Person:Kenneth Dalton (1)

Ken studied all the things he did, and nothing was done by guess work, or by chance. He was a good student, When he finished his high school career, he went on to Junior College for sometime, When he got through and received his diploma, he never stopped studying, You could go into his house, into his office, and find books there of various kinds that he would delve into and in which he would find information that was helpful to him in whatever way he wanted to apply it, He was a great student of the mercantile business and for that reason, I believe that the people of our town can be proud of the faqct that there isn't a store in all of this state that is as modern and up-to date and as well managed as the store that we have in Circleville, Not in any; city in the state can you find one that is any better, He could do that because he was a student of the mercantile business. He not only understood the selling of goods to people, but he understood the science of it, and reasons for it and he applied those in his life and in his business and as a result was very successful, There is another thing that I admired about him very much and that was that he had a perfect control of his mind and his emotions, Now, I don't believe there is anybody sitting in this audience today that I haven't differed with on some occasion and on some things. It is surprising to note how some of them react and I have argued with Brother Dalton a few times on things that he and I disagreed and I told him what I thought and he told me what he thought and no one got angry or mad: and for that reason I thought he was a very admirable man. He didn't try to make me absorb the things that he thought at all, but he believed in being reasonable and sensible about a lot of things, Once or twice when things got pretty hot and it looked like there might be physical trouble and I never in all my life saw a man who could control himself and handle himself as well in those circumstances that he could, because of that, he made friends all over the country and averted a lot of trouble and disagreements that come to some people, who have not learned to take care of themselves emotionally, like he has done, Like Brother Cannon says, he was an indefatigable worker, That's one thing that he never did seem to tire of and that's only half of it, he got a lot of pleasure out of working and that's something a lot of us don't do, you know and I think that's one thing where people get a lot of good out of this world is the joy and pleasure that they find in working and that's the thing that he has done. Apparently, he has found the thing in his life that he enjoys very much and that he enjoys working at a great deal, and when he quit working and went away for recreation, he was just as earnest in his recreation as he was in his work. In the world today, we have a lot of people you knew who don't believe in work, unless they can work the other person and I am proud to say that this man, whom we are honoring today, this man didn't believe in that philosophy, he believed in carrying his end and doing his share. Athene and Kenneth were never officialy married.

1.   Karen Hansen. (1104 Milk Ranch Point

   Payson, Arizonia 85541

   520-472-9540).
2.   The Peterson Book.