History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II
The Farmers Union Co-operative Association of Bushnell was organized May 19, 1917, with the following charter members : E. T- McKinnon, G. A. Millett, G. E. Bloomfield, Arthur Olson, L. N. Van Pelt, Geo. Schindler, Lee Hall, Glenn Williams, H. J. Miller, H. C. Bloomfield, J. L. Miller, W. F. Choffer. W. E. Daniels, S. H. Wright, H. L. Wright, Lon Van Pelt, Mrs. F. U. Van Pelt, W. R. Jones, C. O. Taylor, E. P.urgstrum.
HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA
A. H. Carnils, C. F. Hoffman, P. E. Hoke, C. S. Bradshaw, A. Sandburg", Paul Schindler, A. O. King, J. A. Nixon and John Patton.
The Farmers Union of Kimball was organized in September, 1917, with the following: Fred Stanfield, John W. Drake, Geo. A. Ernst, Max Bickel, Daniel lams, Jacob Pedrett, Mrs. Belle Luers, Mrs. Anna M. Ernst, Paul Leurs, Peter M. Nelson, Ulrich Pedrett, Ezra J. Ernst, Clarence C. Campbell, Edward M. Lee, Murlain E. Triddle, Guy M. Fleming, Hugh G. Irwin, Mrs. Louisa Pedrett. Rav Ogle, A. P. Van Winkle, C. E. Huff, Lee Reed, Thomas Phillips. Walt J. Blackmail and Miss Esther V. Ernst.
The Kimball Farm Association was flourishing as early as 1914. The officers for that year were : President, Geo. Ernst ; vice president, John Tucker; secretary, E. O. Ulrich ; treasurer, F. J. Bellows.
The governing board was John Irwin, John Rassmussen, John Clausen, D. K. Atkins, Jake Pedrett, Will Nelson, Chris Thompson, H. H. Parker, E. Foreman, Thos. Phillips, Elmer Johnson.