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Show First Ward Takes First Step Toward New Chapel n r 3Vkv' v- -y ' r ; v - - v ti Ground was broken at a cere-oon- y Thursday at 12 moon as a, initial step toward the new church house for Delta First ward. Dr. M. E. Bird, bishop, shoveled the first ground, foll-owing dedication of the plot iy M. Ward Moody, of Deseret stake presidency. From left to right are LaMont Works, Ward Moody. Mayor Golden H. Black, Pres. Harold H. Morris, A. O. Gardner, Will Killpack and Leigh Maxfield, Homer Petersen and Merlin Workman of the First ward bishopric. The ward hopes to have the new chapel completed by early summer, 1950. This week the excavation was done for foot-ings and fill. A carload of lum-ber, cement and steel are each on their way. The building will cost approximately 8100,000. The chapel will seat 370 There people. will be an amusement hall, 8 class rooms in two tiers and a bishop's office. The ward building committee is A. O. Gardner, chairman, D. D. Crafts. W. C. Cole, Will Kill-pac- k, LaMont Works and Gold-en H. Black. Mr. Works is the building superintendent. Pres. Morris, Dr. Bird and Mr. Gard-ner were other speakers in the ceremony which marks an his-toric day in First ward annals. To Sponsor MIA Dance ITov. 16 The Special Interest classes of Deseret Stake MIA will sponsor a dance on Wednesday, Nov. 16, to be held in Palomar. All members of the Special Interest groups are invited to attend and bring fri-- I ends. ( Final Rites For James G. Shields Were Held Monday Funeral services for James Gille-spie Shields, 87, veteran North Tract farmer and oldest resident of Sugarville, were held Monday at 10 a.m. in Sugarville ward chap el. He died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ethel Boyle in Salt Lake City, where he had been for several months. ' . ' , I f ,w ' - 4 i: - 1 ' .1 Mr. Shields was one of the early settlers at Sug-arville, coming from Tooele county in 1911. He shared with other farmers the rigors of developing the new area, and as the years went by his la-bors were re-warded as the country grew and prospered. He was a good neighbor and firm friend, known affectionately to many as "Uncle Jim." Sincere and kindly, he was highly esteem-ed by a wide circle of friends. He was bom Jan. 13,1862 at Lincoln, Tooele county, a son of Archibald Cunningham and Ellen Gillespie Shields. His parents were pioneers in Tooele and raised a family of 17 children, 9 sons and 8 daughters. Mr. Shields was the oldest of the surviving children. He was married Nov. 3, 1891 to Matilda Adamson and they receiv-ed their endowments later in the Salt Lake temple. Mrs. Shields died April 28, 1941, shortly before their 50th wedding anniversary. They were the parents of eight children, of whom five survive, A life-lon- g member of the LDS church, Mr. Shields was faithful and diligent in serving his church. He had served a mission in Florida in 1926, and was always active in Sugarville ward. Surviving are five children, a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Boyle, Salt Lake City and four sons, Romulus, Curtis Rodney and LaVaur Shields, all of Delta; 26 grandchildren and 20 Also surviv ing are four brothers, Robert G., (Continued on. back page) Armistice Day Yill Be Marked In Celebration Friday, Nov. 11, will be a day-long Armistice celebration in Delta and everyone is urged to join in. Sponsoring the day's eevnts are Theo Que Jensen Post 117, Amer-ican Legion, and Delta Lodge No,. 59, IOOF. The annual turkey shoot spon-sored by the IOOF will run all day opening at 10 a. m. At the range on the sandhill the trigger-happ- y can shoot to their heart's content, at cost of a few dolars while they try their skill. Occasionally they may even get a turkey. There will also be target and pistol shoot ing, and afree shoot for the ladies. The Legion Post 117 will present the program at assembly in the Delta high school at 11:15 a. m. wKh ceremonies commemorating the first Armistice Day. A special speaker has been obtained by the Legion for a patriotic address. When it gets too dark to shoot anymore, that is time to start get-ting togged up for the big dance s that will wind up the day's events. The dance will be held in Palomar, opening at 9 p. m., with music by the Nebo Knights. Enseal Elites Held Fos Aged Mother Mrs. Sohpia Charlotte Kristian-sef- i, born Petersen, died at 'the age of 82 years in Eureka, Cal., on Oct. 19. She was born in Frederikshav-en- , Denmark, June 28, 1867. She came to America in 1925 and made her home with her youn gest daughter. In the first years she traveled considerably, visiting in several different state. She visited in Deseret with her daugh-ter, Mrs. Carla Jensen, and would spend about 6 months there at a time. The last few years she had been unable to visit on account of poor health. Mrs. Kristensen was a beautiful seamstress. Her hands were never idle, and just six weeks before her death she had made a lovely wed-ding gown for a friend. She was the mother of nine children, two of whom died in in-fancy. Her husband died in 1916, and a son died in Salt Lake City years before she came here from Denmark. Surviving are two sons and four daughters; Mrs. Valborg Booth, Salt Lake City, Viggo Kristiansen, Astoria Ore., Carla Jensen Deseret, Edith Morley, Eureka, Cal. Elsa Andersen and Orla Kristensen both in Denmark. 