Leader-Telegram from Eau Claire, Wisconsin • Page 3

Crisp, Gasper Win Races in Bloomer BLOOMER XSpecial) incumbent alderman Carl Gasper was successful in his bid for reelection to the seat he originally was appointed to but incumbent school board member Milton (Pork) Erickson was defeated in an attempt to regain his seat in a write-in campaign. Gasper, a Wisconsin State highway patrol officer, beat challenger Mike Stangel 79-57. Incumbent alderman Art Stuck was unopposed and 58 votes. In an exciting and heated school board race, Bloomer hospital medical technologist 1 Crisp beat Erickson 186-178 Erickson had served on the school board here but declined to run this year. After Crisp ran Erickson decided to run as a and was edged Tuesday night for the two-year board term.

Incumbent Roy Meier Twin City Co-op accountant! was unopposed for a three-year school board term and received 306 votes. Dick Irwin, an accountant, was unopposed for a three-year term from the rural district and received 328 votes for a school board post. Just under one-third of all registered voters here cast ballots Tuesday; 449 persons, or 32.4 per cent of eligible persons voted. Candidates with conservative points of view came out on top here Tuesday in other balloting. Clair Voss received 213 votes to 163 for incumbent state supreme court justice E.

Harold Hallows. Donald Schmitz received 214 votes for state school superintendent over incumbent William Kahl who received 179. Bloomer voters, favored referenda 2, 3 4 and 5 but failed to endorse direct state indebtedness. Elmwoqd Voters Give Weber Nod ELMWOOD (Special) In cumbent village president Lawrence Weber was returned to office here Tuesday. He defeated William Bergeman 166-106.

Two incumbent trustees were also returned to office. Bernard Holt captured 188 votes and Bernard Schuler had 172. Also elected to a term was Stanley Feiler With 171 votes. The third incumbent Herbert Husby was not a candidate. Also in the race Don Pederson tallied 112 votes, Ray Fesenmaier had 86, and William G.

Hasten had 76. Both the incumbent treasurer and assessor were re-elected. Treasurer Louise Gesche defeated Dorothy Kroseman, 131126. Assessor Arthur Asher won by a 187-68 margin over Richard Ginsbach. Clerk Lois Adank was unopposed.

Incumbent Supreme Court Justice E. Harold Hallows was the choice of village voters 11291 over Clair H. Voss. Donald Schmitz was given the nod over incumbent State School Superintendent William C. Kahl, 246- Voters favored all the state referenda except the one on county governments.

Boyceville Picks Three Trustees BOYCEVILLE (Special) Village of Boyceville voters elected two incumbents and one other candidate to two-year thustee positions. A third incumbent was defeated. The top three vote-getters were Howard Edlin with 89 and incumbents Donald Hogenson end William L. Clark with 86 and 81 respectively. Incumbent Andrew Larson was defeated with 61 votes and Richard Lystrom had 74.

In the state races, voters picked E. Harold Hallows over Clair H. Voss by 69 to 50 for the Supreme Court post. Donald P. Schmitz had 69 votes, while incumbent school superintendent William Kahl had 58 Ludington Gets New Chairman Town of Ludington voters named a new town chairman Tuesday when they cast 161 votes for Dale Noel while turning out incumbent Ezra Jaenke with 107 votes.

A new town clerk was also named when Gerhardt Raeiher defeated incumbent Everett Guse 134 to 129. Returned to office were supervisors Bobery board Biegel and Arnold DaMke. Biegle turned back tihe bid of Harry Ginther 161 to 104 while DaMke was not opposed. Assessor Archie Lange was e- elected with 162 votes to 100 for Larry Camastral. Residents also favored state for state borrowing, state control of vocational and lor pollutiao bonds.

Osseo Voters Re-electSmith OSSEO (Special)'- 3. H. Smith surviyed. the campaign for R. S.

