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Show o Local eBusiness SMan oAt tains 83rd birthday' coupled with experience, precision and attention to details, has proven prov-en valuable in his business career. In 1934, Mr. Packard and his wife, the late Julia Ann Crandall Packard, celebrated their golden wedding. He has a daughter and six sons. They are M. O. Packard, Jr., of Phoenix, Ariz., Russell Packard, Salt Lake City; Dwight Packard, American Fork; Ralph Packard, Reno, Nev.; F. C. Packard, Alton Packard and Mrs. Eliza P. Taylor, Tay-lor, formerly of Los Angeles, Calif. He is also proud of the three grandsons he has in the U. S. Armed Forces. Townspeople and others throughout through-out the state join in congratulating Mr. Packard on his accomplishments accomplish-ments and upon reaching this milestone mile-stone in his life. M. O. Packard of this city, president presi-dent of the Springville Banking Co., and prominent industrial, political po-litical and civic leader, recently observed ob-served his eighty-third birthday, at his home at 303 West, Third North street. A pioneer resident of this city, he has lived here always. As a young man, he clerked in his father's fath-er's general store and later became a successful sheepman. For a number num-ber of years, he engaged in railroad rail-road contract construction work and entered the banking business some years later, assuming the responsibilities of president of the institution in about 1926. His father, fath-er, Milan Packard, early Utah pioneer, pio-neer, founded the Springville Banking Bank-ing company in 1891, with money he acquired from a mining claim in Butte, Montana. Mr. Packard is president of the tah Wholesale Grocery and holds a similar position with several other industrial concerns throughout through-out the western states. His banking bank-ing business, however, he claims as his pet hobby, and points with , pride to the integrity of "the con-1 cern since its founding. Typical of his progressive spirit he recently had the local bank building remodeled and renovated at a cost of some $60,000 to make it one of the most modern of its kind in this section. His varied and successful career has made him a host of friends here and throughout the state, and he is familiarly greeted with "Hello "Hel-lo Milie," a nickname he acquired in his youth. Mr. Packard has served as mayor may-or of Springville and also one term in the Utah state legislature. He is a former president of the local Ki-wanis Ki-wanis club. He attributes much of his success suc-cess to hard work and his longevity longevi-ty in life, to sturdy pioneer stock and adds with pride that he has an uncle, Amasa L. Haymond, of this city, who is 95 years old. As a young man, he was regarded, re-garded, as one of Utah country's crack rifle shots, and was an ardent ar-dent sportsman. Owing to his failing fail-ing vision, however, he has had to give up some of these sports, but only recently proved his skill on an ocean fishing trip. Educational facilities in his boyhood boy-hood were limited, but his wide knowledge of the fundamentals |