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Show oman s SILVER SPOONS MEET Cir Ancmet dlh thp Silvpr Rnnnnc 4-H Club, held a club fair at the home of of Delma Jean Galli. , Those present were Ruth Anna' Morris, Judith Galli, Vicki Bishop, Verlene Carpenter, Patrice Bishop, Gwen Bishop, Betty Jane Morris, Carol Bishop, Julia Carpenter, Da-: na Bishop and Delma Jean Galli. ' The judge was Enid Damron who gave suggestions on our demonstrations demon-strations and judged our exhibits.' Our exhibits vere cookies. Chocolate ice cream was served i with the cookies that the club! members made. We have enjoyed this year in 4-H work and our first year of cooking with Mrs. Galli and Gwen Bishop our junior leader, j Reporter, Patrice Bishop! 4-H CLUB REPORTS The Modem Stitchettes 4-H Club of Oasis held their meeting Wednesday, Wed-nesday, August 2, at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Celia Christensen. The time was spent working on skirt and slippers. i The next meeting will be Wed-! nesday, August 9, at 3:00 p.m., at' the home of Ann Marie Day. Reporter, Colleen Anderson STITCHENETTES MEET The Six Stitchenettes 4-H Club of Oasis met at the home of Linda Bidgood, Monday, August 1, and made muffins. The members of the club are Susan Cahoon, pres., Bren-da Bren-da Skeem, vice-pres., Rosemary Ludwig, song leader, Sharidon Day, sec, and Kay Willoughby, reporter. Reporter, Kay Willoughby KITCHEN QUEENS MEET The Kitchen Queens 4-H Club held their 10th meeting Monday, July 31st, at the home of their leader, Renee Stephenson. We made butter scotch bon bons. Members present were Phyllis Adams, Anne Wright, Karen Elia-son, Elia-son, Debra Stoddard, Julie Crane, Doris Moody, Barbara Lake and Renee Re-nee Stephenson, our leaders. Reporter, Karen Eliason AQUANETTES 4-H CLUB MEETS The last meeting of the Aqua-nettes Aqua-nettes was held at Mary Ellen Cropper's home. All members were present. We discussed the Home and County Fairs. We decided to have our Home Fair at Jeanette Hurst's home on Tuesday. The next meeting will be at our teachers home, Mrs. Carolyn Stevens. Ste-vens. It will be held on Friday, at 10:30 a.m. We will judge our articles for the home fair. Reporter, Gwen Bishop 7.500 Read It In The CHRONICLE The Board of Education of the Millard County District held its regular monthly meeting on Wed-, nesday, August 2, 1961, in the school district office at Fillmore. Present for the meeting were board members Kenneth Nielson, J. Clifton Beckstrand, Dalles Rogers, ( Alta Ashby and Delma Jean Galli, , and Golden Wright, Superintendent and Joyce Beckstrand, Clerk. BIDS FOR GASOLINE, INSURANCE AND HAULING COAL Eulk delivery of gasoline at the district storage tank at Delta: Low bid submitted by the West Millard Co-op of Deseret, Orin F. Allred, manager, at $.2052 per gallon, in-1 eluding state tax but exclusive of federal tax. Fire, theft and liability insurance for the school district vehicles: Low bid submitted by the United Fire and Casualty Company, repre Sdioo mlMU Just Off The Press H Mrs. Geneva C. Pace Announceea Her Latest Boole "Through the Power of the Spirit" , VOL. 1 (VoL 2 to be published later) - This book will form a treasured addition for the ' home library. It is inspirational and religious in theme, and contains excerpts from "Your Passport to the by Mrs. Pace. BACK-to-SCKOOL SPECIAL ! ! FOR ALL STUDEIITS PERMAHEHT WAVES REGULAR $8.00 will be $6.50 (includes cut and individual styling) from August 15 thru September 2 PHONE 5731 FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT, OR COME IN PERSONALLY TO THE ... FASHIOHETTE BEAUTY SALON 26 EAST MAIN Pacje - ociet Croft Tamil v ItpIlflSmi 17nl.l " Fifty-nine descendants of Jacob and Mary Eliason Croft, Deseret pioneers, met at the annual family reunion held in Oak City Canyon. Each family brought a dish to share. Barbecued hamburgers, ice cream and drinks were furnished by the committee, and were served at noon followed by a program, ball games and visiting. Seven of the eight living sons and daughters were present. Mr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Croft, of Reno, Nev., and family were unable to attend. Coming from Salt Lake were, Mr. and Mrs. Golden (Arvilla) Anderson, An-derson, Mr. and Mrs. Dean R. (Inez) Steed and son, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Croft and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Theoblad and two children, child-ren, Mrs. Eda Maxfield and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lelegren and children. Those from Provo were Mr. and Mrs. Evan Croft and daughters Mr. and Mrs. Edwin (Adlean) Al len, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Croft and son, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Allen, Mrs, Grace Bell and children, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Manwill and children and Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Theobald and son. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Turner and family of Sutherland and Mr. and Mrs. Carl (LaVern) Theobald who were in charge for this year's events. Next year the reunion will be held in Provo with Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Croft as chairmen. A group attended church services in Oak City Ward and camped in the canyon two nights. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Walker went to Salt Lake City Monday, where Mrs. Walker departed by airline for San Francisco to be with their daughter, Mrs. Cuma Barkdull while she recovers from major sur gery.. Mrs. Barkdull recently had surgery at an Ogden Hospital, and will have further surgery at San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Don Robison of Delta, with their nieces, Linda and JoAnn Ball, of Gunnison, and friend, Jeannette Beck, have returned re-turned from a week's vacation in California, where a highlight of the tour was their trip to Disneyland. Disney-land. Jack and Jeanne Jenson Terry are again at home in Delta with their new son, born July 26 at the Utah Valley hospital in Provo. The young fellow weighed 7V lbs. at birth, and has a year-old brother. jilO sented by the Petersen Insurance Agency of Fillmore, of $903.36. Hauling of coal for schools in the district: Low bid sumitted by Harold Edwards and Floyd Wilson for 3.50 per ton. SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDING SURVEY The Superintendent reported that the State School Building Survey Sur-vey Committee had made a detailed, de-tailed, thorough inspection of the various school buildings in the district. dis-trict. It is anticipated that the recommendations re-commendations of the state committee com-mittee will be made to the Board of Education in the immediate future. fu-ture. Mr. Dell Ashworth, architect, of the firm of Ashworth Architects, Provo, made an architectural and engineering study of the school buildings within the district. Mr. Ashworth's written report to the Board indicated that all buildingi Other Shore", an earlier book PRICE S3.50 Call 448 Jl. Delta v 4 .7. - if 1 t.j it - - 1 1 L - - MR. AND MRS. LEWIS KAY STONE Reception Honors Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kay Stone were honored at a reception in Leamington Ward hall Friday evening, ev-ening, August 4, following their marriage. The bride is the former Miss Nils Jean Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Johnson of Leamington. Mr. and Mrs. Arvil O. Stone, of Lehi, are parents of the bridegroom. bride-groom. Bridal attendants were Miss Karen Kar-en Roberts, of Delta, and Miss Set-ma Set-ma Ashby, of St. George. Flower girls were Colleen and Loree Johnson, John-son, young sisters of the bride. Don Stone performed best man duties for his brother. Kae Finlinson was in charge of the guest book, and in charge of gifts were Gayle Johnson, Kathy m in the district were structurally sound with the exception of the Holden School. HOLDEN SCHOOL SCHEDULED FOR ABANDONMENT Mr. Ashworth met with the Board of Education and explained in detail de-tail the reasons for his decision concerning the structural condition of the Holden School. He stated that recent settling of the building and the failure of an unsatisfactory roof structure to tie the walls together to-gether had developed to a point that the building was not safe for occupancy. He advised the Board of Education to abandon this building build-ing immediately. The Board accepted ac-cepted the recommendation of the architect and authorized the Superintendent Super-intendent to schedule a meeting with the patrons of the Holden School for Monday, August 7, 1961 at 8:00 p.m. for the purpose ot determining the best solution for meeting the emergency which has developed at the Holden School. BOARD APPROVES MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM A committee comprised of Dr. Dean C. Evans, Mrs. Mary Graff, County Nurse, and Mrs. Marva Hanchett, Regional Director of the State Department of Health, met with the Board and requested district dis-trict financial participation in a mental health program to be conducted con-ducted in monthly sessions thru-out thru-out the year starting Jan. 1, 1962. The Board, realizing the need thru- out tne district lor a program such as i this, approved the request as submitted by the committee on a basis of cost allocation of 30 by the school district, 30 by the county, and 60 by the State Department De-partment of Health. NEW TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR APPOINTED Mr. Merritt Floyd, District Transportation Trans-portation Supervisor, met with the Board and tendered his resignation. resigna-tion. Mr. Floyd has employment with the Provo City School District. The Board accepted Mr. Floyd'3 resignation and voiced their appreciation ap-preciation for the service he has given the ditrict during the past years of employment in the district. Mr. Marvin Lovell, presently employed em-ployed in the Transportation Department, De-partment, was appointed as acting transportation supervisor and will assume his duties upon Mr. Floyd's departure on August 21, 1961. CONTRACT FOR SCHOOL LUNCH MILK UNDER STUDY Mr. Warner Jensen and Mr. G. Rex Jensen, owners and managers of the Melody Dairy, Delta, met with the Board of Education and requested that the contract for furnishing fur-nishing milk for school lunches on the west side of the district be a- warded to them. They recommend is lep T1 . 