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Pratically everything which William H. Dress has done in the past several
years has been favorable to everyone who had the opportunity to observe it.
Because "Bill" Dress is the kind who doesn't do unless he can do what is right for others.
That is the best tribute one can pay him, because no city of small size would hold his acquaintances - friends whom he knows in both business and social ways. Not one does he know except by full name, occupation, peculiarities, habits and what he or she likes or dislikes.
He has a peculiarly natural way of making friends - with everybody.
From 1917 until the end of 1931 his manner of greeting had been in practice, hourly, at the West Side Bank where he was a teller. In those fourteen years he found an abundance of time aside from duty to boost the West Side, follow closely Democratic politics and be an active member of the West Side Nut Club. He was once the Club's President. He is also a Director of the Fidelity Building and Loan Association.
In those years he stumped for other Democratic candidates, and in the Primary and General campaigns of 1930 he stumped for himself as a candidate for County Treasurer. He was elected and took office for a two-year term January 1, 1932. A few years ago he was the Democratic member of the Board of Election Commissioners. He is a member of the Ohio River Bridge Dedication Committee.
Mr. Dress equipped himself for the role of teacher by attending Teachers College at River Forest, Illinois, and from 1897, the year he came to Evansville, he taught in the Trinity Lutheran School.
He was born on May 3, 1879, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Dress, at Zanesville, Ohio. In 1904 he married Amelia Stuehmeyer. They have three children, William, Dorothy and Charlotte Dress and live at 314 N. Third Avenue.
Mr. Dress is a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, and his hobby is the friendship of others and the expression of real humor. |
cdmyers@wowway.com
July 8, 1999