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Show HARVEST BALL When Fall Nips the Air Friday, Hov. 1 D.H.S. Gym $1.50 per couple or stag "The County Gentlemen Services Held for Norma Watts, 27 Funeral services for Norma Faye Sledge Watts, 27. were held Oct. 26, 19CS in Delta First Ward. Mrs. Watts died of cancer Oct. 23. Conducting the services was Bishop Russell Slyler, Bishop of the 0"si LDS Ward. Prelude and postlude music was by Gladys Fullmer. Offering the family prayer was Roy Twitchell. Bishop Jack WillouThby offered invocation after which Bishor Styler made brief remarks. "Beyond the Sunset" was sung by the Oasis trio, Beth Day, Glenda Roundy and Shirley Skeem accompanied accom-panied by Ila Stanworth. j Bishop Lawrence Cropper was the ( speaker. "In the Garden" was sung by the trio. Pronouncing the benediction was Bishop Ralph Skeem. Burial was in the Delta Cemetery where the grave was dedicated by Berdell Memmott. Serving as pall bearers were brothers, Charles and Sam Sledge, Bob Radar and Ken Clemens, both of Las Vegas, Nev., Mike Peterson, brother-in-law, Los Angeles, Calif., and Dick Woodring. Honorary pall bearer was another brother, Richard Rich-ard Howell. Repertory Group To Visit Delta Dr. Harold Hansen of the BYU Speech and Dramatic Dept. will bring a touring Repertory Theater Company to Millard County next week. On Nov. 6 the group will make appearance in the eastern part of the county. Nov. 7 the group will appear in the western area. During the morning hours special programs will be presented to grade school students. At 1:45 high school and junior high students will be treated to a presentation of "Romeo and Juliet". That evening at the high school auditorium a benefit performance of "A Day, A Night and A Day" will be presented. present-ed. Proceeds go to the Delta Second Ward building fund. Tickets to the evening performance perfor-mance are available from Bishop Willard Stephenson at a $1.00 for each person or $3.00 for families. Tickets for elementary school and high school students are available at the schools. HINCKLEY WARD TO SPONSOR BIG TURKEY SUPPER NOV. 2 Pheasant Hunters! Everyone! Come and have a big turkey supper this Saturday, November 2nd in the Lunch Room of the Hinckley Elementary Ele-mentary School. Serving will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Bring your own dishes. Adults, $1.50. children under twelve $.75 Come as you are. Pumpkin pies wil also be sold. This supper is a ward building fund project. G!d Timers Help Map by LaVell Johnson Aleit 98-year-old Henrietta Bar-ben Bar-ben and members of her family recalled names and incidents which pinpoint accurate dotes, to reconstruct recon-struct the map of Woodrow, Sunflower, Sun-flower, Lucerne r.nd other vanished settlements shown in the background back-ground of the picture which were known collectively as North Tract. The map is incomplete because first settlers who homesteaded and railed the brush were not the only ones who lived on those particular forty acres. More information in urgently needed before !t is too late to keep dates and names accurate. ac-curate. The Millard County Chronicle Chron-icle still reaches many of you, we know because the Leo and Venice Davis' Golden Wedding article brought a heartwarming cascade of cards and letters to the Davises. Mr. Ralph King of Grants, Pass, Oregon has sent many letters rich in early history. To you relatively new readers, Mrs. Ralph King, Margaret Mar-garet Tinsley King, was president of Jolly Stitchers Club during its heyday, but died while in office. She was buried in the Delta Cemetery. Ceme-tery. Jolly Stitchers, Rebeccas, and neighboring cemetery lot owners lovingly remember and care for her grave as they do for their own. As a memorial to her and their pioneering pio-neering years in early 1900's Ralph King has contributed substantially to the roof repairing project of the Woodrow Hall. There will be more on this in future