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The
Iowa Press Association's
Who's Who in Iowa
Biographical Sketches
Iowa Press
Association, Des Moines, Iowa
1940
by J. R. Perkins
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LAINSON,
MRS ELIZABETH ROBERTS
Homemaker; b Thurman, Iowa; d of J W Roberts-Elizabeth Holloway; ed
Council Bluffs; m Percy Argles Lainson Aug 23, 1917 Des Moines; s
Donald Wesley; d Jeanne Argles; dist
comm Womans Field Army for Control of Cancer; natl committeewoman 1937
Amer Legion aux, state VP 1934, state pres 1936-37, unit pres 1924, co
pres, unit historian 1921, unit secy 1922-23, dist committeewoman
1932-33,
state finance chmn 1939, rehabilitation chmn 1938; 40 & 8, La
Chappau 1937; res Council Bluffs.
LAINSON, PERCY ARGLES
Field Representative State Tax Department; b Ida Grove, Iowa Oct 1,
1886; s of George John Lainson-Hattie Terrill; ed Council Bluffs;
Western Iowa Business Coll; m
Elizabeth Roberts Aug 23, 1917 Des Moines; s Donald Wesley; d Jeanne
Argles; 1903-16 cash Amer Express Co,
Council Bluffs; 1923-32 sheriff, Pottawattamie
Co; 1939- in tax dept of state tax commission of Iowa, field
representative;
org B Co Dodge Engr, later 109 engrs, ranking maj ING 168th inf, June
1919-June 1927, dir Dodge Light Armory Trust; Mexican border service US
army 1916; during World War capt Co L 168th inf 42nd div, O/S Oct
1917-Apr 1919, Chateau Thierry, Argonne, Luneville
Sector & San Mihiel, capt; Amer Legion post 2, vice comm 1921,
chaplain 1938,
dist comm 1932-33, post comm 1939-40; 40 & 8; past dir Country
Club; pres Lions 1928; BPOE 531; AF&AM 631; Scat Rite
32°, Neb; Grace Presby Ch; Rep, del to
state conv 1922-33; hobbies: hunting, fishing, golf; off
Des Maines State Bldg; res 119 S 8th St, Council Bluffs.
LANE, A CARL
Monument Dealer; b Pottawattamie Co, Iowa Feb 17, 1866; s of Charles
Lane-Margaret Cocklin; ed Pottawattamie Co; m Carrie E Kellogg Sept,
1890 Fremont Neb; s Kenneth Carl; d Leah Lorraine (Mrs J A Tamasaiea);
1889-93 cutter for Cole & Gibson, monument dlr, Council Bluffs;
1893- ptr of Sheely
& Lane, Council Bluffs; Council Bluffs Credit Reference Exchange; C
of C; KP
17, 1921 chancellor comm; BPOE 531; St Paul's Episc Ch; Rep;
off 217 E Broadway; res 404 S 1st, Council Bluffs.
LAWRENCE, LEONARD
Manager Printing Co; b Elmore, Minn Oct 8, 1896; s of Arthur E
Lawrence-Mary Sullivan; ed Yankton & Centerville SD; Council
Bluffs; m Hazel Arch Jan 6, 1919 Council Bluffs; s Larry; 1914-20
printer
Morehouse & Co, Council Bluffs, 1921-26 World Herald, Omaha,
1926-29 Chicago, Ainsworth Printing Co,
Kennard Neb, Colonial Press, _____, World Herald, Omaha
& Council Bluffs; 1929- owner & mgr Lawrence Printing Co,
Council Bluffs; during World War
ent US army 130 base hosp Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg Miss, disch Dec
1918; Amer Legion post 2, adjt 1936; Last Man's Club; Bluff City
Typographical Union
203; Lions; C of C; AF&AM 631; York Rite 17,
master 1937; R&SM; RAM 47; First Chris Ch,
SS treas; Rep; hobbies: outdoor sports, hunting, fishing; off 18 N
Main; res 219 Linden Ave, Council Bluffs.
LAWSON, MRS MARY E
Farmer; b Scott Co, Iowa Feb 11, 1880; d of Isaiah Calvin Yocum-Martha
Ellen Pollock; ed Highland Park Coll, BD
1900, primary training 1901; Athenina
Literary Soc; YWCA; m Oscar L Lawson Oct 4, 1921 Lincoln twp; 1900-10
tchr, Scott Co; 1910-21 raising
Shropshire sheep on home farm; 1921- homemaker on farm
Belknap twp, Pottawattamie Co, 1933- farm mgr; chmn lib bd;
during World War ARC twp chmn; 1911-19 State Grange chaplain, 1919-33
secy; Womans Div
Farm Bur, co secy, twp chmn; Progressive
Farmers, past pres; OES, past matron, Rainbow advisory bd ;
Womans Federated Club, past pres; Summit Presby Ch, SS tchr,
Christian Endeavor, pres, Missionary Soc treas, Iowa City
Presbyterial Soc, Lit Soc, Westminster Guild, secy, Child Work, secy;
133- Meth Ch, trustee, secy bd, past SS supt, past SS tchr,
past pres WFMS; Rep; hobby: Oakland
Lib; res Route 2, Oakland.
LEACH, HERBERT EUGENE
Veterinarian; b Avoca, Iowa Dec 19, 1892; s of H E Leach-Margaret
Brumbaugh; ed Avoca HS; Chicago Veterinarian Coll, DVM 1919; m
Anna Pedersen July 8, 1919 Des Moines; s Herbert Eugene III; d
Geraldine, Peggy
Ann; 1919- veterinarian, Avoca; 1934- mbr Avoca sch bd; 1936- mbr city
coun, Avoca;
during World War 1st class priv
med corps, Fort Warden, Washington & Fort Sheridan Ill & Ann
Arbor Mich; Amer Legion post 227, past comm; Iowa St
Veterinarian Med Assn; Rep; Presby Ch; off & res Avoca.
LEHMAN, MAX JOHN
Pharmacist; b Hamburg, Germany Mar 10, 1873; s of Carl Frederick
Lehman-Doris Behrens; ed
Remsen HS; Highland Park Coll, PhG; 1894 register ed pharm Iowa &
Neb; m Harriett Carson Aug
1898 Minden; s Grant Robert; d Lenore Harriett (Mrs Leo W Kelley); 1895
pharm, Omaha, 1895- Minden; 1914-22 P M, Minden; 1913-15 mbr town coun,
Minden; Iowa P Ms League; Iowa St Pharm Assn; IOOF 575; WOW, ch mbr
& clk
Camp 177; Congl Ch; Dem; hobbies: coins & stamps; off & res
Minden.
LEMON, BERT LLOYD
Feed Dealer; b Remsen, Iowa Oct 17, 1885; s of E Lemon Catherine
Emmett; ed Le Mars; Western Union Coll, BA 1906; m Mamie Pierce Sept
12, 1906 Le Mars; 1907-10 off work
& bkkpr Palmer Candy Co, Sioux City; 1912-17 real est agt, Council
Bluffs; secy of dirs YMCA 5 years; C of C, dir; Kiwanis; AF&AM 71;
York Rite; Broadway Meth Ch, secy bd 12 years; Rep; hobby:
woodworking; off 9th Ave & 8th; res 130 Colfax, Council Bluffs.
LEMON, GEORGE
Vice-President Printing Co; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Feb 18, 900; s of H
R Lemon-Elizabeth Aiken; ed Abraham Lincoln HS, Council Bluffs; U
of Iowa 1920-22;
Sigma Chi; m Katheryn
Cheyne Feb 11, 1922 Council Bluffs; s
George Edward, David Allen; d Virginia Sue; 1922- VP & gen mgr
Western Printing Co, Council Bluffs; dir Chris Home,
Council Bluffs; during World War aviation mechanic 44th squadron, Kelly
Field Tex,
disch 1919; Amer Legion post 1; Omaha
Advertising Club; C of C, Omaha; Omaha Athletic Club; AF&AM 71;
Rep; hobby: fishing; off 14 Howard, Omaha; res 642 Forest Drive,
Council Bluffs.
LEVERETT, JAMES
REYNOLDS
Attorney; b Council Bluffs, Iowa July 18, 1895; s of William Joseph
Leverett-Julia Reynalds; ed Council Bluffs HS 1914; Hillsdale Coll
1915-16 Iowa St Coll 1917; Alpha Tau Omega; m Verna Mauer Apr 8, l920
Council Bluffs; s James; d Carol; adm to Iowa bar 1930; 1919-38 in
real est & ins agcy with father, Council Bluffs; 1939- secy Iowa
Real Est Commission,
Council Bluffs; secy & an orgr Council Bluffs Airport; during World
War 2nd lt US res AS 14th observation squadron; Amer Legion
adjt Rainbow post 2 twice; Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Bar
Assns; past pres Iowa St Assn of Real Est Bds; dir Natl
Assn of Lic Law Ofcls; Council Bluffs Camera Club; AF&AM
63l; hobby: photography; off 15 Scott; res 220 3rd, Council Bluffs.
LEVERETT, WILLIAM
JOSEPH
Realtor & Insurance Agent; b Warren, Ill
Sept l, 1867; s of James W Leverett-Harriett Tisdel; ed Sioux Falls SD
HS; Sillsby Business Coll;
Hillsdale Coll, Mich PhB 1891; Sioux Falls Coll, SD; Delta
Tau Delta; m Julia Reynolds Aug 10, 1893
Hillsdale Mich; s James Reynolds; 1891 publisher of a newspaper,
Valley Springs SD; 1892-96 asst cash First Natl
Bank, Council Bluffs; 1896-98 publisher Trans-Mississippian Monthly
Magazine, Council Bluffs; 1890-1923 secy Mutual B & L Assn,
Council Bluffs; off 15 Scott; res 1295 E Pierce, Council Bluffs.
