, paved streets c;id ether civic improve- meats. la fifty years Delta, one of , , the youngest towns in Utah, has I grown from a solitary box car home ; in a desert and is still growing. At upper left is Delta First Ward. Councilmen Delta citizens will vote for three councilmen, 4 year terms, in elections elec-tions Tuesday, Nov. 3rd. Six nominees have filed with Delta City Clerk Caroline C. Bennett and will 'be named on the ballots. Voters may vote for any three of the six. as they wish, regardless of party lines. The Progressive party presents V. S. Barney, Chad Spor and Lionel Taylor as candidates for office. The Non-Partisan Party presents Dell Ashby, Ben Bunker and Glen Stewart. The official ballot wirf be published pub-lished next week, and voters may ponder their choice prior to election day. Each candidate is a well known and worthy citizen. Any voter who expects to be absent ab-sent from his voting precinct Nov. 3 may make application to the n -J ; , High School events Thursday and led the parade on the float from the Letterman's Club. few dates, such as the Gold and Green Ball, when the Hinckley Ward will have the hall for the e-vents. e-vents. The Hinckley Dons have recently completed a project of reconditioning recondition-ing the roller skates for the rink, and with the floor in fine condition, a good season for roller skating is in store. built and dedicated in 1952. The wards first home was a small lumber lum-ber building, where meetings were held after the ward organization Oct. 19, 1909. In 1910 the cornerstone corner-stone was laid for the ward meetinghouse, meet-inghouse, which served for 42 years. Delta F'st. Second and Third Wards will join in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first ward. The program Sunday will honor all past First Ward bishops, conducted by Bishop Arthur Jensen. Jen-sen. A cordial invitation is extended extend-ed to all to attend the Sunday pro- otes for Three v. Delta City Clerk for an official absent ab-sent voter ballot. Services Held Thursday for Oak City Matron Funeral services for Mrs. Parley (Maggie Rawlinson) Elder, 71, were conducted Thursday in the Oak City Ward chapel by Bruce Lovell. Mrs. Elder died October 12 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Emily Juste-sen, Juste-sen, Delta. Prayer with the family prior to the services was toy Richard Sud-weeks, Sud-weeks, of Nephi. Prelude and postlude music was by Edith Finlinson. Opening prayer pray-er for the services was by Carl Nielson. Music was by the Oak City choir, "Sometime We'll Understand." Under-stand." Ida Finlinson gave the life story of Mrs. Elder. Phil Rawlinson Rawlin-son sang "That Wonderful Mother of Mine." Speakers were Don Anderson, Wil lis E. Dutson, Bishop Melvin Roper and William Bradfield, who paid tribute to Mrs. Elder as a good friend and neighbor,5 devoted wife and mother, whose life was filled with service to others. The trio of Shirley Skeem, Jennie Jen-nie Styler and Beth Day sang "Lay My Head Beneath a Rose." Organ music, "In the Garden," was played play-ed by Afton Dutson. The choir, conduced by Keith Rawlinson, sang "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." Closing prayer pray-er was by Ivan Shipley. Burial was in the Oak City cemetery, cem-etery, under the direction of Nickle mortuary. The grave was dedicated by E. L. Moody. Pallbearers were grandsons, Dale McCormick, James McCormick, La-vell La-vell Bradfield, Eddie Bradfield, Ev an Skeem and Steven Anderson, Oak City Ward Relief Society served lunch to family and friends after the services. NJrs. Clara Parks, Richfield, has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. M. H. Workman for several days. iEi Year gram and other events that follow fol-low through the week. The celebration cele-bration will honor all those hardy pioneers who aided Delta's development. develop-ment. Monday, at 4 p.m.. the children of Prunaty and Junior Sunday School ages will be entertained. Thursday. Oct. 29. will be the golden gold-en jubilee banquet and program in the ward recreation hall. Saturday. Oct 31, will be a Record Hop dance for the youth group, opening at 8 p.m. '; ' X - THE NOTCH Pictured above is the river outlet from the diversion dam which flows to the small reservoir and spillway below the dam. This "notch was cut out years ago for Heart Illness Claims Life of J. II. Larsen J. Noris Larsen, 47, religious leader and educator, died Wednesday Wednes-day at 5:40 p.m., in a Brigham City hospital of a heart ailment. Mr. Larsen, frequently a Delta visitor, married Ina Stephenson of Delta in the Manti Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 5, 1939. The family home was made at Brigham City since their marriage. Mr. Larsen was an instructor at the Brigham Central Elementary School at the time of his death. He had taught in that school district for 18 years. He was bishop of the Brigham City Fifth LDS Ward. He had served serv-ed an LDS mission to the Eastern States. A native of Brigham City, he was born Jan. 6, 1912, a son of Joseph H. and Caroline (Callie) Rosetla Hansen Larsen. Survivors include his widow; two sons and two daughters, Marilyn, Elaine, Quinn, and Russell Larsen, all of Brigham City. Funeral services were held Saturday Sat-urday in the Brigham City Fifth Ward at 2 p.m. Burial was in the Brigham City Cemetery. Those who attended from Delta were A. E. Stephenson, father of Mrs. Larsen, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Van Bishop Bish-op and children, Caryl and Vance, Mts. Frank Wood, Mrs. Nels Anderson, And-erson, and Mr. and Mrs. Wells Woods. From Oak City was Mrs. Mary E. Anderson, and from Cedar City was Anthony W. Stephenson. Freak Accident Injures Mother Mrs. Don (Mary) Woodbury, former for-mer Hinckley and Delta resident, is at an American Fork hospital, recovering from injuries received in an unusual accident Monday, Oct. 12, when she went to help a child in distress and was herself painfully pain-fully injured. Exact information on the accident acci-dent has not "been learned here, but from word to the family Mrs. Woodbury apparently saw a car going backward and a small child at the wheel when she went to give help. From reports Mrs. Woodbury had the car door open and was going to try and stop the car, when the door pushed her over as the car moved, and a front wheel ran over both her legs. Mrs. Woodbury's left leg was broken between the ankle and knee, it was learned later. Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury are now residents of Pleasant Grove. Wnen word of the accident came that night to their daughter, Mrs. Harold Har-old (Audrey) Meinhardt, at Delta, she and her four children went up Tuesday to Pleasant Grove to keep house for Mr. Woodbury and four children at home, while Mrs. Woodbury Wood-bury is at the hospital. Mr. W'oodbury's father. Charles R- i Woodbury, of Hinckley, visited the familv Tuesday of this week, and learned that his daughter-in-law is recovering welL Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Gardner over the wee end and for the deer hunt were: Mr. and Mrs. Clair M. Gardner of Salt Lake City and their daughter, Melody. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Manning Man-ning and twins, Cherie and Gary of Ogden, Mr. Kenneth Searle of EountifuL guest of RoyaL They had a very successful and enjoyable hunt and all returned to their various va-rious homes on Sunday. 0 Ji 4 '. the driver flow. In the DMAD project pro-ject now underway this cut will be pluged to a height approximately 20 feet above the new waterline. Wci'k is now well along on the Roweli Leavitt and son, Alan and daughters, Carol and Kathryn, of Salt Lake, have been visiting with ' Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Leavitt and Mr. ' and Mrs. M. II. Workman. Sharon Hardy, an alert 17 year old senior at Delta High School has been chosen for Town Teen this week. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hardy of Hinckley, Utah. Sharon is Cheerleader at our ( school and is doing a very swell job. She was also Cheerleader her i Freshie year in Junior High SchooL She likes Rodeos, swimming, ' .anything outside), but dislikes fancy parties and Rock & Roll. Her diet consists of Pizza & Cotton 7 tj'-WWvji " ' Shxrj on Hardy Candy as favorites and fish and liver as dislikes. Along with her hobbies and busy position as Cheerleader, she carries car-ries a heavy schedule of Commercial Commer-cial Math., Chorus, Journalism, Art, P.E., Sr. English and Home Economics. Econom-ics. Her plans for the future as of now are indefinite. Good luck, Sharon! as Cheerleader, Cheer-leader, we're behind you. L Elder Samuel Robin Hales Mission Call A farewell testimonial for Elder Samuel Robin Hales, called to the Southern Australian Mission, will be held Sunday, October 25, 7:30 p.m. at Sutherland Ward ChapeL' The young missionary Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hales. He is a graduate from the Delta High; School, and has been attending j Utah State University before his: mission call ' . I new diversion and a spillway canal can-al leading to the small reservoir behind the old spillway which will be enlarged. Photo by Ed Harris Gay Opera in Rehearsal for Delta Show Nov. 20!h Music Is in the air as rehearsals continue by local songsters for production pro-duction of "The Mikado," ever popular pop-ular Gilbert and Sullivan opera. "The Mikado" will be presented Friday night, Nov. 20, in Deseret Stake House, sponsored by Delta Lions and Ladies as a benefit for West Millard Hospital Ass'n. A performance per-formance is also scheduled for November No-vember 21, in Fillmore, with proceeds pro-ceeds marked for the hospital building fund. Cast for the opera features Ben Robison, as the Mikado, and Dean Talbot as Nanki-Poo. Glen Rawlinson Rawlin-son is Ko-Ko, Floyd Hardy is Pooh-Ea,and Pooh-Ea,and Dale Bliss is Pish-Tush. 1 Feminine roles are Yum-Yum, by Elaine Allred, Pitti-Sing, by Carol Cropper, Peep-Bo by Kathleen Wan-kier, Wan-kier, and Katisha, by Joyce Long. A chorus of twenty men and women wo-men from the local area round out the ensemble. Joe Moody is musical director of "The Mikado," assisted by Joyce Long. Mrs. Joe Moody is accompanist. accomp-anist. The highly entertaining opera is in two acts, and will run two hours and 15 minutes. Costumes and stage settings are being carried out along the Japanese scene, forming form-ing a colorful production. Kathleen Wankier is costuming director. Drama direction is by Pearl Ilawley. Serving on publicity and advertising are Harriet Eliason and Ava Starley. Ilcbckah Head Makes Official Visit at Delta Mrs. Shirley James, President of the Rebekah Assembly of Utah, paid her official visit to Betah Rebekah Re-bekah Lodge No. 47, I.O.O.F., Monday Mon-day evening, October 12. Dinner was served at six-thirty to 36 guests in the lodge hall. The meeting was called to order at 8 p.m. Virginia Meehan of Murray, Marshall Mar-shall of the Assembly, introduced the President and officers of the Assembly. She also introduced Past Presidents Hazel Nichol, Marie G. Stuart of Sandy, Mamie Gillespie of Murray and Blanche Pendroy of Ogden, and Past Grand-Patriarch Roy Pendroy of Ogden. The President's message to the members was to support the I.O. O. F. Blood Bank when the Red Cross Blood Bank is in the community. com-munity. Our support of the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth is a very important part of the work of Oddfellowship. After a roll call of Lodges, of which there were six represented, a Money Tree was presented to the President with money wrapped to look like blooms with the "Caution to use with care." After the Surprise-walk coffee and cake were served. Breakfast was served to the President and her officers at the Lodge hall the next morning. We, of the Rebekah Lodge are very proud of the fact that one of our members will be President of the Eebekah Assembly of Utah next year. She is Phyllis Munster. Mr. and Mrs. Ed McGachan and two small sons of Reseda, Calif, are visiting Mrs. McGachan's parents. par-ents. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark during dur-ing deer season. |