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Show Volume 43 Number 1 Delta, Utah, Thursday, July 3, 1952 ' $3.50 a Year irTAdvance City Cafe lias New Managers Hatch's City Ca.o c,.s lindl?1 new management Mr. and Wednesday Mrs. Mark Johnson or the Spudnut Drive-In- take pos- session from Mr. and Mrs Hatch Farnsworth, owners and operators lor the past three years. The trans action was closed earlier this wee Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth, who recently bought the Earl Willden home east of Delta, will continue to moke their, home here. Mr. Farnsworth will continue the com-missary business he has establish-ed. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, who have been in the Spudnut business here for two years, will continue it in their new location, and will an-nounce a formal opening soon. Millard County School Board Considers Bids "TIillard School Board met j,,ne 18 to open bids for the re-- j "ins cnd renovation f tne peltn hi.- scho1 and the con' slrurlion oi an elementary school . Dolta. following firms bid on the The projects: Groneman and Company, Vernon Hurst, A. Johnson and Sons, Merr-ill Construction Company, Irwin Talboe, Witt Construction Com-pany,' Pouison Construction Com-pany, Butler and Davis, Ralph Child. Supt. Maughan reports that the lw bid for remodeling, the Delta High school was by Merrill Con-struction Company for 583,984.00 and tor construction of the Delta Elementary School was by the Witt Construction Company 'for 5424,700.00. These bids covered the whole cost of construction includ- - ' inE heating and plumbing and lighting and fixtures. After carefully considering the bids the board rejected all of them and instructed the architect to revise and redraft plans for the elementary building and again call for bids, which will be open-ed at the regular meeting of the Board August 6. It is hoped that bids at this time will be in line with the new plans, so that construction can proceed at once. This will make it possible for school to be held In the new building a year from this fall. . Fourteen Youths Will Attend Boys' State American Legion Post 117 has lined up fourteen boys who will leave for Boys' State Sunday morn nig. They are sponsored by local firms and people and will spend 11 days at the camp, conducted by the American Legion. Those who will go are Verl Jen-sen, LaVoy Robison, Reed Draper, Albert Winsor, Chris Hansen, Max Black, Keith Black, Robert Canis-ter, Raymond Robinson, Reed Jef t'ery, Lynn Gardner, Carl Winfield, Gordon Dewsnup, and David Moo-dy. The sponsors are Max Robison, Auer Jensen, Fenton Gardner, W. E. Black, Joe Mercer, D. Stevens and Co., Quality Market, IOOF, Hinckley Town, Layton Dewsnup and Moody Bros. Seed Co. Eoyc' State will be held at iCamp Williams, where the boys will elect city, county and state of fieials, and learn government first hand. Speakers will include state offieials and Gov. J. Bracken Lee. Gala Fourth of July Sponsored By Post 117 In Delta Celebration Parade, Sports, Fireworks, and Dance 1 Theo Que Jensen Post 117, American Legion, invites everyone to join in the gala celebration they are sponsoring on Friday, July 4, at Delta. The day's program will open with a sunrise salute at 5 a. m. Next event will be the parade at 9:30 a. m. A band concert will be given on the high school lawn at 10 a. m. The patriotic program will be in the Delta high school auditor-ium, opening at 10:30 a.m. A feature oi the program will be the original reading by Mrs. Elaine Dekker, given to music and acted out in pantomime. During the morning program children's sports will "be 'conducted on the high, school lawn, with a number of events and prizes for the youngsters. In the afternoon there will be two ball games, with the PeeWees playing at 1 p. m. and the Seniors at 3 p. m. There will be swimming and a picture show iat 2:30 p.m. The children's dance will be held in the open air hall, opening at 6:30 p. m. A mammoth display of fireworks will be set off at night, commenc-ing at 8:45 p. m., at the old race track in Delta. The dance at night will be In Van's Hall, opening at 9:30 p.m. The whole day is planned to entertain the entire family, and there will be a good time for young and old. Garden Clubs Win Awards At Convention Millard