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KUMEN S. GARDNER Biography 1900 - 1983 Kumen S. Gardner was born April 21, 1900, to Royal Joseph and Chloe Snow Gardner. He was born in the family home in Grass Valley, Washington County, Utah. During his childhood y e a r s , many summers were spent helping his father a t the sawmill in Mill Canyon several miles east of the family home. He attended District School in Pine Valley before moving to Cedar City to attend Junior High a n d High School. Kumen graduated from the Branch Agricultural College in 1919. He was a member of the basketball team which took first place in s t a t e competition in both 1918 and 1919. He also attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan one y e a r , and then enrolled in the National Automobile School of America in Los Angeles, where he graduated in 1922. Kumen moved to New Castle in 1922 to work on the New Castle Reclamation Farm. In 1923 he began buying property in the area--alfalfa ground, winter grazing g r o u n d , and later a home. He continued to operate a successful livestock business with summers in Grass Valley and winters in New Castle. His Dixie National Forest permit was issued in May 1915, and is the oldest permit on the Dixie Division which has been in constant use by the original permittee. He was elected President of the New Castle Town Board in 1930 and served for nine years. Under his leadership, water was piped into town, which was a great improvement. Because of his mechanical ability, he became 'Mr. Fixit' for the town, keeping all the gasoline powered Maytag washing machines in good working o r d e r , as well as most of the c a r s in town. Kumen married Naida Gillis of New Castle in 1932. They are the parents of five children--Dayne, Eric. Sheila. Paul, and Neil. He was called as Bishop of the New Castle Ward in 1938, a position he held until he moved his family to Cedar City in December of 1943. At this time he was released a s Bishop and was called to the High Council of the Parowan Stake. In 1946, he was called into the Stake Presidency of the newly formed Cedar Stake, with David L. Sargent, President. and Paul K . Edmunds, Second Counselor. He was released in 1955. His vears of nublic service included: Member of the Board o f ' t h e ~ u r e a u of Land Management for 40 years: Chairman of the State B.L.M. for three consecutive 3 year terms; member of the National B.L.M. Board 13 years: on the Board of Directors of the Farmers Home Administration Board of Directors for 8 y e a r s ; first President of Escalante Valley Electric Company; first President, Southern Utah Livestock Show; first President, Iron County Cattlemen's Association: and Mayor of Cedar City for 4 years. He died November 28, 1983. From: Naida Gardner, wife
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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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