Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
COTTRELL, CLARENCE ARTHUR:
Superintendent of Schools; b Page Co, Iowa July 30, 1899; s of Willis Cottrell - Vironicy Ross; ed Red Oak HS 1918; Red Oak Jr Coll, 1922-23; Simpson Coll, BA, BSc 1925; Colo U, MA 1930; Theta Kappa Nu; m Emma Erickson Dec 24, 1925 Red Oak; s Howard; d Mary Kathryn, Ruth Ann; 1918-22 instr pub schs, Montgomery Co; 1925-31 science instr pub schs, Mount Pleasant; 1931-37 HS prin, Mount Pleasant, 1937- supt of sch, while prin new HS was built, started Smith - Hughes & vocational agr in sch; several summers tchr Iowa Wes Coll, Mount Pleasant, 1939 dean of summer sch; extensive traveler during summers; NEA; ISTA, del to state conv many times; Henry Co Schoolmasters Club, past pres; mbr SE Iowa Music Assn, 1938-39, mgr; C of C, dir; Kiwanis, 1939 pres, dir, 1st gov div 9 Iowa-Ill dist, del internatl convs, Detroit 1932, Washington D C 1936, Minneapolis 1940; Meth Ch, steward, 1935- supt, SS tchr 10 years; Indep; hobby: color photography; off High School; res 209 E Madison, Mount Pleasant.
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From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940.

Transcribed by Alayna Vantiger, February 2021.

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