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Show Write-in Votes Win Election For Leo Larson Leo Larson, who recently resigned re-signed the position of Bishop of the Cedar Sixth ward, Wednesday Wednes-day was elected a member of the Board of Education of the Iron County school district, in a write-in write-in campaign that carried him to victory. Mr. Larson, co-owner of the Zion Candy Kitchen in Cedar will serve for a period of five years, beginning Jan. 1, 1953, and will succeed B. Glen Kenney. Mr. j Kenney, who has served on the board for the past five years, is president of the board this year, and served as vice president during dur-ing 1951. The election of the board member mem-ber from District No. 5, was held Yesterday, but because of technl-1 caLties of the procedure of write- j in vot'ng the decision as to the j winner was held up until today when a study of the laws gov- j erning such elections could be. studied. The voting was very light with only 76 votes cast, Larson winning win-ning the election by a margin of 39 to 37. Mr.' Kenney was the only candidate can-didate filed for the position when the deadline was reached Nov. 17. A group of friends had Intended to file the name of Mr. Larson for the position, it is understood, un-derstood, but at that time Mr. Larson was planning to enter business in Provo and to move to that city to make his home. He later abandoned the Provo business bus-iness venture, and his supporters decided on the write-in procedure. proced-ure. It is understood that Mr. Larson Lar-son was not aware of the fact that his friends were writing in his name on the ballot until late on election day. Mr. Kenney had Indicated before be-fore the filing date that he would probably not file for reelection, re-election, but as the deadline was reached and no candidate had been filed, he was persuaded to file for re-election. The other members of the board are Samuel Abbott, Para-gonah; Para-gonah; Herman E. Bayles, Parowan; Paro-wan; Dr. J. S. Prestwlch and Boy Smith, Cedar City. |