LIMBERT, EDWIN
MANNING
Surgeon; b Parry Sound, Ontario Canada Apr 26, 1910; s of Dr Milton
Henry Limbert-Josephine Manning; ed Parry Sound Ontario Canada 1928; U
of Toronto,
MD 1934; U of Minn, MSc 1939; Phi Chi; m Elaine Cunningham Mar 27, 1936
Toronto Canada; 1934-35 interne Toronto Gen Hosp; 1935-36 prac
med, Butt Ontario; 1936-39 fellow surg, Mayo Foundation; 1940- surg,
CounciI Bluffs; mbr staff Jennie Edmundson Hosp, Council Bluffs; instr
of surgery Creighton U, Omaha Neb; Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Med
Socs; AMA; Kiwanis; First Congl Ch;
father resident of Parry Sound Canada, industrial surg; off Clinic
Bldg; res 312 Lawton Terrace, Council Bluffs.
LORENZ, FRANK A
Manager Manufacturing Co; b Senftenberg, Bohemia Apr 17,
1883; s of Philip Lorenz-Gustina Knopp; ed Cedar Falls 1906-07; U
of Iowa, BA 1912; m Margaret Krumel Nov 21, 1916 Defiance Ohio; s Jomes
Adolph; d Anne,
Margaret, Alfreda; 1913-14 sch supt, Marse Bluffs Neb; 1915-28 cash
Loma State Bank, Loma Neb; 1928-30 asst cash Brainard State Bank,
Brainard Neb; 1930- mgr Safety Signal Mfg Co, Council Bluffs; past dir
Loma Neb sch bd 12 years; St Francis Ch; hobby: collecting minerals;
off 1015 S Main; res 227 9th Ave, Council Bluffs.
LOUGEE, ELDIN
HARTSHORN
Real Estate Agent; b Campton, NH July 11, 1868; s of Henry H
Lougee-Sarah Elizabeth
Arnold; ed Plymouth NH HS 188l; m Coraline Schoentgen June 12, 1906
Council
Bluffs; 1887-90 clk Council Bluffs Savings Bank; 1890-97 clk for J D
Edmundson & E H Hart Loan & Land Off, Council Bluffs; 1897-1906
ptr in loan & real est business;
1906- loan & real est agt, Council Bluffs; past dir Cimml Natl Bank
of Council Bluffs; 1900-04 mbr city coun; past mbr Mortgage Bankers
Assn
of Amer, past gov; Council Bluffs Real Est Bd, past pres; Rotary, past
pres; C of C, pres 3 terms; Council Bluffs Country Club, past pres;
BPOE 53l, ch mbr; Rep; hobby: fishing; off 102 S Main; res
301 Oakland Ave, Council Bluffs.
LUCHOW, ARTHUR AUGUST
Real Estate & Insurance Agent; b St Louis, Mo Mar 17, 1870;
s of Frederick L Luchow-Louise Paustian; ed Council Bluffs HS 1888; m
Mamie T Evans Sept 14, 1892
Council Bluffs; s Frederick (dec); m Katherine L Allen ____, ____;
1888-1915 cash, rate clk, revision clk & traveling auditor UP RR,
Omaha; 1915-
ins & real est agt, Council Bluffs; Council Bluffs Bd of Ins Agts;
FOE 104; AF&AM 239; hobbies: baseball, gardening; off 535 W
Broadway; res 225 N lst, Council Bluffs.
LUETH, JOHN ANDREW
Veterinarian; b Manilla, Iowa Apr 11, 1892; s of William F
Lueth-Augusta Wenzel; ed Manilla HS 1910; Kansas
City Veterinarian Coll, DVM 1914; m Lurline L
Sterens Mar 14, 1914 Omaha Neb; s John C; d Eleanor Jane;
1914- veterinarian, Council Bluffs; 1934- milk inspector, Council
Bluffs; SW Iowa
Veterinary Med Assn, 1939- pres; Ak-Sar-Ben Veterinary Med
Assn, dir; Iowa St Veterinary Med Assn, VP; Amer Veterinarian Med Assn;
Kiwanis; Council Bluffs Country Club; C of C; AF&AM 631: RAM; Scot
Rite; Abu Bekr Shrine, Sioux City; First Congl Ch; Rep; hobby: golf;
off 123 E Broadway; res 523 4th, Council
Bluffs.
LUTZ, JOHN CARLYLE
General Insurance Agent; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Apr 7, 1883; s of John
I Lutz-Albertine Kirchoff; ed Council Bluffs HS 1901;
Omaha Comml Coll, Omaha Neb; m Maud Stupfell June 6, 1919 Council
Bluffs; d Eleanor; 1901-18 receiving teller & gen clk First Natl
Bank of Omaha Neb; 1918- gen ins
agt, Council Bluffs; 1938-39 mbr city coun; 1939- mbr Iowa House of Rep
48th
gen assembly; Council Bluffs Ins Assn; Country Club, past dir;
AF&AM 71; Scot Rite, Neb; Abu Bekr Shrine, Sioux City; First
Presby Ch, treas & trustee; Rep; hobby: golf; father (dec) pioneer
resident of Pottawattamie Co 60
years, came to Iowa while it was a territory, past
pres sch bd, Council Bluffs 8 years; off
26 Pearl; res 200 Park Ave, Council Bluffs.
McCALL, STUART
WOODFORD
Dentist; b Monroe City, Mich Mar 6, 1882; s of Henry
McCall-Nellie White; ed Monroe City Ma HS; Creighton U, Omaha, DDS
1907; m Nellie Stephens Jan 21, 1914 Council Bluffs; 1907- dentist,
Council Bluffs; 1938- mayor; 1930 mbr lib bd; 1st secy Pottawattamie
Co Dental Soc; Iowa St Dental Soc, life mbr; ADA; Council Bluffs
Country Club, pres 1930-31; BPOE 531, lecturing knight 1913; AF&AM
71;
Iowa Scot Rite; Abu Bekr Shrine, Sioux City; First Bapt Ch,
1936-38 alderman; Rep; hobbies: golf, bowling; off City Hall &
Bennett Bldg; res 134 Fifth Ave, Council Bluffs.
McCLELLAND, CHARLES
MORGAN
Car inspector for Railroad; b Des Moines, Iowa July 8, 1896; s of
Joseph McClelland-Diana Morgan; ed Des Moines; m Coral Viola Norman May
9, 1919 Hubbard Minn; s Richard Norman, Charles Morgan Jr; d Mary
Talitha, Margaret Ann,
Patricia Jean, Eloise Elizabeth; 1914-16 worked on
father's farm, near Hubbard Minn; 1916- car inspector CGW RR, Council
Bluffs; during World War enl US army 13th engrs rwy, O/S Aug 1917-May
1919; VFW 737; Back to the RRs Club, orgr; Brotherhood Rwy Carmen of
Amer
93, pres; 1938-39; Trinity Meth Ch; father ret, Park Rapids Minn; res
170 W Graham Ave, Council Bluffs.
McCOMBIE, HARRY
EDWARD
Internal Revenue Collector; b Winterset, Iowa June 12, 1893; s of John
M McCombie-Hattie Edwards; ed Winterset HS 1911, mbr football &
basketball
teams; Babcock Inst of Pharm, PhG 1914; m Ivy B Hutchinson, 1917
Montezuma; s John Edward, Robert Carl; 1911-14 registered pharm,
Winterset; 1914-15 pharm,
Montezuma; 1916 pharm, Ames; 1920-21 mgr Killmek Drug Co, Mason City;
1922-32 owner drug store, Winterset; 1933- dep internal revenue
collector for US Treasury Dept; during
World War in med dept 168th inf O/S, in army Oct 18, 1917-May 6, 1919,
sgt lst class; Amer Legion, Mason City; AF&AM 43, Winterset; KP,
Winterset; Meth Ch; Dem; hobbies: hunting,
fishing; father (dec) mcht tailor, res Winterset 35 years; off Post
Office Bldg; res 741 Madison Ave, Council Bluffs.
McCONNELL, CHARLES H
Manager Creamery Co; b Spencer, Iowa May 31,
1904; s of Frank McConnell-Nellie Stewart; ed Mason City HS 1923;
U of Iowa 1923-27; Kappa Sigma; m Marjorie Annis Nov 24, l928 Des
Moines; s
Charles James; d Suzanne; 1927 mgr Beatrice Creamery Co, Perry, 1928-29
mgr, Des Moines, 1929- Council Bluffs; C of C; BPOE 531; St Paul's
Episc Ch; hobby: gardening; off 1607 West Broadway; res
621 Forest Drive, Council Bluffs.
McDONNELL, EDWARD
General Insurance Agent; b Chicago, Ill Jan l , 1894; s of Edward
McDonnell-Florence Stewart; ed Chicago Ill , Austin
HS 1914 , mbr HS football team; Notre Dame U 1915-17,
mbr varsity football team 1916-17; m Ruth O'Malley Dec 2, 1922 Omaha
Neb; d Ninette, Joann; l919-20 with US Fidelity
& Guaranty Ca, Chicago Ill;
1920- owner ins & bond agcy, Council Bluffs; during World War in US
marines, O/S Dec l917- July 1919, 2nd div, lst It; Amer Legion post 2;
40 & 8; Council Bluffs Country Club; C of C; Rotary; BPOE 531; KC
1045, Cath Ch;
Rep; hobby: golf; off 120 S Main; res 203 Carson Ave, Council Bluffs.