1 I S NaV "11 1 si i 11 r idol Pair Johnson and Jill Tippetts. Serving was in charge "of Mrs. Varda Barrett, Mrs. Burnis Finlinson Finlin-son and Mrs. Myrl Young, aunts of the bride. Organ music throughout the evening ev-ening was played by Mrs. Afton Dutson. Arvil Stone, brother of the bridegroom, bride-groom, was master of ceremonies for the program. A vocal solo was by Mrs. Myrle Young, followed by a reading by Mrs. Mabel Harder. Don Stone sang, and Mrs. Lorna Mclntyre and Mrs. Klee Finlinson gave a skit. Dale Hair played a piano solo. The new Mr .and Mrs. Stone will make their home in Provo, where Mr. Stone will attend Brigham Young University. fatal! the district in bulk rather than in cartons as at piesent. The Board took this matter under advisement and decided to request quotations on both bulk milk and carton milk. 1961 TAX LEVIES Tax levies for the maintenance and operation of the schools and for capital outlay purposes were set by the Board for the year 1961 as follows: Required basic state-supported program 12.0 mills Required state-supported leeway program 4.0 mills Local board leeway 6.1 mills Site improvements and capital outlay 2.6 mills Debt service, including interest and retirement of building bonds 8.04 mills The total levy is 32.74 mills. This represents a 1.74 mills increase over the 1960 levy of 31.00 mills. RENTAL INCREASE FOR PALOMAR HALL Mr. Eldon Eliason, representing the Deseret Stake, met with the board and requested that, due to the increased usage of the Palo-mar Palo-mar Hall by the Delta Junior and Senior High Schools, the rental paid Deseret Stake by the school district be increased from $2,500.00 to $3,000.00 per year. The Board, after considering all factors involved, in-volved, approved this request for a $500.00 increase in rent. Mr. Eliason Elia-son indicated that the Deseret Stake plans to make necessary e- novations and improvements in the dressing rooms. PRE-SCHOOL INSTITUTE The Superintendent announced that the Pre-School Institute for teachers and other employees of the district has been set for Mon day, August 28, 1961. The schools of the district are scheduled to open on Tuesday, August 29. Mon day, September 4, will be a Labor Day Holiday. SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES Recent changes in social security will help some disabled workers who have put off asking about their rights. Kesler T. Powell, district dis-trict manager, said that the dead line date for protecting the social security rights of workers of any age who have been disabled for several years has been extended. To insure that the worker and his family are protected, a claim must now be made by June 30, 1962. This deadline date was advanced one year by congress as part of the 1961 social security amendments. Mr. Powell emphasized that wor kers who have been disabled a long time but never asked about social security payments, should meet the social security representative represen-tative at the County Office Building in Delta on Wednesday, Aug. 16, ews Married . . . Mr. Dentley Mellen, son of Mrs. Evon Greener and Miss Dee Iver-sen Iver-sen of Fillmore, were married in Las Vegas, July ISth. They honey mooned in l.as Vegas and vl,i make their home in Salt Lake City ...v.- r.i !.-. .... i ron'c technician at Sperry Rand and Co. it Happened In jWashington By Mrs. Wallace F. Bennett Pioneer Days of the Old Mormon Pioneer Trail were reenaeted by the Utah State Society members Saturday, Sat-urday, July 29th at the beautiful Marriott Farm in nearby Virginia. Most of the states have some sort of State Association in Washington, Wash-ington, but none is more active that the Utah State Society. Some 800 Utahns traveled very comfortably "across the plains," many in air-conditioned cars, for a deluxe version of "A night on the Plains." There was a sprinkling of sun-, sun-, bonnets, jeans, ten-gallon hats, and bandanas to lend atmosphere. Cooked in the Hot Shoppe kitchens, instead of over a camp-fire, a delicious de-licious chuck-wagon dinner consisting con-sisting of steam-ship round of beef, Dutch-oven biscuits, hickory smoked smok-ed beans, together with all the trimmings added further to the deluxe de-luxe atmosphere of the occasion. There were hay-ride tours over the 500-acre farm (in modern jeeps of course); a rodeo performance, which included calf-roping and calf-riding; sack races; a shoot-the-bull contest and many others. At dusk the guests sat in a circle cir-cle on the beautifully kept lawn in front of the old Manor House, and listened to a program presented over