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Show Relief Society Leaders Honor Wards for Achievement , f no o orRlr, 00 j. K XV - v --f" : 3 s. I ... f " Vr " - t !"-N- h - J.j . Stake and waid Relief Society officers are pictured here at the conclusion of their candle light ceremony held in the Delta Se-cond ward Sunday, Oct. 31. Reported at this meeting were the advancements made on the Memorial building planned by the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, which is to be built in Salt Lake City. The session was presided over by Mrs. Marie Moody, Deseret Stake Relief Society president. '"" "''" Volume 39 Number 20 Delta, Utah, Thursday, November 11, 1948 $3.50 a Year in Advance J CLUB GIRL BEST Chicago Trip Nears For Winner iis t-- EI . ! . '. : I ........ v.,v. :.v.:.x.-,:.::::- Elva Webb . . . Winner Elvia Webb, Hinckley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Webb, was chosen as the best all around girl in the state. As the winner in this girls con-test record, she will attend the National Club Congress at Chi-cago, November 28th to December 2nd, along with fourteen other boys land girls who are winners in other state contests. These trips and other awards are sponsored and paid for by various companies and people. Elva goes to Chicago through the courtesy of Montgomery Ward & Co. Millard county is very proud of Elva, and her accomplishments. She well deserves this honor. Her work, both as a member and as a leader has been outstanding, la'nd she has received many other for the work she-ha- s done. Congratulations to Elva. ; Yeeirasss Isavsieel ires E'osi S5ae2net j Oz Johnson, commander of Post S9, American Legion, reminds all members of the Armistice Day ban-quet to be held in Hinckley hot lunch room Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. All veterans of World Wars I and II :i.nd their partners are eligible to a'tend whether of Post member-ship. Guests of honor will be Gold Star mothers and fathers. Canvass GSves LeS&oy Sssalila S VEelory Twenty votes, discovered in the official canvass in Millard county court house Monday, all cast for LeRoy B. Smith, Republican can-didate for state representative, gave him the victory over C. E. Freer, Democrat candidate. Last week's returns were in-complete when the Chronicle went to press. At that time Mr. Freer was in the lead, 1966 to Smith, 196.1, ,and Black Rock yet to come in. Their votes put Mr. Freer 9 ahead, and he was named, as win-ning. However, a mistake in tabulation from Meadow was corrected in the Monday canvass, and 20 more votes were given Mr. Smith. Mea-dow cast 5 votes for him instead of 55 as first reported. Eldon Eliason, Republican can-didate for district attorney for the Fifth judicial district, has been re-ceiving congratulations all week. Citizens, reading in the Chronicle that he was high in Millard coun-ty assumed he had won the post. But the final count gave the vic-tory to Ellis J. Pickett, Democratic incumbent, 8427 to 8056. ; Sen. Vafkins Asks I For Information ! On State Meeds Oi ' Senator Arthur V. Watkins will in Delta Thursday for a public meeting of West Millard county. X The meeting will be held in the' Delta high school auditorium at 2b ;i p.m. J! 1 Senator Watkins wishes to findj ' out what his Utah constituents!"- - need in the way of national legis- - ; lation. The meeting will be in-- i " and in the nature of afj round table discussion. Represetn-j- l tatives of all groups, civic, farmer,! . labor, private citizens and indus- - try, are urged to attend, and ' J! press their views. p jr The Delta meeting is one of aj series Sen. Watkins is conducting throughout, the state to obtain the: views and needs of the state as! : a whole, and to determine whati can be done in Congress to meet, (these state problems. Meetings were held in St. George,! ' Cedar City and Fillmore, and foil-- 1 owing the Delta session, one is ( scheduled for Nephi. Of particular interest will be dis- - B cussions of the Central Utah water 2 project, and the Colorado river pro-- ; ject. Any other topics pertinent and ' of interest to this area will be wel-- 1 ( corned for discussion. .'El TBaursclay Is Holiday Thursday, Nov. 11, Armistice Day, will be observed as a