Show Bennie seeks State senate position i Bennie state representative from Duchesne is the first local to announce his intentions in the 1960 genera election He will seek a seat in the Utah Senate and has so indicated he will file his candidacy with the Secretary of State in the very near future in the Fifth Senatorial district which comprises Duchesne and Wasatch A resident of Roosevelt where he is manager of Leslie Ashton and Rep was elected in 1958 to the He decided to seek the cian ton announce his intentions Glen M Hatch of filed UNION'S CHOICE Pretty Susan Onion's will vie with other Uintah Basin beauties I at the big six-school dance to held for the U S. first district will complete his first term as a legislator this where he was chairman of the powerful sifting a position rarely held by a freshman He was also chairman of the Highways and Aeronautics and a member of the Business and Education and Rules Pushed College Bill Passage of the Basin Junior College bill in a great attributed to the work of Rep a bill he co-sponsored and saw passed by both houses and signed by the He also pushed the Leota Bottoms Bird Refuge bill to successful passage The personable freshman legislator was born in Los but was raised in Salt Lake attending school in the Jordan school A graduate from the Brig-ham Young University in 1937 with a B. A. taught instrumental music in Uintah and Du- school districts He was principal of high school j three years before entering business in His civic duties include four years as a councilman in president of the Lions Club and Junior Chamber of He was a member of the board of trustees of Utah State University for two resigning to enter the state legislature He is currently serving as executive secretary of See page 8 from Page the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce Democratic Chairman For four years he served as chairman of the Duchesne county Democratic Central and was a delegate from this area to D. at hearing on the Upper Colorado River A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day he is currently serving as music director for the Roosevelt Stake He married Evelyn Ashton in they are parents of four children who reside in their lovely home in Roosevelt I am successful in tins political venture and have a chance to sei-ve as senator from Duchesne and Wasatch I will continue to work for development of the State Parks Water and culinary f arm to market Fish Game and early building of Uie Basin Junior College in the vicinity of Rep said |