History of Custer County, Nebraska; a narrative of the past, with special emphasis upon the pioneer period of the county's history, its social, commercial, educational, religous, and civic developement from the early days to the present time, Part 45

Author: Gaston, William Levi, 1865- [from old catalog]; Humphrey, Augustin R., 1859- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western publishing and engraving company
Number of Pages: 1180

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erbard, John Henry Fleischer, Michael C. John, Ray Robertson, Earl R. Byers, Gunner Z. An- derson, Rudolph P. Schmidt. Charlie Olsen, Lewis L. Zachary, Clarence E. Bramer, Har- lan W. Miller, Ray Adams, Melvin L. Elling- son. James N. Jacobson, George A. Miller, Au- gust C. Krager. Guy Glover, Allie J. Watkins, James Gier. Hugh C. Newman, William J. Skelton, Frank Walter Olson, Harlan O. Crist, Roy Switzer. Lewis D. Richtmyer. George C. Helmuth, Melvin Horn, George W. Beaver. Adrian M. Ohlson, Anton Ruzicka, Pat. A. Dickson, Ora Deal. Reuben V. Shaw, Alfred C. Anderson, Carl Herbert Case, Edgar Cecil Ransley. Bryan Ibach, Raphael Chartrow, Ed- ward R. Holms, Otis Earl Daugherty. John Lester Real. Harold Joseph Hubbard, Walton T. Huff. Otto C. Blakeman, Glen W. McAl- lister. James Oral Henry, Bertram Lee Zeigler, Ralph A. Bennington, Harry B. Yates, Frank Klapal, Loren D. Galloway, Carl W. Schmidt. Ralph E. Ash, Orville J. Waters, Walter E. Spooner, Owen H. Cox. Leslie W. Nider, Clyde O. Thomas. George H. Evans, Frank Cooksley, Harvey M. Sloggett. Eddie L. Cor- der. Gustav Roerick, Raymond T. McCarty. Mark R. Murray. Robert P. Waters. Michael F. Newhouse. Charlie F. Wantz, Albert P. Larson, William E. Paxton, Clarence E. Pal- mer. Fred R. Fessenden, Earl C. Shirey, Ray- mond L. Ross, Emil E. Malm, George C. Roeder, Clarence Bruner, John Ostrand. Ellis S. Owen, Ora B. Amsberry, Dwight C. Elliott. Chester A. Chrisman, Albert E. Allee. Ray- mond Clouse. Joe Bernert. Ralph Lewis, Paul H.&Chase, Jess L. Willenberg, C. Floyd Brab- ham, Nazare Catanzani. George O. Leibert, Raymond W. Dewey. George C. Lowe, Harry Frey. Floyd B. Landreth, Clarence E. Mills, William Mekkers, Fred Divish, Edward H. Solt. Charles S. Simms. Ivan A. Weaver, Max Fountain. Samuel B. Hoblyn, Lewis D. Gibson, Lee Wagner. William G. Armstrong, Hans Nielsen, Clarence L. Dunn, Thomas A. Deal, Lloyd D. Elliott. William L. Wolsleben, Linus H. Work, Olof Albers, Fenton E. McEwen, Oscar P. Tallin, Gust A. Anderson, Charles Beach. Herman Henry Franzen, William An- drew Rush, Myron M. Miller. Henry R. Reed,

