In Memory Of Eldora Hoyer

THIS FLAGPOLE IS A GIFT TO THE
PEOPLE OF CLAYTON FROM THE HOYER FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF ELDORA HOYER.
DEDICATED FEBRUARY 2012
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS CLAYTON'S UNOFFICIAL "FIRST
LADY," ELDORA WAS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SUCCESSFUL
PETITION IN 1964 TO INCORPORATE THE COMMUNITY OF CLAYTON

SHE WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE CLAYTON WOMAN'S CLUB AND
THE CLAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ELDORA WAS INSTRUMENTAL
IN SECURING A GOVERNMENT GRANT TO AID IN MOVING THE
MUSEUM BUILDINGS TO THEIR CURRENT LOCATION ON MAIN ST
HER PRESERVATION WORK RESULTED IN THE PLACEMENT
OF EIGHT BRONZE MARKERS AT HISTORICAL SITES AROUND
THE CITY ELDORA SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY FOR
OVER THREE YEARS DURING WWII