Bio of DRETCHKO, Alvin L. (b.1886), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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ALVIN L. DRETCHKO - Vol II, pg 418
Alvin L. Dretchko is engaged in the general practice of law, being a member of
the firm of Hoyt & Dretchko, consisting of himself and Alexander M. Hoyt, with
offices at Suite 834, Andrus building, and resides at No. 1115 West Franklin
avenue.
Mr. Dretchko was born in southern Minnesota, in 1886, his parents being William
and Louise (Korth) Dretchko. He received his education in the grammar schools
and high schools at Henderson and Winthrop, Minnesota, and the University of
Minne­sota. While attending college he took an active and prominent part in
athletics, was rooter king, and also was a member of the Varsity baseball team
which won the con­ference championship in 1908. He was also elected to the board
of athletic control, which office he held until his graduation in 1908. Mr.
Dretchko has in addition taken an active interest in municipal athletics and is
president of the Minneapolis Amateur Baseball Association, which office he has
successfully held for the past three years. He was married in 1914 to Miss
Bertha Rinne of Charles City, Iowa. Enlisting for service in the World war, he
was sent by the government to various training camps as athletic director for
the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Dretchko is a member of the Phi Delta
Chi fraternity and is a Mason, belonging to Joppa Lodge, No. 300, A. F. & A. M.,
and the Minneapolis Consistory of the Scottish Rite, and he edits the Scottish
Rite Sun, the official organ of the local consistory. He is also an Elk and
occupies the chair of the Esteemed Lecturing Knight of that order at the present
time.