hol-iday in Delta, with business houses closed. The turkey shoot sonpsored by Delta Lodge No' 59, I. O. O. F opens at 10 a. m. and continues through the day. Boxing bouts sponsored . by Post 117, American Legion, are scheduled at 8 p.m. in the Big, Hall in Delta, followed by the Armistice Day Ball in Van's hall. Post No. 89 marks the day with a banquet at 8 p. m. in Hinckley for veterans and part- ners. Gold Star mothers and fathers are guests of honor. L Parowan Is Added To Basketball League; No Byes parowan is the new and 6th member of the league in Region 6 according to a decision reached by administrators at their conventi-on in Kanab last Thursday. With the addition of Parowan, there will be no byes in league basketball. Region 6 now includes Delta Hinckley; Millard, Beaver, Milford and Parowan high schools. On Saturday night, Dec. 11, all six elague teams will meet in Delta for three basketball games. These will be practise games, and give both players and fans an opport-unity to size up the material available before the league sched-nl- p oDens. Just before the games, the teams will draw to decide who plays who. Parowan, the new mem ber, has a strong team, as who-ever draws them will find out. In fact, all 6 teams are strong, and this session will reveal a number of possibilities. RESERVED SEATS READY Reserved seats will go on sale soon, through the 6 high schools admissions at $1.25. The funds real ized will go into a fund handled league larbritator, Ralph Mc Cloy, principal of Beaver high school, for travel and officiating expenses. Another decision made at the meet was to pool local officials. The day before a game, 2 offi-cials will be called by Mr. McCoy and told where they will officaate. It will never be in their home town and towns will not know who will officiate until the men appear. While the administrators held their meeting, a student council executive meeting was held, with John Burgoyne, advisor. For three hours representatives of the high school student councils discussed and planned student activities. . Attending the Thursday session from Millard county were Principal Glen Seegmiller, Delta high school, and Principal D. A. Allred, Hinck-- i liy high school, lis administrators. For the student council meet Delta sent Winston Christensen, Presi-dent, Hinckley sent Phyllis Robi-nson, President, and Carol Crafts, Secretary, and Fillmore sent Charl-es Ashman, president. Leaders Hear Detailed Report On Fund Campaign At the General Relief Society Conference in October, 1947, the women of the L. D. S. Relief Soci-ety were asked to raise money during the coming year to build a Memorial Relief Society building. Each member was asked to con-tribute $5.00. The fnuds raised by the women today to be added to those of Relief Society women and kept for this purpose since 1896. A beautiful Memorial building for the use of the Relief Society wo-men of the church will be built overlooking the Salt Lake Temple. Women throughout the world, from Finland, South Atrica, Leb-- , anon, Syria, Europe and Isles of the sea, although not asked for contributions, have saved their money and have asked that is be added to that saved by the wo-men in the United States. Today the General Building Fund is well over half a million dollars. President Marie Moody of the Deseret Stake Relief Society an-nounces th successful conclusion of the fund raising program in the Deseret Stake. $3,661.06 has been sent from the Deseret Stake Relief Society. This amount has been paid by the eleven wards and two branches in this Stake, from funds of the Stake Relief Society, from special gifts from those not belong-ing to the organization, and from memorial gifts given in honor of some .loved one or friend. The names of all who have con-tributed and those in whose honor money was given have been plac-ed on a roll and this roll, together with the names of all women who have contributed will be placed in the cornerstone of the building. The successful conclusion of the Fund Raising program was com-memorated on Sunday, October 31 in the Delta Second ward chapel. All Relief Society women were invited to attend. President Marie Moody spoke expressing apprecia-tion to .the women of the Deseret Stake