Vincent Gourley. Ambrose B. McCarty. Le- roy Otis Todd, Fred Leroy Huston, Grant L. Turpening, Bert Sanford Amos. Bruno Strie- der, Miles Andrew Priel, Jesse Grant Barrett, Bert Hall. Claud B. Hoover, Floyd Pulliam. Levert House Farrell, Robert P. Leep, Frank H. Rohde, Vernon O. Tubbs. LeRoy Farmer. Jacob Henry Brock, Chester Lee Hugo, Wal- ter Lincoln Anderson, Roy Marion Scott, Clar- ence Howard Crawford. Edward E. Cornell. Floyd E. Furrow. Joe Wanitschke, Ted Terry Skinner, Tom B. Adams, Roland Samp. Will- iam George Ohmberger. James David Prov- ince. Hugh Raymond Downey. George Ed- mond Thompson, Victor Post, Emmett John Ford, Warren Alexander. John Skinner. An- drew Guy Lash, Mitchell A. Thigpen. Olvin H. Knudson, Ira T. Cool. Clarence I. Province, Asa R. Ryan, Ira Mason Henry, Lawrence Dayton Young, Anthony James Rock. Samuel Simon Strecker. Fred J. Province, John Pat- rick Fagan, Peter Muys, James Newton Bur- dick, Joseph Ellwood Palmer, George William Wadsworth, Vernon Devine. James Marion Myers, Jerome Joseph Grieble, Bernard Roelle, William Thomas Tompkins, William George Gates, Archie Alexander Murish, Roy Johnnie Stum. Frank Joseph McGuire. Carl Frederick Jackson. Joel L. Carr, Thornton Romine, Henry Ellwood Dye, Harold Arthur Grint, Harold C. Kepler. George Edward Forbes, Charles McCoy. George E. Pendleton, Joseph T. Graves, William R. Lord. Samuel T. Mur- ray, Edward Sittler, Roy E. Sheppard. Maurits B. Malm, John D. Newman, John L. Frayne, Louis J. Juker, Walter F. Draper. William John Carter, Charlie Klussman, Wingate MI. Foster, Alfred Roerick, Charles M. Frederick, Fred E. Moore, George L. Martin, William B. Skinner, Charlie Fleider, Elgie J. Bohringer, Roy H. Smith, Archie C. Duf. Charles V. Streeton, Royden J. Banning, John A. Crist, Leroy A. Osserkop, Rudolph H. Grabert, George R. Carr, James T. Carland, Orson D. Hemphill, Captain L. Dietz. Fred Brandenberg, Carl B. Lind, August C. Vaught, John E. Olafson, Ralph S. Cawthra. Bert D. Morrison, Hale H. Deidel, William Streitwieser, Scott P. Tietgen, Walter F. Matz. William A. Rob-

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inson, Charles A. Shrike, Henry H. Brown, Carl H. Swanson, John R. Longfellow, Roy L. Culbertson, Frank Crist, Howard J. Face- mire, Lawrence L. Gregory, Emanuel Nordin, Richard H. Hoblyn, Guy Gooch, Lee I. An- derson, Henry L. Bailey, John Wilbur, Chris- tian B. Nelson, Frank Powell, Charles H. Munn, Robert M. Ervin, Ralph E. Lanter- man, Joseph J. Dixon, Harry Hilderbrant, Al- via W. Grisham, Ivan Lewis, William C. Har- ris, Rudolph M. Kolbo, Roy D. Fonda, Loyd S. Beltz, Leo Main, Weland I. Hayslip, Will- iam Ingraham, William H. Null. Walter W. Thornton, Jesse N. Edmisten, Bert Green, Fe- lix T. Molkey, Guy N. Furrow, Guy Deal, Ray Marsh, Noel L. Amos, Olin F. Jacquot. Henry F. Hunt, Peter Hansen, Frank J. Kou- bek, John G. Helmuth, George Duclos Prairie, Sylvester J. Rourke, Lambert J. Nelson, Law- rence A. Manning, Earl D. Watson, Alexis Olson, James Wimmer, Perry J. Martin, James 'W. Thompson, Edward R. Weaver, Gage C. Sauter, Roy Crouch. Earl Case, Chester H. Webb, Fred Carr, Edwin E. Dunlap, William F. Gladson, George G. McCaslin, Gedion Nel- son, Leroy E. Smith, Henry H. Schotman, Earl Brumbaugh, Lester O. Reynolds, Joe Jelinek, James C. Naylor, Albert L. Canfield, Chester Fisher, William Rosentrater, Floyd L. Spencer. Terry C. Boyce, Nelvin N. Whipple. Fred L. Shields, Jesse A. Cantrell, Forrest R. Smith, Ezra T. Walker. Clifford C. Johnson, William T. Redford, Walter H. Mathis, Ho- mer Dishman, Lee Rash, Adolph E. Malm, Bertrand W. Cassel, Brohumil Malec. John Rosentrater, Otto Drum, Fred E. Govier, George D. Lessley, John T. Courtier, Clarence Morris, Edward Baker, Jesse F. McKnight, Ray V. Verley. Walter P. Sargent, James G. Rookstool, William R. VanSant, Glen Glover, Fred Whitney, Donald R. James. Farquar C. Aydelotte. Edwin Henry Ransley. Albert Jolin- so11, Clyde Morl Kissell, W. Obie Bonar, Er- nest H. Wecth, John T. Nicholas, Bert B. Marsh, Addison Zone Street, A. Carl Chase, Lewis Rudd Wolf, Claud M. Cooley, Robert Walker Brandt. Miner Pinkston, Ollie In- gram, Keith E. Templar, Benjamin Oastrand, Avalo Cox, James Ieroy Cudaback, James F.

