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DELMAR S AIDERSO Thi~ty-sixth Disuict Member of the Legi latureIII 1943 and the specIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Lexington ctober 3 18 2Father came from Denmark in 1870 Married Clara 1 Gregory in 1904 threedaughters ttended public schools and Hastings Business College Is afarmer and Ii estock feeder Has served as a member of the school board asdirector of the Dawson County Fair Board and as director of the F~rmBureau Is a member of the Methodist Church Rotary Club and LOOPlodge Is a Master Farmer Address Lexington J rES H DER ON Forty-second District Member of the Legislature10 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Minden August 4 1909
ncestry Swedi h Attended Scottsbluff High School and the University of~braska where he rec Ived the LLB degree Married Miss Pohlman two
children Is a lawyer Has served as city and county attorn y Is a memberof he Pre byterian Church Delta Theta Phi and D ta igma Rho fraternitiesand the Elks and Kiwanis clubs Address Scottsbluff
TONY ASIMUS Twenty- ighth District Member of the gislature in 1941194 an of the special session in 1944 Born on a farm near rd Oct ber 191896 His father came from ennany in 1879 and his mother fron weden i~18 1 Is in the grocery and meat business Address ONeill
RRY Et E E BOWMAN Thirt -first District 1 Iember of the State Houseof Representa ives in 1905 and 0 the Legislature in 1 41 and 1943 Born inLathrop issouri in 18 0 and came to Nebraska in 18 2 [arried EffieMae Fitch June 19 1895 arri d Bess A Phillips Jul 3 1928 one adopteddaughter ttend d country school and coli ge at Cameron [issouri Thiscollege has since been m rged with Baker Unier ity Also graduated frombusiness college a interested in real estate and farm management Wasa member of the ethodist Church Knights of Pythia and FampA (Knights Templar and Shrine) lodges Had ser ed as a memb r of the Hastshyings ci council for ten years and as a member of the school board ied June18 1943
ALFRED J BRODAIlL Seventeenth District Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at ahoo December 271890 Parents came from weden in 18 O Attended public schools and Luthershyan College at Wah Married Ruth C Ericson September 16 1916middot two chilshydren Has been in he general merchandise business and is an automobiledealer as ell as being interested in farming Served for nine years on theboard of education Is a member of the Lutheran Church Lions Club WahooChamber of Commerce the American Legion Eastern Star and AFamp (32nd degree and Scottish Rite) lodge Address Wahoo
HARRY F BURNHAM Thirty-fifth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Norway Maine October 91875 Came to Nebraska in 1877 His parents were natives of Maine Marshyried Maggie M Copsey January 13 1900 two children Attended publicschools and college Is a farmer and rancher Served for twenty years ascounty supervisor and for twenty-one years as treasurer on the school boardIs a member of the Methodist Church LOOF odern Woodmen andriasonic lodges Address Ansley
ARTHUR AR~IOD Thir~y-seve~th Iistrict Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the speCIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Trenton ebraska~ecember 16 1899 Ancestors came from Ireland and Wales P~rents wer~pIOneers In southwestern Tebra ka Attended Trenton public schools and is agrad~ate of Trenton HIgh School Iarried Grace Palmer December 3019-1-0 one chIld Is a farmer and realtor Formerly sold life insurance Servedas chaIrman of t~e Republican county committee as a member of the Repubshyltcan s~ate connuttee 1936-19-1-0 as president of th Southwestern NebraskaHlSto~IC~1 Socle and as ice president of the Nebraska State Sportsmens~ssocI~uon I~ a protestant I a member of Famp M (32nd degree ScotshytIsh Rue Shnne) lod c Address Trenton
J E CONKLIK ~Venty~sec~nd District Member of the Legislature in19-1-3 and of the specLaI seSSIon In 19-1-4 Born in Hubbell Nebra k Novemshyber 23 188~ Ance tor came from British Isle ermany and France Atshytended pubhc schools of Hubbell and Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter ewHampshire ~arried Wilhelmina 13 rrett March 29 1911 two childr n Isa banker and I also inter st d in farming insur nce and lumber business Hasserved as a member of th village board and of the school bard Is a memshybel of the M thodist CI urch the LOOF and lt ampAM (Scottish Rit Sh~ID~) lodges t~e Amencan Legl n Eastern Star ebraska Bankers AsshySOCIatIOn and auonal C un il of oy Scouts of America Address Hubbell
GEORGE 1 CRWLmiddot ~inetee~th District Member of the Legislature in1939 1943 and of the speCial sessln ID 1944 am in Loup County NebraskaMa~ch ~7 1895 Ancest ry English ttended Sargent High School and theU~lverslty of ebraska where he r ceived the LLB d gree in 1922 rarriedMiss v olpounde ov mber 15 1937 one child Is a la y r and farmer Is amember of the [ethodi t Church and the Elk lodge Addres Lincoln
ROBERT B CRO BY Thirty-eighth Di trict ember of the Lerrislature in1941and 1943 Bar at N rth Platte Nebraska March 26 1911~ AttendedHast~ngs coll~ e two years nd received the B degree from the Universityof ~nneso~a In 1931 nd the LL degree from Harvard Law School in 1935Marned Elizabeth Ehler Tovember _ 1934 t a children Has served aspresident of Lincoln County Bar Association as director of orth PlatteCham~r of C~mrnerce a chairman of Lincoln County Civilian D fenseCounCil as charrman of the Lincoln County Health Council and as presishydent of the d club Address 1 orth Platte fr Crosby is now serving asLt (jg) in the U S Navy
WILLI M A CRO SLAND Sixteenth District M mber of the Legislature in~41 1943 and of the spe tal session in 1944 Born in Wayne NebraskaFebruary 11 188~ ncestry German and American Attended public schoolsat Wayne ReceIved AB degree from Jebraska W sleyan University andAM degree from Washmgton Umverslty St LOUIS Missouri and LLBdegree from the University of Nebraska Is a member of the MethodistChurch AFamp M lodge Acacia and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and theAmerican Legion Is a lawyer Address Wayne
SIDNEY J C LLfNGHAM fioth Ditrict Member of the Lerrislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Omaha Nebraska~November8 1896 Was tepson of the bte U S Senator R B Howell Married Char-
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lotte Acer September 22 1923 three children Ancestors came from Englandand Holland about 1740Attended public schools of Omaha Lafayette Colshylege and ChIcago Umverslty where he received BS degree Also attendedUniversity of Omaha School of Law Is a real estate broker and furnishes~eal estate counsel in thirty-five states Served as deputy Election Commissioner111 Douglas county for two terms Has served as a director of the MissouriValley Te~nis Association Is a member of the Episcopalian Church DeltaKappa Epiison fraternity and AFampAM (Thirty-second degree) lodgeAddress Omaha
TOM DOOLEY Third District Member of the Legislature in 1943 and ofthe special session in 1944 Born in Salem New York Octob r 11 1880Came to Neraska in 1886 Married Geneva L Critchfield September 201910 two chIldren Attended Fremont public schools and Fremont NormalIs a bonded abstractor and is in the real estate and insurance businessHas served as village clerk and treasurer and as county clerk Has served aschairman of the Democratic county central committee and as a member of thestate central committee Is a member of the Catholic Church the Papilli nCommercial Club the Lincoln University and Country Clubs and the OmahaAthletic Club Address Papillion
JOHN FRANCIS DOYLE Twenty-ninth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Is a native Nebraskan Married Anne Agnes Dewshyhurst July 31 1920 three children Attended public schools in Greeley Is amerchant Vas a first lieutenant in the U S Army 1917-18 Has servedon the city council and as secretary of the county fair board Is a member of theCatholic Church the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion Adshydress Greeley
HARRY AOOEN FOSTER Fifth District Member of the State House of~epresentatives in 1905 1913 1919 1921 1929 1931 and of the Legislature111 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born in Jackson County Iowa in1876 Came to Nebraska in 1888 Ancestors came from Ireland and Scotlandprir to 17~6 Attended Onaha public schools and Great Forest UniversityChIcago IllInOlS Marned MISS Marquardt in 1904 two children Is a dentistHas served as a member of the Public Welfare Board of the City of Omahaand as a member of the City Charter Commission of Omaha Is a memberof the Presbyterian Church and of the AFampAM (York Rite Shrine) lodgeAddress Omaha
HARRY E GANTZ Forty-first Di~trict Member of the Legislature in 19371939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Osborne CountyKansas May 20 1886 Moved to Alliance in 1905 Married Pearl MitchellOctober 14 1908 Received LLB degree from Creighton Law School in1916 Is a practicing attorney Served fourteen years on the board of educashytion of Alliance Is a member of the Episcopal Church Delta Theta Phi frashyternity AFampAM (Scottish Rite Commandery Thirty-second degree) andElks lodges Address Alliance
DANIEL GARBER Thirty-second District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1923 and of the Legislature in 1939 1941 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Born at Nelson Nebraska April 3 1876 Garbers
were the earliest pioneers on the Republican River Joseph Garber father wasa member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 Silas Garber uncle wasGovernor of Nebraska 1875-1879 Ancestry Swiss-German Attended pubshylic school of Red Cloud and the University of Nebraska Married Ruth J McshyCracken December 12 1915 five children Is a fanner Is a member of theCongregational Church Address Red Cloud
HARLAN GR EGG GREENAMYRE Fifteenth District Member of the Legisshylature in 1941 and 1943 Born on a farm ncar Lincoln Pennsylvania Dutchancestry Attended schools in Brunswick and Lincoln Married Lois LoganHunt May 15 1938 two children Admitted to the practice of law Novemshyber 17 1927 Practiced law in Springview and serv d as county attorney ofKeya Paha County 1929 to May 1 1935 Has practiced law in Norfolk since1935 Is a member of the Congregational Church orfolk Chamber of Comshymerce Kiwanis Club and Nebraska State Bar Association Resigned from theLegislature in June 1943 to become secretary to Governor Griswold Adshydress Norfolk
PETER P GCTOSKI Eighth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of the special sesshysion in 1944 Born at DuBois Pennsylvania May 22 1911 Came to Neshybraska in 1929 Parents came from Poland Married Hedrig Edna ButkusFebruary 6 1932 Attended public schools in Pennsylvania and the Univer ityof Omaha wher he received the LLB degree in 1933 Was a lawyer Wasa member of the Catholic Church Died April 16 1944
DON E HA Ao Fortieth District Member of the Legislature in 1941 1943and of the sp cial session in 1944 Born in Blaine County Nebraska March3 1887 Attended county grade school and high school Married WynonaSeverance April 5 1911 three children Has operated a cattle ranch inCherry County for thirty-five years Served as county commissioner of CherryCounty for eight years and was a member of the school board for many yearsServed as member of the executive council of the Nebraska StockgrowersAssociation and of the American National Livestock Association and was amember of the ommittee of One Hundred of the Nebraska Industrie Is amember of the Presbyterian Church and the AFampAM lodge AddressBrownlee
HENRY PHILLIP HEILIGER Eighteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Plymouth Nebraska June1 1892 Married Hilda L Roscher September 5 1915 two children Atshytended public schools of Lincoln and Lincoln School of Commerce Has beenin the farming and banking business Is now interested in livestock and realestate Has served as secretary of the school board and president of the firedepartment as secretary of the Farm rs Mutual Insurance Company ofJefferson County cashier o( the Bank of Plymouth for twelve year and vicepresident of the First State Bank of Bethany Is a member of the St PaulEvangelical Church and of the IOOF lodge Address Lincoln