for thir support. and coopr-atio- She told how the building of this Memorial will be the fulfill-ment of a dream long cherished by the women of the Relief Society. An impressive candle lighting ceremony was conducted by Mrs. Mary Bassett with a representative of each ward and branch lighting a candle symbolizing the success-ful achievement of that ward, and the stake candle lighted by Pres. Marie Moody, with each represen-tative responding with appropriate readings. Mrs. Thelma Black ac-- 1 companied the candle lighting and readings with appropri-ate organ music. A ladies trio from the Hinckley ward sang "Bless this House." Ivyaainelyl J$1ess Is CaBSi8lal! Fesr IS A Quwei Miss Colleen Nielson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nielson of Lynnclyl has been chosen to re-present the Tau Epsilon fraernity as candidate for homecoming queen at Branch Agricultural Col-lege in November 19, it was an-nounced by Willard Lee, fraternity president. Along with girls sponsored by other fraternities on the campus, Miss Nielson will vie for queen to reign over the homecoming activi-ties. The days events will include an assembly at 10 a. m. at which the queen will be announced, a football game between BAC Bron-cos and Weber Wildcats at 2 and a dance that evening at 9, 'according to Garth Beacham, chairman of the event. To spark interest in the event a rally is planned for Thurs-day evening in downtown Cedar City. The girls competing with Miss Nielson are Betty Lou Riggs, Over-ton, Nevada, sponsored by Phi Sig-ma Xi, and Mina Rae Stewart, Al-amo, Nevada, sponsored by Gumma i Upsilon. Other fraternities have yet to turn in their candidates. Legion Holds 3foet at Kanah American Legion posts and of District No. 7 held a district convention Saturday at Kanab. State and district officers of the Legion and Auxiliary attend-ed, and were speakers at the pro-gram and banquet. Mrs. M. H. Workman, district president of the auxiliary, and Oz Johnson, district were there. Representatives atending from Post 89 were Mr. rand Mrs. M. H. Workman, Mr. and Mrs. George Cahoon, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Theo-bald, Mr. and Mrs. Oz Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. George Roundy, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gardner, and Mrs. land Mrs. Leonard Vodak. From Post 117 were Joe Gordon, Joseph D. Mercer, Jr., Leo Burraston and Oral Jensen, who made the trip by air. The Kanab post and auxiliary made arrangements for the pro-gram and the. banquet and dance that concluded the convention. Delia 1st Ward Invites All To -- Supper, Itazaar a . The Relief Society of Delta First ; I ward invites the public to their i I supper and bazaar to be held Fri- - day, Nov. 12. J, Turkey dinner will be served in 1 I the Delta hot lunch room from 6:30 T I to 8 p. m. Serving will be cafeter- - ;1 ia style, and hungry folks can '! take doubles, or small children be j-served accordingly. 1 Following the dinner a program j will be presented in the Delta 1st ? ward hall, opening at 8. There I5 will be music in the hall preceding L i the program, to entertain those who have had dinner while wait- - ing for the program. A wide variety ' of numbers on the program are L listed, with fun for all. l The, bazaar sales will open after ''i ' !' the program. A big variety of beau ' tiful and useful handmade articles will be displayed, such as aprons, J pillow cases, tea towels, luncheon : sets, baby clothes, quilts and other i items. A feature of the sale will II be an auction of a silk quilt. 11 ForiEser Girls Cast in Play Friday night was the first per-formance of "Death Takes a Holi-day,' in Cedar City, given by the play production c'l'ass at the BAC. Colleen Nielson and Yvonne Nelson Delta high school graduates, have parts in the production. Miss Niel-son plays Grazia, the feminine lead and Miss Nelson plays Alda in the supporting cast. 3rd Ward Honors Elder Forster At Testimonial Elder Merlin Forster was honor-ed at a farewell testimonial in Delta Thrid ward Sunday night, in the Delta high school auditorium Present also was a large attend-ance from Delta Second ward, as Elder Forster was a former mem-ber. Bishop E. L. Moody conducted the program, which opened