Show Three two new mayors elected in municipal elections Tuesday s W. RALPH SHIELDS Incumbent councilman was reelected MERLIN SULLIVAN A former councilman was elected mayor of Roosevelt on the ticket In Tuesday 1 ROY ELIASON Incumbent Duchesne mayor was reelected Tuesday EDWARD YACK Newcomer chosen as city councilman NEILL C. JENSEN Banker was chosen as councilman at Duchesne Duchesne County's five incorporated towns and cities Tuesday returned three Incumbent mayors to office and elected two new ones to direct the political affairs of the communities the next four Only in Roosevelt and Tabiona were the elections considered the other winners came rather IN A CONTEST that became a bit warm the last couple of days of the Merlin local distributor for Continental Oil and a former running on the People's Party ticket defeated Attorney R. Earl Progressive in a close vote for the of Sullivan received a total of votes as compared to for A turn-about in the election was when the two Progressive council Ralph Shields and Ed Yack won these posts over their rivals on the People's Venil and Orson THE new mayor to be elected was at Tabiona where Bernell defeated Incumbent Leonal Mayor Roy Eliason at Duchesne garnered votes in his bid for a second term over Edward Kielbasa who Up Altamont way those people indicated they were still satisfied with their first and only town-board president as they voted LaFarge Dastrup back into office by a vote over Grant He has served since Altonah was IN AN UNOPPOSED election over at Incumbent William who has a long string of services as that small city's received a vote of confidence from the people as 47 citizens exercised their privilege and came to the Wesley Jensen received two as a write-in for Arnold NeLs Johnson and Albert unopposed also gained 45 and 47 votes and Peterson had a single write in A MUCH DISCUSSED Mayor write-in campaign in Roosevelt failed to materialize into a situation that had much effect Two Councilman who was the most talked-about and Ted received 10 and 2 votes respectively as write-ins for Duchesne City not only had an election of but they decided favorably to open the door for the city to go into the power business as a They had a referendum petition attached to the ballot and voted in favor of opening the door for city-operated power and 39 were opposed to the ELECTED to the council at Duchesne were Neill C. with 90 votes and J. page 8 Elections from page pain with Defeated were Chester Lyman James Cowan and Carl Wilker-son Allen Farnsworth and Fred Pope each received a write-in This is the unofficial tally of votes cast in the respective communities as reported to the City councils in each area will meet in the next few days to canvas the vote and make the election ALTAMONT Board president La Farge Grant Trustee Max Ray Alma Linden Leland LaVear DUCHESNE Mayor Roy Edward Council-men Neill C. Ber-nell Chester James R. Carl Leona Cole Allen Farnsworth Fred Pope MYTON Mayor William H. Wesley Council-men Arnold Albert Evan ROOSEVELT Mayor Merlin Earl Ralph Ralph Edward J. Orson Venil J. TABIONA Board president Leonal C. Trustees Peter W. William Venice Turn Bert C. Indicates write-in |