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Show fiavidlirschl Dixie Civic And , Church Leader, Dies On Christmas Day jlr. Hirschi Had Taken Active Part In The Development of East End Of County HURRICANE, Utah With the ieath of David Hirschi at his !ome on Christmas Day at 3:15 Jra. Washington county lost a turdy builder of the common-fealth; common-fealth; the state of Utah a law-naker; law-naker; the L.D.S. church, a raliant servant; the Republican party, a pillar of strength, and the town of Hurricane its most scholarly gentleman. R is significant of the great charity of Mr. Hirschi that a year to the day prior to his death, he and his brother, Daniel Hirschi of Rockville made a Christmas ift of S1000 to the undedicated lion Park stake chapel. David Hirschi was born Decem-ier Decem-ier 13, 1870, at Rockville, a son i fiottleih and Marv Ann Rutin- lirschi, who were converts to the iiurch from Switzerland. As a lild Mr. Hirschi attended the ioneer schools of his town and iter his father sent him to St. orge where he enrolled as a rudent in the old St. George (Continued on page five) i r ' "j r ' A j i. , , . . . i 1 : "IgJ DAVID HIRSCHI I David Hirschi Death (Continued from first page) stake academy, when it was housed in the basement of the Tabernacle. As a young man of 22. he began a lOyear teaching career at Grafton where he was permitted by the school trustees to collect from the parents of his students a salary of $40 per month, payable in cash or produce. pro-duce. It was at this time that Mr. Hirschi became interested in organized cattle raising and with the calves paid in as tuition fees he built for himself, in the years to come, a valuable herd. Goes On Mission Accepting a call from the church he served a mission to Switzerland in 1902 to 1904. Ten years before the missionary experience ex-perience Mr. Hirschi and four other men of the Upper Rio Virgin Vir-gin region met at Toquerville where they, with others, organized organiz-ed the Hurricane Canal Co. They foresaw the ultimate treachery of the flood waters of this river and 14 years after the formation of the company they and their associates as-sociates succeeded in diverting a part of the stream upon the barren benchlands of the Hurricane Hur-ricane flat. An unfortunate experience with the privately owned Schetler Bank at Salt Lake City taught Mr. Hirschi many valuable laws of banking not to be learned in books. After this incident he became be-came one of the charter depositers in the St. George Bank where he also served as a director from 1909 to 1917 when he, as prime mover, organized the State Bank of Hurricane and then became the president, which position he held to the time of his death. Religious Teacher As a religious leader Mr. Hirschi led the Rockville ward for 15 years as its Bishop. Later he, with his family, moved to Hurricane Hur-ricane where he was chosen as a high councilman in 1930 when the Zion Park stake was organized, which office he magnified until the time of his death. Mr. Hirschi began his political career as Washington county Tax Assessor in 1918. Two years later he was elected a member of the County School Board. Washington and Iron counties in 1923 also elected him State Senator and in 1929 he returned to the legislature legisla-ture as representative from Washington county, which post he held with distinction until 1932. While a member of this law-making body, he, as chairman of the sifting committee, did much to equalize taxation in the state. As a pioneer in the science of dry farming in Washington county Mr. Hirschi proved himself an economic master when he succeeded suc-ceeded in harvesting 15 bushels of grain grown on a one acre test plot in the Horse Valley country on the Big Plains. Marries in 1890 Mr. Hirschi was married to Mary M. Petty on October 3, 1890, in the St. George Temple, to this union were born 14 children, chil-dren, nine of whom survive him today. They are, Claudius Hirschi, president of Zion Park stake and cashier of Hurricane State Bank; Milo Hirschi, Mrs. Anona Klein-man, Klein-man, Mrs. Jennie Ballard. Mrs. Ora Reeve, of Hurricane; Heber Hirschi, of Rockville; Mrs. Susie Taylor, of New Harmony; Hugh Hirschi, of Cedar City, and Kenneth Ken-neth Hirschi. of St. George. In addition to his wife and children, he is also survived by two brothers, Daniel and Joseph Hirschi of Rockville; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Stanworth and Mrs. Sarah DeMille, of Hurricane; 34 frrand-children and one great-rrrandchild. great-rrrandchild. Funeral Services Fuenral services under the direction of Elmer Graff, second 1 counselor to Hurricane south ward bishop and were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Zion Park stake chapel. Bishops and high priests from every ward in the stake were inattendance at the services as were banking, political, educational, educa-tional, commercial and civic officials of-ficials from Washington and Iron counties, who also bad come to do honor to the memory of their associate, Mr. Hirschi. The opening number, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" was sung by a male quartette composed of Owen Bergener, Vernon Church, Webb Barber and Karl Larson. Morris Wilson of the high council offered the invocation and Bp. Frank Johnson of the north ward, pronounced the benediction. The grave in the city cemetary was dedicated by Alvin Inglestead, a member of the stake presidency. Musical numbers included a violin solo, by Roy L. Halverson of the B.A.C. accompanied by Professor Van Cott; vocal solo, Mrs. Lillia Workman with Mrs. Donna Sandberg as accompaniest; vocal solo, Vernon Worthen, accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. Mae A. Pace; who also accompanied the final number, a mixed quartette, sung by Mrs. Melba Baker, Mrs. Alice Cannon, Dilworth M. Snow and Otto Fife. Speeches numerating the religious, reli-gious, political, commercial and civic achievements of and extoling the thrift, charity, and power of leadership possessed by Mr. Hirschi were given by Marvin Terry, Chauncey Sandberg, John R. Crawford, J. Harvey Hall, Henry Gubler, all of Zion Park stake high council; Bp. Ira H. Bradshaw, of the south ward; Mrs. Eva C. Webb, relief society president; Albert E. Miller, Mayor of St. George and Walter Slack of Toquerville. Two letters of condolence to Mrs. Hirschi and family from Charles B. Petty and Orval Hafen of Salt Lake City and a political tribute from Moses E. Gifford were read by Mrs. Karl Larson, as were the following telegrams from Governor Blood, I Robert L. Judd, Joseph Wirthlin, Dr. H. H. Wilkinson and the Walker Bank and Trust Co. of Salt Lake City, by William E. Woodbury. |