13 grandchildren, one of them a girl on a mission in Denmark at present; 17 a sister in Provo 86 years old, two in Denmark, one of whom is 84 years of age. Burial was in Bountiful, where her brother and his wife are bur-ied. Mrs. Frank Hill Improves And Returns Home Mrs. Frank Hill, who has been in the Fillmore hospital since Oct. 24 following a deer hunting acci-dent, was released Wednesday and returned to her home in Delta. She was on her first deer hunt when the accident occurred, and she was shot in the right leg above the ankle. It was found necessary at the hospital to amputate below the knee. Mrs. Hill has made a rapid re-covery and was in good spirits on Wednesday. She plans to use crutches for the time being and will go to Salt Lake City Thursday to make arrangements for an arti-ficial limb. . Her sister, Miss Nancy Richard-son, has been in Fillmore with her and accompanied her to Delta. She will leave Saturday for Van Nuys, Cal., where she is a nurse in the Birmingham veterans' hospital. 3Iayor Swensen Is Re - Elected A mass meeting of the citizens of Hinckley was held Friday, Oct. 28, for the purpose of electing a town board and pres. (or mayor). This system was car-ried out to avoid the expenses of a regular election. Randle Swensen was as board president, with Byron Carter and Wayne Petersen both being for another four year period, as board members. Also for a two year per-iod was Cluff Talbot and as a new board members for a two year period Elden Hurst was elect-ed. Dance Institute fill Be Held Saturday, Hoy. 12 The November Dance Institute will be held Saturday, Nov. 12 in the Palomar Hall at 7:300 p.m. Everyone interested in dancing is invited to attend, but especialy requested to be there are all MIA dance directors activity counselors and any other officers or teachers who find it possible to do so. The purpose of this institute is to teach the MIA dances. Since Leadership meetings this year are being held on Sunday, this type of activity cannot be then held. Stake dance direotors, Ruby Bishop and Glen Rawlinson are in charge of this activity, which will be held once a month, the date being the Saturday prior to the Sun day Leadership Meeting. Eagles Edge Delta - 25-1- 9 With 1 minute and half remain-ing in the game, Ralph Jackson brought Millard out in front with a touchdown which meant a 25-1- 9 victory for the outplayed Mill-ard Eagles. Delta received the opening kick-o-ff and returned it to their own 28 yard line. John Whatcott ran 10 yards followed by a 7 yard pass from Monan Lovell to Mark Harris. On the next play Kent Prestwich crashed through the Millard line and ran, unchecked, 55 yards for a touchdown. The extra point kick was blocked. Following the kick-of- f, Marshall hurled a 60 yard pass to Jack Wade on the Delta 12. An inspired Delta line proved unpene-tratabl- e as the Millard drive was thwarted short of pay dirt. Later a 21 yard pass, Marshall to Wade, again put Millard in scoring terri-tory. Jackson picked up 18 yards on two plays, then rushed the remaining two yards to the end zone. A line buck for the extra point was foiled. John Whatcott started another drive with a 20 yard jaunt. But Harold Snow was forced to punt to the Millard 8 yard line.Leo Lake recovered a fumble on the 12, and John Whatcott dashed to score. A pass for the conversion was dropped. Later in the second period Jan McKee recovered a Delta fumble, 30 yards from the goal line. After pushing to the 7 yard line, Lyn Prestwich intercepted a pass and ran to the 25 yard line. On the next play, Kent Prestwich swerved right end. At the line of scrimage a Millard tackier caught hold, but was dragged for 5 yards where another would-b- e tackier tried to stop him. Kent broke from both adversaries and ran 75 yards for a touchdown. At the start of his run he was btought to a complete standstill twice. The conversion was good. Immediately afterwards, Marsh-all threw a 40 yard pass to Jack Wade, who ran 20 yards to score. The conversion was again blocked. John Whatcott penetrated the (Continued