Myron G.A. Rumery, 1905-1982 [RG4144.AM]

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RG4144.AM: Myron G.A. Rumery, 1905-1982

Legislative files: 1975-1982
North Platte, Lincoln County, Neb.: State Senator (42nd District)
Size: 1.0 cu.ft.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Myron G.A. Rumery was born in Julesburg, Colorado, on July 29, 1905. His family moved to a farm near Mason City, Nebraska, the following year. After graduating from Mason City High School and attending Grand Island College, Rumery received his degree in 1932 from the University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture.

Rumery worked in a variety of jobs, including construction, on the railroad, farming, and as a teacher or principal at schools in Mason City, Newman Grove, Ravenna, North Platte, and Lincoln, Nebraska. He established the vocational agriculture department at North Platte High School in 1939 and was instrumental in starting a similar program at Lincoln Northeast High School.

Myron Rumery worked at the University of Nebraska, North Platte Station for thirty years, engaging in livestock, dairy, and crop production research. He acted as superintendent of the Station at three different times.

After retiring from his research and teaching careers, Rumery ran for the Nebraska Legislature and was elected on November 5, 1974. He was the oldest of the freshmen senators in 1975. Rumery was reelected to the Legislature in 1978, but declined to run again in 1982. During his legislative career, Rumery was vice-chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and served on committees of agriculture, education, and labor.

Myron Rumery died on November 14, 1982. He was survived by his wife and two children.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of one box of manuscript material arranged in two series: 1) Legislative Bills, 1975-1982; and 2) Miscellany, 1979. This collection relates to bills sponsored or supported by Senator Myron G.A. Rumery. The material in Series 1 is arranged in files by year and legislative bill number. The files contain the legislative bills in various forms, statements of intent and purpose, supplementary data, notes, clippings, reports, and correspondence relating to the issue. One folder of materials designated as Miscellany, Series 2, contains notes on talks given by Senator Rumery in 1979.

INVENTORY

Series 1 – Legislative Bills, 1975-1982

Box 1
Folder

1975

1. LB155 – Change dates of municipal elections
2. LB215 – North Platte office building
3. LB215 – North Platte office building
4. LB215 – North Platte office building
5. LB215 – North Platte office building
6. LB369 – Personal loans
7. LB493 – School attendance reports

1976

8. LB508 – Public Power District support to certain schools
9. LB634 – Leasing St. Mary’s Hospital, North Platte
10. LB634 – Leasing St. Mary’s Hospital, North Platte
11. LB722 – Bee bill
12. LB790 – Plumbing bill
13. LB826 – Coal by-product fuel tax fund
14. LB906 – Exempt private schools from state regulation

1977

15. LB11 – Plumbing bill
16. LB51 – Exception to truck weight limits
17. LB241 – Taxation
18. LB376 – Wild West Arena
19. LB378 – Exempting private and parochial schools
20. LB498 – Eliminate age requirement for civil service jobs

1978

21. LB560 – Merging of hospital districts
22. LB582 – North Platte fish hatchery
23. LB582 – North Platte fish hatchery
24. LB665 – Product liability
25. LB788 – Require public utilities to advertise for bids
26. LB821 – Authorize sale of land owned by University of Nebraska
27. LB855 – Change holiday schedule
28. LB868 – City airport authorities
29. LB917 – Provisions for eminent domain
30. LB921 – Fine for road obstruction
31. LB33 – Increase State aid to schools
32. LB33 – Increase State aid to schools
33. LB33 – Increase State aid to schools
34. LB33 – Increase State aid to schools

1979

35. LB103 – Railroad Tax bill
36. LB103 – Railroad Tax bill
37. LB136 – City and village improvements beyond corporate limits
38. LB139 – Increase mileage and boarding costs for sheriffs
39. LB293 – Alternatives to plumbing bids
40. LB353 – Solar easement
41. LB401 – Wildlife refuges
42. LB402 – Interest on unsettled accounts
43. LB403 – Exempt private schools from state regulations
44. LB582 – North Platte fish hatchery

1980

45. LB635 – County attorneys
46. LB679 – Incentive payments to counties
47. LB726 – Teachers’ retirement pension
48. LB776 – Farm vehicle width restrictions

1981

49. LB46 – Lost and temporary drivers’ licenses
50. LB47 – Parking and towing in restricted lots
51. LB51 – Incentive payments, highway funds
52. LB67 – Apprentice electricians
53. LB128 – Payment of school retirement benefits
54. LB199 – Repeal penalty provision of Nebraska Bank Law
55. LB288 – State employees retirement act
56. LB436 – Prohibit discrimination on basis of state origin

1982

57. LB287 – Mandatory retirement age
58. LB404 – Eliminate mandatory retirement age
59. LB404 – Eliminate mandatory retirement age
60. LB632 – Morrill Hall
61. LB692 – Remove limitation on bonds of first class cities
62. LB877 – Temporary drivers’ licenses

Series 2 – Miscellany, 1979

Box 1
Folder

1. Notes on talks given in 1979 on State Board of Nursing and the free enterprise system

Subject headings:

Legislation — Nebraska
Lincoln County (Neb.) — History
Nebraska. Legislature, 1975-1982
North Platte (Neb.) — History
Politics — Nebraska
Rumery, Myron G.A., 1905-1982

08-07-2007 Revised TMM