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Show i SERVING Vol. 59 No. 23 DC Li A. IVpulal.i UT:U ,, IT:.: Ne-.v "A"! Million High School .;y W-i'c; nil.! i'.ev.i i Ki'i'.v r Si'i vice S::: f;uvd Streets Otnv . I ! Hi t;a:it. llo.spit it. Unrary Municipal Airport Municipal Swimming Pool FA A Station ti .ulpfr F re Department MILLARD COUNTY Population--" 877 Grazing and Industrial Lands Alfalfa Seed. Honey Poultry and Turkey Raising Rlorkraising. Dairy Fanning Ducks. Geese, ! .lpasanl's Dht. Cottontail RabbiU Trout, Bass, and Catfish Mount a n Recreation IV-ating, Picnic facilities A Great Place To Live! iv ot i t: is : The following is the schedule for new vehicle license plates ond renewals. Delia: each Tuesday during Jan. and Feb. except Ja.n. 14 and Jan. 28 at the Millard County Office Building. Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. o 4:00 p.m. . Delta: Each Friday irom 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. for out-of-state., and transfers. Lynadyl: Jan. 14, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noo,n. Leamington: Jan. 14, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Oak City: Jan. 28 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The Fillmore schedule is Mon- I day, Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. at the courthouse. WEATHERLY SPEAKING A high of 64 was recorded on I Jan. 7gwith a low of 19 recorded on Ja.n. 1. A trace of precipitation was notea on Jan. a. . , v r S3A REPRESENTATIVE TO BE IN DELTA JANUARY 14, 1969 A representative of the Small j Business Administration will be in AiiiiQ, rn( H,in. th mm in rr 1 1, !.. ,i.ht nnntoot VVC(JIV. 1 ISUlia W1311U15 IU VUJ him mav do so in Delta on Jan. 14. 19G9 from 2:00 D.m. to 3:00 p.m. ! at the First Security Bank. Appoint-, ments may be scheduled through Mr. Lovell, Bank Manager. ATHLETES EXPLODE MYTH Athletes at College of Southern Utah, Cedar City, are exploding the myth that collegiate athletes are poor students. 1 The total grade point average of . the 71 athletes receiving some form of athletic aid was reached by adding the grade points earned and dividing by the credit hours taken. The grade point average was 2.75 (B minus). wjun uwjc, Asy.ni , tops on the wrestling squad. Services Held for Sari!i McCylSough Funeral services for Sarah Alvey McCullouph were held m Delta Second Ward Friday, Dec. 27, 1968,Nauvoo Temple. He also indicated at noon. Conducting the services wrs Joseph Barney. Family praver was by Lathel Callister. Prelude and postlude music whs by Elaine Robison. A trio, Sharon, Clark, Choral Clark and Verla Jensen accompanied accompa-nied by Nancy Clark sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul." A talk was given by a grandson, Gary Sampson after which an organ medley of favorite hymns was played by a granddaughter, Dsrlene M. Nielson. Paul Winward, home teacher, was tUe second speaker. Dorothy and Ann Webb accompanied accompa-nied by Darlene Nielson sang "Lay Mv Head Beneath A Rose." Burial was in the Delta Cemetery where the grave was dedicated by a srrandson, Rex Stone. Pall bearers were grandsons, John Daly, Jr., Jerry Lake, Jay Stone, Richard Peterson, Lynn McCullough and Wesley Sampson. Honorary pall bearers were grandsons, grand-sons, Neil Sampson, Kenneth Daly, Melvin Lake and Frank Lane. Give your college student a subscription sub-scription to the Millard Co. Chronicle. Chron-icle. Order today. THE PEOPLE OF DELTA Thursday, January 9, 1959, Delta, The West Millard Fine Arts Guild will present tbe BYU A Capolla Choir under the direction of Dr. Ralph Woodward in coa-c:rt coa-c:rt Thursday, Jen. IS, 7:30 p.m. at the Delta High School. This is a benefit project, the proceeds of which will go toward the purchase of a television set for the Milord Day Care Center in U3l:a. This will enable the students to watch the spacial educational programs on channel 7 that are taujht especially for hardieeppod childron. Instructors Instruc-tors at the center, Mrs. Velda Pace and Mrs. ElDc ;ia