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Show NEW POLICY S nee the senseless beating of one pf our young men by another anoth-er young man occurred Monday at Delta High School we hare received a number of telephone ca'ls urging us to publish the story. Wednesday we were told that we had been hesitant, in the past. o publish stories concerning juvenile ju-venile lawbreakers. We hare not been hesitant Doors have been closed to us and facts covered up to protect family names. We talked with several leaders Wednesday asking for their viewpoint view-point on this question: Publish or not publish? Invariably, the answer ans-wer was "Publish, even though you will not be winning any pop-u'arity pop-u'arity contests wi:h this policy." In the future our policy will be to publish all facts that we can ascertain on you hful lawbreakers. lawbreak-ers. We will have to have a policy pol-icy of consistency or none at all. AT&T Representative io Speak Here March lit h Highlighting the Millard County Industrial Development Ass'n meeting meet-ing on March 11th, will be guest speaker, David L. Clark, representing represent-ing the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Mr. Clark, presently stationed in Milford, will speak of the impact the new microwave station will have on the West Millard area. The luncheon meeting to be held at Hatch's City Cafe will begin promptly at 12:15. Everyone is urged to attend and lend support to this organization. Mr. Bill Bishop, Executive D'rec-tor, D'rec-tor, s.ated that many new projects pro-jects are now being researched. Locally Lo-cally the Ass'n has requested of the County Commissioners and received re-ceived their support in improving the present road to the Great Stone Face Monument in Black Rock. Mr. Karl Workman, County Road Supervisor, Super-visor, reported that the grading is now complete and will soon be ready to gravel depending on weather wea-ther conditions. Some of the roadway road-way is on property belonging to the Bureau of Land Management and Mr. Workman stated that they have been most cooperative. At a recent Board of Directors meeting, road signs on behalf of West Millard were approved for immediate placement in Baker, Minersville, Milford, Deseret and Nephi. Mr. Max Robison, Highway Chairman, said that the large sign in East Ely is now being refinished and relettered. The Kiwanis Club is now formulating formu-lating a West Millard Map. Mr. Mel Scow and Mr. Ralph Morrison are in charge of processing material. mat-erial. At the suggestion of the MCIDA, the map will include points of interest such as Topaz Mountain, Mount-ain, Sugar Loaf, Old Fort Deseret, the reservoirs, etc. The "Welcoming Committee" has been gathering data on many facets fa-cets of life in Delta. Information on churches, schools, clubs and LACKLAND AFB, Tx. Airman Randy Clements, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kennelh C. Clements of Delta, Del-ta, is being reassigned to Ama-rillo Ama-rillo AFB, Texas, for technical training as a United States Air Force aircraft maintenance specialist. Airman Clemen's, who enHsted in the Air Force a short time ago, has completed h's initial basic military training here. He is a 1962 graduate of Delta High SchooL Aboard Yorktovn USS Yorktown (FHTNC Robert M. Steele, airman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Steele of Delta, is serving aboard the antisubmarine antisubma-rine aircraft carr'er USS Yorktown, operating out of Long Beach, Calif. Yorktown is presently undergoing undergo-ing overhaul in the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in preparation for a cruise to the Far East later this year. The cruise will be her fifth tour of duty with the Seventh Fieet in the Far East since being converted from an attack carrier to an antisubmarine carrier. She will operate as the "hub" of an antisubmarine "Hunter-Killer" group composed of surface, subsurface sub-surface and a'r units. JUNIOR CLASS A meeting of parents of Junior Class members is scheduled for Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. Jack Fowles, Counselor, will give results and interpret the results of the Achievement tests which the stu- dents took earlier this year. The annual affair. Junior Prom, will, al- so, be discussed. I 9 'SERVING Volume 54 Number 36 WRESTLERS ENTERTAINED Delia Lions Club entertained the State "B" Mat Champions at Hatch's City