with the congregation singing "We Thank Thee O God", led by George Chamberlain. The opening prayer was given by Burnis Finlinson, bishop of the Oak City ward. A song followed , sung by Elder Forster, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Forster, two brothers and his sister, in the family group. The piano accompaniment by Mrs. Ray-d- a Rawlinson. Other musical num-bers were a trumpet solo, by Cleo Whicker, Dick Morrison, accomp-anist, the girls' trio, Lila Mae Sampson, Bonnie Black Cherie Han-nifin, vocal solo, by George A. ment by his mother, Mrs. George Chamberlain, and another number, Chamberlain, piano accompani a duet, sung by Elder Forster and his mother, with Mrs. Rayda Raw-linson, accompanist. Speakers between the musical parts were W. W. Rawlinson, Elder Forster's grandfather, and E. D. Harris and W. Glen Rawlinson, un-cles. Closing the program were talks by Mr. and Mrs. Forster, land Elder Forster. The closing pray er was by Bishop June W. Black. Elder Forster entered the mission home in Salt Lake Monday morn-ing, in company with three other Delta missionaries. He will leave next week for the Spanish-America- n mission of the LDS church. He is the first missiondry sent from Delta Third ward since their organization this year. Bishop E. L. Moody announced Sunday night that a second missionary, Newell Moulton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gr-ant Moulton, will leave later for Canada. His testimonial will be held in the ward Nov. 28. Attend Services For POW Friend Mr. and Mrs. Ray Church .were in Richfield recently to attend the funeral services for Capt. LaGrande C. Frank, who died in 1943 in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Mr. Chruch was one of the speak-ers at the funeral, and told of his friendship with Capt. Frank in Ja-pan. They were together for some time in the prison camp, and were the only two Utah men and mem-bers of the LDS church in that vi-cinity, Tliank Voters For Support In Flections To the voters of Millard county we, your newly elected county com missioners, express our sincere thanks. We appreciate the confi-dence you have shown by your very splendid vote. It makes us feel humble, indeed. The commissioners of Millard county invite you to come at any-time to the Court house or to our homes and discuss any problems you might have, that we might better serve you. We truly want to work with and for all of the good .people of Mill-ard county in everything that is fair and right. Sincerely yours, Mark S. Johnson Robert E. Robinson llroadway Comes To Itclta Soon If you can't or haven't seen a Broadway show now is your chance to go, even if you have seen one come anyway and see the grand performance of the chorus mem-bers of over one hundred are pre-senting December 2 and 3. Under the stern guidance of Fred Adams the Follies titled "One World" is now in good form. Broadway should come and see this spectacular show, 30 acts of singing, dancing, costumes, scen-ery and pretty girls. Evan Christ-ensen, music department head, has done wonders with the large group. No one would want to miss this gala affair. Much credit should go to the hard working staff members, as follows: Scenery Cherie Hannifin Costumes Joyce Church Vereden Finlinson Girls' properties Dorothy Bishop and Adeen Skidmore Boys' properties Robert Angell Ray Wilkins Dance Mary Lou Rawlinson Publicity Norma Kimber Lighting John Gardner Flowers Joyce Terry Lighting John Gardner Assistant directors Tharla Larson and Sharon Robinson There are also many dancers, solos and group parts. Come and take a lesson on Broadway. BASKETBALL 1st Game Nov. 7; Schedule Ready This season's M Men basketball opens Wednesday night, Nov. 17, with games played in the Big Hall in Delta. Paul Theobald, supervisor, makes the reminder that registra- - tion fees of $4.00 and signed med-ic- il and eligibility slips must be in to him before the opening game. All games will be held in the Big Hall, excepting on a few dates, when they will be held in the Delta high school. The first game will he at 7:30, the second at 8:30 p.m. The schedule follows: Nov. 17 Hinckley vs. Leamington. Oak City vs. Lynndyl. Nov. 20. Delta 1st vs. Sutherland Delta 3rd vs. Delta 2nd. Nov. 