Anderson, feel that a television set would be a big halp at the center. Long recognized as cna of the Stake Quartely Conference Motes . . . President Emerald L. Moody in addressing Stake Conference in the rnorning of January 5, urged church membership to "maintain spiritu- ality." He stressed that those in po- sitions of responsibility should strive to attend the temple once a month to maintain their spiritu- ality. President Moody quoted Brigham Young who said, "Except ye teach by the spirit, ye cannot teach." He "During this nonaay season, man noted that "We're all teachers- made one more great step in con-we con-we teach by example, and without quering the universe," said Pres. spirituality we cannot teach." . Eliason, referring to the three astro- T K,,tto ". ' "Za a tani taS a d of grain Pres. Moody said, "Prayer is the gateway for you and I to receive spirituality-as a watermaster opens the gate." Weeds, grass, and rat- holes in an irrigation ditch mis- direct water and I sirnily spiritu- ality can be mis-directed. We rv nef nlonti i-iiit rtitrhrkc nhow thfl ... commandments, take responsibility and be cf service to our fellow- W SC1VH.C IU UU1 iLliUW" ... . . men. we can't let channels in our v,c I ucvciu j 1. ci l, uuico. jikiscu 1 is the farmer who has a cement ditch-and no diversion; and more blessed is the man who has his sniritnalitv who is ploan. rearlv to I J I 7 J receive the word of the Lord, and worthy to come back into the pre sonce of our Father which is ii Heaven. May the Lord bless us to I always have His spirit with us. Pres. Moody concluded. Deseret Stake Patriarch Eugene on the subjoct what motivates me t0 orm church office jth dni?ence?,. He surnmej his answer with the words, "People-I am conscious cf the influcnce that you have jn mv life In remLniscing of ta,ks he has with VQ , Patriarch Gardner stressed that , . nn, ,.. o-oo-tmn.: must h-lAs,e tt gap betWGcn them by communication "Appreciation rests Upon Communication. Short talks from the youth were given by Julie Crane and Doug Bailey. :i 3 1 .u iviubiu was, luimsiieu uy likvv"",lj w.. L.uu..u..v.. 1 w ..u... ... Second Ward Youth Choir. Man. drive, added that "of course bernate in the winter, either." President Frank A. Lyman dis- the other objective is financing re-! The new Standard Oil Distribu-cussed Distribu-cussed the Second oming of the j search that in time, we hope, will tor in the West Millard area is one Savior, telling conferees that the 1 overcome the birth defects that! of his sons, Kennard. church has purchased 62 acres 250 000 newborn infants each 1 w . of land of the original site of the that a temple complex is to be built and the world will be gov-1 erned from that complex. He men- tioned that Apostle Dyer, and a Counselor to the First Presidency, has the responsibility for develop-, ing church projects in Missouri. He. quoted from the Bible concerning ' Ml-s- Callister noted that "that the Second coming of Christ; .heartwarming achievement in our' "Harken ye; the earth shall shake 'community is due entirely to the and Heavens tremble and the generosity of our Millard neighbors, trump shall sound Ye Saints! Just as throughout the nation the arise and live. Ye sinners sleep American people are supporting until I shall call ??ain." Everybody, more than 100 March of Dimes all the holy angels and all the Birtn Defects Centers coast to coast, righteous on the earth will be! "ln the 1969 March of Dimes caught up at the time of His campaign" she said, it is up to cominT. And the parable of the,each of us thinking of our own Ten Virgins will come true," Pres. children as well as tomorrow's Lyman noted. He continued, "Those babies-lo give as much as we can." who have accepted the Gospel will not be hewn down and cast into the fire- Let's be tithed. If you're not a full tithe payer, you're just making a contribution to the tith- ing fund." President Eldon A. Eliason read ties and stake leadership for the sustaining vote. "We sustain them best by performing to our best ability," he