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Show Iron County Political Parties Elect Officers, State Delegates at Meetings Iron County's two major political poli-tical parties, the Republicans and the D-.'i vjcrats, held their annual conventions Saturday In Parowan, the county seat, and named officers and delegates to participate In the state conventions. conven-tions. For the Dcmocratc party a new slate of officers was named with the Republicans re-naming their officers in balloting of convention con-vention delegates. Named to head the county Democratic party wan Leonard Smith of, Cedar City, as chairman. chair-man. He succeeds Ceiar City's mayor, Kumen Gardner. Mrs. Watson Adams of Parown was named as vice chalrrr an and Gene Evans of Farowuu was named as secretary wltli Gar-ence Gar-ence Miller of Cedar City re- named as the organization's treasurer. For the Republicans ' R. L. Gardner, Cedar City attorney, and Mrs. Clair Rowley of Parowan Paro-wan were re-elected to the positions posi-tions of chairman and vice chairman. chair-man. Mrs. Charles H. Ahlstrom of Cedar City was named secretary of the Republican party to succeed suc-ceed Miss Doris Esplin. The Republicans also named two to the state central committee. com-mittee. They are Vivian Knell of Newcastle and Graham MacDon-aid MacDon-aid of Cedar City. Each ot the conventions was attended by state representatives. In the afternoon session of the Republicans Vernon Romney, state chairman, and Mrs. Helen (Continued on Page Eight) CO. COMMISSION (Continued from Front Page) H. Brown, state vice chairman; and Robert Bennett son of Utah's Senator Wallace F. Bennett, representing re-presenting the Young Republican League of Utah, were in attendance. attend-ance. In the Democratic conclave Saturday Sa-turday evening two announced candidates for the U. S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Bennett a Republican, were present They were U. S. Representative David 5. King, and Calvin Rampton, both of Salt Lake City. Also named at the organizational organiza-tional meetings were delegates to attend the respective State conventions to be held in June and July. State Democratic convention delegates named were: Mrs. Watson Adams and John Pendleton, Pendle-ton, Pa rowan; Albert Harrison, Newcastle, and Gronway Parry, Orvilie Isom, J. Harlan Burns, H. E. Chrlstensen, Kent Hoyt, Leonard Leon-ard Smith, Gilbert Janson, John Smith, Kumen Gardner and Wal- ter K. Granger, all of Cedar City. The Republican state delegates dele-gates included Uriah Jones, Newcastle; New-castle; Craig Clark, Beryl; H. Le-Roy Le-Roy Adams, Jess Guymon and Ray Lyman, Parowan; Mrs. Ruth Boardman, Paragonah, and Ralph Green, Summit Republican delegates from Cedar Ce-dar City were: Royce Chamberlain, Chamber-lain, Blaine Barney, Mrs. Boyd Holyoak, Dr. A. L. Graff, Sr., Dr. F. B. Parkinson, Wendell Bunnell, Bun-nell, Kerry Jones, Charles C Esplln, Mrs. Heber Sevy, Ken Knight and Mrs. Howard Nelson. |