Show en's Oe Ode P l t MIKE rUKE FRASIER AND a By EVERETT REED While most Vikings have been laying in the sun or Working hard to maintain their existence five boys and four Hour girls have spent a week of their time at Boys State and Girls State BOYS State ended Saturday with graduation exercises and anda andla la a luncheon for girlfriends and andI I parents The fellows returned return- return fed ed home Saturday evening lured tired but happy Congratulations illations L are in order to John 1 Grant for being elected to 1 the office of state attorney general Also we ue would like to extend a word of congratulations congratulations congratulations to Steve Christensen of of Bountiful u High on his being Selected eJected to 10 the office of state supreme court justice r. Ali o of the boys involved ved me gave ve said that V Boys Boys' State Stale ws as as a very rewarding ex- ex rl ce and encouraged 11 1 of next years juniors to tomb tona mb na for Boys State so they ten learn first hand about he e operations of our govern- govern rot nent ent GIRLS State was equally this year being eld ld Id on the beautiful ul College Southern Utah campus orated located in Cedar City Only 9 girls attended Girls State to at Boys Boyste ate to te in Logan at Utah State I but tit t the the program was equal to to if not greater than the excitement at Boys State J The girls were first divided divid divid- ed ed into cities being named fter ter former Governors of 1 Utah and the political parties parties parties par par- ties being the Federalists and the Nationalists the same as those at Boys State There were only two counties of Girls State compared to six at Boys State and they were named Freedom and racy KAE Clayton was a citizen of Spry City Freedom County County Coun Coun- ty and a member of the Nationalist party She held the positions of city party chairman state party chair- chair chairman state party convention convention convention con con- and city mortician but her highest honor came as she was chosen from her city as a candidate for Girls Nation Kathy Kershaw was a citizen citizen citizen citi citi- zen of Dern city Freedom County and was a member of the Nationalist party She held the offices of city party chairman and was the representative representative representative rep rep- of the legislature JORGENE Astin was in the Nationalist party in the Democracy Democracy Democracy De De- De- De County and held the office of county sheriff in that county Denise Wadsworth was a citizen of Rampton Hampton city Democracy Democracy Democracy Demo Demo- cracy County a member of the Federalist party She served served served ed as the city party chairman and was a county deputy IN CONTRAST to Boys Girls States could hold only one elective office where as Boy could go on after being elected to toone toone toone one office and seek election to another higher office The Girl also would like to encourage next years year's junior girls to run for Girls State The Girls State graduation graduation graduation grad grad- was as held Friday night with all girls graduating a little bit wiser as to the functions of our government All Viking Girl then boarded the bus and returned return return- ed home Saturday JOHN Paul and Kathy are busy planning for Cor next year Wed We'd like to remind you that among those th se plans is the summer stomp to be beheld beheld beheld held June 25 at at pm p.m. No boots will be allowed We would encourage all VHS students to attend And now a friendly word from all of us to all of oC you sun worshipers car worshippers worship worship- pers and work worshippers in in the Viking clan clan Dont Dont get wiped out mf er SMILE Its It's not your position that determines your happiness or lack of it Its It's your dis dis- position |