CURTIS, NED B
Manager & Treasurer Milk Producers Assn; b Davenport, Iowa Apr 26, 1897; s of Dennis D Curtis-Emma Keppe; ed Davenport; Browns Business Coll , Davenport 1915-16; m Adele L Frye Feb 19, 1921 Davenport; d Shirley Mae, Charlotte Rae; 1916-17 emp by Hansen Hdw Co also Harned & Von Maur, Davenport; 1919-20 salesman for Harned & Von Maur Co, Davenport; 1920-21 worked on farms, Scott Co; 1921-35 owner & opr farm, Scott Co; 1935- mgr Ill-Iowa Milk Producers Assn, instrumental in orgn of this assn 1933; active in Farmers Union work when succeeded Amer Soc of Equity, county pres 1926-35; during World War enl ING 126th field arty Apr 1917, inducted fed service July 15, 1917 34th div, field arty, attached tank corps Gettysburg Penn, disch Dec 14, 1919, commd 2nd It Dec 28, 1918, resigned 1920; Amer Legion post 26; dir many years Mississippi Valley Fair & Exposition Co, pres 1939-40; dir Scott Co Enterprises of Iowa, chmn social com for 1940 natl corn husking contest; 1939 pres Dairy coun for Quad-Cities; 1936- dir Midwest Non-Stock Co-op Dairies; C of C; Gyro Club; Luth Ch; Rep; hobbies twin daughters, dairy farming ; off 24 Schmidt Bldg; res 2605 Ripley, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1091.