Cafe, Wednesday, Feb. 26. This was a regular dinner meeting meet-ing of the Lions Club. Coaches Porter and Neiderhauser made brief remarks to those present. Individual Individ-ual team members, also, made brief remarks. i lodges, utilities, professional services, ser-vices, etc. will be included in the brochure. The material will be in the hands of the printer within the week. The Miilard County Industrial Brochure published in 1960 is now in the process of being brought up to date. The Ass'n feels that these maps and brochures kept within the tourist reach will be most bene f rial to our area. For the lighter side of the Ass'n activi ies, Dave and Joe Moody have done considerable research work regarding a nine hole golf course, preferrably near the reservoir. reser-voir. Mr. Nick Riley, Murray, Chairman Chair-man of the Rules Committee for the Professional Golf Ass'n of the Un ted States, has consented to personally supervise the planning of the green course. Plans are still being formulated and civic groups and organizations will be contacted as to their feelings regarding construction con-struction and maintenance of such a course. , The Board of Directors wish to again remind everyone that the MCIDA is your organization. They have met and established the following fol-lowing plan regarding membership dues which are now payable: A minimum of $5.00 per individual individ-ual membership. Business at the rate of $5.00 per employee up to $50.00. Professional men at the rate of $20.00 and up. Make your check to the M.C.I.D.A. and mail or hand to Bill Bishop, Delta or Helen Taylor, Tay-lor, Hinckley. Please lend us your support and help make West Millard a better place to live. Appreciation Given To County Papers Wendell Ashton, State Prea of the American Dairying Ass'n extended ex-tended appreciation to the Millard County Progress and the Millard County Chronicle on the suppression suppres-sion of the story on the chemical residue problem regarding Millard County dairy industry. According to informed sources Senators Moss (D) and Bennett (R) are meeting with dairy representatives repre-sentatives in Washington, D.C. in an effort to find a solution to the problem. Reliable sources report that several sev-eral milk cows have been sold from this area within the past 2 weeks to dairies in other parts of the state. The sources say that the FDA is now checking the meat from this area in packing houses and local cattle will be checked within a few months. Fine Arte Guild Is Entertained The West Millard Fine Arts Guild held their Feb. meeting at the Delta Del-ta Elementary School. An outstanding program on "Tips on Entertaining in the Home" was g ven by Mrs. MarGenne Rowley, and Mrs. Beth Crosland, Millard County Home Agenls. Mrs. Crosland demonstrated sweet rolis for special occasions- in the shape of a heart, tree, and a; clover leaf. j Mrs. Rowley gave ways to entertain en-tertain graciously. She gave ideas on planning the party, menu planning, plan-ning, and demonstrated how to set a formal table, favors to use and how to serve correctly. Each member was given recipes and samples of the foods that had been demonstrated. Door prizes of baked foods were won by six of the ladies. ATTENDS INSTITUTE Among those who participated in a Radiological Instructor's Institute recently completed at Idaho Falls, Idaho, was Joseph L. Harris who is stationed with the Federal Aviation Agency at Delta, Utah. The radiological training refresher refresh-er course was planned particularly for FAA electronics specialists who maintain aircraft navigation electronic elec-tronic aids throughout the West. Thiryt-five specialists completed the course, according to Joseph H. Tippetts, director of the FAA, Western Region. , 7 C-7 y-n 7 s7T) SsV St. IW-tt THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT Thursday, March 5, 1964 CHAMPIONS of the Jr. M-Men Tournament held last week at Palomar was the Hinckley Ward Team. The team won fifteen fell I i if j y 1 j&Ll, lf ' .5?i, i. lit ' .j' l 1 YowtfCii Senselessly Gary Bunker, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Bunker of Delta was the victim of an apparent senseless sen-seless beating Monday afternoon at the hands of a juvenile, LeDon Ireland, 17 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ireland of Hinckley. Gary was treated for cuts and deep bruises about the face by a local doctor