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Show Holdaway re-elected with mew councilmen :.". . i: ' ' ''H '":;'"" " -' "; "J ... S M ? I m v " ! .. u y ii Incumbent Mayor David Holdaway won a narrow victory over former mayor, W. Cornell Haynie, in Tuesday's election giving him four more years to finish projects started during his term of office. Others successful in Tuesday's elections were Dale Warburton who received more votes than any other candidate on the ballot in Pleasant Grove, and Keith Christeson. Mayor Holdaway and Christeson are from the Citizens Party and Warburton is from the Peoples Party. The final tabulation showed Mayor Holdaway with a total of 1,041 .votes and Haynie with 930 votes. The difference was about 111 votes. Holdaway received 53 per cent of the vote while Haynie ended up with 47 percent. ! Dale Warburton received 1,430 votes and was the top vote getter in all but .one of the districts. Christeson received 1,015 votes, Ed Sanderson had 769 votes and John Swenson received 689 votes. Robert Williams, city recorder, said that 38 per cent of the registered voters exercised their right to vote or 1,976 of 5,174 registered voters. The city consolidated the districts and all of the seven polling places were located in the Community Center. Williams said he felt this, turned out very well and many people told him they hoped they would continue to hold the elections in one loction. In consolidated district 7, 54 per cent of the registered voters came to the polls to become the leading district in percentages. ! As soon as the final tallies were announced, Haynie gave his congratulations to Mayor Holdaway. The two men talked briefly about what a good campaign it had been and wished each other well. During the campaign, Mayor Holdaway stated that he would like to continue with some of the projects which had been started during his first term as mayor. He issued a list of things which he would like to see accomplished during the next four years. Outgoing councilmen are Dell Young and Dr. David Dickerson. Holdover councilmen are Lloyd Ash, David Faux and John Frampton. Election headquarters was held in the city hall Tuesday night and candidates, present councilmen, city employees and interested friends and families socialized as they awaited the results. Dale Warburton, David R. Holdaway Keith Christeson |