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Show ' u: . , , PERIODICAL DIVISION U 1Qt:o t I UNIVrnSHY LIDRARY UNIVHSITY OF ITAH ST LAKE CITY CITY 12 A C SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1958 Meet Your County Democratic Leaders Edward Sheya is now serving his third term as chairman of the Carbon County Demo-cratic Central Committee. Mr. Sheya has been active in the Democratic Merlene F. Alger of Price was elected in April of 1958 as vice chair-man of Carbon County Demo-crats. She served as president of the East Carbon M. Alger Lady Demo-crats, as vice chairman of the North Dragerton district, and presently is occupied as vice chairman of the North Price district. She is active in the Young Democrat organization, serving as county and state dele-gate, and is area chairman for the Democratic Digest. She reports that Democratic strength in Carbon County has been growing along with the growth of unemployment, and that hard work for Democratic success is planned "by all Demo-crats of the area." Active in civic clubs and proj-ects, she has worked on charity drives, is past president of Beta! Sigma Phi, Alpha Xi Chapter, and is a member of the Literary League. Her hobbie are swimming, writ-ing and acting, and is program director for the Price television state, with her own show each E. Sheya Party of Car-bon County and the state for more than 20 years. He was in-strumental in organizing the Young Democrats in Carbon County in 1939, and affiliated the organization with the state and national organizations. He served as president of the Young Democrats of Carbon County for several years, and in 1941,- - Mr. Sheya was elected national com-mitteeman of the Utah Chapter and attended the National con-vention in Louisville, Kentucky, in August, 1941. Mr. Sheya served as County Attorney of Carbon County for four successive terms, 1939-4- 7, and thereafter served one term as juvenile judge of the Fifth District. He has also served as' a delegate to the national con-vention of the Democratic Party, having been a delegate to the so-call- ed "Third Term Conven-tion" in 1940. This was the con- - Eugene Newton Davie, Beaver County Democratic chairman, was born Oct. 16, 1916, in Still-water, Okla. A physician by profession, his parents were Clyde Vance and Ruth Coleman Claypool Davie. He graduated from Butler High School in 1933, as valedic-torian, and was a student at Southwestern State Teachers College in. 1933-3- 4. He attended the University of Oklahoma from 1934 to 1936, later receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma medical school in 1938, and his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1940. A member of AKK Medical Fraternity, he served his intern-ship at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif., from 1940-4- 1, and from 1941 to 1947 was Lt. (jg) to Comdr (MC) USN. After his discharge from the Navy he practiced medicine at Farmington, N. M., from 1947 to 1950, coming to Milford, Utah, in 1950, where he has practiced until the present. Dr. Davie has been Beaver County Democratic Chairman since 1956, and is State Senator from Beaver and Millard coun-ties. He is a director of the Beaver County Civil Defense tion, a member of the Milford Junior Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club; the Southern Utah Medical Society, the Utah State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Methodist Church, the American Legion, and the Milford Flying Club. He married Rosemary George June 4, 1949 and has four chil-dren: Craig, 7; Jeorgann, 5, Marc, 2; and Gina Petrice, six months. A director of the Sylvan Life Insurance Company, Dr. Davie's hobbies include ranching and mining. Friday at 8 p.m., called "View-point." She interviews local per-sonalities on points of local in-terest. For Democratic Party success in November, she feels members should "work on the grass roots level for increased registration and voting, together with candi-dates who can conduct vigorous person-to-perso- n campaigns. She is the wife of James P. Alger, Carbon County Attorney, and is the mother of two boys, James, Jr., and Jack M. She was born in Salt Lake City Dec. 19, 1931. vention which nominated Frank-lin D. Roosevelt for a third term. The present chairman is now engaged in the private practice of law at Price. He has been a residen! of Price and Carbon County for approximately 33 years. He is a past Lieutenant-Governo- r of the Utah-Idah- o Dis-trict of Kiwanis and belongs to other civic and fraternal organi-zations. He is a member of the Utah State Bar and the Ameri-can Bar association. Mr. Sheya has campaigned ac-tively in each election for the past 20 years and takes