loud-speakers. The pioneer spirit was really captured in the community singing nf 'Tnmo Cnma Vn Qointc " onH in j the stirring and sobering address delivered by former Utahn Jesse R. Smith. After this the "old folks" retired to their comfortable cars for the "trek" back to their comfortable Washington homes, while the "young folks" gathered in the hay- How to GRACIOUS HOSTESS IN MINUTES . . . V Unexpected guests can drop in any time. ready . . . with desserts prepared days ahead in your electric freezer-refrigerator. Pies, cakes delights stay oven-fresh for months. Your electric dealer has some smart new you. See him now. TIUURI8I POWER COMPANY jj Millard County Chronicle TIIIIU) WAUD Alt I A NEWS BEA WILLDEN Mr. and Mrs. George Sampson have had sons and daughters to visit them, Gerald Sampson, of Draper, Duane Sampson and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sampson of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Lloyd Sampson, of Henderson, Hend-erson, Nev., and also a grandson, Wayne Anderson, of Kearns, here for a visit of two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton McCul-lough McCul-lough have had their daughter and son-in-law, Darlene and Ferd Niel-son, Niel-son, of St. George, visiting them. The McCulloughs have also been to Lund, Nev., for a week with another an-other daughter and husband, Joyce and Tony Ivins. Mr. and Mrs. DeVere Wilkins, of Weiser, Idaho, visited in Delta last week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hebi?r Wilkins. Mr. and Mrs. Al Willden are now at home from a week's trip to Lake Tahoe, a visit with aniece at Car son City, Nev., and a visit at Reno with another niece and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Waymond Marshall. With them were their son and daughter, Corky and Bonnie, and Miss Lesley Welton. Hy Neighbors "I'd like to let my mother know I've arrived safely." Mrs. Tekela Dekker was surprised surpris-ed Wednesday, August 2, when three people from her home town in Holland paid her a visit. They have resided in Los Angeles the past four years. Thursday they visited vis-ited the Salt Lake Temple grounds and missionaries who were in the Holland LDS Mission when Mrs. Dekker lived there. loft of the big barn nearby for modern square-dancing to the strains of the Batts Variety Dance Band. Everyone had a delightful time, and I am sure each participant partici-pant was a little more conscious of our priceless pioneer heritage. A A. be a get an electric freezer-refrigeror total electric home Thursday, August 10, 1961 JOLLY STITCHERS WILL ELECT Hilda Oliver will hostess the Jolly Stitchers Friday, August 11, at 2:30 p.m. at her home. Assisting with hostess duties will be the club officers. of-ficers. Election of officers will be held at this time. All members are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Callister. and family, Judy, Robert, Janet and Ann Marie, are spending the week in Colorado, where they are visiting visit-ing Mrs. Callister's sister and brother-in-law. Major and Mrs. Lee Black, at Colorado Springs, Colo. FLOWER SHOW REGULATIONS The Flower Show will be held in Deseret on August 18-19 this year. It will be held at the fair grounds in Deseret, rather than at the church house as in former years. There will be the usual number num-ber of departments in the show with which most everyone is familiar fami-liar with one new addition, which is house plants. So this year there will be: Artistic, Roses, Horticulture, Horticul-ture, Specimen, Species, and House Plants. There will also be the Junior Flower Show. Rules For The Show. 1. Flowers must be in the receiving receiv-ing room by 10:00 a.m. on the morning of the 18th; flowers that come in later will be accepted, but not judged. Judging will commence at 10:30 a.m. 2. All flowers must be named if possible. 3. Please do not bring flowers in milk bottles or cans. They will not be accepted. 4. No exhibits may be removed before closing time of show. 5. You must leave your name and the name of your flowers at" the registration table as you bring in your flowers. Flowers will be tagged when they are registered. The show is under the management manage-ment of the Deseret Garden Club with the help of ladies from the various communities. The door will open at six o'clock on the morning morn-ing of the 18th to receive your entries. en-tries. Please cooperate by bringing your flowers as early as possible so that we may accommodate everyone before 10 o'clock. Eevey-one Eevey-one is urged to bring flowers. Cash prizes will be mailed out after the; show. CARD OF THANKS The family of Mrs. Ella Adams Larsen wishes to thank all for the helpfulness and comforting expressions expres-sions of sympathy received in our recent bereavement. Your kindness kind-ness is mostly deeply appreciated. Mrs. Concha Adams and family You're always ... and stored and other food models to show yUf I i ed that this milk be delivered to from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. |