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Show . ' i' N )3n . v ? 1 . A. Ray Brown stops to chat at his desk in Lindon City Hall. He is the new city administrator for Lindon. Lindon gets new city administrator By KALYN SECRETAN E. Ray Brown was sworn in as Lindon City Administrator at the City Council meeting held Jan. 8. Mr. Brown was encouraged to apply for the position following the retirement of Wendyl Jarvis. Serving as a city councilman over public administration for the past four years, he has worked closely with Mr. Jarvis and has a basic understanding of whats involved. . Feeling he has a lot to learn, Ray hopes to pick up where Wendyl left off. He is excited about the opportunity, op-portunity, anticipates it will be interesting and feels he has the support of the majority of the people. Mr. Brown has spent m ost of his life in the Lindon-Manila area. His family moved here from Wyoming when he was a young boy. He received his schooling in the P.G. schools and further training at the Vocational School. He served an apprenticeship at U.S. Steel as a machinist. It has been kind of a hobby to raise cattle, he enjoys both beef and dairy farming. .7 Married to"'Nbrma' Ostler, ' the ' i.Brdwns are the parents of eight children. Two of his daughters married Tomlinson brothers. Two of his children are living in California while the others reside in the local area. Mr. Brown has served as a bishop's counselor and also as bishop. He served as a stake missionary in the original stake and in the stake missionary presidency will Bill Peterson. He enjoys the opportunity to meet with other city administrators on a monthly basis. Mr. Brown, along with other council members, expressed appreciation ap-preciation to Wendyl Jarvis. He has performed a super job and has so much expertise in so many fields, he seems to be a master of all trades. This is a second retirement for Mr. Jarvis. He retired from BYU a few years ago. He and his wife served a mission and upon his return he spent three years serving as the City Administrator. Ask what he plans to do now, Mr. Jarvis stated he has a stack of projects three feet tall and his wife has a four foot stack she wants him to' do but, they are considering a trip to Arizona in the near future. |