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Show ttroUln 'mmd totvst DELTA, UTAH Population -171)3 Elevation, Wl New $1,7 Million IHiih Si'hoiil Ciiy Waler and Sewer Electric Service Suifact-d Slroeu Churches, Civic Clubu, Bank Vetemn's Gruujis Hospital, Library Municipal Airport Municipal Swimming Pool FAA Station Vol ,meor Fire Department MILLAHD COUNTY Population -7.877 Grazing and Industrial Lands Alfalfa Seed, Honey Poultry and Turkey Raising Stockralsing, Dairy Farming Ducks, Geese, 1 .wants Doer, Cottontail Rabbits Trout, Bass, and Catfish Mountain Recreation Boating, Picnic Facilities 1 A Great Place To Llvcl Space Still Available for First Security Bsnk-Western Livestock Journal Tour T!k n is still space available for taries by specialists on latest agrl- trsi ranchers and livestock men wising to participate in the First Joumu'.I agricultural tour which begins be-gins Jan. l!8. !!:; Thomas, senior vice president presi-dent mid supervisor of First Secur ity's Southern Utah division, said i . v : i interested persons may register lor tht? tour at any First Security bank-Ins bank-Ins office. "This unique tour will take par-UCpaiUs par-UCpaiUs on a visit to leading ranches and agricultural-educational projects in Arizona, Imperial Vnlley in California and Mexico," said Mr. Thomas. Through the spon s.irship of First Security Bank, Utah agriculturalists may take the educational edu-cational tour at considerably less than cost, approximately $180. The group will travel on modern buses equipped with loudspeaker systems, and there will be commen cultural methods. Originating from several points in Utah, all buses will depart on Jan. 28 and stop In Las Vegas that evening. Then on to Phoenix, Imperial Im-perial Valley, Calif.. Brawley, Calif., Yuma, Arizona and the Tucson-Mexican Tucson-Mexican border area. "The tour is designed to bring our friends and patrons in contact with the very latest agricultural methods being employed in Calif, and Ariz, and to bring them In contact con-tact with other agricultural and livestock people team all over the United States," said Mr. Thomas. Highlights of the tour Include visits to the Cliff Dobson ranch near Phoenix, the Findley quarter horse ranch, and the Arizona Tested Test-ed Bull Station. Interested persons are requested to register as soon as possible. WEATHERLY SPEAKING Precipitation measured ,02 of an inch on Dec. 29 and .05 on Dec. .30 for the week ending Jan, 4. A high of 35 was recorded on Jan. 4 and a low of -7 was recorded on Dec. 29. MARCH OP DIMES DRIVE NOW UNDERWAY "January Is March of Dimes Month," reminds Mrs. Ruth Steele Delta, Millard County Chairman, Mrs. Steele says that ladies will be canvassing ail homes and busi nesses In the county during the month. She urges all to give as generously as possible, The All-Utah Open Exhibit of Amateur And Professional Art Opens Feb. 1st "SEFZVING THE: PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT V Air LEY" Volume 57 Number 27 Thursday, January 5, 1967 Delta, Utah 84624 10c copy $4.00 a year in advance g the Year 19 The Springvllle High School Museum Mu-seum of Art invites all professional and amateur artists of the state to participate in its third annual All-Utah All-Utah Open Exhibit (Co-sponsored by the Springville High School Art Assn. and Utah State Institute of Fine Arts) to be held Feb. 1-28, 10C7. Exhibitors are encouraged to submit two pieces of original art to HOSPITAL NOTES James Kltson, four-months old, medical, admitted Jan. 2. Ruben Turner, medical, admitted Jan. 3. Wayne Turner and Horace Niel-son Niel-son still hospitalized. Ellis Anderson, medical, admitted admitt-ed Dec. 31. Clyde Maxflcld, medical, admitted, admitt-ed, Dec. 29. Alan Roper, surgical, admitted Jan. 3. George Young, surgical, admitted Jan. 3. Glen Shriner, medical, admitted Jan. 3. Released Jan. 5. Arviila Workman, surgical, admitted ad-mitted Jan. 2. Released Jan. 4. 