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Show DONE EQUIPMENT CO. 66 OPAL CADET STATION WAGON 267 DODGE PICKUPS (lwb) 68 DODGE MONACO 383 wair. Like New 63 PONTIAC STATION WAGON 61 MERCURY COMET 62 FORD PICKUP Millard County Chronicle : i i MR. AND MRS. CLYDE MAXFIELD Clyde and Cora Maxfield Autobiography by LaVell Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Dyde Maxfield can still smile jovially as they recount the earliest historical happenings of Delta. For they, like Kilroy, were here, ahead of almost all of us. Coming from Fremont, Wayne County, Utah, Clyde arrived in Burtner in December 1908. He came as a lad of fifteen years with his parents Hiett E and Ruth Covert Maxfield and brother, Archie, sisters, sis-ters, Helen, Blanche and Ethel. Only a few homes were built here at that time. Clyde's oldest sister, Ruth, and her husband, Del-tier! Del-tier! Searle had preceded the rest of the family and already had their own snug house on the same location loca-tion southwest of Delta which they still call home. The brick home of the William E. Bunker family stood elegant in its lonliness; the Lcn Billings farmhome south of town was alieady built and occupied at that time. The N. S. Bishop hotel-home hotel-home nudged the Union Pacific railroad tracks on the west side of the settlement. Henry J. McCul-lough McCul-lough had a wee bit of a log home which housed the United States post office as well as his family. The Hiett E. Maxfield family drew lots for farmland three and one half miles south of Delta and one mile east from the old road which for many many years was called the Lone Tree Road. They purchased from Willis E. Robison, a log house (which had been moved from Hinckley to Burtner) and moved it farther south to their farm. Clyde recalls the house had been built to the square, had no roof or rafters but was still the beginning of a home for them. He also remembers what dismiy the big cracks between the logs caused where anyone on the inside in-side looking out could see plenty of daylight. A dirt roof soon covered over the four walls and generous mud-chink ing smoothed the walls and shut out light and winds. Clyde does not recall specifically whether anything any-thing was done to the floor or not that first winter. Seems to this writer who has spent many a Dec. in this Pahvant Valley Flat that with weather and winds being what they constantly are at that time of year, any family with thick stormproof storm-proof walls and new dirt roof overhead over-head would figure good enough was good enough. Mrs. Cora Maxfield was born ir Fillmore, Utah, daughter of George and Tamsen Steward Day. She came to what is now called Delta about 1910 to work for her brother George Day in his store. George Day and Andrew Soren-sen Soren-sen were partners in the store which was located just a bit west of the home presently owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thomas, 30 West 100 North. These two businessmen dissolved their partnership and later, Mr. Day built his own store, the brick building at 30 North 300 West presently occupied by A.D.C. Plumbing and Heating Company. Cora again clerked in her brother's broth-er's store for awhile, but this time as Cora Maxfield since she and Clyde had been married in April 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Maxfield are parents par-ents of three sons, Oda and Rex, and Junious who passed away not too long ago. Their only daughter is Mrs. M;lo (LaPreale) Mortensen. Clyde lifted out ever so gently, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DELTA INVITES YOU TO ATTEND SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 TRAINING HOUR 6:00 p.m. EVENING WORSHIP 7:00 p.m. MIDWEEK SERVICES Wednesday 7:00 p.m. 616 W. 