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Show Santa Claus and First Big Snow Arrive in Delta K v. C ; , ' - . ., ' - i ' ' ': ' V i .''' - :. - 0" -- -" -- . vv-- . 1 -- - : c v . " " . I " . 'X. - . ii h i de - ; ' - - " ; vZ " J ! '"'.A f Santa Claus made his sched-uled visit to Delta Saturday, and was met by more than a thous-and friends, young and old. Also greeting him was the first big snow of the year, an estimated 4 inches. 1000 oranges and 1000 lollypops were handed out by Santa and his helpers to the children dur-ing his stop, and after his depart-ure they wnt to the free mat- - inee at the Crest Theatre. Z7 7 Volume 39 Number 24 Delta, Utah, Thursday, December 9, 1948 $3.50 a Year in Advanc " NEW NAME FOR HALL Holidays Open Dance Season At "Palamar" A new dance program has bee set up in Deseret Stake by merr bers of the Stoke presidency am members of the Stake MIA at recent meeting. Their decision wa then presented to all ward bishof for approval. A stake dance committee he been named to plan and operat all dances in the stake that wi be on a stake basis. Nelson Clar has been named dance manage with the following committee me bers, Ruth Hansen, Willard Stephe sen, Shirley Christensen, Talmadg Christensen, Evelyn Robinson, L nore Gardiner, Eddys Barben, Cle Whicker and Fred Adams. This new committe will sponsc two of the Christmas holiday dan ces, the first one to be "Yuletid Frolic" on Dec. 25 and other "Wa1 ch Night" on New Years Eve. Both dances will be held in th Palamar at Delta. Proceeds fror! the dances will be used to hel improve the hall. Plans are un der way to have a new celate; ceiling put in the building ani new plaster on the south wall s that the acoustics of the buildini may be improved. The lighting effects will be changed and th ' rest rooms will be remodeled. Th! name "Big Hall" has been change! to "Palamar". Another plan that will be spon sored by the dance committee wil be to hold a regular dance ever Saturday night, beginning in Jar The stake dance orchestra wil hereafter be known as "Bud's Band and they will in the near futuri ' purchase uniforms 'and will adi ; novelty numbers and singing tj ; their orchestra. ' Stake Presents Christmas Tlieme On Hec. ltilh "The Voice of Christmas,' a spe-cial program will be' presented in the Delta high school auditorium on Thursday evening, Dec. 16 at 7:30. The program is being sponsored by the stake MIA under the direction of Mrs. Mar-garet Jensen, and Dr. Paul Adams, of the stake board. The program will feature out-standing talent in music and in speech, obtained from the various wards in the stake. The proRram will create the true spirit of Christmas in decorations and entertainment. Everyone is invited and no charge will be made. BASKETBALL TRIPLE HEADER . . . Region Six Teams Meet Here Dec. 11 Six basketball teams of Region 6 Delta, Hinckley, Millard, Milford, Beaver and Parowan, will meet in Delta Saturday night, Dec. 11, for a tournament of practise games. These games precede the league games by several weeks and will give the fains a golden opportunity to view the field be-fore the season opens. This is the first time such a triple header basketball joust has been held here. The games will all be in the Big Hall in Delta, and teams will be matched by draw-ing just before game time. Reserved seats have been sold locally, and in the home towns of the other members of the Region. From all indications a record-brea- k ing crowd will attend. Last years record of 1500 for the Delta-Beav-game way be bettered when en-thusiasts gather from here and the other 5 towns who will have teams in the game. BOX AND WRESTLE DIIS and 31 BIS Match Matmen Thurs., Dec. 16 Boxers and wrestlers from Delta and Millard high schools will stage their annual competition on Thurs-day night, Dec. 16. The event will be held in Palamar (new name for the Big Halln Delta), opening at 8 p.m. There will be 17 matches on the card. Boxing will be for 3 te rounds, and wrestling ac-cording to high school amateur rules. There will be no reserved seats sold for that night, and the seating will be