McGEE, HARRY GOULD
President Investment Company; b Fetterman, Va Apr 26, 1858; s of
Manasseh McGee-Mary A Flemi ng; ed Pittsburgh Penn; Western U,
Pittsburgh Penn; m Margaret L Green Jan 13, 1893
Council Bluffs; s John Archibald, Harold Green (dec); d Grace
(Mrs ____); 1877-87 hdw dlr, Council Bluffs; 1887-1920 ins agt, Council
Bluffs; 1920-29 secy, McGee Investment Co, Council Bluffs, 1929- pres;
1910-34 mbr
park bd; Council Bluffs Real Est Bd, ch mbr, lst pres;
Council Bluffs Country Club, past mbr; C of C; BPOE 531, past mbr; IOOF
49;
AF&AM 71; First Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies: planting trees, park
planting; off
105 Pearl; res 170 Glen Ave, Council Bluffs.
MclNTIRE, CARL RAY
Superintendent of Schools; b Greenfield, Iowa Aug 19, 1900; s of Martin
Miller Mcintire-Alma Blanch
Carl; ed Audubon HS 1919; Iowa St Coll, BSc 1926; U of Iowa,
MA 1936; Theta Chi; m Merle Madeline Mendenhall Apr 20, 1926 Des
Moines; d Marilyn Rae; 1925 HS coach
& tchr, Williams; 1926-28 HS supt, Bradegate; 1928-31 supt &
coach twp sch, Rolfe; 1931-36 coach & supt, Gray; 136- HS coach
& supt, Oakland; 1934- dir, past pres
& secy Iowa Girls HS Athletic Union; during World War in SATC at
Ames; Amer Legion; Co Schoolmasters Club; Comml Club; Comm
Coun, secy; KP; AF&AM; Meth Ch, SS tchr; hobbies: fishing, tennis;
off & res Oakland.
McKELVIE, HIRAM
CLAUDE
Owner Sale Yards; b Clay Co, Neb Oct l l, 1884; s of Sam
McKelvie-Belinda Jane Glandon; ed Lincoln Neb HS 1903; U of N 1906-07;
m Rose Ann Flynn Apr 13, 1914 Norfolk Neb; d Rosemary; 1904-06
livestock fieldman for Journal Stockman, South Omaha Neb; 1906-34
livestock fieldman
& business mgr for Nebraska Farmer, Lincoln Neb; l934- owner
Iowa-Neb Sale Yards, Council
Bluffs; owner McKelvie Sch of Auctioneering; C of C; IOOF 80,
Fairfield; BPOE 80; AF&AM 54, Lincoln; Scot Rite, Lincoln;
Sesostris Shrine,
Lincoln; Rep; hobbies: children, livestock; father come to Neb 1879,
farmer 60 years in Clay Co; off Ave G & 10th; res 127 Keeline,
Council Bluffs.
McMAINS, NORMAN
Owner Battery Company; b Waveland, Ind Mar 28, 1892; s of Harry
McMains-Levian Wilcox; ed Boone Co Ind; Gem
City Business Coll; m Eleanor S Craw Oct 9, 1915
Council Bluffs; s Norman Jr, Jack Bruce; d Gwendolyn, Beverley Ann,
Frances Lenore; 1913-20 mgr, Prest-0-Lite Co, Omaha & Kansas City;
1920- owner Reliance Battery Co, Council Bluffs; Natl Battery Mfg Assn;
Iowa Mfrs Assn; C of C; Rotary, past mbr; Council Bluffs Club; off
& res 2211 S 8th St, Council Bluffs.
McMARTIN, PETER
WILLIAM
Farmer; b Pottawattamie Co, Iowa Oct 16, 1877;
s ot Finley McMartin-Adeline Reed; ed Pottawattamie Co; m Edna Burwash
Jan 28, 1901 Montreal Canada; s
Ronald Finley, Donald William; d Gladys Addie (Mrs Earl Parker), Mary
Kathleen (Mrs Charles Eason); 1897- farmer, Pottawattamie Co, near
Oakland; 9 years dir Farmers Co-op Elevator,
Oakland; 1940- pres East Pottawattamie Co Farm Bur, ch mbr; 2 years
trustee of Belknap twp,
Pottawattamie Co; 1932- pres Belknap twp rural sch bd;
1933-35 mbr Soil Conservation Bur; OES 425, worthy patron 1920;
AF&AM 335, master 1918; First Congl Ch, deacon; Rep; hobby:
horses; father (dec) farmer in Pottawattamie Co 50 years; res Route 2,
Oakland.
McMILLEN, GERALD
ODELL
Owner Photographic Studio; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Sept 23, 1899; s of
Andrew McMillen-Lora Mae
Odell; ed Council Bluffs HS 1917; Pratt Inst, Brooklyn NY; Acad of Fine
Arts Chicago Ill; Art Inst, Chicago Ill; Alpha Pi Alpha; m Evelyn
Larsen
Nov 21, 1937 Council Bluffs; 1920-28 comml art work,
Omaha Neb, Kansas City Kas, & Chicago Ill; 1928-31 in air corps US
army; 1933- owner photograph studio, Council Bluffs; 1st lt chemical
warfare res US army;
during World War in service 1918; ROA; SW Iowa Photographers Assn,
pres; C of C, mbr publicity com; Rotary; BPOE 531; First Presby
Ch; hobby: horseback riding; off 531 W Broadway; res Warner Apartments,
Council Bluffs.
McMILLEN, THOMAS
President Board of Educatio; b Elyria, Ohio June 10, 1878; s of James
McMillen-Kate Baker; ed Council Bluffs
HS; m Julia Fluse Nov 15 1896 Council Bluffs; d
Lucille Catherine (Mrs John Sorenson), Margaret Ruth (Mrs
Carl Nelson), Gladys Irene (Mrs Clarence Vaughn Schwarzenbach),
Dorothy Marie (Mrs Carl Nelson), Gretchen Juliet (Mrs Donald
Ayers); 1885-92 in gen off UP Transfer, Council Bluffs; 1892-1929 car
inspector, off clk
CB&Q RR, Council Bluffs; 1929-37 supvr mechanical dept
CB&Q RR, Council Bluffs; 1916- mbr sch bd, 1934-38 VP, 1938- pres
Burlington Old Timers Club; IOOF 49, noble grand 1900, mbr since 1890,
bd of custodians 10 years, dist dep for encampment 2 terms; adviser De
Molay;
AF&AM 259, secy since 1901; RAM 47; R&SM 15; York Rite 17; Abu
Bekr Shrine,
Sioux City; Grace Presby Ch; Dem; hobbies: lodge & sch work; off
& res 246 High
School Ave, Council Bluffs.
McRORY, WILLIAM
WALLACE
Bank President; b Ontario, Canada Apr 6, 1871; s of John McRory-Miriam
Wood; ed Ontario Canada;
m Bell Burrow ____; d Maxine (Mrs Carroll C Johns); m Ethel Reed ____
Atlantic; s William Reid; 1887-92 bkkpr Citizens State Bank, 1892-97
asst cash, 1930- pres & dir; chmn bldg com, Oakland HS; mbr Oakland
sch bd 25 years, pres 7
years; mbr town coun, Oakland; Iowa Bankers Assn, past group chmn;
Comml Club, past pres; AF&AM 335; Scot Rite; Abu Bekr
Shrine; KP; OES; Congl Ch; Rep; off & res Oakland.
McVITTY, JOHN SAMUEL
Optometrist; b Chambersberg, Penn May 19, 1895; s of Dennie
McVitty-Linnie Campbell; ed Pawnee City Neb HS 1913; Northern Ill
Coll, Chicago,OD 1916; m Ercel Dickerson May
18, 1930 Woodbine; d Kathryn Ann, Rhea Virginia; 1919-24 emp by Dr
Terry Optical Co, Council Bluffs, 1924-39 mgr, 1939- mgr & owner;
during World War enl 1917 in USN convoy service, disch Sept 22, 1919,
2nd class gunners mate from naval training station, Detroit;
Amer Legion post 2; VFW, sr vice-comm,
chaplain, trustee, comm 1940; Iowa St, Neb St & Natl Assn of
Optometrists; Iowa Optometric Assn; C of C; BPOE 531; AF&AM 71;
RAM; York
Rite 17; Abu Bekr Shrine; Shrine Club; First Congl Ch; Rep; hobby: VFW
work; off 410 W Broadway; res 7 Ja-Ru-Ka Court, Council Bluffs.
MAIDEN, SYDNER DALE
Physician; b Pomeroy, Iowa June 30, 1888; s of George Alexander
Maiden-Elizabeth Tynor; ed Ayreshire HS; ISTC 1906-10; U of Iowa,
MD 1914, MA 1915; Phi Rho Sigma; m Edna Allen Oct 25, 1919 Kalona; 1915
interne U Hosp, Iowa City; 1915-16 interne Golden Square Hosp, London
England; 1916 prac med, Council Bluffs; 1920-21 prac med, Seattle Wash;
1921- prac med, CounciI Bluffs; 1937- mbr lib bd; staff phys Mercy
Hosp, Council Bluffs; asst prof Creighton U, roento-laryngology; assoc
mbr Jennie Edmundson
Hosp; during World War in base hosp 52, capt Verdun France, O/S July l,
1918-Feb 22, 1919; Amer Leg post 2, comm 1932; VFW; Pottawattamie Co
Med Soc, pres 1934-35; mbr speakers bur Iowa St Med Soc; AMA; mbr Eye,
Ear, Nose & Throat
Socs; Council Bluffs Country Club; AF&AM 71;
Scot Rite 32°, Neb; KT; 1940 King of Mardi
Gras; First Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies: gardening, golf; off Bennett Bldg;
res 203 Bluff St, Council Bluffs.
MAIERS, HENRY PATRICK
President Cereal Corp; b Buffalo Co, Wis Mar 17, 1877; s of Nicholas
Maiers-____;
ed Barnesville Wis; m Mary Gaugler ____,
1902 Barnesville Wis; s Ralph; d Monica (Mrs C H
Redick); 1891-1927 engr, GN Rwy, Grand Forks ND; 1929- pres Dwarfies
Corp, Council Bluffs; Iowa St Mfrs Assn; B of
LF&E 567, pres 6 years; C of C; KC; St Peter's Cath Ch; hobbies:
flowers
& birds; off 1216 S Main; res 2 Gunn Avenue, Council Bluffs.