100 N. (Lyman Row) Telephone 864-3224 Rev. Robert Fields Pastor Thursday, February 6, 1969 carefully preserved in a thick-walled candybox, pictures of long ago. These pictures showed various phases of construction of Sevier Bridge reservoir dam in 1913 and 1914. Clyde, his father and brother all worked on this project. Tucked down deepest in that box of precious pre-cious keepsakes, Clyde brought out last of all a worn dog-eared workman's work-man's timebook. His dreamy eyes stared unseeing through the window win-dow we were facing as he caressed the tiny record book, as well he might for it had belonged to his father. Inside, in clear, beautiful handwriting were recorded columns of names and dates, the number of hours each man worked each day by men who helped rebuild the broken dam. The little brown book is an authentic roll call of pioneers who were on this spot in 1909. During August 1909, the following men worked frantically to mend the dam. Archie Maxfield, Fred Barben, J. H. Cook, J. E. Peterson, Nelson Bishop, . Bowman, Jacob Young, M. H. Pace, William Astle, Levi MeCul-lough, MeCul-lough, Irvin Jeffery, Frank Taylor, William Shiner, Frank Wood, Clyde Maxfield, Thomas Hook, J. A. Smith, Bryon Cook, Cass Lewis, William E. Bunker, Delyle Knight, George Burch, Walter Gardner, J. P. Sampson, Edgar Jeffery, Lorin I. Taylor, Ren Sampson, David Terry, Clark McCullough, G. E. Gull, Jack Sly, J. M. Taylor, Delbert Searle, Clyde Sampson, J. H. Dalv, Angus Allred, Joseph Astle, Hyrum Knight, W. Blockwell, Allen Searle, Ben F. Sampson, Ira Sly. Apparently all these men worked work-ed with teams and scrapers. The rate of pay was $5.00 per nine-hour nine-hour day for men and team. No one seems to have worked singlehand- ed; at least, there was no notation of single-handed work, nor any rate per hour for the same. Present day readers might not be aware of the fact that many of the workers went right to the site of the repair work and there pitched a tent and lived at the scene until the job was finished. It must be remembered that in this crisis, horses were worked to the limit of their ability to haul earth to mend the dam. Had the teams been driven to the Burtner or out-lying area homes, the driver would have had to be up hours earlier in order to harness up and travel the four or more extra miles to the job and that many more weary miles for the wornout teams to plod back home each evening. All this commuting com-muting would have taxed the animals ani-mals that much more. In despara- tion, all efforts were made to r2- pair the dam as quickly as possible so as to get water onto the parch- er crops dying in the new proiect. A few crops did mature, most crops were total losses. The little brown book with its names and dates records the first break of the Burtner dam and the repair in August 1909. How fll those men and their teams worked! work-ed! Horses had to be fed generously gener-ously to maintain the day-by-day grind. Even though the teams had little to do with the observance of the Sabbath Day, by time Saturday Satur-day night came, they had to be rested if repair work on the dam was to be continued the next week. Feed for teams, food for families were expenses that increased in-creased under such strenuous circumstances cir-cumstances but no one dared reckon rec-kon them up. Just get the break You Are Always Welcome at the DELTA COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE AND SUNDAY SCHOOL EVERY SUNDAY Telephone 834-2255 or 86b-3475 NEW HOLLAND MASSEY-FERGUSON CARS & TRUCKS Nil MF COMBINES (Used) Several to Choose From HOUSE TRAILOR 8' x 40' HOUSE TRAILOR 16' 9 Miles North of Delta in the dam filled In and get water on crops before it was too late to save them! "Late in August 1909 