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Show FIRST TIME ' LeRoy B. Smith Represents Us In Legislature Representative LeRoy B. Smith, Republican, Delta, spent his first day in political office Monday, when the 28th Utah State legislature legis-lature convened, He had spent the previous week in Salt Like, where he and Mrs. Smith attended the inaugural ceremonies of Governor J. Bracken Lee. Rep. Smith brought Mrs. .Smith home Thursday, and returned to Salt Lake Friday. Sunday night, GOP legislators met in Salt Lake City to make appointments for the coming session, in which they are the minority group. Rep. Smith was appointed a member of the house steering committee, with two others. For more than a. week following general election last Nov., Mr. Smith didn't think he was going to the legislature as state representative represent-ative from this county. The first returns gave the victory to C. E. Freer, D., Lynndyl. A mistake was revealed the county offical canvass and Mr. Smith was counted victor by 11 points. , Mr. Smith will make Salt Lake his headquarters for next 60 days, while the legislature is in session. Mrs. Smith plans to SDend at least I half of that time with him in the j city, travelling back and forth. 'Their children, Phillip, Leon, Doug-'las Doug-'las and Diana, twins, and the baby, Ellen, will remain in Delta. When Mr. Smith was featured in 'the Salt Lake Tribune "Know Your Legislators" column, an error was made in listing him as a Demo crat. As for as we know, the Chronicle Chron-icle is the first and only paper to correct that statement, which we do now. Mr. Smith is among the few successful Republican candidates. |