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The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13

ers, climbed steep inclines to enter
mines. 1 crawied under cars to talk
TO grease monkeys. chatted with rail-
road workers in roundhouses. / went
everywhere to meet everyone
I'd stick out my mudhook and say.
I'm Aronson, The Galloping Swede."
We travelled thousands of miles into
every city and town in Montana.
Although | was determined to do my
best, ! didn't think I'd be elected"
Only One Face
| often made fun of myself when
! spoke at rallies, realizing it is bet
ter to have audiences laughing with
you than at you. "Tm not two
faced" I'd say. IF I had another
face, do you think I'd be wearing
this one?"
Knowing / was no silver-tongued
orator, ! refused to speak over the
radio. Some people are better on the
air; / figured / was better at meeting
folks face to face.
Remembering my fathers advice,
l made no campaign promises. ! said
I'd try to run the state government
like I would my own business.
Nobody was more surprised than
I when The Galloping Swede was
elected by a margin of 5,054 votes.
! am nov the 18th governor of my
state, and have found that "13" is
my lucky number. I left Sweden for
America on October Is, 1911; re-
turned with Matilda after World War
/ on July Is, 1919; became Rika's
father on December 10, l1945; agreed
to be a candidate for governor on
February 10, 1852; filed for governor
On March Is, 1852; and was elected
the 18th governor.
Friend of Ike
One of the biggest thrills of my
life was escorting President Dwight
d. Eisenhower while he dedicated
the smokejumpers' building in Mis-
soula, Montana a couple of years ago.
] was so impressed by the oppor-
tunity of escorting the President of
the United States that / wrote Mr..
Eisenhower a note. / am going to
frame his answer.
THANK you very much for your
letter. 1t touched me deeply. / assure
you it was an equally great privilege
for the farm boy from Kansas to
walk at the side of the boy from
Sweden. That in itself is %repre@ent-
alive of the greatness of America"
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13

The photographs on this page are
taken from the personal album of
Governor J. Hugo Aronson, and il
lustrate his long acquaintance with
the many phases of Montana life.
Governor Aronson was born in
Sweden in 1891, the SON of a tenant
farmer. He landed in Boston in 1911,
unable to speak a word of English
and with SIS in his pocket, of which
SIG went Immediately into his first
ready-made suit.
After many hardships, he arrived
in Montana in July of 1914, landing
in Columbus. Montana by the time
honored method of being kicked off
a freight train. From then on, the
"GaIloping Swede" has been a part
of this state, rising to become its
18th Governor.
Aronson's life as a farmer, worker,
trucker, oil-rig builder, businessman
and legislator is better told in these
pictures than in any number of
words. The Aronson Album, in the
words of President Eisenhower, is
Representative of the greatness of
America"
Governor Aronson's first job in
Montana was given him by Frank
Young, a farmer near Columbus.
Montana. The 2~3-year-old farm hand
lost most of his clothes Immediately
when a mule ate them while he was
bathing in the Yellowstone River.
Aronson is shown (right--above)
driving a team on the Young place.
1t was al this time that his habit Of
running while he worked gained
him the nickname "The Galloping
Swede."
Aronson lived in many different
Places during his next years in Mon
tana. At right--below he is shown
washing his clothes in the Cut Bank
Oil Fields in 1929. The one-room
shack behind him is the home he
built himself for his first wife. the late
Matilda Langane of Paris. She was
Aronson's First World War bride
who died in 1896.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Girl from Paris