and released to his home. One cut above his left eye required stitches to close. The beating accurred at Delta High School where Gary is a senior. According to a statement by a 15 year old to County Attorney, Eldon Eiiason, LeDon and a companion, com-panion, Tommy Theobald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Theobald of Hinckley were at the high school for no apparent reason. Gary was enroute to his final class of the day in the shop building when he was called a filthy name by LeDon, the young witness told the County Attorney. According to Mrs. Bunker Gary does not remember being called a name but did remember hearing 'LeDon say "What about this kid, will he do?" to Tommy. Not knowing that he (LeDon) was talking about him, Gary walked on by when LeDon called "Hey, you"! Gary turned to see whom he was calling to when LeDon motioned him back. Gary then was beaten and according to the witness kicked kick-ed by LeDon. The witness stated to County SISTER ZELMA JENSEN, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen, Jen-sen, will be honored at a farewell fare-well testimonial Sunday, March 8. 7:30 p.m. at Delta First Ward. Sister Jensen has been ca'led to serve in the New England mis-s mis-s on and w 11 enter the mission heme March 9. Everyone is cordially cor-dially invited to attend the testimonial. tes-timonial. HOSPITAL NOTES- Joseph Snow, medical, admitted Feb. 26. Laurence Abbott, medical, admitted admit-ted March 1. Judy Jeffery, surgery, admitted March 1. Eddie Barker of Lincoln, Mo, medical, admitted March 3. Annie Bishop still hospitalized. I Delta, Utah Copy 10c medals and one trophy and is offered heart'est congratulations. Team members are: (front, L. to R.) Gary Greener, Kenny Tal- Attorney Eiiason that he had not seen Gary strike back. He overheard over-heard Tommy advise LeDon to cut it out. In his statement he said that he was a friend of both Gary's and LeDon's and that Gary had not provoked the fight witih word or action. The witness stated that LeDon had a reputation among the young people for toughness. LeDon has been charged with assault and battery according to Deputy Sheriff Edgar Mills, and is now being held in the juvenile jail in Fillmore, awaiting a hearing before be-fore Juvenile Judge Monroe J. Pax-man. Pax-man. 40 Hereford Bulls Go On Sale In Emery County Forty of Utah's top young Hereford Here-ford bulls will be on sale Saturday, March 14, when the annual Emery County Hereford Association Bull Sale will be held in Ferron, Utah. Officers of the sponsoring association asso-ciation extend an invitation to cattlemen cat-tlemen throughout the intermount-ain intermount-ain area to attend the sale, and see these anmals on display. All bulls are graded "B" or better, and all are range ready. The rugged bull stock that is produced pro-duced in iEmery County has become widely known throughout the western wes-tern states as consistently high producers of quality herds. Cattlemen Cattle-men of the county take a great deal of pride in the productioin of herd sires, and will have the best of the crop on hand for the sale on March 14th. A total of 14 consignors have entered bulls in the sale. Many of these producers have sold bulls in Nevada, Arizona and California during the past year, as well as at other Utah sales. Sonsignors include in-clude Barton Brothers, Wareham Hereford Farm; C. H. and Don C Snow, Gardell Snow and Sons, Sam Singleton, Arthur Lemon, Ralph Lemon, ali of Ferron; Crawford Hereford Ranch and Olsen Brothers, Moore; Ralph Lundy and Carrol Jensen, Cleveland; W. H. Wilberg and Sons and Francis Rasmussen, Castle Dale and Oiiver Cramer, of Elmo. Schedule of events for the show and sale, Saturday, March 14, includes in-cludes sif.ing, 9:30 a.m.; showing and grad n?, 10:30 a.m., and the sale to begin at 1:30 p.m. In honor of the buyers and cattle men who might be on hand for the show, a social hocr is being plann-! ed Friday evening, March 13, beginning be-ginning at 7:30 p.m. j WEATHER High temperature of the week was 51, recorded on March 3rd. Feb. 27, 8 was low for the same period of time. .11 of moisture was welcomed March 2 in the form of snow. Thanks, FAA, for this info. Why mail order? Our advertisers hare more for less. V X ff II 1 If 1 MM VALLEY' $4.00 a year in advance bot, Mark Craf .s, Allen Galli, (Back, L. to R.) Dale Bliss, Coach, Russell Ta'bot, David Ekins, Gam Bishop