not long after the first break was repaired in the dam, the dam broke again in the same place. So, that was that. Never again would that location lo-cation of the dam be used again." Clyde's voice trailed off I nto silence. My scratchy pencil had finally scribbled the last he hal said and I looked up expectantly, grateful he had waited for me to get nil this written down. But Clyde was reliving some of those critical times. "You know," he finally said, "somewhere in a public square or park in this town there ought tD be two big permanent monuments put up. One should be for Johh E. Steele and the other should be for R. J. I.iw. When Burtner dam went out the second time, late in Aug., those pioneer families just did not have a chance because they had no crops whatever to harvest to pay their bills. "During the repair job during August, Bob Law went and collected collect-ed together all the credit he could round up. Then he HAULED SUPPLIES SUP-PLIES to the men and women living in tents near the dam. Some one had to rebuild the dam and other somcones saw to it that the repairers and their teams ata. Families as well as horses had to be fed, however skimpily, even after the dam broke the second time in the same place right soon after the first break was filled in." So credit had to be carried over for a much longer period of time than at first was anticipated. Filling Fill-ing this need is where store owners own-ers made their . unpublicized mag nificent contribution to the beginning begin-ning settlement of their place. In those early days, John E. Steele owned and operated the Hub Merc until his generous old heart could carry his self-imposed burdens and worries no more after the final disastrous fire, that burned burn-ed the store down. Much could and shall be!--written about Bob Law and John E. Steele as next quests fill in the available data. DANCE to the exciting sound of The ESQUIRES MODERN FORMAL OR ROCK FOR BOOKING Contact . . . STEVE SPERRY l Delta, Utah Phone 864-2206 LEGAL NOTICE CONSULT COUNTY CLERK OR RESPECTIVE PARTIES FOR FURTHER DETAILS INVITATION TO BID The following vehicles have been declared surplus by the Utah Telephone Tele-phone Company and will be sold to the highest bidder: (Item No., M or S No., Discription and Location Loca-tion in that order). (1) 7160316417 1947 Ford -T special spe-cial tel. body at Delta. (2) A122-SA-134279B 1959 Inter. -T Cab & Chasis at Delta. (3) FIOCOKI7216 1960 Ford -T Pickup -t Delta. (4) A122-SA-1322964 1959 International Interna-tional -T special tool boxes at Delta. (5) 65933 1949 GMC lA-T pickup at Fillmore. (6 ) 83346687 1950 Dodge -T special spe-cial body at Fillmore. (7) SI50-375086 1956 International lMs-T "A" frame and winch at Fillmore. Inspection: These units may be inspected between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Bids: Please submit bids on a unit basis. You may bid for any one or all units. Bids will be accepted at the business office in Delta on or before March 5, 1969. Address: Utah Telephone Company P.O. Box 635, Delta, Utah. Mark the envelope "Vehicle Bid." Terms: Cash, or certified check or money order made payable to the Utah Telephone Company. To be paid at the time the successful bidder is announced. Removal: The successful bidder will be expected to remove th2 units within one week from time of purchase. Bid Opening: March 5, 1969, 9 a.m at the Business office in Delta. . Contact: Tal Wardle, Keith Raw-linson Raw-linson or Boyd Day. The Utah Telephone Company reserves the right to accept or re- luse any or all bids. First Publication: Feb. 6, 1969. Final Publication: Feb. 27, 1969. Tractors Swathers Combines Bale Wagons Foragers- Choppers Plows Trenching Machines D-4 Cat HAROLD DONE 864-2444 M.E. BIRD