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Show linns Install New Officers at Canyon Party ) X i t Vi,-- 7 ,i on ., V" -- , ' i X,- - .. 4 in V- - " A I .. , Vi V m' ' ' J 5 : A'' W-- J rzi CLiJ -- :jv. J installed new of- -. s Lions at a chicken supper m f canyon Wednesday - fFront row left to right ! ' ?L lst vice pesi" I .Bene Peterson, secretary; onresiden Maxfield, 2nd vice president; Eldon Sorenson, director. Back row left to right: W. J. Starley, new director; Marven Ogden, past secretary; Otis Walch, past president; Clayton Stapley, past 2nd vice presi- - dent; LeEoy B. Smith, past Tail Twister; and June Black, past director. The new officers will take charge of the club at the first regular meeting following the canyon supper. Volume 41 Number 1 Delta, Utah, Thursday, July 6, 1950 $3.50 a Year in Advance 13oy Gets 12urns As Cssss Explodes Shirl, young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Black, of Delta, had his right hand and forearm burned Wednesday morning when a gas can exploded. Shirl and a young friend were playing with cap pistols. Shirl de-cided to shoot his cap pistol into a large can, hoping for a loud echo, he said later. The echo was particularly loud and a loud BOOM startled the whole neighborhood. The can, al-though empty, had at one time had gasoline in it. Millard County Chronicle Begins Forfy-fir- st Year On July 4, 1910 Norman B. Dres--j ser began publication of the Mil-- i lard County Chronicle, gathering the news here and having the pa-per printed in Salt Lake City. Aft-r- r a short time a small plant was put up in Delta where printing was done, and it was some time later that the paper was printed in Delta. Headlines of the first issue read "The Big Diversion Canal, A Good Piece of Work Built by the Farm-rs.- " The story is concerning the new canal which is to take place of the one from the old diversion dam that washed out. Men mentioned as having to do with the work were Irvin Jeffery, W. R. Black, H. E. Maxfield and Lon Billings. Another Article says "Millard County's Big Resources, An Inland Empire Where Thousands Will Find Homes." A picture shows a crop of wheat higher than the horses' backs and up to a man's chin (?). The article gives a short agricultural write-u- p on each com munity. A water users association was formed with Jerome Tracy, presi-dent. Other officres mentioned are C. T. Bunker, A. Ackerman, S. T. Farmer, Chas. Connelly, Albert Watts, M S. Mclninch. Land and water can be had then for $15 to $60 an acre with mark-ets close. Oasis has a new creamery, which is to use the local products to make butter and save shipping the cream to Salt Lake and the butter back. A new amusement hall was op-ened to the public on June 21. The crowd came late so they turned the afternoon over to the children. A big dance was held that night by the elders. Among those pres-ent were Milton Moody, Bishop Skeem, Bishop Damron, John Slyl-e- r, L. R. Cropper and their wives. A commercial club has been or-ganized with Hyrum Knight, pre; N. S. Bishop, vice president; John Estrub secretary and S. W. Eccles treasurer. NEW NAME FOR BURTNER Make Your Choice and Send it to The Chronicle They say a rose by an other name would smell as sweet. Per-haps so; but who' would think of naming a sweet and beautiful flo-wer a glub; or giving a dear little baby the outlandish name of Smug meaning or deviation: Commerce. There is something in a medodious and expressive name and Burtner people are castijig around for an-other name for their town. The postoffice is named Burtner , a name the railroad people are not stuck on, and so they call the station Akin, a name that suggests toothache or colic in the stomach. The people are therefore akin', so to speak, to get a new name which can be applied to both postoffice and station. Quite a number have been suggested.We give the names we have so far heard mentioned, with a liberal interpretation of its Delta, a fertile piece of land at the mouth of a river. Ceres, grain. Verdos, green, verdant. Bonair, pure or good air. Legardo, the garden. Minesto, plenty of water. Duros, land of gold. Cadenzo, peaceful, harmonious. In Mr. Dresser's introductory ar-ticle he says, "We believe Millard County is destined to be one of the greatest agricultural districts in Utah. . . . The Chronicle will represent the whole county as far as possible ... It will aid in every effort to advance the agricultural, commercial and educational inter-ests of the county, and hopes to be a medium through which the different communities can keep, in touch with each other. . . . We have found the people live and progressive . . we believe we can furnish a paper equal in every respect to any newspaper in Utah, and that it will be fully ap-preciated try the people of Millard County." Mr. Dresser also has a long ar-ticle on his visit to the towns of Oasis, Deseret, Hinckley and Ab-raham. He writes of the fertile lands, and is especially impressed with "the stately rows of poplar trees in each community." Shortly after this first issue he did have correspondents in every town on the west side, and then later added a Fillmore