Show DELI I 1 REUNION friday night may alth the L D S organizations of delta are staging a celebration commemorating the es and growth of delta during the last twenty five years A splendid program has been prepared pie pared ared to start at 7 30 in the delta fust filst ward chapel after the program tree free refreshments will be seivel the budget dance will peart start about 9 00 at the open air floor the following has been extracted from a sketch prepared by delia delta a oldest edgar W effery jeffery the history of delta dates back about 28 years to a meeting of 0 the citizens of 0 milard county who met at fillmore on the day of 0 mar 1906 to discuss the advisability of purchasing singA one half interest Inte iest in the newly commenced sevier bridge reservoir and place the w waters im ini pounded there upon the then vacant lands surrounding what is now del ta the commencement of the pie pi eject was stilted by leaders jas A melville was called and given a mission while fredrick R lyman was chosen as president pies ident of the melville irrigation company conn any to look after the finances and con eon st work he wore his life out in his enthuse iasin to put it ovel dams went out and canals broke and a pass passenger enget gei train was wrecked with the loss of one life tl TI e object of this sketch Is to ive a of progress pro giess in a lous ious and historical way the first little cabin was built by nelson S bishop then followed i house built by alonzo A billings and following that one built by ed gar W jeffery which is now used as a garage and Is the oldest con strutted ted building in this vicinity the first child born in delta was pearl jeffery now tilling filling a mission and teaching school in texas the second child and the first boy baby biby born was lloyd peterson the first was run by henry J me cullough the birot sunday school was organized sep 6 1908 with W V b burtker L 11 mccullough and joa jos P callister as cy ey the delta first ward meeting house was nas built and ready for use feb 1 1909 we were a branch of hinckley ward with bishop hiett E max field as presiding elder mar of the same year a primary was or with melissa callister sa rah mccullough and bessie law as the presiding officers june 17 1909 the relief society was organized presided over by ann ID E bishop ruth C maxfield and almeda lewis the Y L M I 1 A was organized july 14 1909 with ellza eliza hook cordelia knight and helen callister Cal llster ase age presidency the I 1 M al I 1 A on the of sep 1909 presided over by A E steph enson L R and em pry cry E peterson on october 19 1909 a ward was organized with hiett E maxfield as bishop edgar W jeffery and wm win E bunker aa as counci councilors lers and irvin E jeffery as ward clerk march 16 1924 the ward was dl di vided into three with edgar W jef fery edward L and willis J ly man called and ordained as bishops to preside over the respective wards taking place of that faithful and honored pioneer hiett H maxfield who had been in the bishopric for thirty five bears ears in various maids he lie had resided in and has now gone to his well earned ani peaceful slum her ber many improvements in ill civic and industrial life have been added since that time until now peace and pros reign as supreme here as in lany any other locality and the pastures are just as green and inviting here as in any other aber parts it if not more so u than any part of our fair state and nation edgar W jettery jeffery |