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Show On First Flight In Cattle Breedinq Proaram I --V V;v Celtta Municipal airport was one ot the stopping places on the firs fl'9ht in Utah on the urogram of artificial insemina-tion for cattle. Early Friday these airmen delivered the first load of semen to local farmers. I Front row shows James Nel-io-state director. Flying Farm ers; Delbert Fuhrimcm, presi- dent of Flying Farmers; Clair Acord, Millard county agent; Lloyd R. Hunsaker. Cache coun-ty agent, and David Anderson. At back are Orlando Hepworth. L. C. Titensen, director of Cache Valley Breeding asociation, Carl Andrson, Rulon D. Anderson and Loy Anderson. Mr. Fuhriman gave the opin-ion that flying and artificial breeding will go hand in hand in Utah. West Millard has 56 farmers in the association with 385 cows. They are linked with Iron. Beaver, Piute and Sevier counties in the flying service St--- wh7o Volume 40 Number 3 Delta, Utah, Thursday, July 21, 1949 . $3.50 a Year in Advance Best Celebration Yet, Says Hinckley Of Program Plans for Monday, July 25 Big Parade and Full Way of Fun Is Set Plans are now in the last stag-es for a big day of celebration at j Hinckley on July 25. On Saturday, July 23, will be a ball game and a rodeo, but the j big day is Monday July 25, as was previously announced. The parade will be a bigger one than Hinckley has been able to hold previously. It will be led by the Officer of the Day, Mayor Ran- - die Swensen, accompanied by the members of the town board and all other committee men of the day. j Following this will be the queens j led by Rodeo Queen Mary Moody and her attendants, Peggy Carter, and Jerry Judd. A queen from each town in west Millard will partici- - pate in the parade. The first float will be that of the town of Hinckley ,on which will be Miss Utah, Kathryn Wilson and her j attendants, Beverly Bennett and j Connie Sly. j Other floats will follow from j the various business houses in j West Millard. Merchants from Del- - i ta, Hinckley, Deseret, Sutherland, i Abraham, Sugarville, Oak City, j ' Lynndyl, and Leamington have j been asked to enter floats. For j those who have been asked the re- - sponse has been very favorable, and others are being contacted at j the time of this writing. Many ' have consented to enter floats. i Also is each auxiliary organiz- - ; ation from Hinckley contributing I one There will be one from the i ' Primary, from the Relief Society, from the MIA, and from the Sun-- j day School. Th clubs and the I FFA, Hinckley Chapter, have also j entered. ; A prize of $10 for the first prize j in floats will be given, one of $7. i 50 for second and $5 for third, the j I judges being chosen from various places in west Millard, with three judges to make the decision. J Plenty of seating space has been ! provided in the well-arrang- ar- - j ena for the rodeos. The movable j seats from the Deseret arena have been brought to Hinckley for the (, occasion. The arena has been lighted this week, and having the rodeo at night will make it much more en-joyable than the afternoon rodeos of the past on this day in Hinck- - j. ley. :! All floats should be at the in- - trance to Hinckley in Highway 6 at 8:30 a. m. for placing. Hinckley Man Seriously Hurt !n Car Smash Goldwyn Cluff Jr. (Gog) of Hin-ckley was seriously injured in an automibile accident which occured near Fillmore on Thursday even-ing, July 16. Injured also was Mr. Martin of Kanosh, driver of the car at the time of the accident, who suffered a broken collar bone. Riding in the car were Mr. Mar-tin of Kanosh, Jerold Skeem of Oas is and Goldwyn Cluff of Hinckley. The trio were riding to Fillmore, taking the cut-o- ff road. Their car overturned at the jog in the road by the bridge. The first people to the scene of the accident were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kuebler of Delta, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Draper and Mrs. Gloldwyn Cluff, wife of the injur-ed of Hinckley. Mr. and Mrs. Drap-er had taken Mrs. Cluff with them to Delta, planning to go to the show, but later decided to ride to Fillmore with Mr. and Mrs. Kuebler. An Ambulance was brought to the scene, taking those injured to the hospital for immediate treat-ment. Mr. Cluff received several deep cuts about the eye, his skull cap was broken loose in several places and his shoulders severely bruised. He was unconsious from the time of the accident until 'Saturday. Through Sunday his condition seemed to be one of improvement, but on Monday he suffered a re-lapse and on Tuesday was re-ported to be in a semi-com- a. All Millarditcs Hid To Annual Party August 5 The 5th annual Milard county party will be held in Fairmont Park in Salt Lake City, Friday, August 5th from 6 to 11 p.m. Sports and general amusements including Softball and horseshoe pitching from 6 to 7. Bring your own lunch and eat it between 7 and 8. Program from 8 to 9 with one program number from each community. Dance from 9 to 11. Anyone that