Arthur E. RANKIN

RANKIN, BRINTON, HELSCHER, BUTLER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/23/2016 at 18:08:29

July 29, 1888 ---- December 7, 1962

Arthur E. Rankin was born July 29, 1888 in Morgan Township, near Dows. He attended the country schools and graduated from Dows High School in 1907. He received his B.S. degree in education from Drake University in 1914 and received his M.A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1931.

In 1914 he married Mabel Brinton of Washington, Iowa. They had two daughters. During World War I he enlisted in Naval Officers Training School in Chicago and received his honorable discharge in 1918. Mr. Rankin taught in the rural schools in 1908 and 1909, and served as principal at Hardy in 1909-10. He served as a member of the Hampton Library Board for twenty years, was a member of the Farm Bureau, the American Legion, the Methodist Church, Anchor Lodge, A.F. and A.M., Anchor Chapter No. 68 of Hampton, St. Elmo Commandery of Iowa Falls, El Kahir Shrine. He was a charter member of the Hampton city council from 1958 to January, 1962, at which time he took the office of mayor.

He was a past president of the Girls’ High School Athletic Union; past president of the North Central District of the National Education Association; chairman of the Franklin County Savings Bond Drive; and was active in the Franklin County Heart Association and Franklin County Cancer Society.

Mr. Rankin represented Franklin County in the House of Representatives during the Fifty-second and Fifty-third General Assemblies.

He passed away December 7, 1962 at Mason City, Iowa. Surviving him are his widow, Mabel, Hampton; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Helscher, Washington; and a daughter, Mrs. Alice Mae Butler, Marysville, Michigan.

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