19G7 LICENSE PLATES SALE DATES DATE TIME PLACE Jan. 17- 8:30-12 1:00-4:00 - Delta Jan. 24- 8:30-12 (morning) Oak city Jan. 24 1:00-4:00 (afternoon) Delta Jan. 31- 3:00-12 (morning) Lynndyl Jan. 31- 1:00-4:00 (afternoon) Leamington Lea-mington Feb. 7 - 8:30-12 l:00-4i00 Delta Feb. 14 8:30-12 1:00-400 Delta Fob. 21 - 8:30-12 1:00-4:00 - Delta Feb. 23 8:30-12 1:00-4:00 - Delta Compldc-d Course Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. (AHTNC) National Guard Major Junius H. Hilton, son of Mrs, Fannie L C. Hilton, Hil-ton, Hinckley, Utah, completed the 18-week associate course Dec. 16 at the Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. The Mujor was one of 379 U. S. Army officers selected for the course, cour-se, designed to prepare officers for duty as commanders and general staff officers in divisions of logistical logist-ical commands and to familiarize them with the duties of the general staff at corps and Army levels. Seventy-one officers from 21 Allied nations also attended the course. General Harold K, Johnson, U, S. Army Chief of staff, was the graduation grad-uation speaker. Maj. Hilton is regularly assigned to Headquarters, M5lh Field Artillery Artill-ery Group, an Army National Guard unit In Provo. The major and his wife, Opal, live at 733 S. 10th East, Oem. LOOK IN Y0UH ATTIC OR THE BASEMENT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS WORTHLESS WORTH-LESS TO YOU, BUT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. A 50c CLASSIFIED MAY KILL 2 BIRDS WITH ONE STONE . , . . Services Held for George W. Gonder Funeral services for George W. Gonder, 84, were held Tuesday, Jan, 3 at Daker, Nevada. A resident of Garrison, Ut., Mr. Gonder died of natural causes at West Millard IXo-nital Dec. 31. Ho was born Jan. 2, 1882 in Osceola, Os-ceola, Nev. to Daniel Alexander and Elsie Robinson Gonder. He married Louise E. Baker July 30, 1905 at Bal:cr, Nov. She died in Oct., 1962. Surviving are a son and daughter Wayne, Gr.rrihftn; Mrs. Clarice Peter son, Ely, Nev.; Five grandchildren eleven great-grandchildren. Burial was in the Garrison Cem etery. WRESTLING SET FOR FRIDAY Coach Tim Potter has made arrcrigements lor a four-way wres tlin? meet to be held at the new high school gymnasium Friday. Jan 6. THa Tlf RnKltSta will hrtet t VirfeA Class' A schools at the meet. Lehi, Wle?n grandchildren be juried by competent judges. There Is no entrance fee. However, High School Students are not eligible eligi-ble to exhibit. Entries will be received re-ceived at the Museum January 13th and 14th from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Exhibitors Ex-hibitors will be notified if their work Is accepted fc hanging. Re jected pieces can be picked up Feb. 3rd and 4th from 2 to 8 p.m. All art work accepted for exhibition must remain on display throughout the month of February. Entries may be picked up after 9 p.m. Feb. 28th, or March 3rd and 4th from 2-8 p.m. Artists are encouraged to exhibit graphics and sculpture as well as paintings. Cash prizes will be award ed in both the amateur and professional profes-sional divisions, and winners will be invited to exhibit in the National April Art Exhibit. An Artists' Reception Recep-tion will be held Sunday, Feb. 12 for all participants and their friends. fri-ends. The public is Invited to view the exhibit each day during Feb. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday and from 2p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The 1966 files of the Millard County Cou-nty Chronicle tell quite an interest Ing story of the Delta area. The area knew joy, sorrow, day-to-day living and the Chronicle chronicled it all rather well. Several of the 19G6 jtories began in 1965 or even earlier.' These Include the completion of the new million and a half dollar Delta High School, completion of the Millard County Junior Livestock Live-stock Show barn, the construction of the new Deseret Stake Seminary building, the move of the school district offices from Fillmore to Delta and consolidation of the district's dis-trict's elementary schools to Delta and Fillmore. Consolidation took a giant step forward earlier in the year. Helping the district to take the step were residents of Sutherland when at a PTA meeting the Millard Board of Education was requested to consolidate consol-idate the school at Delta. Sutherland Suther-land and Leamington were later consolidated at Delta, making Delta Elementary School one of the largest lar-gest elementarv schools in southern Utah. Mayor Richard S. Morrison, Coun-cilmen Coun-cilmen Floyd Hardy and Evan Gardner Gar-dner were sworn into