issues of The Chronicle. As young people with their respective re-spective family, John and Helen Smith Hersleff came to Aiken among the earliest settlers. In fact, "SERVING HENRY DEWSNUP Henry Dewsnup, 78f Succumbs, Rites Held in Deseret Funeral services for Henry Dewsnup, Dew-snup, 78, were held Tuesday Oct. 29, 1968 at the Deseret LDS Ward Chapel. Mr. Dewsnup died Saturday, Oct. 26 at the West Millard Hospital of a heart ailment. He was born Feb. 3, 1890 at Deseret to John, Jr. and Caroline Bradfield Dewsnup. He married Mary Jane (Mollie) Williams Nov. 21, 1910 at Fillmore. The marriage was later solemnized at the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Mr. Dewsnup was a former owner of the Deseret Cash Store. An active member of the LDS Church, he was a high priest and a home teacher at the time of his death. Survivors: widow, Deseret; daughters, dau-ghters, Mrs. O. L. (Winona) Dut-son, Dut-son, Mrs. Milden W. (Arprilla) Scow, both of Deseret; Mrs. Wm. B. (Ulala) Mace, Fillmore and a grandson, Kent Dewsnup, whom he raised; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted j by Phil Eliason. Family prayer at the home was onered by U. L. Dutson. Prelude and postlude music was by a granddaughter, Jane Ekins. Spencer Webb gave invocation. Bishop Dean L. Black gave the obituary and brief remarks. A grandson, Marlow Mace, sang "Have I Told You Lately That i Love You". Ralph Crafts spoke. An organ medley of Mr. Dewsnup's favorite selections was played by a daughter, Mrs. Winona Dutson. Jerold Bennett was the second speaker. "Love At Home" was sung by his grandsons, Gary Dutson, Kent Dewsnup, Darrel Scow, Brent Mace, Marlow Mace and Gill Dutson. Dut-son. A granddaughter, Rhea Gray, gave a tribute. Benediction was pronounced by Laurence Bennett. Burial was in the Deseret Cemetery Ceme-tery where the grave was dedicated by Wm. B. Mace. Pall bearers were grandsons, Gill Dutson, " Marlow Mace, June L. Dutson, Darrel Scow, Gary Dutson and Brent Mace. Area's Early Homes they came as did the Frank C. and Amelia Heine fmiily from about the srme section of the country and in what railroads called im-migiant im-migiant crs or trains. Household goods, family, equipment, even livestock were hauled in several cars on the same train, bound for the sime destination. Years later, the Horsleff's daughter daugh-ter Valerie chummed with the Kings' daughter, Lucille. The two youngsters were Inseparable and frequently "went to stnv with" each other over the weekends. , The Hersleff children were just tto the worst stage of whooping cough when Lucille visited them one weekend. The next day or so .later, Mrs. King came to announce ,that her Lucille had come down suaaeniy witn mumps: wnooping cough with mumps for the Hersleff children was the unavoidable result. re-sult. The James G. Shields family came cross-country by team and wagons from Tooele. Curt remembers remem-bers well coming in that cold February Feb-ruary to this bleak, windswept country. Just before they arrived, he had spent his tenth birthday camped with his family in deep snow, weather bitterly cold, on the side of a big mountain at the head of Cherry Creek. We know the camp site locally as Mclntyre's Ranch.. The family arrived in what in now known, as Sugarville two days later, February 12, 1912. There James G. Shields took up a tract of land and built a house on the northeast corner. On the same spot stands the neat farmhouse of Curt and Eva Shields at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Rom Shields, Mr. Vol.59 No. 18 I .?V - nir ' - - V' ' J WM THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT Thursday, October 31, 1968 Delta, Golf Course Benefit Show Snturday. Nov. 9 is the date of the big benefit show for the Hidden Hid-den Meadow Golf Course. Under the direction of Joe and Glena Moody.the show will be presented at the high school auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Prices for single adults