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Show of Utah Library City 12 TJniv. The Utah man Newspaper Devoted to Good Government A Weekly Vol. 12; No. Salt Lake City, Utah 17 Friday, April 25, 195 icans To Select Party Officers For 1958 -- 1959 V Cl Utah Republicans meet Satur- ever, for the post of vice chair- Clyde will make the introduction man. The incumbent, Mrs. Ora J. at the convention. day in Salt Lake City to choose Thruston B. Morton was born Lewis, Logan did not seek party officers for 1958-59- . in Louisville, Kentucky, on Au- gust 19, 1907. Many of his fore(As of publication deadline, re.Mrs. Helen B. Brown, Woods bears are closely associated with sults of the election will be car- Cross, has announced she will be the early history of Kentucky. He ried in next weeks edition of the a candidate for the state office. was educated in the public schools Another candidate is Mrs. O. J. of Jefferson Statesman.) County, attended Wilkinson, Murray, wife of a for- Woodberry Forest School in VirUpwards of 1,200 delegates from mer GOP state chairman. ginia and was graduated from all over the state will meet at the In addition to the address by Yale University in 1929. Rainbow Randevu, beginning at 9 In that year he started his asconvention. Sen. Morton, there will be several pjn., for the one-da- y exshort various talks sociation persons with Ballard and Balby U.S. Sen, Keynote speaker is to vote for a grain and millplaining they lard plan why Company, Thruston B. Morton 1958 in business for the candidates the firm, doing ing Delegates to the convention Republican most in the Southern States. part will elect officers to fill tl)e posts election, Mr. Judd said. He held various positions with the of state chairman and vice chairThruston Senator United States and became company president in man. They also.will vote to certify He was 1946. the director of sevbe delegates to the state nominating B. Morton of Kentucky will business in eral firms Kentucky convention on Aug. 2. the key-not- e speaker at the Reinr civic work in his Only announced candidate for publican Convention to be held in and active community. He was president of state chairman is present chairthe Rainbow Randevu. the Louisville Goodwill industries, man Thomas G. Judd, appointed trustee of the Lincoln Institute, to the post last year. . The senator arrived in Salt aa school for Negroes, Lake via United Airlines Friday andsecondary Contest Is Expected a trustee of the Frontier A contest is expected, how evening. Governor George D. Nursing Service. re-electi- (R-Ky.- ). THRUSTON B. MORTON will be Key Note Speaker at the GOP Convention, Saturday. Convention Schedule MEETINGS WILL BE HELD OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES; Rules and Order of Business: Ronald Wiscombe, Chair man Credentials: Merrel K. Davis, Ciiuimiun Platform: D. Jay Wilson, Chairman Resolutions: Charles E. Peterson, Elections: Jack Swenson. These meetings will be held at 8 a.m. at the Rainbow Randevu Saturday morning. REGISTRATION WILL BE AT 8:30 A.M. Committee Chairman: Mrs. Evelyn Williams, President Utah Federation of Women s Republican Club MORNING SESSION AT 9 A.M. Convention call to order: Thomas Judd, Chairman Singing of the Star Spangled Banner: Lorin F. Wheelwright . Pledge: Lamont B. Gunderson, Chairman, Salt Lake PRE-CONVENTI- 1 County Commission Color Guard: Utah State National Guard Invocation: The Rev. Dr. Sidney H. Buckham Convention Call: Jack Swenson, Secretary State Central Committee Reports: Thomas G. Judd, Chairman and Ora C. Lewis, Vice-Chairm- an Mrs. O. J. Wilkinson Seeks Party Position . . -. . . Helen H. Brown Announces Candidacy Brown, VillEtinson Announce Candidacy For Republican Sfa fl Vice-Chair- man Musical Number: University of Utah Chorus Introduction of Special Guests: Mrs. Ora C. Lewis Acknowledgment of Special Convention Committees Convention Arrangements Platform Seating and Special Invitations Elections Badges Seating and signs Entertainment Finance Committee Announcement Republican School of Politics Report Introduction of Temporary Officers: E. R. Callister, Temporary Chairman. Three Addresses: (1) Why My First Vote Will Be Republican. (2) Why I Have Been a Life-lon- g Republican. (3) An Overseas Decision to be a Republican. Introduction of the Key-NoSpeaker, United States Senator Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky, by Governor George D. Clyde. Key-NoAddress: U. S. Senator Thruston B. Morton of Mrs. O. J. (Edna Mae) Wilkinson, Murray, has v Helen H. Brown, Woods Cross, announced her Five-minuannounced her candidacy for the office of Republi- candidacy for state idee chairman of the Republican state organization convention Saturday can state vice chairman at the partyls organization Party at the . Randevu. in Rainbow the convention Saturday. A widow and mother of three children, Mrs. I believe, she said, the Utah Womens Federa- Brown has held numerous positions in the GOP ortion of Republican Clubs has a great potential and, ganization and its auxiliaries. te if used by the organization to the fullest extent, can She has served as president of the Bountiful be a means for contacting every voter before next Ladies Republican Club, secretary and treasurer of November. the Davis County Republican organization, voting district chairman and county director of' the WomMrs. Wilkinson, whose husband is a former GOP ens Federated Republican Clubs of Utah. Kentucky. state chairman, has been active in numerous party, She has also been active in civic organizations of Committees Appointment civic and church groups. such as the PTA, Junior Chamber of Commerce aux c Election of State Officers At present, she is chairman of the speakers bu- iliary, Red Cross and various charities. During the Election of State Central Committee session of the Utah Legislature she was recepreau of the Utah Federation of Womens Republican last NOON RECESS tionist for the House. Clubs and a member of the Womens State Legislafive she or the past has .been a member years AFTERNOON SESSION WILL BE CONGRESSIONAL ORtive Council. She is an active member of the Church and secretary of the Woods Cross Zoning GANIZATION CONVENTIONS CONVENING AT 2 Latter-daSaints. of Jesus Christ of te te y p.m. |