office and assumed official duties at the beginning be-ginning of 1966. Brush Beryllium officials met with the Board of Education at Hin ckley early in Jan. Dr. Norman C. Williams, Mining and Exploration Division Director of The Brush Be ryllium Co. assured board members at the meeting that the mill would be constructed in the Topaz Mts. area. In February the area was sadden ed by the death of one of its young servicemen, Lt. H. Mario Morris, Wni. II. Bassett 86, Died Wednesday; Services Saturday Funeral services for William H. Bassett, 86, will be held Saturday, Jan. 7, 11:00 a.m. at Delta Second Ward. Mr. Bassett died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 9:30 p.m. in West Millard Hospital of Natural causes. He was born May 8, 1880 in Plea sant Valley, Nevada to Ralph Lowe nd Leah Rose Henrold Bassett. He married Eldula Bishop July 7, 1902 In Fillmore. He moved to Delta area in 1912 where he has since resided. He was a member of the LDS Church and had been a mem ber of 100F. Surviving are sons, daughters, Ralph II. (Bud), N. S., Mrs. Jack (June) Reid, ,all of Delta area; Mrs. Winona" Swalberg, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Irma Ingersoll, Reno, Nev.; twenty-two Spanish Fork end Payson. A charge of S.75 for adults and $.25 for students will be made at the door. Th3 first matches will begin at :C3 p m. followed by the final rounds at approximately 8:00 pan. DIAPER DOINGS Congratulations to: Dick and Marie Anderson Talbot on the birth of a 6 lb. 13 oz. .boy Jan. 2. The new baby is the "Happy New Year" baby of the area and has an older sister at home. Let your college student read about friends and neighbors in .the pages of the Chronicle. Order to- ONE ANSWER I ereat-srandchlldren; brother, sister, R. H. (Dick) Bassett, Mrs. Pearl Logie, both of American Fork. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m, until time of services at the Relief Society room. The family requests contributions to the Extended Care Hazel V. Cahoon Dies Suddenly, Services Held Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel W. Cahoon, 63, wexe held "Wednesday, "Wednes-day, Jan. 4 at Delta Second Ward. Mrs. Cahoon died suddenly Dec. 31 of natural causes. She was born May 4, 1003, Scipio, a daughter to Wm. S. and Mary Probert Walch. She was married to Clayson K. Cahoon Nov. 25, 1925 in Scipio. The marriage was later solemnized in Manti LDS Temple rites. She taught school at Deseret. Surviving are her husband; sons, daughters, Paul, Delta; Alton, Lay-ton; Lay-ton; Owen W., Salt Lake City; Mrs. Michael (Edith) Hughes, Mrs. Dwight (Lugene) Allison, both Las Vegas; twelve, grandchildren; brother, sister, Otis Walch, Delta; Zella Walch, Fillmore. Burial was in the Delta Cemetery under the direction of the Nickle Mortuary. Tragedy Narrowly Avoided in Truck, Train, Car Mishaps Trooper Rynearson investigated two seperate accidents 2VIonday, Jan. 2, 1967. At 1:45 p.m. at the junction of S. R. 257 and 140 in Deseret a two-car accident resulted in damage to both vehicles, minor Wing at West Millard Hospital in bruises to a passenger in one of V7.F-. son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Morris of Hinckley, Lt. Morris, pilot, was killed while attempting a landing on Roosevelt Island, an island of ice in the Ross Shelf of the Antarctic. Ant-arctic. The Delta Rabbit wrestling team took top honors in the region in February and went on to the state honors for the fourth straight year. One of the big stories 'of 1966 was the rebuilding of the Delta plant of Intermountain Farmers after it had been swept by fire in October, 19C5. Work progressed oh the new Delta Del-ta High School building. Area residents res-idents took great pride as the build ing steadily grew. For three days in March work stopped on the building to honor a picket line. Everyone in the area and all parties par-ties involved in the labor-management tiff were relieved when work was resumed and construction proceeded pro-ceeded on schedule. Several LDS Wards in the Deseret held special parties during March and the Cattlemen's Ass'n of Millard Mill-ard County sponsored an outstanding outstand-ing banquet and program to close out the month. Delta Livestock Auction enjoyed its biggest auction at its annual Spring