first come, first served. This is the first such event of this season for the Delta high school men. Millard held one and defeated Gunnison. Nephi Schwab is coaching the Delta men. Coaches Carl Verhaaren and Hunter train the Fillmore en-tries. Among the boxers for Delta high are Eldon Poulson, Wilford Ashby, Ronald Greathouse, Howard Hun-sake- r, and Niel Rawlinson, Wrest-lers number Ronald Anderson, Don Carpenter, Keith Sanford, Sheldon Callister, Shirley Peterson, Bern-e- ll Tolbert and Donald May. Jay Cees Sponsor Santa Claus Visits On Christmas Eve Word has been received by the Delta Junior Chamber of Com -- merce that Old Santa is planning to visit each home in the Delta three wards, on the evening of Dec. 24, so that he might talk with the kiddies before they are off to bed. Old Santa has also in-formed the JayCees that he will be happy to reply to all letters addressed to "Santa. Claus, North Pole" Boys and girls can telephone Santa too, if they desire; by call-ing North Pole 5000. This year the JayCees are spon-soring a home Christmas Lighting Contest for local residents. Judging is to be based on originality, general effect, ingenuity, and subject matter. Anyone interested in entering this contest can contact Ward Spendlove; Prizes and special details will be announced later. All JayCees are busily helping to arrange for Old Santa's coming. The general committe is composed of J. Evan Wright, Jim Nickle, Roy Steele, Bill Bishop, Clayton Stape-ly- , Max Robison, .Albert Nickle, Ward Spendlove, Reed Turner, Roy Smith and Clair Acord. Hinckley Quint Bows to N. Sevier On Tuesday night in the home gym the Hinckley quintet lost a practice game to North Sevier by a score of 33-2- Hinckley took and early lead and held it during the first quar- - ter, with that period ending 10-- 8 in favor of Hinckley. North Sevier went ahead in the second period, keeping the lead for the rest of the game, with a tight score of 15-1- 6 at th half. During the third quarter North Sevier pulled away, scoring 11 points and holding the Hinckley five to a gain. The period ended in a 27-1- 8 tally. North Se-vier did an extra good job with their long shots, making 15 field goals compared to Hinckley's 8. Warren Petersen for Hinckley was highscore man of the game, making 13 points, while his highest opponent scored 9. Delta Splits Twin Bill The Delta Rabbits lost a 31-2- 9 decision ot the Salina high school cage team on Wednesday, Dec. 1. On Saturday Delta snagged a tri-umph from Tintic high of Dec. 4. Salina high handed Delta their first preseason setback aby dump-ing them 31-2- 9 at Salina. The game was close throughout and most of the Delta team saw act-ion. Bob Hortin and Junior Dalton left the game on personal fouls. Kenneth Fullmer and Junior Dalt-on each collected 7 counters to pace Hire Delta Quintet. Saturday, Delta dumped Tintic 36-3- 2 in a wild finish. They came from 8 points behind to pile up a fifteen point lead. Tintic, led by Roselund, struck back and cut the lead to 4 points. Elwood Dut-so- n collected 13 points including 8 out of 9 foul tries. Roselund led Tintic with 17 points. BY DON GREATHOUSE First Ward Party Opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday Night Dinner will be served at 7:30 p. m. Thursday evening, when Delta ' First ward holds their Building Fund party. The banquet is first event for the party, which includes a program, dance, ward home coming and general social. Reservations have been made in numbers and ample provision made to serve and entertain tie anti-cipated crowl. The dinner is being cooked by masters of the art from the ward members, with Mrs. Ruby Vodak as chairman. Leigh Max-fiel- d is toastmaster for the ban-quet. Music, readings and novelties are prepared for the program, and everyone is to take part in the dan ring. The charge is $2.50 a person, and the funds will go into the fund for the new ward building. Births This Wccb ; To Mr. and Mrs. Lathel CallisteJ a boy, Dec. 1. To Mr. and Mrs. Tony CallisteJ a boy, Dec. 5. ' To Mr. and Mrs. Kennard Cartel a girl, Dec. 8. 4-- H Winners Given Awards for Excellent Work ' .