County gardeners were winners of two awards at the Gar- - den Club convention held in Rich-field June 27 and 28. The South Tract Garden Club won third place in Class A. Their project was the beautificatiin of the Esealante monument on the South Tract, under the leadership of Effie Nielson, president, Betty Baker, vice president, Erma secretary and Lucretia Teeples, reporter. The Holden Garden Club won first prize trophy in Class B. Their project was beautification of the church grounds, school and the main street, and included plant-ing lawn, shrubs, trees and install-ing a sprinkling system. The contest is divided into two classifications. Class A is a pro-ject finished and financed by Gar-den Clubs. Class B is for a pro-ject planned by Garden Clubs with outside aid. The Holden project was carried out under direction of Elbert Stev-ens, school board member, Myrtle Y. Nixon, mayor of Holden, Mrs. Neva Johnson, garden club pres-ident, and Bruce Stevens, Melvin Stevens and Hugh Wood. Both projects were under sup-ervision of Mrs. Beth Anderson, dis-trict supervisor of Millard County Garden Clubs. Local garden club members who attended the Richfield meet were Maurine Jeffery, Jean Johnson, of Delta; Beth Anderson, Hinckley; Effie Nielson, Lucretia Teeples, Betty Baker, South Tract. Fern Crafts, Dora Black, Jerry Black, Fay Davis, Deseret; Ruby Skeem, LaReine Gillen, Ela Christ-enso- Erma Skeem , Vanessa Skeem, Lillie Roundy, Oasis. Millard Countv Day Plans MntSe Plans are shaping for the an-nual Millard County dayt, Saturday August 2, ito be held at Liberty Park, Salt Lake City. Meeting will begin ait 1 p. m. The dinner hour will be from 6 to 7 p. m. followed by the program. Officers of the Millard County Association are Marion Bishop, as president; Nelson Day, vice pres.; executive committee, Inez B. All-re- Clark Allred, Lowell Moody, Ezra Wood and Noble Kimball. Kenneth Olsen is secretary. Further particulars will be giv-en later. There were more than 600 Millard County people at the picnic last year and two years ago there were 1365 present. Palomar Will He Closed Friday Palomar will not be open this Friday night for the stake MIA recreation program, on account of the open air dance the stake MIA is sponsoring for July 4. The hall will be opened again a week from Friday, and the re- -' creation program will continue 1 gain through the year. S5000 RICHER Drue Roberts Collects Top Contest Award Mrs. Drue Roberts, and her hus-band, Orlin S. Roberts, were in " Salt Lake City Friday at which time Mrs. Roberts received a check for $5000, her grand prize in a national soap .contest. A week ago Mrs. Roberts was notified that she was one of the twenty national contest winners, and her prizes included a '52 Ford two-do- sedan, 1000 gallons of gas, a year's supply of Camay, Oxydol and Dreft, and $200 worth of groceries. Several days later she was told that she had also won the grand prize of $5000 which was entered by the twenty finalists. , The contest was sponsored by Procter & Gamble, whose unit man ager, A. H. Anderson, Salt Lake City, gave Mrs. Roberts her prizes. In Salt Lake City Mrs. Roberts was interviewed and picturced for the Salt Lake dailies, appearect on KSL, on television, on KDYL, and made a recording for release lat-er. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and their two daughters, Joan and Jean, are still considering the wisest way to use the $5000. Their first plans cal for new furniture' for their new home in Delta, and then per-haps a trip in the new car. Monday the year's supply of soap arrived, and Mrs. Roberts says their cupboards and the gar-age are now well filled with soap. However, there is still room for the groceries, car and gasoline. The Roberts family and their friends are still marveling at Mrs. Roberts 'good fortune, and rejoic-ing in her skill at winning a prize of such dimensions. Earlier this year Mrs. Roberts won a smaller prize in a casserole dish contest, and she looks forward with enthus iasm to entering future contests. Auxiliary 117 Wins Honors The Auxiliary of Post 117 again won high honors for their year's work in the American Legion Aux-- ! iliary Program. They were award-ed the Golda McShane American-- i ism trophy, the Child Welfare tro-- 1 phy presented toy Eva Coakley, J