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Show Edward E. Howe, Active Democrat, Succumbs At Home Edward E. Howe, former educator edu-cator in the Granite School District Dis-trict and former Salt Lake County Coun-ty Commissioner and past chairman, chair-man, Utah State Road .Commission, .Commis-sion, died last Thursday at his home, 820 East 5600 South, of causes incident to age. Mr. Howe was 90 Dec. 1. He was born in South Cottonwood Cotton-wood on Dec. 1, 1868, the son of Richard and Ann Turner Howe, who were early pioneer settlers in that community. As one of ten children Mr. Howe was reared on the family farm then located at approximately 5800 So. 1300 East. He was educated in the Salt Lake County Public Schools and received a normal degree from the University of Deseret, now the University of Utah, in 1894. After receiving his teaching certificate, he taught in the Granite Gran-ite School District for 34 years beginning as a teacher in a small mixed school and later becoming principal of the largest school in the district. He was the first principal of Lincoln School, 5th East and 3900 South, and served as principal also of the Oakwood, Woodstock, Blaine and Whittier schools. He was a former mem- ber of the Granite Teachers' Association, As-sociation, Utah State Teachers' Association, and had formerly been president of the Granite Principals' club. Long active in Democratic political po-litical circles, Mr. Howe was elected in 1928 as a Salt Lake County Commissioner and reelected re-elected in 1930 and 1934. During this time he headed the Roads and Bridges Department, introducing intro-ducing a wide range program of using mulch for road surfacing. Many of the county's roads were rough, unimproved roadways, without any hard top surfacing prior to this time. In 1935 he was appointed by the late Governor Henry H. Blood to the Utah State Road Commission and was appointed chairman of the commission com-mission on October 19, 1935. He retired to private life in 1937 . and since that time has maintained main-tained an active interest in civic and business affairs of Salt Lake County, particularly in the Murray Mur-ray area. He served at one time as a director of the First National Bank of Murray. He was a leader in the Democratic party, having served as a Precinct Chairman, member of Salt Lake County Democratic Central Committee and delegate to county and state conventions. In 1930 he was one of two successful candidates for public office in the county. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, South Cottonwood ward. He is survived by three daughters, daugh-ters, three sons, and 17 grandchildren: grand-children: Lawrence E. Howe, Salt Lake City; Elaine, Richard C. and Allan T. Howe, Murray; Mrs. Ivan L. Corbridge (Agnes), Provo; and Mrs. Max V. Eliason (Marjorie) Anaheim, Calif. Services were held Monday in South Cottonwood Ward. |