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Show l Delta and West Millard 9 strollin ' round town 7 iWork ICS 7 v 7f 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 FAA Station Volunteer Fire Department MILLARD COUNTY Population 7,877 Grazisg 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 Veteran's Bay Saturday, Nov. 11 National Holiday Lineman Killed Friday at Delta With 7000 Volts Victor J. Wheeler, 35, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was accidentally e-lectrocuted e-lectrocuted Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Delta while working on the new substation of the Telluride Power Co. He was killed instantly. Mr. Wheeler was on a ladder painting the superstructure. His forman, Carl Buntjer, of Wheatland, Wyo., was standing just below him, and two others, Lyle Tucker, Price, and Joe Montoya, Helper, were working on a ladder about 10 feet distant. According to the foreman Mr. Wheeler touched a "hot" transformer transfor-mer with his elbow and the transformer's trans-former's output of about 7000 volts went through him. He was caught by his safety belt, and a fellow worker cut him free. There were some burns on both arms, near the elbow. The accident was investigated by Trooper Ken Clements, Utah State Highway Patrol, Millard County Atty. Milton A. Melville and Sheriff Sher-iff Cal P. Stewart. Atty. Melville ruled that no inquest would be held. Mr. Wheeler was a lineman employed em-ployed by Western Electric Co. He is survived by his wife, Bernetta Hansen Wheeler, and three sons, Byron, Eugene and Jackie, Idaho Falls; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wheeler, Idaho Falls, three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were conducted Monday at Rigby, Idaho, and burial was in the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery. Mabel Overson, 83, Dies Wednesday; Services Saturday Mrs. Mabel Janette Smith Over-son, Over-son, 83, Leamington resident many years, died Wednesday at 2:45 a. m. at the Nephi Hospital of natural causes. She was born Aug. 2, 1878, at Hy-rum, Hy-rum, Utah, a daughter of Louis and Eliza Jane Haines Smith. Wben a young girl she moved to Leamington Leam-ington with her parents. She was married to Joseph Over-son Over-son April 10, 1895, in the Salt Lake Temple. Their home was made at Leamington. They were the parents of eight children, of whom seven are living. Mr. Overson died Jan. 15, 1941. Mrs. Overson was a practical nurse through her lifetime. She was an active LDS member, and had served as president of YWMIA and as a teacher in various church aux-ganizations. aux-ganizations. Survivors are three daughters and four sons, Leatha Mae Cheel, Eskdale, Utah; Manila Moulton, rrovo; Louise Bentley, Salt Lake City; Clyde and Louis Overson Lynndyl; Reed Overson, Walla Wal-1 Wal-1 Wash.; and Parley Overson, Leamington; 41 grandchildren; 134 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted conduct-ed Saturday at 1 p.m. in Leamington Leaming-ton Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Relief Society room Saturday from 11 a.m. to time of services. Burial will be in the Leamington Cemetery, under the direction of Nickle mortuary. FOOTBALL BANQUTT A Football Banquet Friday "ill .honor Delta High School football team, and the public is invited to attend. Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. at Delta High School hot lunch room. Tickets are 51.25 per plate. GAME DATE The football gam. Delta and Cedar City, will be played Saturday, Satur-day, Not. 13. at 1 p-tn.. at Delta. This date is set. changed from the earlier date of Mot. 25. 'SERVING Volume 52 Number 18 Hospital Fund Grows with Aid From Far Away Ferrin Lovell, secretary and treasurer of West Millard Hospital Association, was very pleasantly surprised this week when two letters let-ters from far away in the WMHA mail contained donations to the hospital building fund. Both letters appear below and were very welcome mail, indeed. With the letter from J. D. McGill, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., was a check for $25.00. In the letter from Robt. C. Cutler, Rock Hill, South, Carolina, Caro-lina, was a dollar bill. Mr. Lovell has replied to both donors expressing the sincere thanks of WMHA and all concerned concern-ed in building the new hospital to serve the west Millard area. Since Oct. 2, when actual construction con-struction of the hospital building began, work has been going forward for-ward rapidly as foundations went in. Six days a week the work goes on with donated labor, working with J. Lamont Works, building supervisor. Nov. 5, 1961 West Millard Hospital Association Delta, Utah Gentlemen: In a recent publication of the Associated Industries of Alabama I read a reprint of an editorial of the "Wall Street Journal" concerning concern-ing your efforts to build a hospital in your area. I