correspond-ent. We find the old files so very in-teresting we plan to start a col-umn from them within a short time, as there are many who will recall the events from them. Hinckley Plans 24th Celebration Hinckley has set two days of celebration over the weekend of the 24th of July. They will cele-brate on Saturday, July 22, and again on Monday, July 24. The program for the two days is not yet complete and will be announced in the Chronicle this coming week so that west Millard people can arrange to attend. Interest is high in the competit-ion for the queen and for the at-tendants, and they will be picked on Wednesday night (tonight' to reign at the celebration. Tentatively set for the enter-tainment of the people are two rodeos, one each day, parade, a dance each night, children's sports, program, and other items of amuse ment. The Complete program, along with the announcement of the queens will appear next week. Fourth of July Celebration Was Best Yet Thousands of west Millard re-sidents celebrated a grand and glorious Fourth of July in a day-long program sponsored by Post 117, American Legion. A daybreak salute brought citizens up and Clark street was packed at 9 a. m. waiting for the big parade. This year's celebration was es-pecially good The parade was fine, led 'by the colors, Delta high school band and Junion Band, and many handsome floats. Hinckley had a float and presented their queen and attendants for 'July 24 celebration. Days of the Old West had an attractive float. And Delta volunteer firemen were in fine fet-tle, with a float whereon busy fire men doused flames in an old-tim- e privy, occupied by two night-shirt-e- d fellows. . Crowds followed the parade to the high school lawns, where child ren's sports kept the young peop-le busy. The refreshment booths did a brisk business, and there was a large audience fqr the pro-gram. Marvin Bertoch, Americanism' chairman, of the American Legion depart of Utah, was the speaker on the program, and gave a stir-ring talk on what Americans fight for. Mrs. Elaine Dekker gave an original reading that will be print-ed later in the Legionnaire. In the afternoon there was pony racing, swimming and a matinee. The big ballgame pitched Delta Merchants against Saturday lea-gue team, with the league team winning, 11 to 6. Children's dance was the event at 5 p. m. The display of fireworks was the largest ever to be shown here, with 90 pieces displayed, conclud-ing wifh the Legion emblem and the American flag. Hundreds of cars were parked at the racetrack and thousands of spectators en-joyed the show. After ithe fire-works the big dance at the open air completed the day's celebrat-ion. Delta City Council expressed their appreciation of the fine pro-gram and the way the celebrat-ion was handled by Post 117, and said in their opinion the sum the city contributed toward the pro-gram was the best investment they made this year. Frank Bishop, Post commander, i thanked the public for the sup- -' port they gave them, and especial ly thanked the business houses for entering floats in the parade. Mr. Bishop also stressed the need in Delta of a place or park to hold celebrations, and hoped that steps would be taken soon in that di-rection. He said the Legion would give one hundred percent cooper-ation in getting a place in Delta. Desert Sentinels To Sing July 13 At Church Benefit The Desert Sentinels will present a concert in Palomar on Thurs-day, July 13, opening at 8:15 p. m. All funds derived from the pro-gram will go to the building fund of the new stake house and Delta Third ward .building. Tickets will be $1 for adults and 25 cents for children under 12 years of age. The program is being supported by all wards of Deseret stake. The concert will be excellent, as anyone who has heard the Sentin-els can foretell. Ladd R. Cropper, director, and the chorus have pre-pared some beautiful numbers for the concert, and a full house is anticipated for the event. kCreek Canyon (Encampment ft 1113,14 Club of Millard County Ui its annual outing in Oak L canvon on July 12, 13, and F jn Club members of ;.; sanding are invited to at-- : Each Club must be properly l:,mi by a Leader a a Par-- : ill parents are invited to at-- , Accident insurance has been ;ed for and everyone attend-..'-"j- st take it. rtv throughout the 3 day -- p'ment will be handicraft, :"K hikes and various. Two evening programs are ar- - 4 Evervone is invited to will be held in the r, Wednesday and Thurs- - "jiilv 12th and 13th, at 7:30 p. lit entire encampment is un-- . ie direction of the Extens-- ; imce. Mr. David Sharp, State i Leader at the USAC will be Mai have any question, please at your Assistant Co. Agent ;ur Club Leader. Boy Scouts Send Report on Trip To Jamboree On June 22, 13 boys and a leader Glen Seegmiller, left Deseret dist-rict for Valley Forge. When we arrived in Provo we went down to the City and County building and marched back to the train. We left Provo at 7:30 p.m. On June 23 we passed over the Continental Divide and through the Moffat Tunnel which is 6 and miles long. We entered Den-ver at 10 a.m. We arrived at North Platte, Nbr. at 7 CST. Here we