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After returning from the war
Shelton was president and treasurer of the Marton A & P Association as well as secretary of the Rangitikei Potato Growers Association. He was an advisory member of the Marton Young Farmers, patron of the Marton Scouts and Venturers club and a member of the Marton
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Fielding Technical School. He then entered the employment of Hodder and Tolley Ltd in 1920 as a salesman. In 1934 he was appointed manager of the company's Marton branch which he held until 1954 when he resigned. In 1935 he married Dorothy Mamie Stevens. He was
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causing it to fall down a 40 foot bank. Both of
Shelton's legs were broken, including comprehensive damage to ligaments and kneecaps. His wife suffered cuts and bruising while the three people in the other vehicle were unharmed despite their vehicle being overturned. He was taken to
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on several occasions. A man of undoubted ability, he lacked the charisma and ambition to pursue the leadership of the party and by 1970 he was suffering ill-health due to a gall bladder ailment which induced him to retire.
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972:Don McKay
955:Rex Mason
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644:. In the
367:Biography
332:Relatives
238:In office
215:Don McKay
203:Rex Mason
176:In office
121:In office
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852:(1986).
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