Walterick, Lloyd G.

WALTERICK, GROVE

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Date: 2/22/2010 at 13:04:18

History of Hamilton County, Iowa, Vol II, 1912, p. 130.

LLOYD G. WALTERICK

Lloyd G. Walterick, proprietor of the "Williams Wasp," which paper he has been editing for the past three years, is highly regarded in local business circles, being recognized as one of the town's most capable and promising young men. He was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 3d of December, 1890, and is a son of George B. and Emma C.(Grove) Walterick, also natives of Franklin County, the father's birth having occurred on April 26, 1867. In 1900 the parents removed to Hamilton County, settling in Webster City, whence they later came to Williams. Here the father, who is a carpenter by trade, is successfully engaged in the business of contracting and building. Mr. and Mrs. Walterick have three sons, of whom our subject is the eldest. Jay W., who was born on the 21st of September, 1892, is associated with his brother in the publication of the "Williams Wasp," and Paul S., the youngest member of the family, his natal day having been October 16, 1894, is attending the Iowa State Business College at Des Moines. The two younger sons were also born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Lloyd G. Walterick was only a child of ten years when brought to Hamilton County by his parents. He received most of his education in the public schools of Webster City, and upon the completion of the eighth grade he decided upon a journalistic career as his life work in 1905, and entered the service of the Hahne Printing Company of Webster City in the capacity of apprentice. He is ambitious and enterprising, and, while there, not only fitted himself for the position of a compositor, but became thoroughly familiar with job printing work generally. On the 1st of August, 1909, he came to Williams and took possession of the paper he is now editing. He is a wide-awake, thoughtful and progressive young man and his paper is in every way a credit to him and the community. In matters of citizenship he is public-spirited and through the columns of his journal indorses every movement that he feels will promote the interests of the municipality. He is absolutely fearless in his denunciation of wrong, but is equally ready to commend good, fully appreciating that the press is the great medium of reform and a dominant factor in the molding of public opinion. That he is editing a clean, wholesome sheet and in the voicing of his views expresses the opinions of the community generally is substantially evidenced by his circulation list, which carries fourteen hundred names. The paper has been issued under the name of the "Williams Wasp" since 1906, and is popular in the community, particularly among the business people, who have found it to be a good advertising medium. Mr. Walterick has a better plant than is to be found in the average printing office of a town of this size, and is particularly well equipped to do all kinds of job work, of which he makes a specialty.

The Walterick family are English Lutherans in religious faith, but as this denomination is not represented in Williams, they all affiliate with the Presbyterian church. Lloyd G. Walterick is identified with the Masonic lodge, A. F. & A. M., the Modern Woodmen of America and the Brotherhood of American Yoemen, and in addition to the protection thus afforded he also carries insurance in the Equitable of New York, the Aetna of New York, and the American & Bankers' Life of Des Moines. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and the columns of his paper strongly indorse the men and measures of the progressive faction of this body. He is meeting with success in the development of his business and has but recently purchased a residence property in Williams, which he anticipates occupying very shortly. He is a most estimable young man, whose laudable ambition, upright standards and high principles of conduct commend him to the confidence of all with whom he has transactions and have been the means of his winning and retaining the regard of a large circle of friends, who prophesy for him a very
promising future.

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