Budaht and won easily 124-14 here Tuesday, Incumbent alderman Soren Thompson beat Budahl 56-11 and Leonard Gilbert beat incumbent alderman 'Ernest Void 41-31. Third ward alderman Clinton Christianson was reelected. Others receiving votes for mayor were Alvin Johnson, 1, Dick Whipple, 1, Ernest Void, Curtis Hoff, 11, Russell 1) Dodge, 11, W. H. Myers, and R.

S. Budahl 14. Osseo vpters gave the nod to Claire Voss for state supreme court justice over E. a 1 Hallows, 97-45: and Donald Schmitz over William Kahl, 7962, for state'School superintendent. Osseo electors approved referenda questions 1, 2, and 4 and defeated questions 3 and 5.

Voters in Eleva Elect Trustees ELEVA (Special) Voters icre Tuesday elected i invents Rodney Higley and A r- Kelley Jr. and Herman Semingson as village trustees. Semingson edged Donald G. Anderson by one vote for the third trustee seat. Higley led with 88 votes, followed by Kelley with 84, Sem- ngson 67, and Anderson 66.

Village President Lee Mullen was unopposed and received 75 votes. Eleva voters also gave the edge-to Clair Voss over E. Harold Hallows for a seat on the state supreme court by a 5827 margin and gave Supt. of Schools William Kahl the nod over neighboring Elmwood school superintendent for the state's top education post by a narrow 48-46 vote. On referenda votes, Eleva electors defeated a constitutional amendment to give county boards power to create a county executive.

The vote was 44-32 against. They approved another amendment permitting the state to go directly into debt; -the vote was 58-23. Eleva voters want the state to control vocational schools in view of a 48-41 vote for the proposal. And they approved both bonding for pollution control and bonding for recreation by 60-30 and 50-36 votes respectively. Meyer Renamed in Elk Mound ELK MOUND (Special) ilk Mound village president Leonard Meyer was re-elected to a two-year term Tuesday.

He defeated Myrl Brunn 91-50. Village voters also elected VIelvin Score, Paul Franz, and 5on Spagnoletti to two-y ear trustee posts. Score had 87 votes, Franz, 81, Spagnoletti, 72, while Erwin Wiseman had 62, ilay Ackerman 60 and Robert Malnory 59. Laurence Sanford was chosen assessor over Tom Ackerman a vote of 93-47. Incumbent Carl Solberg was not a candidate.

Re-elected without opposition were Clerk Lincoln Winger and Treasurer Jessie Meyer. Village voters gave the nod to Clair Voss over E. Harold Hal- ows 65-59 in the state Supreme 3ourt race. Incumbent State School Superintendent William Kahl had 80 votes while his pp- xment Donald P. Schmitz tailed 45.

Cadott Trustee Miller Ousted CADOTT (Special) Hugo Miller, incumbent village trustee lost out to William LeCleir for that post on a ballot that included i candidates for three trustee posts. LeCleir picked up 109 votes while Miller ran fourth among candidates with 77 votes. Top vote-getter among candidates for trustee was incumbent Vincent Miller who collected 120 votes, while Theodore Arneson retained his trustee seat with 109 votes. John Clay and William Healy, the other two trustee candidates got 69 and-46 votes, respectively. John Pozarski, incumbent village, president, got 130 votes running unopposed and Charles McPherron, also unopposed, collected 134 votes.

Village voters favored Clair Voss over E. Harold Hallows for state supreme court justice by a 93-71 vote, and backed Donald Schmitz over William Kahl 91-70 for state school superintendent. They voted "yes" on four of the five state referenda questions, but voted against turning the control and support of vocational, technical and adult education to the state by a 8973 vote. Maiden Rock Village Re-Elects President MAIDEN ROCK (Special) Incumbent Village of Maiden Rock President Russell Hase was re-elected Tuesday, despite strong write-in opposition from Minot McMahon. Hase totaled 45 votes while McMahon had 28.