said. He noted that or. Jan. 20 Richard Nixon, a new president presi-dent of the U. S. will take an oath AND 1 HE GREAT PAHVANT Utah 84624 $4.25 year in advance 6 mos. $2.50 f'nest choral organizations in the United Stctes, be.nj heard regularly regu-larly orjr some 150 stations of the A.nerican Crocdcasting Corn-puny' Corn-puny' network, end appearing frequently fre-quently on television, the choir cjhieved furthar honors this past summer when they captured cap-tured first place in international competition at Llangollen, Wales arret selected choral groups from g!1 over the world. In addition to ths competition, the choir presented pre-sented concerts in England. Scot-1 Scot-1 . J, Germany, Frcnce, Holland, S,n';zerland aid Italy. Delta had s -no meisuri of honor in having F-. i Vcbb, daughter of Mr. and I.'rs. Don Webb, as one of the Hij-Jliers '.Li this very select 64- of office, to faithfully execute the office of the Presidency with fidel- ity. He noted that home teaching in the stake has increased. "This reflects greater spirituality, love, charity, and the realization of the fine teachings we are required to teach," he observed. "Truth of the Gospel isn't truth till you live it; the Sabbath Day isn't the Sabbath ; until you observe it," he said. I nauts speaking from the far side of the moon to all of us in our ""J d reading from the f ,le' ' And tln the beginning ..." e e "St" .Whlle these thlnSs ar s Vlvldly m. ds- recall thJ F63.1 oZce center Hnlsvilfe gA.abama!Tho Ta d , holiovo t'hor.0 ara ,n tn' v i vv w I ,i,;h nchoHof s. tv,Q ict'i. : " V " 7: 'IIV , ,, A , . , , ... 1JJ tni coi " Pros k nacnn vYriPlnnpn r. " , : ;riul Clia Blin-U xyxo w,ltH iie UttiIIC with his personal testimony that, here with his familv from Pan- ,(--, j i- t .1 . 1 "P.nH livoc Tncuc ic tha rhrict onH H;fcV; HihnrPh nnnn f e we are officering me, eEFm wnich we are offlceril1S t0?ay- .' . .. Invocation was by Lleoyd Lovell and benediction by Lincoln R. Elia son. e!!e R. Callister New County "A Happier New Year" for every child beginning life is the goal of the March of Dimes fund-raising campaign this year, Nelle R. Callis- N is if) Iter, of Delta, said today as she relational Order of Odd Fellows andiBLM official noted, iccived her official appointment ; the West Millard Riding Club. His llulu jo.-.jjii h.. otiuuuu, jr., ui oait Lage wy, wno is tne utan state March of Dimes Chairman. Mrs' Callister, Western Millard fnlintv Phaipmnn rf tho tpn Hrr 1 year in this country alone. The sk is an enormous one and calls ror major support, "By providing these babies and youngsters with the most advanced medical facilities, we can alleviate much of the physical and mentally disabling aftermath of these trag- caies, sne saia. ; WANTED: jUFEGUAHD APPLICATIONS Councilman Evan Gardner in. charge of the Delta swimming pool reports that the position of life- guard for 1969 will be open and 1 to take courses during the winter and spring quarter to become ell gible to apply for the position. He points out that additional money is made by the lifeguard through teaching swimming lessons V A .'LEY' Copy 10c ... member group. Dr. Woodward served as professor profes-sor of vocal music and choral activities at Dr&kj University, Des Moines, Iowa, before joining the faculty at BYU. . Tickets for the local concert will ba available through club officers and members and at the door at a $1.00 a person. L. H. (Speed) RIDING peeo Hiosng Retires as Standard Oil Distributor L. H. "Speed" Riding has retired as Sta.ndard Oil Distributor of the West Millard area. His retirement o. ,nn cllreu,t oi. I Jm- -"-'""'e " resmeiii. ri mto ...u u " :i u tt i i n. . S . a h p , jT" hl tf k n? have made their home in Delta since with the since with the excention of two years at Springville. tpeed smiles and says I ve been a jack-of-all-trades and master mas-ter of none" as he relates the various var-ious jobs he has held. He painted and wall papered for many years, drove the milk route for a local creamery and managed the meat .a.m. department of The Delmart under These semiarid lands are not suit-Clay suit-Clay Stapley. He later managed j able for farming, Mr. Nielson the complete grocery department pointed out. Rather, the lands have of the store and resigned that po-1 values for watershed, grazing, wild-sition wild-sition to begin driving truck for life and recreation, which can best .Scott Chesley, Standard Oil Dis- tributor. Mr. Riding took over the distributorship in 1952.. He has been active in. the Inter- uuuuics uiaiue uavei, iibiung aim nunung. I He plans a lot. more fishing dur-j ing the summer months and says emnhfltinnllv 'T rlnn't nlnn tr hi.! of ELDER CLINT MERHELL, son Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Merrell of Delta will report his LDS mis' sioa Sunday, January 12, 1969, 6:00 p.m. at the Delta First Ward Chapel. Elder Merrell has just returned from the Southern Far East Mission, Mis-sion, Kong Eong District. Everyone Every-one is invited to attend. mm and Fads MarifyegEia in Ow Of growing concer.n to adults ot the are? and to many young people peo-ple as well Is the number of rumors circulating concerning use of marijuana mari-juana and LSD by area youth and the number of glue and paint sniffing parties held in the area over the past few months. xne rumors intensified over tne 'holiday season and more people nrr expressing concern. Rumor had it that seventeen or eighteen boys ?.n 1 girls are involved. Giving some substance to the rumors is the tale that bet was mad.' Viwi'cti two adu'ls that one could purchase a marijuana cigarette n Delta within fifteen minutes and later clahnlnt lie ws able to do so Aet'ordiPT to l.ieal law p.nforc..'-"O'tt p.nforc..'-"O'tt agencies, Millard County Sheriff's Office, County Attorney'.! Office and the D-I'a Police Uepnr -merit, there is some truth to the rumors. The officials s'ry there have been about six. 11 of high school nd jun'or high school a?e, involved In he glue and paint sniffing parties. The officials report there are five or six others, of college age cr slightly older, suspected of using LSD and marijuana. With the exception ex-ception of one, all have srrown up in the are?, or have been residents for several years, say the officials. ' ! Local authorities very recently picked up one local young man on a complaint signed by a close relative. rela-tive. At the time he was "high". C 'nfiseated was a carton containing contain-ing eight or nine cans of spray paint that contain certain chemicals chemi-cals that give the user a quick rip to fp.ntasyland. In the carton were also masks of large dry-cleaning plastic b?fs and rags. Apparently Appar-ently 'he paint fumes give one the Mew Gun Safety Course to Begin The American Legion, Cahoon-Jensen Cahoon-Jensen Post 135, will once again sponsor a course in Gun Safety and Survival. The first class gets underway Monday, Jan. 13, 7:00 p.m. at the high school. I Eligible to participate are all boys and girls between the ages of eleven and twenty-one. Admission fee is $1.50 and each will be required re-quired to furnish hisher own pencil pen-cil and notepad. Along with training in proper care and handling of guns, each participant will be taught fundamentals funda-mentals of first aid by Legion-aires. Legion-aires. In conjunction with the course for youthful hunters but open to everyone regardless of age will be a class in Medical Self-Jfelp. Tom Ryne arson will instruct. Millard County Land Exchange Two sections of land totaling 1,280 acres about 20 miles north of Garrison, Millard County, heve been reconveyed to the United States as a result of an exchange of lands. Robert D. Nielson, Bureau of Land Management state director for Utah, said the 1,280 acres will be opened for application, petition or selection as of February 5 at 10:00 be managed under multiple use principles, he added. I The United States did not acquire mineral rights with the lands, the Day Care Center Receives Gift Mrs. M. A. (Laura) Lyman, newly new-ly elected president of the Roundup