will be $1.00. $.50 for children under twelve and $3.00 for a family ticket. In addition to the benefit show, tickets are now being sold on a portable television set, .22 rifle and a set of golf clubs and bag at $1.00 each. The items are on display at the Cecil Baker building on Delta West Main. Auxiliaries Plan Banquet Veterans Day Banquet is planned for Monday, Nov. 11, 8:00 p.m. at Delta First Ward. Co-sponsoring the affair will be the auxiliaries of World War-1 Veterans, Inc., West Millard Barracks 2952 and American Ameri-can Legion Cahoon-Jensen Post 135. Special recognition will be accorded ac-corded veterans of World War I in observance of the 50th anniversary of Armistice Day and later named Veterans Day by an act of Congress in honor of veterans of all wars. The auxiliaries are cooperating in program arrangements. A very special part will be the permanent retirement of the old colors of the Theo Que Jensen Unit 117 and presentation of them to Mr. Charles Jensen in honor of his son, Theo. Theo was the first young man of this area to give his life in World War II. His family has never received a U. S. Flag in his honor. This year the banquet is being catered by Top's City Cafe. Price per person is $1.75. Late Deer Hunts Set for 5 Areas Utah's 1968 general deer season was closed to hunting after Tuesday, Tues-day, October 29, in all parts of the State except for five areas where additional days of hunting have bean authorized by the Board of Big Game Control. The Board of Big Game Control set a sixteeen day season of Oct. 19 through Nov. 3 for part of the South Boulder, Herd Unit 51B and for South Nebo, Herd Unit 42. Two additional weekends of hunting are set for November 9, 10, 11 and November 16, 17, 18 in Davis County, Herd Unit 9; part of Nebo, Herd Unit 41; and part of the Tim-panogos, Tim-panogos, Herd Unit 15. : All of these hunts are for persons hunting with their regular license and are for animals of either sex. Extension of the general season in three of these areas include only part of the deer herd unit so prospective pro-spective hunters are advised to check the 1968 deer proclamation for the exact boundaries of all of these late season hunts. WEATHERLY SPEAKING Weatherman Farnsworth reports a high of 76 was recorded on Oct. 29. A low of 20 was recorded on Oct. 28. Until noon Oct 30 the area had received 5-hundredths of an inch of rain and it was still coming down. LaVell Johnson chats with Mrs. and Mrs. Curt Shields name names, pour out dates and chuckle over reminiscences faster than I can record re-cord them accurately. Now that the farms no longer own us for this season, I must revisit the Shields with the tape recorder well stocked with new tapes before it is too late to get all that historical treasury recorded. Les and Geneva Cook Pace tell me they homesteaded this Lake-shore Lake-shore property of ours, got the patent for the land when Woodrow Wilson was President. They had a small house on the northeast corner cor-ner of this 'and, which never had anything but a dirt floor. "It was built on the bank of the creek that went into the Sevier River Channel " 1 ' w:s-;i.;: iS MWiivl: :;f f site Ajs k :?f is!f ;? i life) rfmfiMsmi Utah 84624 $4.25 year in advance 6 mos. $2.50 Copy Willis Jay Lyman Services Held in Oak City Ward Funeral services were held 'n Oak City LDS Ward Chapel Oct. 22, 19C8 for Willis Jay Lyman. Mr. Lyman died October 17 in Rexburg, Idaho of a heart attack. He was born June 21, 1891 in Weber County to Edward Leo and Mary Callister Lyman. He married Angie Finlinson May 1, 1918. Mr. Lyman was a graduate of Brigham Young University. He was a Superintendent of Schools in the Madison County School District. He had served as a postmaster in Rexburg Rex-burg and was a veteran of World War I. An active member of the LDS Church, Mr. Lyman had filled a mission to the Great Lakes mission field, served as bishop of two wards, Delta Third and Lyman, Wyoming and