In the only other contest, incumbent trustee Charles Morth was defeated by Henry Lark Lark tallied 54 votes while Morth had 22. Officers re-elected without opposition were Clerk Russell Julian, Treasurer Mildred Julian, and Constable Milf ord Hlark. Muenich, Sommerfeld Lafayette Town Picks CHIPPEWA FALLS (Special) Muenidti and incumbent Frank Sommerfeld were elected Town of Lafayette side 1 members here Tuesday. Muenich beat Marvin Roshell by a najrrow 379-375 margin and Sommerfeld easily beat Frank Woojdford 283-181. Lorraine Roycraft, incumbent town treasurer, beat Agnes Bunch 536-131 and Frank Vavra, incumbent constable, beat Milton Patterson 327-320.

to- town chairman Ernie Milter was unopposed. Neillsville Elects Olson as New Mayor NEILLSVILLE (Special) City voters elected Kenneth Olson as mayor here Tuesday. He defeated Wayne Grap by a vote of 493-391. In the only other city race Martin Feuersteirt was re-elected to his first ward alderman post by defeating Arvid Dopp 91-45. Re-elected without opposition were second ward alderman Earl) Smith, who is a new mem-' her replacing Grap, and fifth ward alderman Joseph Wavru nek.

With 40 of 64 Clark County precincts reporting Walter John Chilsen was leading Dave Obey by for the seventh congressional seat. Supreme Court Justice E. Harold Hallows trailed Clair Voss by Incumbent School Superintendent William Kahl trailed Donald Schmitz, is Revoif Town of Woodmohr chairman since 1917, was defeated for that post after hav ing held it for $2 years in Tuesday's balloting. Revoir was defeated by Henry Ruff who collected 164 votes to the long-time incumbent's 89. Town of Woodmohr voters also voted down a referendum proposing that the township spend up to $50,000 to purchase snow removal equipment and furnish gara'ge space by a vote of 149-106.

Ducklow Earns Cornell Post CORNELL (Special) -James Ducklow defeated Donald Stickney 41-30 for fourth ward alderman in the only contest for a local post in Tuesday's voting here, while voters approved 150108 a referendum asking that the city charter be amended to provide for appointment of a city assessor by the mayor at the city council's confirmation. Ducklow will replace Palmer Turner, incumbent fourth ward alderman who was not a candi date in this year's election. In other voting, Cornell gave the nod to Clair Voss over E. Harold Hallows 147-89 for Jus- iice of the Supreme Court and favored Donald Schmitz 163-74 over William C. Kahl for State School Superintendent.

Voters here approved lall the state referenda except the last one, calling for the issuance of bonds to support a program of state acquisition and development of land for recreational program, which they voted against 125-114. Local candidates running unopposed and their votes included Calvin Grotty, who received 74 votes, Elmer Krokson, who got 42 votes, and Horace White, who had 57 votes. All three were incumbents. Habermeyer Named Fairchild Mayor FAIRCHILD (Special) -Em ery Habermeyer outlasted a strong write-in campaign by Charles Kaufman to win reelection as. village president Tuesday.

Habermeyer polled 53 votes to 39 write-ns for Kaufman. In the trustee race, Kaufman polled 76 votes, Harvey Mueller 71 and Allen Tom Zimmerman 67, to win election. Other candidates were Roy Abrahamson, 40 votes, and Ralph Knott, 44. Albert Frueh was elected assessor with 101 votes to succeed Emil Lahn, who was not a candidate for re-election. Incumbents elected without opposition were Elain Duge, clerk, and Elizabeth Zank, treasurer.

In the supreme court n- test, Clair Voss outpolled Harold Hallows 60-28. Donald Schmitz tallied 48 votes to 40 for William Kahl for the state school superintendent's post. Village voters accepted the number four state referendum by a 48-45 margin and defeated the other four. Fairchild Town Ousts Chairman FAIRCHILD -Residents of the Town of Fairchild ousted their town chairman and one incumbent supervisor and also elected a new assessor. Chairman Frank Dunfree was defeated by Leonard Lahn 56 to 34 while incumbent supervisor Charles Sackett was defeated by Leonard Klatt 52-31.