MARTIN, HARRY E
Manager Grape Growers Association; b Carbondale, Ill Oct 24, 1882; s of
Franklin Eldorado Martin-Elizabeth
Moore; ed Audubon HS; m Nellie Barrett Apr 18, 1906 Council Bluffs; s
Albert Franklin, Eldo, Leonard, Glen; d Minnie
Mae (Mrs Stanley Koerth), Virginia, Ellen Waeneta; 1896-1901 emp on
farm, Audubon Co; 1901 worked for Wickham Brothers,
Council Bluffs; 1902-04 emp in assembling dept of Keys Mfg Co, Council
Bluffs; 1904-07 in produce
business, Council Bluffs; 1907-09 groc, Council Bluffs; 1909 farmer;
1910-14 cash CB&Q RR, Council Bluffs, 1914-21 chief clk; 1921-24
sales mgr Iowa Fruit & Produce Co, Council Bluffs; 1925- mgr
Council Bluffs Fruit Growers Assn; C of C; WOW; First Bapt Ch; Rep;
hobby: experimenting on fruit trees; father (dec) resident of Audubon 7
years; off 900 S 7th; res
245 Benton, Council Bluffs.
MARTIN, LEWIS M
District Engineer Highway Commission; b Avoca, Iowa Mar 24, 1877; s of
Peter Martin-Regitse Sophia
Margaret Nelson; ed Anita; Cornell Coll, civil engineering course,
Mount Vernon; m Lulu Blanche Carey Dec 28, 1904; s Harold Lowry, Lewis
Eugene; m Gertrude L Graham Nov 15, 1927 Atlantic; 1901-02 instrument
man, Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR; 1902-03 in chg of
construction CRl&P RR, Indian Territory & Okla; 1903 in chg of
construction IC RR; 1903-04 chg of construction Interurban Rwy, Des
Moines to Perry & Woodward; 1904-14 asst engr CM&StP RR, Iowa
& Wis; 1914- dist engr Iowa St Highway Commission; durinq
World War capt engrs Camp Lee, Va disch Mar 12, 1918; Amer
Legion; mbr Iowa St Bd of Engineering Examiners 18 years;
promoted formation of Natl Coun of State Bds of Engineering Examiners,
pres 1924-25; past pres Atlantic Rotary, past mbr Council Bluffs
Rotary; Des Moines Club; BPOE
531; Za-Ga-Zig Shrine; hobby: books & amateur photography;
res 332 Willow Ave, Council Bluffs.
MATHIASEN, HENNING
WILLIAM
Physician & Surgeon; b Omaha, Neb July 17, 1908; s of Henning F
Mathiasen-Elizabeth Wickham; ed Council Bluffs, St Francis; Creighton
U, Omaha, BSc 1930, MD 1932; Phi Rho Sigma; m Rita Rose Dougherty May
25, 1936 Des Moines; s William Henning; 1932-33 interne Mercy
Hosp, Council Bluffs; 1933-38 prac med, Persia; 1938- prac med,
Neola; mbr visiting staff Mercy Hosp, Council Bluffs; Milwaukee RR
Surgical Assn; Amer Assn of Railway Surgs; Pottawattamie Co &
Iowa St Med Socs; AMA; KC; Cath Ch; hobby: amateur movies:
father passenger brakeman UP RR, res Council Bluffs 40 years;
off & res Neola.
MATTSON, EDMUND
AMANDUS
Department Manager Power Co; b Omaha, Neb
Aug 30, 1899; s of Olaf Mattson-Ida Carlson; ed Omaha Neb; m
Georgia Astleford May 26, 1920 Omaha Neb; s Darrell Edmund;
1914-17 electrician Wolf Electric Co, Omaha Neb; 1918-23 emp in service
dept Neb Power Co, Omaha, 1923- mdse mgr, Council
Bluffs; C of C; Lions, pres 1930-31, dist gov 1936-37; Council Bluffs
Retail Mchts Assn, pres 1939-40; AF&AM
71; RAM 47; Swedish Luth Ch; Rep; hobby: gardening; off Electric
Bldg, Council Bluffs; res 613 S 51st Ave, Omaha.
MAYER, CLINTON JOHN
Secretary Chamber of Commerce; b Bryant, SD Apr 24, 1912; s of John M
Mayer-Ruby Grigsby; ed Thomas Jefferson HS, Council Bluffs 1920; m
Beryl Aney Oct 2, 1937 Council Bluffs; 1931-33 emp by Meadow Gold Dairy
Co,
CounciI Bluffs; 1934- secy C of C, Council Bluffs; Natl & Iowa
Assns of Comm Orgn Secys; C of C; Presby Ch; hobbies: bowling, golf
& amateur photography; off Chieftain Hotel; res 255 Oakland Ave,
Council Bluffs.
MAYNE, GEORGE H II
Attorney; b Pottawattamie Co, Iowa Nov 8, 1891;
s of Joe Harlan Mayne-Frances Verner; ed Council
Bluffs HS 1909; U of Colo; Delta Tau Delta; 1914 adm to Iowa bar; 1914-
prac law, Council Bluffs; 1931 rep Pottawattamie Co 44th sessions Iowa
legislature; Iowa St & Pottawattamie Co Bar Assns; Country Club;
BPOE, past exalted ruler; AF&AM; RAM 47;
off Wickham Bldg ; res 400 Glen Ave, Council Bluffs.
MAYNE, GEORGE HERBERT
Attorney; b Keosauqua, Iowa Sept 18, 1869; s of Winfield S Mayne-Ruth E
Mangum; ed Council Bluffs HS 1886; Iowa U, LLB 1889;
m Zoe Hill Oct 30, 1905 Council Bluffs; s
Frederick Hill; d Marjorie (Mrs Thomas S Rossen); 1891 adm to Iowa bar;
1891-
prac law, Council Bluffs; 1936- referee in
bankruptcy; conciliation comm SW Iowa dist Bar Assn; Iowa St &
Pottawattamie Co Bar
Assns; BPOE 531; FOE 104, ch mbr; Episc Ch; hobbies: fishing &
hunting; off Wickham Bldg; res 229 Turley Ave, Council Bluffs.
MERRILL, LAWRENCE GUY
Editor & Publisher; b Council Bluffs, Iowa July 4,
1873; s of John W Merrill-Louisa Van De Bogert; ed Logan; m Jennie L
Hardenbrook Oct 24, 1896 Maxwell; s Harold Arthur;
m Bertha G Peterson July l, 1932 Cave Springs Mo; 1894 learned
telegraphy, Underwood also emp by CM&StP RR in various towns,
1898-1900 agt CM&StP RR, Potter, 1900-02 Underwood, 1902-04 Neola,
1904-05 in dispatchers off, Perry; 1906- editor & publisher Neola
Gazette-Reporter; 1918-20
mayor, Neola; 1924- mbr Pottawattamie Co bd of edn; 1920-34 mbr bd of
edn, Neola; IPA; Greater Council Bluffs
Assn; Rotary, Council Bluffs, past mbr 1929-32; BPOE 531;
OES 192, past patron; mbr White Shrine, Council Bluffs; AF&AM
423, Neola past master 2 terms; Rep; hobby: woodworking;
father (dec) city editor Council Bluffs Nonpareil; off & res Neola.
MEYERSON, HERMAN
Grocer: b Metau, Latvia June 28, 1882;
s of Leo Meyerson-Etel Bailey Simon; ed Metau Latvia; m Mary Falk Jan
3, 1907 Omaha Neb; d Mildred (Mrs Leon Frankel), Gwendolyn, Pearl,
Florence; 1901-05 clk, Kulakofsky Groc
Co, Omaha Neb; 1906-09 ptr Goodman Meyerson Groc Store, S Omaha;
1910-20 owner Boulevard Groc, Omaha; 1920-36 ptr in
Central Market, Council Bluffs; 1936- owner groc & meats,
Peoples Dept Store, Council Bluffs; Council Bluffs Retail Mchts Assn;
Council Bluffs Retail Groc
Assn; C of C; BPOE 531; Lazor Grotto; JOOF; LOOM 262; AF&AM
259; Scot Rite; Chevra B'nai Synogog; hobbies: reading, outdoor life;
off 308 West Broadway; res 127 S 8th, Council Bluffs.
MEYERSON, SAMUEL
Retail Grocer; b Mitoau Caurland, Latvia Jan 3, 1887; s of Levin
Meyerson-Yetta Samis; ed Mitoau Latvia; m May Woolfson Jan 31, 1909
Council Bluffs; s Leo I, Owen Lloyd, Yale William (dec); d June
Reva (Mrs William Rothstein), Lorraine; 1906 clk B A Simon Groc Co,
Omaha Neb; 1907-08 clk for Kulahofshy Groc Co, Omaha Neb; 1908-19 owner
& opr groc store, South Omaha; 1919-24 ptr in Central Market,
Council Bluffs; 1924-34 ptr in Peoples Dept Store, groc dept, Council
Bluffs; 1934 owner McAtee's
Groc, Council Bluffs; 1935- owner & opr Myerson Food Center,
Council Bluffs; dir Council Bluffs Retail Groc Assn, pres 1925; lowa St
Retail Grocers Assn, dir; C of C; Kiwanis; JOOF; B'nai B'rith;
AF&AM 259; Scot Rite; Dem; hobbies: bridge,
travel; off 220 W Broadway; res 600 Roosevelt Ave, Council Bluffs.
MILLER, CARL ELLISON
Inspector Railroad; b Atchison, Kas Jan 5, 896; s of George Granville
Miller-Amanda May Ellison; ed Marysville Kas 1913; m Leona Hersey Sept
8, 1928 St Joseph Mo; 1913-15 timekeeper StJGI RR,
Marysville Kas; 1915-16 night station master UP RR, Council Bluffs;
1919- in freight car dept UP RR,
Council Bluffs; 1916-17 Mexicon border
duty US army; during World War enl Rainbow Div 168th inf
Co I, O/S Oct 1917-19, OTS LaVal Boone Ain France. commd 2nd It; pres
Co I Club; 1937-39 chmn ways & maons com VFW, aid de camp to
comm-in chief VFW, 1940 comm 737, 1939 div dep, chief of staff VFW, VP
Rainbow ch; Back
to the Rails Club; Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of Amer, local
chmn; Military order of the Cootee; FOE;
AF&AM 259; Neb Scot Rite 1; Bapt Ch; Rep; hobbies: VFW, golf; res
Goodrick Hotel, Council Bluffs.
