Harold Edwin Adle was born in Maryville, Missouri on January 1899. He graduated from high school in Maryville and attended several years at the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville. His passion was always music and this involved playing in the First Christian Church Orchestra and the Maryville Band. He was a self taught clarinet player and offered lessons for many years. He wrote some lyrics including "I'm Glad That I'm An American" during the WWII period and it was performed for the first time in Denver by the Denver Post Office Band, which he directed. In the early 20s he married Nellie Wagner of Pickering MO and they set up housekeeping in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado where he ended up working as a letter carrier, a job he held until he retired at age 65 in Denver. They had one daughter, Doris Bernice. In 1934 the Adles moved to Denver and promptly joined South Broadway Christian Church, where they were active members. Representative papers of Harold E. Adle have been given to the Denver Public Library and are being processed in their manuscript collections.
Harold Edwin Adle was born in Maryville, Missouri on January 1899. He graduated from high school in Maryville and attended several years at the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville. His passion was always music and this involved playing in the First Christian Church Orchestra and the Maryville Band. He was a self taught clarinet player and offered lessons for many years. He wrote some lyrics including "I'm Glad That I'm An American" during the WWII period and it was performed for the first time in Denver by the Denver Post Office Band, which he directed. In the early 20s he married Nellie Wagner of Pickering MO and they set up housekeeping in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado where he ended up working as a letter carrier, a job he held until he retired at age 65 in Denver. They had one daughter, Doris Bernice. In 1934 the Adles moved to Denver and promptly joined South Broadway Christian Church, where they were active members. Representative papers of Harold E. Adle have been given to the Denver Public Library and are being processed in their manuscript collections.
