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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Dolta, Utah, Thurs., Sept. 13. 1951 Subscribe to the Chronicle I j " j "Honestly, no-w- ,.: :p-- j' ! aren't gasoline - 1 prices too high?" " I Everyone who can remember what things used lltlflllllf sSliisBl to cost ony ten or twenty years ago may well think ' ( a I of those times as "the good old days." Recalling them, ',sv S , and e extreme bargains offered during the depres- - lilP WSMim ?! sion, people have asked Standard such questions as ' llPC f ''iS'ilpSillliill "Honestly, now aren't gasoline prices too high?" ' "'' In answer to a question like that, Standard asks f pv MeKi,1 , , you to consider the broad situation. All prices i jjiN - ,ov should be kept as low as possible. But in judging i: u. .v.. what's "too high," let's see what's happened: 1926 1951 1926 1951 1926 1951 1926 1951 Price Comparisons 1926 and 1951 coste almst as little as it did in 1926 actually up less than 4 , except for taxes, now 6)! to 8(! a gal-Le- t's look back on those "good old days" to Ion in the West. Most people's income has gone up 1926, a fairly normal year. Since then, most prices enough in those years so that gasoline takes a far have varied greatly. By 1951, farm products cost smaller share of their budget. So gasoline today-o- ver twice as much as in 1926, groceries and cloth- - far from being "too high" is an exceptionally ing about two-thir- more. But in 1951, gasoline good buy. See how and why this has come about HOW have gas prices been kept from getting WHY have gas prices been kept from "too getting high"? Partly through improvement in refin-- "too high"? Because there's intense competition, ing methods, developed by big companies' research. To stay in business, all oil companies are always We've learned to get more gas out of every barrel looking for ways to cut costs of producing, trans-- of crude. (And it's better gas; 2 gallons now do porting, refining, and marketing. We keep finding work that took 3 only 25 years ago.) them, passing benefits on to you. I. d Like to KnOW ... Many people write to Standard asking pertinent questions about the Company. We answer all letters individually, but some points seem of general interest. We take this way of discussing them for everyone. If you have a question, we urge you to write in care of: "I'd Like to Know," 225 Bush Street, San Francisco 20, California. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA plans ahead to serve you better where I sit ... Joe Marsh fromEasy Makes His "Cat" Tread Lightly i Driving home on Three Ponds roads belong to all of us and I Road yesterday, I was flagged down guess I'd get mad if someone else by Easy Roberts' boy Skeeter. . chewed them up." "Take it slow," he advised. "Dad's From where I sit, Easy is my kind crossing this road with our tractor, f citizen. He doesn't just give just beyond the bend." democracy lip service. He honestly Around the curve I saw why believes it's his duty to consider Skeeter stopped me. Easy had laid the other fellow's interests, two rows of old truck tires across Whether it's the right to use the the road, and was driving his new public highways or the right to en- - "Cat" tractor over them ! joy an occasional glass of beer, "More trouble this way," Easy Easy's out to protect his neighbor's explains, "but it does keep those "right of way." tank tracks from tearing up the asphalt when I have to cross over CAa f to our other fields. After all, the 'tUHU Copyright, 1951, United States Brewers Foundation THEY'RE NEW' ggi FOR YOURSELF THESE BEAUTIFUL !l '41 -- and how amazingly yy easy tneY are to apply! 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To Be Presented Rehearsals entered the final stage Saturday for "Gobs of Rhy. thm", the Lowe Dance Studios revue. The plot, concerning two shipwrecked sailors and the danc-ing girls they meet in their travels, provides occasion for varied types of dance and musical numbers. ' The dance revue will be presen-ted at the Delta high school aud-itorium on Saturday, Sept. 22 with curtain at 8 p. .m. cseret LUCILLE SAMPSON Bob, Dale and Marlena Carling and Louise Bishop spent the week end ixi Cedar City, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sampson spent from Wednesday till Sunday in Salt Lake City. The Deseret MIA held their opening party Tuesday evening at the Fair Grounds, A, program, wein ,nie roast, melon and punch treat was given. Mrs. Arleen Bennett spent a week at Ely, Nev., with her daugh-ter, Ada, who has a new baby. Mrs. Bennett returned home and brought Mrs. Ada Ross and child-ren to Deseret for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dewsnup spent Friday in Salt Lake City. Mr. E. J. Eliason spent a few days in Salt Lake City visiting his wife, who is spending a few weeks in Salt Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crafts and boys returned from a two