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Show Jolume 42 Number 14 Delta, Utah, Thursday, October 4, 1951 $3.50 a Year in Advance Harvest Time for Sugar Beets To Open Monday "Tr" beet harvest will open Monday, Oct. 8, in this area, Gene field man utah " Idaho wterson, Co., announced today. The i harvest will run about 30 days, he stimated. SWy percent o the beets will harvested by mechanical other forty percent will be done by Navajo labor, brought u for that purpose, geets from Flowell, Greenwood j Delta area will all be loaded on cars in Delta. A harvest of 4700 tons locally is anticipated. Beets be shipped from Delta to the West Jordan factory. Adult Education Classes Readied Adult Education classes are now being set up by George A. Ander-son, county coordinator and relations public director. Representatives from various communities met Monday In Delta and Tuesday in Hinckley to select classes that ap- pealed to the greatest number. Others wPl be set up later if called for by sufficient enrollment. In Delta school teachers and PTA officers are making a two weeks' survey to determine what classes will be set up there. A Fix It class has been selected "i HincHev. to start in the near future. Applied Art, to start im-mediately, was chosen by Deseret, at Abraham a Vijttin" clnss was asked for. Hinckley also chose a class in upholstery, to begin in Jan uary. Mrs. RtPlW Hawley is making the survey in Oasis to find what oif,-sn- p, wvntort thre. A live- - stock feodinr? c'ass for the far-mers of the area is set up to start Nov. 1. "Mirthquake" Crowds Fill Palomar at Deseret Stake Fund Fiesta I'-- ' ' i I i 'v. r. r ,Vy K-X-T - . u This was a fairly quiet mom-ent at "Mirthquake" Deseret stake event of Friday and Sat-urday nights in Palomar. Pictur-ed are some of the 1800 per-sons who filled the hall both nights. Would-b- e diners were lined up the full length of the hall, two to four abreast, waiting to get to the cafeteria. At one time Friday night the line ex-tended outside the building. Scrip was the medium of ex-change at the big fund - raising affair, which raised around $14, 000, all for the completion of the new stake house by early November. Dinner was served from 6 to 9 p. m. Friday, and from 5 to 9 Saturday, with a constant sup-ply of guests as shown here. At the same time business was brisk at other Mirthquake fea-tures. Stake Sends Men On Welfare Work At Coal Mine Deseret stake furnished labor during last week for work on the LDS-own- coal mine near Orange-vill-part of the Church Welfare program. Ten men went each day from Monday through Friday, and twenty men worked Saturday. A new tipple was being built, re-- 1 placing one that was burned re-cently. June W. Black, stake president, was one of the crew who worked there Friday and was impressed with the size and operation of the" mine. He asked a Pittsburg spec-- 1 ialist who was there to direct the ' work about how the mine com-pared to others in the state, and was told that there was none bet-ter in the west. The church owns 640 acres of coal land there, of which approx-imately 14 acres have been mined out to date. Mr. Black was told that 200 tons of coal a day could be mined there for 200 years. And a crew of seven men can mine out 200 tons a day at present. And no one uses a shovel. Operators pull levers, and the big machin-ery does the work. A huge saw slices the coal in slabs deep, which are then drilled, dynamited, loaded into cars' and conveyed by belts to the bins and sorted. There are six large bins there, each holding 100 tons. There is also a fleet of trucks with aluminum bodies, each with a capacity of 20 tons,- to haul and deliver the coal. The trucks are equipped with a big conveyor belt and an auxiliary motor, and the trucks are unloaded in less than 20 minutes. Entrance to the mine is gained by just walking right in, there is no shaft to go down. Work is be-ing carried on in an layer of coal and several large rooms have been cleared, about 9 feet high.Several welfare meetings have been held right in these rooms late ly, one with a hundred persons present. A dedicatory program is planned to be held in the mine later this fall. tjIcjEt Leadership Se'afflol At Logan Adult Leadership School