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Show Mammoth Celebration Planned Sept. 26-27 To Mark Competio nof US Hi-way 6; Delta Will Be Hosts at 2-day Program A mammoth celebration to mark the completion of U. .S. Highway 6 is being planned in Delta7 an Sept. 26 and 27. It will be the largest lar-gest celebration yet to have been put on in Delta, and will be titled tit-led Highway 6 Completion Jamboree. , Plans at present call for a big fight card on Friday night, opening event of the celebration, and on Saturday there will be entertainment enter-tainment all day, including a pro- I gram, ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the highway, big free barbecue, barbe-cue, parade, and at night street dancing. A carnival is being lined up, and there will be concessions. The two main blocks on Clark Street, from Killpaek's to the overpass, will be blocked off for dancing. Orchestra will be imported, and in one block will be a square dancing jamboree, and ' in the other will be round dancing. Other festivities will be added to the program as the committee think of them. It may be that Rex Layne would be present for the fight card. And it may be that Miss Utah and Miss America could be present for the celebration. The Associated Civics Clubs of Southern South-ern and Eastern Utah will hold their meeting here at that time. LIST COMMITTEES County Commission chairman Golden H. Black is general chairman chair-man for the affair. He is appointing appoint-ing committee chairmen and they will in turn choose their committee commit-tee members. Mr. Black was voted chairman at a meeting this week of local civic organization representatives. repres-entatives. In telephone calls Tuesday Mr. Black was assured that Sen. Pat McCarran, Nev., would be happy to be at the celebration along with Utah's Senator Watklns, as the two have long been associated associat-ed in furthering the completion of US No. 6. Also Ely is jubliant that the highway nears completion and a large delegation. Including a stage coach may be expected from there. Committee chairmen up to date are Arve Rose, for the fight card; Orvil Jeffery, finance; Sebrina C. Ekins, and Athena B. Cook, publicity; pub-licity; Hatch Farnsworth, barbecue. barbe-cue. By the way, there will be elk meat, contributed from the state fish and game commission, and 1 prime beef steers procured locally, local-ly, for the barbecue. John Day will head the parade committee, and has named his fellow workers as Dana Pratt, Thorpe Waddtagham, Marvin Os-guthorpe, Os-guthorpe, Fred Turner, and Rodney Rod-ney Rickenbach. Entries for the parade will be solicited from every ev-ery business house and civic organization or-ganization and churches from the entire county. Mayor C. M. Pace will have charge of the concessions and carnival car-nival committee. Carl Ashby, president pres-ident of this year's Days of the Old West, will be chairman of the dancing, both square and round.. Earl Kelly will be program committee com-mittee chairman. Housing, a large problem, will, be in charge of C. P. Ashby, Will Klllpack and Earl Wlllden. LARGE PROJECT The celebration is a large undertaking un-dertaking but the local committee has plans to make it a most memorable mem-orable affair. The completion of U. S. No 6 ; is of major importance to west Millard, with the highway entering enter-ing (the county north of Lynndyl, going through Delta and Hinckley, and on west to the Nevada line. Tourist travel at present is as- j tonishing, and will be more so when the road Is officially opened. The route is the coolest summer route through Utah to California, and locally great cross country traffic may be expected. NEARS COMPLETION Highway Six is nearing completion com-pletion on the last 33M miles of the national span. According to word from the state road commission, com-mission, the route will be completed com-pleted on or before Sept. 24, with 011 surfacing and seal coat. West of Hinckley 14 miles are now completed, and the following 12 miles in oil and gravel wind- h rows. The gravel surface will be j completed Aug. 22. The final six j miles is being graveled now. Traffic is being detoured now over the old road, but the new route will soon be opened for travel tra-vel to pack it before the seal coat Is applied. : |