Saturday, October 15, 2011

Justus Olson Seely ~ Mayor of the Month ~ October 2011 ~ Elected 1936




The following items come from Hilda Madsen Longsdorf "History of Mt. Pleasant".


 P.  194:  The  (Pioneer) committee at the present time, 1939, is as follows: President- James Larsen; Vice President-James Monsen; Secretary & Treasurer-Mrs. Hilda Madsen Longsdorf; Assistant-O. M. Aldrich; Directors-E. C. Johnson, Mrs. Miranda Omenn, L. C. Ramussen, Mrs. Botilda Frandsen, Fred Staker, Royal Candland. Daniel Rasmussen, Mrs. Ella Tuft Candland, Justus O. Seely, C. T. Madsen, F. J. Nielsen, Vern H. Gunderson, and
Elmer Jensen.


      P. 239:   1936-37. Mayor, Justus O. Seely; Recorder, E. W. Wall; Treas­urer, Mata Hutchison; Councilors, J. H. Stansfield, four years; P. A. Poulson, (Dr.) A. L. Peterson, Lawrence Winters, Bert Wright; W. K. Peterson and Sheldon Monsen appointed city Marshals.
1938-39. Mayor, Justus O. Seely; Recorder, E. W. Wall; Treas­urer, Mata Hutchison; Councilors, P. A. Poulson, four years; J. H. Stansfield, (Dr.) A. L. Peterson, (Dr.) L. A. Phillips, W. C. Olsen.

     P. 247:  Listed with names of Veterans on Doughboy Monument:

Shelley, David A. Shelley, Jesse
Scow, Andrew Lavor Selby, John Jr.
Seely, Chesley P. Seely, Leonard J
Seely, Justus O.