A newspaper article about the election of Hugo Holst at the first president of the Village Of Mishicot.

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Two Rivers Reporter

Elect Hugo Holst First President of Mishicot Village

Hugo Holst, prominent Mishicot business man and county chairman of the American Red Cross, will be the first president of the newly incorporated village of Mishicot. He was chosen in a field of three candidates at a special election Wednesday, at which nearly 250 voters selected a complete slate of village officers In a close race Mr. Holst polled 106 votes to 99 for Leo Kostechka, village postmaster. George Schmidt polled 35 votes. Mr. Holst, who will take over the Mishicot presidency at once, is identified with the Holst Sons company, village mercantile store. He is a trustee of the Maple Crest sanatorium and was recently named county chairman of the Red Cross. He has been an active leader in Mishicot civic affairs for years.

Harpt Is Supervisor

Reuben Harpt was elected supervisor with 146 votes to 72 for Harvey Pfingsten and 21 for Herbert Meineke. He qualified immediately to give Mishicot representation today on the county board which met at the court house in Manitowoc for a one day session. Addition of Harpt gives the county board 39 members. Mishicot voters chose Frank Hinesh treasurer without opposition. He polled 232 votes. Donald Halada was named village clerk over Norman Burt, 161 to 79. Wilbert Kempen was elected assessor, polling 93 votes to 83 for Paul Seibold; Sherman Nimmer received 58. The electors chose a board of six trustees, who, with the village president, will govern the new village. Chosen for the short term, ending in April, 1951, were William Meineke, who led with 148 votes, Raymond Schuler who polled 110, and Edward Halia, with 109. Three trustees chosen for the term ending in April, 1952, were Raymond Kronforst, who polled 105 votes, Alvin Dvorak, with 96 votes and Edward Krajnik, with 94 votes.

To Use Town Hall

Paul Specht was named justice of the peace over Jess Lambert, 161 to 75. Walter Stelzer was elected constable over Clarence Haese, 147 to 91. For the present the village business will be conducted in the Mishicot town hall, which is located in the village. The trustees will meet shortly with the town board, Chairman Anton Skubal, Adolph Tesarik and William Brodkorp, to try and arrive as an adjustment of property splitup under which the real and personal property in the village will be detached from the town of Mishicot and set up in the assessment roll for the village. A preliminary estimate is that about $800,000 in property valuation will be credited to the new village. Mishicot is the third incorporated village in Manitowoc county. The other two are Valders and Reedsville.

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