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Show " r r Oak City Marine Killed at Iwo Jima Returned for Burial in Native Soil f : s. - I Cpl. Phil R. Finlinson, USMCR Cpl. Phil H. Finlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Finlinson, of Oak City, was buried in the Oak City cemetery Wednesday after-noon with military graveside honors conducted by Arthur L. Cahoon Post No. 89 and Theo Q. Jensen Post No. 117, American Legion. Cpl. Finlinson was the first of the Repatriated World War II dead to be returned to Millard County. He was killed in action on Iwo Jima, Feb. 19,1945. He was born at Fool Creek Jan. 14,1925. He enlisted with the Ma-rines in October, 1943, and left for the Pacific theatre of opera-tions Jan. 11, 1944. Assigned to the 23rd Marines 4th Division, he saw action in the for the campaigns Marshall Islands, Saipan, and Tinian, and was a holder of the Presidential Unit Citation. Surviving are his parents, a sis-ter, Mrs. Norine Shipley, Lynn-dy- l, and brothers and sisters, Burnis R., Raymond R., Georgia, Bryce R., Paul R., Julian R and Garth, all of Oak City. iisl Volume 38 Number 44 Delta, Utah, Thursday, April 29, 1948 - $3.50 a Year in Advance . ' j , TUESDAY MAY 4 Clean Up Day Shows Progress Citizens of Delta have spent the week cleaning un their premises in readiness for Tuesday, May 4, official Clean Up Day for the town. Those who haven't started yet are urged to start NOW to get their places cleaned up. This year's campaign is in charge of the Delta Lions, directed by the improvement committee, June Black, Norman Gardner and J. W. Swalberg, with Mr. Swalberg act-ing as chairman of the drive. Glen Stewart, of the Delta City Council, is assisting. Fifty captains have been ap-pointed, with a district in Delta for. each to supervise on cleaning up. They ask that trash and rubbish be put out early Tuesday morning. Trucks will be provided by the city council to pick up the trash and haul it away. Let us take pride and put more interest and effort toward making Delta one of the cleanest towns in the state. It can be done, with your help. Tuesday will be the fin-ishing day, so let's have our clean-ing-u- p work done by then. First Million Sold To Utahns On Security Loan The first million dollars of Utah's $8,750,000 Security Loan sales ob-jective was almost subscribed as the campaign which April 15 neared the quarter mark. Total sales reported by the Fed-eral Reserve Bank of San Francis-co for the first two weeks of the drive were $822,458 of 9.4 of the state total. This was hailed by Campaign Chairman Charles L. Smith as a "most encouraging start and evi-dence that our county committees and banks are doing a good job that will show up even better In sales reports to come." He pointed out, however, that eight-tenth- s of the drive remains in which to subscribe nine-tent- of the quota. Mr. Smith called upon all citi-zens to save rather than spend the extra money that will be in their pay envelopes after May 1 as a result of the federal income tax reduction. Mr. Smith thanked the volunteer bond leaders in the 29 counties of Utah for consenting the reactivate their sales organizations for the Security Loan, the first organized campaign since the Victory Loan ended Dec. 8, 1945. PET PARADE Saturday Morn., May 1, Is Rig Way L For. all the kids! Bring your pets, bicycles, yourselves, or whatever entry you wish to make, and join in the Pet Parade and Show. All participants are to meet on the high school lawn at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, May 1, ready to be organized in sections. The parade will march up Clark Street to the Baker Pharmacy, turn and march back to the Delta high school ath-letic field. There the pets will be displayed and awards given. Winners will be judged, not on pets alone, but by the most unique and outstanding costume or decorations. Prizes will be first, $3.00; second, $2.00, and third, $1.00. Remember, if you have no pets, bring your bicycles decorated or some other entry, like yourself in costume. Join in the fun. Get in the spirit. AH are invited. This event is sponsored by the Delta Jay Cee Wives. Work Commences On Highway 6 I East of Nevada Line " M The Reynolds Construction Com- - pany began work of grading and from the Nevada line east this past week. Heavy equipment had graveling 19 miles of Highway 6 been sent there for ten days prior to the commencing of the work. j The company was low bidder on 13 miles of construction and after due consideration the State Road Commission authorized them to complete an additional 6 miles. The contract calls for grading and graveling and it