and the Unit Activities Award pre- - sented by Katherine Howell. The Mc Shane and Coakley tro-- " phies are now permanent posses-- I sions of Unit 117. They received 3rd place for the Community Ser-- i vice program. i In addressing the convention Clem Schram national bond chair-I- t: man for the State of Utah paid special tribute to the Delta 117 ' unit for their outstanding Bond and Stamp program, and they were presented with a special citat-ion by the United States Treasur-j- : er, John Snyder. Talent Find To Be Sponsored By Farm Bureau A rural youth Talent Find is toe-ing sponsored by the Farm Bur-eau, to encourage rural youth group to make better use of local talent. The Millard County Farm Bur-eau will present their Talent Find program in connection with the county Fair and Days of the Old West Celebration. They will give the program on August 15, 'from 10 a. m. to noon. They urge local talent to take part in the contest and to start now preparing numbers. The requirements are 4 to 28 years of age; family must be a member of Farm Bureau; and resident of the county for 2 months or longer. First, second and third place pri-zes will be given in the county contest. Winners there will go to the State Fair. Numbers may be vocal, instru-mental, readings, dancing or skits, with a limit of five minutes to the number. Local young people who would like to enter the Talent Find are asked to place their names with the following chairmen: Lillian Warnick, for Hinckley, Oasis and Deseret; Lorna Bunker, for Suther-land and Sugarville; Melba Fin-lins-for Oak City, Leamington and Lynndyl; Elinor Skidmore, Sutherland; LaRue Nickle, Delta. Home From Trip To New York Bonnie Riding, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. L. H. Riding, of Delta, returned home Thursday from a trip in the east and New York City as a delegate to the third annual Odd Fellows United Nations Pil-grimage. Her trip was sponsored by Delta Lodge No. 59, IOOF, and Betah Rebekah Lodge No. 47. She left Salt Lake June 9 one of the 37 delegates and leaders from the west states. In New York the group was 89 with the addition of delegates from eastern and south-ern states. The entire trip was filled with educational and recreational val-ues for the young people. From Chicago to New York they took a bus tour that included visits to Greenfield Village, home of Henry Ford, Carver Memorial, Niagara Falls, Concord, Lexington, Boston, Plymouth Rock and a short talk with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N.Y. They arrived in New York City, June 15, and after briefing, went to a TV program. Monday they went to the United Nations build-ing, where they listened on ear-phone to a session of the Trustee-ship Council On the following days they at-tended sessions at the UN build-ing, and had talks from various people there Friday the young delegates each gave short talks on what the UN meant to them. They also visited Columbia Univ-ersar- y and International House. For entertainment they saw the Statue of Liberty, Coney Island, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and other sights. Their trip home was also by bus, to Chicago, with stops en route at Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Bal-timore, where they visited the Sov-ereign Grand Lodge, Washington, D C where they did considerable sightseeing, Gettysburg, and Pitts-burg. k Governor J. Bracken Lee Requests - Re-Elect-ion to State Office Governor J. Bracken Lee, in announcing his candidacy for to office this week, said he would base his campaign on his record and his ad-herence to certain fundamental principles of government. I . ' ", . I ! f . I - . I ' M ' " v ' I s ' ' i I. ? V"" ' f ' ' ' " , I i i r - V I , t L T '"''' "i 'i "r f iii MwnfiriV Governor Lee, the first Republican governor in Utah for 24 years, said: "I was elected to office on a platf-orm of honesty, efficiency, and econo-my in government," he said, "and I have made every effort to abide by mat platform. The record of my is in keeping with rtiese fundamentals and is a record of which J I am proud. , Clean Government "Prior to the time I took office in the State government was emb-roiled in scandal and there was little j evidence of any effort toward efficiency w economy in governmental operations, 