tor Women opens Monday, Oct. 8, at tne Rural Arts Building on the jSAC campus and runs through Friday, Oct. 12. Sponsored by the USAC Extension Service the school ,5 for volunteer leaders in Adult Home Economics Programs. grs. Ora Gardner and Mrs. Pearl Sow, of Deseret stake Relief Soci-ety board, will attend the school for the week.. Mrs. Gardner will have a part on the program, with a talk on "Civic Duties of Rural Women." ' I Deseret Parents Receive Word Of Death Of Son Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schoenberger, of Deser-et, on Sept. 27, of the death of their son, Adolph. He died Sept. 23 in Fairbanks, Alaska, of a cere-bral hemorrhage. Adolph was born In Deseret Jan. 28, 1918. His school days were spent In Deseret and at Hinckley high school. He joined the U.S. Air' Force at Sacramento, Cal., in July, 1942, as instructor. He was released at Ladd Field in August, 1945, as 1st Lt. After that he flew for Wein A-laska Airlines, the oldest airline in Alaska, then for the Cordova Air Service at Cordova, Alaska. Next he flew for the Dillingham Air Ser-vice in the Bristol Bay area, and for the Naval Air Reserve at Point Barrow, Alaska. He is survived by a wife and three children, his parents, and a sister, Mrs. Ivanel S. Humphries, and a brother, Don Schoenberger, both in California. Burial will be in Birch Hill ceme-tery at Fairbanks. Rebekahs Set Bazaar Date Betah Rebekah Lodge No. 47, I0OF, has already started plans for their annual bazaar, and have selected Wednesday night, Nov. 14 as the date. , The public is invited to attend that night, for the dinner and baz-aar. Rebekahs are now engaged in planning an extra fine menu, of which details will be given later, and stitching on many arti-cles for the bazaar. Mark Nov. 14 on your calendar, they say, and be at the Rebekah dinner and ba-taa- r. "Mirthquake" Is Big Success As $14,000 Is Raised for Hew Stake House "Mirthquake" the huge celebration sponsored by Deseret stake on Friday and Saturday nights of last week, goes down in local history as the largest event of this kind ever staged locally. Close to two thousand people thron ged Palomar each night, coming from every ward and branch in the stake. Designed to raise funds to com-plete the new stake house, the af-fair did so and in a big way. A sum of around $14,000 was realiz-ed from the celebration. Every-thing was donated for the event by stake members and every for for.sa.le and sold. Eleven hundred persons were ser ved dinner Friday night, and near-ly that many again Saturday night according to Mrs. Pearl Snow, Re-lief Society, dinner chairman. At the same time the Delta cafes were doing a record business with patrons who weer unable to squee-ze into Palomar. The Country Store, operated by the High Priests, with Harold Mor-ris, chairman, did an enormous bus iness. Their stock was an astonish-ing array, including foods, fowl, livestock, machinery and clothing. They had Purina feeds, donated by Moody Bros., and 1000 lbs. of feed donated by Utah Poultry.They sold a tractor for $1700, that was donated by Ashby's Inc. They had an item of $100 worth of land lev-elling, donated by Frank Lyman. Their total business was around $8000. The Relief Society bazaar brought in around $1200. Their quilted silk spread brought in $71.00. Their din-ners both nights were excellent. Hatch Farnsworth, of the City cafe furnished the beef for Friday night. Cudahy made a special price on the ham for Saturday night. Rob-ert Palmer donated 1000 rolls Fri-day night and Fisher baking com- - pany did the same for Saturday. The Pacific Fruit company gave 600 lbs. of cabbage for the cole slaw both nights. Eldon Eliason, general chairman of the event, coined the name "Mirthquake" for the celebration, and it was truly named. It was colossal, and a general air of good spirits prevailed. Mr. Eliason said a few hundred dollars would set-tle all expenses incurred in the affair. Business houses and individ-ual donors were most generous. To mention some others, Daynes Jewelry gave a watch, Quality Market 'gave much merch-andise, Heber Curtis gave a water power dish washe rthey sold for $63.00. The Delmart gave the elec-tric dishwasher that went to Mrs. C. G. Hogan, of Lynndyl. on the