is supposed that the State Road Commission will have their equipment do the oiling. ;l The bids on the .King Canyon portion of the highway were $100, 000 over the estimate so this road will be for bids and let in about 3 weeks. Meanwhile a group of men from the Federal Bureau of Roads is making a check on the King Canyon area to '; try and determine why the bids ' were so high. j Until the whole road is complet- - ' ed on the new route far south of j: Marjum Pass, traffic will use the new road east from the Nevada ' line, then take the CCC road north in White Valley to join the present Marjum Pass road and come the It ' rest of the way on the old road. The King Canyon project is 18 miles of road and when it is com- - ' pleted there will be but a small j amount of road to be built to com- - t plete Highway 6 from coast to coast. j Aliiinni Ranquet Hinckley, May 8 This Millard Academy-Hinckle- y High School Annual Alumni Ban-quet and Dance has been announc-ed for Saturday, May 8 at 7:30 p. m. by the alumni president, Robert C. Bishop. The members of the committee have had several planning meet-ings and have their plans nearly completed for a stupenduous affair. About 350 guests are expected to this Day Event. Committee members include Bob Bishop, Ward Spendlove, Karl Mur-ray, Valeda Hilton, alumni offi-cers, who are assisted by Betty Jane Roper and Shirley Christensen, with all groups working under the capable guidance of Kenith Rob-ins, high school principal. All classes ending in "8" will be honored this evening and a mem-ber from each class will be asked to render a toast, thus toasts will come from the class of '48, '38, '28, '18. Of course other toasts will also be given and a most enjoyable time has been planned for all who attend. The dance begins at 9:30 and all who attend the banquet have auto-matically purchased a ticket to the dance, but dance tickets will also be sold to those who wish to attend the dance but not the ban-quet. The Stake Orchestra will fur-nish the music. Proclamation WHEREAS, it is customary and desirable to have an annual Clean Up Day in the city of Delta, where-by the residents of the city can clean up their premises and im-prove the looks and sanitary condi-tions of the City, Now Therefore, I, Golden H. Black, Mayor, of the City of Delta, do hereby designate and proclaim Tuesday, May 4, 1948, as Clean Up Day for the city of Delta, Utah, and request all places of business remain closed, and do hereby de- - ciare and designate said day as a legal holiay for all citizens of said City and direct the citizens thereof to clean up their own premises, or premises which they occupy. In Witness whereof, I have here-unto set my hand this 28th day of April, A. D., 1948. Golden H. Black, Mayor. National Meet At USAC April 29 Intercollegiate Knights from 22 chapters will convene in Logan April 29, 30 and May 1, with the USAC chapter host for the annual convention.-- Assisting with arrange- - ments for the program is Eugene Sanford, Delta, duke of the Utah State chapter. The program will include soft-ba- ll games, campus tour, canyon party, banquet, and election of new national officers. Payment Dates On Delta Sewer April 29,1948 is the last day to make payment of the sewer as-sessment in the City of Delta with-out interest. After that date inter-est will be computed at 4 percent. The assessment may be paid in full by that date, or paid off at any time later, with interest at 4 or paid in 5 equal installments over a period of 5 years, the first pay- ment to fall due one 'year from this time. First Returns On Cancer Drive Deseret was the first community in West Millard to make their re-turns on the drive for funds to fight cancer, more than fulfilling their quota, with a sum of $60.93. Second report was from Leaming-ton with $21. Third was Oasis with $37. Their chairmen were Vonda Moody, Deseret, Mrs. Alton Bige-lo- Leamington, and Biah Sjost-ro- Oasis. Drive chairman for West Millard is Ray Church, who reports that donations are being generous to the American Cancer Society, and wishes to thank the public for their support. Killed by Train Collision William Henry (Bill) Thornton, 36, American Fork druggist, died Sunday morning in an American Fork hospital of injuries received shortly before in a collision, when his car was struck by a 65-c- ar diesel-powere- d freight train on a railroad crossing in American Fork. Mr. Thornton was a frequent vis-itor in Delta during the years his family had the Thornton Drug Co.. store here, now the Baker Pharm-acy. WARNING j There are still many weedy lots i and fire hazards around town; :; these hazards must