weeks tour of Washington and Colorado. The Garden Club met Monday at the home of Mrs. Nora Cropper. They were fourteen women pres- - ent. Mrs. Zola Bunker from Suth-erland gave a talk on Iris. Ethel Western and Nora Cropper were hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Don Moody spent Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Black made a trip to Salt Lake where Dawn Jacobson met them there 'from Florida . Miss Jacobson is a dau-ghter of Mrs. Black and plans to spend the winter here. Oak City Mae H. Shipley Sunday evening the services were in charge of Max Johnson, who was one of the speakers and represented the High Council. Oth-er speakers were Lawrence Abbott and Pat Barney. Miss Carma Rose sang a solo. Mrs. Devon Roper sited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Roper. Devon is with the Air Corp and stationed in Florida. Pfc. and Mrs. Don Drollinger were week .end visitors at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Shipley. Louisa Lovell has her daughter, Miriam and family visiting for a few weeks from Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jacobson have their daughter, Arvilla and baby visiting this week. Mrs. Clara Talbot is home after a visit at Scipio with her daugh-ter. Tuesday evening a banquet was held at the home of Mrs. James Anderson, president of the YWMIA. It was in honor of the retiring MIA presidency, Emma Talbot, Melba Finlinson, Martha Anderson, Theo. Stuart, and Delyn Nielson. A chicken dinner was served. At 9 p. m. a dance was held in the recreation hall. A large crowd attended. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Day and daughter, from Cedar City visited her father, Mr. Esdras Finlinson. Mr. Wm. Alldredge spent last week visiting with his daughter, Verna Webb at Hinckley. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Talbot spent several days visiting in Oak City. Miss Amelia Dean and Mrs. Ed-win Paice from Beaver are visiting in Oak City and especially to at-tend the wedding of their niece, Miss Edith Anderson. Miss Edith Anderson and Bryce Finlinson were married Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the Manti temple. A dance will be held Saturday even-ing, Sept. 15 in their honor. LenmiiigtoEi MABEL HARDER The death ol Earl Davis, hus-band of Barta Nielson Davis, came as a shock to his many Leaming-ton friends and relatives. Mrs. Em-ma Nielson went to Salt Lake on Tuesday as soon as she received the news. Attending the funeral on Saturday from here were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nielson, their daugh ter, Raye and husband; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nielson; Mr. 'and Mrs. Grant Nielson; Mr .and Mrs. Spencer Nielson ; Mr. and Mrs. Wells Nielson and Mr .and Mrs. Keith Nielson. Mr. Sam Jensen attended the Manti temple excursion Tuesday, Sept. 1,. Mr. Kenneth Nielson, Jack Niel-son, and Larry Nielson took the boys' steers to the Cedar City stock show on Wednesday. Kenneth re-turned on Friday, but the boy's stayed until Saturday. Jack won "choice", for his steer and Larry, i "good". They received 42c and beei. The former Raye Nielson and her husband are visiting with her parnts, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nielson. They are visiting until Raye's hus-band goes to Europe. He has been stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dutson and Lenny Holmquist drove to Salt Lake City Tuesday. Lenny is re-turning home for the school year. Linda and Nancy Nelson, daugh-ters of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Nel-son, are staying with Mr. and Mrs. Rich Finlinson and attending sch-ool here. The girls will join their parents in Las Vegas, Nev., as soon as they get settled. . Mrs. Electa Anderson visited with relatives here following the Labor Day celebration until Thurs-day when she went on to Milford to join Jim who is working there. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Dutson, Lu-el-and Margene Finlinson visited in Salt Lake City, Sunday, Sept. 9. The girls got their first view of television, and saw the Bing-ham copper mines. Mrs. Wanda Nielson and Mrs. Erva Bradfield drove to Salt Lake City Monday to take the H club exhibits to the State Fair. Miss Jean Daly, employed at Tooele, spent the week end in Delta with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Daly. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Reid, and four of their children, visited in Delta last week with Mr.. Reid's sister, Mrs. June W. Black, and family. They were returning to their home at Murray after a trip in California. Mr. and Mrs. Lilburn Baker and Mr. and Mrs. Zornie, from Iowa, visited Mr. and Mrs E. A. Brush during the past week. Mr. Baker is a nephew of Mr. Brush. The visitors were returning home after a vacation trip in California. Also visiting at the Brush home were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Brush, from Los Altos, Cal. |