'here has been no scandal since I took office and virtually every department under my jurisdiction has reduced its administrative costs, despite inflation. . One of the direct results of this I economy effort has beei. the greatest dollar public building pro-e'- in this State's history. The bulk the surplus funds that have accumu-'ate- d because of reduced operational costs have been channeled into con-duction projects at almost every State msiitution. "Btcause of this, more funds have wen allocated and expended for build-- 7 Purposes- during the last three and years than was done in the ""ire twenty years previous," he cont-inued. ,Gvtrnr Lee cited the cleanup of Mates liquor operation, the elimin- - l"t . politic5 from the welfare pro- - m. the revamping of the State's pur-,- 1 Si8 Plici. and an accelerated arS! a building and maintenance program S tier, "''S"15 of h's administra- - Fundamental Principles Jl Dr,n'SCiSSin8 his belief in fundamental ICY P of government, Governor Lee ' erlCnVm"dl he said. th good couid be obtained only when and j ed on fundamental truths rflt' 8"ty capa'Je of carrying out prom- - ,lpt? "'ntentions. A; pledwPar,y'S P,atforrA of a candidate's r thf .canno' be more important than ''tf Vr,mion ,0 fulfi" 'V he said. jf t, iicrJ ' that a Pubic office is 8 on1 both that pl'blic official' have d" thai defcnd ,he constitution and M con'iHVernmen' must a"ord equal jr to no'cn 'o all with special favor 'he1p5"at b Pow to tax is .r' mrr, destroy, that power tends V which T' 8nd that Prcsem hiph taxes lt! Wealth i concen,rated power and f the government are ifc 'ion VmR cause for the deteriora- - ' increaJ. moral standards and the "f f corruption. yf. ir Bolt,"", ' faVOr limit'ng the tax-t-fter,.. dovernmem and reducing ta burden," he said. Governor J. Bracken Lee . . . Seeks Another Term. Prized Possesion "Our freedom is our most prized possession and the keystone of our progress as individuals and as a na-tion. either within or Any program without government that endangers that freedom is to be resisted with all the vigor at our command. Once free-dom is lost, it will not be easily re-covered. . , "I believe this government is based upon faith in God and adherence to a moral standard inspired by this faith. If we abandon this faith and moral standard, we will pave the way for the destruction of this government and with it everything we hold dear in ' "It is upon my record and my belief in these fundamental principles that 1 am asking the support of the people for Governor Lee said. A native of Price, Governor Lee was born on January 7, 1899. He served six successive terms as Mayor of 1 rice, during which time he was singled out as being one of the three outstanding mayors of the United States On two occasions he was unopposed lor re-election. He declined nomination for a seventh term. Governor Lee married Margaret Dra-per on February 23 1928 at Price They have four children: Mrs. Harold Nelson, Lt. lames B. Lee, who was graduated from West Point Military Academy this year, Margaret (on, and Richard L. Lee. 117 Auxiliary Gives Report On Coming Events Members of the auxiliary of Post 117, American Legion, met Monday night to complete plans for the Independence Day pro-gram that will be presented to the public on July 4 at the morn-ing program in Delta. ' Mrs. Arjan Dekker, Amerioanism chairman, has written a pageant portraying famous patriotic char-acters in the founding of our country. Post and Unit members will enact the parts and the mus-ical numbers will be presented by west Millard talent. Mrs. Iva Mitchell, auxiliary pres-ident, announced, the appointment of the following chairmen: mem-bership, Lucille Stephenson; com-munity service, Lou Swalberg, jun-ior activities, Louise Sly; Child welfare, Drue Roberts, Mae Welch and Lucy Mitchell. Music, Bonnie Maxfield,; rehab-ilitation, Gladys Carter and Iva Mitchell; poppy program, 'Gwen McEvoy; study, Kit-ty Holt. Primary hospital, Joseph-ine Peterson. Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Mitchell will continue with the Stamp and Bond program in the schools. Max-in- e Bishop is publicity. The remain ing chairman will be appointed at a special meeting Monday July 7. Through an oversight the Hinck-"le- y Lady Lions have been omitted in receiving recognition in spon-soring a Girl Stater. Miss Verlene Stevens was fully sponsored by this organization, and being a new ly organized group, they are to be commended upon this project. The Hinckley Lady Lions will be asked as special guests to attend the. Girls Staters reception, which will be held in the near future. Chronicle Files Of 40 Years Ago Feted Birthday 40 YEARS AGO ... ' From the Files . . . . DE1TA J. A Sly will leave next week for the Annie Laurie mine in Sev-ier county, where he has the con-tract for hauling 50 tons of ore per day to the mill. He will run 15 four-hors- e teams. This old mine has given employment to a good many Millard county boys, and a market for the products of the eastern part of the county, and Its reopening will doubtless re vive the old business. S. W. Eceles' new store is com-pleted ,a stock of goods in, and we have no doubt he will do a rushing business. His soda 'foun-tain and fixtures are the finest in the county. His ice cream mach-inery has a large capacity and no richer or purer ice cream can be found anywhere. The big hall of the Delta Mer-cantile and Implement Co. is cer-tainly going up in a hurry and Mr. Marshall says it will be ready for business about the 20th. A stage is to occupy the north end of the hall, so that play's oan toe presented in good shape. The cen-tral portion of the hall will be floored with maple to provide a splendid floor 'for dancing. Prob-ably the first entertainment in the new hall will be on the 24th. Delta had its first circus on Tuesday which shows the town is growing in importance. About the time the performance started in the afternoon the wind began to blow and for a time it looked as if the tents would go sailing away as happened a few days ago up north. SCIPIO Mr. and Mrs. T. Clark Calllster, their little boy and Miss Josie Mel-ville are over from Fillmore visit-ing Mr. and Mrs. A. Peterson and Noble. LEAMINGTON Samuel Jensen returned Sunday night from a three-yea- r mission. He has labored In Scandinavia hunting genealogy. We are pleas-ed to welcome him Into our midst again. Those who attended the Stake Sunday School convention at Hin-ckley Sunday were Bishop R. B. Ashby, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Ashby , Alma Harder and Vira Stout. FOR SALE: Chairs, rockers and gasoline stove, at A. Millers' tent. VOLUME THREE With this Issue the Chronicle begins its third year and It furn-ishes an excuse for the editor (Norman Dresser) to say a few words. The life of a paper Is like the life of an individual - - its early years are the most precari-ous, and each added year increa-ses its expectancy of life. The 'first year of the Chronicle certainly was a hard one. It never paid expen-ses a single week during all that time and longer. If the editor had not been a sticker with unbound-ed faith in the ultimate prosperity of the county, and especially the success of the land projects ar-ound Delta, the Chronicle would have winked out the second or third month. Post 89 Auxiliary Ships Clothing To LPS Lamanites Auxiliary of Post 89 will ship 50 pounds of clothing to be dis-tributed to LDS Lamanites Wed-nesday. Members have made arrange -- ments with Pres. Buhanan, at the Southwest Indian Mission, at Gal-lup, N.M., where Elder Blaine Jones is serving now. A letter from the mission sta-ted that they would be very hap-py to receive as much clothing as the Auxiliary would like to send. They said the Lamanite friends did need clothing and they are trying to teach them the Welfare program of the LDS church. The clothing drive will be con-tinued on their goal of shipping 1000 pounds. Sutherland' 4-- club and others for their community service, and Bee Hive girls for Church Welfare, are pledging as-sessments. Hinckley has already pledged 25 cents per member of the BeeHlve girls to apply on the cost of ship-ping- Any Bee Hive or group that would like to contribute, or any-one tlse, will be welcomed. This first shipment will cost around $50 to send. Articles of clothing or money to help with the drive may toe left at Sterling Market, oT with Shirley Theobald or Zola Bunker. The drive is being conducted un-der the leadership of Myrlene Tur-ner, auxiliary president, Zola Bun-ker, child welfare chairman, or Shirley Theobald, secretary. They