and Eldon Ekins. Delta Elementary Presents Program Students and teachers of Delta Elementary presented an outstanding outstand-ing patriotic program to school patrons pat-rons Thursday and Friday. Because of the size of the studentbody and the smallness of the auditorium the teachers decided to present the program at two different times so that all parents would have an opportunity op-portunity to see the program in comfort. The program was based on the American fiag and held many interesting in-teresting and little-known facts concerning the flag. Young Cub and Boy Scouts discussed the proper way to display the flag, proper way to fold the flag, etc. The thriliing program was further furth-er enhanced w.th beautiful choral work on the part of the student-body. student-body. Songs sung included the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, Star Spangled Banner, There are Many Flags in Many Lands, Keep Our Flag Forever Waving, Fifty States, Flag Song, Our Flag, Our Own Dear Country, You're A Grand Old Flag, My Own America, This Land is Your Land and God Bless America. One of the highlights of the program pro-gram was the musical reading, "My Own America", given by Sandra Lyman, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Lyman. Patrons were more than compen sated for their time. ART AWARD WINNER Neva Robinson, president of the Elko County Art Club, holds the picture pic-ture shs painted to win the Commercial Com-mercial Hotel Art Award Contest held in conjunction with the Elko iegfen 4.if ammm liiiiii a x . ;$:?SS; . f ' t ; ;jQ;S&s- r.SS!'jafe'.agS. :i::V:;:-: . IIS ,tiLJu r35ouGCi0ev Wddub Hsfl Don Jr. M-Men basketball players, 70 of them from eight wards in Des eret Stake, competed in a basketball basket-ball tournament at Palomar Hall Feb. 26-27-28 for 50 awards! The tournament was sponsored by the First Quorum of Elders for the fifth year as a benefit to raise money for their missionary fund. Walter Manis, quorum president, was in charge of arrangements. GOLD TROPHIES AWARDED The Hinckley Ward team placed frst in the tournament and was awarded a gold trophy. Hinckley defeated Delta First Ward in the final game Fr day night by a score of 53-47. Players on the winning team were Eldon Ekins, David E-kins, E-kins, Russell Talbot, Mark Crafts, Gary Greener, Gam Bishop, Allen Galli and Kenny Talbot. Each player received a gold medal. Their coach was Dale Bliss. Delta First Ward placed second, Perry Winsor, Coach; Sutherland Ward was third, Wayne Turner, Coach; and Delta Th'rd Ward was fourth, with George Bliss as Coach. Each winning team was awarded a gold trophy. FIRST ALL TOURNEY TEAM Rating on the first all tourney learn were the following players Eldon Ekins and David Ekins of Hinckley Ward, Robert Bennett and S.7. Quarter Utah Map How Available The Southwest Quarter of the Colored Geologic Map of Utah is now available at the Utah Geological Geolo-gical Survey Office at 103 Civil Engineering Building, University of Utah campus. Au.horized and financed fin-anced by the State Land Board, compiled by Lehi F. Hintze of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University, and edited by William Lee Stokes as part of the State Mapping Project of -the College of Mines and Mineral Industries In-dustries of the University of Utah, it is the third of the four quarters of the State Geologic Map to be completed. Coverinig the transition zone between the High Plateaus to the east and the Great Basin to the west, and presenting much information in-formation previously unplublished, and its companion Northwest Quarter represent the finest geologic geolo-gic compilation available for the Great Basin area between Central Utah and the Sierra Nevada. It sells for $3.50 over the counter or $4.00 post paid. The same prices apply to the companion Northeast and Northwest Quarters. With the appearance of this sheet only the Southeast Quarter remains to be published. Turkey Program Now Available The Slate Junior Turkey program is available for 4-H and FFA members, mem-bers, announces Extension Agent Marven J. Ogden. Registration must be completed by March 20, 1964. 4-H and FFA members, 10-18 years, are eligible. Twenty-five poults will be wing banded and delivered to each participant par-ticipant May 8th and 9th. Payment of 50 cents a poult is due at time of delivery. Record keeping, management man-agement and educational programs during the summer will be under the direction of county agents and vo-ag teachers. RIDING CLUB ELECTS Kenneth B. Adams was recently elected as President of the West M Hard Riding Club. Vice President is Rod Ivie and Kent Dewsnup was elected as Sec.