EARLY DAYS IN THE TOWN OF LYMAN
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
In 1917, Fred T. Shambrook was elected Supervisor of Lyman. He had been Highway Commissioner for several years. He had spent the greater part of his life in the confines of the Town of Lyman. He was a good farmer, a good neighbor, and a good friend. He was painstaking with his own work and had proved himself so as Commissioner of Highways, so the voters elected him to the office of Supervisor. He filled this office in 1917 and 1918.
In 1919, Elmer Chambers, the son of R. B. Chambers, who served so many years as Supervisor of Lyman, was chosen as Supervisor. He had a good business education and was competent to fill the office of Supervisor, which he did for two years, 1919 and 1920.
In 1912 we elected another small man to office. The people had heard in the past that "The nicest goods are done up in small packages," so they united in sufficient numbers to put James E. Parkin into office as Supervisor of Lyman Township. Little did they think that this small hard working man would fill the office until the present time. I have known him ever since he was a boy and the boy was the same honest, straight forward being that the man is. His father died when he was a small boy. He made good use of the country schools he attended and when he was older attended school at Valparaiso, Indiana. He is a very good bookkeeper. He managed the Farmers Elevator here for seven years. He worked for Risser and Anderson for three years and Anderson and Kenward in the tile factory for several years.
Mr. Parkin was Assessor for fourteen years; Town Clerk, one year; Collector, one year; a member of the Village Board, School Director and Treasurer of the Congregational Church many years. He has been a useful man. When he finishes this year it will be fifteen consecutive years as Supervisor of the Town of Lyman. He has helped to carry out several improvements in the town as well as in the country.
--Roberts Herald. 18 December 1935. Bela Foster.
In 1919, Elmer Chambers, the son of R. B. Chambers, who served so many years as Supervisor of Lyman, was chosen as Supervisor. He had a good business education and was competent to fill the office of Supervisor, which he did for two years, 1919 and 1920.
In 1912 we elected another small man to office. The people had heard in the past that "The nicest goods are done up in small packages," so they united in sufficient numbers to put James E. Parkin into office as Supervisor of Lyman Township. Little did they think that this small hard working man would fill the office until the present time. I have known him ever since he was a boy and the boy was the same honest, straight forward being that the man is. His father died when he was a small boy. He made good use of the country schools he attended and when he was older attended school at Valparaiso, Indiana. He is a very good bookkeeper. He managed the Farmers Elevator here for seven years. He worked for Risser and Anderson for three years and Anderson and Kenward in the tile factory for several years.
Mr. Parkin was Assessor for fourteen years; Town Clerk, one year; Collector, one year; a member of the Village Board, School Director and Treasurer of the Congregational Church many years. He has been a useful man. When he finishes this year it will be fifteen consecutive years as Supervisor of the Town of Lyman. He has helped to carry out several improvements in the town as well as in the country.
--Roberts Herald. 18 December 1935. Bela Foster.
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