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Show Award Winners At Delta High School I V .' V':v ..... v.. r'" 6 f i 'ji. . r - - - f t " f $ 1 1 t These are the award winners irom the '52 graduating class at Delta high school. They are Harold Snow, Steph enson manhood award; Vada Ivie, Edith L. Finlinson woman-hood award; David Seegmiller, Robins scholarship award. Bud Fullmer, Black athletic award; Carolyn Callister and Robert Harris, Danforth leader-ship awards. Volume 42 Numbed 46 Delta, Utah, Thursday, May 15, 1952 ' $3.50 a Year in Advance Las Vegas Lad Burns To Death In Truck Crash Philo Don Gronning, old son of Mrs. Ada Faye Works Corey of Las Vegas, Nev, was burned to death Tuesday, May 6, in a three-ca- r crash near Las Vegas. According to investigating offi-cers the butane truck driven by the Gronning youth was struck from both sides by two automo-biles (mint in finnncito Iparttirtno as the truck made a right turn. . The truck was rolled over and caught fire almost immediately from leaking gasoline from the fuel tank. The butane gas did not catch fire. Gronning was trapped in the cab of the truck and the flames prevented efforts to rescue him. He burned to death in the cab. The other two vehicles were bad ly damaged ,and the occupants injured and hospitalized. The Gronning youth had been one of the trusted employes of the Myers-Thorto- n Gas company for the past two years and worked after school hours for. the firm. He was prominent In high school activities and was an active mem-ber of the LDS church. He was born Jan. 21, 1934, at Delta, and had lived since at Las Vegas, where his mother re-sides. An older brother, Ralph Gronning, is in college at Reno, Nev., and a half-broth- and half-siste- r, David and Margo Corey, live at Las Vegas. Word of the tragedy came to Delta Tuesday night of last week, and his grandfather, Edwin Works, of Delta, and Mrs. Works, with members of the family, Mrs Lola Mankin, Mrs. Betty Lister, of Del-ta, Mrs. Doneta Hardy, of Black Rock, Mrs. Pearl Little and son, Larry Works, of Kanab, left for Las Vegas for funeral services there Friday. .Burial was in Las Vegas, under the direction of the Bunker Brothers mortuary. Pet Parade Will I2e Shown May 2-- 1 The annual Pet Parade, sponsor-ed by Delta Jay Cee wives, is scheduled for Saturday, May 24, beginning at 3 p. m. Children and pets, costumed as they choose, will take part. Prizes will be awarded, and all children will receive an y sucker and a free show. The. parade will begin at the Delta high school lawn, and pro-ceed on Clark Street to the swim-ming pool. Annual Livstock Show Promises To Be Largest Yet in Twenty-On- e Years' Term More Exhibits This Year Than Ever Before For Two-Da- y Showing May 22 and 23 The 21st annual Millard County Junior Livestock Show will be the largest on record when doors are opened Thursday, May 22, for exhibition of livestock in the vast county barn north of Delta. From entry blanks up to date, there will be 125 head of fat beef, 60 sheep, 50 hogs and 15 dairy exhibits. More livestock will be en-tered, as some teachers have not yet handed their books in. The show opens at 9:30 a. m. May 22, with the judging of followed hogs, by judging of sheep at 11 a. m., and judging of fat beef at 1 p. m. Then breeding beef and dairy cattle will be judged. Judges will be Maj. George Hen-derson, fat beef; Dr. Marden Broad bent, fat hogs; Russell Keetch, fat sheep; Lew Mar Price, Dairy; C. A. Mattson, breeding beef. Ani-mals will be placed by grade in ABC according to the Danish system of Judging. STOCKMEN'S BANQUET A major event is the Stock-men's Banquet Thursday even -- lng, at 8 p. m., to be held in the new Deseret stake house. Exhibit-ors, buyers, sellers, parents, and many other interested parties will be present. Preparations this year are being made for an attendance of 500. .' Last year 408 were served, In the new Delta First ward building. Leigh Miaxfleld is chairman of the banquet committee, with mem bers Cecil Baker and wife, Helen Baker. Earl Kelly will be master of ceremonies, and for local peace of mind the program is being kept under cover until the night of May 22. There will be plenty of room