were treated to a fine dinner given us by the Lu-theran church. We left North Platte at 8:30. On June 24 we crossed the Mis sissippi river at 7 a.m. and arrived in Chicago at 1:00. We boarded buses and toured the city. We saw many of the interesting sights, after touring the city we went to the Chicago Fair. There we record-ed our voices and sent them to our folks. June 25 we went to Greenfield Village. This is an old fashioned village which includes famous per-son's homes and famous replicas of old buildings. Afterwards we were given a box lunch by the Ford Motor company. We went into Canada through the Detroit tunnel at 3 p.m. We arrived at Niagara Falls at 7:30 p. m. We ate breakfast at Kodak Park at Rochester on June 26, and also went for a tour of the park. We had dinner there. Palmyra, New York was our next stop and 'we got there about 2:00 p.m. We boarded buses and went to the Sacred Grove. There we had a testimony meeting. I think that all the boys can say that that was the best meeting that they had ever attended. We were given our dinner by the LDS people at Palmyra. After our dinner we visited the Joseph Smith Farm and Hill Cumorah. Grand Central station in New York was our next place of inter-est to see and we got there June 27 at 6 a.m. We packed our equip-ment and took it to the Lincoln Hotel where we stayed. We went for a tour around Manhattan Is-land, a boat trip of 35 miles. Then we got on buses and toured the city. On June 28 we visited Rocker-felle- r Center. After our tour we went to Yankee Stadium where we saw the Yankees play the Sen-ators. The Yankees won the game 1. We arrived at Valley Forge on June 29 and spent nearly all clay setting up camp. It rained and blew quite hard that afternoon. On the night of June 30 we had our opening ceremonies and spectators and about oO.OJU Scouts were present. On the night of July 1 we hat: a sectional meeting, consisting of Indian dancing, singing and music. Sunday we all went to Sunday school along with the other LDS boys. There wer over 1,600 boys and leaders there. We had a very nice meeting. And believe me we are sure thankful to our parents for letting us go on this wonderful trip. Sincerely yours, Richard Snow, Scribe ISear of ftemits At Valley Forge The following letter came to the Chronicle Sunday, written from Valley Forge on Thursday. By this account Scouts and Explorers from Deseret district have been cover-ing much territory in a short time on their way to the national Boy Scout Jamboree. I am sending you seven issues of the Philadelphia Inquirer as it comes out for the next week. It will give you all the highlights of the Jamboree. We got here this morning at 7 a.m. from New York City where we spent two full days. At Chicago we toured the city, visited the planetarium, Stanley Field museum of natural history and attended the opening evening of the Chicago fair. Spent half a day at Ford's Greenfield Village and the evening at Niagara Falls. Toured the Eastman $500,000,000 plant at Rochester. At New York we took a ride around Manhattan Island (35 miles), a four hour bus ride of the city, went up 102 stones, 1250 feet in the Empire State building. Scouts saw a ball game at Yankee Stadium as free guests of the management, and we toured Rockefeller Center, then an evening at Coney Island. This is rolling country, we have good campang places. Got well set up and then had showers this af-ternoon, and the air is cool. Our tents stood it'ok. There will be about 47,000 here by evening. President Truman will speak to us tomorrow. Best wishes, Glen Seegmiller Residents Claim "Saucer" in Utah-MeYa-da Skies Fourteen residents of Bunker-vill- e, Nevada, a few residents of Cedar City and two veteran air-line pilots have reported seeing an object, trailing streams of light in the skies over Utah and Nevada Saturday. The Bunkerville peope who said they saw the object stated that they watched it approach and van ish in the opposite direction. They described the object as circular, trailing streams of fire or exhaust. A motorist coming from Glendate, Nev., also reported seeing an ob-ject in the sky Saturday night. A .report from some residents of Cedar City said that a strange object was seen in the west sky Saturday about 9 p. m. In addition, two veteran airline pilots have reported seeing a blaz-ing, dirigible-lik- e phenomenon trai-ling streams of-- light in the skies over Nevada Saturday night. The airline pilot said, "We know all about jets and vapor trails and optical illusions .This thing was there." The foregoing from the paper at Cedar City. This same evening, Wm. J. Star-le- y, his wife, daughter, and son saw this same object from the air-port, in our west skies, ttteTTiTrre being just before twilight, hence about the same time. Also, Mr. Starley reports that Cecil Warner saw the same thing from his farm on the North Tract. Inker Reunion t In August "Bunker reunion is scheduled .::,:ay and Saturday, August J 12, at the foot of Mt. Tim-- . .as near Provo, Utah. Mem- - of the family are receiving .ii from the committee heads of program plans for the an . rent. IIS MO? ? . II' I 4 I 6 more nalive sons, of r,rnand grew UP in 'Ms niMeUa- About a yar nP0CtUre Was taken the Know boy, started to 4i'd ?ibi,m-- the younSer :;; and event- - ' 'ol ltmerPd rom Delta whn diPloma each. M 0 was the Prob" n cerSed their tendons. l CUUnt f l00king have hL down- Now m Delta and the ' Nher ume the thingS ; an 6 Lnterested in: that KCmn' one t00k a J"c'an- i' now is not an Piano V ay the Piano, one and nr!SOns from Norma : ,a in hh Samzed a dance or- - -- 'Hit. --Ut he h",10?'