Alvin Janke was also defeated in his bid for re-election for assessor when he lost 63 to 19 to Lars Benson. The only incumbent returning to office is supervisor Elmer Ives who defeated Duane Merritt 48 to 41. Only two of the state referendum questions were favored by residents of the township. They were the question of state borrowing 35 to 26 and turning the vocational schools over to state control 37-25. Town of Otter Creek Features Two Races Two contests were featured Tuesday in the Town of Otter Creek, Eau Claire County.

Clifford Williams won the second supervisor post ovtr Robert Perry by 41-18. John Belm tallied 33 votes to defeat Wallace Smith for the treasurer post. Elected without opposition were Chairman Edgar Shong, First Supervisor Jfcnry Ziete- dorf, Clerk Elaine Zeoapel, tod Assessor C. C. Long-Time Town Chairman Loses BLOOMER LOU- er was elected on a write in vote when there was no candidate on the ballot.

Alderman Eugene Greenlee turned back the bid of James Ipeltz in the first ward 202 to There was a tie vote in the race for president of the i 1- age of Merrillan. William Collins and Incumbent Vilas Smith jach received 53 votes. They will meet today to draw straws determine the winner. Constable Mahlon Bue was from office when he was defeated by Lee Hancock jy a 76-38 margin. Trustees elected include Incumbent Mer- 76 votes, and nhh rK Chernach 44 votes Charles Hayden 64 and Virgil Hill with 36 Wiliiam was re- Thorp Favors Obey, Referenda THORP (Special) Residents of Thorp gave an overwhelming yes vote to all state referendum questions and also favored Democrat David Obey over John Chilson 302-228 for a seat in Congress from the Seventh Congressional District.

Residents also voted out one incumbent alderman and returned a second to office. Incumbent John Paff was defeated by Robert A. Smith 118-43 while Alderman Edward Woodworth turned back the challenge of Robert Grady by a 9781 count. In the race for State Super- ntendent of Schools residents 'avored challenger Donald Schmitz over William C. Kahl by a 244-14 margin.

State Su- jreme Court Justice E. Harold fallows was second choice to Hair Voss by a 226-205 margin. The county executive referendum was favored by 328 yes votes to 95 no, Approved was state borrowing by a 382 to 59 margin and also approved was state control of vocational schools by a 357 to 97 margin, leavy margins were given to jonding for pollution control, 373-64 and for recreation bonds 316-104. Two Aldermen Lose in Durand DURAND (Special) Incumbent aldermen In the first and second wards were defeated Tuesday and both school ward incurnbents were re-elect- In tiie first ward, Incumbent lobert Blair lost to Leonard Knutson 42-47. Arnold Pedersen outpoled Elwin Fedie 71-54 in he second ward.

Third ward incumbent Donald was unopposed and polled 94 votes. Incumbent school board members re-elected were: Warren Alme, 673 votes to 351 for rterle Severson, and Everett 603 votes to 426 for Dalas Schuh. Bos Defeats Jeske in Glenwpod City GLENWOOD CITY (Special) first ward Alderman Bernhardt Jeske lost a write-in campaign for re-elec- ion here Tuesday. Herbert 3os polled 30 votes to 14 write- ins for Jeske. In the third ward, a 11 DeWitt polled 35 votes to win election over a write-in of 25 votes for incumbent Gale Rasmussen.

Incumbent second- ward Alderman Clarence Luepke was re-elected with a 1( vote write-in. City voters chose Harold Hallows for re-election to the supreme court with an 82-36 vote over Clair Voss. State School Superintendent William Kahl was also favored by a 79 52 vote over Donald Schmitz, Elmwood. S.5%JS!r 3A Town Races Settled Wednesday, April 2,1969 Black River Elects Two CityAldermen BLACK man -as retured only in FALL CREEK (Special) Arvid Drehmel, Albert Fenske, and Charles Tumm were elected trustees at the April 1 elec- to the village board here 'or Fenske, and 123 for Tumm. Incumbent Arthur Thorn was had 88 and Wallace Tanz, 82, Fall Creek voters supported Judge Clair Voss for Supreme 76.