was greatly Impressed Im-pressed with the wonderful job that you are doing and my wife and I would like to make a small contribution if you will accept it. We admire your determination and your courage both of which are typical of your great section of these United States. More important import-ant than the small check we are enclosing are our prayers for your success. Sincerely yours, J. D. McGill, Jr. 2697 Altadena Road Birmingham 18, Ala. Dear Sir: Good luck in your project. Robert C. Cut,ler, 716 Crest St., Rock Hill S. Carolina. DIAPER DOINGS Congratulations to: Ralph and Peggy Jones Davis, Delta, on the birth of a daughter, 12 lbs. 4 oz., Nov. 3. Grant and Betty Peterson Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, Oak City, on the birth of a son, 8 lbs. 4 oz., Nov. 5. Rex and Sybil Williams Jensen, Delta, on the birth of a son, 9 lbs., November 8. ON FLYING TRIP Orran Ashby, accompanied, by Clay Stapley, made a brief visit in Delta Tuesday, making the round trip from Phoenix, Ariz., by air. Tuesday morning the pilot set the plane down at Delta municipal airport air-port two hours after departure from Phoenix. 5 ELDER KENNETH MOODY Two Called On L.D.S. Missions . A farewell testimonial for Elder Kenneth Moody will be held Sunday Sun-day at 7:30 p.m. in Delta Third Ward. A cordial invitation to attend at-tend is extended to all. Elder Moody has been called to serve in the New Zealand Mission, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints. He enters the mission home in Salt Lake City Nov. 13 for training prior to his departure. He will leave Salt Lake City Nov. 20 by jet airline to San Francisco, and from there on by jet to Auckland, a journey of 8000 miles In about 12 hours. He will have a stop-over en route in Hawaii. A graduate of Delta High School and Delta LDS Seminary'. Elder Moody attended College of Southern South-ern Utah this past year, where he was freshman class president. At Delta and CSU he was active in student government and athletics. He la a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. ' L. Moody, of Delta. THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT Thursday, November 1961 FOR SCOUT LEADERSHIP Two meetings at Richfield Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Nov. 15, are of special interest in-terest to Scouters and other leaders lead-ers in Utah Nat'l Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America. Robert Per-rin, Per-rin, assistant director of Volunteer Training, B.S.A., will speak on Cub Scouting, and Scouting, with emphasis em-phasis on the Exploring program, and invites discission. The meetings meet-ings are at 3 p.m., Richfield 2-5 Ward Chapel, and 7:30 p.m., Richfield Rich-field High School Auditorium. MOBIL DEALERS CONCLAVE Mr. and Mrs. Cloy L. Broderick, Delta, were among the 2000 service station dealers and wives from throughout the United States who attended the 1961 Mobil Dealer Convention at Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 1 and 2. The two-day conclave con-clave was held in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The dealer convention con-vention is unique in that it is not a sales meeting but rather a high-level high-level business conference held exclusively ex-clusively for .service station operators. oper-ators. Interested . . . ? Dell Ashworth of the firm of Ashworth Architects, Provo, made a complete and thorough inspection of the present Delta High School building Tuesday. Mr. Ashworth spent almost all day going over the building. Queried as to his findings, Mr, Ashworth stated that he was unable to give a final answer at that time, but he would strive to have it completed in time for the P-TA meeting tonight to-night (Thursday). Everyone is urged to attend the P-TA meeting, 7:30 p.m. Delta High School. Are you interested interest-ed ?? ? "!3 J By Inez Riding A group of interested persons from west Millard made a tour of the newly completed Richfield School building Jast week, following follow-ing the football game between Richfield and Delta. A survey of some of the people who made the tour disclosed some pertinent remarks re-marks in regard to our own school and its needs. MR. E. L. MOODY: "The Richfield building is a very fine one. Anyone Any-one would be proud to own such a building. It was definitely planned plann-ed with an eye to future educational education-al needs. It's just what we need." MRS. MAX ROBISON: "The building build-ing is definitely an educational plant, not a showplace. I'd like to see many people who are interested j in bettering our own educational I facilities make the same trip. I ' feel sure that they would come 1 back most enthusiastic." ELDER TERRY S. HUNSAKER A farewell testimonial for Elder Terry Sweeten Hunsaker will be conducted Sunday, Nov. 12. 