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Germany. He received the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.

On November 17, 1942, at Columbus, he was married to Rita Anne Burns, the daughter of John C. and Kathren Fallon Burns. John Burns was born at Platte Center, Nebraska, and Mrs. Burns was born at O'Neill, Nebraska. Harry and Rita Burns Shank have one daughter and one son. Shelia Jean was born December 26, 1946, in Columbus, and John Lawrence was born July 31, 1948, in Columbus.

Harry L. Shank first worked in a greenhouse, was in advertising and later worked for the Phillips 66 Oil Company, in Columbus.

He holds memberships in the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was the Commanding Officer of the National Guard in Columbus from November, 1947-1949. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Shank are members of St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Columbus.

WILLIAM SHEA

William Shea, the son of Thomas and Mary S. Shea, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, July 7, 1868, and died February 14, 1935, in Columbus. He had two sisters: Mamie, the widow of Chris M. Gruenther, and Katherine, the Venerable Sister Mary Felice, O.F.S.

In 1871, when William was three years old, he moved with his parents to a farm in Platte County, near Platte Center, Nebraska. He received his early education in the District school there, and worked on the farm until 1898, when he went to Omaha to work. While in Omaha he met Mary Elizabeth Whalen, the daughter of Patrick and Mary Hurley Whalen, Mary Elizabeth was born July 31, 1871, at Jessup, Iowa, and in 1874 moved with her parents to Cherry Valley, Missouri, where her father was a miner. They moved to Omaha in 1890.

On October 16, 1901, in Omaha, Nebraska, William Shea and Mary Whalen were married at St. Agnes Church. They made their home in Omaha until 1905. That spring, William Shea entered the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad as car inspector, and in the fall of 1905 was transferred to Columbus. He continued in the same capacity until 1922, when he was transferred to the repair department of the Union Pacific, where he worked until he retired in 1933.

Mr. Shea held memberships in the Union Pacific Old Timers Club and the Union Pacific Safety First League, and Mrs. Shea held membership in the auxiliaries of these clubs.

William and Mary Shea had eight children: Kathleen is the wife of E. C. Kavanaugh, of Columbus. She was graduated from St. Francis Academy, and prior to her marriage was Deputy Platte County Recorder of Deeds. The Kavanaughs have one son, Edward C., III. Mary, who attended St. Francis Academy and one year at Kearney Normal, taught in Polk County, and was later with the Platte County Assistance Bureau. Agnes and Alice are twins. Agnes was graduated from Columbus High School and has been with the Columbus Laundry as bookkeeper and office manager for several years. Alice, a graduate of Columbus High School, was assistant office manager at St. Joseph's Hospital, in Omaha. Irene, a graduate of Columbus High School, is the wife of A. H. Malnati, of Denver, Colorado. They have one daughter, Mary Kay. Mrs. Malnati was bookkeeper for the Fricke Drug Store here, and later worked in Denver. Lauretta, Mrs. Blaine, was graduated from St. Bonaventure's High School. During World War II, she was enlisted in the Women's Corps of the Marines. She is now employed by the Consumers Public Power District, in the local office, as Accountant Clerk. Veronica, a graduate of St. Bonaventure's High School, lives in Casper, Wyoming, where she is office manager of Rialto Theaters, Incorporated. William Shea, Jr., was graduated from Kramer High School. During World War II, and the period following, he was a Warrant Officer in the United States Army.

William Shea, Sr. was a member of the Modern Woodmen, the F.O.E. (Eagles) Lodge, the Knights of Columbus, St. Bonaventure's Church, and the Holy Name Society of that church.

William Shea died February 14, 1935, in Columbus, and Mrs. Shea died December 28, 1939, in Columbus.

EDWARD D. SHEEHAN

Edward D. Sheehan, born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1844, immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1851, and located in New York City, where he made his home until 1872. He attended school in New York City, and at the age of twelve, learned the sail-making trade.

In October, 1862, he joined the United States Navy and served for three years. He received his discharge at Fortress Monroe, in January, 1865. In 1866, he engaged in the foreign trading business, his trading trips included the west coast of Africa.