21 Hinckley vs. Lynndyl Leamington vs. Sutherland. Nov. 29 Oak City vs. Delta 3rd Delta 2nd vs. Delta 1st. I Dee. 1 Hinckley vs. Sutherland Lynndyl vs. Delta 3rd. Dec. 4 Delta 2nd vs. Leamington. Oak City vs. Delta 1st Dec. 8 Hinckley vs. Delta 3rd Delta 2nd vs. Sutherland Dec. 13 Delta 1st vs. Lynndyl Dec a1mington vs- 0ak C'ty Hinckley vs. Delta 2nd Dec 18 1St VS' Delta 3rd 0k City vs. Sutherland Decyn22dyl VS' Leamineton gf'ta 2nd vs Oak City jjHmckley vs. Delta 1st sf.fhmilJgton vs- Delta 3rd Dec 30 rland vs' Lynndyl Hilllilst vs- Leamington mckl(!y vs Oak City City Signs Papers For Airport Aid Joe Bergin, director, and H. T. Bean, from the civil aeronautics commission, flew into Delta Tues-day, to meet with Mayor Golden H. Black. They brought the necessary papers, which were duly signed by the City Council, that will obtain the Federal aid monies for im-provements at the Delta municipal airport. Contract for improvements at the airport was awarded last week, to Whiting and Haymond construction company, in the amount of $18, 307.85. Of this amount federal aid is $11,317.91. Flder Finlinson i Will Serve in I' Uruguay Mission Bryce R. Finlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Finlinson of Oak City i entered the mission home in Salt . Lake City Monday, Nov. 8. g'v He is scheduled to leave New York on the SS Uruguay Dec. 3 to i serve in the Urugyauan mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- - f ter-da- y Saints. Elder Finlinson is a graduate of ; i Richfield high school, and attend- - jj ed the University of Utah. He ser- - S ; I ved in the navy two years. His farewell party and dance was held 1 i in Oak City recently. 0 He is the fourth member of his I family to serve in the mission field. I Oak City PTA Opens Season The Oak City PTA held their first meeting of the season Friday night in the Elementary school with Mrs. Florence Lovell the PTA president presiding. The program consisted of a read-ing given by Mrs. Margaret Roper, 1st grade teacher. Miss Wilma W.ix-o-the county nurse, gave a report on the .duties of the county (nurse as pertains to the school, county. Thomas Pratt, prin-cipal, reported on the PTA project and mentioned the probLms'of the school anc com-munity. He also encouraged the to take advantage of the parents Family Life free classes offered on Education. The musica numbe" given by Austin Lovell, btn Tade and Mrs. Esther Anderson. Following the program the mem-bers enjoyed a social and lefresh ments. Delta Players On "News" Team The Deseret News has picked 2 Delta gridders on their All 6 di-vision team. The Delta players to be given this honor were Bob Hortin at end, and Neil Heyborne in the halfback position. Citizens Asked L To Hum Weeds J During this week, the City of . j Delta, has employed a tractor and J a drag, to rail the streets of Delta, 'j ' The weeds railed have been left j in piles in front of properties, and ' citizens are asked to burn them, before a storm comes. They are M dry now, and will burn quickly. S Otherwise they'll last all winter, and spread too big a weed crop for k next year. :J JayCee Wives Invite Public To Iftance Nov. 20 The Delta Jaycee Wives are spon soring a Thanksgiving Ball Nov-ember 20 at 9 o'clock in the Delta Big Hall. Everyone is invited to attend. A special invitation has been is-sued to all West Millard clubs. If any club has not received an in-vitation it has been unintentional and they are especially invited. Arrangements are being made to have an excellent outside orchestra come. The purpose in sponsoring this dance is to provide an ertra nice atmosphere for a good dance to excellent music. The dance will be semi-form-and tickets are $1.25 per couple. Helta PTA Hears Talk and Music More than 150 parents and tea-chers attended PTA last Wednes-day night, in the Delta high school auditorium. Drawing cards were the music from pupils of Detla elementary school, and the talk by Dr. H. Wayne Driggs, director, from the BAC. The program opened with pray-er by Roy Twitchell. Then the elementary school gave their num-bers, oral readings and songs, dir-ected by Mrs. Phyllis Bennett. This was an exceptional showing of the talents of this group, and won long applause. Dr. Driggs gave a