Show deigl A R 1 mai I 1 m N T news notes from kanab and vicinity compiled by rose roe H hamblin life history of heber J meeks president iloner J meeks was born it at harrisburg may 5 1869 while still a V young hoy boy lie with tit his s parents moved to lo order valle lie was educated in fix tho grade schools of kano kane county and at tho the brigham young university in 1891 ito he married clarissa A bowers elwon children wore wor born oborn to them seven of whom survive him after he ha returned from a 0 two year mission in the northern states which began in ili 1893 lie ho was made a member of the high council ile ho served na as superintendent of the Y it M 1 I A tor for twelve years in 1911 he wits was made firof alra sou nellor to stake president W W Seeg mil ler lie ile then moved to kanab that hint he duties after twelve years yeara service lie ha was waa made stake president in 1925 in tho the place of Pros president ident who had bad resigned in 1929 lie ho was waa given the honor of opening tho the alaskan mission where he served alx aix months montha as aa a missionary president Preal dent meeks was a man of 0 i sterling cha character and one of tile tho foremost factors tn in tile tho develop finont of at tho the state ilia life was ivaa devoted to public service for ho was ho wits a peacemaker anti and it was thi this quality which enabled win to liar har lead tile people ile ho was waa a most meet influential and prominent man inan in ili business and civic na as well as church affairs ile ho lins been president Ident of tile the southern utah etith and northern arizona cattle browers association a member of the national livestock association and represented life hla section many times in national conventions lie ile line haa boen been vim president and director of tile tho state nank of flute anil and chairman ot of the kanab pipe liao company ile ho served as mayor of ganab kanab anil and it was under hla his that the kanab area public library was established establish I ile he was chairman in the liberty and victory lonn drives ind and put it his co county it n over the top on each ditch occasion ile he was county chairman in tile the council of defense and a 11 member of the board of directors ot of dixie college in ili 1907 anti and again in ili teh lie ho was representative from kane county to the state legislature where ito ha aavo thoughtful and varnest tar consideration to tile tho lonis loma at hand lie ho served tho the people in fit countless anti varl ouli lie iio Is survived by tile ills widow clarn clara n B meaks ono one daughter mrs oah leall I M jackson ganob six elx sons gleber meaks salt lako city wilthel Wll Wil frel trel isaiah Isal alt dallon and mason meeks all id of und and atho athe meeks of 0 st georbe four sisters mrs ellon at lloyt Or dervillo mrs sarah at morris I 1 st mrs airs M Pac fackrell krell thomas thomaa idaho mrs mra nancy M asay cabal in two brothers meeka afeei jonson ile end it alfred meeks Or derville and twenty ono one I 1 |