/ wonder many times what her
thoughts must have been-this gen.
tie lady, born and reared in the city
of Paris-confronted with the barren
prairies, a husband she scarcely
knew, and no home. She didn't
complain.
We went to Columbus, where ]
rented Jim Dolan's homestead, horses,
and equipment. l put in a crop of
winter wheat that fall and went to
Elk Basin, where l built oil rigs for
Northern Drilling Company. Later ]
was connection foreman for Midwest
Refining Company in Elk Basin.
/ went back to Dolan's to harvest
the crop. Matilda worked right along
with me in the fields, shocking grain
while / operated the horse-drawn
binder. We received one-third of the
crop and were forced to sell it at
once, although other farmers advised
us to wait until the price went
higher. 1t was a good thing we were
hard up" because Jul wheat brought
$3.25 a bushel. Then the price went
down to SIPS a bushel and stayed
there.
We piled our furniture on top of
the last load of grain and shipped it
10 Elk Basin. Matilda and / made the
trip in style, driving my first auto
mobile, a 1916 Model T Ford.
| bought an old tent in Elk Basin
and housed it in with lumber. Then
| went back to work for Midwest.
Citizen in 1920
One of the important events in my
life took place about this time. /
received my final citizenship papers
in Red Lodge, Montana in January
1920. l was an American at lastl
We lived in our tent house until
after Christmas 1921. when Matilda
became i'll. I'll never forget how kind
people were. / didn't have enough
money to take her any place for
treatment, so my fellow-workers
took up a collection for us. ! don't
recall the amount, but it was enough
for both of us to 60 by train to the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
registered her at Mayo's and went
back to start earning money for the
doctor bills. When / returned to
Mayo's for her, the doctors asked
how much I could pay. / said, Moth
ing now" Then they asked how much
I could pay a month. / had to tell
them l didn't know, but I said I'd
pay it all as soon as / could, and
they believed me. Again, / was i'm
pressed by the kindness of the Amer
lean people. / paid the bill a short
time later.
A Billings Fair
The doctors believed Matilda had
a heart condition, but she seemed
fine after her return home. She did
all the homework and made beau
tiful pieces of needlework, on which
/ sold chances at night to help pay
our bills. One of her embroidered
tablecloths took first place at the
Midland Empire Fair in Billings and
was sold for $50.
In 1923 / left Matilda in Powell,
and went to Sunburst,
Montana, where I was a tool dresser, !
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13

(Above) Governor J. Hugo Arunson b shown Wild, his family ut
his desk IN Montana's capitol where he became the 18th governor Of
the state In January 1858. Aronson said, II, myself, can hardly be-
Heve, that a 2o-year-old immigrant boy, then nearly penniless and
unable to speak q word of English, and without 30 much S q 32nd
cousin In this counry-is now Governor Of Montana"
--On a recent birthday, Aronsons staff gave him a cake
decorated with the Swedish, American, and Montana flags. This
photograph IS familiar to many u the leading illustration for an
American magazine autobiography of Aronson published in August
1856, entitled what America Means To Me"
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Second Hand Coat

From Duluth, Mimi, I went 10
Minneapolis and on to Seattle, Wash,
wearing a secondhand fur coat /
had purchased for So. / arrived in
Seattle on a warm April day. The
employment office was crowded with
job-hunters, all tanning themselves
because of the heat. Maybe the big
Swede stood out in the crowd. At
any rate, l got a job running a steam
shovel for So a day on the construc-
ton of the Highlands golf course.
Washington's Governor Arthur B.
Langlie, a good friend today, recently
invited me to Seattle to be his guest
at that club, where he is a member.
/ imagine he was surprised when /
told him I had helped build it.
When the job was completed, /
headed East again. This was in July
1914, the year World War l broke
out in Europe. Railroads were tight
ening up on travellers who sought
free passage on freight trains. In
Billings, Mont, / spotted some police
men looking for buns, so / crawled
into the blower of a threshing ma
chine on one of the cars. About
midnight, when the train had halted,
/ left my hiding place and bedded
down in a field of fresh alfalfa
cuttings.
In the morning I climbed on a
locomotive headed for Laurel, Mont,
but a brakeman brandishing a pick
handle ran me off. In a few minutes
a westbound freight came along. I
jumped on.
/ thought / was going to make it
that time, but a burly brakeman
noticed me.
In broken English, I asked inno-
Gently, whats the next town."
Columbus" was his gruff answer.
Kicked Off Freight
Although l didn't know it-at the
time, / was kicked off my last freight
in Columbus, and / owe the fact that
am a Montanan to that brakeman.
I often remark that Columbus may
have discovered America, but / dis
covered Columbus, Montana! There
I planted lasting seeds of friendship.
The wonderful people of that small
community helped me. Of course,
hey also laughed at me and some
Of the things that happened to the
green Swede. But they taught me to
speak English and showed me what
t means to be an American.
Frank Young, who lived six miles
rom Columbus, gave me a job on
lis ranch the Saturday / made my
lnceremonious appearance in town.
Old-timers there still laugh at
what happened to me Sunday. / had
Ill the possessions of my % years
wrapped in a large cowboy hand
,erchief. / took them to the nearby
Yellowstone River, washed them out,
md hung them on the fence to dry.
While / was taking a bath, mules
along and chewed up most OF
ny clothes. So / had to go into town
n rags the next day to buy some
things. MIR. Young loaned me
lis daughters pony to make the trip
md you can imagine me-my feel
lragging on the ground-going owe,
he hill to Columbus.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
"Whut America Means To Ne"
An American Story -.

