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CHARLES ROUNTREE HUNTER Biography 1898 - 1984 Charles Rountree Hunter, an outstanding public servant spent his entire life in Cedar City where he contributed extensive time and money to the area's growth and development. He attended Southern Utah State College. then the Branch Agricultural College, where he was valedictorian of his graduating class. In September 1918. he married Ruth Hall, and they had five children--Charles Forrest Hunter, Winona Hunter Cowan, and R. Haze Hunter of Cedar City; Ruth Marie Pendleton of Salt Lake City; and another son, Mac Lewis Hunter, who died a s a young man. Prominent in business, Hunter was responsible for the establishment of several businesses in the community. He began employment with the Cedar Sheep Association. In 1926 he s t a r t e d the Standard Supply, a grocery and hardware outlet; in 1929 he established Hunter Hardware and Appliance; and in 1949 he s t a r t e d Northeast Furniture. Other businesses he has been associated with include the Electric Finance Corporation, U. S. Excelsior Corporation, and the Southern Utah Livestock Auction. He was president of the North Extension Water Company and the North Field Irrigation Company. Serving on both the local and State levels, he h a s been instrumental in many developments a n d changes in the progress of Southern Utah. He served as Cedar City Recorder from 1924 to 1926 and as Mayor from 1934 to 1938. In addition, he served on the Iron County Commission for six years and was Chairman of the Board for four years. He also served as a State Representative for two years and was later elected to the State Senate for two terms, 1957-1965, during which time he s e r v e d on the Utah State Legislative Council. Instrumental in education circles, Hunter served from 1949 to 1957 as a Trustee a t Utah State University. While a T r u s t e e , he s e r v e d a s Chairman of the Committee for the Southern Utah State College, and was a member of the Snow College Committee. Active in the L.D.S. Church, he served a mission in the Eastern States. He was a member of the Cedar First Ward Bishopric for 1 2 years and was a religious teacher from the time he r e t u r n e d from his mission until the early 1970's. a span of 50 years. He was a member of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, the Republican Party organization. Lion's International, Rotary International, President of the Municipal League of Utah, and listed in Who's Who in America. Charles R. Hunter, son of William Pinnock and Charlotte Rountree Hunter, was born in Cedar City, April 19, 1898, in the Joseph Hunter home. He died Oct. 19, 1984. From: Winona Cowan, a daughter
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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