TELL CITY – Perry County honored three long-time party workers, Walter Hagedorn, Mary Kay Elder and Bill Goffinet, Oct. 1 at a Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
Hagedorn was a precinct committeeman for Precinct 1 from the early 1960s until 1976. He served four years on the city council, from 1959 to 1963, and was the city’s mayor from 1964 through 1987.
Hagedorn received the Outstanding Mayor Award from the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns.