Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1909 — ARTHUR S. VOWELS ON FORESTRY BOARD. [ARTICLE]

ARTHUR S. VOWELS ON FORESTRY BOARD.

Former Rensselaer Boy Appointed by Governor as Representative of Retail Lumber Dealers. Governor Marshall Tuesday made public several appointments and among others our former townsman, Arthur S. Nowels, now engaged in the lumber business at Columbia City, was appointed on the state forestry board. He is the representative of the Retail Lumber Dealers* Association. He is the son of D. B. Nowels, .formerly of Rensselaer, but now living' at Parsons, Kans., and the son-in-law of Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson. He Is a thorough young business man and has been engaged in the lumber business for many years. His appointment will be pleasing news to his many Rensselaer friends. The Accounting Board appointees are William De Hority, of Elwood, chief examiner; John H. Boltz, republican, of Winchester, and William M. Fogarty, of Indianapolis, democratic deputy. The appointees upon the Forestry Board are Samuel Burkholder, Crawfordsville, representing the Hardwood Lumber Dealers’ Association; Arthur S. Nowels, of Columbia City, representing the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association; Prof. Stanley Coulter, of Purdue University; William Waltman, Bean Blossom, Brown county, for the farmer members, and Charles C. Deem, the secretary, whose appointment was announced previously. The appointees upon the Board for the Registration and Examination of Nurses are Elizabeth Cox, of Elizabethtown, reappointed, and Miss Minnie Hayman, of Indianapolis. There is another vacancy on this board which will be filled later. All the appointments on each of the three boards become effective June Ist.