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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Still on the trail of Dr Steen...today I discovered that his hobby was "building a historical baseball and football library"...taken from a 1940 copy of Who's Who in Nebraska.

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STEEN, CLARENCE GUIDO: Dentist; b Wahoo, Neb Nov 1, 1883; s of John Steen-Marie Louise Hough; ed Wahoo HS 1901; U of N 1902-04; Creighton U, DDS 1908: Sigma Alpha Epsilon; m Mabel Melinger May 6, 1908 Burlington Ia; s John F; d Jane (Mrs A C Allen), Virginia L; m Jean Weller Dec 3, 1919 Denver; s William W, Donald M; d Crete Gail; 1908-15 dentist, Scottsbluff; 1915-17 prac with Dr T E Dailey, Omaha; 1917- dentist, Scottsbluff; past mbr city coun; Scotts Bluff Co chmn ARC 1922; mayor of Scottsbluff 1913; Rotary, ch mbr, past pres; Riverview Country Club; AF&AM 265, past master Scot Rite, 32o Tangier Shrine; Western Neb Dental Soc; Neb St & ADA; active in Jr League Baseball; played baseball with U of N 1903-04, semi-professional baseball summer 1904 at Beatrice, with Black Hills League at Belle Fourche S D semi-professional 1905, at Kearney 1906 & with Lincoln Club of Western League, 1907; Congl Ch; Rep; hobby, building a historical baseball & football library; off 1705 1/2 3rd Ave, Scottsbluff.
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