LATIMER] HUBKA Twenty-first District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Virginia Nebraska Septemshyber 29 1900 Married Vivian Jewell February 17 1937 three children Atshytended public schools of Virginia York College and the University of Ne-
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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DELMAR S AIDERSO Thi~ty-sixth Disuict Member of the Legi latureIII 1943 and the specIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Lexington ctober 3 18 2Father came from Denmark in 1870 Married Clara 1 Gregory in 1904 threedaughters ttended public schools and Hastings Business College Is afarmer and Ii estock feeder Has served as a member of the school board asdirector of the Dawson County Fair Board and as director of the F~rmBureau Is a member of the Methodist Church Rotary Club and LOOPlodge Is a Master Farmer Address Lexington J rES H DER ON Forty-second District Member of the Legislature10 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Minden August 4 1909
ncestry Swedi h Attended Scottsbluff High School and the University of~braska where he rec Ived the LLB degree Married Miss Pohlman two
children Is a lawyer Has served as city and county attorn y Is a memberof he Pre byterian Church Delta Theta Phi and D ta igma Rho fraternitiesand the Elks and Kiwanis clubs Address Scottsbluff
TONY ASIMUS Twenty- ighth District Member of the gislature in 1941194 an of the special session in 1944 Born on a farm near rd Oct ber 191896 His father came from ennany in 1879 and his mother fron weden i~18 1 Is in the grocery and meat business Address ONeill
RRY Et E E BOWMAN Thirt -first District 1 Iember of the State Houseof Representa ives in 1905 and 0 the Legislature in 1 41 and 1943 Born inLathrop issouri in 18 0 and came to Nebraska in 18 2 [arried EffieMae Fitch June 19 1895 arri d Bess A Phillips Jul 3 1928 one adopteddaughter ttend d country school and coli ge at Cameron [issouri Thiscollege has since been m rged with Baker Unier ity Also graduated frombusiness college a interested in real estate and farm management Wasa member of the ethodist Church Knights of Pythia and FampA (Knights Templar and Shrine) lodges Had ser ed as a memb r of the Hastshyings ci council for ten years and as a member of the school board ied June18 1943
ALFRED J BRODAIlL Seventeenth District Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at ahoo December 271890 Parents came from weden in 18 O Attended public schools and Luthershyan College at Wah Married Ruth C Ericson September 16 1916middot two chilshydren Has been in he general merchandise business and is an automobiledealer as ell as being interested in farming Served for nine years on theboard of education Is a member of the Lutheran Church Lions Club WahooChamber of Commerce the American Legion Eastern Star and AFamp (32nd degree and Scottish Rite) lodge Address Wahoo
HARRY F BURNHAM Thirty-fifth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Norway Maine October 91875 Came to Nebraska in 1877 His parents were natives of Maine Marshyried Maggie M Copsey January 13 1900 two children Attended publicschools and college Is a farmer and rancher Served for twenty years ascounty supervisor and for twenty-one years as treasurer on the school boardIs a member of the Methodist Church LOOF odern Woodmen andriasonic lodges Address Ansley
ARTHUR AR~IOD Thir~y-seve~th Iistrict Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the speCIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Trenton ebraska~ecember 16 1899 Ancestors came from Ireland and Wales P~rents wer~pIOneers In southwestern Tebra ka Attended Trenton public schools and is agrad~ate of Trenton HIgh School Iarried Grace Palmer December 3019-1-0 one chIld Is a farmer and realtor Formerly sold life insurance Servedas chaIrman of t~e Republican county committee as a member of the Repubshyltcan s~ate connuttee 1936-19-1-0 as president of th Southwestern NebraskaHlSto~IC~1 Socle and as ice president of the Nebraska State Sportsmens~ssocI~uon I~ a protestant I a member of Famp M (32nd degree ScotshytIsh Rue Shnne) lod c Address Trenton
J E CONKLIK ~Venty~sec~nd District Member of the Legislature in19-1-3 and of the specLaI seSSIon In 19-1-4 Born in Hubbell Nebra k Novemshyber 23 188~ Ance tor came from British Isle ermany and France Atshytended pubhc schools of Hubbell and Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter ewHampshire ~arried Wilhelmina 13 rrett March 29 1911 two childr n Isa banker and I also inter st d in farming insur nce and lumber business Hasserved as a member of th village board and of the school bard Is a memshybel of the M thodist CI urch the LOOF and lt ampAM (Scottish Rit Sh~ID~) lodges t~e Amencan Legl n Eastern Star ebraska Bankers AsshySOCIatIOn and auonal C un il of oy Scouts of America Address Hubbell
GEORGE 1 CRWLmiddot ~inetee~th District Member of the Legislature in1939 1943 and of the speCial sessln ID 1944 am in Loup County NebraskaMa~ch ~7 1895 Ancest ry English ttended Sargent High School and theU~lverslty of ebraska where he r ceived the LLB d gree in 1922 rarriedMiss v olpounde ov mber 15 1937 one child Is a la y r and farmer Is amember of the [ethodi t Church and the Elk lodge Addres Lincoln
ROBERT B CRO BY Thirty-eighth Di trict ember of the Lerrislature in1941and 1943 Bar at N rth Platte Nebraska March 26 1911~ AttendedHast~ngs coll~ e two years nd received the B degree from the Universityof ~nneso~a In 1931 nd the LL degree from Harvard Law School in 1935Marned Elizabeth Ehler Tovember _ 1934 t a children Has served aspresident of Lincoln County Bar Association as director of orth PlatteCham~r of C~mrnerce a chairman of Lincoln County Civilian D fenseCounCil as charrman of the Lincoln County Health Council and as presishydent of the d club Address 1 orth Platte fr Crosby is now serving asLt (jg) in the U S Navy
WILLI M A CRO SLAND Sixteenth District M mber of the Legislature in~41 1943 and of the spe tal session in 1944 Born in Wayne NebraskaFebruary 11 188~ ncestry German and American Attended public schoolsat Wayne ReceIved AB degree from Jebraska W sleyan University andAM degree from Washmgton Umverslty St LOUIS Missouri and LLBdegree from the University of Nebraska Is a member of the MethodistChurch AFamp M lodge Acacia and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and theAmerican Legion Is a lawyer Address Wayne
SIDNEY J C LLfNGHAM fioth Ditrict Member of the Lerrislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Omaha Nebraska~November8 1896 Was tepson of the bte U S Senator R B Howell Married Char-
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lotte Acer September 22 1923 three children Ancestors came from Englandand Holland about 1740Attended public schools of Omaha Lafayette Colshylege and ChIcago Umverslty where he received BS degree Also attendedUniversity of Omaha School of Law Is a real estate broker and furnishes~eal estate counsel in thirty-five states Served as deputy Election Commissioner111 Douglas county for two terms Has served as a director of the MissouriValley Te~nis Association Is a member of the Episcopalian Church DeltaKappa Epiison fraternity and AFampAM (Thirty-second degree) lodgeAddress Omaha
TOM DOOLEY Third District Member of the Legislature in 1943 and ofthe special session in 1944 Born in Salem New York Octob r 11 1880Came to Neraska in 1886 Married Geneva L Critchfield September 201910 two chIldren Attended Fremont public schools and Fremont NormalIs a bonded abstractor and is in the real estate and insurance businessHas served as village clerk and treasurer and as county clerk Has served aschairman of the Democratic county central committee and as a member of thestate central committee Is a member of the Catholic Church the Papilli nCommercial Club the Lincoln University and Country Clubs and the OmahaAthletic Club Address Papillion
JOHN FRANCIS DOYLE Twenty-ninth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Is a native Nebraskan Married Anne Agnes Dewshyhurst July 31 1920 three children Attended public schools in Greeley Is amerchant Vas a first lieutenant in the U S Army 1917-18 Has servedon the city council and as secretary of the county fair board Is a member of theCatholic Church the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion Adshydress Greeley
HARRY AOOEN FOSTER Fifth District Member of the State House of~epresentatives in 1905 1913 1919 1921 1929 1931 and of the Legislature111 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born in Jackson County Iowa in1876 Came to Nebraska in 1888 Ancestors came from Ireland and Scotlandprir to 17~6 Attended Onaha public schools and Great Forest UniversityChIcago IllInOlS Marned MISS Marquardt in 1904 two children Is a dentistHas served as a member of the Public Welfare Board of the City of Omahaand as a member of the City Charter Commission of Omaha Is a memberof the Presbyterian Church and of the AFampAM (York Rite Shrine) lodgeAddress Omaha
HARRY E GANTZ Forty-first Di~trict Member of the Legislature in 19371939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Osborne CountyKansas May 20 1886 Moved to Alliance in 1905 Married Pearl MitchellOctober 14 1908 Received LLB degree from Creighton Law School in1916 Is a practicing attorney Served fourteen years on the board of educashytion of Alliance Is a member of the Episcopal Church Delta Theta Phi frashyternity AFampAM (Scottish Rite Commandery Thirty-second degree) andElks lodges Address Alliance
DANIEL GARBER Thirty-second District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1923 and of the Legislature in 1939 1941 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Born at Nelson Nebraska April 3 1876 Garbers
were the earliest pioneers on the Republican River Joseph Garber father wasa member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 Silas Garber uncle wasGovernor of Nebraska 1875-1879 Ancestry Swiss-German Attended pubshylic school of Red Cloud and the University of Nebraska Married Ruth J McshyCracken December 12 1915 five children Is a fanner Is a member of theCongregational Church Address Red Cloud
HARLAN GR EGG GREENAMYRE Fifteenth District Member of the Legisshylature in 1941 and 1943 Born on a farm ncar Lincoln Pennsylvania Dutchancestry Attended schools in Brunswick and Lincoln Married Lois LoganHunt May 15 1938 two children Admitted to the practice of law Novemshyber 17 1927 Practiced law in Springview and serv d as county attorney ofKeya Paha County 1929 to May 1 1935 Has practiced law in Norfolk since1935 Is a member of the Congregational Church orfolk Chamber of Comshymerce Kiwanis Club and Nebraska State Bar Association Resigned from theLegislature in June 1943 to become secretary to Governor Griswold Adshydress Norfolk
PETER P GCTOSKI Eighth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of the special sesshysion in 1944 Born at DuBois Pennsylvania May 22 1911 Came to Neshybraska in 1929 Parents came from Poland Married Hedrig Edna ButkusFebruary 6 1932 Attended public schools in Pennsylvania and the Univer ityof Omaha wher he received the LLB degree in 1933 Was a lawyer Wasa member of the Catholic Church Died April 16 1944
DON E HA Ao Fortieth District Member of the Legislature in 1941 1943and of the sp cial session in 1944 Born in Blaine County Nebraska March3 1887 Attended county grade school and high school Married WynonaSeverance April 5 1911 three children Has operated a cattle ranch inCherry County for thirty-five years Served as county commissioner of CherryCounty for eight years and was a member of the school board for many yearsServed as member of the executive council of the Nebraska StockgrowersAssociation and of the American National Livestock Association and was amember of the ommittee of One Hundred of the Nebraska Industrie Is amember of the Presbyterian Church and the AFampAM lodge AddressBrownlee