has ever lived in Millard county and their family are invited. No special invitations will be sent out this year. Members from Provo have, al-ready indicated they will attend in large numbers. Special com-mittees are being apointed to or-ganize members in Tooele, Clear-field, Layton, Ogden and as far north as Logan to attend the Salt Lake party. Each community will have indentification cards ready for each of their members. The committee in charge is Don E. Kenney, Joseph E. Wood and Clark Allred. Moutlay, July 25, Is Holiday Shop thoroughly this week end for Monday, July 25, is a holiday and all business houses will close for the day. Have your larders well stock-ed for the long weekend, and your wardrobe, too. The big celebration will be at Hinckley, opening Satur-day with afternoon ball game, and rodeo and open air dance at night. Sunday Utah pioneers will be honor-ed in thought and deed. Monday the celebration continues, opening with a daybreak salute and parade at 9 a.m. At 10:30 is the pa-triotic program, in the after-noon are sports, and again , at night is the big amateur rodeo and open air dance, all at Hinckley. Lad Loses Hand In Hay Chopper Ralph Hall, ar old boy of Preston, Ida., had his left hand cut off at the wrist Monday at 9 a. m., when it got pulled into a He and an older brother were working on the hay chopper owned by Parley Schaffer, of Preston. As Ralph was feeding hay into the machine, his gloved hand was cau ght and drawn into the knives. He was brought into the Delta hospital and is convalescing there. He had been in Dlta since the close of school, working through the summer. His mother, Mrs. Pearl Hall, of Preston, arrived Monday night to be with her son. His condition Wed nesday was reported good. Associated Civic Clubs Resources Topic At Loa Meeting JoBe Held July 30 The next meeting of the Associ-ated Civic Clubs of Southern and Eastern Utah is to be held at Loa Saturday, July 30. Open meeting at 2:30 p.m. in the Courthouse. Taking part in the conference and discusion will tie Dr. C. A. Rasor, New York geologist with the atomic energy commission, and Dr. E. M. Speaker, University of Ohio geologist who is spending the summer in Utah on research for raw materails with a party of 70 men, investigating the area. I Utah will be well represented, I Walter Home of the Utah Mining association; D. H. Whittenburg, chairman of the state road com-mission; Chester Olsen of the For-est Service; and representatives of other groups will take part, in-cluding an oil comapny representa-tive. Arthur Brian, president of the Civics Clutas will be in charge. A banquet is planned for the Wayne stake tabernacle at 7:30 p.m. This will be an interesting meeting and all members and all those interested in the materials and resources of the Southern- - Eastern area are invited and urged ) to attend. Services Held In Lehi For Accident Victim Funeral services were held in Lehi Saturday afternoon for Geo. Ralph Jones, who was killed early Wednesday in a mine cave-i- He was married Oct. 29, 1947 to Leona Curtis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Curtis, of Delta. Mr. Jones was working at the Combined Metals Reduction Co., mine in Butlerville canyon when the accident occurred. He and his brother, David J. Jones were work-ing in a drift between the 560 and 770 foot levels. A cave-i- n behind them trapped them, and Mr. Jones was buried under 15 tons of rock and muck. It was hours before the-- two men were dug out. David had' head in-juries an dbruises, and George was dead. David said he had heard him breathe for 45 minutes after the accident but was unable to locate him. Surviving are his widow and their year-ol- d son, Lavar Jones; his fath er and three brothers, at Lehi, and three sisters.Burial was in the Lehi cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Heber Curtis from Delta attended he services. Mrs. Elgin Curtis remained in Lehi for the time being with her daughter. To Queen Contestants Don't Dress Up: Be Yourselves To all queen contstants for queen and attendants for Days of the Old West, this explanation is made, from the rodeo committee: in judging the contestants, the costume does not count. There has been some misunderstanding about the term, general apearance, 20. Many of those entering the con-tests, considered that meant a handsome costume but instead, it was intended to mean natural beauty. Judges have been instructed, even in the finals at Hinckley July 25, to judge solely on horsemanship, and pleasing looks and personal-ity. The costumes will not be jud-ged. This means that contestants will not have to go to the ex-pense of outfits now, and whoever wins may plan later their appear-ance for Days of the Old West. Final Rites For Clyde Bunker, Former Deltan Funeral services for Ralph Clyde Bunker former Deltan, were held in Los Angeles Saturday afternoon, at Wee Kirk of the Heather. He died Monday, July 11, in Los Ang-eles, of a heart attack. He had lived here for the past 20 years, and