Show 2 The Herald Journal Logan Ulan Friday September 1 1971 Candidates’ backgrounds qualifications outlined I 1st District US Congress Utah Legislature Senate Dist 24 53 House Dist 59 s o 2 2 He has served as a delegate to several county and state Republican conventions DeBoer is a member of the Bountiful Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of directors of the Weber state Alumni He was born In Association Sacramento Calif but has lived in Utah for 31 yean DeBoer and his wife Barbara live in West Bountiful -- Gunn McKay 53 a Democrat is the incumbent US Representative' from Utah's 1st Congressional District He has served four terms in Congress and two terms in the Utah Legislature McKay was- - ad- ministrative assistant: to former Gov Calvin Rampton tor 2Vi yean McKay currently serves as chairman of the House Military Consubstruction Appropriations g committee and is the member of the Interior Ap- seond-rankin- propriations Subcommittee McKay and his wife Donna live in vilie Robert T Owens 41 a member of the American Party is the director-odata processing tor the City of Logan He served as Cache County chairman of the American Party tor : three yean and as secretary of the " Utah American Party tor one year Owens was an unsuccessful candidate for the Utah House of Representatives in 1976 During f 1977 Owens served on the Cache County Citizens Advisory Committee He and his wife Evelyn live in Logan Jed J Richardson 54 a Republican is a debate coach and professor of communications at Brigham Young University Young University His only previous political experience was as a consultant in communications and debate tor the Orrin Hatch senatorial campaign Richardson has served as dean of Snow College and is affiliated with numerous debate and academic organizations In addition he is a member of the Uintah Cattlemen's Richardson and his Association wife Dorothy live in Provo Y "Cap" Ferry 46 operates a cattle ranch in the Bear River Valley He is the incumbent state senator from District 24 and has served two years in the Utah House of Representatives in addition to his 12 years in the Senate Ferry has served as minority leader in the senate and as director of the Golden Spike Association He has also been active on the Box Elder County Red Cross Board and was a district Miles commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America Ferry and his wife Suzanne live in Corrine a 44 E Keith Jorgenson Keith owner of the is Republican Jorgenson's Home Entertainment Centers in Utah and Idaho has a computer business in Salt Lake City and runs the family farm He Is the incumbent representative in the Utah Legislature from District 59 where he has served one term has participated in Jorgensen county and state GOP conventions and is a member of the Cache Chamber of Commerce He and his wife Joyce live in Amalga Utah Legislature House Dist 60 ' Ray A Thatcher 72 an American Party member is a retired Utah Extension State University agronomist and associate weed specialist During his career he worked in Millard Garfield and Morgan Counties as an extension agent and spent five years in Logan assisting in weed control experiments His only political experience came as the result of doing campaign work for another candidate Thatcher a Logan native has lived in Cache County for 48 years He and his wife Alda live in Logan 60 a Norman 0 Wahlstrom a Air is US retired Republican Force colonel seeking his second term in the Utah House of Representatives He served eight years as a voting district chairman in District 13 and as a delegate to both the Cache County and Utah Republican conventions He is a member of American Legion Post No 12 and of the Logan Kiwanis Club Wahlstrom has done service work tor the Boy Scouts of America Red Cross and United Fund He and his wife Mary Alice live in Logan Roger C Jones 30 a Republican is the human resources director for the Bear River Association of Governments and a local businessman He has served as a delegate to the Cache County and Utah Republican Party conventions Jones ran unthe for Logan successfully Municipal Council in 1977 He holds a master of business administration degree from Utah State University and is a member of the Logan Jaycees Jones also serves on the Cache United Way Allocations Jones and his wife Committee Pamela live in Logan ‘V a Democrat' years with recently retired after A Douglas Allen 64 Wasatch Thiokoi Corporation's Division Allen was a civil engineer tor Thiokoi in charge of land water and environmental problems for the plant near T remonton He served four years as a Hyrum city councilman Allen also worked for the US Bureau of Reclamation Utah State Road Commission and Geneva Steel Co Allen and his wife Ruth live in Hyrum Cache County Commission House Dist 60 Leon H Savage 43 an American Party member is a dairy farmer He once served four years as a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives (from a Salt Lake area district) Savage has been a voting district chairman and a legislative district chairman tor the Republican Party He has also served as Cache County chairman of the American Party m Savage and his wife Paula live d Hyrum Two-yea- r d no previous political experience Olsen serves on the board of directors of the Cache Valley Select Sires and Dairy Herd Improvement Association He is also director of the Spring Creek Irrigation Co Olsen has served as vice president of the Cache County Farm Bureau as president of the Cache Rural Credit Union and as president of the Young Ward Landowners Association Olsen and his wife Ines live in Young Ward Four-yea- r r Ray Theurer 70 a Republican is a farmer and cattleman and has served as a Cache County commissioner tor the past two years He has been a voting district chairman and has served as president of the Cache County Farm Bureau Theurer has also been active in and state cattlemen's county associations and has been chairman of the Utah Livestock Tax Commission Theurer aid his wife Edith live in Providence l 46 a Republican is a farmer He has had Wanda E Rhodes 61 a Republican is a real estate sales associate and immediate past chairwoman of the Cache County Republican Party She has held numerous posts in the Republican including Party membership on the Republican Issues Forum Utah State Board National Federation of Republican women She was the NFRW delegate to two Republican national conventions and served as editor of the Utah NFRW newsletter Mrs Rhodes and her husband John live in Logan Cache County Commission term Charles J Shelton 53 a Republican is a retired sprinkler sales manager who now works as a farmer He is president of the Paradise Lions Club Shelton a candidate for the two-yea- r Cache County Commission seat worked for 16 years in a management position dealing with sprinkler irrigation sales A native of Charleston Utah Shelton and his wife Connie have lived in Cache County for the past 23 years Evan L Olsen 20 Richard Watkins 42 a Democrat is director of student and community entertainment services tor Student Services at Utah State University He served from 1970 to 1974 on the Men don City Council Watkins also served as chairman of the Cache County Farmlands Study Committee and was a member of the Cache County Citizen Advisory Committee He has also been a delegate to the county and 'state Democratic conventions Watkins and his wife Paula live in Mendon term Don Drage 57 a Democrat is a in natural resource consultant planning and management He recently retired after 33 years with the US Soil Conservation Service Drage is chairman of the Utah Land Use Technical Division of the Utah Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America He is a past president of the SCSA's Utah chapter A Burley Idaho native Drage has lived in Cache County for the past 25 years He and his wife Dixie live in Logan i Dean R Smith 62 a Republican Is executive vice president of the Cache Chamber of Commerce He has no prior political experience Smith served as chairman of the recent Cache County Fair board and was responsible for coordinating rodeo activities and other fair events He is a lifetime resident of Cache County Smith is running tor Cache County Comthe four-yemission seat being vacated by M Ted Karren Smith and his wife Lois live in Logan ar |