Background
Beatty, John Dunton was born on December 1, 1914 in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. Son of Edgar Harvey and Mary Ruth (Dunton) Beatty.
Beatty, John Dunton was born on December 1, 1914 in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. Son of Edgar Harvey and Mary Ruth (Dunton) Beatty.
Bachelor, South Dakota State University.
Want ad manager Daily Huronite, Huron, South Dakota, 1937—1939. Advertising salesman Pioneer Directory, St. Paul, 1939—1941. News editor Brookings Register, 1941—1945.
Public Redfield Press, South Dakota, 1945—1948. Jeweler Beatty's Jewelry, Brookings, from 1948. Instructor news editing, advertising South Dakota State University, 1949—1950, writer newspaper column Pokings, from 1971.
Secretary Brookings Industrial Development Corporation, 1951. Founder, secretary Area Progress, Brookings, 1958. Treasurer Brookings School Board, 1943—1944.
Trustee Sioux Falls College, South Dakota, 1947. President United Fund Board, Brookings, 1980.
Board directors Brookings County Red Cross, Minn-Ia-Kota council Girl Scouts. Active First Baptist Church, Brookings, 1960—1963. Member of Rotary.
Married Glenna Opal Johnson, October 2, 1941. Children: Jo Anne, David Edgar.
