Another clipping from my grandparents, Milo and Gladys Ross. Since they lived in Plain City, it makes more sense why this article was clipped from the Ogden Standard-Examiner. No date is found on the clipping.

“Plain City – In a surprising upset, voters here elected three write-in candidates to the City Council Tuesday.

“Winning were Dr. Carl Saunders with 334 votes, Delmar L. ‘Monte” Tanner with 329 votes and Ralph A. Taylor with 286 votes.

“Going down to defeat were the two incumbents – Wayne W. Cottle with 199 votes, and Darwin Taylor with 143 votes. Samuel S. Lower earned 188 votes.

“Going into the election all three had been unopposed. But a write-in campaign was initiated by residents over the weekend.

“A dentist, Dr. Saunders resides at 3701 W. 2600 N. and has a been a resident of the city for nine years.

“As a councilman he first desires to become oriented with the city’s present programs.

AREAS OF CONCERN

“He is concerned with the city’s recreation facilities and hopes to promote more fire protection in the city and northern part of the county.

“He is interested in seeing more citizen involvement in the community. His other areas of concern are the traffic hazards in the city and crime prevention activities.

“Mr. Tanner of 4735 W. 2200 N., is employed at the Ogden Internal Revenue Service Center and has lived in Plain City since 1964.

“He says he will commit himself to listening to the citizens of Plain City and going with their wishes.

“He believes the city should be kept as clean as possible and feels the community’s junior posse needs some consideration. He also suggests that property owned by the city near the municipal building could be used for a park.

“Mr. Taylor of 4302 W. 2350 N., has lived in Plain City all of his life and is retired from Hill Air Force Base’s fire department.

BETTER CONDITION

“He would like to see the city streets in better condition and is in favor of the junior posse plus other young people in the community having some type of recreation facilities.

“He believes the council should do what the people of Plain City want and thinks some type of suggestion box for residents would be helpful.

“Both men expressed their appreciation to the voters who wrote them in on the ballot.

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I did a little research on all these individuals to flesh out more of the history.

Carl Richard Saunders was born 24 October 1928 in Ogden, Utah, and passed away 21 June 2009 in Ogden. Buried in Ogden.

Delmar Lamont Tanner was born 27 July 1935 in Ogden and passed away 12 September 2021 in Perry, Utah. Buried in Plain City.

Ralph Arlin Taylor was born 29 March 1912 in Plain City and passed away 25 December 1999 in Plain City. Buried in Plain City.

Wayne William Cottle was born 30 November 1928 in Ogden and passed away 31 October 2006 in Plain City. Buried in Plain City.

Samuel Steven Lower Jr was born 9 April 1936 in Lewiston, Utah, and passed away 27 November 2021 in South Weber, Utah. Buried in Plain City.

Darwin Taylor is still alive as far as I can tell.