local firemen attend meeting at st george an estimated firemen registered last thursday at st george for the opening of the utah state Fir emens convention those attending from vernal were johnny milburn Ml lburn mr and mrs duane duan D paulson mr and mrs wesle wesley y robbins and mr and mrs melvln melvin burke at a morning business meeting charles M pickett st george fifth judicial district attorney told the convention it should fie be concerned with the political structure of this country mr pickett cited the occasion of a recent speech before business and professional men during which he found only tour four had ever attended a county commission meeting seven a city council meeting and 21 11 a meeting of their school board people assume an elected official of is of good intention he said the average citizen has no idea what his big elected officials are doing for or to him to not take an active part in the affairs of our community state or nation Is to dig our own grave he said all to tail fall to capture the minds 0 of f men by reason firmness and intelligence Is to prepare our own coffin memorial services in the afternoon honored firemen who had died during the past year including J K piercey Pl ercey former salt lake city fire chief and at the time of his death a salt lake city commissioner mr piercey was also a past president of the state Fir emens vernal was chosen out of three other towns of price logan and cleber bieber as the 1962 convention city