Feeder nnd Stocker Salt in enrly April, 19C6. Over 3000 head of August. She received her crown from Ann Webb, 19G5 Dairy Princess. Prin-cess. Nila Nielson, Vicki Nielson and Dena Harder reigned as Lemarado Day royalty at the Labor Day celebration cele-bration in Leamington. West Millard's oldest son, John H. Western, was claimed by death in September. Marianne Wichmann, Leamington, Leaming-ton, was 1966 Homecoming Queen at Delta High School. The West Millard Hospital Board announced plans for an addition at the hospital. The new addition will be an Extended Care Wing and will serve the needs of elderly, citizens. Equipment began arriving in Oct. at the Delta Autovon Switching Station, located approximately five miles out of Delta. David J. Bohn, young Marine son of Mr. pnd Mrs. Jay Bohn of Delta made the supreme sacrifice in Viet Nam. His death saddened everyone. Deer season opened October 22 and Delta and surrounding towns wee practicaily left to the management manage-ment of the women as the men took to the hills In droves to hunt the elusive deer. Hunting proved to be less successful In 1966 for local hunters than in previous years. Republicans made it a "clean initio rvoccH thr,. V. -in a Sl,y "I iUUUUU III IMC nuveiuuci gross sole of S362.428.76. ,8 general elections Two Democra Area residents were delighted with the announcement in the April 7 issue of the Chronicle that Mr. nnd Mrs. C. P. Ashby had begun rebuilding and remodeling the Crest Thpater which had hurnprt Sprit 19 1965. The Crest became known asraSf- tic candidates on the county level made successful bids for office. County Clerk Guy L. Robins won handily and County Assessor Lamar Brunson won by the "skin of his teeth". One vote seperated that lieu of floral offerings. 7-Up Truck Hits 12 Head of Cattle Hear Oak City Trooper Tom Rynearson, Utah Highway Patrol, investigated an accident Friday, Dec. 30, 1:20 p.m. approximately five mile9 south of Oak City on the Oak City- McCor-nick McCor-nick road. Involved was a 1960 Chevrolet pop truck, owned by the 7-UP Bottling Co., Cedar City and a herd of cattle owned by Dean Anderson of Oak City. The truck was being driven by Kenneth L. Hare, 38, Fillmore and traveling south. Riding with Mr. Hare was his son Gary, 16. The cattle were being driven north by Gordon and Eldon Anderson of Oak City. According' to Trooper Rynearson Mr. Hare came over the top of a hill and saw the herd. He applied his brakes to advold hitting the cattle. The road was snowpacked and the truck slid into the herd hitting twelve head. Six were killed outright and three had to be destroyed. des-troyed. Mr. Hare and his son wexe uninjured. Estimated damages has been placed at $1575 on the cattle and $700.00 on the truck. Mr. Hare was cited for driving too fast for conditions. JEHOVAH WITNESSES "Not Giving Up In The Quest For Life," is the title of the public address add-ress to be delivered by L. N. Coleman Cole-man at Kingdom Hall, Sunday, Jan. 8, 3:00 p.m. Mr. Coleman is a representative rep-resentative of the Watchtower Society. So-ciety. All Interested persons will be wel come to the meting. Kingdom Hall Is located at 444 West First South, Delta. the cars and the driver of one being cited for improper turning-. Mrs. Rose C. Dewsnup, 66, driving a 1957 Chevrolet was backing out of her driveway. According to Mr. Rynearson, Mrs. Dewsnup pulled in to the center of the road. The second sec-ond car, a 1963 Oldsmobile owned and driven by Walter C Hay, Ft. Douglas was traveling north. Mr. Hay saw Mrs. Dewsnup"s car going slow in the center of the road and thought she was turning to the left. He changed into the righthand traffic lane and Mrs. Dewsnup turn ed right. Mr. Hay applied his brakes but due to snowpacked conditions of the road was unable to avoid hitting Mrs. Dewsnup's car. Estimated damages are $75.00 to Mrs. Dewsnup's car and $150 to Mr. Hay's. Passengers of Mr. Hay's were his family, wife Arlene and three sons, Timothy, 7; John, 3; Jerald, 12 and a daughter, Alice, 17. Timothy received re-ceived the bruises. Mrs. Dewsnup was cited. The second accident occurred at 3:55 p.m. at the first railtoau cross ing north of the Oasis Seed Plant and involved UP freight train 414 and a 1964 Ford pickup owned by Duane Galli of Hinckley and being driven by his son, Alan. X7. In the truck with Alan was Gary Harper, 16, also of Hinckley. Engineer of the train was H. C. Jones. 