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Show ply," Brockbank said. "Grant Burbidge, serving this community the past four years as water commissioner, has demonstrated dem-onstrated sound leadership and planning in behalf of an aggressive water expansion program," said Brockbank. "We urge our fellow citizens to join this committee in supporting Mr. Burbidge. so that he may continue to spearhead this vital program." Other members of the committee commit-tee are Lane W. Adams, Mrs. Robert Rob-ert L. Judd, William A. McKenzie, Harry L. Hoagland, Marvin Ber-toch, Ber-toch, Fisher Harris, Dr. Burke M. Snow, Mrs. F. Henri Henriod, Eric C. Ryberg, Phil J. Purcell Jr. and Richard C. Andrew. "Mr. Burbidge's water program," said Brolkbank, "is a logical extension ex-tension of foresighted plans laid down by his predecessors in the BURBIDGE HAT IN RING TO SUCCEED SELF City Water Commissioner Grant M. Burbidge, who will stand for re-election in Nivember, was elected elect-ed to his first four year term in 1951. He had previously been appointed ap-pointed to the commission to serve out the term of Commissioner David Da-vid A. Afflect who died in office. Civic leader, churchman and businessman, Burbidge has served with the Salt Lake City school board, the Salt Lake area vocational voca-tional school and the Salt Lake County Red Cross. He was recently named president of the Pioneer LDS stake. He was associated with his father, fath-er, the late George W. Burbidge, in the management of Burbidge Coal Company. He resigned his affiliation with the coal company upon becoming a member of the city commission. Burbidge's candidacy in the 1955 election was announced officially by W. Hughes Brockbank, chairman chair-man of a committee of prominent Salt Lake civic and business leaders, lead-ers, formed to support the water commissioner's re-election. "The future growth of Salt Lake City is almost wholly dependent on the continued development of a plentiful and sanitary water sup- water commissioner job, and other members of the city commission. It is founded on the Deer Creek reservoir and other similar projects proj-ects developed over the years by the Metropolitan Water District." |