Allen won the fourth ward contest when he re- icived 40 write-in votes to six lows 12 to 64 a Donald Schmitz Elmwood over Wil iam Kahl for state superinten- TnWlhl? Incumbent Trustee Vernon votes Sirfnpv AK Bert Skaar sTvoSs' Olson Court, 98 to 41; Donald over William Kahl for State Superintendent, 84 to 57; 149 votes for Eau Claire Circuit Judge Merrill Farr. On referendum questions they opposed all except the i of vocational where they favored shifting control to Madison. Town of Brunswick voters 110 votes for Chairman Herman Dahl, unopposed. In a own board race Incumbent leorge Freid was re-elected 85 34 over Jim Thill. Mrs.

Barbara Holbrook and Karl Moess- Janisewski Wins Stanley Position STANLEY (Special) Lester Janisewski defeated Ervin Emerson for the first ward alderman post vacated by incum bent Neil Baker 84-48 in the only contested voting for local candidates here Tuesday. For State Supreme Court Justice and State School Superin- city voters favored Clair H. Voss over E. Harold 2. Kahl 183-113.

They approved all five state referendums. Edwin B. Fandry and Donald tfarquardt, running unopposed for third and fourth ward alderman, respectively, received 57 votes each, while John Kessen- ch, running unopposed in second ward, tallied 54 votes. Fenske Triumphs in Strum Balloting STRUM (Special) G. i 1- liam iFenske, Strum village president, received more votes Tuesday than his two opponents combined.

He garnered 163 votes compared to 100 for write- candidate Berate Ness and 32 for Ronald Runkel. Incumbent villagt trustees Ulenn Haukeness and David Julberg were re-elected, but ncumbent Chester Peterson was defeated. James Larson edged Stanley Hanson by two votes, 145-143 for the third trus- ee post. Hulberg received 248 Haukeness won 172, Peerson received 89 and Willard Riphenburg received 57. A total of 298 ballots were cast here.

Strum voters a p- proved Clair Voss for supreme court, William Kahl for school superintendent and approved referenda votes 2, 4 and 5 and defeated questions 1 and 3. Two Incumbents Lose in Barron BARRON (Special) Two ncumiibent alderman were defeated by first and second ward voters here Tuesday. a 64-51 vote. City voters approved all five of the state referenda. Clair Voss outpolled Harold Hallows supreme court justice bygusta 200-154.

School smpertendent Kahl outpolled Don Schmitz, Elmwood, by 214-157. In area townships, Maple Grove chairman Ingvald Nordhagen outpolled Richard Hartman, 103-75. la Prairie Lake, incumbent Edgar Parry out- polled Hennas Severson 17282. Fall Creek Picks Trustees wsed for circuit judge in Eau Claire County had 309 votes. Voters gave Judge Clair Voss 77 votes to 129 for Justice Harold Hallows for Supreme ourt justice.

Donald Schmitz, llmwood, had 154 votes for state school superintendent he incumbent received 137. In referendum voting, Union 'oters opposed the county ex- icutiye legislation; changing rocational school control and avored elimination of dummy corporations; and control recelved 182 votes. On referendum questions Fall tives and RICE LAKE (Special) A decision on whether the Rice school board will be reduced from 24 members to nine 11 not be known until later on the town board over Herman Krenz 117 lo 65 our townships still had not their vote counts and he outcome hinged in their Ballots. Rice Lake city voters a the referendum by a icalthy 768-327 margin, but most towns were expected to oppose the move which would give the city of Rice Lake five of the nine members. Now the iity has nine of the 24 seats on he board.

