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Show Delta Pioneer Mother Dies i f MBS. JULIA E. PETERSON ROBISON Mrs. Julia E. Peterson Robinson. 86 Delta pioneer settler and oldest iman resident, died at her home Thursday at 8:40 a. m. of causes incident to age. All of her children were at her bedside with the exception of one son, Allen Searle. who was in the east at the time. She had been a resident of Delta since 1906, coming from Wayne county with her family, to help pioneer in the development of the newly formed farming area. One of her sons, Lloyd Peterson, was the first baby boy born in the new community in 1908. Mrs. Robinson was born Feb. 22 1864, In Washington county, a daug-hter of Allen and Phoebe Anna Roberts Taylor, Utah pioneers and members of the LDS church. Her father, a trusted associate of Brig-ha- m Young, had been sent to colo-nize that country in 1862. YOUNG WEAVER As a child there was no school for her to attend, and she was taught at home by her parents. At the age of 9 she went to work in a cotton factory, and was adv-anced at 12 years to the spinning wheel, and at 15 years was weavi-ng cloth. She was married Sept. 15, 1880, to William N. Searle, in the St. George temple, and the young cou-ple, lived for a short time in Neva-da, and then pioneered a home in Wayne county, then called Rab-b- it valley. Mr. Searle, a school tea-cher, died in 1890, leaving a widow with four young children. April 14, 1892, she was married to John Hector Peterson in the Manti temple. Soon after their mar riage he was called to serve on an LDS mission in Sweden, and she cared for her family and two child-ren of his by a former marriage until his return. IN TENT HOUSE , When the family moved to the Delta area is was known as Aiken, the railroad switch, and was lat-er called Burtner. Mrs. Peterson homesteaded 160 acres acres south of the community, and the family lived in tents while a home was being built. In 1908 and 1910 when th- - dams and canals were being built, Mrs. Peterson ran a board-ing house in a tent at the site, and baked bread and served meals to a crew of 40 workers. Mr. Peterson died in 1930, and in 1936 Mrs. Peterson married A. Quint Robison, and the couple made their home in Delta. Mrs. Robison had always been active in the LDS church, especial-ly in Relief Society. She was made treasurer of the first Relief Society in 1909 in the newly formed ward in Delta. She was also a member of Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was the mother of ten child-ren, seven of whom survive. SURVIVING Surviving are her husand, and children, Delbert Searle, John L. Peterson, and Mrs. May Fullmer, Delta; Mrs. Virgie Broderick, Scipio Miss Stella Peterson, Provo, and Allen Searl, Cal.; three stepchild-ren, Bert Hector Peterson, Montic-ell- o; Emery E. Peterson, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Hattie Pierce, Wel-lington; three brothers, Levi and Allen Taylor of Loa, Wilford Tay-lor, Idaho, and one sister, Mrs. Matilda Devitt, American Fork; 47 grandchildren, 62 great grandchild ren, and 5 great great grandchild-ren. SERVICES SUNDAY Funeral services were held in Delta First ward Sunday at 2 p.m. conducted by Dr. M. E. Bird, bish-op.. Preliminary music was played by Miss Margaret Gardner at the organ and the opening prayer was given by Elbert Blackburn, of Em-ery.- quartet, Merlin, Joe, Lindeau and Grant Christensen , sang "Sometime We'll Understand". Mrs. Tola Newman, of Eureka, a granddaughter, gave "Tribute to Grandmother", an original poem, sketching Mrs. Robison's life and that of her parents. Speakers at the service were E. Eugene Gardner and Wallace T. Jeffery, who spoke of the cheer-fulness and courage of Mrs. Robi-son during a long life that had held many hardships. Eldon Sorenson sang "That Won derful Mother of Mine". Mrs. Ora Gardner sang "The End of a Per-fect Day". After remarks by Dr. Bird, the closing prayer was offer-ed by Alfred Taylor, of Wayne county. , Burial was in the Delta Cemetery under direction of L. N. Nickle and Sons. The grave was dedicated by Levi Taylor of Loa. August 31, 1950 $3.50 a Year in Advance Volume 41 Number 9 Delta, Utah, Thursday, State Road Board Applies How Fori). S. No. 6 Funds D. H. Whittenburg, state road commission chairman, said Tues-day the state will apply immedi-ately for some $900,000 in special federal road funds to complete the u.n paved section of U. S. Highway 6 be-tween Hinckley and the Nevada state line. Golden H. Black, national High-way 6 committeeman, talked with Mr. Whittenburg by telephone on Wednesday morning, and was told that the state already has a sur-veying crew in west Millard stak-ing the road from Skull mad east toward Hinckley. He said the state would be ready for the federal funds, and it is expected to start construction in early spring, 1951. The federal road aid bill which passed congress Tuesday and was sent to the president sets Up ten million dollars to be allocated to lands passing over the