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Show From the Files . . . , 40 YEARS AGO MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Burtner, July 28, 1910 Happenings At Hinckley A Newsy Bunch of Notes from the Academy Town, J. B. Pratt, representative. . Pioneer Day was duly celebrated last Monday in Hinckley and the following program was rendered: Hoisting the stars and stripes and firing a salute of 24 guns at sunrise by Wm. Walker and Co. Marshall of the day, Robert E. Robinson. Music by the band. Prayer by Chaplain Jos. W. Blake. Singing by the choir. Recitation by Sylvia Stout. Song by Benevievia Robinson. Oration by Richard Cropper. Music by the band. . Comic recitation by Herman Ped ersen. Song by the children. Speech by Brigham Young, represented re-presented by Harold Morris. Quartet by Prof. Whitehead and singers. Speech by Utah, represented by Miss Melvina Terry. Singing by the choir. Music by the band. LATE DOINGS AT DESERET Some Interesting News from This Thriving Town- Joshua Bennett, Chronicle Representative. There was born to the wife of Benjamin W. Bennett of this place a son, all three of them having survived the occasion. The stage for Joy leaves here at nine a. m. three times a week. Anyone wanting to go out there can get passage by notifying B. P. Crafts, Deseret. BURTNER LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. Frank Heise of Hampton, Hamilton County, Nebraska, was in Burtner this week looking over his property on Sec. 29. This is Mr. Heise's first trip to this part of the county and he thinks that it has got Nebraska beat by far for a farming country. We showed him a copy of the Millard County Chronicle and that was all it took he told us to put his name on the subscription list. Thanks. |