make it worse, everyone laughed at
me. ] never went back.
Ham and Eggs"
! learned to say nam and eggs"
and lived on them for many weeks.
Gradually, ! picked up enough of
the language to get by, but / had to
be careful because people liked to
play jokes on me. ] suppose ! uttered
every swear word in the book before
] learned what any of them meant.
My next job was for the late j. B.
Johnson in the Davis and Furber
Machine Company in North Andover,
Mass. Mr. johnson was very kind to
immigrant boys. Through him / was
elected to my first office in America,
that of deacon in the Swedish Luz
theran Church in North Andover.
After working about a year in the
pulley and lathe department for IL
cents an hour, l decided to go West
with another Swedish fellow, Edwin
Johnson. who could talk English
fairly we'll.
We used part of our savings to buy
train tickets to Providence, r. l.,
where we took a boat to New York
City. We enjoyed the sights of the
big city-the crowds in Grand Cen
trail Station, the shows at the old
Hippodrome, and riding the elevated
trains.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13

woman as a loyal mate. Anything
I have accomplished since our mar
rage has been the result of that
close partnership.
Daughter Born
Our daughter, Rika, was born De-
cember Is, 1915. At the age of "a !
knew the joys of parenthood for the
first time. My life was truly COM
plete. l used to look at our baby
and think How lucky you are to be
born an American"
] was reelected to the state senate
in 1948, and about that time | de-
cided to take things a little easier.
/ sold my business and bought about
1000 acres of virgin sod near Cut
Bank, complete with teepee rings
used by the Indians. / took about
two years to get it ready to farm.
It had seemed like a big Joke to
me in 1914 when a friendly editor
came out with an editorial in which
he urged The Galloping Swede as
a candidate for governor. I laughed
and never gave it another thought.
But in 1850 and 1851 pressure began
to build up. / had to face the issue.
I took inventory of myself, the
immigrant boy who got his Ameri-
can education reading newspapers in
boxcars. l had no fancy diplomas to
hang on the walls, only calloused
hands to signify graduation from the
School of Hard Knocks. A governor
is expected to be suave. I felt more
at home in 81 overalls than in tailor
made suits. My as" still roll across
my tongue and come out "y's". I was
a working stiff, not a politician.
1--WE Decided"
Then I looked at it another way.
/ thought of what my adopted coun-
try had done for me and asked
myself if l had the right to refuse.
After many hours of thought, and a
few tears, Rose and l decided !
would run for governor.
Once the decision was made, I
tried to meet personally as many
people as / possibly could for sixteen
to eighteen hours a day. / wore my
hair off crawling in and out of Indian
teepees. / climbed into pigpens, COW
barns, and through barbed-wire
fences to shake hands with farmers.
Although / do not drink I went into
saloons. I stood in the spray of oil
wells, coughed in the smoke of smelt-
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
"Side- Door Pullman"