to accommodate all comers at the banquet. Complimentary tickets are being issued to exhibitors and advertisers and tickets will be sold at the door. There will be a wel-come for all those who come - -- don't miss it. The livestock show booklets have been available for several week, listing the rules, regulations events, awards, and participation of Future Farmers of America, and 4--H Clubs. The show is sponsored by the state of Utah, Millard County Com missioners, and Millard County Board of Education. Officers of the 1952 show are V. S. Barney, president; Edwin H. Knight, vice president; Howard Nlelson and Gene Walker, agers; Mrs. Reliance Wood, secre- - tary and treasurer; Cluff Talbot, clerk, and Bud Bassett, state rep-resentative. FFA advisors and Marven Og-de- n, Delta, Harold Lindsey, Fill-more and Eldon Hurst, Hinckley. 4JH Club advisors are Rodney Rickenbach, Fillmore and Lehi S. Rogers, Delta. Show directors are V. S. Barney, Ted Knight, Esdras Finlinson, Howard Nielson, W. C. Cole, Mark S. Johnson, Rulon Anderson, Gene Walker and Derral Chrlstensen. Ring master is Wilford Munster, chairman, with Clayson Cahoon, Brose Roberts, Ivo Ogden, Ward Petersen and Golden Warnlck. Tharol Larson is announcer. Jim Mannings is auctioneer for the sale which opens Friday, May 23, at 10 a.m., with sale of hogs, then sheep and then the beef. SPECIAL AWARDS Many special awards will be made, Including a iat lamb award of $25 which comes from Sgt. Ralph D. Erlckson, now serving with the armed forces In Korea. Ralph, former exhibitor of grand champion stock, was present In uniform last year to make this award. Special awards are from Brook-law- n Creamery, Salt Lake Tribune, and Telegram. Delta Livestock Au-ction, Utah Poultry, Delta Milling j company and Deseret News. Special features of the show will be the tractor driving contest and the calf scramble, directed by the Delta chapter of Young .Farmers. Delta Jay Cees Present Basketball Trophy ...... Ward Eillpack, Delta Jay Cee secretary. Coach Merlin Christ-ense- Don Bird, JayCee presi-dent, and Delta high school bas ketball team Scott Davis and Bud Fullmer, admire new trophy. The handsome trophy was presented to Delta high school in behalf of the Delta Junior Chamber of Commerce for ex-cellence in basketball. The inscription reads "Delta High School Basketball Team, 1951-195- Regional Winners, Third in State". The presenta-tion was made by Mr. Bird at an award assembly last week. Ample Water Is Available At Reduced Rates Ample water Is available for spring planting, a water company official stated today. And further, the price of water Is reduced this year, he said. There is an ample supply of water, now renting for $4.00 per acre foot. Crop' planting should not be curtailed, as the water supply Is high and the price is reasonable At $4.00 per acre foot, the price is one dollar less than the $5 per acre foot charged last year. Water may be obtained through Delta Canal, Melville Irrigation Company, Abraham Irrigation and Deseret Irrigation companies. The water companies wish to stress the fact that there is am-ple water for spring planting at reasonable rates. This is to counte-r- act any rumors that the op-posite conditions exist. . High Winds Lead To Accident To Delta Matron Mrs. Heber (Lojs) Curtis is a patient this week at the L D S hospital, where she was taken fol-lowing an accident last Wednes-day, for surgery on a broken knee-cap. Local' residents and those far-ther will remember that last Wed-nesday was one of the worst on record for wind with blinding gusts of dust and grit coming from the south all afternoon. Mrs. Curtis had driven to Jericho with Mr. Curtis, and was return-ing alone to Delta to take her Primary class. About half-wa- y be-tween Lynndyl and Delta strong blasts of wind and sand caused her to pull to the side of the road to avoid a wreck. Just ahead of her were three cars that had bumped each oth-er. As she started to get out of her car, a fifth car smashed Into the rear of the Curtis car, and the impact caused the broken right kneecao. Mrs. Curtis was brought into Delta for medical attention, where X-r- showed the knee-ca- p was broken in two, and the lower