was a high councilman in Rexburg. Rex-burg. Conducting the services was Bishop Dean E. Anderson. Prayer with the family was offered by a son-in-law, Jack L. Smith. Edith A. Finlinson played the prelude and postlude music. Offering invocation was T. Kay Lyman. "Through Deepening Trials" was sung by the Oak City choir. Bishop Anderson made brief remarks. Virginia F. Moody gave Mr. Lyman's Ly-man's life sketch. Edward Lyman talked of Mr. Lyman's spiritual qualities and of faith and repentance. repen-tance. "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked" was sung by a double quartet, Grant, Lyman, Richard Finlinson, Maida Arnold, Virginia Moody, Clara Atkin, Julia Bliss and Isobell Williams, family members of Lydia and Leo Finlinson. James E. Faust talked of the fine relationship of the families. "Come Unto Me" was sung by the ward choir. A son, Bishop George Lyman, spoke of the love of the family for the people of Oak City and of the fine heritage their father left to his family. "Oh, My Father" was sung by a daughter, Mary L. Smith accompanied accom-panied by her sister, Millie L. Wil-ken. Wil-ken. A brother, Alma Rich Lyman, pronounced benediction Burial was in the Oak City Cemetery Cem-etery where the grave was dedicated dedi-cated by Esdras Finlinson. Pall Bearers were eleven grandsons, grand-sons, Paul Lyman, Mathew Jay Lyman, Ly-man, Gregory Lyman, Darwin Lyman, Ly-man, Phillip Smith, Randall Lyman, John Wilken, David M. Lyman, Jef-fery Jef-fery Lyman, Marshall Lyman and Roger Lyman. Flower girls were granddaughters. . ' -. : . Military honors were accorded by Veterans of World War I, Inc. West Millard Barracks 2952 under the direction of LeGrand Law, Dept. Commander. PHEASANT HUNTERS BREAKFAST The Fifth Quorum of Elders is sponsoring a pheasant hunters breakfast Saturday, Nov. 2 at the St"ke Center. Serving begins at 5:00 a.m. The menu consists of ham, eggs, hotcakes, hot chocolate and milk. Price is $1.00 If Millard County wives are smart they'll send their pheasant hunters out to breakfast with the Fifth Quorum of Elders. Henrietta Barben. 98 years old -now the Gunnison Bend Reservoir. That was when our oldest girl was a very tiny baby. Maybe the cold and the colder dirt floor wasn't too good for a small baby because she surely had the colic hard for a long, long time! I walked that dirt floor with that baby night after night for hours at a time," continued Les. Someday, maybe Les will break down and write up his memoirs of this country. Many of us still living here remember well the years Les was mail carrier for North Tract for long years. When all these stories, well checked for dates and names, get put together, won't we have a rollicking history of the early history of this country! VAsLEY" VAL BUNKER Rites Conducted For Yal Bunker, Accident Victim Funeral services for Val Bunker were held Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1968 at Deseret Stake Center.. Mr. Bunker died Sunday, Oct. 20 of head wounds received in a hunting accident. The services were under the direction di-rection of the Delta Second Ward Bishopric. Mervin Williams, brother-in-law, offered the family prayer. Prelude and postlude music was by Elaine Robison. Bishop Willard Stephenson gave the opening remarks Blaine Theobald, Theo-bald, cousin, gave the invocation. "Whispering Hope' was sung by a cousin, Donna Bunker. An uncle, Lyle Bunker, spoke after which an original tribute was given by a cousin, Lois Snow. "Oh, My Father" was given as a marimba solo by Lorna Bunker. Charles Allen spoke after which Bishop Stephenson made remarks. "iBeyond the Sunset" wos sung by Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Terry of Baker, Nevada. Dennis Harris pronounced pro-nounced the benediction. Burial was in the Delta Cemetery where the grave was dedicated by Don Loveland. Pall bearers were Jay Snow, Gale and Gary Bunker, Ralph Shmidt, Carlos and Brock Loveland. Honorary Honor-ary pall bearers