1938 Los Angeles City DC# 8188
Vol. 386 Image #226
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Informant: James D Noyes

Heber Thomas "Hebe" Hanks age 61
Teacher
VP and director of Milford Bank
Hotel owner Milford, Utah
Hotel owner Los Angeles, California

1880 Census Paragonah, Iron, Utah
George W. Hanks 47 (51), farmer
Elizabeth Hanks 30
George E. Hanks 13
Elizabeth J. Hanks 11
Sarah A. Hanks 9
William D. Hanks 6
Heber T. Hanks 3
Elizabeth Gribble 77 mother-in-law

1900 Census Paragonah, Iron, Utah
Elizabeth Hanks 50, 8 children, 5 living
William D Hanks 26, day labor
Heber T Hanks 23, school teacher
John S Hanks 19
Sarah Edwards 81, 8 children, 5 living

1910 Census Star, Beaver, Utah
T Heber Hanks 34, miner, gold
Mollie Hanks 27
Ellie Dorothy Hanks 2 months
Own home

1917 Draft Milford, Beaver, Utah
WWI Draft Registration
Heber Thomas Hanks, 42
Hotel Keeper

1917 Milford, Utah
Trip to Ely is Profitable
... Two machines, Heber Hanks' car and a car from the Larson garage, carried the delegation.
...The road is a good one excepting for a distance of twenty miles through Pine Flat and other flat desert valleys in Beaver and Millard counts of Utah. "After crossing the Nevada state line the road is a veritable boulevard,: said Mr Stephens. We were treated splendidly by the people of Ely...
Beaver County News, 1917-06-29, page 1.

1920 Census Star, Beaver, Utah
Heber T Hanks 43, hotel manager
Mollie F Hanks 36, assistant manager, hotel
Kathrine Jane Hanks 1 year 11 mos, daughter
Own home on Main Street

1923
Paragonah
Eliza Hanks and son Heber of Milford came over to attend the funeral of her Brother Ed. M Edwards.
Iron County Record, 1923-02-16, page 4


1923 Paragonah, Iron, Utah
Paragonah Notes
Eliza Hanks has gone to Milford to spend the winter with her son Heber.
Iron County News, Dec 7, 1923, Page 7

1925 Beaver county, Utah
Heber Hanks of Los Angeles has returned to take charge of the Milford hotel.
Beaver County News 1925-01-09, page 8.

1930 Census Venice, Los Angeles, CA
Heber S Hanks 53, retired
Mollie F Hanks 46
Jane Hanks 12
Mattie Corn 35, sister-in-law
Martin D Corn 16, nephew
Own home, radio

1932 Milford, Utah
Looking Backward
Mr and Mrs Heber Hanks returned this week from an extended trip to Salt Lake and Colorado points.
Milford News 1932-09-15, page 7.


1934 Milford, Utah
Beer Garden to Open
The extensive changes and improvements and the entire renovation of the loser floor of the Milford hotel which have been proceeding quietly for some time, will be made visible to one and all of the friends and acquaintances of Mr and Mrs Heber T Hanks at 6 o'clock Saturday evening, when the formal opening of the Milford Hotel Beer garden will take place.
The southeast room, at one time occupied as a drug store, has been fitted up as a modern barroom while adjoining smaller rooms and the fine large former dining room west of the lobby have been furnished for the accommodation of public or private parties of any size. The place throughout has been fitted up with a view of accommodating both men and women and such a place will no doubt fill a real need in the community, not alone for local people but for the increasing number of transient folk who spend more or less time in Milford. . . .
Draught and bottled beers will be served at the new establishment and "dutch" lunches will be made a specialty. If conditions justify, facilities for serving breakfasts may be added later but nothing further in the way of meals will be attempted.
Milford News 1934-03-08, page 1.

1938 Deaths Los Angeles, CA
Heber Thomas Hanks.
Mortuary, Forest Lawn Memeorial Park Association, Inc., in charge.
Los Angeles Times, 18 June 1938

1938 Death Notice Los Angeles, CA
Heber Hanks, age 61, June 17, 1938
Los Angeles Times, 21 June 1938

1938 Milford, Utah
Heber T Hanks Dies at His Home In Los Angeles
Though he was known to have been failing fast in health, wires received in Milford Friday announcing the death of Los Angeles that morning of Hebert T Hanks, came as a saddening bit of news to innumerable people in Milford who had known him for various period of time.

Born and raised in Paragonah but coming to Milford about the time the community undertook to assume the title of the leading town of southern Utah, "Hebe" had, until the last few years, taken an active part in the business affairs of the community and the progressive growth of the business section of the town. The building at present occupied by the Corner Drug and the Smith apartments was his first building venture in Milford, followed soon by the three-story Hotel Milford, said to have been the first three-story structure south of Provo.
Though not one of the very first stockholders in the Milford State bank, he early became identified with it and served as vice-president and director.
Civic-minded and a loyal booster for Milford and western Beaver county at all times, Mr Hanks took prominent part in various service groups which were the forerunners of the Milford Lions club and in that organization after it was chartered as one of the first in southern Utah.

Selling his hotel, he and his wife and daughter located in Los Angeles, where he owned a beautiful home and a large apartment house in a choice section of the city.
With the coming of the depression, the purchaser of the local hotel was not able to go through with his contract and "Hebe" returned to Milford and operated it until a couple of years ago, when he sold to L A Sanford. Coming back to Milford was quite to his liking, as he frequently expressed himself, and he seemed to take a new lease on life while he was here with friends whos companionship he seemed to prize so highly.

Simple funeral services were held Monday in the Little Church of the Flowers in Los Angeles. A feature of the service is said by friends to have been piano numbers by Miss Jane Hanks, daughter and a brilliant young musician.

Among those former residents of Milford who attended the funeral were Mrs Jennie Hunter, Mrs E P Neff Rosenberg, Mrs Gertrude Hicks, Mrs Lucile McKay, Mrs J F Calloway, Mrs Dell Duffin, Mr and Mrs Olsen, Mrs James Love, Mrs and Mrs Gene Buchanan, Mr and Mrs Dave Powell, Mr and Mrs Shirley Atkins, William Forgie and others, in addition to relatives of the family.
Mr Hanks was born at Paragonah July 14, 1876, and is survived by his wife and daughter, also two brothers, J S Hanks of Salt Lake City and another brother in Oregon.
Milford News, June 23, 1938, Page 1

1938
Heber T. Hanks Dies at Los Angeles Home
From the Milford News of last week we learn that Heber T Hanks native of Paragonah and at one time a teacher in the Parowan schools, had died at his home in Los Angeles on Friday of the wwk before. The deceased was born and reared in Paragonah and was well known to the older resident of that and this community. As a young man ...
Parowan Times 1938-07-01, page 1.


1938 Milford, Beaver, Utah
Probate, Guardianship Notices
Notice to Creditors
In the District Court of Beaver County, Utah. In the matter of the Estate of Heber T Hanks, sometimes known as H T Hanks, Deceased.
Creditors will present their claims with vouchers attached to the undersigned at the office of Cline, Wilson & Cline, her attorneys, at Milford, Beaver County, Utah , on or before the 16th day of November, 1938.
Mollie F Hanks, Executrix of the Estate of Heber T Hanks, Deceased. First pub Sept. 15--last Oct 6.
Milford News 1938-09-15, page 5