half was splintered. It was decided to send her to the LDS, where Mr. Curtis took her early Thursday. Her recovery at this .time is re-ported "as well as could be ex-pected". Legion Post And Auxiliary 117 Set Installation Post 117, American Legion, and the auxiliary will conduot install-ation of new officers at a meet-ing Saturday, May 17, at 8 p. m. in the Legion Hall. All members are urged to attend. Refreshments will be served. At the Auxiliary meeting Mon-day night in the lounge Mrs. Gladys Carter, Hinckley, and Mrs. Iva Mitchell, Delta, chairmen of the Defense Bond and Stamp sale the auxiliary is conducting thru members and schools reported that over $2000 has been saved locally in stamps and bonds. Postmaster June Black, Delta, stated in a letter to the Auxiliary that sale of saving stamps and bonds had been greater than any other like period, and redemptions for cash had been less. DSIS Graduates Receive Scholarships ..,., , ., i, ,,.,, i,., ., ,mmMM,-- ,, i r - - - h-- i. ;y .'Xjv- v-- " jAf Mi if ' k' . r, , ' VW;: ; - A:' na Bunker, Standard Oil Com-pany; Cherrill Finlinson, BAC; Johanna Alldredge, Snow. Standing, Harold Snow, U. of U.; Raymond Callister, Carl Raymond Gray; Eugene Over-so- BAC; Scott Davis, BAC; Heed Jeffery, USAC; Glen Craw ford, Max Christensen. alter -- nates; Lynn Gardner, Reid Dra-per, BYU Alternates. Not pictured are Carolyn Cal-lister and David Seegmiller, BYU scholarships, and Bud Full-mer and Theron Johnson, BAC. Scholarships to graduating seniors at Delta high school , were awarded to the students Pictured above as follows: Front row - Ellen Overson, Dixie; Julene Bunker, USAC. Carl Raymond Gray; Leu Wan- - State Semi-Fin- al Baseball Slated May 21 at Delta The state semi - final baseball game wiil be played in Delta next Wednesday, May 21, at 2 p. m., with Delta, region winners with Tuesday's game, playing either Lincoln or Spanish Fork high, who meet Thursday. Delta high school batmen took region six title Tuesday when they won over Hurricane with a score of 13 to 6. For the first five innings the score stood Hurricane 1, Delta 0. In the sixth period Delta batters all connected with the ball, and ran up 5 runs, and piled up more in the 7th. The D. H. S. ball players "are Dee Nielson, Jimmie Porter, Bud Fullmer, Raymond Callister, Eu -- gene Overson, David Seegmiller, Theron Johnson, Clinton Roper, Donald Floyd, Orland Ogden, Ray-mond Vest, Leon Alldredge, David Moody, Carl Wlnfield, Robert Cal-lister and Craig Mortensen, Coach Bruce Osborne. Services Held At Leamington For Young Wife Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Leaming-ton LDS ward chapel for Mrs. Elaine Bradfield Nielson, 24, wife of Gordon Leon Nielson. She died Sunday afternoon in the Juab county hospital of complications after childbirth. Mrs. Nielson was born Jan. 28, 1928 at Scipio, a daughter of Ver-non and Dora Yates Bradfield. She attended school there, and was graduated from Millard high school at Fillmore. She was married to Mr. Nielson Oct. 6, 1947, in the Manti temple, and the couple made their home at Leamington. She was active in the LDS church and had achieved the honor of Golden Gleaner. She was a .niincolrvr In the YWMIA and had served as secretary of MIA and Sunday school. She had taught in the Leaming-ton Sunday school, and had been a member of a chorus at Leam-ington. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Bessie Ellen Nielson, at Leamington; her parents, Scip-io; three sisters, Mrs. Leona Hun-ter, Ogden; Mrs. Delia Hartfeliter, Sacramento, Cal., and Mrs. Vonda Bosh, Levan; a brother, Terry Bradfield, Scipio, and a grandfa-ther, William Bradfield, Scipio. Burial was in the Leamington cemetery, directed by Anderson funeral home of Nephi. Stake Swarm Day Scheduled For Wednesday May 21 Annual Swarm Day for Bee Hive girls of Deseret stake is scheduled Wednesday, May 21, at 8 p.m. in the new stake house. Every Bee Hive girl in the stake will take part in the program. Everyone is invited to attend, es-pecially the parents of the girls and all Mutual workers, stake presidency, bishoprics, MIA stake board, Primary graduates and par-ents, and their teachers and offi-cers. . The girls