- -i f . -- .. -- i - i I ; k i I; ; ?s ' : ) V x. v j , . ''A'h, - b- v 1 Si - : :? VV - - i h f V' - i k i i - . I'll - . ; . I : An article elsewhere in this issue tells of the county achievements during the year, & projects in which these club members won awards. They are: Girls: Vona Lou Greathouse, Bet-ty Bunker, Kathryn Sanford, Ju-lene Bunker, Leu Wanna Bunker and Marilyn Murray. Boys: Chris Hansen, Robert Torrens, Kent; Dewsnup, Richard Snow, Lon Jackson, Austin Lovell and Dale i, Bliss. ; COMING EVENTS ... Utah String Quartet, concert, at DHS Auditorium Dec. 20. Fisher's Negro Ghosts, basket-ball team, vs. Legion Post 177 team on Dec. 22. The Jolly Stitchers club will meet in their clubroom on Friday Dec. 10. ' West Millard Boys Rank Highest In State Program Three West Millard county boys ranked highest In Utah Beehive Broiler prognam. Phillip Floyd, Ed-ward Skidmore and Richard Snow, ranked first, second and third con-secutively in state competition in the Utah Beehive Broiler program. These three boys plus Oscar An-- derson, Paul Anderson, Orthell Den-niso- Sidney Morris, Robert Fowles LaRoy Barkdull and Joe Stewart were entered from Millard county in the contest. The regulations under which the program operated was that the State of Utah through the Utah Poultry council were to contribute $100 state prize money, plus $25 for local money providing this $25 was matched by some local groups. The local groups each contributing $25 was Delta Lions Club, Fillmore Lions Club and the local Utah Poultry and Farmers Coop. The program began last March with each boy having 100 birds or more and ran for fourteen consec-utive weeks at which time the local birds were exhibited at the Junior Livestock show, then the 8 best were taken to the local Utah Poultry plant where they were judged by Dr. Caroll Draper of the USAC and Frank Bruno of Utah Poultry and Farmers Coop. The prize money and prizes re-ceived by each boy are as follows: 1. Phillip Floyd, fist in state competition, $40.93. Special awards. A. 8 heaviest birds. B. Best record book and story, county award $8.50, totalling $49.43. 2. Edward Skidmore, 2nd in state competition, S.32.37, county award, $3.50, total, $35.87. Richard Snow, 3rd in state com-petition. $23.80. Special awards, A. One heaviest bird. B. Lowest mor-tality. C. county award $8.50 mak-ing $32.30 in ali. 4. Oscar Anderson, Special award most economical feed cost and a county award, $8.31. 5.0rthell Dennison, county award of $5.25. 6. Paul Anderson, special award, most economical feed cost a nd a county award, $7.42. 7. Sidney Morris, county award, $5.25. Robert Fowles, county award, $5.25. LaVoy Barkdull, county award, $4.92. 10. Joe Stewart, county award, $1.00. The local boys appreciated the local sponsors help and encourage-ment. It is anticipated that another such contest will be run again next spring for boys and girls interested.' Who's Who?... .1 : i , AvV ; J : ' S .! ; .1 j . 1 ' 1 And who is this young fashion plate? (This is abrand new dept. in the Uvronicle, appearing for the first "We this week, and to continue weekly until we run out of am- - wunition. We will supply you with clues as to the identity of the I Personality of the week, and you try and guess who it it. There are no cash prizes or any other awards 'nvolved. It is just or fun, and to S'ye you a peek at some of our Wizens in years gone by. Each ;!fLk you will find the answer WHO" inserted some place in the Uironicle.) Here are some clues: yuyireesubject of this week's puzzle is a well-know- n county resident. You see dailv, if you "now where to look. This picture s taken when he was 6 years a. Many years have sped by Delta then' most of them spent in clr!fhre he is' complete ,in Sunday L lnes. button boots, buttons on ) coat and weskit too. The pose is carefree yet fashionable. And he has his summer hair cut, only the subject reports that he was drag-ged to the barber weekly, at that age for such a close shave, summer and winter. It was an idea o his father's to promote growth of hair. It worked, too. Possibly that anti-soci- glare at the camera was because he had so much neck to wash. Or possibly beguiled him the photographer with a particularly beat-u- p "birdie" that day. This photo "aPh was never in demand for Christmas cards nor gifts to relat- - i0Want more clues? Well, the boy and came to Delta hpcame a man, las one of the 1913 arrivals. There and he dealt in funds and figures, facts and fossils now he dotes on answer is in this Give up? The newpaper. 