NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 L. B. WATT Thoroughly imbued with western energy and enterprise, Lawarence B. Watt has steadily advanced toward the goal fixed by his ambition and is now numbered among the leading business men of Storm Lake. He was born June 6, 1891, in Taylor county, Iowa, and his parents, Roland W. and Viola (Barton) Watt, were natives of Illinois. Mr. Watt is a member of a family of several children and received his higher education in Grinnell College, completing his course in 1914. He was connected with newspaper work until 1920 and then entered commercial job printing circles of Des Moines. He was identified with the University Publishing Company for some time an don March 1, 1923, came to Buena Vista county, Iowa. He purchased the Storm Lake Register, which he conducts along the lines of modern and progressive newspaper education, and has made it a popular journal, carefully edited and devoted to the welfare of the district, in which it has a large circulation. On July 20, 1921, Mr. Watt married Miss Hazel Erickson and the children of this union are Dorothy, Elizabeth and Mary Ellen. Mr. Watt responded to the call to arms during the World war and is a member of the American Legion. He belongs to the Masonic order and is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He is a journalist of ability, a young man of pleasing personality and a valuable addition to the citizenship of Storm Lake. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/