HENRY PHILLIP HEILIGER Eighteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Plymouth Nebraska June1 1892 Married Hilda L Roscher September 5 1915 two children Atshytended public schools of Lincoln and Lincoln School of Commerce Has beenin the farming and banking business Is now interested in livestock and realestate Has served as secretary of the school board and president of the firedepartment as secretary of the Farm rs Mutual Insurance Company ofJefferson County cashier o( the Bank of Plymouth for twelve year and vicepresident of the First State Bank of Bethany Is a member of the St PaulEvangelical Church and of the IOOF lodge Address Lincoln
LATIMER] HUBKA Twenty-first District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Virginia Nebraska Septemshyber 29 1900 Married Vivian Jewell February 17 1937 three children Atshytended public schools of Virginia York College and the University of Ne-
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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DELMAR S AIDERSO Thi~ty-sixth Disuict Member of the Legi latureIII 1943 and the specIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Lexington ctober 3 18 2Father came from Denmark in 1870 Married Clara 1 Gregory in 1904 threedaughters ttended public schools and Hastings Business College Is afarmer and Ii estock feeder Has served as a member of the school board asdirector of the Dawson County Fair Board and as director of the F~rmBureau Is a member of the Methodist Church Rotary Club and LOOPlodge Is a Master Farmer Address Lexington J rES H DER ON Forty-second District Member of the Legislature10 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Minden August 4 1909
ncestry Swedi h Attended Scottsbluff High School and the University of~braska where he rec Ived the LLB degree Married Miss Pohlman two
children Is a lawyer Has served as city and county attorn y Is a memberof he Pre byterian Church Delta Theta Phi and D ta igma Rho fraternitiesand the Elks and Kiwanis clubs Address Scottsbluff
TONY ASIMUS Twenty- ighth District Member of the gislature in 1941194 an of the special session in 1944 Born on a farm near rd Oct ber 191896 His father came from ennany in 1879 and his mother fron weden i~18 1 Is in the grocery and meat business Address ONeill
RRY Et E E BOWMAN Thirt -first District 1 Iember of the State Houseof Representa ives in 1905 and 0 the Legislature in 1 41 and 1943 Born inLathrop issouri in 18 0 and came to Nebraska in 18 2 [arried EffieMae Fitch June 19 1895 arri d Bess A Phillips Jul 3 1928 one adopteddaughter ttend d country school and coli ge at Cameron [issouri Thiscollege has since been m rged with Baker Unier ity Also graduated frombusiness college a interested in real estate and farm management Wasa member of the ethodist Church Knights of Pythia and FampA (Knights Templar and Shrine) lodges Had ser ed as a memb r of the Hastshyings ci council for ten years and as a member of the school board ied June18 1943
ALFRED J BRODAIlL Seventeenth District Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at ahoo December 271890 Parents came from weden in 18 O Attended public schools and Luthershyan College at Wah Married Ruth C Ericson September 16 1916middot two chilshydren Has been in he general merchandise business and is an automobiledealer as ell as being interested in farming Served for nine years on theboard of education Is a member of the Lutheran Church Lions Club WahooChamber of Commerce the American Legion Eastern Star and AFamp (32nd degree and Scottish Rite) lodge Address Wahoo
HARRY F BURNHAM Thirty-fifth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Norway Maine October 91875 Came to Nebraska in 1877 His parents were natives of Maine Marshyried Maggie M Copsey January 13 1900 two children Attended publicschools and college Is a farmer and rancher Served for twenty years ascounty supervisor and for twenty-one years as treasurer on the school boardIs a member of the Methodist Church LOOF odern Woodmen andriasonic lodges Address Ansley
ARTHUR AR~IOD Thir~y-seve~th Iistrict Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the speCIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Trenton ebraska~ecember 16 1899 Ancestors came from Ireland and Wales P~rents wer~pIOneers In southwestern Tebra ka Attended Trenton public schools and is agrad~ate of Trenton HIgh School Iarried Grace Palmer December 3019-1-0 one chIld Is a farmer and realtor Formerly sold life insurance Servedas chaIrman of t~e Republican county committee as a member of the Repubshyltcan s~ate connuttee 1936-19-1-0 as president of th Southwestern NebraskaHlSto~IC~1 Socle and as ice president of the Nebraska State Sportsmens~ssocI~uon I~ a protestant I a member of Famp M (32nd degree ScotshytIsh Rue Shnne) lod c Address Trenton
J E CONKLIK ~Venty~sec~nd District Member of the Legislature in19-1-3 and of the specLaI seSSIon In 19-1-4 Born in Hubbell Nebra k Novemshyber 23 188~ Ance tor came from British Isle ermany and France Atshytended pubhc schools of Hubbell and Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter ewHampshire ~arried Wilhelmina 13 rrett March 29 1911 two childr n Isa banker and I also inter st d in farming insur nce and lumber business Hasserved as a member of th village board and of the school bard Is a memshybel of the M thodist CI urch the LOOF and lt ampAM (Scottish Rit Sh~ID~) lodges t~e Amencan Legl n Eastern Star ebraska Bankers AsshySOCIatIOn and auonal C un il of oy Scouts of America Address Hubbell
GEORGE 1 CRWLmiddot ~inetee~th District Member of the Legislature in1939 1943 and of the speCial sessln ID 1944 am in Loup County NebraskaMa~ch ~7 1895 Ancest ry English ttended Sargent High School and theU~lverslty of ebraska where he r ceived the LLB d gree in 1922 rarriedMiss v olpounde ov mber 15 1937 one child Is a la y r and farmer Is amember of the [ethodi t Church and the Elk lodge Addres Lincoln
ROBERT B CRO BY Thirty-eighth Di trict ember of the Lerrislature in1941and 1943 Bar at N rth Platte Nebraska March 26 1911~ AttendedHast~ngs coll~ e two years nd received the B degree from the Universityof ~nneso~a In 1931 nd the LL degree from Harvard Law School in 1935Marned Elizabeth Ehler Tovember _ 1934 t a children Has served aspresident of Lincoln County Bar Association as director of orth PlatteCham~r of C~mrnerce a chairman of Lincoln County Civilian D fenseCounCil as charrman of the Lincoln County Health Council and as presishydent of the d club Address 1 orth Platte fr Crosby is now serving asLt (jg) in the U S Navy
WILLI M A CRO SLAND Sixteenth District M mber of the Legislature in~41 1943 and of the spe tal session in 1944 Born in Wayne NebraskaFebruary 11 188~ ncestry German and American Attended public schoolsat Wayne ReceIved AB degree from Jebraska W sleyan University andAM degree from Washmgton Umverslty St LOUIS Missouri and LLBdegree from the University of Nebraska Is a member of the MethodistChurch AFamp M lodge Acacia and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and theAmerican Legion Is a lawyer Address Wayne
SIDNEY J C LLfNGHAM fioth Ditrict Member of the Lerrislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Omaha Nebraska~November8 1896 Was tepson of the bte U S Senator R B Howell Married Char-
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lotte Acer September 22 1923 three children Ancestors came from Englandand Holland about 1740Attended public schools of Omaha Lafayette Colshylege and ChIcago Umverslty where he received BS degree Also attendedUniversity of Omaha School of Law Is a real estate broker and furnishes~eal estate counsel in thirty-five states Served as deputy Election Commissioner111 Douglas county for two terms Has served as a director of the MissouriValley Te~nis Association Is a member of the Episcopalian Church DeltaKappa Epiison fraternity and AFampAM (Thirty-second degree) lodgeAddress Omaha
TOM DOOLEY Third District Member of the Legislature in 1943 and ofthe special session in 1944 Born in Salem New York Octob r 11 1880Came to Neraska in 1886 Married Geneva L Critchfield September 201910 two chIldren Attended Fremont public schools and Fremont NormalIs a bonded abstractor and is in the real estate and insurance businessHas served as village clerk and treasurer and as county clerk Has served aschairman of the Democratic county central committee and as a member of thestate central committee Is a member of the Catholic Church the Papilli nCommercial Club the Lincoln University and Country Clubs and the OmahaAthletic Club Address Papillion
JOHN FRANCIS DOYLE Twenty-ninth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Is a native Nebraskan Married Anne Agnes Dewshyhurst July 31 1920 three children Attended public schools in Greeley Is amerchant Vas a first lieutenant in the U S Army 1917-18 Has servedon the city council and as secretary of the county fair board Is a member of theCatholic Church the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion Adshydress Greeley
HARRY AOOEN FOSTER Fifth District Member of the State House of~epresentatives in 1905 1913 1919 1921 1929 1931 and of the Legislature111 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born in Jackson County Iowa in1876 Came to Nebraska in 1888 Ancestors came from Ireland and Scotlandprir to 17~6 Attended Onaha public schools and Great Forest UniversityChIcago IllInOlS Marned MISS Marquardt in 1904 two children Is a dentistHas served as a member of the Public Welfare Board of the City of Omahaand as a member of the City Charter Commission of Omaha Is a memberof the Presbyterian Church and of the AFampAM (York Rite Shrine) lodgeAddress Omaha
HARRY E GANTZ Forty-first Di~trict Member of the Legislature in 19371939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Osborne CountyKansas May 20 1886 Moved to Alliance in 1905 Married Pearl MitchellOctober 14 1908 Received LLB degree from Creighton Law School in1916 Is a practicing attorney Served fourteen years on the board of educashytion of Alliance Is a member of the Episcopal Church Delta Theta Phi frashyternity AFampAM (Scottish Rite Commandery Thirty-second degree) andElks lodges Address Alliance
DANIEL GARBER Thirty-second District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1923 and of the Legislature in 1939 1941 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Born at Nelson Nebraska April 3 1876 Garbers
were the earliest pioneers on the Republican River Joseph Garber father wasa member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 Silas Garber uncle wasGovernor of Nebraska 1875-1879 Ancestry Swiss-German Attended pubshylic school of Red Cloud and the University of Nebraska Married Ruth J McshyCracken December 12 1915 five children Is a fanner Is a member of theCongregational Church Address Red Cloud
HARLAN GR EGG GREENAMYRE Fifteenth District Member of the Legisshylature in 1941 and 1943 Born on a farm ncar Lincoln Pennsylvania Dutchancestry Attended schools in Brunswick and Lincoln Married Lois LoganHunt May 15 1938 two children Admitted to the practice of law Novemshyber 17 1927 Practiced law in Springview and serv d as county attorney ofKeya Paha County 1929 to May 1 1935 Has practiced law in Norfolk since1935 Is a member of the Congregational Church orfolk Chamber of Comshymerce Kiwanis Club and Nebraska State Bar Association Resigned from theLegislature in June 1943 to become secretary to Governor Griswold Adshydress Norfolk
PETER P GCTOSKI Eighth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of the special sesshysion in 1944 Born at DuBois Pennsylvania May 22 1911 Came to Neshybraska in 1929 Parents came from Poland Married Hedrig Edna ButkusFebruary 6 1932 Attended public schools in Pennsylvania and the Univer ityof Omaha wher he received the LLB degree in 1933 Was a lawyer Wasa member of the Catholic Church Died April 16 1944