be cleaned up ;: and taken care of by May the 4th ' or the owners will be punished by fine. : i The fire inspection committee is J i; checking the town and will make ; another check after clean up day 'i to see if all fire hazards have been j, taken care of. The Fire Department stands ready to help you in any way that , they can; with your fire hazard J problems. Signed, Fire Chief, Harold Wind. J II hllS Band and Chorus Go To Parowan 3Iay 1 By Mr. handler. On May 1 the Delta high school' band and chorus and their instruct-or, Mr. Evan Christensen, will go to the regional contest of bands at Parowan. This band Will march as a class and while doing so it will display various types of marching such as the waltz step. Mr.Xhristensen has been traini-ng his band during the noon hour and his chorus during fourth period For the last two weeks the band has been marching on the high school football field and along Clark Street. Eugene Holmarpis the drum ma-jor and marching directly behind are twirlers whose flashing batons are sure to capture the judges' eyes. These masters at baton swinging are Kenneth Fullmer, Beverly Fullmer, Norma Jean Law, Helen Turner and Charlotte Clark. People who watched the band practice were impressed with the rhythm and precision developed by the organization. Rlaze Started At Oak City A boy, a match, plus a haystack, were contributing factors to a blaze Monday afternoon at Marvin Lov-ell- 's property in Oak City. The wind from the south threatened for a while to help spread it to a nearby larger hay stack and farm build-ings, but luckily changed, which saved them. The Delta city volunteer fire de-partment was called, and arrived in 22 minutes. The fire was soon put out, with loss of the hay stack and a partially burned shed. That was the 6th fire in April for the firemen, of which one was serious, that of the house on Lincoln Crop-per's seed farm south of Deseret. 4-- II Award Night Draws Hundreds West Millard county 4-- award night was held Monday night, April 19, in Delta First ward hall, with an attendance of over 500, In-cluding 336 4--H club members in west Millard, leaders and parents. Rodney G. Rickenbach, county agricultural agent, Mrs. Sarah S. Nielson, county home demonstra- - tion agent, Fillmore, and Clair Acord, assistant county agent, were in charge of the meeting and dis-tribution of achievement awards for 1947. David Sharp, Logan, state 4H Club director, was the main speak-er, on benefits and rewards of club work to both the community and club members. He commented especially on the successful pro-gram carried out in Millard coun-ty, with their 4--H membership of 782. Mr.. Rickenbach spoke on the progress of club projects, and the Millard County Junior Live-stock Show, which is growing steadily in size and quality each year. Held each May, the show brought $29,000 to club members its first year, and last year raised a total of $93,000. He presented 40 certificates to 4-- leaders in the county. Mrs. Flora Sanford received a certificate for 3 years as a 4--H club leader, as did Mrs. Beulah Rowley. Elva Webb, Hinckley, was pre-sented the Carl Raymond Gray scholarship award for most out-standing member in Millard county. Zoe Porter, Sutherland, was named alternate. Miss Webb received a four year pin, style show pin, cash prize for special booth at the fair and a clothing 'six award. Other awards were- Janet Sanford, medals, pins and cash for the most outstanding girl in Millard County safety contest, pin for style show, pin and blue ribbon for exhibits at the fair. Betty Bunker, blue ribbon for her dress at county fair,, A award at state fair, AB award at Port land, four year pin and style show pin. Beth Bunker, now at the BYU, medal in home grounds contest, A pin in the style snow ana iair. sne was a Millard county representa-tive in the state review. Margene Miller, blue ribbon and A award in 1st year clothing ex-hibit. Her dress received an A at the state fair. Dorothy Jeffery, awards for her romplete costume and accessories which won A award at the state fair. Donna Belle Christensen was de-clared the most outstanding 4-- club girl in the state of Utah in December, and was sent to Chicago to a national meet in recognition. She received the Gray scholarship last year in the county, and is now at the AC. First Graders To Register The names of all pupils who will enter the first grade in September should be registered at the school they will attend. Miss Gertrude Western, principal, Delta elemen in the names as soon as possible. Children who are 6 years old on or before Oct. 31, 1948 will be first graders this fall. II.II.S. To