drawing. Mr. Hogan was also hon-ored at the affair, as Saturday was his birthday. Something was going on all the time with an effect like a circus. The Elders' carnival conces- - sions made about $1000, the Sev-enties' snack bars took in almost that sum. The Primary fish pond and Bee Hive candy kitchen bro-ught in $400. The used clothing department made close to $300 and the used books sold for another $300. Eldon Eliason and Dana Pratt were at the microphone for an-nouncements and patter as the program went along. Two fine Talent Shows were given, one each night, with num-bers from all wards and branches. Saturday night the winners were announced. Dale Johnson, accord- - . ion soloist, Sutherland ward, took first place. He received a box of Utah county pears. Second place went to Bonita Johnson, Ballet , Delta Seccmd ward, and she was given a box of groceries. Two Mex-ican senors, Delta Third ward, por-trayed by Merlin Forster and bro-ther Niel, got third place and a box of groceries. "Mirthquake" was a big affair and well done. The stake presid-ency, June W. Black, Jay Nelson, and Verdell Bishop, with to express their sincere thanks to all who took part in any way toward the success of the affair. The funds raised all go to the completion of the new $145,000 stake house, which will be finished by Novem-ber. DIIS-IIII- S Grid Teams To 3Ieet Delta and Hinckley high school footbal teams will play their lea-gue game Wednesday, October 10, on the Delta field. If the weather is bad, the game will be played in the afternoon, but if the wea-ther is good the game will be played at night, under the lights. Warm Weather Still Continues Bright, . warm weather held all last week in West, Millard, with one scare Friday, Sept. 28, when the rains came. The brief strom had a precipitation content of .18 inches, and luckily was over before the football game and the opening night of "Mirthquake." On Sept. 30, high temperature was 79, with the low at 56 . Delta Qualifies As "Flag City" For Bond Drive Delta is a "Flag City", in the U. S. Defense Bond OPERATION FLAG CITY, according to Ray H. Church, west Millard chairman. Requirements for the honor are to get 80 per cent of the employ-ers In the city to install the U.S. Bond payroll savings' plan, plus 25 per cent of their employees pled-ged to participate. Delta employers were in 100 per cent, and employ-ees 30 per cent. Every city that quailified in the operation received a 4X6 foot Min-ute Man "T" honor flag, a special honor postmark cancelling all mail that goes out of the town's post-offic- e, and other distinctions. Delta was in the 1500 to 2000 population class with Beaver, Mil-for- d, Tremonton, Hyrum, Lewiston, Kaysville, Roosevelt, Fillmore, Eph-rai- Salina, Grantsville and River-to- n. Livestock Show Annual Election Set For Monday The Millard County Junior Live-stock Show will hold their Annual Election of Officers on Monday ev-ening October 8, 1951, at 8 p.' m. in the Delta high school Ag. build-ing, 1 block east of the Delta high school. New members are encouraged to come and participate in the el-ections. $1.00 will make you a life member of this orgainization. Help elect the officers and help raise our boys and girls. United we Stand - - Divided We Fall. Let's see each other at the election, Monday evening, October 8th, in Delta. Pep Rally And Parade Planned Thursday Night --Delta high school studentbody, parents and townspeople will com-bine forces Thursday night in a big pep rally and parade, prepar-ing and hoping for victory Friday when DHS Rabbits and Millard Eagles play league football. The parade will form at Delta high school at 7:30 p. m., and march down Clark st. two blocks west, to the main intersection. There if the weather permits, there will be a huge bonfire and pep rally. If it rains, there will still be the pep rally, minus the bon-fire. The DHS band will lead the par-ade, followed by the football team and coaches on a truck, the Pep Club and entire studentbody. There will be cheers, pep talks and a snake dance. The townspeo-ple, many of whom are DHS alu-mni, are urged to join the students in the cheers, songs and snake dance. Everyone is urged tq be there, and show the team that they have their whole-hearte- d