DON E HA Ao Fortieth District Member of the Legislature in 1941 1943and of the sp cial session in 1944 Born in Blaine County Nebraska March3 1887 Attended county grade school and high school Married WynonaSeverance April 5 1911 three children Has operated a cattle ranch inCherry County for thirty-five years Served as county commissioner of CherryCounty for eight years and was a member of the school board for many yearsServed as member of the executive council of the Nebraska StockgrowersAssociation and of the American National Livestock Association and was amember of the ommittee of One Hundred of the Nebraska Industrie Is amember of the Presbyterian Church and the AFampAM lodge AddressBrownlee
HENRY PHILLIP HEILIGER Eighteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Plymouth Nebraska June1 1892 Married Hilda L Roscher September 5 1915 two children Atshytended public schools of Lincoln and Lincoln School of Commerce Has beenin the farming and banking business Is now interested in livestock and realestate Has served as secretary of the school board and president of the firedepartment as secretary of the Farm rs Mutual Insurance Company ofJefferson County cashier o( the Bank of Plymouth for twelve year and vicepresident of the First State Bank of Bethany Is a member of the St PaulEvangelical Church and of the IOOF lodge Address Lincoln
LATIMER] HUBKA Twenty-first District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Virginia Nebraska Septemshyber 29 1900 Married Vivian Jewell February 17 1937 three children Atshytended public schools of Virginia York College and the University of Ne-
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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DELMAR S AIDERSO Thi~ty-sixth Disuict Member of the Legi latureIII 1943 and the specIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Lexington ctober 3 18 2Father came from Denmark in 1870 Married Clara 1 Gregory in 1904 threedaughters ttended public schools and Hastings Business College Is afarmer and Ii estock feeder Has served as a member of the school board asdirector of the Dawson County Fair Board and as director of the F~rmBureau Is a member of the Methodist Church Rotary Club and LOOPlodge Is a Master Farmer Address Lexington J rES H DER ON Forty-second District Member of the Legislature10 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Minden August 4 1909
ncestry Swedi h Attended Scottsbluff High School and the University of~braska where he rec Ived the LLB degree Married Miss Pohlman two
children Is a lawyer Has served as city and county attorn y Is a memberof he Pre byterian Church Delta Theta Phi and D ta igma Rho fraternitiesand the Elks and Kiwanis clubs Address Scottsbluff
TONY ASIMUS Twenty- ighth District Member of the gislature in 1941194 an of the special session in 1944 Born on a farm near rd Oct ber 191896 His father came from ennany in 1879 and his mother fron weden i~18 1 Is in the grocery and meat business Address ONeill
RRY Et E E BOWMAN Thirt -first District 1 Iember of the State Houseof Representa ives in 1905 and 0 the Legislature in 1 41 and 1943 Born inLathrop issouri in 18 0 and came to Nebraska in 18 2 [arried EffieMae Fitch June 19 1895 arri d Bess A Phillips Jul 3 1928 one adopteddaughter ttend d country school and coli ge at Cameron [issouri Thiscollege has since been m rged with Baker Unier ity Also graduated frombusiness college a interested in real estate and farm management Wasa member of the ethodist Church Knights of Pythia and FampA (Knights Templar and Shrine) lodges Had ser ed as a memb r of the Hastshyings ci council for ten years and as a member of the school board ied June18 1943
ALFRED J BRODAIlL Seventeenth District Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at ahoo December 271890 Parents came from weden in 18 O Attended public schools and Luthershyan College at Wah Married Ruth C Ericson September 16 1916middot two chilshydren Has been in he general merchandise business and is an automobiledealer as ell as being interested in farming Served for nine years on theboard of education Is a member of the Lutheran Church Lions Club WahooChamber of Commerce the American Legion Eastern Star and AFamp (32nd degree and Scottish Rite) lodge Address Wahoo
HARRY F BURNHAM Thirty-fifth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Norway Maine October 91875 Came to Nebraska in 1877 His parents were natives of Maine Marshyried Maggie M Copsey January 13 1900 two children Attended publicschools and college Is a farmer and rancher Served for twenty years ascounty supervisor and for twenty-one years as treasurer on the school boardIs a member of the Methodist Church LOOF odern Woodmen andriasonic lodges Address Ansley
ARTHUR AR~IOD Thir~y-seve~th Iistrict Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the speCIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Trenton ebraska~ecember 16 1899 Ancestors came from Ireland and Wales P~rents wer~pIOneers In southwestern Tebra ka Attended Trenton public schools and is agrad~ate of Trenton HIgh School Iarried Grace Palmer December 3019-1-0 one chIld Is a farmer and realtor Formerly sold life insurance Servedas chaIrman of t~e Republican county committee as a member of the Repubshyltcan s~ate connuttee 1936-19-1-0 as president of th Southwestern NebraskaHlSto~IC~1 Socle and as ice president of the Nebraska State Sportsmens~ssocI~uon I~ a protestant I a member of Famp M (32nd degree ScotshytIsh Rue Shnne) lod c Address Trenton
J E CONKLIK ~Venty~sec~nd District Member of the Legislature in19-1-3 and of the specLaI seSSIon In 19-1-4 Born in Hubbell Nebra k Novemshyber 23 188~ Ance tor came from British Isle ermany and France Atshytended pubhc schools of Hubbell and Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter ewHampshire ~arried Wilhelmina 13 rrett March 29 1911 two childr n Isa banker and I also inter st d in farming insur nce and lumber business Hasserved as a member of th village board and of the school bard Is a memshybel of the M thodist CI urch the LOOF and lt ampAM (Scottish Rit Sh~ID~) lodges t~e Amencan Legl n Eastern Star ebraska Bankers AsshySOCIatIOn and auonal C un il of oy Scouts of America Address Hubbell
GEORGE 1 CRWLmiddot ~inetee~th District Member of the Legislature in1939 1943 and of the speCial sessln ID 1944 am in Loup County NebraskaMa~ch ~7 1895 Ancest ry English ttended Sargent High School and theU~lverslty of ebraska where he r ceived the LLB d gree in 1922 rarriedMiss v olpounde ov mber 15 1937 one child Is a la y r and farmer Is amember of the [ethodi t Church and the Elk lodge Addres Lincoln
ROBERT B CRO BY Thirty-eighth Di trict ember of the Lerrislature in1941and 1943 Bar at N rth Platte Nebraska March 26 1911~ AttendedHast~ngs coll~ e two years nd received the B degree from the Universityof ~nneso~a In 1931 nd the LL degree from Harvard Law School in 1935Marned Elizabeth Ehler Tovember _ 1934 t a children Has served aspresident of Lincoln County Bar Association as director of orth PlatteCham~r of C~mrnerce a chairman of Lincoln County Civilian D fenseCounCil as charrman of the Lincoln County Health Council and as presishydent of the d club Address 1 orth Platte fr Crosby is now serving asLt (jg) in the U S Navy
WILLI M A CRO SLAND Sixteenth District M mber of the Legislature in~41 1943 and of the spe tal session in 1944 Born in Wayne NebraskaFebruary 11 188~ ncestry German and American Attended public schoolsat Wayne ReceIved AB degree from Jebraska W sleyan University andAM degree from Washmgton Umverslty St LOUIS Missouri and LLBdegree from the University of Nebraska Is a member of the MethodistChurch AFamp M lodge Acacia and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and theAmerican Legion Is a lawyer Address Wayne
SIDNEY J C LLfNGHAM fioth Ditrict Member of the Lerrislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Omaha Nebraska~November8 1896 Was tepson of the bte U S Senator R B Howell Married Char-
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lotte Acer September 22 1923 three children Ancestors came from Englandand Holland about 1740Attended public schools of Omaha Lafayette Colshylege and ChIcago Umverslty where he received BS degree Also attendedUniversity of Omaha School of Law Is a real estate broker and furnishes~eal estate counsel in thirty-five states Served as deputy Election Commissioner111 Douglas county for two terms Has served as a director of the MissouriValley Te~nis Association Is a member of the Episcopalian Church DeltaKappa Epiison fraternity and AFampAM (Thirty-second degree) lodgeAddress Omaha
TOM DOOLEY Third District Member of the Legislature in 1943 and ofthe special session in 1944 Born in Salem New York Octob r 11 1880Came to Neraska in 1886 Married Geneva L Critchfield September 201910 two chIldren Attended Fremont public schools and Fremont NormalIs a bonded abstractor and is in the real estate and insurance businessHas served as village clerk and treasurer and as county clerk Has served aschairman of the Democratic county central committee and as a member of thestate central committee Is a member of the Catholic Church the Papilli nCommercial Club the Lincoln University and Country Clubs and the OmahaAthletic Club Address Papillion
JOHN FRANCIS DOYLE Twenty-ninth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Is a native Nebraskan Married Anne Agnes Dewshyhurst July 31 1920 three children Attended public schools in Greeley Is amerchant Vas a first lieutenant in the U S Army 1917-18 Has servedon the city council and as secretary of the county fair board Is a member of theCatholic Church the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion Adshydress Greeley
HARRY AOOEN FOSTER Fifth District Member of the State House of~epresentatives in 1905 1913 1919 1921 1929 1931 and of the Legislature111 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born in Jackson County Iowa in1876 Came to Nebraska in 1888 Ancestors came from Ireland and Scotlandprir to 17~6 Attended Onaha public schools and Great Forest UniversityChIcago IllInOlS Marned MISS Marquardt in 1904 two children Is a dentistHas served as a member of the Public Welfare Board of the City of Omahaand as a member of the City Charter Commission of Omaha Is a memberof the Presbyterian Church and of the AFampAM (York Rite Shrine) lodgeAddress Omaha
HARRY E GANTZ Forty-first Di~trict Member of the Legislature in 19371939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Osborne CountyKansas May 20 1886 Moved to Alliance in 1905 Married Pearl MitchellOctober 14 1908 Received LLB degree from Creighton Law School in1916 Is a practicing attorney Served fourteen years on the board of educashytion of Alliance Is a member of the Episcopal Church Delta Theta Phi frashyternity AFampAM (Scottish Rite Commandery Thirty-second degree) andElks lodges Address Alliance
DANIEL GARBER Thirty-second District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1923 and of the Legislature in 1939 1941 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Born at Nelson Nebraska April 3 1876 Garbers
were the earliest pioneers on the Republican River Joseph Garber father wasa member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 Silas Garber uncle wasGovernor of Nebraska 1875-1879 Ancestry Swiss-German Attended pubshylic school of Red Cloud and the University of Nebraska Married Ruth J McshyCracken December 12 1915 five children Is a fanner Is a member of theCongregational Church Address Red Cloud
HARLAN GR EGG GREENAMYRE Fifteenth District Member of the Legisshylature in 1941 and 1943 Born on a farm ncar Lincoln Pennsylvania Dutchancestry Attended schools in Brunswick and Lincoln Married Lois LoganHunt May 15 1938 two children Admitted to the practice of law Novemshyber 17 1927 Practiced law in Springview and serv d as county attorney ofKeya Paha County 1929 to May 1 1935 Has practiced law in Norfolk since1935 Is a member of the Congregational Church orfolk Chamber of Comshymerce Kiwanis Club and Nebraska State Bar Association Resigned from theLegislature in June 1943 to become secretary to Governor Griswold Adshydress Norfolk
PETER P GCTOSKI Eighth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of the special sesshysion in 1944 Born at DuBois Pennsylvania May 22 1911 Came to Neshybraska in 1929 Parents came from Poland Married Hedrig Edna ButkusFebruary 6 1932 Attended public schools in Pennsylvania and the Univer ityof Omaha wher he received the LLB degree in 1933 Was a lawyer Wasa member of the Catholic Church Died April 16 1944
