LEO TONY MORES
MORES, LEO TONY: Publisher; b Seymour, Iowa Oct 12, 1913; s of Pete Mores-Marie Cambruzzi; ed Seymour; Iowa St Coll, BSc 1938; worked on coll paper, 1937-38 business mgr Daily Student, business mgr Green Gander coll magazine, mbr student publication bd, mbr coll inter-fraternity coun night foreman collegiate press; Cardinal Key; Sigma Delta Chi; Pi Kappa Phi, 1935 treas, 1936-37 pres; 1922 while att sch carrier Register & Tribune, during HS emp by Seymour Herald; during summers while att coll emp by The Sheldon Mail, Sheldon, also special advertising work Waterloo Courier; 1938-39 emp by Rockwell City Advocate, Rockwell City; 1939- editor & publisher Harlan Tribune, Harlan; 1940 won state award for best Iowa weekly in towns over 2,500; IPA; Natl Edit Assn; Harlan Field Club; Kiwanis; Comm Club; Cath Ch; Dem; hobby: outdoor sports; off Harlan Tribune; res Harlan.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1116. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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