Predmore, Cecil E. Caldwell, Edmond M. Smith, Roy Herbert Brakeman, Verne Mc- Ininch, Orville Deal, Scott W. Winchester, Bennie L. Hatch, George J. Pointer, Roy W. Lichtenberger, Miltie J. Willard. B. Leonard Stephenson, Bortel Pagard, Charley Kriz. Del- bert L. Burton, Robert Lewis Walker, Ernest E. Luther, Harold Ellsworth Young, Earl L. Null, Chester Henry Miller, Oscar Frank Nel- son, Henry Ira Moriarty, Lawrence B. Carrol, Hans C. Johnson, Rollie W. Williams, Walter Elwood Howell, Phillip Carl Hutchens, Irvin Jerome Loffer, Otto B. Dunning, Clarence Philipsen.

WORLD WAR ACTIVITIES

Immediately upon the entrance of America into the world war, Custer county organized for practical co-operation. with a determina- tion to meet every demand and to lend the government every possible assistance. The governor appointed Marshal Eddy, of Broken Bow, chairman of the Custer county council of defense, and he proceeded to the organiza- tion of a strong body or council, which has been active and aggressive in the prosecution of all war work. Emerson Purcell, editor of Custer County Chief, has been secretary of the council, and aside from helping other war organizations and leading off in patriotic dem- onstrations, war meetings, etc., the council has looked after the loyalty, or rather thie disloyal- ty, of all parties who were reported as being in any way lax in regard to the support they were rendering the government.

THE EXEMPTION BOARD

The governor of Nebraska appointed Sheriff Joseph F. Wilson, County Clerk Robert G. Waters, and Dr. C. L. Mullins as members of a local exemption board, and they have been charged with the operation of all the draft ma- chinery. Through them the questionaires were sent out and all registrations conducted. They attended also to the physical examination and made out the first classifications of all regis- trants. It was a mammoth job, but they have been diligent and tireless. Many citizens vol- unteered their service and rendered valuable help under the direction of the board. The

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members of the board should be given much credit for the manner in which they handled the affairs entrusted to them and also for the way they provided every possible comfort for the boys while mobilizing.

BOND DRIVES

Four different bond drives to the present time have been organized and successfully prosecuted in the county. The work of rais- ing the quota of bonds supposed to be sold in Custer county has been largely conducted by the banks, the different bankers organizing for the work and seeing to it that the amount al- lotted is subscribed. There is no way by which the amount subscribed can be ascer- tained, and all that can be recorded is that every quota has been met, and that the respon- sive spirit of the people reduced the work to the minimum.

THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP DRIVE

A governmental arrangement was perfected by which the government sold stamps of twen- ty-five-cent denominations and in a series by which sixteen stamps and an additional pay- inent of a few cents purchased a five-dollar, interest-bearing goverment bond. These bonds could be later exchanged for hundred- dollar bonds, and it was arranged that no one could invest in a stamp beyond the sum of one thousand dollars.

Custer county was asked to subscribe for over six hundred thousand dollars' worth of stamp bonds. H. Lomax, president of the Custer State Bank, was appointed county chairman, and organized for the task of raising the money. There was a state arrangement by which the 22d day of March, 1918. was des- ignated as the day for raising the stamp quota. In no county in the state did it work out more perfectly in all the details of the plan than in Custer county. In every school district in the county the director assembled the freeholders, stated the object of the meeting, explained the operation of investment and announced the quota for that respective district. During the afternoon, over $800,000 was subscribed, and Nebraska became the first state in the Union to raise its quota for this drive.

THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Early in the beginning of the war Custer county was asked for $125 for Y. M. C. A. war work. The amount was so insignificant, and the war work of the Y. M. C. A. then so little known. that little attention was paid to the demand. A few benevolent spirits made small contributions, and altogether $119 was contributed. Six months later, conditions had changed. The Y. M. C. A. again asked Custer county for a contribution, and this time placed the quota at $3,000. Alpha Morgan was made county chairman of an organization charged with raising the amount. It was assigned in different quotas to various localities of the county, and in one afternoon a little over $6,000 was contributed.

PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CELEBRATIONS

All kinds of public meetings to arouse pa- triotism and unusual observance of all national holidays have been the order throughout the county. The people of every community have assembled in their halls, churches, or school- houses, and the interest manifested by the people in every phase of the war has been very remarkable. In later paragraphs is a descrip- tion of a celebration of General Pershing's birthday, observed Friday, the 13th day of September, 1918. The.day was observed in like and appropriate manner in every town in the county.

THE FOUR MINUTE MEN

Custer was second to no county in the state in the service rendered by her four-minute men. It was the duty of these four-minute men to appear, when appointed, in any public assembly. and make bright, breezy, four- minute talks on some phase of the war situa- tion. This amounted to an education propa- ganda. N. T. Gadd was appointed chairman of the four-minute men and he organized his speakers and covered the entire county with an army of four-minute men who continually kept current conditions before the people and rendered a great service. Mr. Gadd also had charge of the general speakers' bureau, and through his office speakers were sent to any

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place, day or night, when demands were made. only knew that the young men of the nation, He himself was in great demand and did an unusual amount of work in this direction.

WAR SAVINGS SOCIETIES

In connection with the stamp drive and in order to continue it throughout the duration of the war, and also for the purpose of form- ing habits of thrift and economy among the American people, war-savings societies were organized throughout the county, under the direction of N. T. Gadd, To this work Mr. Gadd gave unremitting energy and carried on the organization until at the present time he has over three hundred organizations of war- savings societies in the county. They are in every town and village and almost without ex- ception in every school district in the county.

THIE AMERICAN RED CROSS

During the last forty years. the Red Cross organization, known the world over as an organization that has standardized mercy and reduced to science and system the allieviation of suffering by ministering to the sick, caring for the wounded, feeding the hungry. and other like work, received during the present war time an almost incredible impetus. Its or- ganization and operations have been extended throughout the world and it has given true angels of mercy in camps. in hospitals, and on battlefields of the present day.

In common with other counties and commu- nities in the United States, Custer county en- listed in the great work of the Red Cross, just before the declaration of a state of war be- tween the United States and Germany was made. Nobody knew very much about it, and the initiative was taken by the women, as is usual when there are no definite landmarks immediately available to guide a forward movement. As the women were first to under- take the impossible task of embalming the body of the crucified Nazarene, without counting the cost or knowing how or by whom the great stone of difficulty would be moved, so in this great undertaking they were ready and willing to begin a task of the details and magnitude of which they had only small conception. They

of the state, of Custer county, of our homes, were about to be put into jeopardy of body and soul and would be in desperate need of the ministrations of womankind. So they took counsel only of their courage and the neces- sities that had arisen, and launched the be- ginnings of what is now the Custer County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

On March 22, 1917, a meeting was called at the office of Mr. Alpha Morgan. The fol- lowing ladies are recorded as present : Mes- dames I. D. George, M. S. Eddy. C. H. England, Alpha Morgan, and H. B. Landis. Mrs. Landis was chosen secretary of the meet- ing. It was agreed that steps should be taken to form in Broken Bow an auxiliary of the American Red Cross, and another meeting was planned for April 7th, to be held at the city hall. A general invitation was extended to the women of Broken Bow and vicinity and they were asked to bring certain materials to be made up for the Red Cross. Mrs. Landis, Mrs. Derr, Mrs. Mevis, and Mrs. Ford were made an executive committee to push the work ad interim.

The meeting of April 7th brought the fol- lowing ladies together: Mesdames Apple, Mevis, Henry, H. Lomax. G. O. Joyner, Rob- inson, Clute, Skillman, Adaline Johnson, Joe Wilson, Stapleton, A. Morgan, Thostesen, Stockham, Floyd. and Hickenbottom. Mem- bership lists were opened and the payment of dues made, thus making a definite member- ship. Weekly meetings were held for such work as was at hand. On May 14th a motion was carried to call a meeting at the court house for the purpose of organizing a chapter with the county as the unit. Committees on publicity. program, and advertising were named. This meeting was held May 22. 1917, and Judge N. Dwight Ford was chosen chair- man.

