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Show DR. W. W. MERRILL NAMED COUNTY DEMOCRATIC HEAD was presented. Dr. Merrill was , elected without opposition. j Mrs. L. E. Nelson of Logan was reelected county vice chairman, Clinton Vernon of Logan was reelected re-elected secretary, 'and Mr. Chambers Cham-bers was elected treasurer. Most of the county's 90 dele- f. ; Saturday. Dr. Merrill succeecs State Senator Sen-ator James A. McMurrin of Logan who announced recently that he would not be a candidate for reelection re-election to the post he held eight years. A. W. Chambers of Smith-field, Smith-field, president of the Smithfeild L D S stake and former county commissioner, was expected to be a contestant for the chairman post but he withdrew before his name gates to the state party conven-1 tion to be held in Ogden, May 16, were submited by precinct chairmen chair-men and approved. The convention authorized the chairman to appoint ap-point delegates for precincts where delegates had not been named. Dr. Merrill also appointed ten dele-gates-at-large for the convention, making a total of 100 for the county's 45 precincts Tracy R. Welling or Salt Lake (Continued on Page Four Succeeds James A. McMur-1 rin as Chairman Has been Active in Party for Many Years. Dr. W. W. Merrill, Logan dentist, former Logan city party chairman and First District juvenile judge for several years was elected Cache county Democratic party chairman I at the annual convention held DK. W. V. MERRILL NAMED COUNTY DEMOCRATIC HEAD (Continued from Page One) City, sEate commissioner of agriculture, agri-culture, called for unity within and out of the party 'to help the nation's war effort. In his keynote key-note speech, he praised the state administration for an attempt to reorganize and consolidate various government agencies and predicted success for the governor's program. The convention adopted resolutions resolu-tions commending the record of the party in national, state and local affairs. Because of the "efficient and business-like manner" in which the Democratic county administration has administered affairs," the group declared, Cache county is, for the first time in many years, operating strictly on a cash basis. State convention delegates were named as follows: Mrs. L. J. Petty from Amalga precinct; V. D. Law, Avon-iPara-dise; A. V. Reese and M. J. Fals-lev, Fals-lev, Benson; John H. Schenk, College; Col-lege; Vernal A. Bergeson, Cornish; H. S. Thompson and Seymour Thompson, Clarkston. E. N. Larsen and J. H. Wright, Hyrum No. 1; Leo C. Nielsen and Vesta Allen, Hyrum No. 2; H. B. Nieisen and Grover Christensen, Hyrum No. 3; Lee Hancey and Fred Duce, Hyde Park; Lloyd Ho- gan and C. J. Van Orden, Lewis-' Lewis-' ton No. 1 ; Joseph Bergeson, Lewis-ton Lewis-ton No. 2; M. E. Kent, Lewiston No. 3; E. E. Hendricks, LewUton No. 4. R. Gunnar Rasmuson and Sadie O'Brien, Logan No. 1; William C. England and Frank Shumway, Logan Lo-gan No. 3; Vern B. Mulr and Edna. Davidson, Logan No. 4; Adrian W.. Hatch and Dr. W. W. Merrill, Logan Lo-gan No. 5; Max Fonnesbeck, Mrs: Manuel Skabelund and Thomas P. Green, Logan No. 6; L. E. Neisoif-and Neisoif-and M. T. Beck, Logan No. 1; Othello Hickman, Lee Reese and Ambrose Call, Logan No. 8; N. P. Nielsen, Laura Watkins and Emma; Marshall, Logan No. 9; V. D. Gardner, Gar-dner, Mrs. Sherwin Moser and L. W". Hovey, Logan No. 10; Mrs. H-enora H-enora Hodgesen and William Loosle, a Logan precinct whose-number whose-number was not reported. Oliver Taylor and Joseph Larsen,. Mendon; Morgan Jensen and Al-Godfrey, Al-Godfrey, Richmond No. 2; R. A. ma Jensen, Mlllville; Martha R. Christensen, Richmond No. 1; Stewart and Heber Olson, River Heights; Walter Read, Henry Mei-kle Mei-kle and James. Hinde, Smithfield No. 1; Elizabeth Scrowther and A. W. Chambers, Smithfield No. 2; A. J. Harper and Mrs. E. W. Bingham, Trenton; James Bradshaw and Hyrum Hy-rum Woodward, Wellsville No. I; Scott Christensen and Geneva Murray, Wellsville No. 2. Delegates from Cove, Mt. Sterling, Ster-ling, Nibley, Providence, two Pe-tersboro Pe-tersboro precincts, Young and one Logan precinct have not been appointed. ap-pointed. Delegates at large, are . James A McMurrin, H. Ray (Pond, . Knute; .: Fonnesbeck, Mrs. L. E. Nelson. Clinton D. Vernon, A. W. Chambers, Cham-bers, P. K. Hayes, Oscar Henry, Jack Wright and W. W. Welch. |
