Charles City District 13 Republican Born in Wayne County, Ill., Sept. 19, 1903. Attended schools at Mt. Vernon. Married Ethel Smith of Mt. Vernon in 1923. Two daughters. Self-employed, owner and operator of supermarkets in Charles City, Iowa, and Austin, Minn., from 1944 to 1969. Has owned and operated farms since 1941 and is presently in a farming operation. Member First Congregational Church, Charles City Chamber of Commerce, Floyd County Farm Bureau, Elks Lodge, Charles City Lodge No. 141, A.F. & A.M., Cedar Rapids Consistory and El Kahir Shrine. Director Iowa Retail Grocers Assn., First Security Bank in Charles City, and Sterling State Bank, Austin, Minn. Served two terms as president of Charles City Industrial Development Corporation. In Who's Who in the Midwest. Second term. (Died during 65th G.A.)

Charles City Mitchell-Floyd Counties Republican. Born in Wayne County, 111., Sept. 19, 1903. Attended schools at Mt. Vernon. Married Ethel Smith of Mt. Vernon in 1923. Two daughters. Self-employed, owner and operator of supermarkets in Charles City, Iowa, and Austin, Minn., from 1944 to 1969. Has owned and operated farms since 1941 and is presently in a farming operation. Member First Congregational Church, Charles City Chamber of Commerce, Floyd County Farm Bureau, Elks Lodge, Charles City Lodge No. 141, A.F. & A.M., Cedar Rapids Consistory and El Kahir Shrine. Director Iowa Retail Grocers Assn., First Security Bank in Charles City, and Sterling State Bank, Austin, Minn. Served two terms as president of Charles City Industrial Development Corporation. In Who's Who in the Midwest. First term.