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Show Republicans set house-to-house canvass for county 1966 funds Completion of the organization organiza-tion for the Utah County Neighbor to Neighbor campaign cam-paign for 1966, beginning June 6, was announced by Claudius E. Stevenson, chairman for the drive and treasurer of the Utah County Republican Central Cen-tral Committee. The county-wide campaign is under the direction of the executives ex-ecutives of the Republican County Committee, composed of Fred T. Wright, chairman, American Fork; Merlene Bailey, Bail-ey, vice chairman, Provo; Mary Frandsen, secretary, American Fork; and Claudius E. Stevenson, Steven-son, treasurer, Payson. Organization Organ-ization in each precinct is directed di-rected by the precinct chairman chair-man with the precinct treasurer treasur-er acting as Neighbor to Neighbor chairman, directing the Voting District Neighbor to Neighbor chairman selected at the recent mass meetings. Goals and quotas for each precinct and district have been set and distributed to the chairmen at the recent meetings. meet-ings. Members of the Republican Republi-can Party and candidates for office on the ticket have volunteered volun-teered as block and area workers work-ers throughout the county, with over 1,200 persons participating in this capacity, Mr. Stevenson Steven-son announced. "This is the second Neighbor to Neighbor campaign in Utah County," Mr. Stevenson said." ,'In 1965 the first NTN drive served as a pilot or test of the program with notable success in the areas where it was put into effect," he said. "This is a program of Republican Re-publican volunteers calling on their neighbors to ask for their political and financial support," Mr. Stevenson said. "It is a statewide drive conducted by the various county organizations organiza-tions of the Republican Party, under the county Neighbor to Neighbor chairman and the state finance committee, with the funds being divided for use of the county, local and statewide candidates." The goal for Utah County as presently set is approximately approxi-mately $23,000, half to be used in behalf of county candidates and the rest to be used in the; congressional campaign and to maintain a state headquarters. The county quota -has been di-1 vided between the 142 voting! districts in proportion to the number of Republican votes cast in the 1964 elections, Mr. Stevenson's committee announced. |