. year at high play the pi- - One specialized as an auto me-chanic, motor tune-u- burner and machine cutter. One is a heavy-dut- y mechanic. One was in the Merchant Marine two years. An-other has workd 14 years behind bars. Whe he can get away he likes to go looking for fluorspar and tap a few outcroppings. He is also a handy man with hatchet and hose with the Delta volunteer firemen. One brother was in Park City two years, electrician at the mines, then next at Geneva Steel, where he switched to mechanics. Another was in San Francisco, these boys get around. The other brother stayed in Delta, where he has set a record in 1 and 3 cent sales. , Now the matter is simple. Just sort out which brother did which and you have the answer, whose boys these are. - Births This Week. To Grant and Guila Jensen Wil-coc- Lynndyl, a boy, June 30. To Ted Jr. and Maurine Callist-te- r Dalton, Delta, a boy, June 30. Calvin Eoothe went to the Delta hospital July 5. for medical treat-m- nt and is a patient there. Helta Merchants Win from Beaver The Delta Merchants, in the southern Utah basebll league got back into the win column Sunday with an 8 to 1 win over Beaver. Palmer, with 2 for three, and Jackson, with 3 for 4, were the big guns for Delta. D.Ray Fullmer on the mound for Delta did a fine job, allowing 1 run on 10 hits and 1 error. For Beaver it was Spofford, the losing pitcher, allowing 8 runs on 11 hits and two errors. The Delta team has found things rather rough in the first half of play but if they continue to show the improvement they did Sunday against Beaver, they will be back in the thick of things in the sec-ond half. So watch for the sched-ule in the Chronicle because the second half brings the top teams from Sevier valley to Delta, in-cluding Richfield, Salina, Aurora, and Elsinore. Delta plays Annabelle here next Sunday, July 9, another 'fast game ending the first half of play. Anyone interested in the Delta Merchant ball club in any way, playing or otherwise, is invited to be at the ball park on Wednesdays and Friday evenings at 6 p.m. The team has tried to keep the ball park in playing condi-tion 'but with nothing to do it with and no help from the other teams, it is impossible. Earn Certificates in Red Cross Swim Course I 1 Instructors certificates. Senior and Junior Life Saving certific-ates were awarded these swim-mers at the completion of the water safety classes concluded Friday at the Delta pool. The course was given in connection with the Learn to Swim classes through the American Red Cross At front are Connie Johnson, Senior L. S., Terah Billings, Stan ley Roundy, Bevan Thompson, Que Alldredge, Junior L. S., and Cona Alldredge, Senior L. S., At Back are Perry Leavitt, Instruct or, Bruce Osborne, Sheldon West ern, Phil Nielson, Harry Mc Car-del- l, Gilbert Sorenson, Dean Rawlinson and Leif Alldredge, instructor certificates and How-ard Hunsaker, Senion L. S. An exhibition was given at the pool Friday night of life saving and water safety techni que Members of the Learn to Swim classes also displayed their newly acquired aquatic ab ility. Registration for the clas-se- s was 720 and 163 certificates were given to those who had completed the Learn to Swim course. Mr. Leavitt said it was the largest and most successful class he had conducted in 8 western states. Wedding Is Announced Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Howard of Nephi, announce the marriage of their daughter, Bonnie, to Cleo Ogden, son of Albert Ogden, of Delta. The wedding ceremony was July 1 at Nephi in the presence of mem bers of the immediate iamiiy. Al-ter a honeymoon trip the young couple will return to Delta and make their home on the farm. Mrs A. Lee Jones, and family, of St. George, and Mr. and Mrs. George Faris and baby, of Pomona Cal are visitors in Hinckley with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Faris. Swim Classes Open July 7 Starting July 7, swim classes will be conducted at the Delta municipal swimming pool from 6 to 7 p. m. each day. Instruction will be free of charge and admiss-ions will be at the regular price, or use of individual or family tic-ket. Anyone, young or old, who wishes to learn to swim this sum-mer, may do so by entering the class. Dr and Mrs. John C. Carmen and family left for Mount Morris, New York after spending some time with' Mrs. Carmen.s parents Mr. and Mrs. George Jensen of Deser-et The Carmens will make their home in New York slate for the next few years, where Dr. Carmen wil be connected with the hospital as chest surgeon. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sly, from Stock-ton, were Delta visitors over the 4th, guests o Mr. and Mrs. Jack Daly |