Born August 23, 1902, in Dayton, Iowa. Graduated high school in Dayton in
1922. Graduated from the University of Iowa Law School at Iowa City in 1927
with an L.L.B. degree, and practiced law in Fort Dodge. He served with the
US Army 1942 to 1944. He was a member and past president of the Noon Kiwanis
Club with 49 years of perfect attendance. He was a member and past president
of the Webster County bar Association. He was a past president of the Prairie
Gold Boy Scout Council and was the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award from
the Boy Scouts of America. He was a board member of the Hiawatha Council of
Camp Fire Girls, and was the recipient of the Ernest Thompson Seton Award from
the Camp Fire Council. He used his water witching stick many times to locate
water, for example, at the Camp Fire Girls' Camp WaNoKi near Coalville, Iowa,
he located the new well, which turned out to be artesian, yielding 80 gallons
a minute. He died March 1, 1982.
I received a letter from Clara Kramer in July, 1993, giving information about
children and gradchildren, and enclosing obituaries and newspaper articles.
She attended Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls and the University
of Colorado at Boulder, majoring in elementary school education. She was a
fifth grade teacher at Carpenter School, and the principal of Arey School in
Fort Dodge. Her favorite vacations are camping, hunting, and fishing. She
says she keeps active and socially involved with the Methodist Church, the
Garden Club, the PEO Sisterhood, the Story Tellers Club, the Webster County
Cancer Society. One of the photos' captions explains that she was awarded
the Luther Halsey Gulick service pin, the highest national honor bestowed on
adults in the Camp Fire program, and that she was president of the Fort Dodge
council of Camp Fire Girls. She also finds time to play bridge. Her
address in 1993: 1502 10th Avenue N., Fort Dodge, Iowa, 50501; phone
515-573-7469.