Among his experiences are the stories of two ship-wrecks. When his ship, Chicago, was burned, in 3° South Latitude, he was picked up by a German vessel and carried to Pernambuco, where he worked for a circus for three months to earn money for his return passage to New York. During his trading days, he sailed from San Francisco for Europe, stopping enroute at Callao and Lima, Peru. His next trip was to Hong Kong, China, where he engaged in coastal trading.

In 1869, he again joined the United States Navy, as quartermaster, in William H. Seward's expedition. He was afterwards transferred to Admiral Rogers' fleet and engaged in surveying the boundaries of the Japan Sea. During this time, he took part in a battle between the American Fleet and the Koreans. The survivors of the American steamer, Oneida, run down by the British mail steamer, Bombay, were picked up by the ship he was assigned to, he being the first to discern the masts and rigging of the sunken vessel. During his naval service, he took part in the battle of Albemarle Sound, between four federal gunboats and the Confederate Ram, Albemarle, aided by two gunboats. For meritorious service, he received the Maltese Cross.

In August, 1872, he was discharged from the Navy,

at San Francisco, California. Enroute to his home, he stopped in Columbus, Nebraska, to visit his sister, Ellen Sheehan Meyer, the wife of Peter Meyer, who came to Columbus with her husband in the spring of 1857. Mrs. Meyer was the second woman in Platte County. While visiting his sister, Edward Sheehan was so impressed with the intelligent and hospitable people he found in Columbus that he decided to move there.

He settled on a farm late in 1872, where he remained for one year. He then bought and operated a restaurant in Columbus, and for several years afterward was engaged in the wholesale and retail liquor business.

Edward and Ellen McNamara Sheehan had three children: Elizabeth, Mary and Edward. Elizabeth attended the university, studied voice, and was prepared to teach. She later taught in Platte County, in Columbus as a primary teacher, and in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska. Mary, a stenographer, worked for Judge I. L. Albert, and later, at the State House, in Lincoln.

The Sheehan family moved to Lincoln in 1911 where they now reside. Edward Sheehan, Sr. died in Columbus, and Ellen McNamara Sheehan died in Lincoln. Both are buried in St. Bonaventure's Cemetery, in Columbus. Mary Sheehan died in 1949.

CHAUNCEY HALL SHELDON

Chauncey Hall Sheldon, the son of John B. and Sarah Ann Seely Sheldon, was born August 7, 1841, at Jefferson, Ohio, and died October 7, 1917, at Columbus, Nebraska. He came to Platte County from Clifton, Illinois, May 10, 1883. His father was born in 1799, at Kingston, Rhode Island, and died May 6, 1874, at Clifton, Illinois. His mother, born October 13, 1801, in New York, died February 3, 1869, in Clifton. The Sheldons trace their history back to John and Sarah Sheldon, who settled at Kingston, Rhode Island, in 1663, and to Isaac Sheldon and his son, William, who settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and belonged to generations previous to 1663.

Chauncey had eight brothers and two sisters. He lived in Jefferson and Oxford, Ohio; Clifton, Illinois; and Columbus, Nebraska. He attended the District school until he was fifteen, and then made a contract with his father to go to work for himself, paying sixty dollars for the privilege. He went to work on a farm, for ten dollars per month, completing his payment in eight months.

On April 14, 1868, at Oxford, Ohio, he was married to Mary Wilson McDill, the daughter of David and Mary Wilson McDill. Mr. McDill was born at Oxford, Ohio, December 24, 1814, and died there, August 3, 1893. Mrs. McDill was born February 3, 1818, at Oxford, died there on September 6, 1845. Mary McDill Sheldon was born on a farm near Oxford, July 30, 1845. She received her early education in the schools at Oxford, Ohio, and then attended Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. She died November 30, 1930, in Columbus.

Chauncey Hall and Mary Wilson McDill Sheldon had two children, Charles Clarence, of Columbus, and Elizabeth Gertrude, who was married to Reuben M. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell is. deceased.