4-- H Club Members Receive Awards For Achievements Club Awards were given to three hundred and twenty six hoys and girls of West Millard in the Annual 4-- Achievement Award Program held at the Delta First wrad chapel. These boys and girls have com-pleted 4-- club projects in many fields, such as beef, hogs, sheep, poultry, garden, sugar beets, small grain, clothing 1st 2nd. 3rd, and 4th years, foods 1st, 2nd 3rd, and 4th, years. ' Home furnishings, home beautifioation, safety, soil conser- - vation, and others too numerous to mention. Local banker, Mr. Otis Walch, gave a talk to the club boys and girls in which he impressed upon the club members that they are the leaders of tomorrow - making every effort to become good citizens and keep this good nation of ours a good place to live. Special awards were given to Club boys and girls for their out-- 1 standing accomplishments. Those receiving these awards were: Gar-- 1 dening, Robert Torrens, Howard Johnson; Soil Conservation Service, Chris Hansen; Poultry, Richard Snow; Record Keeping, Austin Lovell; Dairy Judging, Dale Bliss; Meat animal. Chris Hansen, Vona Lou Greathouse, Kent Dewsnup, Sheldon Christensen, Lon Jackson, Theron Johnson. The following are the girls who received Special Awards Monday night. County winners in the Home Improvement Contest: Leu Wanna Bunker, Julene Bunker and Kath-ry- n Sanford. These girls received medals. Home Ground Beautification Co. Winner: Julene Bunker, medal. The following girls received checks from the State Flair for prizes won there for their exhibits: Dorothy Brumley, 1st year clothing individual exhibit, (dress and ap-ron), Betty Bunker, 4th year cloth-ing exhibit, (suit, slip land acces-sories), Leu Wanna Bunker, 3rd year clothing exhibit, (best dress), Kathryn Sanford, 2nd year home improvement, (bed spread). Other County winners not in the picture. Elva Webb, Junior Leader-ship Girls Record. She received a County Medal. State Winner Girls record. Janet Sanford, County style re-vue winner and won a Blue Ribbon at the State Fair. The accomplishments of the boys and girls lare greater this year than last; and we are proud of their endeavors in making the best better. Earl Kelly Presents Checks in Poultry Awards '' i --- , "riri . r: ' ' 9 ' : - v y y -- - r f I x J I - I : L - j ja Gene Petersen, left of the Delta Lions club, aids Earl Kelly, right, of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Coop, in presenting checks to winners in Utah Beehive Broiler program. On the back row are Dale Dennison, Rodney P. Rick-enbac-county agent, and Rob ert Fowles. Xn front are Edward Skidmore, second place, Phillip . Floyd, first place, Richard Snow . third place, and Sidney Morris. !j f New Bus Service 31akes RouikI Trip IBaily to S.L. Tuesday the new bus service opened, when the Delta Bus Line made their first trip to Salt Lake City and return. The bus will make the round trip to Salt Lake City daily henceforth. The bus is a new Dodge sedan, accomodating 9 passengers. Edgar Mills is the driver. A feat-ure of the new service is a con-venient time for making a round trip to Salt Lake City in a day. The bus will leave the City Cafe in Delta at 7 a.m. and arrive in Salt Lake City at 10:30 a.m. The return trip leaves Salt Lake at 5 p.m. and arrive in Delta at 8:30 p. m. It goes through Oak City, Lynn-d-and Leamington, with stops for passengers. Pfc. Donald Ireland sent word to is wife in Delta that he had reach-ed Newfoundland and was o.k. He is serving in the army there where they are building a large air base. Clair Acord, assistant county agricultural agent, is in Logan, at-tending the annual Extension ser-vice conference, Dec. |