Show County Boards oars Get e Commendations In n Welfare Report Lauding the wisdom of the legislature in placing the operation operation opera opera- I tion of or Utah's public welfare program in the hands of or county boards of public welfare th the state public welfare commission pays pays tribute in its fourth biennial bien blen- biennial nial report to members of these boards as a corps of workers who have ha rendered most faithful service vice to the public These men and women the report said numbering throughout the state of Utah have contributed unstintingly or their heir Ime of their wisdom and of oC their sound common sense to the itlie administration and operation of this program Without their services this states state's program of public assistance and welfare could not have ha achieved the enviable enviable en en- viable record of fairness and an humanitarian humanitarian humanitarIan hu hu- application which it has In their hands rests safely the well-being well of oC those in need of the help of their their state and their nation We Ve think that the responsibility of or directing the operations of the program In the local communities ties was most wisely placed in their hands by the legislature We hope that this responsibility will stay in those hands County welfare boards udder un un- under under der direction and supervision of ot the state department of public welfare are charged by b law with the responsibility of receiving and investigating all applications for ifor public assistance and determining determining determining ining eligibility for and amount of or assistance to be issued by the department There is a welfare board oard in n each o of the 29 counties of or the state Each board consists of seven members one of or which Is a county commissioner appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed by b- the board of or county count commissioners No more than three members of each board not counting the county commissioner commissioner commis commis- member may be of the same political party At least one of the welfare board members must be a woman Members of the Garfield county county county coun coun- ty welfare board are Usher Henrie Henrie Hen- Hen Henre rie re chairman and county com- com Harvey Harve C. C Dalle Bailey J. J H H. H Johnson Elliot Barney I Neta Thomas and Chester Allen I |