Chauncey H. Sheldon responded to the first call of volunteers in the Civil War by enlisting in Company B, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was the first Ohio regiment to get into the field. He served with that regiment until it was mustered out. After being discharged, he went to Clifton, Illinois, where he was engaged in both farming for himself, and putting up prairie hay for the government. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, 88th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was recruited and equipped by the Chicago Board of Trade. While participating in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, he was wounded and discharged in February of 1863.

In a short time he again entered the volunteer service by recruiting a company at Clifton, Illinois, which was enlisted with the 150th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Because of his previous service and partial disability, Governor Richard J. Ogelsby commissioned him Adjutant of the regiment. During this service his regiment was stationed much of the time at Atlanta, Georgia, where, as the adjutant, it was part of his work to prepare labor contracts between the planters and the liberated slaves. This brought him in close touch with many of the southern people, for whom he had a very high regard. An endorsement by his colonel, on his discharge, dated February, 1866, pays a high tribute to his service and character. After his discharge, he returned to Clifton, where he again engaged in farming and also became interested in the general merchandising business.

The C. H. Sheldons left Illinois to find a new location in the West because the damp climate of northern Illinois did not agree with Mrs. Sheldon's health and their family doctor advised them to settle in Nebraska.

Mr. Sheldon first looked over the eastern part of the state, then came to Platte County, where, in the summer of 1882, he bought Section 33, in Bismark Township. This was virgin prairie, as was over half the land in the county, at that time. The doctor's advice in regard to a location was good for Mrs. Sheldon. She regained her health and lived to the age of eighty-three.

Mr. Sheldon added several other tracts of land to his holdings through the years.

In May, 1883, C. H. Sheldon's family and the Henry M. Winslows came to Columbus together. They each brought herds of Shorthorn cattle, which they had been raising in Illinois. These were the first large herds of thoroughbred cattle to be brought into Platte County, and C. H. Sheldon and Henry Winslow thereby contributed to the improvement of the grade of cattle in the state.

Soon after coming to Platte County, C. H. Sheldon inaugurated a farm operation plan in which he furnished the farm and necessary operating capital, and allowed the operator to apply his savings on the purchase of an interest in the live stock and equipment. This was so successful that a number of farmers owe their start to this plan still in operation in the Sheldon family.

C. H. Sheldon was one of the organizers of the Commercial National Bank, and for many years its president. He was also a director of the Columbus Real Estate and Improvement Company, which built the Thurston Hotel; and later organized the Columbus Sewer and Drainage Company which constructed the first sanitary sewer in Columbus. He was president of the West End Sewer Company, when facilities were first furnished for the west part of town.

With Rorer and McDill, Mr. Sheldon erected in 1888 the buildings now occupied by the Columbus Bank and Buck's Bootery. These buildings were the beginning of the present Thirteenth Street business section.

Later, Mr. Sheldon sold his interest in the Commercial National Bank and acquired stock in the newly organized Central National Bank, of which he was a director and the vice-president at the time of his death.

He was interested in the organization and building of the Y.M.C.A. and sponsored the establishment of its Endowment Fund. Because of his interest in the association and its work with boys, the State Y.M.C.A. named its camp, near Columbus, in his honor.

C. H. Sheldon was active in the movement to unite the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches, locally, and financially in the erection of the Federated Church building. His constant concern was to make Columbus and Nebraska a better place in which to live.

CHARLES CLARENCE SHELDON

Charles Clarence, "C.C.", Sheldon, son of Chauncey H. and Mary McDill Sheldon, was born May 29, 1871, in Clifton, Illinois. His father, a farmer, was born August 7, 1841, at Jefferson, Ohio, died October 7, 1917, in Columbus. His mother, born July 30, 1845, at Oxford, Ohio, died November 30, 1930, in Columbus. Charles Clarence had one sister, Elizabeth Gertrude, who was the wife of Reuben M. Campbell. She died March 11, 1937.

C. C. Sheldon was graduated from the Columbus High School in 1888, and attended Monmouth College, at Monmouth, Illinois.

On April 17, 1901, at Blair, Nebraska, he was married to Blanche Patrick, the daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth McCormick Patrick. Mr. Patrick, born Decem (sic) 23, 1834, at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died December 31, 1907, at Blair, Nebraska. Mrs. Patrick, born August 10, 1840, in Delaware County, Indiana, died February 17, 1922, at Blair.

