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Show 'Li';' ' ) 'ltj J Millard County Chronicle Dj3 Delta, Ut., Thurs.. Nov. 25,1943 Amanda Conk Will Observe Birthday f v i i v V 1 I V ' f - "V I several months and her children so weak they had to learn to walk again. For several years thereafter water was hauled to the home in a lumber wagon. Later she made her home in Deseret, where Owen died in 1921. Some years after she married his brother,, William Conk, who died In 1945. Mrs. Conk is the mother of eight children: Mrs. Eva Kerr of Ely, Nevada, Owen LeRoy (deceased), Mrs. Nellie Dean Rowley of Deser-et, Henry of Provo, Mrs. Elda Ann Wheeler of Delta, Mrs. Ella Mae Wheeler of Ontario, Oregon, George H. (deceased), Mrs. Mollie Gonder, of Garrison. She is the grandmoth-er of 33 children and the great grandmother of 20. Her family is devoted to her and bring her great joy. At the present time she re-sides in a comfortable and modern home in Delta. Many friends and relatives join in congratulating Mrs. Amanda C. Conk who achieves her 72 birth-day on Nov. 28. She is a grand-daughter of Jacob Croft and the only surviving child of George land Letitia Davies Croft, prominent pioneers of Millard county. Mrs. Conk's life has known many joys as well as pathos. Her father died when she was eleven years old.. The following year, during the dreadful black diptheria plague of 1889, her brother, Thomas, her grandfather, Davies, and her mot-her died. After their funeral, Aman da's two sisters became ill and died. There being no preventive known at that time, the disease caused great fear thoughout the community. Streets were roped off around the homes where there was sickness, and clothing and furnish-ings lall had to be burned. Amanda was left alone to prepare her, sis-ters for burial, which was done during the night in a heavy rain strom with the help of two elder brothers and ia loyal friend, Rich Cropper. She was left the only girl in the family of five children, one responsibility being to care for her ten month old baby broth-er. She was married to Owen J. Conk in 1897 and lived in one room on a farm four and one-ha- lf miles southwest of Deseret until after her sixth child was born. Her married life, like her girlhood, saw many hardships. In 1905 a typhoid fever epidemic scourged the fam-ily, leaving Amanda bedfast for . Mr. and Kirs. Cari Theobald fifa spending Thanksgiving Provo for the annual day jn Crofts family gathering, when about fifty mem. ,bers of the family have dinner to- - Igether. suthkiulanii... Mr. and Mrs. Herman Munster left Sunday to go to Burlington, Colorado, to spend Thanksgiving with their daughter, Charlotte King. They expect to return home for Christmas. Bernard Munster, Herman Mun-ster and Deral Christensen attend-ed the Ogden Livestock show. Bishop Lyman returned home on Sunday with Mrs. Lyman and the new baby girl who was born in a Salt Lake hospital Nov. 13. Both are reported doing fine Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flaherty are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Johnson this week. A. M. Ogden returned home Sat-urday after spending a few days in Salt Lake. Tuesday night the Gatherers pro- - duced the play, "Too Many Marys" with the cast consisting of Kay Moody, Earline Steele, Kay Henrie Dorothy Abbott, Darlene May, and Arlene Ogden. Monday night Eleanor Roberts' Betty Johnson , Maxine Owens and Zelda Ogden entertained the As You Like It Club at the Sutherland hot lunch room. Thirty were pre-sent. Ui The Millard County Chronicle Published Every Thursday at Delta, Utah ' 1 By CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY we ofOwned by Frank S. Beckwith and Frank Beckwith lie i Frank Beckwith Editor Frank S. Beckwith, Business Manager ' " F; J.! 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We are in the land of plenty with the highest standard of living in the world. ' J We are rather proud that Electricity has played ; such an important part in this high standard of living. ji i: i, t A TEIXOUDE POWER CO. MESSAGE . J, Oak City .... MAE H. SHIPLEY The Sunday evening services consisted of ia talk by Elder Bryce Finlinson, who is home from the mission home, and will sail as soon as transportation is vaailable for Uraguay. Mrs. Zella Lovell gav-- a report of her son, Bruce, now in the Texas Mission field, also Es-dr- Finlinson reported on his son, Reece, and his labors in the Calif-ornia mission. Bishop and Mrs. Burnis Finlinson Mr. land Mrs. Ray Finlinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Talbot went to Manti to attend the wedding of Myrle Johnson and Vern Young. Those from Oak City attending the wedding dance Saturday night were Bishop Burnis Finlinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Talbot, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fin-linson, Mr. and Mrs. George Fin-linson, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fin-linson, Mr. and Mrs. John Alldredge Johanna Alldredge and Leo Finlin-son. Mrs. Lulu Lewis land daughter, Verna, and sons, Dale and Grant, from Aurora, visited in Oak City with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Christ-ensen. Mrs. Mary Yuong was with them on the trip to Oak City. Friday night the Builders group of the MIA entertained the 1st and 2nd groups of Bee Hive girls at the home of Mrs. Emma Talbot, their class leader. Games and refresh-ments were enjoyed by the young people. Tuesday evening at the second period of the MIA the Special In-terest group entertained the adults with a lively party. Games, a pro-gram and refreshments filled the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Clara Wells were Oak City visitors last week. DESERET Lucile Sampson - Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Cropper and Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Cropper are spending Thanksgiving in Salt Lake City with Mrs. Ellen Cropper. Mr. land Mrs. Cecil Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Warner and Jay Warner, are spending Thanksgiving holidays in Ogden. Mrs. Inga Black has returned from the Holy Cross hospital where she underwent ian operation. She is feeling as good as can be ex-pected. Jess Western from Salt Lake City is spending a few days in Deseret. He also came down for the funeral services of Hulda Dewsnup. We have been having very good Mutual meetings and very inter-esting lessons, and we wish every-one would come to Mutual. Sunday Mrs. Lucy Cahoon cele-brated her birthday, a lovely din-ner was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Davis and family from Pro-vo, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ca-hoon and family from Fillmore, and Vesta Cohoon and children of Delta. Thursday evening the Deseret Rook Club met at the home of Lu-cile Sampson. A nice lunch was served and One High Rook was played. Those present were Nola Hawley, Delores Ogden, Stella Haw ley, Arprilla Scow, Erma Croft, Beth Moody, Carole Warnick. High score was held by Stella Hawley, second high by Arprilla Scow and low by Erma Croft. Out of town people who attend-ed funeral services for Mrs. Hulda Dewsnup were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Warmick, and daughter, Erma and Professor Effie Warnick, all of Pro-vo; Mr. and Mrs. Marion Crafts and Mrs. La Vern Johnson from Ruth, Nevada; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hales from Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Baker and son, Sheldon, of Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mace from Fillmore, and Miss Gen-evieve Eliason from Spanish Fork, and many others. The Deseret Primary held a Thanksgiving dance and party for the youngsters on Monday. A very good time was had and sacks of candy and cookies were given each of the kiddies. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bennett, Mrs. Eddys Barben and Linda K., Mrs. Sylvan Ross and Jimmie, spent Wednesday in Gunnison, with Mr. and Mrs. Verland Willden and son, Gary. Mr. and Mrs.- - Lawrence Bennett are spending the Thanksgiving hol-idays in Cedar City, visiting their son, LaMont Bennett and family. Lyranford Theobald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Theobald, was sur-prised with a party last Saturday afternoon, when a group of his young friends came to celebrate his 8th birthday. The afternoon was spent playing games, and birthday refreshments were served later. Representative Of A. A. Speaks On Friday, Nov. 19, Mr. Hatch, a representative of Alocoholics Anonymous, spoke on Alcohol Edu-cation. The State board of Education is sponsoring this and other such talks as a part of a campaign to convince minors not to use alcohol and nicotine. These talks will be given at key high schools through-out the state. The speaker's talk was doubly interesting as he informed the aui-enc- e tht he was an alcoholic as are all the other members of A. A. DHS MoDel JOLLY STITCHERS WILL MEET FRIDAY AT CLUBROOM The Jolly Stitchers will meet in their club room on Friday. Pot luck lunch will be served. |