66, Salt Lake City. According to Mr. Rynearson, Alan had shifted from fourth to third gear to cross the track:. The Uain was traveling north. Alan nor his companion saw the train. As they started across the track, Alan turned turn-ed slightly to speak to Gary and saw the train. He stepped on the gas and lacked about four inches of being clear. The right handrail and steps on the engine caught the right rear fender and bumper of the truck. The truck was knocked about ten feet and Alan steered it off the road. Estimated damages are $700.00 to the train and $600.00 to the truck. Alan was arrested for failure to stop at a railroad crossing. Lt. Russell Black Receives Gold Star For Vietnam Action In cr recent ceremony at Marble Mar-ble Mountain, Dancmg, South Viet Nam, First Lieutenant Russell Russ-ell r-1. Black received the Gold Star in lieu ot an eighth. Air Medal for services set forth in the following citation: "For meritorious achievement in aerial flight as a designated Naval aviator in Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 during combat support missions in support sup-port of the Republic of South Viet Nam against the insurgent communist guerrila forces (Viet Cong) from 27th of September 1966 to 7th October 1966. He contributed materially to the success of his squadron. His courage and devotion to duty in the face of hazardous flying conditions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service." Lieutenant Black has been a member of Marine Medium Helicopter Heli-copter Squadron 263 since March 1966, and has completed 200 combat com-bat support missions. He is due to rotate back to the United States in April upon completion com-pletion of a 13 month tour of duty. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Black, of Deseret. Mj Neighbors "Say, Pop, shouldn't I be getting a cost-of-living adjustment?" WATER MEET SET Water users of west Millard area will le interested in learning of a meeting on ground water (underground) (under-ground) development coming up Jan. 23. Officials from the State Engi-ner's Engi-ner's Office will be at the meeting to lead the discussions. Time of the meeting is 6:00 p.m. at the Delta High School auditor ium. The public U invited to attend. The Sahara and opened in Oct. 1906 A traffic accident claimed the life of Linda Shurtz, fifteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Shur tz in early April. Her death brought sadness to everyone in the West Millard area. Mayor Morrison resigned his of fice in April and Councilman Dell Ashby was elected Mayor Pro Tern by Counciimen Barben, Hardy Gar dner, and Price. Mayor Morrison la I ter reconsidered his resignation and indicated that he would like to con tinue his duties. For awhile Delta claimed two mayors and subscrib ers chuckled for days at the May 5, 19G6 headline Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall. . .Who's the Mayor of Us All. .'. ?". The matter was finally resolved by an opinion from Attor ney General Phil Hansen's office and Mayor Morrison resumed all official duties. Bookmobile state library service, made its debut in Millard County in May and has proved that books are still one of the top forms of recreation re-creation and entertainment in Millard. Mill-ard. The annual Junior Livestock Show was held in new quarters in May. Grand Champion Fat Steer was exhibited by Bill Nelson, Lynndyl Lynn-dyl and sold for $670 to a Eureka market. The Delta High School Mixed Chorus, under the capable direction of Joe Moody, received a one-plus rating at the Regional Musical Fes tival in St. George in late May. Local music lovers are hopeful for a 1967 repeat. Political candidates announced their candidacies. School dismissed for summer vacation. va-cation. The annual Millard County Fair and Days of the Old West Rodeo i were held nt Deseret in June. The Fair proved to be an outstanding one with many hundreds of exhibits. exhi-bits. Local fair and rodeo goersen-thused goersen-thused about the June date rather than a late August date. Creta Terry, Delta, reigned as rodeo queen. Joan Memmott, Scipio, was named Miss Millard County Fair and