public do-main. ' The amendment including the special funds was supported by Utah and Nevada congressmen and senators who had completion of U. S. 6 in mind. The unpaved section between Hinckley and the Nevada state line is the only mile-age on the whole transconinental span. FRIDAY FUN "Welcome to Hollywood" Is Gala Time At Delta First Ward Church Sept. 1 "Welcome to Hollywood" will be a gala affair in the Delita First ward new church buliding on Friday night, Sept. 1. All plans are laid to provide an evening of hilarious fun for everyone. The party is sponsored by the Sunday School and MIA of the ward as a bene-fit and all proceeds will eo to the ward huilriin? fund. Hot dinner will be served at 8 p.m. and Floyd Hardy, master of ceremonies, will have the program going on during the whole time. There will be many surprises and many gifts, some large, some small, given during the evening. The whole program is patterned after the well-know- n radio- - pro-gram, "Breakfast in Hollywood," and is presented for. the first time in Delta. Who are Good Neighbors, and why? The committee wishes to know, and asks for names of can-didates for the honor to be sent in, care of Eldon Sorenson. Good Neighbors will be awarded prizes that night. Someone will also receive a birthday cak that night, and some-one will get a beautiful Arm-Ro-y orchid, flown in that day by air-mail. Pet peeves will be aired, eld-est guest Will be honoted, there , will be a wishing ring, and many other special events, all to provide entertainment and fun. A particular feature will be the "original hat" contest. The ladies are invited to try their skill in hat making, and wear them that night. The more original the hat appears, the better for the lucky winner. The party will be held right in the new church building.and dinner will be served at card tables. The charges are $2 a ticket, and $1 for children up to twelve years. "If you miss this program, you miss the time of .your life," the com-mittee says. All Sunday School and MIA officers and teachers are in charge of arrangements. fXeamerado" Is Monday Event "Leamerado", annual celebrat-bratio- n at Leamington, sponsor-sore- d by the Leamington veter-ans, is Monday's special event. The Labor Day program opens at 10 a. m. at the Leamington Park. The noon barbecue will be followed by children's sports from I to 2 p. m. At 2 p. m. the rodeo opens, with, plenty of action. At 9 p. m. is the open air dance. Everyone is invited to come for all day. Swimming Pool To Close On -- Monday Night Delta municipal swimming pool will close for this season at 9 p. m. Monday night, Sept. 4. . For Thursday and Friday hours at the pool are from 3:30 p. m. to 6, and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sun-day and Monday the pool will be open as usual from 1 to 6 p.m., and 7 to 9 p.m. All swimmers are aleted to get their swimming done this week before the pool closes. County Meet Of Garden Clubs Set Sept. 1 Millard county convention of garden clubs will be held Friday Sept. 1, in Delta, opening at 1:30 p. m. at the Delta Second Ward. The public is invited to attend and the program will be of inter-est to all gardeners. There will be present several speakers from Salt Lake City, to give special information on how to care for and trim evergreens, per-ennial borders and flower arrange-ments. There will also be a small flow-er show during the regional con-vention. Soils and fall planting will also be discussed. Set Polls For Helta Voters Polling places for voters in dis-tricts in Delta have been set, with District 18 voting in the Millard county offices, and District I8V2 voting in the Delta city library. Polls will toe open from 7 a.m. to ,7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, for Primary Elections. Irish Festival Comes Friday At Sugarville Sugarville ward Irish Festival wjll take place Friday night, Sept. 1. sponsored by the Primary. The curtain will go up at 7.: 30 p. m. There will be this and that to spend, money on, and the proceeds will go to the building fund. Every-one isynvited to attend. Back To School Tuesday For Millard Pupils Tuesday, September 5, Millard county schools open for instruc-tion. Monday, Labor Day, is a hol-iday for the pupils as well as oth-ers. Registration is not yet complet-ed at Delta high school, but about 500 students are indicated, an in-crease over last year. Teachers' institute will be held Thursday in Fillmore, and on Fri-day teachers go to Bryce canyon on a trip sponsored by USDA to visit the pine reseeding area near there. Annual Musicale To Be Presented Saturday Night Adult voices will be featured next Saturday, Sept. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Delta high school auditor-ium, at the close of a course of study in vocal music during the summer with Ladd R. Cropper. This musicale has been changed from Friday to Saturday evening, so as not to conflict with the Delta First Ward "Breakfast in Hollywood" program on Friday night. The following is a list of the performers and their musical sel-ections : Darrel Allred, "Vienna, City of Dreams"; Joyce Theobald, "Your Eyes Have Told Me"; Boyd Wright, "Big Profundo"; Verlyn Moody, "Carmena Waltz Song"; Eu gene Holman, "Perfect Day"; Ber-de- ll Memmott, "Kashmiri Song"; Dora Rose, "Song of Thanksgiving" Reed Bunker, "Friend O' Mine". Melvin Memmott, "Silver Moon"; Shirley Deem, "My Hero". Pearson Stewart, "Out of the Dusk"; Calvin Skeem, "Dark and Deep Blue Oc-ean"; Lola Wright, "Yours is My Heart Alone"; Dick Moody, "Tosel-li'- s Serenade"; Dorothy Jeffery, "Spirit Flower"; Robert Carling, "My Message''. Carmen Rose, "A Heart That's Free"; Howard Mcintosh, "Moun-tains"; Marie Moody, "My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice"; Ansel Hall, "Sylvia". Duane Moody, "Horn -- ing"; lone Hilton, "Spring In My Heart"; Thurman Moody, "When I Have Sung My Songs"; Ruby Bishop, "Sweethearts"; Don Wood-bury, "Because"; Erma Cropper, "Let All My Life Be Music", and LaVar Owens, "You Will Remem-ber Vienna". The ladies taking part will wear formal evening gowns.and the men will wear tuxedos. May G. Crop-per will be their accompanist. The public is cordially invited to attend. There is no admission char-ge. IZ3 Oil Test Well Shows 2000 Feet Of Water Gravel More than 2000 feet of appar-ently "well loaded" water gravels were drilled at the Paxton No. 1 test well near Black Rock, accord-ing to Mendell M. Bell, Salt Lake geologist, who logged the well and checked samples as it was being drilled. As stated to the Milford News, Mr. Bell estimates that the water reservoir "could never be ex hausted" through normal irrigat-ion or manufacturing use. No oil sands were encountered, he ' said. The drilling was still in the old Lake Bonneville bed at 3379 feet, where drilling was halt-ed by the El Capitan Drilling Co. of Kansas, who were putting down the well. Mr. Bell said there was a possibility that if drilling was continued to much greater depth oil sands might be encountered. The gravel bed was encountered at 1450 feet and is estimated to be at least 2000 feet in thickness. It extends north to Black Rock and at least 10 miles south. The log of the well, as charted by Mr. Bell, showed gravel and sand down to 300 feet, with salt water at 45 feet. From 300 to 315 a brown marl was encountered and sylinite gypsum from 315 to 450. A dark grey gumbo from there to 915 feet. From 945 to 1450 the drill pene-trated a gray marl and from 1450 to 3379, where drilling was stop-ped, was a solid layer of gravel ' and sand, varying in size of a kernel of corn to a pecan nut. TO WHO? ? J ' s i X , v " V ) . , - , I . t ( - .. , $ I , - f ' . ' f ' 'f'f ' L - Another native son is pictured here, plotting some fresh skulld-uggery, no doubt. For this lad was always full of mischief, it is sa'd, although that side of his nat-u- r is pretty well under control now that he is grown. The boy was bom in Fillmore, b"t was just there temporarily, a following th event was trans-We- d to west Millard, where he "as spent the rest of his life aside trom college years and two years '"the eastern states misssion field He is the oldest of a family of lour boys and one girl. And he was the most mischievous of the according to A lavorite feat of his was to stir JjP cal(e, from a gruesom recipe of s own concoction. Then he was great hand to be helpful, and with mouth watering, take cakes "m the oven before they were aone. Always good-nature- d about "1 too. This picture was taken somewhat over 30 years ago, as the subject is now 34 years old, married and father of two blue-eye- d daughters. He was dressy as a boy, as this picture proves and still is. No one can recall ever having seen him. in low-slun- g skin-tig- ht Levis. Not. even at Days of the Old West. His hobby is oratory. He can and make the grab a microphone rafters ring. Even without one he can be heard above the din of ev-ening freight trains and the like. For some strange reason this tal-ent is not being used by the Desert Sentinels. Maybe he can't carry a '"once he won an oratorial con-test in the southern division that allowed him to compete in e tabernacle, where he got d from the northern by a speaker division. Another time he and a in their college fellow-speake- r, days, d them all, and had their pictures in a daily paper un-der the headline "They're Tops . Flower Show Saturday At Fillmore The annual Flower Show of the Fillmore Garden Club Will be Ireld in Fillmore Saturday, Sept. 2. A special invitation is extended to west Millard garden clubs and in-dividuals to enter flowers. Awards will be made. Lynndyl Juniors Are Undefeated In Season Play The Lynndyl Junior baseball team completed an undefeated sea son by beating Delta Third ward. Lynndyl raked in a total of 14 wins and no losses to finish well ahead of all other contenders. During the first half of the sea-son's schedule Lynndyl had! a dif-ficult time protecting their record. They edged Oak City, and beat Hinckley 