on back page) Dr. Sevy Shepherd of Seattle, visited in Delta last week with his brothers, Quin and Joffre Shepherd Delta 2nd Vard Invites All To Bazaar Hoy. 9 Delta Second ward Relief Soci-ety promises a real treat for all at their bazaar an Wednesday night, Nov. 9. A program of inter-est will be given at 7:30, after which the bazaar will open. An unusually wide seleotion of bazaar articles will be offered, in-cluding quilts, tea towels, aprons, toys, rugs, pillowcases, kerchiefs and crocheted doilies. Also fea-tured will be home-mad- e pumpkin pies. The public is invited to attend the program and bazaar and buy Christmas gifts from among the useful and attractive hand-mad- e articles. Former Deltan Dies Wednesday In California Word was received last week of the death of Mrs. Dorine Willough-b- y Wilkins, a Delta resident as a girl and a young married woman. She died Wednesday of a lingering illness at her home in Van Nuys, Cal. She was born in England, Feb. 7, 1904, a daughter of William and Hannah Willoughby. She came to Delta as a girl with her parents, and attended school here. She was married to Ernest Wilkins, and the couple made their home in Delta for some years. Later they moved to Murray, and this past year to Van Nuys. Surviving are her husband, and two daughters, Patsy Rae Wilkins, and Mrs. Peggy Jean Leethan, En-cin- Cal.; her mother, Mrs. Han-nah Willoughby, Van Nuys, and three brothers, William Willough-by, Sahara Village, Jack Willough-by, Oasis, and Cecil Willoughby, Van Nuys. Several weeks ago Jack had visited his sister in Van Nuys. Funeral services and burial were conducted Saturday in Van Nuys. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Twitchell have a new infant son, born Oct. 22 in the Fillmore hospital. rare vno? ? ' ' . : ' i f ' i : I E v ' I i : i '. 1 ! - ' J ; . - ' - 1 Here is a picture about 55 years "'d. of two children born and rais- - m Millard. In fact, the brother l lives here and always has, xPt for a southern states mis-10- n. and that time he went to uente to work, but found he lik-- e home better, hat boy was born in a west ward community on Mar. 30, 18-o-was before his ward was He was ma"ied June 8, 3 year after he returned off mission. He is a father of six '""iren, and now only one of wiih uVes in the same community He 'S grandfather, too, ""waday' faIhi'S boy was the nly son in his '"llv. with seven sisters. Even bow Stth a handicaP, or so some beim, tk' he rew UP without dish henPeckeJ into wiping the Wot th 30 much help in the whold, he was more often out-- especially astride a horse. moti 1 likes that mode of loc0' 8e 'n and likes to ride horseback his v qUite a bronco buster in him ' like his fa,ther before he ' n If time wnen he was break 'elati ' some of his female came out t0 tne field t0 HievV artles of horse and rider' ' a parasol to shade them from the sun, and the sight of that parasol threw the horse into even more vigorous fits. Quelling the horse finally, our hero threw a fit of his own, and sent the hapless females back to the house dragging their parasol behind them. ... This is a busy man, too, with farm, stock, seed and irrigation, civic posts and ward offices. He was bishop in his ward from 1933 to 1938. Now about the little sister - -- she was born Sept. 10 1893, and lived here as a girl. And then she went to Salt Lake City to school and met a young man whom she later married in California in 1922. So her home has been in sunny Ca since then, where she indulges her of flowers. She was taste for lots going to be a nurse once, but was her course on ac-count unable to finish of health. But because she works in a hos-nit-liked it she now near her home. family, just the From that large and one sister, not the one in theV picture, live here nW' Y?U may not recognize that little gin on the chair, but if you take an-other look you will know who that boy is. Hinckley IIS Plans Open House For Education Week Openhouse at Hinckley high school will prevail during the en-tire week November for the American Education Week. Be sure to come, parents, and get a close-u- p of school instruction and dis-cuss the common problems in the education of our students and the children. Through school visitation it is the hope of the faculty, to broaden home and school coopera-tion. This year the American Educa-tion week program highlights the place of our public schools in the survival and nurture of our free government. To that end, parents and teachers need to point up the kind and quality of an education-al program to make democracy prosper in these critical times; set forth the needs which must be met if the schools are to fulfill their obligations to our nation; and define the common