sup-port. Short talks will be made by Carl Ashby, representing the City coun-cil, Ray Church, for the Delta bus-iness men, and Stanford Stubbs, for the DHS faculty. Coaches Os-borne and Christensen will speak, and the team will take a bow. Basket Supper At Sugarville Everyone is invited ot the basket supper and dance at Sugarville Friday nightt opening at 8:30 p.m. All proceeds from the affair will go to the ward building fund. Women and girls are asked to bring a basket or box lunch for two. Baskets will be auctioned off to men and boys and they will eat lunch with the one who pro-vided the basket they bought. Punch and cookies will also be sold. A short program will be given. Delta Pioneer Honored At Funeral Rites Tribute to John E. Steele, lead-ing figure in early Delta history, was paid Thursday in funeral ser-vices held in Delta Second ward. Mr. Steele died Sept. 24, his 79th birthday, following a heart attack. He had lived in Delta for more than 40 years, and had always wor ked toward the development and growth of the town he had named. The services were conducted by Bishop William S. Bassett. Prelim-inary music was played on the organ by Ardyth Twitchell, a grand daughter of Mr. Steele. The opening prayer was given by A. E. Stephenson. Speakers were Pres. June W. Black, of Deseret stake, John Cros-by, a cousin of Mr. Steele, 'from Panguitch, M. Ward Moody and Bishop Basssett. They paid tribute to the memory of Mr. Steele as one whose life had been spent in helping others. They praised his courage and his kindliness, .and the high ideals that had guided him through life. Music was given by Mrs. Norma Hannifin, a violin solo, with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Norma Wright, a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Warner, with organ ac-companiment by Miss Twitchell, an organ and piano duet by Mrs. Thelma Black and Mrs. Violet Snow, and a vocal solo, "Going Home", by Merlin Morster, with Piano accompaniment by Donald Western. E. Leo Lyman gave the closing prayer. Postlude music on the or-gan by Miss Twitchell. Burial was in the Delta city cem-etery, under direction of Nickle mortuary. George Sampson dedic-ated the grave. Pallbearers were Mr. Steele's five sons, Alton, Arthur, LeRoy, Her-mon- d and Junior Steele, and eld-est grandson, Gordon Twitchell. Kivenis Leaders fell Local Club Of Service Aims Hap McCune, the immediate past Governor of the Kiwanis Utah Idaho district from Nephi, was the speaker at the Monday meeting of the Delta and West Millard Kiwanis Club. He gave a talk on the aims and ideals of Kiwanis International which are a service and to preserve democracy - -- more especially the American way of life. Illustrations were brought out of the many achievements of common, ordinary Americans and the fact that they probably could not have been achieved in any other place than this country. Free dom of action and thought were necessary to achieve their tasks. Earl Steele, Lt. Governor-Ele- ct for the year 1952 of the Utah-Idah- o district accompanied Mr. Mc Cune and made a few short re-marks welcoming the local Kiwan-lan- s to the Kiwani fold. A good turn-o- ut of members was enjoyed despite the fact last week's meeting was held Friday and it was decided to hold this week's meeting and future meeti-ngs on Monday evenings. The Delta and West Millard Kiwanis Club held their weekly dinner meeting at the IOOF hall Friday evening. A fine chicken dinner was enjoyed by a good turn-o- of members and guests. Following dinner the Lt. Governor of the Utah-Idah- o district, Mr. Har-old Creer, of Spanish Fork, made few appropriate remarks and he was followed by the principal SRfker of the evening Mr. Parley Neeley, Engineer in Charge of the Central Utah Project. Mr. Neeley is also the president of the Spanish Fork Kiwanis Club. Ife traced the history of the pro-ject from its inception in the signi-ng of the original Upper and Low-er River Compact in 1926. The al-location of the Colorado River wat-er to the various areas was touch-ed upon and the Project's program 'or the future was gone into rath-er extensively. The Project is es-sentially a long-rang- e program and Is to develop as the requirements f the countryside may dictate. The