Mrs. Alpha Morgan outlined the plan of work for an organized chapter. and the organ- ization was immediately effected, with the fol- lowing officers: President, Mr. Jules Hau- mont ; vice-president. Mrs. Alpha Morgan ; secretary, Mrs. H. B. Landis ; treasurer, Rev.

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George P. Trites. Forty-nine memberships and sixty dollars were received.

At a meeting on May 23d, the officers named the following executive committee : J. M. Kim- berling. P. A. Black, W. W. Waters, Mrs. O. H. Mevis, Judge N. Dwight Ford, Dr. C. L. Mullins, Mrs. Derr. Mrs. A. Morgan, Mrs. H. B. Landis, Jules Haumont. Rev. George P. Trites, and M. S. Eddy.

At a later meeting a publicity committee was named, consisting of Judge N. Dwight Ford, Rev. George P. Trites, and Dr. C. L. Mullins. to bring before the people of the county the matter of organizing branches of the chapter. A committee of five -M. S. Eddy (chair- man), Mrs. C. H. England, Mrs. H. Lomax, Mrs. L. D. George, Rev. James Hermes - were named to have charge of the membership campaign. To accelerate the movement of ex- tending the work out into the county, a com- mittee on extension was named, as follows: Alpha Morgan, assigned to Sargent and Comstock; H. Lomax, to Oconto: Dr. C. L. Mullins, to Arnold; M. S. Eddy, to Merna ; Mac Warrington, to Mason City : Judge N. D. Ford, to Ansley : Mrs. Alpha Morgan, to An- selmo: Rev. George P. Trites, to Berwyn ; Jules Haumont, to Westerville. The effect of the committee's vigorous work was immediate - branches sprang up in every part of the county and the membership increased rapidly. The treasurer's receipts from June 23 to June 30 were $780.90. January 1, 1918, the total reached $3,685.75. On October 1st the total receipts from all funds passing through the treasurer's hands amounted to $19.652.75. This does not include the money sent directly to Washington as the major part of the two Red Cross war-fund drives in the county, nor does it include the moneys raised by the several branches for the purchase of materials, with the exception of fifty per cent. of the member- ship dues in those auxiliaries. The second war- fund drive alone totaled $34,968.07. of which amount $28,655.09 was deposited for the credit of the treasurer of the national society, W. G. McAdoo.

Communities entered into the spirit of the

work with marvelous zeal. There was an abandon of giving such had never been seen in this county for any purpose. Donated articles were offered in auction sales in every town and community. Fabulous prices were paid for articles and the buyer would at once donate them again, and separate items often sold again and again. In this way thousands of dollars were put into the hands of the workers to buy goods to be made up for hospitals, soldiers, and refugees. The women met every week to sew and knit, and in many localities three afternoons were willingly given for the service. Competent women were put over the work, generally divided under separate heads, such as surgical dressings, knitted goods, and sew- ing. Under the parent branch in Broken Bow the knitting work was under the oversight of Mrs. F. W. Henry, and upon her departure Mrs. C. L. Gutterson was appointed. Mrs. Gutterson has been chairman for the county work with the duty of distributing the yarn and censoring the work. Mrs. H. Lomax was given immediate oversight of the Broken Bow workers aside from knitting, with the compe- tent aid of Mrs. C. H. England and Mrs. H. D. Huntington as cutters. Mrs. Joseph Moly- neux was made chairman of the county work and censor of sewing. In each of the branches, was made such division of labor as would best further the work and produce the best results. For faithful and sacrificing labors, the names of scores of women would rightly find a place in this list of workers. The following list of materials made and shipped will give some- thing of an idea of the scope of the work ac- complished. The figures given cover only the year beginning October 1, 1917, and ending October 1, 1918.

Total number of different articles shipped, 35.305. Some of the principal items are : 7.468 surgical dressings, 1,799 suits of pajamas, 4,225 pillow cases. 906 bed sheets, 5,995 hand towels, 575 bath towels, 1.215 bed shirts, 1,321 sweaters, 2.258 pairs socks.

Shipments of used and new clothing have been gathered by the Red Cross in the county for relief of the suffering Belgian and French

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people remaining behind the German lines. More than a ton gross weight of this material has been shipped.

In the spring of 1918 the territory around Callaway, in part, was made into a separate chapter, known as Callaway Chapter, with H. II. Andrews chairman. The reports here given do not include that done therein after that chapter was constituted.