were Clyde Bunker and college and missionary companions. com-panions. Little League Bal FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE Team Won Lost j Packers 6 0 1,000 I Earns 4 2 666 Colts 1 5 166 Bears , 15 166 Tie for 3rd and 4th places AMERICAN LEAGUE ! Team Won Lost Tie Broncos 6 0 0 1,000 Jets 2 4 0 333 Falcons 1 3 2 333 Chargers 1 3 2 333 Tie for 2nd, 3rd and 4th places Information on an All Star game will be published next week BRONCOS 20 FALCONS 6 Darryl Fowles and Doug Smith Broncos clinched the American League title as they beat Mike Stanworth and Paul Johnson Falcons. Fal-cons. Doug and Dean Fowles, Mike Barney scored for the Broncos. Jim Corbett scored for the Falcons. .. CHARGERS 14 JETS 0 Gary Church and Richard Henrie Chargers won over Dennis Moody and Jim Thomas Jets as Scott Pace, Kevin Damron and Gary Petersen scored for the Chargers. This win threw the American League into a three-way tie for 2nd, 3rd and 4th. I PACKERS 30 COLTS 0 Rex Day and Jack Bishop Packers Pack-ers blasted Bob Clark Colts to win the National League title.Brad Jen sen scored two TD's and two extra points, Ron Wright one TD, Tony Anderson, one extra point, Stan Spencer one TD and 1 extra point, Jerry Jenkins one safety. The Colts were led by Keith Corry and John Owens. it RAMS-20 BEARS 0 LaVar Cox Rams clinched 2nd place as they rolled over Fred Tol-bert Tol-bert Bears. Ralph McCall scored one TD, Shane Rowley extra point, Joe Morris one TD, Mark Talbot one TD and one extra point. Rocky Dalton and Gary Moody led the Bears. BAKE SALE Saturday, Nov. 2, 10:00 a.m. the Third Ward will hold a bake sale at the Quality Market. ' 7.500 Read It la The CHRONICLE 10c I ? f W y :fr MM I llllllllpl nlaaoDteirs tofnti ioflgneclk peon An estimated 80,000 upland bird ; enthusiasts arc expected to be surrounding pheasant lands await- f2w Unnnc ing the 8:00 a.m. opening this Sat-,"" - niur AX?Lal urday, November 2 as the niost!w popular of the game bird season begins, Pheasant seasons will be from five to twenty three days, depending depend-ing on the area as listed in the upland up-land bird proclamation. Shortest of the hunts will be in the Salt L"ke nnd Utah counties which are open for five days. A seven day season is set for Beaver, Carbon, Emery. Iron, Garfield, Juno, Grand, Kane. Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, wasatcn aim wayne counties. Avid pheasant hunters will have sixteen days to pursue the ringneck in Eox Elder, Cache, Dnggett, Davis, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Summit, Uintah, Washington and Weber Counties. State and Federal lands will be open, from November 2 to 24 fori twenty three days along with other lands which have heen nnsted onen by putting up signs which state: "Open to Pheasant Hunting" or ! ''Onen tn Phennnt Hnntintr hv . Permission." Bag and possession limits are unchanged un-changed this year". Hunters may take throe cocks per day and have six in possession after two days of shooting. Shooting hours are different this year except for the 8:00 a.m. time for the opening day. After the first morning shooting hours are listed as daylight hours during the balance bal-ance of the season. Utah's quail season also opens November 2 and will continue till December 1 statewide except Washington County which will be open through January 5, 1969. Shooting hours are the same as for pheasants and the bag and possession limits are 8 and 16 respectively. re-spectively. NOTICE. VOTERS Congressman Sherman P. Lloyd (R-Ut.) will be in the Delta area Friday. Nov. 1 campaigning for reelection. re-election. His campaign manager, Orvil Jeffery, says that Mr. Lloyd has no regular schedule of stops to make in the area, but rather will be visiting businesses, possibly schools and meeting everyone he can. He will arrive in Delta around 9:00 a.m. and leave around noon. Carl Buehner, Republican candi daate for governor, will be at the Delta High School Friday, Nov. 1, 11:00 cm. to talk to students and to answer questions. Everyone i invited to attend. m . 