The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-22
Erudite Editor of a NeighbOring
Daily Compliments Hardin
Factory Banquet.

from the pen of L. L. Mcbride, :
editor of the Sheridan Wyo.)i
Press, following the formal open
ing of the Holly Sugar Corpora
tion's 81, 70O,O00 factory at Hardin,
Oct. 6, is reproduced herewith
from "Your Column" in that
journal:
Several of us went up to the
Hardin banquet Wednesday. Har-
din banquets are always distinc-
tive. ... And here's a jotting from
our notebook as the meeting was
in progress: "the best community
dinner ever found anywhere"
It was.....And it was an aus
picious occasion. The formal
opening of the new sugar factory
at Hardin. The most modern
sugar refinery in the United
States.
There's something unique and
soul-satisfying about the COM
munity spirit up there at Hardin
1t seems as spontaneous as
it is enthusiastic, yet it possesses
a unity of thought and purpose
that we have never seen else
where.
Visitors land there seemed to
be scores of them) received a roy
al welcome go. And all the town
folks were on time. despite the
fact that the car radios by noon
were singing out. the opening
innings of the first World Series
game.
The Hardin Lions club was host
at the banquet, which was held in
the Catholic church parlors.
And, believe it or not, the ban
quet and meeting did not end I'M
til nearly 4 o'clock in the after
noon. Yet it did not lag once
.....Due to a splendid roast
spring turkey dinner and the abil-
ity of the POSTMASTER, George W.
Gustafson, agricultural agent of
Big Horn county, to keep the pro-
gram moving at exactly the right
tempo.
We also noticed that everyone
carried away with him his dis
tinctive program featured by a
night photograph of the new sug-
ar factory.
Good Fellowship and co-opera-
ton yer the keynoteS of the
meeting.
Toward the end the stories
came thick and fast. But that
path was paved at the very start
by w. E. Fuller, vice president of
the Burlington, whose tall tales
are heard wherever railroaders
gather. !
Mr.. Fuller, however, gave Har-
din another idea "a canning
factory which would spread the
community'S labor over a larger
portion of the year. ,
Bert w. Kronmiller, pressed in
to service as the tail twister for
the Lions, was kept busy collect
ing fines from the speakers. ....'
Mostly because the railroaders
and sugar company executives
were violating the no-advertising
rules of the club. The fines went
to the ladies who served the din
ner.. i
Paul Greever of Wyoming, how
ever, was fined for taking Hardin
off the reservation.
The highest officials of the Holly
Sugar Corporation were there. 49,.
stressing the value of co-opera-
ton, the benefits of livestock
feeding from the by-productS of
sugar beets, and the value to a
community Of a sugar refinery. i
Included among the Holly off,
Gals were the young-looking
president, Wiley Blair, Jr., the
veteran vice president, w. L. Law
son, and the district manager of
the Hardin, Sheridan, Sidney and
Worland factories, C. D. Adams
of Sidney, Mont. j
Industrial executives were not
the only speakers. ... One was
Fred Huddleston of Billings, presl-
dent of the MISUNDERSTANDING
Beetgrowers association 49,. .Bally
Stortz, of Forsyth, secretary to
Senator Wheeler. Montana, brought
greetings from his chief IA. +.
Peterson of Billings was there,
representing Montanans, Inc, the
state chamber of commerce.