7:00 p.m., at Delta Second Ward. Everyone Every-one is cordially invited to attend. Elder Hunsaker is called to serve in the Central Atlantic States Mission, Mis-sion, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He enters the mission mis-sion home in Salt Lake City Monday, Mon-day, Nov. 13, for his training period per-iod before departure to his mission field. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Or-lin Or-lin Hunsaker, Delta. After graduation gradu-ation from Delta High School in 1959 he attended University of Utah one year. BAZAAR NOVEMBER 17 Delta Third Ward Relief Society will have their annual bazaar Friday, Fri-day, Nov. 17, opening with a turkey tur-key dinner at 6:30 p.m., and invite patronage. Sale and auction of the bazaar items will follow dinner. Cif Iziis r I ' i f U I 1 Delta, Utah Copy 10c HIS HONOR Newly elected May- City Councilmen are Richard Long or is Ned M. Church (1.) and new(c.) and Floyd Hardy (r). West Millard Election Returns . . . DELTA For Mayor; Ned M. Church, 291; Glen W. Swalberg, 200. For Councilman: Council-man: L. Floyd Hardy, 276; Richard C. Long, 2S0; Alvin J. Bohn, 166; Leoyd Lovell, 257. HINCKLEY For President of Board of Trustees: Trus-tees: Randle P. Swensen, 95; Walter Wal-ter Ekins, 59. For member of Board of Trustees: Ray Brown, 100; Sheldon Shel-don Western, 94; Ralph Crafts, 58, Rodney Wright, 56. LYNNDYL For President of Board of Trustees: Trus-tees: Reed D. Nielson, 50; Lowell Wilkins, 5. For Member of Board of Trustees, 4-year term: Dean NORMAN B. GARDNER: "With such a building located here we would really be in the education business. It is outstanding how far in the future the building was planned for." WARD KILLPACK: "My impression impres-sion of the Richfield school plant is that it is very practical and well-planned building, yet not elaborate. ela-borate. Special consideration has been given to care, upkeep and maintenance. It 'has, also, been planned so that it could be used as a community center." MRS. SHERMAN PERKINS: "I'll tell you this, I only wish that we had one just like it right here. We need it." L H. RIDING: "I still can't get over the fact that such a building can be built for less than $12.00 per sq. foot. Great utilization has been made for every bit of it. I'd like nothing better than to see just such a building here in our own area." MRS. JIM WILLIAMS: "I was very impressed with the building. I'd like to see a comparable building build-ing built here rather than remodeling remodel-ing our present building. The Richfield Rich-field building is such a practical plant from every standpoint." M. WARD MOODY: "A wonderful trip. The building is an eye-opener as to beauty, arrangement and planning. The building is compact yet complete in details that are Final Rites for Lyle Morgan Conducted Monday Lyle Morgan. 63. died Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Fillmore IDS Hospital Hos-pital of natural causes. A Sutherland Suther-land resident for some years. Mr Morgan had been in Fillmore for the past two years for medical care. Mr. Mo.gan was born Aug. 18. 1898, in Glasgow, Scotland, a son of George and Elizabeth Elgie Morgan. Mor-gan. He married Ruth Parker Ronne Nov. 9, 1927, at Alliance, Neb. He had been a Utah resident 26 years. He was a farm worker and at Sutherland Suth-erland was employed for years on the Marvin J. Moody ranch. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Survivors are his widow; a daughter, daug-hter, Mrs. Beverly Vineyard. Nev.; stepsons, stepdaughters, Mrs. Ar-lene Ar-lene Parker. Garrison; Marvin Ronne, Ron-ne, Venice, Calif.; Mrs. D.-rothy Cabal, Ca-bal, Stockton. Calif.; Richard D. Ronne, Pasadena. Calif; Mrs. Barbara Bar-bara Paty, San Diego, Calif.; Harvey Har-vey Ronne, Granger; fifteen grandchildren. grand-children. Funeral services we'? conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in Fillmore First ; LDS Ward Chapel. j Burial was in the Fillmore City; Cemetery. I ss Views mi Ridivie VALLEY' $4.00 a year in advance Etaugh, 47; Nena Wilkins, 32;. Curt Johnson, 15; Lawrence Bradfield, 8. For Trustees, 2-year term, Aralda Jones, 35; Louis Overson, 20. LEAMINGTON For President of Board of Trustees: Trus-tees: Gordon Nielson, 35; Wm. Walker Finlinson, 31; Myrtle Nielson, Niel-son, 2. For Member of Board of Trustees: Bevan Nielson, 42; La-Forge La-Forge Lovell, 41; Alma Harder, 26; Glen Roper, 25; Wanda Nielson, 1. OAK CITY For President of Board of Trustees: Trus-tees: Bruce R. Lovell, 75; Don L Anderson Jr., 54. For Member of Board of Trustees: Austin N. Lovell, 8S; Grant L. Finlinson, 85; Junius ! Anderson, 51; Lyman Finlinson, 37. ordinarily overlooked until needed four or five years later." MRS. WARD KILLPACK: "It's exactly ex-actly what we need here. I personally per-sonally will take a carload of interested inter-ested people over to make the same tour, with no cost to them, anytime. To think that such a building that answers every