Round-up CowBelles, presented a gift to the Millard Day Care Center in behalf be-half of her CowBelle unit. Special activity and exercise records and a book of activities programmed especially for children were given to the center. Mrs. Carl (Velda) Pace, director of the Center conferred con-ferred with officers of the Roundup Round-up CowBelles and assisted in the selection of the records. A beautiful new "Talking Book, Machine" throu-rh the courtesy of the Utah State Library is installed at the center and is being used to play the new records which the CowBeles donated. "We appreciate these records, and the children enjoy en-joy them," commented Mrs. Pace. Mr. Don Duncanson of the Utah Easter Seal Society brought the "Talking Book Machine" to the Millard Dr? Care Center, and made arrangements with the State Library Li-brary for the use of the machine as well as recorded storybooks and news magazines for the pupils here. I Mr. Duncanson, a former radio an- j nouncer at Cedar City, is now I field representative for the Easter , Seal Society and spends many ' hours each month recording stories for children at the State Library headquarters in Salt Lake City. To order a story, book, or magazine Mrs. Pace is privileged to call col-' lect and the records are sent postpaid post-paid to the Day Care Center. same effect as sniffing glue. Medical Medi-cal officials have given repeated warnings that use of either could lerd to permanent impairment. The Chronicle learned Monday from the Delta Police Department that the department had been ad- j vised by other law enforcement agencies of the stale that mari juana has been shipped into the; Delta area. However a rumor persisting per-sisting over the weekend concern-in'! concern-in'! the Salt I ake County Sheriff's Office confiscating a 22 lb. package of marijuana headed for the Delta area could not easily be denied nor confirmed by locM authorities. All disclaimed any knowledge bit ad:l;d if suih a seizure had been made the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Sher-iff's Office would have routineley notified one of the local agencies. Tuesday the Chronicle called the Salt I.?.ke County Sheriff's Dept. on the matter. Sjt. Don Llewellyn, Morals Squad, Detective Division could not readily answer and said MR. LILE JOHNSON Services for Lile Johnson Held in Lynndyl Ward Bishop Benjamin H. Stephenson conducted funeral services Dec. 30, 1968 in the Lynndyl LDS Ward Chapel for Lile Johnson, 65. Mr. Johnson died Wednesday, Dec. 25 in a Redlands, Calif, hospital of natural causes. He was born Feb. 17, 1903 in Bryon, Wyo., to Frank Tilton and Rhoda Emily Young Johnson. He married Mary Catherine Johnson Dec. 17, 1924 in the St. George LDS Temple. He had served on the Deseret Des-eret Stake High Council and was a former clerk in the Lynndyl Ward. He recently retired as a car Inspector In-spector for the Union Pacific Railroad Rail-road after 46 years of services. Surviving: his widow; daughters, sons, Mrs. Roy (Clorean) Great-house, Great-house, Redlands, Calif.; Mrs. Ber-nell Ber-nell (Connie) Tolbert, Salt Lake City; Ray Tillman, Delta; Thurman Ross, serving with the U. S. Army .in Asmara, Ethiapia; 16 grandchildren; grandchil-dren; brothers, sisters, Glen, Battle I Mountain, Nev.; Lester, Kanab, Ut.; Ivan, Hurricane, Ut.; Mrs. C. L. (Inez) McMullin, Salt Lake City. Family prayer at the services was offered by Bert Johnson. Prelude and postlude music was bv Mina Overson. Glen Johnson offered the invocation. , "Oh, My Father" was sung by a quartet, Thurman Moody, LaVar Uwens, Glen Rawlinson and Ben Robison. They were accompanied by EVa Dean Moody. A tribute, " This Was My Dad" was given by Connie J. Tolbert. Earl Greathouse spoke followed by a vocal solo by Thurman Moody "In My Father's House Are Many Mansions". Tillman Johnson was the second speaker. Brief remarks were given by Bishop Stephenson. "God Be With You Til We Meet Again" was sung by the quartet. Ross Johnson pronounced benediction. bene-diction. Burial was in the Sutherland Cemetery where the grave was dedicated by Ivan Johnson. Pall bearers were Tillman Johnson, John-son, Ross Johnson, Stephen Johnson, John-son, Mark Johnson, Randy Tippetts, Charles Greatwood and Lester Johnson. I Mrs. M. A. Lyman shows gift of I records io connie jensen ana . 