competed at the Utah State Fair in September where she was named "Miss Congeniality" by other oth-er contestants. E. L. Moody was sustained as new Deseret Stake President at the June conference of the LDS Church Sustained at the conference as coun selors were Frank Lyman and Eldon LUason. Clerks sustained were Ned M. Church and Ferrin Lovell. Delta staged another successful Fourth of July Celebration. Highlighting High-lighting the patriotic program was recognition of the area's servicemen ser-vicemen and families. Judy Boothe and Bonnie Wood were "Mis? West Millard" and "Miss Liberty". Kimber Barlow was appointed Delta High School Prin. to replace Prin. C. L. Bennett who had retired from the district. Mr. Barlow assum ed his duties Julv 11. Reigning as "Miss Utah" over the annual July 24 Pioneer Celebration in Hinckley was Holli Manis. Shari-lynn Shari-lynn Hardy reigned as rodeo queen Phil Whatcott of Fillmore was elected president of a newly formed form-ed organization of young people, the Millard County Young Democratic Demo-cratic Club. Politial interest began to increase in mid-July and early August. Linda Nickle, Delta, was nnmefl Millard County Dairy Princess in Openhouse was held November 16 at the Delta Branch of the Millard Mill-ard County Offices. The offices had been moved from Delta Main Street in mid-summer to a new location in the Cecil Baker Building. Work progressed rapidly on the new school district offices and the big move was made during the later days of 1966. The board will meet there for the first time at January 11, 1967 meeting. The new Delta High School build ing was .near enough completion that the move was made in time for the August 29 opening of school It was officially dedicated on Dec. 14, 1966 with Dr. T. H. Bell, Supt. of the State Dept. of Public Instruc tion delivering the main address. The Deseret Stake Seminary build ing was completed and warmly accepted ac-cepted by teachers and students alike. It has been occupied since school reconvened following the Christmas vacation. Delta Rabbits took the State Championship in football in Nov. by romping all over the Wasatch Wasps to the tune of 37 to 7. The champions were honored by a spec ial assembly, car caravan down Del ta Main Street and banquet attend ed by over 450 proud Rabbit boosters. boos-ters. Delta Lions Club announced late iln November that it was sponsoring sponsor-ing an Outdoor Christmas Lighting and Decorations contest for residents resi-dents of West Miilard. Result? More homes were more beautifully-decorated beautifully-decorated outside than ever before. It is hoped by many that the contest con-test will become an annual event. Vandalism in the area continued on the increase it seemed during 1966. Latest instances have been breaking windows at the DUP Cabin at the Delta City Park and extensive distruction at the guage house at the Lynndyl River Station. A West Millard Cooperative Nursery Nur-sery for youngsters between the ages of three and five years was begun in Delta utilizing the basement base-ment of the Cummunity Church. Dreams of area residents of the establishment of a Day Care Center for Exceptional Children were beginning be-ginning to take shape as the year of 1966 drew to a close. Financial assistance thru the Christmas Card Fund will prove invaluble to the dedicated group who is working for such a center. The 1966 Christmas Season was marred by the tragic death of Pam ela Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wright of Delta. Weatherwise, the area knew some of its hottest days in 1966. The temperatuie reached the high nineties in mid-summer and stayed there and exceeded 100 for several straight days. At the other extreme, temperatures dropped to below freezing in mid-December with five straight days of fog. Trooper Tom Rynearson, Utah Highway Patrol, investigated 32 traffic accidents in 1966 for a total loss of $20,280. There were three traffic fatalities and twenty persons were injured. Seven of the accidents involved livestock, a marked decrease de-crease from 1965 records. CHRISTMAS CARD LIST Two more names that should have been published with the list of contributors to the Christmas Card fund are Mrs. Mary Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stephenson. |