'i ill 1 t"i m 1 iW'im AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPS Brcncos front row (I. to r.) Kevin Harnrs, David Walker, Bruce Clark, , Gary Cox, . Gary Harris. Dean Fowles, Rich Lyman. Back row (1. to r.) Jean Nickle. NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPS Packers front row (1. to r.) Kim Murdock, Jerry Jenkins, Rudge Morris, "Ward Moody, Scott Hor-ton, Hor-ton, Bryce Peterson, Tom Bishop, Kevin Styler. Richard Wadding- JLrAriiiiniiTV CALENDAR Friday, November 1 1st Ward Bazaar Harvest Ball Region Football Saturday, November 2 Stake "Teen" Dance canceled Thursday. November 7 BYU Plays Friday, November 8 Football Quarter Finals Saturday, November 9 Stake "Teen" Dance Monday, November II Scout Round Table Veterans Day Banquet Friday, November 15 Football Semi-Finals Thursday, November 14 Sutherland Ward Bazaar LP lL i iL THE CHRONICLE IS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT GOVERNOR CAL HAMPTON'S EFFORTS TO SECURE SE-CURE FEDERAL FINANCING FOR THE ROAD TO THE BERYLLIUM BER-YLLIUM MINE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SUC-CESSFUL. IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AF-TERNOON, GOVERNOR RAMP-TON RAMP-TON SAID THAT $899,500.00 IN EDA FUNDS WILL BE AVAIL- A1!LE F0R T,IE COMPLETION OF THE ROAD. THE BRUSH MINE IS LOCATED IN JUAB COUNTY ABOUT 45 MILES NW OF DELTA. Servicemen ... - Lew's Kawtinson, son or Mr and Mrs. Glen Rawlinson of Slither Pvt. Lewis Rawlinson, son of Mr. land. ls undergoing basic training Ft- Ord, Calif. Lewis writes that he sees other men from this area once in awhile and says that Army life isn't loo bad. He would enjoy hearing from hometown friends.' His address for the next four weeks is: Pvt. Lewis Rawlinson US 5G650976 Co. B, 3rd Bn., 3rd BCT Bde. 2nd Platoon (USATC) Ft. Ord, Calif. 93941 Staff Sergeant Launy D. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne Anderson of Rt. 2, Rupert, Idaho, has been graduated from the U. S. Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Orlando AFB, Fla. The sergeant, a precision measurement mea-surement equipment technician, received re-ceived advanced military leadership leader-ship and management training. He is assigned at Elmendorf AFB,-Alaska, AFB,-Alaska, in a unit of the Alaskan Air Command. Sergeant Hansen is a graduate of Minidoka County High School. His wife, Phyllis, is the Jaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newell Iverson of Delta, Utah. NOTICE, COOKIE MAKERS Everyone who has volunteered cookies for shipment to overseas servicemen by the American Legion Auxiliary is urged to bring them to the IOOF Hall in Delta by 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1. If YOU are unable to deliver them give Carole Warnick a ring at 864-3334 and arrangements will be made for a pickup. f tomifcjl i M Sherri Taylor, Richard Ashby. John Shields, Mike Barney, Doug Fowles, Mike Christensen, Dean Moody, Roy Shurtz, Scott Corry. Julie Lovell, Chrystal Clark. Coaches Doug Smith and Darryl Fowles. ham. Back row (1. to r.) Jay Cook, Joe Roundy, Tony Anderson, Brad Jensen, Rex Day, Ron Wright. Chuck Thompson, Stan Spencer. Dave Adams, Bob Price. Monday, November 18 MIA Leadership Meeting canceled Wednesday. November 20 Primary Preparation Meeting Thursday, November 21 PTA Meeting Sugarville Ward Bazaar Friday, November 22 State Football Finals Wednesday, November 27 Senior Hop Thursday. November 28 Thanksgiving Dance Friday. November 29 Basketball-Delta at Sevier W'restling at Delta Saturday, November 30 Wrestling away Basketball-Union at Delta MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The Delta Elementary PTA 5s conducting a membership drive. Envelopes will be sent home with the school children the first week of Nov. Please join and send the envelopes back to school with your children. 7.500 Read It In The CHRONICLE |