Two Rice Lake Incumbents were defeated. William Slack in he first ward beat incumbent alderman Ray Roberge by two votes, 75-73; Herb Clement, president of the chamber of Zollette Elected City Mayor questions was split, voters favored elim- of the dummy to permit state borrowing; bonding the state to finance pollution control methods and opposed county executives; recreation bonds; and shifting control of vocational schools Madison. Mrs. Barbara Holbrook led the school board slate in Town of Pleasant Valley with 57 votes to 51 for Karl Moessner and 36 for Gilbert Braun. Pleasant Valley voters supported Judge Clair Voss over Justice Harold Hallows, 53 to 47; Donald Schmitz, Elmwood, and Wil- each for state superintendent; and Judge Merrill Farr received 99 votes unopposed for the Eau "laire Circuit Bench.

On referendum questions 3 leasant Valley voters en- torsed state borrowing and xmds for pollution control and opposed county executives; shift in vocational school control; and recreation bonds. Town of Fairchild voters elected Leonard Lahn chairman of ihe town board over Frank Dunfee, 56 to 34. Supervisors elected are Elmer Ives, incum- ent, over Duane Merrett 48 to 1, and Leonard Klatt over Iharles Sackett, incumbent, 52 to 31. rr Judge Clair Voss for the Supreme Court over Justice Hallows 50 to 18 and Donald Schmitz, Elmwood for state superintendent of schools over incumbent Wiliam Kahl, 37 to 26. Judge Merrill Farr, unopposed for Eau Claire Circuit Court, had 88 votes.

On referendum questions Fairchild township voters favored state bonding and a change vocational school control and axing and opposed county executive legislation and bonding for pollution control and recreation. Town of Union voters gave Mrs. Barbara Holbrook 197 votes Gilbert Braun, 177, and Karl Moessner 183 in Eau school board balloting Tuesday. 6 Judge Merril Farr, Voters Return Hefty in Augusta Hefty polled 33 votes in the iurd ward and Ida received 30 votes in the fourth ward. In the judicial election, Au- voters favored Clair Voss for supreme court justice with a 73-54 vote over incumbent Harold Hallows.

i it Judge Merrill Farr polled 129 votes without opposition. Elmwood school administrator Donald Schmitz outpolled incumbent William Kahl 62-60 for the state school post i In Town of Ludington, incumbent board chairman Ezra Jaenke was defeated by a 1 Noel 161 to 107. Robert Biegel was elected first supervisor over Harry Ginther, 161 to 104 and Arnold Dahlke was unopposed for second supervisor. Gerhardt Raethcr was elected clerk over Everett Guse, incumbent, by a vote of 134 to 129 and Archie Lange was re-elected assessor over Larry Camastral 162 to 100. Ludington voters favored Clair Voss for Supreme Court; Donald Schmitz for state school superintendent.

i ln I Hinges on Balloting in Towns ommerce here beat incumbent lird ward alderman Art Shud- ick 144-95 in a write-in cam- aign. All other incumbents won; they included clerk-comp- roller Sam Haugen, city at- orncy Edward Conley, fifth alderman John Hoyef, 87-62 winner over George Helberg; seventh ward alderman E. L. DeMars, a 79-61 vic- or over challenger Wayne and school commis- ioners Thomas Moulette, Al- Lledl and Ray Johnson. Voters here gave the nod to lair Voss over E.

Harold Hal- ows on the supreme court by 528-405 margin, and boosted ncumbent state school superin- endent William Kahl over Don- ild Schmitz, 633-345. Rice Lake voters approved referenda 2, 3, and 5 and defeated No. 1. There were 1,141 votes cast icre. Clerk Sam Huagen said his represented 33.4 per cent- eligible voters.

aid Collett outpolled Duane Sherpy 89-52 here Tuesday to win election as village mayor, succeeding Dr. Art Solie, who not a candidate for re-elec- ion. In the village trustee contest, Job Britton was elected over Gilles by a 74-66 vote, incumbent Clerk Mrs. Orville Hedin was re elected with 136 votes and Treasurer Gale Fox was re-elected with 133 votes Village voters rejected th. number one state referendum but accepted the other four Clair Voss was favored fo state supreme court with a 107 20 vote over Justice Harold school administrator Donald Schmilz won the village favor with a 125-26 vote Town of Union voters a p- proved acceptance of the Plum ity Hospital and authorized issuance of (150,000 In mortage- revenue bonds jointly with village for remodeling and expansion of the hospital.