whole-some pride in the voting record of his county. Carbon County can nearly always be depended upon to bring in large majorities for the local, state and national tickets of the Democratic Party, and Mr. Sheya states that he is very optimistic about the situa-tion this year. He believes that very large majorities will be received by all Democratic can-didates this year, but is not going to let down in" his efforts to turn out the largest majorities pos-sible. The campaign in Carbon County this fall will be well organized and very good results are anticipated as far as the Democrats are concerned. Mr. Sheya is married to the former Anna Zupan and they have one child, Donald. Young Democrats Convene Hn Salt Lake City For Three-Da- y Session More than 150 Young Demo-crats from eleven western states aired problems and policies at a 'session here June 20-2- 2. Delegates, totalling 50, were present from Washington, Ore-gon, California, Montana, Wyo-ming, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona and the Territory of Alaska and Texas, while approximately 100 Young Democrats from the Salt Lake area participated in vari ous activities. Club luminaries from through-out the west were present to par-ticipate in panel discussions on economic policy, agriculture and labor, natural resources and other topics. Keynote speaker Saturday was J. Tim Brennan, Pocatello, Idaho Young Democrat president and candidate for a Democratic Con-- ( Continued on Page 5) Ray H. Leavitt to Seek County Commission Nod RAY II. LEAVITT Tossing his hat in the ring this week for Democratic nomination to a four-yea- r term on the Salt Lake County Commission was Ray H. Leavitt. Mr. Leavitt is a former state legislator and chairman of the old Utah State Road Commis-sion. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives during the 1941 session and was chairman of the road commission from 1945 to 1948. He is now a salesman for a real'estaie firm. A past president of the Salt Lake County Democratic Jack-son League, he has been active for many years in Democratic Party work. Residing at 1346 Sunnyside Ave., he is married and is the father of two children. Mr. Leavitt, in his announce-ment, said that if nominated and elected "I will devote full time to the office and cooperate with j other officials and civic minded! citizens to advance the county road program, work of the coun-ty planning board, the recrea-tion- al and welfare programs and ! --to better conditions for all the poeple of the county." George H. Searle to Seek County Commissioner Post " GEORGE II. SEARLE George H. Searle, 2926 Adams St., announced his candidacy this week for a term as four-yea- r Salt Lake County Commissioner. Mr. Searle, a Salt Lake at-torney, former legislator and justice of the peace, will run on the Democratic ticket. A father of four children and lifelong Salt Lake resident, Mr. Searle graduated from the Uni--versi- ty of Utah nine years ago and has since practiced law. In 1955 he served as a member of the state House of Represen-tatives. He also served as justice of the peace in South Salt Lake for four years. Mr. Searle is a veteran of World War II. If elected, Mr. Searle said he would discontinue the practice of allowing public employes long leaves of absence to enable them to participate in private business endeavors. He also said he would "make sure that public money would not be squandered by public employes' using county cars for personal and non-publ- ic use; and that he would not allow county employes to hold public posi-tions in city and county at the same time." TODAY'S EDITORIAL Y Fourth of July Driving Most Americans are good drivers the high traffic toll notwithstanding. This pat on the back for the average motorist comes from the Nat'ional Safety Council as it opens it annual appeal for Fourth of July holiday safety. The Council makes a good point: With upwards of 70 million vehicles whizzing past each other only a couple of feet apart, the average driver must make 20 to 50 decisions an hour, many of them literally involving life or death. Last year's all-tim- e low death rate of 5.9 fatalities per 100 million miles of travel proves that most drivers made the right decisions. Most of us want to be good drivers. We pride ourselves on our skill and common sense. We obey the law. We don't want to hurt ourselves, our families or the stranger in the other car. (Continued on Page Four) I News Preview j I Political pressures are al-- 1 i ready being exerted on the new Justice Department war j on the country's 100-leadin- g! racketeers ... Don't be sur-- 1 prised if a hemispheric "Sum-- ! jj mit Conference" is held be-- 1 fore East-We- st summit talks j |