need for years to come 75 to be exact can be built for less than $12.00 per sq. foot is amazing. Anyone for a trip to Richfield?" MR. JIM WILLIAMS: "A very nice building. Such a building would be a great asset to this area. The fa cilities, that it would provide for the community and the students would be very great." BOB RIDING: "Why have we waited so d long? If two or three but loads of people, representing repre-senting each locality of west Millard, Mill-ard, would make the trip, I am confident that they would let nothing noth-ing stand in the way of providing the same here for our students, ihe more I think about it, the more I'm for it." GRANT B. SNOW: "Generally speaking the people of west Millard Mil-lard are not too happy with the M E A CflE ss; - a- : f ; .; 1 S if ! f f !: - " 'Pi P! i I "y, t, 1 n i n: -u n A Hew Service for If you have been one of the many who have been wondering what remodeling was going on the last few weeks at 180 South Main St., in Fillmore, here is your answer: ans-wer: The M.E.A. Credit Union, formerly for-merly owned and operated by the employees of the Millard County School Board, has now broadened its field of membership to include "all Federal. State. County, and cities' employees, residing within Millard County." They and their immed'ate family members, living under the same roof, make up this new group of friends permitted and protected by law, to pool their savings, as well as to help one another an-other with low-cost loans for prov Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R-Utah) Monday praised the citizens of Delta Del-ta and west Millard County for their self-reliance and work in connection con-nection with the West Milliard County Hospital at Delta. Speaking at a public meeting in Delta, the senator said "Your efforts can serve as an example in many other small communities in the United States." Sen. Eennett reviewed the history of the efforts to construct a hospital hospi-tal at Delta. Two years ago, the West Millard Hospital Association applied for a Hill-Burton grant from the Federal Government. Ori ginal cost estimates for the hospi tal were $250,000, of which the county would pay 55 per cent and the Federal Government 45 per cent. However, when the bids went out, it was discovered that the lowest low-est bid was $323,000 for the building build-ing alone and that the total cost would be approximately $400,000. The local citizens decided to reassess re-assess their position and particularly particular-ly their application for the Hill-Burton Hill-Burton aid. The real source for discouragement dis-couragement was not necessarily the amounts themselves, but the government regulations connected with the proposed grant. Two requirements of the govern ment particularly concerned the west Millard citizens. One was that the county donation had to be in cold cash. No donated labor was allowed. But the real problem was that the wage rates were set by the Federal Government and were generally gen-erally higher than what the Delta citizens would have been willing to work for themselves. Also, many of the design and equipment requirements re-quirements were more elaboraate than necessary. Because of government restrictions restric-tions and other red tape, the community com-munity cancelled its Hill-Burton application ap-plication and i9 building the hospital hos-pital on its own. Sen. Bennett said, "I am happy to see you going forward for-ward despite your difficulties with the government." "W often hear in general terms about government red tape and bureaucracy. The Millard County hospital project is a specific ex ample of too much government interference. in-terference. Particularly, it puts the lie to those - idealists who claim that government spending and 3 Schoo present educational facility. We have a grand and talented teaching teach-ing staff, second to none in the state, I think, but how can they do their best in their separate fields with so many of the almost obsolete obso-lete provisions that they have to work with? I was jolted to that realization when I was privileged to accompany other west Millard residents on the tour of the Richfield Rich-field school plant last week. Our children need the best we can give them, no other investment is nearly as important. Yes, I'd like to see such a building here in our locality." locali-ty." ' SUMMING UP, it is generally a-greed a-greed among the people who made the tour that Richfield has a unique Helen Mar McCullough Camp of D.U.P. will meet Friday, Nov. 17, at 2:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. La-vina La-vina Bunker, Delta. Assisting hostesses host-esses will be Mrs. Adelia Stephenson, Stephen-son, Mrs. Edna Workman and Mrs. Irene Sampson. The Jolly Stitchers will meet on Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Vivian Holman. Mrs. Phyllis Phyl-lis Munster will