Mrs. Sheldon has five sisters, none of whom lived in Platte County.

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sheldon had two daughters and two sons. Mary Elizabeth is the wife of Reuben P. Nelson. Charles Henry, a farmer and an attorney, is married to Muriel Martin and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. Helen was graduated from Columbus High School and Doane College. She took one year of nurse's training at Clarkson Memorial Hospital, in Omaha. Later, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper. She is the wife of Henry DeVerne Hunter, of Columbus. Chauncey Clarence is a graduate of Columbus High School, Doane College, and the University of Nebraska Law School. He is an attorney. During World War II, he served with the United States Navy for two years, with the rank of Lieutenant, j.g. He is a member of the law firm of Raymond and Sheldon, at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where he has served as City Attorney. He is married to Mary Louise Palmer, of Omaha, Nebraska.

In addition to farming and stock-raising, C. C. Sheldon has been a director of the Central National Bank. He was the first treasurer of the Consumers Public Power District and has continued to serve as a director and treasurer. Previous to this, he served on the Loup River Power Development Committee which pioneered in the Public Power and Irrigation development of Nebraska. He was a member of the original Board of Directors of both the Loup River and the Consumers Public Power Districts, and had charge of the Right of Way Department of the Loup River Public Power District during its construction period. He was also associated with H. E. Babcock in connection with the "Right of Way," for his proposed development plan some forty years earlier.

Mr. Sheldon has been a member of the Congregational Church for over sixty years. He has three times been a member of the National Council of Congregational Churches. He is treasurer of the Nebraska Congregational Conference, and was a member of the committee that worked out the plan for the federation of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches in Columbus.

He was also one of the organizers of the local YMCA was on its first Board of Directors, where he served for forty years. When he resigned, he was succeeded by his son. He was a member of the State Boys' Committee for nearly forty years. He was chairman of the building committee for the Columbus Y.M.C.A. Building and for the State Boys' Camp.

C. C. Sheldon's hobby is amateur photography. He is a member of the University Club of Lincoln, the American Red Cross, the State Historical Society, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and was an early member of the W. Y. Bissell Hose Company of the Columbus Fire Department.

He is actively interested in the Congregational church Sunday school and the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor. Politically, he is affiliated with the Republican Party.

CHARLES H. SHELDON

Charles H. Sheldon was born on May 27, 1907, in Columbus, Nebraska. He is the son of C. C. and Blanche Patrick Sheldon. His father was born in Clif-

ton, Illinois, on May 29, 1871. His mother was born on July 1, 1876, at Muncie, Indiana. Charles is one of four children. His sisters are: Mary, Mrs. R. C. Nelson, of Bellwood, Nebraska; Helen, Mrs. H. D. Hunter, of Columbus, Nebraska; and his brother is Chauncey Sheldon, a lawyer, at Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Charles Sheldon was graduated from Columbus High School, Doane College, at Crete, Nebraska, and the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he received his Bachelor of Laws degree.

He was married on June 26, 1929, at Columbus, to Muriel Martin, daughter of W. G. and Mary Martin. W. G. Martin was born in Lineville, Iowa, in 1873, and was in the publishing business. He died in Sinton, Texas, on October 6, 1927. Mrs. Martin was born on May 7, 1876, in Salem, Nebraska.

Charles and Muriel Martin Sheldon have a family of three children, all born in Columbus, Nebraska: Patricia, born July 9, 1930; Sharon, born November 21, 1935; and Annette, born November 22, 1940. They attended the schools at Columbus, and Lincoln, Nebraska. Patricia was enrolled in Kramer High School for three years and was graduated from the Lincoln High School in 1948. She was then enrolled at the University of Nebraska.

Charles Sheldon practiced law in Columbus for nine years prior to his entry into the United States Armed Forces. During World War II he served with the United States Army for one year and eight months, at which time he was stationed in Italy. After his discharge from the army, he was employed as an officer with the Platte County Veterans Service. In 1947, he was transferred to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he has been engaged in the Legal Department of the Veterans Administration.

