| Show I I Deltas Delta s First Relief Society I II II II II Organized In 1909 f I I i I c JW I 4 I I Years of Service in Relief Society Is Total of Deltas Delta's First Officers Officers of the First Relief Society in Delta Back Row Mrs Julia G. G Peterson and Mrs Sarah Jane Rigby Front Row Mrs Ruth Maxfield Maxfield Maxfield Max- Max field Mrs Ann E. E Bishop and Mrs Almeda Lewis Here are pictured the first officers officers officers I cers of the Relief Society in Delta organized in June 1909 At that time Delta was a branch of the Robinson was treasurer and Mrs as presiding elder and a group of often often often ten or twelve ladies met to organize organize organize organ organ- ize their society They put In Mrs N N. N S. S Bishop as president and her counselors were Mrs 1 H. H E. E Maxfield Maxfield Maxfield Max- Max field and Mrs Cass Lewis Mrs John H. H Peterson now Mrs Quin Robinson was treasurer and Mrs James Rigby was secretary The years of service represented b by these ladies is well over years Each one served in the Relief Relief Relief Re Re- lief Society from the time they were young women and Mrs 1 Bishop Bishop Bishop Bish Bish- op says she was a member in Fillmore Fillmore Fillmore Fill- Fill more when she was was twenty and as asI I she vill will be 86 years of age on May 20 1942 she has served over 65 years Mrs Bishop Mrs Lewis and Mrs Robinson are still living in Delta and Mrs Rigby is living In Salt Lake City for tOl the past year and Mrs 1 Maxfield 1 is living in Fillmore with her daughter Mrs Blache Sav Sav- age These officers met to have havethe havethe the picture taken years ago in the cement block store owned by Geo I Day next to where Erwin Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield field lives now They were all pioneers in this country coming here to settle when the Delta project was first opened Mrs Bishop sa says s 's she well w 11 remembers the day they organized for it was the day the diversion dam went out a day in June 1909 One of the ladies said she thought th they y had better not organize as they wouldn't be able to stay here and another member spoke up and said Now is the very time to organize organize organize or or- when they need help From that small group in 1909 the Relief Society in Delta has now grown to a n membership In the first and second wards to several hundred hUndred hundred hun hUn- dred part of the great church organization organization organization or or- of who i celebrated ed their Centennial on March 17 |
