Background
ANDREWS, Vernon D. was born on July 25, 1890 in Van Wert, Iowa, United States. Son of William L. and Blanche I. (Hougas) Andrews.
ANDREWS, Vernon D. was born on July 25, 1890 in Van Wert, Iowa, United States. Son of William L. and Blanche I. (Hougas) Andrews.
High School, Macedonia, Iowa and Lincoln, Nebraska. Nebraska School of Business. University of Nebraska, 1909-1911.
Elected member, State Legislature, 32d Diet., since 1928. Commissions on Finance, Ways and Means, Roads and Bridges. Secretary, Commissions on Agriculture, Printing.
Editor, Coursing News, 1920. Oppose Sunday Blue Laws. Favored repeal of State Bank Guaranty Law.
Favored and carried brunt of debate for the present Nebraska Grain Warehouse bill favored gasoline tax for road bldg, and introduced bill giving lc of tax to co. for farm to market roads, introduced bill putting expenditure of county money for roads under co. road commnr. and dispensing with precinct road overseers, repealed law which prohibited greyhound racing, introduced bill to control inter-state shipment of dairy cattle to control contagious abortion, introduced resolution favoring the U6e of cornstalk paper by the legislature, introduced bill to purchase land on which to work state convicts on farm land, favored sterilization of feeble minded and insane, active in school legislation favoring raising of teachers qualifications and the re-districting of rural schools.
Member: Masons; Scottish Rite. Shriners; Knights of Pythias. National. Geo. Society.
Izaak Walton League; Sigma Phi Epsilon. (Founder, Nebraska Alpha Chapter). Elks; National. Coursing Association.
Nebraska Dairymen’s Association, Board of Director. S.W. Jersey Breeders Association (Board of Director). Association of Civic Service Club Executives.
Nebraska Jersey Breeders Association (Past President). Clubs: Cosmopolitan (Past President Lincoln and Past International President), American Jersey Cattle.
Spouse Luella Dierks, October 17, 1911, Lincoln, Nebraska.