He was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Platte County Chapter of American Red Cross for seven years. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon are members of the Congregational Church in Lincoln.

REVEREND JOHN HENRY MADER SHIERY

Reverend John H. M. Shiery, the former minister of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Columbus, was born December 28, 1917, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of the Reverend George H. and Miriam Mader Shiery. His father, a Lutheran minister, was born on May 20, 1883, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and his mother, a native of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, was born April 11, 1885.

Reverend Shiery received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Acadia University, at Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He later studied at the Western Theological Seminary, at Fremont, Nebraska, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.

While residing in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he spent a year in work with crippled children at the Good Shepherd Home.

Reverend John H. M. Shiery came to Platte County from Fremont, Nebraska, on June 6, 1944, as the minister of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Columbus. He was interested in the value of liturgical forms in the Lutheran service, and the promotion of Christian practices through his personal pastoral work in the Lutheran church here.

On June 6, 1945, Reverend Shiery was married to Lucille Reinhardt, daughter of Emil H. and Ella W. Rohlff Reinhardt, of Wayne, Nebraska, where Mr. Reinhardt is interested in agricultural work. The Reverend and Mrs. Shiery have a son, David Reinhardt, born June 8, 1947.

From June 1944 to 1948, Reverend Shiery was on the Y.M.C.A. Board, and during that time was a member of the Platte County Ministerial Association. While in Columbus he was active in the Lutheran Brotherhood, a member of the Nebraska Synod Luther League, and president of the North Platte Conference of the Nebraska Synod.

Reverend Shiery was interested in sports, particularly basketball, track and volleyball. He also enjoyed reading and music.

Politically, he was affiliated with the Republican Party.

MARK L. SHORTS

Mark L. Shorts, the son of Grafton and Margaret Shannon Shorts, of Brownsdale, Pennsylvania, was born November 11, 1894, at Brownsdale. His father was born in Renfrew, Pennsylvania; and his mother was born in Brownsdale, where she died, August 12, 1946 Mark has four brothers and three sisters. He lived in Brownsdale, Butler, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After attending high school there, he came to Platte County, Nebraska, in September of 1913. During World War I, he served six months in the Army, at which time he was stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

On September 15, 1919, at Denver, Colorado, he was married to Zella Meays, the daughter of Ernest and Nellie Young Meays. Mr. Meays was born at Yorkshire, England, November 27, 1869. For several years, he was engaged in the house-moving business in Columbus. Mrs. Meays, a native of Platte County, was born in Columbus, February 7, 1874. Zella has four sisters and four brothers: Emily, Mrs. Christian Gass; Ethel, Mrs. Harry Kellogg; Nellie, Mrs. Copley; Marjorie, Mrs. Kyle Siewert; Elmer; Ralph; Harold; and Clifford Meays.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Shorts had one son, Mark L., Jr., born in Brownsdale, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1921. Mark, Jr., was graduated from Kramer High School in Columbus, where he was very active in athletics. He then attended Northwestern University. He was married to Polly Perkins, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Perkins. During World War II, Mark L. Shorts, Jr., served in the Air Corps of the United States Army, as a pilot of a B-25. He lost his life in a flight over the Pacific Ocean, On July 27, 1944.

Mark L. Shorts is interested in farming and manages his Platte County farm. He is also interested in athletics, particularly baseball and football. He is a member of the American Legion and, in politics, is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Shorts are members of the Federated Church, in Columbus.

DIEDRICH SIEFKEN

Diedrich Siefken, son of Renke and Sophie Koester Siefken, was born in Westerstede, Oldenburg, Germany, July 3, 1871, and came to Platte County in 1886. His father died in Platte County, in 1917, and his mother died in Germany, when he was a small child. His father then remarried, and his stepmother, the second Mrs. Siefken, died in Platte County, in 1916.

Diedrich had four brothers and one sister: John, a widower; Henry, who married Magdalene Bahlburg; George, married to Caroline Inselman; Fred, who married Minnie Rosche; and Elsie, the wife of Carl Muth.

