NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME III 1804-1926 C. F. Besore, Jr. Calvin F. Besore, Jr., a member of one of the prominent families of Ida county, is engaged in the practice of law at Holstein and possesses all of the attributes of the successful attorney. He was born April 8, 1893, in Ida Grove, Iowa, and is a son of Dr. C. F. and Celia Fibbs Besore, the latter a native of Illinois. The father was born in Michigan and in 1885 came to Iowa, locating in Ida Grove, where he was married in 1891. He is an expert dental surgeon and for thirty-four years has practiced in Ida Grove with much success, rendering valuable service to the residents of that locality. Dr. and Mrs. Besore have a family of four children: Calvin F.; Ruth, the wife of R. C. Sawyer, of Sanborn, Iowa; Philip J., an enterprising young business man of Ida Grove; and Julia, who married Gilbert Brown, of Waterloo, Iowa. Calvin F. Besore, Jr., was reared in his native town and after his graduation from high school was a student at Morningside College for a year. He attended the University of Iowa for three years and studied for a year in the office of Attorney C. G. Burling of Clarksville, Iowa. Mr. Besore was superintendent of schools at Clarksville, Iowa, for a year and then accepted a similar position in New Hartford, Iowa, where he also spent twelve months. For one summer he was engaged in Chautauqua work, being a member of the Imperial Male Quartette. In 1920 he came to Holstein, where he has since made his home. He is now a member of the well known law firm of Besore & Snell Brothers and also acts as city attorney. He is thorough and painstaking in the preparation of his cases, and his legal learning, his analytical mind and the readiness with which he grasps the salient points in an argument all combine to make him one of the most capable lawyers of this locality. In 1918 Mr. Besore united in marriage to Miss Hope C. Sutton, a native of O debolt, Iowa, and a daughter of Charles W. and Lucinda Sutton. The former, one of the pioneer hardware merchants of Odebolt, Iowa, is deceased, and Mrs. Sutton is now living at Wall Lake, Iowa. Mr. Besore belongs to the Phi Delta Phi and Acacia fraternities and while attending the State University was venerable dean of Acacia fraternity for one year. He is identified with the Holstein Commercial Club and has served as its president. He is a Mason, belonging to Alpine Lodge, No. 471, F. & A. M.; Cyria Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., and Mizpah Commandery, No. 62, K. T., and is also connected with the Eastern Star. Mr. Besore owns a fine home in Holstein and has thoroughly identified his interests with those of the community, in which he is highly esteemed because of his public spirit, his devotion to duty and his strength of character. Debbie Clough Gerischer