DON E HA Ao Fortieth District Member of the Legislature in 1941 1943and of the sp cial session in 1944 Born in Blaine County Nebraska March3 1887 Attended county grade school and high school Married WynonaSeverance April 5 1911 three children Has operated a cattle ranch inCherry County for thirty-five years Served as county commissioner of CherryCounty for eight years and was a member of the school board for many yearsServed as member of the executive council of the Nebraska StockgrowersAssociation and of the American National Livestock Association and was amember of the ommittee of One Hundred of the Nebraska Industrie Is amember of the Presbyterian Church and the AFampAM lodge AddressBrownlee
HENRY PHILLIP HEILIGER Eighteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Plymouth Nebraska June1 1892 Married Hilda L Roscher September 5 1915 two children Atshytended public schools of Lincoln and Lincoln School of Commerce Has beenin the farming and banking business Is now interested in livestock and realestate Has served as secretary of the school board and president of the firedepartment as secretary of the Farm rs Mutual Insurance Company ofJefferson County cashier o( the Bank of Plymouth for twelve year and vicepresident of the First State Bank of Bethany Is a member of the St PaulEvangelical Church and of the IOOF lodge Address Lincoln
LATIMER] HUBKA Twenty-first District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Virginia Nebraska Septemshyber 29 1900 Married Vivian Jewell February 17 1937 three children Atshytended public schools of Virginia York College and the University of Ne-
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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DELMAR S AIDERSO Thi~ty-sixth Disuict Member of the Legi latureIII 1943 and the specIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Lexington ctober 3 18 2Father came from Denmark in 1870 Married Clara 1 Gregory in 1904 threedaughters ttended public schools and Hastings Business College Is afarmer and Ii estock feeder Has served as a member of the school board asdirector of the Dawson County Fair Board and as director of the F~rmBureau Is a member of the Methodist Church Rotary Club and LOOPlodge Is a Master Farmer Address Lexington J rES H DER ON Forty-second District Member of the Legislature10 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Minden August 4 1909
ncestry Swedi h Attended Scottsbluff High School and the University of~braska where he rec Ived the LLB degree Married Miss Pohlman two
children Is a lawyer Has served as city and county attorn y Is a memberof he Pre byterian Church Delta Theta Phi and D ta igma Rho fraternitiesand the Elks and Kiwanis clubs Address Scottsbluff
TONY ASIMUS Twenty- ighth District Member of the gislature in 1941194 an of the special session in 1944 Born on a farm near rd Oct ber 191896 His father came from ennany in 1879 and his mother fron weden i~18 1 Is in the grocery and meat business Address ONeill
RRY Et E E BOWMAN Thirt -first District 1 Iember of the State Houseof Representa ives in 1905 and 0 the Legislature in 1 41 and 1943 Born inLathrop issouri in 18 0 and came to Nebraska in 18 2 [arried EffieMae Fitch June 19 1895 arri d Bess A Phillips Jul 3 1928 one adopteddaughter ttend d country school and coli ge at Cameron [issouri Thiscollege has since been m rged with Baker Unier ity Also graduated frombusiness college a interested in real estate and farm management Wasa member of the ethodist Church Knights of Pythia and FampA (Knights Templar and Shrine) lodges Had ser ed as a memb r of the Hastshyings ci council for ten years and as a member of the school board ied June18 1943
ALFRED J BRODAIlL Seventeenth District Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at ahoo December 271890 Parents came from weden in 18 O Attended public schools and Luthershyan College at Wah Married Ruth C Ericson September 16 1916middot two chilshydren Has been in he general merchandise business and is an automobiledealer as ell as being interested in farming Served for nine years on theboard of education Is a member of the Lutheran Church Lions Club WahooChamber of Commerce the American Legion Eastern Star and AFamp (32nd degree and Scottish Rite) lodge Address Wahoo
HARRY F BURNHAM Thirty-fifth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Norway Maine October 91875 Came to Nebraska in 1877 His parents were natives of Maine Marshyried Maggie M Copsey January 13 1900 two children Attended publicschools and college Is a farmer and rancher Served for twenty years ascounty supervisor and for twenty-one years as treasurer on the school boardIs a member of the Methodist Church LOOF odern Woodmen andriasonic lodges Address Ansley
ARTHUR AR~IOD Thir~y-seve~th Iistrict Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the speCIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Trenton ebraska~ecember 16 1899 Ancestors came from Ireland and Wales P~rents wer~pIOneers In southwestern Tebra ka Attended Trenton public schools and is agrad~ate of Trenton HIgh School Iarried Grace Palmer December 3019-1-0 one chIld Is a farmer and realtor Formerly sold life insurance Servedas chaIrman of t~e Republican county committee as a member of the Repubshyltcan s~ate connuttee 1936-19-1-0 as president of th Southwestern NebraskaHlSto~IC~1 Socle and as ice president of the Nebraska State Sportsmens~ssocI~uon I~ a protestant I a member of Famp M (32nd degree ScotshytIsh Rue Shnne) lod c Address Trenton
J E CONKLIK ~Venty~sec~nd District Member of the Legislature in19-1-3 and of the specLaI seSSIon In 19-1-4 Born in Hubbell Nebra k Novemshyber 23 188~ Ance tor came from British Isle ermany and France Atshytended pubhc schools of Hubbell and Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter ewHampshire ~arried Wilhelmina 13 rrett March 29 1911 two childr n Isa banker and I also inter st d in farming insur nce and lumber business Hasserved as a member of th village board and of the school bard Is a memshybel of the M thodist CI urch the LOOF and lt ampAM (Scottish Rit Sh~ID~) lodges t~e Amencan Legl n Eastern Star ebraska Bankers AsshySOCIatIOn and auonal C un il of oy Scouts of America Address Hubbell
GEORGE 1 CRWLmiddot ~inetee~th District Member of the Legislature in1939 1943 and of the speCial sessln ID 1944 am in Loup County NebraskaMa~ch ~7 1895 Ancest ry English ttended Sargent High School and theU~lverslty of ebraska where he r ceived the LLB d gree in 1922 rarriedMiss v olpounde ov mber 15 1937 one child Is a la y r and farmer Is amember of the [ethodi t Church and the Elk lodge Addres Lincoln
ROBERT B CRO BY Thirty-eighth Di trict ember of the Lerrislature in1941and 1943 Bar at N rth Platte Nebraska March 26 1911~ AttendedHast~ngs coll~ e two years nd received the B degree from the Universityof ~nneso~a In 1931 nd the LL degree from Harvard Law School in 1935Marned Elizabeth Ehler Tovember _ 1934 t a children Has served aspresident of Lincoln County Bar Association as director of orth PlatteCham~r of C~mrnerce a chairman of Lincoln County Civilian D fenseCounCil as charrman of the Lincoln County Health Council and as presishydent of the d club Address 1 orth Platte fr Crosby is now serving asLt (jg) in the U S Navy
WILLI M A CRO SLAND Sixteenth District M mber of the Legislature in~41 1943 and of the spe tal session in 1944 Born in Wayne NebraskaFebruary 11 188~ ncestry German and American Attended public schoolsat Wayne ReceIved AB degree from Jebraska W sleyan University andAM degree from Washmgton Umverslty St LOUIS Missouri and LLBdegree from the University of Nebraska Is a member of the MethodistChurch AFamp M lodge Acacia and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and theAmerican Legion Is a lawyer Address Wayne
SIDNEY J C LLfNGHAM fioth Ditrict Member of the Lerrislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Omaha Nebraska~November8 1896 Was tepson of the bte U S Senator R B Howell Married Char-
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lotte Acer September 22 1923 three children Ancestors came from Englandand Holland about 1740Attended public schools of Omaha Lafayette Colshylege and ChIcago Umverslty where he received BS degree Also attendedUniversity of Omaha School of Law Is a real estate broker and furnishes~eal estate counsel in thirty-five states Served as deputy Election Commissioner111 Douglas county for two terms Has served as a director of the MissouriValley Te~nis Association Is a member of the Episcopalian Church DeltaKappa Epiison fraternity and AFampAM (Thirty-second degree) lodgeAddress Omaha
TOM DOOLEY Third District Member of the Legislature in 1943 and ofthe special session in 1944 Born in Salem New York Octob r 11 1880Came to Neraska in 1886 Married Geneva L Critchfield September 201910 two chIldren Attended Fremont public schools and Fremont NormalIs a bonded abstractor and is in the real estate and insurance businessHas served as village clerk and treasurer and as county clerk Has served aschairman of the Democratic county central committee and as a member of thestate central committee Is a member of the Catholic Church the Papilli nCommercial Club the Lincoln University and Country Clubs and the OmahaAthletic Club Address Papillion
JOHN FRANCIS DOYLE Twenty-ninth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Is a native Nebraskan Married Anne Agnes Dewshyhurst July 31 1920 three children Attended public schools in Greeley Is amerchant Vas a first lieutenant in the U S Army 1917-18 Has servedon the city council and as secretary of the county fair board Is a member of theCatholic Church the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion Adshydress Greeley
HARRY AOOEN FOSTER Fifth District Member of the State House of~epresentatives in 1905 1913 1919 1921 1929 1931 and of the Legislature111 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born in Jackson County Iowa in1876 Came to Nebraska in 1888 Ancestors came from Ireland and Scotlandprir to 17~6 Attended Onaha public schools and Great Forest UniversityChIcago IllInOlS Marned MISS Marquardt in 1904 two children Is a dentistHas served as a member of the Public Welfare Board of the City of Omahaand as a member of the City Charter Commission of Omaha Is a memberof the Presbyterian Church and of the AFampAM (York Rite Shrine) lodgeAddress Omaha
HARRY E GANTZ Forty-first Di~trict Member of the Legislature in 19371939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Osborne CountyKansas May 20 1886 Moved to Alliance in 1905 Married Pearl MitchellOctober 14 1908 Received LLB degree from Creighton Law School in1916 Is a practicing attorney Served fourteen years on the board of educashytion of Alliance Is a member of the Episcopal Church Delta Theta Phi frashyternity AFampAM (Scottish Rite Commandery Thirty-second degree) andElks lodges Address Alliance
DANIEL GARBER Thirty-second District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1923 and of the Legislature in 1939 1941 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Born at Nelson Nebraska April 3 1876 Garbers
were the earliest pioneers on the Republican River Joseph Garber father wasa member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 Silas Garber uncle wasGovernor of Nebraska 1875-1879 Ancestry Swiss-German Attended pubshylic school of Red Cloud and the University of Nebraska Married Ruth J McshyCracken December 12 1915 five children Is a fanner Is a member of theCongregational Church Address Red Cloud
HARLAN GR EGG GREENAMYRE Fifteenth District Member of the Legisshylature in 1941 and 1943 Born on a farm ncar Lincoln Pennsylvania Dutchancestry Attended schools in Brunswick and Lincoln Married Lois LoganHunt May 15 1938 two children Admitted to the practice of law Novemshyber 17 1927 Practiced law in Springview and serv d as county attorney ofKeya Paha County 1929 to May 1 1935 Has practiced law in Norfolk since1935 Is a member of the Congregational Church orfolk Chamber of Comshymerce Kiwanis Club and Nebraska State Bar Association Resigned from theLegislature in June 1943 to become secretary to Governor Griswold Adshydress Norfolk