3-- Lynndyl beat Delta 2nd ward 3 and came from behind in the last inning to de-feat Sutherland To end the first half, Lynndyl blasted Sugar-ville 50-- 2 and over came a five run deficit to beat Delta 3rd ward. In the second round of play, John Whatcott pitched 2 no-h- it games. One against Delta 2nd ward and another against Sutherland. John Whatcott, Clinton Roper and Frank Grygla were the pitchers for Lynndyl. Frank Grygla, Ray-mond Vest and John Whatcott were used as catchers. Dee Nielson pla-yed first base while Gordon Oborn Gary Nielson and Eugene Overson alternated at second base. John Whatcott and Clinton Roper play-ed at shortstop and Elwin Duttson and Leo Lake completed the in-field at Third base. Merril Nielson Raymond Vest, Gene Vest, Ned Lake and Eugene Benson took care of the outfield. Monday night, August 28, a pro-gram and pary was held at the Lynndyl ward hall in honor of the team and the Softball teams. A large number of townspeople at-tended. Mr. Wilkins, the manager of the Lynndyl Junior League team presented the trophy to John What cott, the captain of the team. Rob-ert Vest was presented the "Pee Wee" trophy from Mr. Freer, the manager of the team.Each mana-ger was presented with a baseball as a gift for their efforts as man-ager. Deseret Stake Choir To Sing At Tabernacle Deseret stake choir the combined 160 voices of the Relief Society Singing Mothers and the Desert Sentinels, has been invited to sing at LDS general conference in Oct-ober. A letter came Tuesday from J. Spencer Cornwall, director of the tabernacle choir, saying that the church presidency had auth-orized him to extend the invitat-ion. This is a signal honor, and deep-ly appreciated by choir members and Ladd R. Cropper, director. They are invited ito sing six numbers on Saturday, Oct. 7, in the taber-nacle. They are to sing three num-bers at each of the two conference sessions, morning and afternoon. The program will be televised, recorded, and made into moving pictures. It is hoped to be able to procure such a record for show-ing locally at some later date. Mr. Cornwall will visit a choir rehearsal some night in September to listen to the program and make suggestions. The choir has been rehearsing the program to be given this fall as a benefit for a new stake organ It consists of six songs by the Singing Mothers, six songs by the Desert Sentinels and six songs of combined voices. It is the last six that will be sung in the tabernacle. Sterling Market Opens Hew Ving At Friday Prevue Sterling Market is opening new home furnishings department this week, with the grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 2, and a prevue Fri day, Sept. 1. The special preview will open at 8 p. m. Friday, with gifts for the first 100 ladies. Re-freshments will be served to all. The new departmnt is located just west of the Sterling Market and connects with the market. A complete line of hom furnishings has been stocked, from living room suites through to kitch-en equipment. M. H. Workman, proprietor of the Sterling Market for the past 21 years, will manage the new de-partment, assisted by his son, Mer-lin Workman. Labor Hay Is Holiday Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4, is a holiday, and Delta stores will be closed for the day. House-wives are advised to shop ahead ior Sunday and Monday. erado". Labor Day celebration at Leamington, marks the day, with everyone invited. Oak City Champs Go To Levan Tourney Oak City baseball team, cham pions of the Senior league, go to the annual Lions' invitation-al tournament at Levan, where they will play Levan Thursday. On front row are Gayle Niel son, Ronald Anderson, Merton Lovell, Manan Lovell, Wilford Sheriff, coach, Willis Dutson, manager, and Bruce Lovell. At back are Johnnie Whatcott Phil Robinson, Scott Sheriff, Venn, Nielson, Elwood LovelL Baseil Talbot Eldon Nielson and Fred Nielson. Whatcott, of Lynn dyl and Sheldon Quarbrg, Scipio go with the team. Births This Week To Joseph A. and Rita Nelms Tolbert, Delta, a boy Aug. 13. To Harold and Rae Reid Peter-son, Sutherland, a girl, Aug. 26. To Larry and Geraldine Silvers Keller, Hinckley, a girl, Aug. 26. To Alfred and Allie Mae Losee Smith, Sugarville, a boy, Aug. 27. To Duane and Delma jean Webb Gaili, Hinckley, a girl, Aug. 29. Partoun Paper Is The Homesteader "The Homesteader" is the name selected for the paper being pub-lished at Partoun. Cecil Bates, of Gandy, submitted the winning name and received $5. The choice was unanimous by the judges, who say "There was something home- - like about the name when we first read it and even though all of our readers are not homesteaders, the word seems to describe the home-lik-friendly spirit here in this valley among the neighboring communi-ties." The paper is published on the 5th day of each month, and Ed Alder, Trout Creek, is editor. The first issue was broughtt out in June and the third issue was on August 5. The paper has grown from 8 to 10 pages of community news, |