and indi-vidual responsibilities of educators and lay citizens in the improve-ment of our schools. Come, and work with us to pro-mote an American Education Week, the impact of which will ex-tend throughout the entire year. Friday Night Is Bazaar Time At Delta 1st Vard On Friday night, Nov. 4, every-one is invited to attend the bazaar and dinner held by Delta First ward Relief Society. All funds rais-ed on the event will go to the ward building fund. Those attend-ing will feel their money well-spe-for the hot dinner and attract-ive bazaar articles. Dinner will be served at the hot lunch room at Delta schools, opening at 6:30 p. m. Well-fille- d plates will be $1 each, for a din-ner of baked ham and all the trimmings. Bring your family and enjoy the dinner. A short program and the bazaar will be held in the First ward hall following the dinner hours. The program will be entertaining and the bazaar articles will help solve Christmas shopping. There will be a beautiful silk quilt, embroidered towels and pillowcases, crochet work & kerchiefs with handmade edgings, and aprons, including wh-ite hostess aprons with stencilled decorations. Many other useful will be offered in the sale. Education Week Program at DIIS Opens Monday L Next week is American Educa-tion Week. You who are interested in the schools of Delta are invited to attend school during the week. Each day there will be a short assembly program at 11:15 a.m. Monday the problem, Educational Opportunity, will be presented un-der the direction of S. D. Anderson and Marvel Clayton. Tuesday the problem, Responsible Citizenship, will be given by the music and speech students. Wednesday, un-der the direction of Bruce Osborne and Merlene Turner the problem, Health and Safety, will be given. Thursday a lyceum program will take the assembly time, for which a small admission will be charged. All other programs are free and the public is encouraged to att-end. On Friday the American Legion will give a specially prepared pro gram, Our Freedom and Security. There will be a special feature and a speaker on this program. FFA Set Date For Harvest Ball The Hinckley chapter of the FFA has set November 4 as the date for their annual Harvest ball. The queen candidates have been chos-en from each class and voting for the queen will be carried on dur-ing the week and just before the dance. During the dance the win-ner will be crowned queen and wiil draw the lucky ticket to determine the winner of the turkey to be raf-fled off. The candidates are Peggy Car-ter and Joyce Theobald, seniors; Helen Christensen, juniors; Irene Lewis and Geraldine Black, sopho-mores; and Shirley Davis, fresh-men. Admissian charge will be 75 cents a couple. Births this Week.., To Evan and Eleanor Lyman Skidmore, Sutherland, a boy, Oct. 26. To Milo and La Preal Maxfield Mortensen, Sutherland, a girl. Oct. 26. To Walter and Leona Lake Potts Lynndyl, a girl, Oct. 28. To Homer and Alma Lamb Pet-ersen, Delta, a girl, Oct. 31. To Heber and Fern Nelson Tip-pet- ts Sutherland, a girl, Nov. 1. Kimball Johansen is recovering at the Delta hospital from an ap-pendectomy Oct. 28. Mrs. Mina Pratt is a patient at the Delta hospital following an operation Nov. 1. Singing Mothers Meet Thursday The Singing Mothers will meet Thursday night at 6:45 in the Pal-omar for praictice. All members are asked to be there at that time, wearing their black dresses and corsages, to have their picture taken. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foote left Wednesday for a trip into Idaho. Miss Marjorie Needham, of Salt George Meinhardt from Santa Lake City, will accompany them. Anna, Cal., is visiting in Delta with his brother, Harry Meinhardt. ! Big Cat Looks Better This Way E. D. Harris and sons. Rex, Mark and Robert, exhibit their sole trophy in the deer hunt, a 70 pound, old mountain lioness. Mr. Harris put a neat shot through the predator's head the first morn-ing of the deer season He returned to the hunt later hoping to bag a buck, or maybe another mountain lion. He did neither, but did receive a bounty award of $25 on this tawny specimen. This lion was shot in Dry Canyon, where oth-ers were reported on the prowl. Dine on Venison in Legion Hall of Post 117 , V I t ' --1. K ' v f . t i The candid camera here re-veals some of the 70 members of Legion Post 117 & Auxiliary who dined on roast venison at the Halloween party held Fri-day night in the Legion Hall. The program included the banquet, catered by Hatch Farnsworth, toasts and respon-ses, such as being given here by Mrs. Elane Dekker, bingo and dancing. Commander Frank Bishop pre sided over the entertainment,, and on the program presented a past commander pin to Jos-eph D. Mercer, Jr. |