PETER P GCTOSKI Eighth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of the special sesshysion in 1944 Born at DuBois Pennsylvania May 22 1911 Came to Neshybraska in 1929 Parents came from Poland Married Hedrig Edna ButkusFebruary 6 1932 Attended public schools in Pennsylvania and the Univer ityof Omaha wher he received the LLB degree in 1933 Was a lawyer Wasa member of the Catholic Church Died April 16 1944
DON E HA Ao Fortieth District Member of the Legislature in 1941 1943and of the sp cial session in 1944 Born in Blaine County Nebraska March3 1887 Attended county grade school and high school Married WynonaSeverance April 5 1911 three children Has operated a cattle ranch inCherry County for thirty-five years Served as county commissioner of CherryCounty for eight years and was a member of the school board for many yearsServed as member of the executive council of the Nebraska StockgrowersAssociation and of the American National Livestock Association and was amember of the ommittee of One Hundred of the Nebraska Industrie Is amember of the Presbyterian Church and the AFampAM lodge AddressBrownlee
HENRY PHILLIP HEILIGER Eighteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Plymouth Nebraska June1 1892 Married Hilda L Roscher September 5 1915 two children Atshytended public schools of Lincoln and Lincoln School of Commerce Has beenin the farming and banking business Is now interested in livestock and realestate Has served as secretary of the school board and president of the firedepartment as secretary of the Farm rs Mutual Insurance Company ofJefferson County cashier o( the Bank of Plymouth for twelve year and vicepresident of the First State Bank of Bethany Is a member of the St PaulEvangelical Church and of the IOOF lodge Address Lincoln
LATIMER] HUBKA Twenty-first District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Virginia Nebraska Septemshyber 29 1900 Married Vivian Jewell February 17 1937 three children Atshytended public schools of Virginia York College and the University of Ne-
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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DELMAR S AIDERSO Thi~ty-sixth Disuict Member of the Legi latureIII 1943 and the specIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Lexington ctober 3 18 2Father came from Denmark in 1870 Married Clara 1 Gregory in 1904 threedaughters ttended public schools and Hastings Business College Is afarmer and Ii estock feeder Has served as a member of the school board asdirector of the Dawson County Fair Board and as director of the F~rmBureau Is a member of the Methodist Church Rotary Club and LOOPlodge Is a Master Farmer Address Lexington J rES H DER ON Forty-second District Member of the Legislature10 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Minden August 4 1909
ncestry Swedi h Attended Scottsbluff High School and the University of~braska where he rec Ived the LLB degree Married Miss Pohlman two
children Is a lawyer Has served as city and county attorn y Is a memberof he Pre byterian Church Delta Theta Phi and D ta igma Rho fraternitiesand the Elks and Kiwanis clubs Address Scottsbluff
TONY ASIMUS Twenty- ighth District Member of the gislature in 1941194 an of the special session in 1944 Born on a farm near rd Oct ber 191896 His father came from ennany in 1879 and his mother fron weden i~18 1 Is in the grocery and meat business Address ONeill
RRY Et E E BOWMAN Thirt -first District 1 Iember of the State Houseof Representa ives in 1905 and 0 the Legislature in 1 41 and 1943 Born inLathrop issouri in 18 0 and came to Nebraska in 18 2 [arried EffieMae Fitch June 19 1895 arri d Bess A Phillips Jul 3 1928 one adopteddaughter ttend d country school and coli ge at Cameron [issouri Thiscollege has since been m rged with Baker Unier ity Also graduated frombusiness college a interested in real estate and farm management Wasa member of the ethodist Church Knights of Pythia and FampA (Knights Templar and Shrine) lodges Had ser ed as a memb r of the Hastshyings ci council for ten years and as a member of the school board ied June18 1943
ALFRED J BRODAIlL Seventeenth District Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at ahoo December 271890 Parents came from weden in 18 O Attended public schools and Luthershyan College at Wah Married Ruth C Ericson September 16 1916middot two chilshydren Has been in he general merchandise business and is an automobiledealer as ell as being interested in farming Served for nine years on theboard of education Is a member of the Lutheran Church Lions Club WahooChamber of Commerce the American Legion Eastern Star and AFamp (32nd degree and Scottish Rite) lodge Address Wahoo
HARRY F BURNHAM Thirty-fifth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Norway Maine October 91875 Came to Nebraska in 1877 His parents were natives of Maine Marshyried Maggie M Copsey January 13 1900 two children Attended publicschools and college Is a farmer and rancher Served for twenty years ascounty supervisor and for twenty-one years as treasurer on the school boardIs a member of the Methodist Church LOOF odern Woodmen andriasonic lodges Address Ansley
ARTHUR AR~IOD Thir~y-seve~th Iistrict Member of the Legislature in1941 1943 and of the speCIal seSSIon In 1944 Born in Trenton ebraska~ecember 16 1899 Ancestors came from Ireland and Wales P~rents wer~pIOneers In southwestern Tebra ka Attended Trenton public schools and is agrad~ate of Trenton HIgh School Iarried Grace Palmer December 3019-1-0 one chIld Is a farmer and realtor Formerly sold life insurance Servedas chaIrman of t~e Republican county committee as a member of the Repubshyltcan s~ate connuttee 1936-19-1-0 as president of th Southwestern NebraskaHlSto~IC~1 Socle and as ice president of the Nebraska State Sportsmens~ssocI~uon I~ a protestant I a member of Famp M (32nd degree ScotshytIsh Rue Shnne) lod c Address Trenton
J E CONKLIK ~Venty~sec~nd District Member of the Legislature in19-1-3 and of the specLaI seSSIon In 19-1-4 Born in Hubbell Nebra k Novemshyber 23 188~ Ance tor came from British Isle ermany and France Atshytended pubhc schools of Hubbell and Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter ewHampshire ~arried Wilhelmina 13 rrett March 29 1911 two childr n Isa banker and I also inter st d in farming insur nce and lumber business Hasserved as a member of th village board and of the school bard Is a memshybel of the M thodist CI urch the LOOF and lt ampAM (Scottish Rit Sh~ID~) lodges t~e Amencan Legl n Eastern Star ebraska Bankers AsshySOCIatIOn and auonal C un il of oy Scouts of America Address Hubbell
GEORGE 1 CRWLmiddot ~inetee~th District Member of the Legislature in1939 1943 and of the speCial sessln ID 1944 am in Loup County NebraskaMa~ch ~7 1895 Ancest ry English ttended Sargent High School and theU~lverslty of ebraska where he r ceived the LLB d gree in 1922 rarriedMiss v olpounde ov mber 15 1937 one child Is a la y r and farmer Is amember of the [ethodi t Church and the Elk lodge Addres Lincoln
ROBERT B CRO BY Thirty-eighth Di trict ember of the Lerrislature in1941and 1943 Bar at N rth Platte Nebraska March 26 1911~ AttendedHast~ngs coll~ e two years nd received the B degree from the Universityof ~nneso~a In 1931 nd the LL degree from Harvard Law School in 1935Marned Elizabeth Ehler Tovember _ 1934 t a children Has served aspresident of Lincoln County Bar Association as director of orth PlatteCham~r of C~mrnerce a chairman of Lincoln County Civilian D fenseCounCil as charrman of the Lincoln County Health Council and as presishydent of the d club Address 1 orth Platte fr Crosby is now serving asLt (jg) in the U S Navy
WILLI M A CRO SLAND Sixteenth District M mber of the Legislature in~41 1943 and of the spe tal session in 1944 Born in Wayne NebraskaFebruary 11 188~ ncestry German and American Attended public schoolsat Wayne ReceIved AB degree from Jebraska W sleyan University andAM degree from Washmgton Umverslty St LOUIS Missouri and LLBdegree from the University of Nebraska Is a member of the MethodistChurch AFamp M lodge Acacia and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and theAmerican Legion Is a lawyer Address Wayne
SIDNEY J C LLfNGHAM fioth Ditrict Member of the Lerrislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Omaha Nebraska~November8 1896 Was tepson of the bte U S Senator R B Howell Married Char-
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lotte Acer September 22 1923 three children Ancestors came from Englandand Holland about 1740Attended public schools of Omaha Lafayette Colshylege and ChIcago Umverslty where he received BS degree Also attendedUniversity of Omaha School of Law Is a real estate broker and furnishes~eal estate counsel in thirty-five states Served as deputy Election Commissioner111 Douglas county for two terms Has served as a director of the MissouriValley Te~nis Association Is a member of the Episcopalian Church DeltaKappa Epiison fraternity and AFampAM (Thirty-second degree) lodgeAddress Omaha
TOM DOOLEY Third District Member of the Legislature in 1943 and ofthe special session in 1944 Born in Salem New York Octob r 11 1880Came to Neraska in 1886 Married Geneva L Critchfield September 201910 two chIldren Attended Fremont public schools and Fremont NormalIs a bonded abstractor and is in the real estate and insurance businessHas served as village clerk and treasurer and as county clerk Has served aschairman of the Democratic county central committee and as a member of thestate central committee Is a member of the Catholic Church the Papilli nCommercial Club the Lincoln University and Country Clubs and the OmahaAthletic Club Address Papillion
JOHN FRANCIS DOYLE Twenty-ninth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Is a native Nebraskan Married Anne Agnes Dewshyhurst July 31 1920 three children Attended public schools in Greeley Is amerchant Vas a first lieutenant in the U S Army 1917-18 Has servedon the city council and as secretary of the county fair board Is a member of theCatholic Church the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion Adshydress Greeley
HARRY AOOEN FOSTER Fifth District Member of the State House of~epresentatives in 1905 1913 1919 1921 1929 1931 and of the Legislature111 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born in Jackson County Iowa in1876 Came to Nebraska in 1888 Ancestors came from Ireland and Scotlandprir to 17~6 Attended Onaha public schools and Great Forest UniversityChIcago IllInOlS Marned MISS Marquardt in 1904 two children Is a dentistHas served as a member of the Public Welfare Board of the City of Omahaand as a member of the City Charter Commission of Omaha Is a memberof the Presbyterian Church and of the AFampAM (York Rite Shrine) lodgeAddress Omaha
HARRY E GANTZ Forty-first Di~trict Member of the Legislature in 19371939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Osborne CountyKansas May 20 1886 Moved to Alliance in 1905 Married Pearl MitchellOctober 14 1908 Received LLB degree from Creighton Law School in1916 Is a practicing attorney Served fourteen years on the board of educashytion of Alliance Is a member of the Episcopal Church Delta Theta Phi frashyternity AFampAM (Scottish Rite Commandery Thirty-second degree) andElks lodges Address Alliance
DANIEL GARBER Thirty-second District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1923 and of the Legislature in 1939 1941 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Born at Nelson Nebraska April 3 1876 Garbers
were the earliest pioneers on the Republican River Joseph Garber father wasa member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 Silas Garber uncle wasGovernor of Nebraska 1875-1879 Ancestry Swiss-German Attended pubshylic school of Red Cloud and the University of Nebraska Married Ruth J McshyCracken December 12 1915 five children Is a fanner Is a member of theCongregational Church Address Red Cloud