-Treas. A district dance for riding club members will be held March 14 at Spanish Fork. The dance is free to paid-up members of West Millard Mil-lard Riding Club. Tickets may be obtained from Rod Ivie at Rod's Barbershop. For members, who are not paid up, a charge of $1.00 will j be made at the door for coUples. Art Festival She is pictured with Oren Frobert, general manager of the hotel, who has taken a leading lead-ing part in encouraging cu'tural arls in he community. There were 80 pictures in the contest. Clinton Merrill, Delta First Ward and Roger Ogden, Sutherland Ward. These players each received a gold medal. SECOND ALL TOURNEY TEAM Making the second all tourney team were: Mark Skeem, Oasis; Garn Turner, Sutherland, Russell Talbot, Hinckley; Brent Wadding-ham Wadding-ham and Paul Robison, Delta Second. Sec-ond. These boys received a silver medal. THIRD ALL TOURNEY TEAM ....Chosen for the third all tourney team were players Robert Gardner, Delta First; Michael Theobald, Del a Second; Ralph Moody and George Hales, Delta Th'rd; and Ross Bishop, Sutherland. These boys received bronze medals. FOUR SPECIAL AWARDS Special awards were given ' to three Jr. M-Men who were selected by the judges as the most outstanding out-standing players Eldon Ekins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal.er Ekins received re-ceived two of these awards, one for being the most valuable player in the tournament and the second for the best offensive player. David Ekins, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ek'ns, won for outstanding sportsmanship. sports-manship. Clinton Merrill, son of Mr and Mrs. Ciifford Merrill of Delta, for the best defensive player. WARD TEAMS The eight ward teams that participated par-ticipated in the eleven games were the three Delta Wards, Sutherland, Hinckley, Oasis, Leamington and Deseret. HIGH SCORE HONORS Mark Skeem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Skeem of Oasis, was the highest high-est scorer during the three nights with 67 points; Roger Ogden, 59; Eldon Ekins, 57; Clinton Merrill and Robert Bennett, each, 48. David Da-vid Ekins, 44; and Russell Talbot, 43. The Elders Quorum expresses a thank you to all the coaches, referees, re-ferees, judges, timekeepers, players play-ers and to the people who supported support-ed the games to help make the tournament a success. Stake Sr. M-Men Basketball Tourney Is March 11-12-13 The Deseret Stake is sponsoring a Sr. M-Men basketball tournament to be held in the Palomar, March 11, 12, and 13. The teams participating partici-pating in the tournament are the following: Delta 3rd, All-Stars, Hinckley, Sutherland, Delta 1st, Delta 2nd, Fillmore and another team that has not been decided on. The first round will be on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, March 11, starting at 6:00 p.m. with Delta 3rd vs. the All-Stars. All-Stars. 7:00 p.m. Hinckley will meet Fillmore. 8:20 p.m. Sutherland vs. Delta 1st and 9:30 p.m. Delta 2nd will play the unknown team. Admission will be 25 cents per night. We would like to encourage everyone ev-eryone to come out and support their teams. Trophys will be given to the top teams of the tournament. tourna-ment. BIRTHDAY PARTY A birthday party in honor of Mrs. Sebrina Ekins was held Feb. 25 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Black. The games and entertainment entertain-ment were centered around a "newspaper" themel Decorations of clever mobiles and a typewriter filled with flowers carried out the theme of the evening. Gifts wrapped wrap-ped in newspapers were opened after which refreshments were served ser-ved to the following guests; Mr. and Mrs. George Ekins, Mrs. Lydia Ekins, Mr. and Mrs. Dana Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. William Pratt, Mr and Mrs. Roy Hilton, Mr. and Mrs. Hon Cropper, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roundy, Mrs. Roma Ekins and Margaret Mar-garet and David Ekins. Exhibitors were from Utah, Idaho Ida-ho and Nevada. . Inasmuch as Mrs. Robinson has carried away top honors in the past exhibits she is no longer eligible eli-gible to compete for future a-wards. |
