To the Editor,
Thank you for the writeup of my Grandfather John F. Nuxoll!
I would like to add a note or two about Grandfather John, told to me by John P. Nuxoll, my uncle, and son of Grandfather John.
I was born in 1932 at Greencreek, and that year only 550,000 men were born in the U.S., the smallest number of births because of the “Great Depression” in a number of years.
In 1933 the banks were failing, no “F.D.I.C.” at the time. According to Uncle John, Grandfather was informed that the “bank was going down,” and advised “Grandpa” to withdraw his money, and Grandfather told the Bank President to “give it to the most deserving and needy” which the Bank did.
And Sister Ildephonse Nuxoll was our aunt and Grandfather gave $5,000 to the Convent as her part of the inheritance, which was used to buy the “Magnificent Pipe Organ” in the Convent’s Chapel at Cottonwood, Idaho. For comparison in dollars, a “Day’s Wage” in 1930-32 was about $2.00, two dollars! So you have a comparison in value, according to Uncle John.
My sister, Pauline Frei, remembers in 1933 the burial and Grandfather’s funeral. And she remembers “Dad” crying at the Cemetery in Greencreek, even though she was only four years old. We lost a “great” grandfather!
Now Uncles Ben, John and Martin, aunts “Katie” Baerlocher, “Tillie” Wessels, Bertha Schaff, Deanna Hermes and “Sister Ildephonse” are all in Heaven with Grandfather and Grandmother Nuxoll and “Dad” and Mother.
P.S. Nice story of the past!
P.P.S. Uncle John died on a Sunday morning as he was walking to church from his home, “all dressed up.”
Thanks!
Art Nuxoll

To the Editor
Perhaps an understatement, but State Senator Sheryl Nuxoll’s promotion of a reactionary proposal (authored by Judson Phillips of Tennessee) to overturn the recent General Election has resulted in national ridicule.  
For readers who may not know, Senator Nuxoll solicited a boycott by one-third of our respective States, with the expressed intent to “deprive an Electoral Quorum” and install Mr. Romney in lieu of Mr. Obama.  Ostensibly, the dubious proposition claimed authority under the 12th Amendment. Without delving into factual constitutional minutiae, no legal foundation exists for the arguably criminal solicitation.
Nevertheless, in the interests of comity, and to preclude future national derision of Cottonwood and Idaho’s District 7, the Idaho County Chapter of the Constitution Party of Idaho graciously extends an open invitation to Senator Nuxoll to attend one of our educational programs on the Constitution of the United States.  We offer this as a routine public service, even for Idaho State Legislators.  Or, Senator Nuxoll could always join us at one of our regularly scheduled monthly meetings at Oscar’s Restaurant in Grangeville.  We are always more than obliging, charitable in fact, in our efforts to educate the public on constitutional governance.
Floyd Whitley
Vice Chairman, Constitution Party of Idaho
Cottonwood

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