CENTER- Continued from front page) p.m. matinee to see and hear Rouvr in the great singer. Peoi'le in the art class are planning plan-ning to visit the art show now being hold at Delta High School from the "Utah Art Association" and some are planning to visit the Dean Fausett ait exhibit at Dixie Colleg which will hs there until Feb. 21. They are also planning to visit the Art exhibit at Springville. The art classes are held at the center at 1:00 p.m. every Monday afternoon under the direction of Mrs. Sterling Eennion. At the present pres-ent time the class is filled but anyone interested in an evening class should contact Mrs. Ekins at the center. The membership has increased a great deal at the center during the past six months, all adults are welcome, but special invitations are extended to all widows, widow wi-dow rs and people over 60 years of age or older. Louis Schoenberger of Deseret joined the center Tuesday. Tues-day. Mr. Schoenberger who will be 87 in April said he had-been think ing about joining because it was pretty lonesome living alone. POSTER PAPER Poster paper at the Chronicle, in white and a wide variety of colors, now sells for 20c a sheet. FOR SALE: Used 1964 bale wagon. Call 864-2691. 26-13pd FOR SALE: 1 City lot near schools. Call 864-2691. 26-13pd I BUY MENS, young mens and boys uAiuiua nuw. .vien s sizes $o.ao, $9.98, $11.98 to $22.98 a pr. Shop for spring shoes for all the family at D. Stevens Co. Shoe Dept. "OUTDOORSMAN,: BIGGEST OUTDOOR PICTURE FILMED DON'T MISS IT ! ! at the SAHARA Coming Saturday 'THE DARK of the SUN" with ROD TAYLOR GOLDEN EAGLE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT FOR MORE RtCKLAl ION LANDS & WATERS MAKES YOURS A GOLDEN EAGLE FAMILY . . . buys a 1-year Golden Passport for you and your family to 7,000 Federal Outdoor Recreation Areas plus a handsome hand-some Award Certificate, suitable for framing. Every penny of your J7 is used for more State, county, local and Federal Recreation Lands and Waters. Mail coupon today. j OPERATION GOLDEN EACH j j Bureau of Outdoor RktmUoi Dipt Bo 7761 I I WMhlntton, D. C. 10044 I j Sond mi Goldin Piuport and Award Cer- j I tlfktti. Endow) chick money ordw Q I for 17, piyioli ti lunau of OutrJoor j RKrMUoa. j NAME If Mm mQ I I ADORES! I CITY I IT ATI W ou I I J Cod, sluggish starts? Chevron Starting Fluid starts engines in seconds, even at 50 below zero. CALL YOUR STANDARD OIL MAN IN DELTA KENNARD RIDING - 864-5321 Standard Oil Company of California LI o'O CLASSIFIED Ads CLASSIFIED RATES: 3c per word, minimum ad 50c. Ads over 5 lines 15c a line thereafter. Display ods, $1.00 column inch. Will not be responsible for errors on phone-in ads. Use of box No. 50c extra par insertion. FOR BEST RESULTS, USE THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THE CHRONICLE WEEKLY. MOBILE HOMES for sale and rent. Rex Day. Phone 864-2212 7,4tf FOR WALL-TO-WALL CARPETS shop at D. Stevens Co., Furniture Dept. Excellent stocks. 2 Eedroom house for sale. Sco Clark Terrell. P!i. 861-2205. 123tf FOR SALE: Transistor Home Organ and Wal. Console piano this area. Take over small monthly payments.! For details write: Credit Manager, I Cox 6179-Sugar House Station, Salt1 Lko Citv, Utah. i;23-2;6np: ' I EICED FOR QUICK SALE 1933 i Dodge D200, Y8 engine, automatic transmission. Contact L. J. Roper, , ph. 864-24 1G. l;30-26pd FOR SALE: 3-yecroid Arabian gold- ! ins; 1967 Honda Scrambler 300, 3x13 umbrella tent with floor. Ph. j 864-3203. 