HARLAN GR EGG GREENAMYRE Fifteenth District Member of the Legisshylature in 1941 and 1943 Born on a farm ncar Lincoln Pennsylvania Dutchancestry Attended schools in Brunswick and Lincoln Married Lois LoganHunt May 15 1938 two children Admitted to the practice of law Novemshyber 17 1927 Practiced law in Springview and serv d as county attorney ofKeya Paha County 1929 to May 1 1935 Has practiced law in Norfolk since1935 Is a member of the Congregational Church orfolk Chamber of Comshymerce Kiwanis Club and Nebraska State Bar Association Resigned from theLegislature in June 1943 to become secretary to Governor Griswold Adshydress Norfolk
PETER P GCTOSKI Eighth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of the special sesshysion in 1944 Born at DuBois Pennsylvania May 22 1911 Came to Neshybraska in 1929 Parents came from Poland Married Hedrig Edna ButkusFebruary 6 1932 Attended public schools in Pennsylvania and the Univer ityof Omaha wher he received the LLB degree in 1933 Was a lawyer Wasa member of the Catholic Church Died April 16 1944
DON E HA Ao Fortieth District Member of the Legislature in 1941 1943and of the sp cial session in 1944 Born in Blaine County Nebraska March3 1887 Attended county grade school and high school Married WynonaSeverance April 5 1911 three children Has operated a cattle ranch inCherry County for thirty-five years Served as county commissioner of CherryCounty for eight years and was a member of the school board for many yearsServed as member of the executive council of the Nebraska StockgrowersAssociation and of the American National Livestock Association and was amember of the ommittee of One Hundred of the Nebraska Industrie Is amember of the Presbyterian Church and the AFampAM lodge AddressBrownlee
HENRY PHILLIP HEILIGER Eighteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Plymouth Nebraska June1 1892 Married Hilda L Roscher September 5 1915 two children Atshytended public schools of Lincoln and Lincoln School of Commerce Has beenin the farming and banking business Is now interested in livestock and realestate Has served as secretary of the school board and president of the firedepartment as secretary of the Farm rs Mutual Insurance Company ofJefferson County cashier o( the Bank of Plymouth for twelve year and vicepresident of the First State Bank of Bethany Is a member of the St PaulEvangelical Church and of the IOOF lodge Address Lincoln
LATIMER] HUBKA Twenty-first District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Virginia Nebraska Septemshyber 29 1900 Married Vivian Jewell February 17 1937 three children Atshytended public schools of Virginia York College and the University of Ne-
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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lotte Acer September 22 1923 three children Ancestors came from Englandand Holland about 1740Attended public schools of Omaha Lafayette Colshylege and ChIcago Umverslty where he received BS degree Also attendedUniversity of Omaha School of Law Is a real estate broker and furnishes~eal estate counsel in thirty-five states Served as deputy Election Commissioner111 Douglas county for two terms Has served as a director of the MissouriValley Te~nis Association Is a member of the Episcopalian Church DeltaKappa Epiison fraternity and AFampAM (Thirty-second degree) lodgeAddress Omaha
TOM DOOLEY Third District Member of the Legislature in 1943 and ofthe special session in 1944 Born in Salem New York Octob r 11 1880Came to Neraska in 1886 Married Geneva L Critchfield September 201910 two chIldren Attended Fremont public schools and Fremont NormalIs a bonded abstractor and is in the real estate and insurance businessHas served as village clerk and treasurer and as county clerk Has served aschairman of the Democratic county central committee and as a member of thestate central committee Is a member of the Catholic Church the Papilli nCommercial Club the Lincoln University and Country Clubs and the OmahaAthletic Club Address Papillion
JOHN FRANCIS DOYLE Twenty-ninth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Is a native Nebraskan Married Anne Agnes Dewshyhurst July 31 1920 three children Attended public schools in Greeley Is amerchant Vas a first lieutenant in the U S Army 1917-18 Has servedon the city council and as secretary of the county fair board Is a member of theCatholic Church the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion Adshydress Greeley
HARRY AOOEN FOSTER Fifth District Member of the State House of~epresentatives in 1905 1913 1919 1921 1929 1931 and of the Legislature111 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born in Jackson County Iowa in1876 Came to Nebraska in 1888 Ancestors came from Ireland and Scotlandprir to 17~6 Attended Onaha public schools and Great Forest UniversityChIcago IllInOlS Marned MISS Marquardt in 1904 two children Is a dentistHas served as a member of the Public Welfare Board of the City of Omahaand as a member of the City Charter Commission of Omaha Is a memberof the Presbyterian Church and of the AFampAM (York Rite Shrine) lodgeAddress Omaha
HARRY E GANTZ Forty-first Di~trict Member of the Legislature in 19371939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Osborne CountyKansas May 20 1886 Moved to Alliance in 1905 Married Pearl MitchellOctober 14 1908 Received LLB degree from Creighton Law School in1916 Is a practicing attorney Served fourteen years on the board of educashytion of Alliance Is a member of the Episcopal Church Delta Theta Phi frashyternity AFampAM (Scottish Rite Commandery Thirty-second degree) andElks lodges Address Alliance
DANIEL GARBER Thirty-second District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1923 and of the Legislature in 1939 1941 1943 and of thespecial session in 1944 Born at Nelson Nebraska April 3 1876 Garbers
were the earliest pioneers on the Republican River Joseph Garber father wasa member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 Silas Garber uncle wasGovernor of Nebraska 1875-1879 Ancestry Swiss-German Attended pubshylic school of Red Cloud and the University of Nebraska Married Ruth J McshyCracken December 12 1915 five children Is a fanner Is a member of theCongregational Church Address Red Cloud
HARLAN GR EGG GREENAMYRE Fifteenth District Member of the Legisshylature in 1941 and 1943 Born on a farm ncar Lincoln Pennsylvania Dutchancestry Attended schools in Brunswick and Lincoln Married Lois LoganHunt May 15 1938 two children Admitted to the practice of law Novemshyber 17 1927 Practiced law in Springview and serv d as county attorney ofKeya Paha County 1929 to May 1 1935 Has practiced law in Norfolk since1935 Is a member of the Congregational Church orfolk Chamber of Comshymerce Kiwanis Club and Nebraska State Bar Association Resigned from theLegislature in June 1943 to become secretary to Governor Griswold Adshydress Norfolk
PETER P GCTOSKI Eighth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1939 1943 and of the special sesshysion in 1944 Born at DuBois Pennsylvania May 22 1911 Came to Neshybraska in 1929 Parents came from Poland Married Hedrig Edna ButkusFebruary 6 1932 Attended public schools in Pennsylvania and the Univer ityof Omaha wher he received the LLB degree in 1933 Was a lawyer Wasa member of the Catholic Church Died April 16 1944
DON E HA Ao Fortieth District Member of the Legislature in 1941 1943and of the sp cial session in 1944 Born in Blaine County Nebraska March3 1887 Attended county grade school and high school Married WynonaSeverance April 5 1911 three children Has operated a cattle ranch inCherry County for thirty-five years Served as county commissioner of CherryCounty for eight years and was a member of the school board for many yearsServed as member of the executive council of the Nebraska StockgrowersAssociation and of the American National Livestock Association and was amember of the ommittee of One Hundred of the Nebraska Industrie Is amember of the Presbyterian Church and the AFampAM lodge AddressBrownlee
HENRY PHILLIP HEILIGER Eighteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Plymouth Nebraska June1 1892 Married Hilda L Roscher September 5 1915 two children Atshytended public schools of Lincoln and Lincoln School of Commerce Has beenin the farming and banking business Is now interested in livestock and realestate Has served as secretary of the school board and president of the firedepartment as secretary of the Farm rs Mutual Insurance Company ofJefferson County cashier o( the Bank of Plymouth for twelve year and vicepresident of the First State Bank of Bethany Is a member of the St PaulEvangelical Church and of the IOOF lodge Address Lincoln
LATIMER] HUBKA Twenty-first District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Virginia Nebraska Septemshyber 29 1900 Married Vivian Jewell February 17 1937 three children Atshytended public schools of Virginia York College and the University of Ne-
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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braska where he received the LLB degree Vas athletic director at YorkCollege 1926-1927 Has practiced law at Beatrice since 1928 Is a m mberof the Episcopal Church Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternitiesandthe Elks and Masonic lodges Address Beatrice
LYNN D HUTTON Fifteenth District Member of the special session of theLegislatur in 1944 Born in Egan South Dakota ovember 8 1897 Cameto Nebraska in 1930 Ancestors came from Germany before 1800 MarriedBonnie L Buck S ptember 7 1922 two children Attended public schoolsand South Dakota State College where he received the BS degree in 1919and MS de ree in 1923 Received the LLB degree from George Washingshyton University Washington D C in 1927 Is a lawyer Served as city atshytorney of orfolk for five years Is a member of the Methodist Church
FampAM (Royal rch and Knights T mplar) and LOOF lodges KiwanisClub and of the Executive Committee Boy Scouts of America Addr ssNorfolk
LOUIS M JEPPESE Thirteenth District Member of the State House ofRepre entativ s in 1935 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 and of the specialsession in 1944 Born in Denmark February 19 1891 Came to Nebraska in1910 Married Marie Nelsen December 21 1917 one child Educated in ruralschools in Denmark and Nebraska Attended Wayne State Teachers CollegeIs a farm r Has been a director of the school board and chairman of theFarmers Telephone Company Is a member of the Lutheran Church AFampAM Eastern Star LOOF and Rebecca lodges Address Hubbard
CARL P JEFFORDS Thirtyninth District Member of the Legislature in1943 allli of the special session in 1944 Born at Broken Bow November 121888 Ancestry Dutch irish Scotch Welsh and English Married Myrtle GardMay 4 1918 two children Attended Broken Bow public schools and theUniversity of Nebraska Has been a school teacher Is a stockman and farmerHas served on the school board and as justice of the peace Is a member ofthe American Legion Address Mullen
SAlI KLAVER Sixth District Member of the Legislature in 1939 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born in Rumania October 16 1899 Came to
ebraska in 1909 Married Ann Roitstein December 21 1924 one childAttended Omaha public schools and Omaha University where he receivedhis LLB degree in 1926 Is an attorney and newspaper publisher Has serv das clerk in the county treasurers office and county assessor office Is a memberof the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias B Tai Brith and the Hebrewchurch I las served as president of the MidmiddotCity Business Mens Associationand the Douglas County Voters League Address Omaha
EARL JACKSON LEE Eleventh District Member of the Legislature io 1943and of the special session in 1944 Born at Fremont Nebraska March 21888 Married Rebecca Pierce July 26 1915 two children Attended Fremontpublic schools and the University of Nebraska Is a lawyer Served as presishydent of the Fremont YMCA for thirteen years Is a member of the Congreshygational Church AFampAM (York and Scottish Rite) Eastern Star andLOOF lodges Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the 1 ebraska Bar Associashytion Address Fremont
