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ever he could find to do ; learned the 

 mason trade— worked at plastering and 

 bricklaying summers and taught winters. 

 In 1864, he entered Cornell College in 

 Iowa, but owing to the fact that his 

 brother David wanted to take a hand in 

 the "late unpleasantness "—(he being 

 Treasurer and Kecorder of Winnebago 

 county, and Postmaster of Forest City) 

 he left school to take charge, as deputy, 

 of his brother's business, which position 

 he held for two years. 



EUGENE SECOR. 



In 1866, he married Millie M.Spencer 

 a native of Ohio, who still lives to charm 

 and bless her beloved. They have four 

 children living, and six have crossed to 

 the other shore, awaiting the " meeting" 

 and the " greeting " of the " loved ones" 

 left behind. 



In 1867, Mr. S. was appointed Deputy 

 Clerk of the District Court, and in 1868 

 was elected to that office, which he held 

 for six years, being elected the last term 

 without opposition. Believing in rota- 

 tion in office, he refused to run for a 

 fourth term. In 1875 he was elected 

 County Auditor, ^nd was re-elected two 

 years later without opposition. 



He was one of the Commissioners ap- 

 pointed by the Court to complete the 

 incorporation of Forest City ; was elected 

 Its first Mayor, and re-elected three con- 

 secutive times, being the only one, up 

 to the present time, who has held the 

 office four terms. He was a member of 

 the Town Council up to 1890, and has 

 been a member of the city school board : 

 IS a member of the Board of Trustees of 

 Cornell College, and one of the Executive 

 Committee ; also trustee of the Iowa 

 Agricultural College— the latter Board 

 being elected by the State Legislature. 



Mr. Secor is a life member of the 

 Northern Iowa Horticultural Society 

 has also been Director, Vice-President 

 and President, and has charge of one of 

 its experiment stations. He helped to 

 organize the Winnebago County Agricul- 

 tural Society, and was its first President 

 for two years ; is a member of the Iowa 

 Fine Stock Breeders' Association, and 

 President of the State Bee-Keepers' 

 Society. He has just retired from a 

 year's Presidency of the North-American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, whose last 

 meeting was held in Washington, D. C 

 on Dec. 27th, 28th and 29th, 1892, 

 and a report of which is begun on 

 page 79 of this issue of the Bee Joue- 



NAL. ' 



In politics, Mr. Secor Is a Repulican. 

 He has been a delegate to many State 

 and District conventions; was one of 

 the delegates from Iowa to the last 

 National Republican Convention that 

 met in Minneapolis last summer. 



In religion he is a Methodist, but not 

 sectarian ; and has been a trustee in his 

 local society since its organization. He 

 was honored as a delegate to the last 

 General Conference of the church of his 

 choice, in May, 1892. at Omaha. He is 

 also President of the County Bible 

 Society, which is interdenominational. 



Owing to various public and private 

 enterprises which occupy so much of his 

 time, Mr. Secor has never attempted to 

 build up a large apiary. His chief study 

 is to keep the number of colonies within 

 the possibilities of personal supervision 

 and recreative enjoyment. But they 

 have always paid. He doesn't run after 

 new-fangled inventions because they are 

 new, nor after new races of bees because 

 they are widely advertised. He believes 

 in the injunction, "Prove all things: 

 hold fast that which is good." 



At different times he has had charge 

 of the apiarian department in various 

 agricultural periodicals. His writings 

 are always instructive, and are read 

 with a satisfaction and interest rarely 

 met with in these latter days. g. w. y. 