will wear white blous-es and dark skirts and their bands. The theme for Swarm Day is "Spirit of the Hive," and the pro-gram is directed by Mrs. Zola Bun-ker and Mrs. Ellen Morrell, stake Bee Keepers. Refreshments will be served aft er the program. Each ward will furnish cookies and cups for their members, and the stake will serve punch to all. Huiisaker 31otor Robbed Sunday When Orlin Hunsaker, owner and operator of Hunsaker Motor Co., went to open up for business Monday morning he discovered that some time during Sunday night or early" Monday his place of business had been broken into. The cash register had been jim-mied and wrecked, and $17 re-moved. Also tires had been taken, and an electric razor, valuable pair of field glasses, and several other tiems. Total loss was estimated at $350.00. The robbery is be-ing investigated by O. J. Ben-nett, deputy sheriff. Mr. Hunsaker, who was recently in Salt Lake City for a throat operation,: is. of the opinion he needs a few horseshoes to hang about his doorway, . plus.. a, few rabbit feet. This is the second robbery at Hunsaker Motor Co. this year. And Saturday the cut-off valve on the recently installed new well at his farm was tamper-ed with, repairs amounting to ap-proximately $50.00 were necessary to fix it. Mrs. Nellie E. Jenkins Bohn, whom he married in Ely Dec. 24, 1945; a daughter, Nelda, at Ely; a son, Danny J. Bohn, serving wilh the Army in Korea; three brothers, James Bohn, Los Angeles; Alvin Bohn, Delta, and Cecil Bohn, Price, and a sister, Mrs. Glen Hampton, American Fork. Funeral services were held in Ely Tuesday afternoon, and burial was in the cemetery at American Fork. Mrs. Alvin Bohn, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bohn and Mr. and Mrs. James Brady attended the services from Delta. Former Abraliam Resident BHe.s Dan J. Bohn, 47, died Saturday . m an Ely hospital where he had been since early Thursday follow-'i- g a heart attack. As a young 'man Mr. Bohn had lived at Abra-ham, and his brother, Alvin Bohn, 81111 resides in Delta. Mr. Bohn was born at Joseph, u'ah, July 24, 1904, a son of Oscar and Isabelle Bohn. He went to Ely in 1926, where hp was employed by Kennecott Copper Corporation and Consoli-dated Copper Mines for 18 years. the past ten years he had wen employed at the Bank Club In Ely. He is survived by his widow, IIIIS FFA Place In Hairy Jmlgiiig Members of the dairy judging team of the Hinckley Chapter, Fu-ture Farmers of America, recently placed fifth in the state dairy judging contests held at the Utah State Agricultural College, in Log-an. A total of 42 judging teams were entered from both Utah and Idaho. The Hinckley team was Sheldon Christensen, Deseret, Mario Morris and Bob Judd, Hinckley. Hinckley Chapter also entered a livestock judging team, consis-ting of Sheldon Christensen, Mario Morris, and Floyd Dutson. The teams were accompanied to Logan by Elden G. Hurst, advisor. Nephi Brings Concert May 21 Nephi Singing Mothers will pre-sent a concert in Delta Saturday, May 24, at 8 p. m. in the new Deseret stake house. This is an exchange program for the con-cert Deseret stake Singing Mothers gave recently In Nephi. The concert was first scheduled for May 17, but has now been post poned to May 24. There is no admission charge, and the public Is Invited to at-tend for an evening of fine music. Delta Seminary Grads Take Tour Nearly all of this year's sixty-thre- e graduates of the Delta LDS Seminary enjoyed an annual ex-cursion Tuesday. They were ac-companied by Ladd R. Cropper and James Glenn, teachers. Travelling by bus and cars, the group visited the BYU LDS In-stitute, the U. of U. Institute, Tem-ple Square, and This is the Place monument. In the evening they visited Lagoon. j Births This Week . . To" Clayton ani Lucille Dorlu's Stapley,- Delta, a' boy, March' . v To Dean and Barbara Lamb Stringham, Hinckley, a girl, May 11. To Dwain and Harriet Wells Finlinson, Oak City, a boy, May 13. To Alma and Betty Jo Lee Dal--to- Delta, a boy, May 14. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Peterson, from Salt Lake City, spent Moth-er's Day In Delta with their par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson. |