was a veterinarian doctor. Dr. Bunker was born in 1895, at Bunkerville, a son of Edward and Arminta McCellan Bunker. He came to the Delta coltntry as a boy with his family, among those who helped develop the new pro-ject. He lived on the North Tract farm, with his mother, and later owned the farm. During his years in Los Angeles, he has returned to Delta every year, to look after his farm here. He sold the property last year to his nephew, Lyle Bun-- I ker, who farms there now. .fiiLtri giauuaiHig mgiL ai-- ool, Dr. Bunker went to Cedar City to school. In 1927 he was graduat-ed from the University of Ohio school of veteranians. He was a lifelong member of the LDS church and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his 'wife, Gail Bun-ker, a son Vaughn Clyde, and two daughters, LaRee and Lois, of Los Angeles. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Miner, of Baker-sfiel- Cal., and Mrs. Lillian Corry, of Springville. Burial was in Forest Lawn. At-tending the services from the loc-al members of the family were two nephews, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Bunker, of Delta and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bunker, of Baker, Nev. Twitchell Kin Organize For Permanent Unit Descendants of James E. Twit-chell held a family reunion in Oak Creek Canyon Saturday and Sun-day and effected an organization. They plan to make annual meet-ings henceforth, and will do re-search work for genealogy. Over 60 members of the family attended this first gathering, and spent Saturday evening in visiting at the picnic supper. Sunday, there were ball games, dinner, and an af ternoon program. Elect Officers For Auxiliary The Auxiliary, American Legion Post 89, met Monday night for election of new officers. They are La Vern Theobald, Pres.; Edna Workman, first vice pres.; Thurza Webb, second vice pres.; Angie Cahoon, sec; Lemira Bishop, Chap lain; Agnes Black, historian; Ver-n- a Walch and Viola Law sergeants at arms. Births This Week To Mr. and Mrs. Lee Talbot, a girl, July 11. To Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davis, a boy, July 12. To Mr. and Mrs. Millard Owens, a girl, July 16. To. Mr. and Mrs. David Verl Allen, a girl, July 20. Mrs. Newell Dewsnup is a pa-tient at the Delta hospital for sur-gery July 19. Monday CAA reported 100 de-grees, and 99 last Friday. From Deseret the weather report showed 100 above for both Friday and Sat-urday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller will go to Salt Lake City Saturday and bring home their daughter, Mar-gen- e. She has been in the hospittal there two weeks for medical treat ment. Mrs. Edmond Wies and daughter, Betty, returned Tuesday night from Salt Lake City where they spent a week's vacation. Oasis Pioneer Tells Life Story ' j Us ( I .) . ,1: ..JS A v mmtltT "rrmiiir-fl- fliili "(-- If Mrs. Cecilie Svenning Skeem, Oasi s Resident 64 years Because on July 24 all Utah will honor the sturd y pioneers who col onized this state, and because our readers have always been keenly interested in pioneer stories, we start with this issue the life story of Mrs. Cecilia Svenning Skeem. She and her husband, Hans Pet-er Skeem, were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Sains in Denmark, and came to the United States in 1880. They came to Oasis in 1884 and their grandchildren and still live there. Mrs. Skeem was born May 25, 1834 and died at Oasis March 5, 1920. Mr. Skeem was born April 20, 1829, and died at Oasis June 8, 1909. Although they were years later than the first to enter Utah, they fulfilled their destiny in the New World by building for the future. Of their family of seven children, one on'., Survives now, Christen Skeem in Tne oth ers were Andrew, P and Mar-cus Skeem and Hannan Peterson, Annie Thompson and. Atlanta Skeem. The story was written by Mrs Hannah Peterson, as told her by her mother. It is a chronicle of happiness and hardships, guided by sincere faith and family love. WHO'S WHO? ? I N - vv ; m : - y y. i r: fci0 This young man looks very much the same today as he did when this picture was taken. However, since he learned to comb his hair pompadour he looks much better. But the hair-d- o shown in the picture wasn't his idea, anyhow, Neither was having his picture ' taken. But on this particular day, an older sister thought little bro-ther should have his likeness cap-tured. But first she had to cap-ture little brother. Then he refused to have his Picture taken, and had a lot to say about why not, mosttly because he didn't want to get slicked up. But he lost that argument, as this pic-ture proves. He got shoved into a boiled shirt, and planked down between sistr ana a meiju, m the camera. His hair, which is still curly, was a bit unruly, thought sister. So she sopped it down a bit with water, grabbed some scissors, and gave him a neat bang line, and presto, he was snapped by the camera. Result, this grim, defiant stare shown here. All this happened far away, be-fore this young fellow came