MINNER, PHILIP
ELLSWORTH
City Auditor; b Glenwood, Jowa Dec 22, 1899; s of Charles Minner-Clara
Surber; ed Glenwood HS 1917; U of Omaha; m Opal Linville Aug 16, 1917
Glenwood; d Marilyn Joan; 1925-28 emp in accounting dept, Omaha Mdse
Transfer Co; 1928-30 dep city clk, Council Bluffs, 1930-32 city clk;
1932- 33 owner &
opr cigar store, Council Bluffs: 1935-38 exec secy & supt
Park Dept, Council Bluffs; 1938- city auditor & exec secy
park dept; during World War 1916-17 border service with US army, 168th
inf Co I 42nd div, O/S Oct 1917-Feb 1919, disch Feb 1919, sgt; Amer
Legion post 2; 40 & 8, Chef-de-Gare 1930, grand cheminot 1931; VFW,
sgt maj 1939-40; Municipal Finance
Ofcrs Assn; Finance & Accounting Ofcrs Assn; Lions; FOE 104;
AF&AM; Rep Club, Rep Service League, co chmn 1932;
off City Hall; res 208 Oakland Ave, Council Bluffs.
MONGER, KENNETH FLOYD
Mortician; b Van Buren Co, lowa Aug 3, 1902; s of C C Monger-Pearl
Holmes; ed Eldon HS 1921; U of Iowa, 1921-22; ROTC;
Hohenschuh-Carpenter Embalmer Sch, grad 1932; Delta Phi; m Madge
Quigley
Feb 7, 1926 Ottumwa; d Maralyn Quigley, Martha Floyd; 1927-29 emp
by Metropolitan Ins Co, Cedar Rapids; 1929-31 salesman for F W
Pearson Co;
1932 embalmer Campbell Funeral Home, Eldon, 1933-39 for A C Sievers,
Carson; 1939- owner & opr funeral home, Carson; 1938- mbr city
coun; Jowa Funeral Dirs Assn; Comm Club;
BPOE 348, Ottumwa; AF&AM 430, 2 years mbr finance com;
Presby Ch; Dem; off & res
Carson.
MOORE, MORRIS
Physician & Surgeon; b Washington Co, Iowa Sept 11, 1874; s of Dr E
B
Moore-Sarah Waters; ed Harlan HS; Creighton U,
MD 1901; m Cora Backus June 29, 1905 Omaha Neb; d Mary Louise
(Mrs T R Osborn), Betty Jane; 1902- prac med, Walnut; mbr sch bd 7
years, past
pres; mbr town coun 8 years; twp trustee 4 years,
Pottawattamie Co; sen 19th dist Iowa
legislature since 1932; chmn staff, Atlantic Hosp; AMA;
Pottawattamie Co & lowa St Med Socs; Walnut Comml Club, pres;
MWA; AF&AM, past master; BPOE, Atlantic; Dem; off & res Walnut.
MOOREHEAD, HAROLD
BASSETT
Physicion & Surgeon; b lda Grove, lowa
Oct 26, 1887; s of William C Mooreheod-Mae Bassett; ed lda Grove
HS 1908; Drake U, 1909-11; Creighton U,
Omaha, MD 1914; Phi Beta Pi; m Myrtle Harris
May 27, 1914 Fremont Neb; s Charles N; 1914-15 interne
Mercy Hosp, Council Bluffs; 1915- prac med, Underwood; ossoc staff phys
for Mercy
Hosp, Council Bluffs; 1906-13 ING Co D, Ida Grove, field hosp, Des
Moines as sgt; Pottawattamie Co Med Soc, pres 1926, VP 1939-40; lowa St
Med Soc; AMA; AF&AM 423; Neb Scot Rite 1,
Omaha; Abu Bekr Shrine, Sioux City; St Pauls Episc Ch; Rep;
hobbies: hunting, fishing; father (dec) farmer in lda
Co 64 years; off & res Underwood.
MURPHY, HARRY G
Druggist; b Lewis, lowa Dec 28, 1875; s of William Murphy-Agnes
Cunningham; ed Des Moines; m Rena Miller July
28, 1897 Omaha; s Arthur J; d Margaret L (Mrs Meredith Johnson); m
Frances Lavidge Apr 21, 1930
Omaha; 1890-1928 VP, E E Bruce & Co, Omaha; 1928-35
mgr, McKessen-Robbins Co, Omaha; 1935- ptr in
Murphy Drug Co, Council Bluffs; C of C; St Paul's Episc Ch; Rep; off
119 S Main; res 119 S 8th, Council Bluffs.
MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS
Hotel Manager; b Oakland, Jawa Aug 11, 1876; s of Reuben Morris-Isabel
Rust; ed
Oakland HS 1895; m Celestine Phillips Aug
23, 1896 Oakland; s Lyle Leon,
Erwin Lloyd (dec), John Leonard; d Leulla Marguerite (Mrs P M Rupp),
Leona
Mae; 1896-1921 farmer, Pottawattamie Co; 1903-13 rural
mail carrier, Oakland; hotel mgr, Oakland; 1915-19 dir of sch, Belkamp
twp dist 1; 1936- dir Oakland sch bd; 1936- mayor, Oakland; Comml Club;
OES 425, past patron; MWA, secy;
AF&AM 325; JOOF, past noble grand; KP; Christ Ch,
trustee & elder; Rep; hobbies: checkers & gardening; res
Oakland.
MORSE, LEON ELLSWORTH
General Insurance Agent; b Floyd Co, lowa Oct 17, 1898; s of James
Albert Morse-Florence Smith;
ed Orchard HS; m Velma Larsen Aug
2, 1919 Northwood; s Roderick James; d Roxanna, Melinda Lee; 1916-20
ins agt, Northwood 1920-21 Mason City; 1921 - owner McCarger-Morse Ins
Co, Council Bluffs; 1916-17
border service in Tex, during World War enl US
army 1917-19 125th machine gun batt, 34th div, 1st sgt, O/S Sept
1918-Jan 1919; Amer Legion post 2, 1924
comm, mbr exec com 12 years, helped org post at Northwood, 1st comm
1919-20; C of C, 1939- dir; Council Bluffs Jr C of
C, 1933-34 pres; Council Bluffs Fish & Game Club; First Congl Ch;
Rep; hobbies: fishing,
hunting; off 21 Pearl; res 444 Glen Ave, Council Bluffs.
MORTENSEN, GARTH
HALLEY
Credit Manager Power Co; b Armstrong, Mo Sept 25, 1904; s of James
Mortensen-Ella Quinn; ed Council Biuffs HS 1923; m Margaret Luther Sept
12, 1928 Council Bluffs; s William Garth; 1923-25
clerical work, Neb Power Co, Council Bluffs; 1925-26 emp contract dept,
Neb Power Co, Council Bluffs, 1926- credit dept; Ill Central Employees
Service Club; Council Bluffs Credit
Assn, pres 1939- ; Jr C of C, youth welfare com; Council Bluffs Civics
Presidents
Club; First Chris Ch; Rep; hobbies: athletics, camping; off Electric
Building; res 1110 E Washington, Council Bluffs.
MURTEAU, JOHN
Contractor; b Bronderslev, Denmark May 2, 1874; s of
Chris Sorensen Murteau-Karen Marie Jensdaughter;
ed Bronderslev Denmark HS; Western lowa Coll, Council Bluffs;
m Julia Anna Mickalsen Dec 18, 1898 Council Bluffs
(dec); d Marie Johanne (Mrs Leslie N Hays); 1890- gen contr, Council
Bluffs; 1932-34
mayor; 1918-20, 1928-30 & 1935-37 alderman; 1921-27 trustee
Council Bluffs water works; 1916-22 supreme pres United Danish
Socs; Rebekah; Danish Brotherhood; IOOF 606,
past noble grand; AF&AM 71; Dannebo; Danish Luth Ch; Dem; res 615 S
7th, Council Bluffs.
MYERS, RAY FRANKLIN
High School Principal; b Daleville, Ind Aug 10, 1887; s of Joseph F
Myers-Amanda Rinker; ed Muncie Ind HS; Ind U, BA 1914; Columbia U, MA
1921; Phi Delta Kappa; m Birdie Mae Burgess June 28, 1911 Daleville
Ind;
s Cloice E, Clovice D, Ray Jr; 1908-09 HS tchr, Daleville Ind; 1910-12
HS prin, Veedersburg Ind; 1912-14 HS science tchr, Bloomington Ind;
1914-16 HS auditorium dir, Gary Ind; 1916-18 prin Work-Study-Play Sch,
Passaic NJ; 1919 asst supt of schs, Council
Bluffs; 1922- prin Thomos Jefferson HS, Council Bluffs; 1935-39 pastor
Fed Ch, Neola; NEA; ISTA, mbr annuity com 10 years; dir North Central
Schoolmens Assn; state dir NYA; state dir
PTA; C of C, exec secy 1932-33, pres 1934-35;
Rotary, chmn youth service, gov 1934;
AF&AM 71; off Thomas Jefferson High School; res 300 Oakland,
Council Bluffs.
NASS, FRED HERMAN
Manufacturer; b Council Bluffs, lowa Oct 21, 1905; s of Frank G
Nass-Susie
Renninger; ed Council Bluffs HS 1925; m Edna N Staarup Feb 5,
1931
Papillion Neb; s Bobby Lee, Fred H; 1927-29 in shipping dept Reliance
Battery Co, Council Bluffs; 1930- owner Nass
Battery Co, Council Bluffs; FOE 104; Salem Luth Ch; Non-part;
hobbies: basketball & baseball; father furn & cabinet maker,
res
Council Bluffs 45 years; off & res 2746 6th Ave, Council Bluffs.