be co-chairman. There will be a program. DIT-UfODN 'I Many . . . ident purposes. On Saturday, Nov. 11, 1961, the M.E.A. service organization will hold "Open House" between one and six o'clock in the afternoon, to which all members, their friends and the public, is most cordially invited. Why don't you, too, join Utah's over 100,000 credit union members, by applying for M.E.A. membership, if you and your family members fall into one of the above mentioned men-tioned employe groups. We are sure that you will enjoy the many special spec-ial services and privileges credit unions have to offer. Be sure you come and visit us November 11, 1961. hand-outs can be made without government encroachment. Your example shows again that there are always strings attached to Federal Fed-eral money and that who pays the piper calls the tune. I suppose we can be thankful that we sometimes don't get as much government as we pay for." Hesolution TO: The Millard County School Board. FROM: The Millard County Citizens Cit-izens Committee. WHEREAS; the citizens duly interested in-terested in Millard County's school program have made their wishes known to the Millard Mil-lard County School Board, and WHEREAS; it is evident that many studies need to be made before a concrete decision on proposed school construction and improvement herewith can be made, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Millard County Citizens Citi-zens Committee do hereby petition pe-tition the Millard County School Board to work diligently diligent-ly toward a satisfactory end result and that they work willingly will-ingly in cooperation with all involved in serving the best interests of the people they represent and keep the public abreast of their progress and policy. PASSED AND APPROVED, NOV. 1. 1961. La Clead Nielson, Chairman Call Meet Dec (i On TV Problems The Millard County Commission has asked that a public meeting be held at the Commission room, in Millard County Court House, Fillmore, Fill-more, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2:00 p.m. This meeting is for the purpose of discussing problems pertaining to television and expanding facilities facili-ties throughout the county. At this meeting a committee will be chosen to help the Commission in executing an expanded program. building and nearly all expressed the desire for such a building for west Millard High School. In the words of one of the more enthusiastic enthus-iastic persons "Just like you stated in last week's editorial, Inez, when you quoted from the state survey findings and recommendations, to receive and accept a product which is short of what is demanded cannot can-not be a good bargain no matter how low the cost". " Services Held Saturday for Mrs. Cora Wood Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Cora Justice Wood, 39, who died Nov. 1 in a Salt Lake hospital, were conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in Delta Third Ward Chapel by Bishop Merlin Christensen. Mrs. Wood was born May 17,1922, at Lapoint, Uintah County, Utah, a daughter of Ollie W. and Ella Marsing Justice. She attended elementary ele-mentary school at Lapoint, and was graduated from high school at Al-terra, Al-terra, Utah. She attended Utah State University one year. She was married to Rex LeRoy Wood, of Delta, July 17, 1916, in Salt Lake 'City. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple, Tem-ple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Survivors are her husband, a son, Clyde, 13; two daughters, Kaye 9Vi; and Gail, 7, all of Delta; her parents, par-ents, at Lapoint; ten brothers and sisters; Harrison W. Justice, Salt Lake City; Ellen Schubert. Jefferson Jeffer-son City, Mo.; Eva Eilks, Oakford, 111.; Martha Wells, Salt Lake City; Rosco Justice, Eonita, Utah; Ollie Rae Phifer, Robert, Carol and Frances Fran-ces Justice, Lapoint; Garth Justice, with the U.S. Army in Korea. Opening music for the services was "Sometime We'll Understand", sung by the quartet, Richard Long, Robert Horlacher, Joe Moody and Nielson Clark. Opening prayer was by William S. Bassett. Bishop Christensen Chris-tensen gave the life sketch of Mrs. Wood. Speakers were Anthony Stephenson Stephen-son and Merrill Rushforth, who expressed ex-pressed the high regard in which Mrs. Wood was held, and sympathy from their many friends to the bereaved be-reaved family. Mrs. Wood was a devoted wife and mother, good friend and neighbor. An active member of the LDS Church, she had served in Relief Society, Primary Pri-mary and Sunday School. Mrs. Elaine Allred sang "You'll Never Walk Alone". Mrs. Allred and Joe Moody sang "Perfect Day". The closing prayer was by E. L. Moody. Burial was in the Delta City Cemetery, where the grave was dedicated by Clark C. Wood. Pall bearers were Roy, Dale, Wallace Wood, Scott Anderson, nephews, and Rosco and Harrison Justice, brothers. Picaitf |