Changes in the official corps of the society were made necessary in the late winter of 1918, and W. A. Baldwin was chosen chairman, Mrs. Charles Luce, secretary, and W. L. Gaston, vice-chairman. Mrs. Luce opened an office and sacrificingly gave her time to the increasing duties of the office until June Ist. when the management of the office was placed in the care of the chairman, and John P. Robertson was chosen secretary. A well located office is donated by the Broken Bow Abstract Com- pany, Messrs. Hansen and Luce. Furniture was borrowed, including a fine desk, from F. M. Currie, and the Custer County Red Cross is doing a splendid and creditable work in the great war for humanity. All the varied inter- ests of the organization within the limits of the Custer County Chapter center in the office.

The executive committee at this writing is as here noted: Chairman. W. A. Baldwin; vice-chairman, W. L. Gaston : secretary. John P. Robertson ; treasurer. George P. Trites ; and M. S. Eddy. P. A. Black, and Dr. C. L. Mullins.

WOMAN'S COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

In war as well as peace, the activity and patriotism of the women have always equalled, if not excelled. those of the men. If the men have had their organizations and prosecuted any special division of work, the women have had their corresponding organizations and have made a like prosecution. only perhaps display- ing a little more energy. This is true in the matter of the Woman's Council of Defense.

The woman's committee was organized, at the request of the government, to co-ordinate the activities and the resources of the organ- ized and unorganized women of the country, that their power might be immediately utilized

in time of need, and to supply a new and direct channel of communication and co-operation between men and women and governmental departments.

The Custer county branch has not been idle, but has successfully managed the registration of women, the baby registration, three Liberty- bond drives. The branch has raised most of its quota for the state work ; has assisted and entertained speakers who came to the county for educational purposes : has helped with the Red Cross work and drives; has furthered Americanization ; has sold flag pictures : has, with the assistance of the county superinten- dent, distributed liberty and patriotic programs to the rural schools; has sent in to Camp Dodge and Camp Funston about thirty-five gallons of wild-grape juice for the convales- cent soldiers ; has kept "open house" and dis- tributed a vast amount of literature at the county fair ; has staged a patriotic pageant in the park during fair week, for two nights ; has held community singing in the park for six weeks, until it was turned over to the Four- minute men. The members took up with proper authorities the matter of sending home the body of one of the deceased soldier boys with- out proper embalming, and had the ones in charge reprimanded. They took charge of a tubercular soldier. saw that he was outfitted properly, and sent to a sanitarium for treat- ment ; took up with the health officers, school board, and physicians, the matter of compul- sory medical inspection in our schools, and had it carried through : and are now on a cam- paign for nurses and for the civilian and army schools - and all done gratuitously, of course. The only money paid out was for necessary postage, for this committee are not allowed any "franking" privileges, such as are accorded the men for their work.

The woman's committee of the Council of Defense for Custer county is composed of the following named members: Chairman, Mrs. Alpha Morgan; vice-chairman, Mrs. C. H. England: secretary. Miss Dorothy Maulick : treasurer. Mrs. Hazel Sidwell : Red Cross and allied relief, Mrs. C. H. England : food con- servation, Mrs. AAddie Hall ; child welfare, Mrs.

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Clyde Wilson : Liberty loan, Miss Keo Currie and Mrs. J. G. Leonard ; maintenance of ex- isting social agencies, Miss Eva Cadwell; educational propaganda, Miss Nellie Taylor ; health and recreation, Miss Dorothy Maulick ; Americanization, Mrs. John Reese ; publicity, Mrs. J. H. Melville ; registration, Mrs. Hazel Sidwell. District chairmen : Mrs. J. H. Kerr, Ansley : Mrs. Rose Dailey, Anselmo; Mrs. Lizzie Morris, Sargent ; Mrs. F. M. McGrew, Callaway; Mrs. J. T. Woods, Mason City; Miss Essie Haskell, Arnold.

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History of Custer County, Nebraska; a narrative of the past, with special emphasis upon the pioneer period of the county's history, its social, commercial, educational, religous, and civic developement from the early days to the present time, Part 45

Author: Gaston, William Levi, 1865- [from old catalog]; Humphrey, Augustin R., 1859- [from old catalog] Publication date: 1919 Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western publishing and engraving company Number of Pages: 1180

Author: Gaston, William Levi, 1865- [from old catalog]; Humphrey, Augustin R., 1859- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western publishing and engraving company
Number of Pages: 1180