NELSON, OLAF
Owner Tin & Furnace Works; b Council Bluffs, Iowa June 1, 1888; s
of Martin Nelson-Patrina Olson; ed Council Bluffs; m Lucille Crisp
Mar 1910 Council Bluffs; s Harold; d Dorothy; m
Lorraine Simmons Aug 19, 1940 Chicago Ill; 1902-12 emp by Rapp Tin
Shop,
Council Bluffs; 1912- owner tin & furnace works, Council Bluffs;
1934- mbr water bd, Council Bluffs; C of C; Council Bluffs Country
Club; BPOE 531; Danish Luth Ch; Rep; hobby: golf; off 13 S Main; res
311 Fuller Ave, Council Bluffs.
NELSON, RILEY CARL
GRENVILLE
County Sheriff; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Sept 10, 1898; s of Peter
Nelson-Olivia Carlson; ed Council Bluffs HS 1917; U of Iowa, BA 1922;
Omaha U, LLB 1939; Sigma Phi Epsilon; m Virginia Winslow June 10, 1924
Council Bluffs; s Riley Richard; d
Beverley Jean; 1919-30 paving contr, Council Bluffs; 1932-39 chief
probation ofcr, Pottawattamie Co, 1930-32 juvenile ofcr; 1939-
Pottawattamie Co sheriff; 1939 adm to Iowa bar; during World War 110th
aero squadran, Kelly Field, disch as flying cadet: 40 & 8; Amer
Legion post 2, 1936-37 adjt, 1938 comm; State & Natl Probation
Assns; Council Bluffs & Iowa Sheriffs Assn;
Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Bar Assns; scoutmoster, mbr exec
bd southwest Iowa Coun Natl BSA; Kiwanis; FOE 104; BPOE 531; AF&AM
71; hobbies: fathering wayward boys, accepting their paroles; off
Courthouse; res 1410 McPherson
Ave, Council Bluffs.
NEVELN, BENJAMIN
HARRISON
Mayor; b Muscatine, Iowa Oct 20, 1887; s
of Claus N Neveln-Catherine Rotermund; ed Arlington HS 1906; ISTC, BDi
1912; U of Iowa, BA 1914; Phi Delta Kappa; m Clara Drake Oct
30, 1918 Atlantic; s Edwin Charles,
Kenneth Harold; d Irene Alice (dec); 1907-09 sch tchr, Chelsea; 1908-11
tchr, Blairsburg; 1914-18 supt of schs, Walnut; 1919-21 supt
consolidated schs, Strahan, 1921-23 Thurman, 1923-26 Arlington; 1926-
ins & real est agt, Walnut; 1928-32 head of normal
training dept Walnut HS; 1936- J
P, Walnut; 1939- mayor, Walnut; during World War Camp Pike Ark supvr
Camp Lib service, disch Jan 8, 1919; Amer Legion post 571, comm 1924;
Walnut Business Mens Club; OES 286, worthy patron 1930; AF&AM 559,
master 1934; First
Presby Ch; hobby: gardening; off City Hall; res Walnut.
NEVIUS, CARL WALKER
Dentist; b Page Co, Iowa Nov 19, 1893; s of John S
Nevius-Fannie Walker; ed Bedford HS; Simpson Coll; U of Iowa, DDS 1919;
Alpha Tau Omega; m Alma Andersen Sept 20, 1922
Bentley; d Mary Ann; 1919 dentist, Sioux City; 1919-33 prac dentistry,
Neola;
1933- dentist, Council Bluffs; mbr Neola sch bd 1-1/2 years; 1932-33
mbr town coun, Neola;
during World War SATC U of Iowa; Amer Legion post 2; Co L 168th int
ING, capt; mbr exec com Southwestern Dist Dental Soc; Iowa St Dental
Soc; ADA; 1938-40 secy Inter-Professional Club; pres Execs Club 1936;
OES, 192, patron 1933; AF&AM 423, master
1931-32; Presby Ch; hobby: shooting; off Bennett Bldg; res 527 Clark
Ave, Council Bluffs.
NEWTON, PAUL JENNINGS
Insurance Agent; b California, Mo Oct 27, 1891; s of John Martin
Newton-Alice
Long; ed California Mo HS 1915; m Jacquetta Heisler June 16, 1922
Council Bluffs; 1915-25 agt for Pullman Co, Omaha Neb; 1925- ins agt,
Council Bluffs; during World War ambulance service co 514
French div, O/S; Amer Legion post 2;
Council Bluffs Ins Agts Assn, pres & past secy;
AF&AM 259; Scot Rite; Abu Bekr Shrine; Rep; res 449 4th Ave,
Council Bluffs.
NICKERSON, EARL
COOPER
Merchant; b Berwin, Neb Mar 5, 1893; s of John E Nicherson-Amanda Jane
Flanagan; ed Malvern; m Alice McNamee Oct 11, 1923 Council Bluffs; s
Kenneth Earl; 1915-17 clk D D Jamison store, Glenwood; 1919-23 buyer
& dept mgr John Beno Co, Glenwood,
1935- treas; 1932 dir John Beno Co, Council Bluffs; during
World War enl 90th div O/S Apr 1918, OTS in France, disch Mar 5, 1919;
Amer Legion post 2, past comm; VFW 737, exec com
since 1930; C of C; Lions; Presby Ch, elder;
Rep; hobbies: baseball & fishing; res 24 Canning, Council
Bluffs.
NIELSEN, ANDREW J
Attorney; b Omaha, Neb Jan 6, 1889; s
of John C Nielsen-Mary Rasmussen; ed Simpson Coll, Indianola; U of
Omaha; m Emma Batcheller Dec 26, 1911
Council Bluffs; s Paul E; d Bertha (Mrs W Grabow); 1925 adm to Neb bar;
1911-29 pastor Meth Ch, Council Bluffs; 1925-33 prac law, Omaha; 1933-
prac law, Council Bluffs; owner Nielsen Aviation
Sch; 1931 aviator; 1927-31 in legal dept Morgan-Texas Oil Co, San
Antonio Tex; during World War instr in stunt aviation San
Diego, commd 2nd lt; FOE 104; Rep; hobby: aviation; off 230 Wickham
Bldg; res 736 1st Ave, Council Bluffs.
OARD, ARTHUR WELDON
Druggist; b Kansas City, Mo July 29, 1874; s of Aaron
Oard-Elizabeth K
Eifert; ed Fort Dodge HS; Highland Park Coll; Drake U 1896; m Elizabeth
Moreland Nov 27, 1910 Cedar Falls; 1906-08 blockman lnternatl
Harvester Co, Cedar Falls; 1908- druggist, Council Bluffs; Council
Bluffs Retail Mchts Assn; Council
Bluffs
Club; Ad-Sell League, Omaha Neb; Iowa St Pharm Assn; C of C, dir;
Council Bluffs Country Club; AF&AM 71; Scot Rite 32°;
Abu Bekr Shrine, Sioux City; KT; BPOE 531; hobbies: fishing, golf; off
701-703 16th Ave; res 415 Oakland Ave, Council Bluffs.
O'BRIEN, JOHN W
Circulation Manager; b Coal Creek, Colo
Feb 3, 1882; s of John O'Brien-Rhoda Prout; ed Northside HS, Denver
Colo; U of Colo, EE 1907; m
Blanche Cozad Aug 24, 1929 Omaha; 1907-17 engr Tacoma Power Co, Seattle
Wash; 1918-20 engr Gen Mdse & Supply Co, Tampico
Mexico; 1920- circulation mgr, Nonpareil Co, Council Bluffs; IOOF 606,
dep grand master 1939-40; AF&AM 71; Rep; hobby: farming; off 17
Pearl; res 110 E 29th Ave, Council Bluffs.
O'BRIEN, ROBERT R
Publisher; b Denver, Colo Sept 9, 1888; s of John O'Brien-Rhoda A
Prout; ed North Denver Colo HS; U of Colo,
LLB 1912; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta; m Linda Batchelder; d Kathryn Ann; 1913-15 advertising
dept Chicago Daily News; 1916-18 advertising mgr Cedar Rapids
Republican; 1918-20 advertising dept, Omaha Bee; 1920-29
business mgr, Nonpareil; Iowa Daily Press Assn, past pres; IPA; C
of C, exec com; YMCA; BPOE; Presby Ch; Rep; off ____; res 600
Oakland, Council Bluffs.
OFFICER, CHARLES
THOMAS
Retired; b Jacksonville, Ill Mar 18, 1854; s of Thomas
Officer-Elizabeth Mills Pusey; ed J B Rue Priv Sch,
Council Bluffs; m Margaret Boyle (dec) Dec 28, 1882 Alleghany Penn; m
Edith Beardsly June 7, 1930 Council Bluffs; step s
Richard; step d Jean, Virginia; 1878-1900 teller Officer & Pusey
Bank, Council Bluffs; 1901- real est agt, Council Bluffs; ret; Natl
Assn of Real Est Bds; CounciI Bluffs Real Est Bd, past treas; C of C;
Presby Ch, past trustee, elder since 1905; Rep; off 128 S Main; res
204 5th Ave, Council Bluffs.
O'NEILL, MARY
VERONICA
Merchant; b Dixon, Ill Oct 15, 1877; d of James O'Neill-Catherine
Bain; ed St
Francis Acad HS; 1893-1902 appr milliner, Helen Sprink, Council
Bluffs; 1903-33 mgr millinery dept John Beno & Co, Council Bluffs;
1933- owner & opr O'Neill Hat Shop, Council Bluffs; ch mbr Altrusa;
Council Bluffs Credit Bur; Retail
Mchts Assn; C of C; St Francis Cath Ch, altar soc; Cath Daughters;
Indep; hobby: church work; father (dec) res of Council Bluffs 50 years;
off 16 N Main;
res 620 12th Ave, Council Bluffs.
OSLER, CARL ADRIAN
Automobile Dealer; b Macedonia, Iowa Nov 12,
1898; s of Fred Osler-Florence Barbara ____; ed Macedonia HS; m Ruth
Sandlind Sept 23, 1920 Avoca; s Jack; d Sharlene Rosemary; 1920-23
salesman, Goodrich Rubber Co, Omaha; 1924-25 salesman Shenandoah
Flag & Decorating Co, Shenandoah; 1926 auto dlr,
Avoca; 1927- auto & tractor dlr, Walnut; S W Iowa Horse Show Assn,
mbr exec
com; Walnut Businessmens Club; Presby Ch; Rep; hobby: horses; off &
res Walnut.