103tf EFdlON AUXILIARY PARTY, Saturday, Sat-urday, Feb. 8, 9:00 p.m., Post Home. Dinner-$l.O0. Bean Games! BUY COWBOY BOOTS NOW. Priced at. $15.93, $18.89, $19.98, $21.00, $L'5.00 a pr. Shop now for shoes an ! Boots and Rubber Foot wear for all the family at D. Stevens Co. Shoe Dept. FLOWERING POTTED PLANTS AT LOSEE'S GREENHOUSE Roy and Reva Losee Call 864-3217 FOR SALE: Used 2x4's, 2xS's, 2x8's, 2xl0's, 2xl2's 8c to 12c board ft. George CVan's Jewelry, Delta 116tf FOR SALE: 20 tons of baled barley straw. Any or call. See Robert Webb or call 864-3201. Ii31tf FOR SALE: Tha Ben Bunker house in Delta. Two bedrooms. Located near hospital. Contact Mrs. Walter Peterson, 1628 Harvard Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah. 10l24tf FOR SALE: Approximately 80 acres north of Abraham. $750.00 or best offer. Call 864-3197. l16tf FOR SALE: Hoover vacuum with attachments. 1 year old. $10.00. Call 864-3151. l30tf FOR SALE: 25 ton good bright chaff. Phone 864-3340. l16tf SMALL PHILCO refrigerator for sale. Call 864-3395, or see Ivo Ogden. 26-13np FOR SALE: Rex Jensen farm, 40 acres, 40 shares Melville water, home. Write 9830 So. 3100 E., C-:kV, U. 571-0573. 26-27np FOR SALE OR LEASE: 40 acre farm; home; 50 shares of Delta water. Write Mary Bunker, 72 So. 6th East, Salt Lake City, Ut. or ph. (801) 355-9480. 26tf FOR SALE: Modern 4 rocm home with large lot. 864-2273 2j6-20np BATTERIES 6-volt (group one) $7.95, exchange; 12-vole (group 24) $12.95, exchange. KELL'YS SERVICE Phone 864-2404, Delta 512tf SKATE at The PALOMAR Each Friday & Saturday 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. 75-cents a person S1.C0 per couple Delta JayCees ROUGH LUMBER sawed to order. Also slabs for sale. Lance Brunson, Fillmore, Utah. Ph. 743-5429. Will saw V mangers. ll21tf CARL'S RADIATOR SHOP. Complete radiator service, rodding, boil out, repairs. New radiator and heater cces. Used and new radiators. 228tl FOR SALE: 1960 Lincoln Continental Continen-tal Mark 5. Completely Equipt. Call 864-2647. Ii23-2;6pd Git TS FOR SALE at the M. E. Bird Recreation Center, 52 North 1st West, Delta. Buy a souvenir of, the "Old West", souvenir, pioneer and bride dolls for Valentine. Gifts for weddings, birthdays and special j occasions, quilts, pillowcases, doll ; ciothes, luncheon cloth, and hand j tooled leather wallets, clutch bags, purses, key rings, gaucho ties and bracelets. FOR SALE: 7 shares of Abraham water. Will consider trade for calves. See Jim Porter. Ii23-2j6np FOR SALE: Building lot I24'xl24' in North-East section of town near new housing project. Will sell for cash. See Les Welton, 864-2376. 2:6-27np For Kent i 11 ' m '864-2688 evenings and Saturdays. FOH RENT: 4-room modern fur- Office In Pace Building, 288 W. nished home. Automatic heat. Call Main, Delta. Evening and Saturday 864-'613 Mrs. M. H. Workman. i appointments only. Veneice Lovell. 26tf, 2j6-415np FOR RENT: 2-bdrm apt. in Delta Heat and hot water furnished. Wall to wall carpeting. Furnished or unfurnished. un-furnished. Washer and dryer available. avail-able. Contact Delta Auto Supply at 8C1-2761 or I.ou Swalberg at 864- 2592. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of o,.. riieunivinrr nf the partnership of I erson-Roper Dodge. The said business will continue under the same innie with William D. Iverson as the continuing partner. part-ner. Business, as usual will continue con-tinue from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., week days through Saturday. All accounts and business transactions transac-tions will be handled by the continuing con-tinuing partner. A well trained mechanic, Stewart K. Carter, will manage the shop. W. D. Iverson, continuing partner THE MILLARD COUNTY FARM BUREAU ANNUAL BANQUET. Oak City Ward Cultural Hall. Feb. 13, 1969, 8:00 p.m. Guest speaker: CLAUDE DE ST. PAER, Ass't Director Direc-tor of Program Development. $1.25 per plate. Talent Find numbers. 