Go To Region Six Music Meet About sixty students from the Hinckley High School will attend the Regional Six Music Festival, which will be held in Parowan on Saturday, May 1. This includes regional competition in Choruses, Bands and Orchestras, whereas the vocal and instrumental solos and smaller group numbers were held in Fillmore. A mixed chorus of fifty-fou- r voices, under the direction of Ladd R. Cropper, accompanied by May G. Cropper, will sing A and B numbers: "I Hear Your Voice", by Tolchard Evans and "Kashmire Song", by Finden, arranged by Noble Cain. The Girls' Chorus will sing "Song of the Danube", by Johann Strauss and "This is My Country", by Al Jacobs, arranged by Fred Waring. "Evening Voices", by Oscar Borg, will be the first number for the Boys' Chorus and "The Sea Gypsy", by Palmer Clark will be their sec-ond number. This is an expanding of the ent-ries made, as a boys' chorus is a new addition to the music depart-ment in the regional competition. Extra rehearsals have beer given throughout the past two weeks in preparation for this contest and the group hopes to report success-ful competition in the numbers in which they are entering. About twelve band students are also taking the trip for observa-tion purposes, with the hopes of improving throughout the next year as they have done this year under the direction of Merlin Chris-tensen so as to be ready to enter competition next year. Swarm Day For Stake Bee Hives Bee Hive Girls of Deseret Stake will hold their annual Swarm Day Saturday, May 8, at Delta First Ward, at 2 p. m. All Bee Hive girls, their mothers, stake and ward MIA officers and all Bee Keepers are to attend. There will be a program, and an exhibit of handwork, canning and baking done by the girls. D. II. S. Opera j 1 Highlights Week j "Shreds and Patches", Delta high' .i school opera, is the highlight in this week's entertainment. The opera will be heard twice in Delta " Thursday, April 29, first at the matinee, and again that evening. ji Friday night the cast will present jj the show in Hinckley. Gilbert and Sullivan music, cos- - tumes from the gay 90's, comedy i situations, and the capable cast ' combine to make the opera excel- - lent entertainment, and capacity houses are anticipated. Evan Chris- - tensen directs the group, assisted :' by S. D. Anderson. An orchestra of '! 15 pieces and a chorus of 90 voices ' add greatly to the show. Rirth for this Week To Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ander-son, a girl, April 21. To Mr. and Mrs. Seth Jackson, a boy, April 22. To, Mr. and Mrs. Clemont Ben-nett, twin boys, April 26. One baby died several hours after birth, and the other baby died April 28. II.II.S. Primary Flections For Student Officers Phyllis Robison and Carroll Car-roll remained as prospective stu-dents for student body president of the Hinckley high school for the year 1948-4- 9 after primary elec-tions which were held at the school on Tuesday, April 2.7 Still in the running for are Lola Wright and Mary-Moody-while Carol Crafts and Bon-nie Whicker will run for secretary. The cheer leaders tried out in groups of three's with the follow-ing remaining in for the finals: Jerry Judd, Bonnie Whicker and Betty Johnson as one team and Helen Christensen, Birdie Lou Hil-ton and Anna Lou Dewsnup as the other.- Missionary Welcomed Home A reception was held Tuesday night in the Abraham ward chapel to welcome home Alva Young, sr., who returned recently from six months at the Central States Mis-sion. An interesting program was giv-en, including remarks by Mr. Young on his work in the mission field, in Kansas City, Missouri, and Topeka. Refreshments weer served ' later. Attending were many from Abra-ham, and former Abraham resi-dents now living in Delta. PATIENTS AT HOSPITAL Patients at the Delta hospitl dur-ing the week were: Afton Lovell, Oak City, appendectomy, April 21; Mrs. Rodney Wright, Hinckley, ap-pendectomy, April 21; ' Kathryn Pace, Delta, appendectomy, April 24. Rrother Dies j At Parowan i Mrs. J. R. Mortensen was called to Parowan last week by the death of a younger brother, Merrill M. ': Mickelson, on Monday, April 19, ;r of a lingering illness. Military ser-vices were held for Mr. Mickelson t in Parowan on Thursday afternoon, j and burial was also there. Win Trophy At BYU Meet By Mr. Chandler. The track stars of Delta High school have added another trophy to the large case in the central hallway. This trophy is the first place award for the high school medley relay at the BYU invita-- 1 tional meet. Those cinder stars who ran in the medley are LeRay MacAllister, Leland Hunsaker, Dar- - rell