1 wk'M.l J t"--m i A At I ?! I r-,:iJM rZ m LSD, Mist he would check further and return the call. Approximately two and a half hours later Sgt. Llewellyn returned re-turned the call and reported that he and a fellow detective, Sgt. Syd Elliott and three or four others Including In-cluding their Lieutenant had chejt ed the matter thoroughly and found It to be without basis of fact. He emphasized that if such a package wore confiscated by his department local authorities would be notified. L'cal authorities expressed concern con-cern about the facts nnd about the rumors. Police Chief Tony Callister .summed it up this way, "We have enough trouble without adding to the truth. If people would notify law enforcement officers about questionable incidents rather than their next door neighbor it would surely help. Hut, too many find it easier to "gab" than to "do" and the rumors keep floating around and become larger every time they are repeated." Leland Peterson Dies in Washington Funeral services for Leland Hector Hec-tor "Pete" Peterson, 48, Walla Walla, Washington, were held Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Jan. 8, 1969 at Deseret Stake Center. Delta. Mr. Peterson died Jan. 3 in Walla Walla of complications following an illness. He was born Sept. 27, 1920 In Delta to John L. and Katie Bar-locher Bar-locher Peterson. He was a graduate of Delta High. Hj mrriod Ravola Robison of Hinckley Dec. 11, 1943 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He warked at Grand Canyon, a lodge in Chyenne, Wyo., and Hotel Utah. Ho owned and operated Pete's Charcoal Broiler in Wal'a Walla at the time of his death. He was a member of the LDS Church and of the Walla Walla Elks Lodge, Chamber of Commerce, Veterans Memorial Golf Association Associa-tion and the Walla Walla Bowlers Association. Survivors: his widow at Walla Walla; two daughters, Mary Lynn Peterson, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Tom (Marcia) McRae, Wenatchee, Wash, parents, Delta; six brothers, Arland, Pleasant Grove, Ut.; Rodney and Kenneth, both Salt Lake City; Raymond, Ray-mond, Whittier, Calif.; Carlyle and Shirley, both Delta; one grandchild. Funeral services were also held Monday, Jan. 6 in Walla Walla. Family members attending were his father, John L. Peterson and brothers, broth-ers, Kenneth, Shirley and Carlyle. Interment was in Delta Cemetery. Cancer Society Reorganized West Millard County Unit of the American Cancer Society, Utah Division Di-vision will be headed by Amelia Cole for the 1969 fund drive and educational programs. Vice Chairman Chair-man is Ruth Bergreen. LaVonne Morrison is Education Chairman; Ruth Bergreen, Service Chairman; Katheryn (Tobe) Humphries, Hum-phries, Crusade Chairman; Inez Riding, Publicity Chairman and Louise Allen, Secretary-Treasurer. I Medical advisors are Dr. M. E. Bird .and Dr. M, A. Lyman. Each year about 73,000 people are stricken with cancer of the colon co-lon and rectum and some 44,000 die each year. i Actually there is a widespread lack of information about the disease dis-ease and a tendency to avoid diagnosis di-agnosis and treatment of it. Symptoms include bleeding, a persistant change in bowel habits and in increase in intestinal gas. The best protection against this type of cancer is a periodic health examination. , Mrs. Cole said films and speakers speak-ers will be available to clubs, service ser-vice groups, schools and church yroups. Organizations interested should contact her at 864-2445. GRADUATES Clifford L. Merrell, 310 S. 100 W.. was amone the 1304 students nt Western Michigan University, Kala mazoo, to receive a degree in commencement com-mencement ceremonies Dec. 21, 1968. Mr. Merrell received his Master of Arts. Darwin Ivie. |