to Delta He was grown up when he arrived here, married, and with children. Now he has one grand-child Furthermore, he wears a much pleasanter expression nowa-days You know him well, he gets around quite a bit, to and from his home, farm and business Car Accident 1 Near Hinckley Injures Two Early Sunday morning at 1:15 a. m. an accident occurred on High way six in Hinckley, causing Carol Moody to suffer injuries. n As Marlow Cropper was taking Carol home, following a dance in it Delta, he dozed momentarily at j ' the wheel and hit the parked truck I of Dee Stevens, pushing it ahead for a considerable distance. j ' Both cars were considerably dam ! aged, the truck being folded up, ' I and the front end of the Cropper car being smashed in. Dr. Bird gave immediate treat-- j; j ment to Carol and later she was jj ! taken to Provo for further treat-- j. ments. if jj Marlow received minor cuts and bruises. TRAVEL BY AIR FROM PHOENIX Lt. Carl R. Gieszl, USN, and Mrs. Gieszl and Mr. and Mrs Hugh L. Gieszl from Phoenix, Arizona, visit-ed in Delta Tuesday with their sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Ward. They made the trip by air and left Delta Wednesday afternoon to return. Girls' State Was Memorable to Girls j I 'r: '. "W i - ..-.- ; ; j; . r t ':.,v' i 4 ' 1 1- - o''.V :A ; l Amelia Jane Cahoon and Peg-gy Ann Carter, home from a week at Girls' Staate, report that the week was one of best they have yet lived. Amelia Jane was chosen to attend Girls' State by the Auxiliary of Amer-ican Legion Post 89, and spon-sored by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Cahoon. PeggyAnn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byron ' Carter of Hinckley, represented the Auxiliary of Post 117, and was sponsored by the Hinckley Literary, Rook and Fine Arts j clubs. The girls will both be high school seniors next year. ' j Amelia Jane at Delta and j Peggy Ann at Hinckley. Their story of Girls' State follows. asket with the men for me to pick berries for her. There were several different kinds of berries and children in surrounding towns would come tv pick baskets and baskets full to take home. I surely jfetl smart then for I knew where the different berries grew; I would take them and help them gather their pails full. They were wild berries but good. That forest was to me like a city to a child that's raised there. I knew every corner and the names of every tree that grew in it. Fath-er called me Cecil and liked to think I was his boy, though my name was Cecilie. And oh how I loved it, all my wonderful happy childhood days. After breakfast Mother would put up the lunch and I would sail to where Father worked and would eat with him and most of the time would just roam around until we went home at noon hour. He made me toy whistles of different kinds of willow so if I did not know where he worked I would whistle. He would whistle back or take his ax and cut wood so thatt I wen to those sounds first. He would carry me part way home. Then again would cut a limb from a tree and give me a ride: I loved him so much, my kind thoughtful father. At eleven I could read and write nearly as good as those that had been to school but in other classes I was behind, so it was decided mother and I should move to town during the winter where I could go to school and mother could see a doctor about her health, as she had been failing o late. But by the end of that summer came the day. Oh how can I write of father whistling and singing all morning as he often did while doing the chores. When ready for work he kissed mother and me as usual, then came back for something he had .forgotten, kissing mother and saying to me, "Come early, Cecil, I haven't many logs (Continued on Page 12) All Through Life's Journey ... . 1 was born in Vonsild, a beauti-ful village in Denmark,, in the year of 1834. As a child I was spoiled by my parents and my two sisters, Hannah and Sophie, eight and ten years my senior. We lived in Von-sild until I was five, when Father was promoted to foreman of a bip forest where he had worked for some time. So he added more to the little house in the center of he forpst where there was a big open space for grain, clover and a garden, so we kept a cow and chickens. My sisters did not like the for-est so they went to town to work, and worked themselves up to good positions; that left me alone with my parents, In summer there was always someone with us the men to haul the logs out to the saw mill at the edge of the forest. Father had headstrong ways of how it should be handled and loaded and insisted upon his way of doing it for fear it might tip over and injure some of them by careless loading. Father was stern and would com mand them to be careful. Morten-sen- , the owners of the forest would smile and walik around. He came sometimes in his surrey to see how the work was progressing. He was very kind to me and would some times give me a ride to the place where the men worked. Mrs. Mor-tense-cook would often send a |