Whatcott and Dean Rawlinson. Although this is the only place award the Delta boys captured it sqeaks well for the team and for the coaching of Merlin Christensen and Nephi Schwab. In fact, if I miKht venture a humble opinion, Delta and West Millard should be proud of the good clean sports who have played so hard at foot- - ball, basketball, baseball and track. The athletes have, costantly kept the training rules. Thus Delta and Hickley high schools are nearly free from the nasty habits which mjure adolescent boys and girls, but instead are filled with the clean honestness of wholesome youth. This excellent condition without a doubt, is the result of the work of three fine men Mer-lin Christensen, Talmage Christens-en, and Nephi Schwab. My hat's tff to all three. How about yours? Eldon Fullmer, former DHS stu-uen- t, Won the 100 yard dash for the Broncos from the BAC in junior college competition at the B Y U invitational meet Saturday aftern-oon. NOTICE OF MEETING.. The Auxiliary of Arthur L. Ca-hoon Post No. 89, American Legion, will meet Monday night, May 3, at 8 p. m. in the Delta Seminary. Pvt. Dean Sampson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ren Sampson, will arrive in Delta Saturday from Ft. Ord, California on his first furlough. He enlisted in the U. S. Army 3 months ago, trained at Fort Ord. Reed Turner spent a few days in Salt Lake City this week on business. Hinckley F. F. A. Ramfuet Enjoyed It is with satisfaction that the Hinckley chapter of the Future Farmers of America report their annual Fathers' and Sons' banquet which was held last Saturday at the high school lunch room. Lester Hepworth, chapter presi-dent was master of ceremonies, filling this position very well, with the following program, the boys and their fathers enjoyed the eve-ning as they ate a delicious din-ni- r: Ronald Nielson opened the eve-ning by offering prayer, which was followed by group singing led by Ladd R. Cropper. Clare Bishop wel-comed the fathers to the banqeut, and Orlando Hepworth responded in behalf of the fathers. Elden Hurst, chapter advisor, reported on the activities" of the chapter thru-o-the year and awarded the Green hand pins to Dale Bliss, Carroll Carroll, Elden Cahoon, Dar-y- l Cropper, Lee Davis, Garry Har-dy June Hepworth, Hugh Judd, Don Larsen, Dale McDonald, Don Morris, Donald Nielson, Duane S. Stewart, Clyde Stevens, Carl Stone-kin- g Forrest Taylor, LeVon Terry, Leslie Fay Webb and Joe Young. Mr. Hurst also awarded the chap-ter farmer pins which were receiv-ed by Jeff Carter, Billy Davis and IWilnier Woodbury. Harold Lindsey, chapter advisor from Fillmore and president of this area, which includes seven ag-ricultural teachers, presented to Clare Bishop a public speaking medal for winning second place in the area contest. Leslie Fay Webb offered the clos-ing prayer. 4-- H Club Members Receive Achievemen t Certificates in Evening Ceremony j r) i r in 1 i r.. I , : .-. d'r v. , U i , a f ) A " '1:1 Representatives from the 39 clubs in west Millard are shown here as they gathered to receive awards, part of the 336 club members present at the re-cent meeting in Delta. Congratulating them on their achievements is David Sharp state club director, who at tended award night from Logan. Awards on livestock projects went to the boys, and awards to the girls on sewing and home canning. Mrs. Sarah M. Nielson, Millard i county home demonstration a- - i gent, is shown with the group, proud of their progress last year f Garden Cluh Meets Tuesday Tuesday evening, May 4, is the next meeting of the Garden Club, 1 be held at the home of Mrs.-Mdy- Barben. An interesting les-son is outlined for the program. The auction sale of plants and shrubs held last Wednesday aftern-oon, was successful, providing a variety of plants for local garden- ers from local gardens, and adding 4 to the club treasury. Twenty Peole attended. Mrs Amelia Heise, who has been spending the winter with her chil-dren, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Heise at Magna, and Mr. and Mrs. Hank Fairchild at Garfield, came to Delta Tuesday. She will spend a month here with her son, Frank Heise, while Mrs. Frank Heise makes a trip to California. ur'tand Mrs- Jack Reid went t0 !ait Lake City Tuesday to take "e' mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Reid, jo the hospital. Mrs. Reid has been for treatments, and was spending a few days in Delta vis-"ln- g her children here when she became ill again. Miss Mina Wilkins of North Hoi-- 1 lywood is visiting in Delta this week with her sister, Mrs. Meryl. Crafts This is Miss Wilkins' first trip to Delta in 12 years. |