talk was concluded with a question and answer period. All Present found it extremely inter-esting and informative. The membership decided to hold their meetings at 8 p. m. on Mon-day evenings in the future. Clair Memmott, 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Memmott, of Hinckley, is at the Delta hospital for medical care. Deseret D U P Start Project The Fanny Powell Cropper Camp DUP, held their first meeting of the season Thursday at the home of Mrs. Mollie Dewsnup, presided over by Mrs. Martha Mace, cap-tain. They adopted the project of a chapter scrapbook on all available material on Millard county and especially the Deseret area. They will collect histories of the early settlers and preserve them. Mrs. Sebrina Ekins, west Millard county DUP historian, met with the group to explain the project and showed scrapbooks made by Mrs. Alice Walker, of California, that were used in compiling the DUP history, Milestones of Millard.Since the book was published, Mrs. Ek-ins said, much more material was offered, especially from former res-idents. Such material is what the chaper would like for their scrap-boo-and will be glad to receive it. A similar project was adopted by the Helen Mar McCullough camp at their meeting last week at the home of Mrs. Lilliarr Kill-pac- They intend to. gather Mill-ard county history and especially the early Delta history. More l-- II Girls Who Won Award 4--H members who exhibited at the State Fair and whose awards were not announced last week are: BLUE Dish towels, Margene Finlinson; shoe bag, Cheryl Kay Pace; croch-eting, Ha Rae Taylor; muffins, Gloria Day; bread, Luella Dutson; v RED Lunch cloth, Joan Bradfield; rolls Janice Nielson; recipe files, Inez Nielson, and Francis Harris. Congratulaions to these girls and their leaders. Delta Lions Reorganize New officers chosen for Delta Lions for 1951-5- 2 are Leigh Max-fiel-president; Marven Osguth-orp- e, first vice president; Eldon Sorenson, second vice president; Gene Peterson, secretary and trea-surer; Frank Beckwith, tail twister, and Clayton Stapley, Lion tamer. Directors are Dale Pearson, Fred Baker, L. H. Johnson and Marven Ogden. The following are the various committee appointments: Attendance and membership, John Day, chairman; Leland r, M. J. Roper. Constitution and s, Dewey Sanford, chairman; Rulon Callister, William Starley. Finance, Harold Wind, chairman; Otis Walch, Orvil Jeffery. Program and entertainment, Mer lin Christensen, chairman; Evan Christensen, Eldon Eliason. Publicity, John Swalberg, chair-man; Virt Barney, Max Robison. Agriculture, Dudley Crafts, as chairman and Homer Petersen, Lee Rogers. Civic improvements and commun ity betterment, Earl Kelly, chair-man; Ward Moody, Ray Steele'. Education, W. C. Cole, chairman; Glen Seegmiller, Norman Gardner. Health and welfare, Dr. M. E. Bird, chairman; June Black, Fen-to- n Gardner. Roads, Golden H. Black, chair-man; Will Killpack, Max Hannifin. Delta Coeds Join Sponsors Corps Mary Jo Christensen, daughter of Mr: and Mrs. Evan Christensen, of Delta, was selected as honorary colonel of the corps of sponsors at the BAC at Cedar City Tuesday. This is the second year of exist-ence for the corps of sponsors on the BAC campus. They will make their first public appearance at the homecoming parade there Friday. Among the honorary second Lt. selected for the corps are LaRae Chesley, Virginia Henrie, and Helen Turner. They were selected after tryouts for poise, marching ability appearance and personality. Albert Skidmore, PMA surveyor-- 1 at the Delta ' supervisor, is a patient hospital for medical treatment.He has been seriously with pneumo-nia, and Tuesday was given a blood transfusion. His condition was reported better Wednesday. There was .6 inch precipitation in the rainfall Tuesday night, CAA at the Delta airport reports. Min-imum temperature was 41 degrees. And as we go to press it looks like more rain, with storm clouds gathering and occasional thunder. There was a short shower in the early afternoon. Births This Week.. To Richard Dell and Barbara Petersen Ashby, Delta, a girl, Oct. To Dwight and Marjorie Jensen Moody, Delta, a girl, Oct. L Mrs. Ray Finlinson, of Oak City, is a medical patient at the Delta hospital. |