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late war Mr. Balcom was a radio electrician in the United States Navy, serving on the ship Ireland.
Mr. Balcom is a Democrat, a member of the American Legion and the Odd Fellows. In 1925 Mr. Balcom was elected city Attorney of Kearney.
He was married to Helen Macauley at Denver. Mrs. Balcom is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Macauley, prominent pioneers of Kearney. Mrs. Balcom attended Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney, where she received the Bachelor of Arts degree, and prior to her marriage was a teacher. Residence: Kearney.
Chloe Christina Baldridge
Chloe Christina Baldridge, educator, and school executive of Lincoln, has lived all her life in the state and has taken a prominent part in the advancement of education. She was born at Fullerton, Nebraska, the daughter of Salem D. and Rachel Ann (Summerville) Baldridge. Her father, a farmer, was born at Irvington, Illinois, March 31, 1863, and died at Fullerton, December 8, 1915; he was the son of John P. and Jane (Janes) Baldridge of Rutherford County, North Carolina; the family was originally English.
Her mother, who was born at Sparta, Illinois, April 22, 1866, was a teacher before her marriage; she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Summerville who migrated from Ireland to Scotland, and later moved to Randolph County.
Miss Baldridge was graduated from the Fullerton High School; received her A.B. degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University; and her M.A. from the University of Nebraska in August, 1931. She was valedictorian of her high school graduating class and in college was elected to membership in Pi Lambda Theta and Pi Gamma Mu. She has always been intensely interested in education and has devoted her life to various phases or school work. She has held the following positions: rural school teacher; city school teacher; county superintendent of Nance County, 1915-24; director of rural education at the Peru State Teachers' College, Peru, Nebraska, 1921-27; and since 1927 director of rural education, state department of public instruction.
Miss Baldridge is the author of the following: Rural School Standards Bulletin; Rural and Village High School Bulletin; and Program Discussion Material Bulletin for Nebraska Rural Parent Teachers Associations. She acted as general chairman for the revision of the Nebraska Elementary Course of Study.
Her membership in professional organizations includes: life membership in the National Educational Association, of which she was a member of the executive Committee of the rural department, 1923-26; Nebraska State Teachers Association; and life member of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. She served as County chairman of the Junior Red Cross of Nance County, 191724: and was district chairman of this organization 1917-24 From 1922-28 she was first vice president, and second vice president of the Nebraska Parent-Teachers Association, and organized the first County Council of the Parent Teachers Association in Nebraska. From 1913-18 she was president of the 7th District of Christian Endeavor, and is now a member of the Fullerton Presbyterian Church. Miss Baldridge holds membership in the Altrusa Club at Lincoln. Residence: Lincoln.
Howard Malcolm Baldrige
Son of one of Omaha's foremost lawyers, Howard Malcolm Baldrige was born in Omaha, June 23, 1894. His father Howard Hammond Baldrige was born in Pennsylvania in June, 1864, and at the time of his death at Miami Beach, Florida, in May, 1928, was one of the leading members of the Omaha bar. He was married to Letitia Blanche Coffey, who is still living.
Howard Malcolm Baldrige was graduated from the Omaha High School, and received his A. B. from Yale University. He entered the University of Nebraska and was awarded his LL. B. at that university. He is a member of Psi Upsilon and was a letterman in football at Yale. Since his admission to the bar in 1921 he has engaged in active practice. He was elected to the state legislature on the Republican ticket and served as a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1924 and 1928. He was elected to the United States congress for the term 193133, at the last election.
On November 30, 1921, he was married to Regina Katherine Council at Omaha. Mrs. Baldrige was born at Omaha, September 23, 1896. They have three children, Howard Malcolm, Jr., born October 4, 1922; Robert, born November 9, 1924, and Letitia Katherine, born February 9, 1926.
During the World War Mr. Baldrige was a captain of Field Artillery and served overseas. He is a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is an Elk and a Mason, a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Young Men's Christian Association. He attends the First Baptist Church of Omaha. Residence: Omaha.
Ferman A. Baldwin
Ferman A. Baldwin was born at South Bend, Indiana, May 19, 1872, the son of William Henry and Emma Jane (Gulick) Baldwin. His father, who was a merchant, was born of English and German parents at Granger, Indiana. His mother was born of English and German parents at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Baldwin was graduated from the Ainsworth High School, and for over 40 years has engaged in banking and the mercantile business at Ainsworth where he is a member of the Game Forestration Parks Commission. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Ainsworth Country Club, and the Masons. His sports include hunting, fishing and golfing.
On January 3, 1894, he married Alice Reeves Boyd at Ainsworth. Mrs. Baldwin was born at Des Moines, Iowa, October 14, 1873. Their children are: Vivien B., born March 19, 1895, who married Archie F. Johnson; Glenn Addison, born August 6, 1900, who married Janette Arneson; and Lloyd Eugene, born February 12, 1906. Residence: Ainsworth.
Joseph Pearson Baldwin
Joseph Pearson Baldwin is one of the veteran and honored members of the bar of Thayer County, at whose county seat, the city of Hebron, he has engaged in the practice of law for thirty years. As a lawyer Mr. Baldwin early took a place among the foremost practitioners at the bar. Always an eloquent and forceful speaker, he proved himself a vigorous and resourceful trial lawyer and a counsellor of rare and mature judgment. He has been notably successful both as a prosecutor and defender in the trial of criminal cases.
Mr. Baldwin was born at Cookeville, Putnam County. Tennessee, May 25, 1869, a son of William Wiley Baldwin and Nancy Matilda Ann (Pearson) Baldwin. The former was born at Abingdon, Virginia, July 21, 1836, and the latter at Cookeville, Tennessee, in February, 1846. William Wiley Baldwin was a son of Robert Baldwin, who was a son of Kendrick Baldwin, the latter having been a son of John Baldwin, and the family having been founded in Virginia in the Colonial period of American history. John Baldwin was the founder of the family in America. Coming from England, he established his residence in Virginia. whence he went forth as a patriot soldier in the war of the Revolution. In this great conflict his service was continued seven years, and he was six times wounded, notwithstanding which fact he lived to be somewhat more than eighty years of age.
William Wiley Baldwin died at Grandview, Tennes-
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