26np WILL HAUL cattle, any number anywhere. Reasonable. Cuman J. Cropper, Deseret. l16-26np WANTED: old coal cook or heater, stove, china closet, round oak table, old dishes, dolls, any condition. condi-tion. Write description and price to Sybil Jensen, 9830 So. 3100 E., Sandy, Ut. 571-0573. 26-27np FARMERS AND RANCHERS Sprin- kler systems designed and Installed. Let us plan your irrigation and water needs for increasing your farm yield or range usage. We stock plastic, steel and asbestos-cement asbestos-cement pipe and most of your reservoir res-ervoir needs. 34" Poly-80 pipe for 53.95 per 100 feet. "Small Town Boys With Big Ctiy Prices" Nay Equipment Co. Virgil Nay Richfield, Utah 896-6230 l16-220np LEGION AUXILIARY PARTY, Saturday, Sat-urday, Feb. 8, 9:00 p.m., Post Home. Dinner-$1.00. Bean Games! What would you do if y you lost your keys?0 BC SAFC! 41 CET EXTRA KEYS TODAY! Guaranteed to fit of your money back. ROBSON & SON'S LUMBER YARD WILL DO copy work between 5:30 and 9:00 p.m. each evening and all day on Saturday. Ph. 864-2190. I MAN OR WOMAN to supply Con- ,'sumers with Rawleigh Products. ICan earn $60 weekly part-time, )$150 and up full-time, Write Raw-jleigh, Raw-jleigh, 1415 23rd St., Denver, Colo. 802U5. 26&220pd A WELL EQUIPPED beauty salon for rent. Located at 319 North 200 West. Delta. For information r-nll '864-2119. 9!6tf IVERSON-ROPER DODGE (W. D. IVERSON, Owner) COME IN AND SEE THE . . WHITE HAT SPECIALS ... THIS WEEK The greatest selection of cars in this area DODGE: Darts, Coroners, Polaras, Monacos, Chargers DODGE: -Ton and -Ton Pickups USED CARS: 1968 Chevrolet Malibu 1966 Chevrolet Irnpala S.S. 1965 Chevrolet Corsa 1963 Chevrolet Irnpala 4-dr 1963 Pontiac LeMans USED TRUCKS: 1963 International Pickup 1962 International Pickup Open Weekdays Through Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. WEST HIGHWAY 6, DELTA, UTAH "Just West of the Overpass" INCOME TAX PREPARATION: For I appointments call 864-2661 be-i be-i tween 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. or LEGION AUXILIARY PARTY, Sat- urday, Feb. 8, 9:00 p.m., Post Home. Dinner-$1.00. Bean Games! TAX SERVICE: Personal or business returns. Contact Art Jeffery. Ph. 864-2781 or 864-3326. l30-220np j BOOT AND SHOE REPAIR, 44 E. Center, Fillmore, Utah. 1,23-2 13n Dr. PHIL L. AIKEN Chiropractic Physician WILL NOT BE IN HIS DELTA OFFICE SAT., FEBRUARY 8 15 South 3rd West DELTA Phone 8G4-2403 . LOFTY pile, free from soil is thn carpet cleaned with Blue Lutsre. Rent electric shampooer $1. Quality Market Furniture Dept. LOST: Aqua and white baby crib off car. Mesh sides. Elaine Hardy. Please call 864-3129 or notify the Chronicle . 26np FURNITURE NEED REUPHOLSTERING? Have that living room set or favorite rocker re-upholstered and redesigned by Twitchell Upholstery. Upholst-ery. TwltcheU's have served the Delta area for over 15 years. Their reputation for guaranteed service and quality workmanship is unsurpassed. For free consultation in your home, drop a card today. Mr. Twitchell, with over 20 years of decorating experience will call with samples of all the latest furniture coverings and help you choose the color and fabric for your sofa or chair. Save one-half over New Furniture Furni-ture prices. TWITCHELL UPHOLSTERY ISO N. Main Cedar City BRUNSON CATERING: COMPLETE wedding decorations and catering. Mr. and Mrs. Lance Brunson, Fillmore, Fill-more, Utah. Ph. 743-5429. 919tf FOR SINGER SALES OR SERVICE leave your name at D. Stevens Co., Hardware Dept. Delta. ll21tf LOCAL and Long Distance Trucking. Truck-ing. Call 864-3382, Cope Skeem. Day or night. ll7tf ELECTROLUX Authorized Sales & Service. Lowell Edwards. Ph. 864-3137 42tf Dr. Duane G. Lund Optometrist IS IN DELTA EACH TUESDAY 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. TV Eye Examination -k Glasses Fitted it Contact Lenses SAHARA THEATRE BLDG. 291 W. Main, Delta 864-2163 |