significant talk pointing out mankind's power to grow, best achieved when prin-ciples of living coincide with act-ions. His points for growth includ-ed broadened views, helpful sym-pathy, deepening of insight, power of doing,, and closed on the note that the more you see the beauty of the world through learning, the more you are interested in your fellow man. Mrs. Ruth Steele, president, an-nounced next PTA meeting for Wednesday, Dec. 1. The program was closed with prayer by E. L. Harris. With tlie 31 I A Delta 2nd ward. Explorers will present two 5 minute skits, from the Mutual reading course, in op-ening assembly Tuesday night, Nov ember 16. Musical numbers will be given by Edith Cahoon Mid Juneal Judd. Rulon Callister will give a lesson on Wireless to the Special Interest group. Delta 3rd ward: Nov. 16, Junior Girls will give the opening assem-bly. Cellan; Scripture reading, Juvene Opening prayer by Joyce Mc Church; song. Marilyn Callister; solo, Aileen Chamberlain; closing talk, Mrs. Clara Clothier; piano prayer, Wanda Billings. Mercury Is Going Down Old Man Winter is heading this way according to recordings at the weather bureau in Deseret from Berniece Western, cooperative ob-server, Nov. 4, the lowest recording was 21 but the next night, Nov. 5, the mercury slid down to 8. It came up somewhat the few foll-owing days, but on Nov. 9, down she went to 4 above. Tuesday night was a lit tie higher, recorded at 10. With dust on the roads, and sun in the sky, cold weather still has us in its grip. Other areas in Utah have reported the coldest snap yet on record for this time of the year. At this writing there is no sun in the sky, just gray gloom, but at that it is warmer. Reauticians Hold Convention A convention of beauticians of the intermountain area was held in Salt Lake City Monday and Tuesday. The Newiiouse hotel was headquarters with demonstrations and lectures on the prognam. Attending were Mrs. Lucille Steph- - enson and Mrs. Nona Chesley from Delta, and Mrs. Nora Cropper of Deseret, from the local beauty sa- - Ions. Mrs. Stephenson also took part on the program to demon-strate the radio wave. Hescret Stake 1 Activities Set. NOVEMBER t 11. American Legion Salute. IOOF turkey shoot. Post 117 boxing card jsf' followed by dance. Post 89 banquet -ti in Hinckley. Sr--. 12. FFA ' Harvest ball at Hinckley high. Delta 1st ward Relief Society ba- - .' zaar. i', j 14. Primary Stake board meeting, f K' 17. Primary Union meeting. f nv? Delta Wards Explorer, Junior girl j ' ", party. 19. FFA Harvest ball at Delta c; i high school. f 24. Senior Hop at Hinckley high. u 25. Thanksgiving dance at Hin- - U ! ckley. 11 4 26. Basketball, North Sanpete vs vM Hinckley Moroni at Delta. li'l 27. Basketball, Moroni at Hinck- - lie 1 t ley North Sanpete at Delta. fj Stake and Gleaner Har- - vest ball. , J Fire Hepartinent Mei'its Praise Th7Delta Volunteer Fire De- - -I- nel-oten firemen won M ,hankS "he rpuniisPhrenSdeepthappreciation done by 3'S"S',ff.S " -- ? i i,ct week by fire in Ekins farm k ot the in P,e,vonu''fI! Thp hav chopper Mrs that wcy y Indtbe town were have such a tine niei Adult Farmers Offered HHS Shop Through the courtesy of tlie Millard County School District, farmers can use the facilities of the new vocational building of the Delta high school for wood-work, machinery repair, welding, etc. this winter. Farmers wishing to take advan-tage of this opportunity please contact Marven Ogden or Merritt C Floyd before November 20th. Stake Meet On Genealogy Deseret Slake Genealogical Con-viction will be held Sunday, Nov. 14, in the Delta Seminary. There will be two meetings, one at 10, next at 2 p. m.. All stake and ward genealogacal representatives and others interested 'are urgd to Auxiliary of Post 117 Meets Nov. 15 The regular meeting of the Auxiliary of Post 117, American Legion, will be hold Monday night, Nov. 15, at the home of Mrs. Wayne Sorenson. All members are urged to attend. i. m'm " U1 ale Chorus at 7 p.m. n'eet'S Mek the Male Chorus will Second 'c'ock in the Delta niav t ard so that members eve'nins nUt earIy to attend the , program on Armistice Day. Mrs. Otis Walch returned Tues-day from Salt Lake City where she had visited her daughter, Mrs. Grant Seeley. |