OUREN, CURTIS GLEN
President Seed Co; b Pottawattamie Co, Iowa Apr 5, 1871; s of
Henry Ouren-Aurora Pederson; ed Council Bluffs HS;
Western Iowa Business Coll; m Anna Gregory Aug 19, 1897 Windsor NY; s
Curtis Gregory, William Henry; d Frances (Mrs N N Innes), Catherine
(Mrs Proctor
Perkins); 1903- mgr & pres Ouren Seed Co, Council Bluffs; 1934-
pres & dir First
Natl Bank, Council Bluffs; Amer & Western Seed Trade Assns; ch mbr
Kiwanis; C of C, past pres; County Club; AF&AM
71; IOOF; BPOE 531; Congl Ch; hobby: golf: off 10
Ave & 6th; res 315 Park Ave, Council Bluffs.
PAYNE, LUFF E
District Traffic Superintendent Telephone Co; b Woodbine, Iowa Feb 2,
1890; s of Charles Henry Payne-Luella Maud Owens; ed Logan HS 1910; Coe
Coll 1911-12; m Edith Brackney June 16, 1919 Waterloo; s Dick S;
d Coy Elizabeth; 1913-18 tchr, Magnolia & Harrison Co; 1919-22 mgr
Northwestern Tele Co, Nashua, 1922-25 mgr, Dubuque, 1925-27 traff ic
chief, Des Moines, 1927 Sioux City, 1927-30 Cedar Rapids, 1930- dist
traffic supt, Council Bluffs; during World War 1st
flying cadet co, Fort Omaha, disch Nov 18, 1918; Amer Legion post 2;
past mbr exec com C of C; Kiwanis, pres 1936; Dubuque Rotary;
Broadway Meth Ch, 1936 pres lay conf Meth Ch, Iowa Des Moines Cont;
Rep;
hobby: gardening; father resident of Harrison Co, farmer 30 years; off
Bennett Bldg; res I07 S 7th, Council Bluffs.
PEARSON, OLIVER
INGMAR
Grocer; b Callender, Iowa Aug 27, 1898; s of Nels
Pearson-Beatrice Lindblad; ed Minneapolis & Iowa HS; U of Minn
1921; m Georgia Gray Feb
16, 1924 Minneapolis; 1921-32 auditor Barnsdall Refining Co; 1932-
owner Clover Farm Store, Underwood; 1935- secy sch bd, Underwood;
vice-chmn Missouri
River Div of Clover Farm Stores, 1938 chmn; during World War 22nd
balloon corp sgt, San Antonio Tex, Lee Hall Va;
instr in US army balloon sch; Amer Legion post 431, comm 1923, adjt
1924-25; UCT; Congl Ch; hobbies: fox
hunting, fishing; off & res Underwood.
PEET, ERNEST MELVIN
President E M Peet Manufacturing Co; b Jones Co, Iowa July 4, 1881; s
of Albert LeRoy Peet-Ella Zimmerman; ed Jones Co; Cedar Rapids Business
Coll; m Ethel A Hovenden June 21, 1915 Shenandoah; 1904-06 bkkpr &
steno Haskel Coal Co, Cedar Rapids; 1907-10 commissary dept, civil
service, Panama Canal Zone; 1910-16 VP Economy Hog & Cattle Powder
Co, Shenandoah; 1916- pres E M Peet Mfg Co, Council Bluffs,
Indianapolis & Oakland
Cal, mfr mineral & protein supplemental feeds; mbr Animal &
Poultry Foundation of Amer; C of C, past dir; AAA;
BPOE 531; AF&AM 71; Scot Rite 32°; York
Rite; Tangier Shrine, Omaha; hobbies: farming, livestock raising;
father (dec) farmer, Jones Co 50 years; off 3 S 25th; res 163 Glen Ave,
Council Bluffs.
PELTON, JAMES ABNER
Manufacturer; b Green Co, Iowa Feb 9, 1887; s of
William H Pelton-Ida Miller; ed Creston HS 1906; Capital City
Comml Coll, Des Moines; m Lillian Detering
Oct 8, 1910 Creston; d Doris (Mrs M W
Chambers), Ruth Lillian, Pauline (Mrs Walter L Staley); 1909-14 emp by
father in broom factory, Creston; 1914- ptr in
Council Bluffs Broom Co; C of C; AF&AM 259, past master; Rep; off
____; res 302 S 28th,
Council Bluffs.
PERKINS,
J R
Clergyman; b Renick, Mo July 16, 1879; s of Jacob Perkins-Nancy Miles;
ed Renick Mo; Macon Mo HS; Drake U; m
Stella Beeman Wonder July 17, 1901 Onawa; s Proctor R, William H; 1920-
pastor First Congl Ch, Council Bluffs; lecturer in colls & HSs;
author Trails, Rails & War, A Thin Volume, play The Money Changers;
co-author of lnternatl Rotary Code of Ethics;
contributor poems to Chicago Tribune, pseudonym, Aborigine, also to
magazines; VP
Council Bluffs lib bd; during World War warden state penitentiary; mbr
Pottawattamie
Co ARC bd; Book Fellows; Midland Authors; life mbr Rotary; life mbr
BPOE;
AF&AM; Congl Ch; res 535 Bluff, Council Bluffs.
PERKINS, PROCTOR R
Attorney; b Onawa, Iowa Aug 24, 1902; s of Jacob Perkins-Stella
Wonder; ed Fort Madison HS 1920; Drake U, LLB
1926; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; m Katherine Ouren ____ Rockport
Mo; s William R; d Anne, Sara; 1926 adm
to Iowa bar; 1926- prac law, Council
Bluffs; 1934- city solicitor; 1928 apptd US commr southern Iowa dist,
western div; Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Bar Assns: BPOE 531; First
CongI Ch; Rep; father Congl pastor, historian of Pottawattamie Co
history for Who's Who in Iowa; off 311 Park Bldg; res 519 Clark Ave,
Council Bluffs.
PETERS, ROBERT
MILLINGTON
Clergyman; b Richland Co, Ill Jan 2, 1886; s of Robert Collins
Peters-Martha Coggin; ed Lebanon Ill HS; McKendree Coll, Lebanon Ill,
BA 1914; Garrett
Biblical Inst, Evanston Ill, BD 1922; m Maud McNeely June 11,
1914 Lebanon Ill; d Dorothy Jean,
Martha Elizabeth; 1914-17 pastor Meth Ch, Sumner Ill; 1917-21 pastor
Country Club Meth Ch, Kansas City Mo; 1922-23 history instr Jr Coll,
pastor Meth Ch, Marionville Mo;
1923 pastor Meth Ch, Lebanon Illl, 1924 East St Louis Ill, 1925-26 Meth
Ch, Pueblo Colo, 1927-29 Delta Colo, 1930-33 Meth Ch, Las Animas
Colo, 1934-36 Trinity Meth Ch, Council Bluffs, l937- Epworth Meth
Ch, Council Bluffs; mbr bd of examiners Des Moines Iowa Meth Conf;
pres Council Bluffs Ministerial Assn; mbr conf relations com Iowa Des
Moines Conf; dir religious edn; Rep;
hobbies: writing, woodworking; father (dec) resident of Louisville Ill,
carp & farmer 45 years; res 2504 Ave B, Council Bluffs.
PETERSEN, PETER
Farmer; b Barrit, Denmark Apr 8, 1875; s of L
C Petersen-Christina Jensen; ed Barrit Denmark; m
Karen Jensen Aug 9, l899 Honey Creek; s Sophus, Victor; d Theresa (Mrs
Lloyd Jones), Agnes, Helga, Elna (Mrs Ernest Olsen); l898- farmer,
Pottawattamie Co; 1920-24 dir sch dist 9, Pottawattamie Co; Danish
Brotherhood; Dem; res Honey Creek.
PETERSON, HENRY K
Attorney; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Mar 16, 1884;
s of Mads Peterson-Kirsten Kaare; ed Council Bluffs
HS; Drake U, LLB 1908; m Laura May Robinson
Aug 5, 1911 Council Bluffs; s Robert Arthur, Richard R W; d
Josephine Louise; l 908 adm to Iowa bar; 1908- prac law, with
Clem F Kimball, John LeRoy Peterson, Raymond Smith, & Raymond G
Peterson, CounciI Bluffs; 1935 pres 15th Judicial Bar Assn; city atty
1916-20; 1922-28 mbr sch bd , pres 1927-28; during
World War govt appeal agt, Pottawattamie Co; pres Pottawattamie Co Bar
Assn 1925; Iowa St & Amer Bar
Assns; chmn of various ARC drives, Southwestern dist; pres
Pottawattamie Co Hist Assn; pres Pottawattamie Co Crippled
Childrens Soc; dir YMCA; C of C; Kiwanis, gov Neb & Iowa dist 1928,
pres 1926-27; First Bapt Ch, trustee, pres 1923-26
Bapt State Conv; off 303 ParkBldg;
res 308 Oakland Ave, Council Bluffs.
PETERSON, JOHN LeROY
Attorney; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Sept 6, 1895; s
of Louis Peterson-Christina Larson; ed Abraham Lincoln HS,
Council Bluffs 1913; Georgetown U, LLB 1920;
Delta Chi; m Helen McCarty July 20, 1921Dodge City Kas; d Frances
Claudine; 1920 adm to Iowa bar; 1920- mbr law firm Henry K Peterson,
Raymond A Smith, Raymond G Peterson, Council
Bluffs; 1915-17 secy to Hon W R Green, mbr Congress; 1919-20 clk ways
& means com House of Rep, Washington DC; dir Masonic Temple Assn;
dir
Park Bldg Corp; during World War 349th inf, 88th div AEF, lst lt, O/S
Aug 3, 1918 May 28, 1919, disch June 27, 1919; Amer Legion post 2;
Pottawattamie Co, Iowa
St & Amer Bar Assns; C of C, dir, pres 1936;
BPOE 531; AF&AM 71, master 1933; Episc Ch, 1920-
secy vestry; Rep; off 303
Park Bldg; res 337 Woodland Drive, Council Bluffs.