Mr. Siefken attended the schools near his home in Germany. After coming to Platte County, he engaged in farming, then was in the livery stable business, and later was employed at the Henry Ragatz Grocery Company, where he became a stockholder. He retired from active business in 1945.

On January 3, 1901, he was married to Katherine Bahlburg, the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Herring Bahlburg. Mr. and Mrs. Siefken had one daughter, Olga Katharina, who is Mrs. Raymond L. Gordon, of Denver, Colorado.

Politically, Diedrich Siefken supports the Republican Party. The Siefkens are members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, of Columbus, Nebraska.

WALTER H. SINKE

Walter H. Sinke was born on April 10, 1892. His parents were Simon E. and Emma Gruner Sinke of Grand Island, Nebraska. Mr. Sinke started his business career as a boy when he carried papers. After finishing the Grand Island High School in 1912, he clerked at the Bee Hive Grocery there for a year, and was then employed by S. N. Wolbach & Sons. During 1915-16 he was manager of the boys' and men's furnishing department at Wolbach's Store. In 1916, he worked for the Grand Island Electric Company, as a meter reader.

In World War I, from 1917 to 1919, Walter Sinke was with the. Armed Forces. After returning to Grand Island he went into the business and merchandising department of the Central Power Company, where he worked from 1919 to 1930. In 1930, he became general commercial manager of the Central Power Company, and retained that position until 1937 when he became vice-president of the company. In 1941, he came to Columbus as general commercial manager of the Consumers Public Power District at its general office.

On November 8, 1923, Walter H. Sinke was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Miss Edith Lomas. Mr. and Mrs. Sinke raised Mrs. Sinke's niece, Bonnie Lomas. Bonnie was graduated from Kramer High School in Columbus. She was married and moved to Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Sinke is a member of the American Gas Association, the Edison Electric Institute, the Nebraska Electric Association, the Rotary Club, the N.C.T., the A.F.&A.M., the Shrine and Scottish Rite 32nd Degree, the Southern Jurisdiction, the Tekama Shrine, a past member of the Grand Island B.P.O.E. (Elks), the Columbus B.P.O.E. (Elks), the Liederkranz of Grand Island, past president of the State Greens Golf Association., the American Legion, and the Wayside Country Club. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Sinke attend the Federated Church in Columbus.

HENRY R. SLOCUM

Henry R. "Hank" Slocum, son of Ansel Perry and Minerva L. Vinkle Slocum, was born in Oakes, North Dakota, January 26, 1893. His father, a native of Gowanda, New York, was born October 26, 1866, and died November 5, 1918, at Minot, North Dakota. His mother was born December 6, 1872, at Glass Lake, Michigan.

Henry attended the North Dakota public schools and was graduated from the Minot High School. He also attended the North Dakota State Agricultural College, at Fargo.

On June 29, 1918, at Minot, North Dakota, he was married to Betty R. Beanish, the daughter of George A. and Emma Jane MacNally Beanish. Betty is one of seven children. One sister, Margurette Beanish Johnson, formerly lived in Columbus. She was later at North Platte, Nebraska.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Slocum have two daughters: Donna Lu attended the schools in Hot Springs, South Dakota, and was graduated from Kramer High School in 1943. She attended Monticello College, at Alton, Illinois, and was married to Frank Milhollan. They. have one son, David Ross, born May 30, 1947. Mr. and Mrs. Milhollan both attended Colorado College, at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mr. Milhollan was graduated in 1949. Dian P. Slocum was graduated from Kramer High School in 1948, and attended the Colorado College.

Henry Slocum was associated with the Northern States Power Company from 1916-1928, and served as district manager of the electric department of the Central Electric and Telephone Company, at Hot Springs, South Dakota, from 1928-1934. In 1934, he came to Columbus, and has served as district manager of the gas utility company here since that time. During World War I, he served nine months with the United States Army Ground Forces.

Mr. Slocum holds membership in Lebanon Lodge No. 323, A.F.&A.M., the B.P.O.E. (Elks), Lions International, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the American. Legion.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Slocum are members of the Federated Church, in Columbus.

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