STANLEY A MATZKE Twenty-fourth District Member of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 aod the special session in 1944 Born near Millord NebraskaJuly 27 1898 Ancestry Polish and German Attended public schools atGoehner Milford High School and the University of Nebraska where he reshyceived the LLB degre in 1924 Married Pauline Burkett June 5 1930 fourchildren Served in the 3rd Artillery Replacement Detachment in the FirstWorld War Is an attorney and secretary of the Seward Building and LoanAssociation Is also interested in farming Served as county attorney SewardCounty 1927-1935 as president of the Nebraska Fair Managers Association1937-1939 as commander of the Seward Post of th merican Legion aspresident of Se ard Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the SewardChapter of American Red Cro s 1934 to date I a member of the AmericanRose Society American and Nebraska Bar Associations Nebraska Crop Growshyers Association AFampAM (Thirty-s cond degree) lodge and the LincolnUoiversity Club Address Seward
JOHN E MEKoTA Tw nty-third District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Solon Iowa April23 1893 Came to N braska in 1920 Married Edna Dreyer August 25 1917two children Father came to the United tates from Czechoslovakia in 1870Attended Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa Is a lawyerServed as county attorney of Saline County for eight years Attends theLutheran Church Is a member of the merican Legion Address Crete
MARTIN JULIUS MISCHKE Fourteenth District Member of the Legislaturein 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crofton October21 1909 Attended Crofton public schools and Yankton College YanktonSouth Dakota where he received the AB degree in 1934 He is associatedwith his brothers io the op ration of the Mischke Hereford Ranch at CroftonIs interested in Missouri 1 iver improvement and development and is a mem~rof the Board of Directors of the Missouri River Association Is a member ofthe Evangelical Church Address Crofton
FRED A MUELLER Thirty-fourth District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1929 1931 1933 and of the Legislature in 1941 1943 andof the special session in 1944 Born June 14 1881 Carne with his parentsto Buffalo County Nebraska in 1890 Married Anna Schipman June 8 1905four children Mrs Mueller is deceased Was formerly a banker and farmerIs now in the automobile business Has been president of the Kearney citcouncil county supervisor assistant clerk of the Legislature in 1937 andmember of the board o[ education Is a member of the Lutheran ChurchAdd ress Kearney
E M NEUBAUER Thirty-third District Member of the State House ofRepresentatives in 1925 1927 1929 of the State Senate in 1931 1933 and ofthe Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944Born at Oxford Nebraska in 1885 Ancestry German Educated in the publicschools and Hastings College Married Annetta Davis November 22 1906two children Has been in the hardware business Is a farmer and stockraiser Is member of the school board Has been township clerk president ofthe Farmers Elevator for five years secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Butter
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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Factory for three years Is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Modshyern Woodmen lodge Address Orleans
WILLIAM JOSEPH NORMAN Fourth District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Crete NebraskaMay 8 1874 His father who came from Germany when he was eleven yearsold came to Nebraska in 1866 after serving four years in the Union army durshying the Civil War Married Nora E Waller October 20 1908 Attended pubshylic schools Is a newspaper publisher and publishes the North Omaha Boosterand the Benson Times Is a member of the AFampAM LOOF and Woodshymen of the World lodges the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanisclub Is a protestant Address Omaha
CLIFFORD NEVILLE OGDEN Tenth District Member of the Legislature in1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Plymouth County Iowa May18 1901 Came to Nebraska in July 1915 Ancestry Swedish and ScotehshyIrish Attended Omaha public schools and business college Married MissStoller July 2 1923 two children Has been in the finance insurance andbanking business Ear twenty-two years Is a protestant Has been active in theYMCA Community Chest and Crippled Childrens Work Is a member ofthe Omaha Chamber of Commerce Aksarben and Elks lodge AddressOmaha
THOMA C OSBORNE Forty-third District Member of the State Senate in1923 and of the Legislature in 1943 and the special session in 1944 Born inBloomington Illinois September 9 1876 Came to Nebraska in 1887 Ancesshytors came from England Ireland and Holland in colonial times Attendedpublic schools Hastings College and Omaha Theological Seminary MarriedMiss Jones 1 -ovember 23 1903 five children Has been a fanner and newsshypaper man Is a minister Has served on the school board and was a memberoE the Nebraska Constitutional Convention 1919-1920 Is a member oE thePresbyterian Church AFampAM lodge and Rotary Club Address Bayard
C PETRUS PETERSON Twentieth District Member of the State Houseof Representatives in 1915 1917 of the State Senate in 1919 and of the Legisshylature in 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born in Polk countyNebraska March 10 1880 Ancestry Swedish Attended Luther Academy atWahoo Augustana College Rock Island Illinois and the University of Neshybraska where he received his AB degree in 1906 and his LLB degree in1909 jtIarried Vera M Melquist June 29 1910 three children Served asLincoln city attorney 1915-1929 as member of the Constitutional Convention1919-1920 as county food administrator during the First Yorld War and aschairman Legal Section American life Insurance Convention 1928-29 Isgeneral counsel for Bankers Life Ins Co of Nebraska Is a member of theCongregational Church AFampAM lodge (York Scottish Rite and Thirtyshysecond Degree) Lincoln Chamber of Commerce University Club and Candleshylight Club Address Lincoln
WALTER R RAECIltE Thirtieth District Member of the Legislature in 19411943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Grand Island NebraskaOctober 17 1895 Parents came from Germany in 1893 Attended Central Citypublic schools and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLBdegree in 1917 Served as a second lieutenant in the First World War Was
county attorney for Merrick county 1919-1935 city attorney for Central City1919-1932 and has been a member of the board of education since 1937Married Orral J Young November 16 1921 three children Is a member ofthe Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and AFamp M (Scottish RiteShrine Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska) lodges PhiDelta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities the American Legion the Americanand Nebraska State Bar Associations Address Central City
JOSEPH CARROL REAVIS First District Member of the Legislature in 1939special session 1940 1943 and special session 1944 Born in Falls City ebrasshyka August 15 1899 His grandfather Isham Reavis came to ebraska in1858 was a member of the Nebraska State Senate in 1869 and later served asfederal judge for the Territory of Arizona Ancestors came from England andGermany before the Revolutionary War Attended public schools in FallsCity and the University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree Marshyried Florence Tyler April 25 1925 two children Is a lawyer Was cityattorney of Falls City for seven years served as director in the Eastern Neshybraska Public Power District and as president of the legal section of the Neshybraska League of Municipalities Is a member of the Methodist ChurchBPOE (Past Exalted Ruler) and AFampAM lodges Phi Delta Theta andPhi Delta Phi fraternities the American Legion and the Lions club AddressFalls City
HARRY FREDERICK RUSSELL Thirty-first District Member of special sessionof the Legislature in 1944 Born at Kenesaw June 6 1890 Ancestry EnglishScotch-Irish and German Attended Kenesaw public schools and HastingsCollege where he receiyed the AB degree in 1910 Married Esther FuhrJune 30 1926 one child Is a lawyer Is a trustee of Hastings College adirector of Adams County Red Cross and Hastings Community Chest Isa member of the Presbyterian Church AFampAM lodge American Legionand Rotary Club Address Hastings
ELMER C RAKOW Twenty-seventh DistrictMember of the Legislaturein 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Neligh August 291902 Ancestry Scotch-Irish and German Attended Neligh High School andthe University of Nebraska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marshyried Viola Mulcahy March 17 1934 one child Vlas interested in fanning1923-1929 Is a practicing attorney Sered as county attorney of AntelopeCounty 1935-1939 Is a member of the Methodist Church the lmerican andNebraska Bar Associations and the Neligh Chamber of Commerce AddressNeligh
JAMES FRANKLIN SORRELL Second District Member of the Legislature in1939 1941 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at Canaan MissouriJune 22 1894 Came to Nebraska in 1914 Married Oma E Sewell June 231915 three children Mrs Sorrell died in 1943 Attended Weller School inGasconade County Missouri Is a realtor insurance agent and auctioneerIs vice president of the Syracuse Business Mens Association and secretary ofthe Otoe County Agricultural Association Is a protestant and a member ofthe Modern Woodmen of America Address Syracuse
RAY THOMAS Twenty-fifth District Member of the State House of Represhysentatives in 1935 and of the Legislature in special session in 1940 1941 1943
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender
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and of the spccial session in 1944 Born at elson April 1 1 83 Marri dVerna L onhrup May 19 1909 three childrcn Attended public schools inNuckolls county Has been a farmer Is in the hatchcry business Served asmcmber of the school board for six years as president of Clay County FarmersUnion and as president of the Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Is amember of the Christian Church Addrcss Clay Center
DUDLEY E THOMPSON Twenty-sixth District Member of the Legislaturein 1943 and of the special session in 1944 Born at FullertOD ebraska April30 1909 ncestry English Attcnded Hastings Collcge and the Universityo( N raska where he received the LLB degree in 1933 Marricd Dorothy ESmyth f 28 1938 two childrcn Has practiced law Is now scrving asLt (jg in the U S y Is a member of the Congregational Church
ebraska Bar Association Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Delta fraternitiesand the Lions club Address G noa
CUARLES F TVROI Seventh District Member of the StaLe Sen te specialsession October 1935 and of the Legislature in 1937 1939 1941 1943 andof the special se ion in 1944 Born at Omaha May 9 1903 Ancestry Bohemshyian Mother came to this counLry in 1886 father in 1892 Married AgnesCecilia Vondra June 6 1927 three children Attended parochial schoolSouth High School Boyles Business College and LaSalle Extension UniversityDocs supervisory ork (or Joint Agency Livestock Exchange Building Waspr ident for five years of the South-East Progre sive Impro ement Club Is amember of the outh Omaha crchants ssociation jnton Commercial ClubBetter Omaha Club Fraternal Order of the Eagles and of the Catholic ChurchAddress maha
GEORGE C WEBORG T elfth District Iemb r of the Legislature in 19411943 and of Lh special session in 1944 Born in I enry County Illinois Noshyvemb r 7 1 3 FaLher and mother cam rom Sweden in 1864 Settled onthe prairies of Cuming County in 1885 Attended public chools MarriedMiss lien in 1918 three children Is a farmer and liv stock feeder Has beena member of the local school board and served as county commissioner fortwenty years His father C J Web rg served in the House of Representativesof the Nebraska Legislaturc in 1903 Address Pender