BLUEDORN, VICTOR E
Editor, Publisher & Author; b Walcott, Iowa June 25, 1916; s of Rudolph Bluedorn-- -; ed Walcott; Davenport HS; Iowa St Coll, SSe; mbr pledge trainer's coun; mbr Interfrat coun; bd mbr Memorial Union; mgr Cardinal Guild Orchestra Service; mbr staff Bomb, annual; Iowa St Daily Student, staff mbr; mbr varsity football, freshman football, baseball, basketball, track, Mil Drum & Bugle corps, 3 years mil training; Delta Upsilon, past pres, past VP; Sigma Delta Chi; Inkhorn; � substitute mail carrier, Walcott; � draftsman Zeid er Concrete Products Co, Waterloo; � elk & trucker Walcott Co-op Store; -Register & Tribune carrier salesman; 1933-editor & publisher Scott County Tribune, Walcott; ofcl co newspaper won I PA gen excellence award 1938; mgr Vic Bluedorn Agcy, orchestra booker; candidate for state representative; speaker at natl conv of SDC in Nov 1940; instrumental in installation of blinker traffic lights & guards on RR crossing; active in safety campaigns, better light & power service, improved tele service, installation of filter plant for town water supply, Walcott; estab pub lib, Walcott; mbr Journalism Club, Ames; Kiwanis, Davenport; IPA; Comml Club; Davenport Jr C of C; hobbies swimming, riding, golf, music, woodworking; off 117 Ash Ave, Ames. & Walcott; res Walcott.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1088.