thank all those who have already contributed in the drive and are hopeful at more contributors. . Ileceives Degree In California La Mont L. Bennett, of Cedar City, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Bennett, of Deseret, was one of the graduates o' the University of Southern California, receiving his degree at 'formal commence-ment exercises held Saturday, June 14, in the Alumni Memorial Park on the SC campus. It was the 69th annual commencement at the Uni-versity. Mr. Bennett, who has been stu-dying at the California university during the past winter, received his Master's degree in Education. He was granted a leave of absence from his position on the faculty of the Cedar City junior high school, to spend the past winter working toward his degree. He started teaching at the junior high school in Cedar City in 1946. He has taken courses from the University of Utah and BYU since he started teaching. He received his Bachelors degree at Utah State Agricultural college at Logan In 1943. He and his wife, Louise Manning Bennet, and their two children, resided at Inglewood, Cal., and have now returned to Cedar City, where Mr. Bennett will continue teaching. Tally Tab Club Is Entertained The Tally Tab Club was enter-tained Thursday night by Mrs. al Justesen at her home. Mem-bers present were Velda Perkins, Vada Shields, Venise Taylor and Grace Fowles. Guests were Bes-sie Webb and Lucille Sampson. Luncheon was served ,and Pino-chle played later. Prizes Cor high scores were won by Mrs. Shields, first and Mrs. Perkins, second. Guests prizes went to Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Sampson, and Mrs. Fow-les received a consolation prize for low score. The Swift Stitchers met at the home of Julene Bunker June 23 and June 27. The following were elected to office: Bonnie Kae John son, president, Jeannette Lazenby, vice president, Gwen Lazenby, sec-retary and Mary Ellen Johnson, re-porter. On June 30 the club met at the home of LeuWanna Bun-ker, first year sewing members completed head covers and start-ed aprons. oFurth year began wool dresses. A'fter meeting they en-joyed a swimming party at the pool. Leonard Vodak is a patient at the Delta hospital, following an appendectomy Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Daly, who sold their interests in the Banque Club in Delta July 1 to Aldo Steele of Salt Lake City, are leaving next for an extended trip in the northwest. Mr. Daly will assist Mr. Steele through July 4 and the week end. Births This Week.. To Boyd and Ardis Webb Mur-ray, Delta, a girl, June 29. To Walter and Bonnie Whicker Manis, Hinckley, a boy, July 2. ' To Kennard and Betty Lou Davis Carter, Delta, July 2. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Riding, from Springville, visited in Delta Sun-day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. King. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Spendlove and. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Killpack recently returned from Dallas, Tex. where they attended the National Convention of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the regular business of the convention, the State of Texas and the City of Dallas real-ly went out of their way to show the almost 8,000 JayCees there in attendance what the Southern and Texas hospitality amounts to. 27 couples from Utah were at the convention. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Chesley re-turned Tuesday from a trip to Salt Lake City. I Jessie Lynn Cook returned to Delta Tuesday after a visit of a week with friends in Elko, Nev. She attended the rodeo, of which Ray Skinner, of Delta, was arena director of the three-da- y event. Mr Skinner rode in the parade paired with Colleen HutchSngs, Miss America. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hawley, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Petty and Mr. Leon Petty returned to their home in Los Angeles .after visiting several days with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hawley and their mother, Mrs. Zona Hawley. Mr. and Mrs. J. Avery Bishop, and Mr. and Mrs. Garn Brown, of Salt Lake City, will spend the 4th of July in Rigby, Idaho, with Mr. and Mrs. Mahonri Bishop. Mrs. Carla Jensen was a Salt Lake visitor during the past week. |