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Show Banker files for senate Wallace H. Gardner, Republican, Repub-lican, has filed and announced his candidacy for the Utah State Senate from the newly created District 17. He is now serving as Senator from Senatorial Sena-torial District No. 2, which was divided under the Reapportionment Reapportion-ment Act into two districts. Mr. Gardner is a banker by profession and is well known locally throughout the state for his interest and activity in professional, civic and church activities. He Was born in Spanish Fork, Utah May 30, 1915, a son of Henry A. Gardner Gard-ner and Grace Brockbank Gardner. (His grandfather, Henry Gardner was President of the Senate in 1912). He was married March 23, 1936 to Af- ! v . ; I pm w V , Wallace H. Gardner of Spanish Span-ish Fork, who is a candidate for the Senate as a Republican Republi-can in the new District 17. ton Watkins, and they are the parents of five children. He graduated from BYU in 1936. Mr. Gardner has been active ac-tive in politics and civic affairs for many years having been elected Mayor of Spanish Fork in 1946 at the age of 31. He served two terms, and has since acted on the Planning and Zoning Board and has been County and State Delegate Dele-gate for the Republican Party. He is now Executive Vice President Pres-ident and Director of The Bank of Spanish Fork, and will serve as President of the Utah Bankers Association until June of this year, and also, as President Pres-ident of the Independent Bankers Association of the 12th Federal Reserve District which has a membership in excess ex-cess of 400 banks in the eight Western States. He has, also, served as member of the Utah Bankers Agricultural Committee Commit-tee and is a past president of the Utah County Bankers; also a member of the Board of Directors Di-rectors for Utah Council of Economic Education. In the past Mr. Gardner has f. I , I I No iJ ' : V ; rr ; 1 m ' Randall Evans, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs Roger Evans who received his Eagle Scout Award recently in a Court of Honor. He has been serving as senior patrol leader the past six months in the Mapleton Ward. William Wil-liam Bleggi is Scoutmaster. bor and on various Legislative Counsel committees. Also served ser-ved on Financial Advisory Committee for Utah Bonding Commission. Pity the poor athiest who, when he feels grateful, has no one to thank. Salt Lake City Deseret News. been active with the Utah State Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce and received the Distinguished Dis-tinguished Service Award for his community in 1941, and in 1947 was honored by the United State Junior Chamber of Commerce for Distinguished Service in recognition of outstanding out-standing workmanship, leadership leader-ship ability and industrious-ness industrious-ness for the year 1946 for the State of Utah. He is an active member of the Lions Club now and has been for many years. He is a member of the LDS Church and has held many positions po-sitions of responsibility including includ-ing First and Second Counselor in the Palmyra Stake Presidency, Presi-dency, and is now bishop of the Fourth Ward. During his term as State Senator representing the Second Sec-ond District he has served on the Appropriations Committee, also the committees of Commerce, Com-merce, Business and Industry, Revenue and Taxation and La- |