PETERSON, MARK
Manufacturer; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Jan 21, 1890;
s of Christen Peterson-Signa Sorenson; ed Council Bluffs; m
Mary S Bertelsen Nov 26, 1913 Council Bluffs;
s Ronald James, Alvin Chris, Ervin Howard, Norman Mark; 1910-18 farmer,
Pottawattamie Co; l918- owner Liberty Mfg Co, mfr farm
equipment, Council Bluffs; C of C; Luth Ch; Rep; hobby; farming; off
3121 Ave A; res 1122 E Washington, Council Bluffs.
PETIT, KYLE ALEXANDER
Manager Lumber Co; b Danbury, Iowa Apr 16, 1901; s of John H Petit-Mary
M Price; ed Battle Creek HS 1918; Ames 1919; m Mary Etler Sept 22, 1924
Battle Creek; s Donald, Kyle Jr; 1919-25 yardman Greenbay Lbr Co,
Battlecreek; 1925-35 tank wagon agt Standard Oil Co, Battlecreek;
1936-37 clerical work at courthouse; 1938-39 yardman
Greenbay Lbr Co, Battlecreek, 1939- mgr, Minden; AF&AM 446, master
1937; Presby Ch; Rep; hobby: fishing; off & res Minden.
PETRUS, JOHN BERNARD
Owner Lumber Co; b Cairo, Ill Jan 15, 1903;
s of Richard Petrus-Maud Costello; ed Central HS, Memphis Tenn; m Lyda
Louise Moore Dec 20, 1919 Memphis Tenn; s John Bernard Jr,
Richard Marvin; d Sandra Louise; 1918-24 with
Stinson Veneer & Lbr Co, Memphis
Tenn; 1924-28 with Penrod Jurden Co, Water Proof La; 1928-3l supt
Penrod Jurden & Clark Co, Kansas City Mo; 193l owner & orgr
Midwest Walnut Co, Council Bluffs;
Amer Walnut Mfg Assn; Natl Hardwood Lbr Assn; C of C; Rotary;
AF&AM 308, Tallulah La; First Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies: baseball,
woodworking, fishing; father assoc with Midwest Walnut Co, Council
Bluffs; off Tostevin &
South; res 222 Locust Lodge, Council Bluffs.
PIEPER, ALFRED HERMAN
Owner Meat Market; b Minden, Iowa May 5, 1898; s of Detlef Herman
Pieper-Bertha
Groepper; ed Minden; m Hilda Thies Oct 25, 1927 Min
den; 1918-23 emp by father in butcher shop, Minden; 1923- owner &
opr meat market, Minden; owner locker
plant & whol market, Minden; 1928-36 mbr town coun; mbr Minden
baseball team several years; Congl Ch; Rep; father (dec) in meat market
in Minden 35 years; off & res Minden.
PIPER, ALVIN MEADE
Editor; b Van Buren Co, Iowa Apr 9, 1880; s of Samuel W
Piper-Hena M Proper; ed Mt Pleasant HS 1898; Iowa Wes Coll; m Mary B
Huston Sept 6, 1905 Sperry; s Stanley Huston, Warren Sedgwick; 1900-02
reporter Iowa St Register, Des Moines; 1902-04 mgr publicity for Rep
State Com; 1904-3l in printing & publishing business, Des Moines;
1931-34 assoc editor Boulder Daily Camera,
Boulder Colo; 1934 mgr publicity for Colo Rep Com; 1935-37 free
lance writing, Boulder Colo; l937- editor Nonpareil, Council Bluffs;
1923-1928 trustee
Des Moines U; Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors; C of C; Rotary; 1928-31
Prairie Club, Des Moines; Rotary, Boulder Colo mbr 1931-35; Des Moines
C of C 1905-3l; 1927-28 pres Grant Club,
Des Moines; Bapt Ch, 1929-30 mbr
exec com Iowa Bapt Conv; Rep; hobby: pub affairs; res 255 Oakland Ave,
Council
Bluffs.
POWELL, CHARLES HENRY
Farmer; b Henderson Co, Ill Oct 13, l866; s of William
Powell-Elizabeth Smith; ed Henderson Co; m Bertha C Davis June 3,
1893 Henderson Co; d Nellie Clarisa (Mrs Carl Sinderson); 1897- farmer,
Pottawattamie Co; mbr election bd, 15 years; mbr twp bd; twp trustee;
Farm Bur; IOOF; AF&AM 335; KP; Scot Rite; Abu
Bekr Shrine; Meth Ch, mbr bd; hobbies: horses & cattle; res
Route 4, Oakland.
PRESLER, A FRED
Cashier; b St Paul, Minn Jan 9, 1891; s of William Presler Katherine
Kammann; ed St Paul Minn 1908; m Ann Johnson May 24, 1917 St Paul Minn;
s
Alden Fred; d Charlotte Ann; 1908-22 in accounting dept Griffin
Wheel Co, St Paul Minn, 1922- cash, Council Bluffs; 1934-40
mbr Council Bluffs sch bd, 1936-37 pres; past dir C of
C; Back to the Rails Club; Southwest Iowa coun BSA, pres 1928-29,
committeeman troop 8 since 1925; AF&AM 257; Broadway Meth Ch, bd
mbr; Rep; hobby: philately; father resident of St Paul Minn 55 years;
off 2601 9th Ave; res 202 Hyde Ave, Council
Bluffs.
PRIESTER, HENRY CARL
Farmer; b Scott Co, Iowa June 3, 1867; s of
Theodore C Priester-Henrietta Lahl; ed Pottawattamie Co; Davenport
Business Coll;
m Anna Marie Cordes Mar 8, 188l Avoca; s Ferdinand
Theodore; d Henrietta (Mrs Rudolph Stender), Elsa (dec), Alma (Mrs R F
McKinely), Carla (Mrs Lawrence P Carroll); 1891-
farmer, Pottawattamie Co; past dir & treas dist 8 sch, Shelby
Co; mbr sch bd Avoca; 1904-08 mbr Shelby Co bd of supvrs; dir, Avoca
State Bank; mbr Pottawattamie Co Farm Bur; mbr Pottawattamie Co Fair
Bd; IOOF 220, past noble grand; Luth Ch; Dem; hobbies: gardening,
flowers & trees; res Avoca.
PUTNAM, ARTHUR
Hardware & Implement Dealer; b
Carson, Iowa May 13, 1874; s of Augustus
Putnam-Mary Stevens; ed Carson; m Abbie Johnson ____, 1910 Greeley
Colo; d Margaret Emily (Mrs ____), Catherine; 1895-1920 farmer,
Pottawattamie Co; 1920- hdw & impl dlr, Carson; AF&AM 430;
Meth Ch, steward; Rep; off & res Carson.
PYPER, JOHN LUTZ
Treasurer Investment Company; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Feb l l,
1902; s of William Munro Pyper-Nelle Lutz; ed Council
Bluffs HS 1920; U of Colo 1921-22; U of
Iowa 1923; Phi Kappa Psi;
m Katherine Foye May 26, 1934 Omaha Neb; 1923-37 asst cash Council
Bluffs Savings Bank; 1937- VP & treas Pyper Investment Co, Council
Bluffs; Natl Assn of
Security Dlrs; Iowa Investment Bankers Assn; Rotary; BPOE 53l,
past exalted ruler; Congl Ch; Rep; hobby: gardening; off City National
Bank Bldg; res 45 Kenmore Ave, Council Bluffs.
PYPER, WALTER WOOD
Secretary In vestment Company; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Feb l l, 1902; s
of William M Pyper-Nelle Lutz; ed Council Bluffs HS 1920; U of Colo
1920-2l; U of Iowa 1922; Phi Kappa Psi; m Frances Brown Oct 19, 1935
Omaha Nebr; s Walter Wood Jr; 1922-37 draft teller Council Bluffs
Savings Bank; 1937- VP & secy Pyper Co, Inc, investment bankers;
treas & dir Iowa St Centennial
Exposition, Council Bluffs 1938; Iowa Investment Bankers Assn; C of C,
dir & treas; Council Bluffs Country Club, past dir; BPOE 53l; CongI
Ch; Rep; hobby: golf; off City National Bank Bldg; res 111 Ellicott
Place, Council Bluffs.
QUICK, WILLIAM
FREDERICK
Owner & Operator Finance Co; b York, Neb Dec 15, 1913; s of William
T Quick-Olga A Strobahn; ed
Missouri Valley HS; Huron Coll, Huron SD 1931-33; U of Iowa, BA 1935,
JD
1937; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Alpha Delta; m Patricia C Deur May 12,
1938 Missouri Valley; 1937 at US Fidelity & Guaranty Sch of Ins,
Baltimore Md; 1937-38 emp by Fort Motor Co, Omaha Neb; 1938- owner
& opr Hawkeye
Finance Co, Council Bluffs; Council Bluffs Credit Mens Assn; Jr C of C,
secy
1939-40; Kiwanis; hobbies: amateur movies, golf; off l4 N Main; res 119
S 8th,
Council Bluffs.
QUICK, WILLIAM THOMAS
Automobile Dealer; b Pottawattamie Co, Iowa July 28, 1882; s of Elias J
Quick-Elizabeth Thomas; ed
Pottawattamie Co; Tabor Coll; m Olga Strohbehn Apr 25, 1905 Missouri
Valley; s William Fred; 1905-12 impl dlr, McClelland & Quick;
1912-17 sales mgr Parlin & Orendorff Plow Co, Omaha, 1919-26 Ford
Motor Co,
Omaha; 1926-33 auto dlr, Missouri Valley, 1933- Council Bluffs; C of
C, past dir; Kiwanis; BPOE 431; AF&AM 569; OES, Quick; Presby Ch;
Rep; off 274th; res
523 Forest Drive, Council Bluffs.
Contributed by
Cheryl Siebrass.
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