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Show i $ ' A f 1 i - - . - ry v f:. i 5" ' DEMO LEADER Elmer Yer- 4 ( gensen, Duchesne county chair- 1 ' man, has issued a call for jire- ! t cinct and county Democratic conventions. Hji " Convention Date Set By County I Democrats, Feb. 18 i The first local signs of activity " j during the big political year, 1956, is the announcement by the big ':" wheels of the Democratic party of their Duchesne county convention !ij and setting dates for precinct ; meetings. fori i The official call, a copy of H ' which will be found elsewhere in a- i this issue of the paper, is being tei made by Elmer Yergensen, county 1 i chairman, and the date is set for 251 1 the county affair on Feb. 18, 1956 wei I at 2 p.m. in the courthouse at 2.56; Duchesne. Precincts are expected 's to hold their party meetings on i, 11 or before Feb, 13. According to the call of the meetings, the purpose of the convention con-vention on Feb. 18, will be to ES elect a new chairman, vice-chair-! ! man, (which is to be a woman), a ,. I ' secretary-treasurer and a county ' t central committee. The other phase H , (Continued on Back Page) DEMOCRAT CONVENTION . . . (Continued from Page 1) of the convention will be to select delegates to attend the state convention con-vention slated later on in the year. 1 List of Districts In Mr. Yergensen's call he has listed the voting precincts and listed the voting precincts and the number of delegate's each will be allowed to the county convention conven-tion which are as follows: Altonah, 2; Arcadia, 1; - Bluebell', Blue-bell', 1; Boneta, 1; Bridgeland, 1; Fruitland, 1; Hanna, 1; Duchesne, 6; Harper, 1; Utahn, 1; Mt, Emmons, Em-mons, 2; Ioka, 1; Montwel, 1;, Mt. Home, 2; Myton, 4; Neola, 3; Roosevelt, 9; Strawberry, 1; Tab-iona, Tab-iona, 2; Talmage, 2; Upalco, 2. There will be a total of 45 delegate's dele-gate's allowed' to the county convention. con-vention. GOP Making Plans The local Republican party is actively' making plans and arrangements ar-rangements for their precinct and county conventions, with an announcement an-nouncement expected next week by Kenneth R. Aycock, county chairman. They have completed their finance drive in the' county. Both the major parties are expected ex-pected to go all out this year in an attempt to get the voting, public pub-lic interested in politics. Already some counties and precincts have perfected organizations that could make this year the biggest in the history of America for political interest and activity. It's the time we'll elect a new president, governor, gov-ernor, senator, two congressmen and most all other state officers. |