The vote was 141-35 in favor of the )roject. was favored 81-54 for state supreme court justice over Hallows in the township and Schmitz outpolled Kahl 125 26. Ul candidates for township offices were elected without opposition. President Loses Spring Valley SPRING VALLEY (Special) Incumbent Village of Spring Valley president Allen Anderson was defeated by Harry Dufy 168-97. Duffy will serve a wo-year term.

Elected as trustees for two- year terms were Robert Hannack, an incumbent, Roy Johned with 224 votes, Hannack had 78 and Johnson polled 177. The fourth eandidate, George Breitnger had 154 votes. Incumbent Treasurer Neil hompson were re-elected without oppositon. Clair H. Voss was given the nod over incumbent Justice of he Supreme Court E.

Harold lallows by a vote of 113-95. For 'tate school superintendent Donald P. Schmitz tallied 191, while noumlbent William C. Kahl bad U. A total of 267 ballots were cast in the village.

PRAIRIE FABM (Special)Prairie Farm President Stanley Kallenbach lost bis post to Gary Guldvog in Tuesday's election. Guldvog polled 59 votes while Kallenbach had 31. Austin Murray was elected to the first trustee post by defeating Earl Roemhild, 62-27. Reelected without opposition were second trustee Vern Amundson, clerk George Becker, and treasurer Lenore Kahl. Palmer LdUevold had 34 write- ins lor village assessor.

alstad Wins as Blair Alderman BLAIR (Special) First ward voters elected Arthur alstad as alderman Tuesday succeed Don Johnson, who was not a candidate for re-elec- ion. Galstad polled 30 nine for David Dahl for the two-year term. In the city's third ward, Glen Ward polled 60 votes in his unopposed bid to succeed Lyle Indrebo, who ran for the mayor's post. Indrebo, unopposed for mayor, polled 139 votes to succeed James Davis, who was not a candidate. Secono 1 wand voters gave incumbent alderman Lyle Anderson 48 votes.

He was unopposed. Clair Voss was favored for state supreme court with a 73-65 vote over incumbent Fustice Harold Hallows. Circuit Judge Merrill Farr polled 126 and was unopposed. Blah- voters chose incumbent William Kahl to succeed him- elf as 1 superintendent with an 88-60 vote over Donald Schmitz, Elmwuod. City voters approved all live state wide eferenda.

Town of Preston voters, however, approved the third and ourth referenda by narrow margins and rejected the other three. All township officers were re elected without oppo- i sition. Spring Lake Likes Hannack and Holt SPRING VALLEY (Special) Spring Lake town voters decided to buy a share in the ipring Valley fire department. A referendum on the question was passed 73-45. In other balloting, Elmer lannack and Clark Holt won own side board posts by 74-47 and 75-46 margins respectively iver Neil Olson and a Aindgren.

L. G. Wells beat Nelson 63-57 for town treasurer. Spring Lake voters gave the lod to Clair Voss over E. Har)ld Hallows, 63-40, and gave nearby Elmwpod school head )onald Schmitz the nod over William Kahl 103-11.

Voters de- eated all five referenda ques- ions. 3olfax Names Hovre Mew President COLFAX (Special) Orvil fovre was elected village pres- dent Tuesday with a 160 128 ote over Raymond Johnson. fovre succeeds Harry Hill, incumbent president, who was lot a candidate for re-election. Voters chose Warren Tallman, Manley Stene and Danel Kiekhafer as trustees for wo-year terms. Their vote to- als were: Tallman, 222, Kiek- nafer, 194, and Stene, 171.

Vote totals for other trustee were: Daniel Freeberg, 87, and Vernon Kressin, 106. Selected without opposition were Noel Hilson, clerk, 277 votes, Freeberg, treasurer, 250 votes, and Conrad Fromer, assessor, 237 votw..