After travelling by side-door
Pullman (Which NEAR riding the
freights) to Chicago, we got sepa-
rated. / searched and searched for
johnson, but / have neither seen nor
heard of him again to this day.
So ] started out alone on the tramp
youthful, shy, and none too handy
with the English language. ! recall
a great variety of travelling COM
panions, good and bad. / slept in
haystacks, in hobo iungles covered
with newspapers, and on the bare
floors of boxcars. Every night ! said
my prayers in Swedish before going
to sleep, wherever it was.
/ worked short shifts wherever !
found jobs as / travelled through
38 states. My employment included
working with railroad crews, in lum-
Der camps, on West Coast docks, in
brickyards and strip mines. My
clothes were held together with
patches, one on top of the other, but
the more I saw of America, the
more l loved it.
It was in Duluth, Mimi, that the
day came when / had been in the
United States two years and could
declare my intention to become a
citizen. 1t would be three years be-
fore it could become final, but /
proudly reported to the authorities
and filed my declaration.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
Wife And Daughter To Join
Gene Turbeville In Germany

Mrs. Kathleen Turbeville and
two year old daughter Kathy
Jean. left Wilmington by Ma
tional Airlincs Friday 70 ioir
husband and father Gene in
Frankfort, Germany.
Mrs. Turbcvillc planned 70
spend a few days in Washington
D. c.. with her sister-in-law
Mrs. Kenneth II Jury, before
reporting To Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn. n. Y, for the trans
Atlantic trip 10 Germany.
Mrs. Turbevillc's husband i.
an Army Warrant officer and :
heiicopter pilot. He has been in
Germany for about six month.
And, the consumers are spend.
ing five per cent more for food
Continued expansion in eco.
nomic activity is expected tc
raise consumer income further
IN the coming months.
The pecan tree OF the South
is OF the same family as the
hickory of the North. II has q
thinner shell and larger meat OF
delicious flavor. according tc
the American Association OF
Nurscrymen.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
Young Farmers
Name Committee
On Marketing

The Tabor City Young Farm
erS Club met in the agricultural
building at the school last Tues
day night and named a commit
tee 10 study the possibilities OF
organizing 4 produce market for
truck crops here next spring.
The discussion at the meeting
conferred around the need for
additional cash crops IN the area
and the ACCESSIBILITY of establish
ing an auction system for pro-
duce with number of repre-
sentative buying concerns avail
able.
Peppers. CucumberS. tomatoes
and a few other crops were
planted in this area last year
and met with some degree OF
success. Some farmers lost a lit
tie money. some made some
money and some about broke
even. The thinking of those in
attendance indicated that good
clean competition for the pro-
'duce brought 10 market would
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28

kin. Benny Harrelson, Lowell
Dorman, Burchel West, Verna
Graham, Linda Faye Powell.
and Dixie Prince.
The membership chairman.
Mrs. Lottie johnson. has been
sponsoring a contest among the
rooms in securing PTA memb-
ers. The drive has been quite
successful with the fifth grade
leading in the contest. AS of
November II, there were 1877
members Of the Green Sea PTA.
Green Sea community citi-
Gems should be proud of the PTA
in our school, With each meeting
there is an increased amount of
enthusiasm for the growth and
development of the school pro-
gram. Spokesman OF the school
said
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
Shelton Stevens
Killed I'm Wreck

Shelton Sherwood Stevens, 81,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Stevens, Of route 1, Loris, wa,
killed instantly Wednesday morn
Ing when his 1856 Ford car over
Turned on the Pireway road in
Columbus county.
Stevens was alone in the car
and the cause of the accident was
not determined. Columbus county
Coroner Worth D. Williamson
said no inquest would be held.
Stevens was a farmer and
graduate Of Green Sea High
school In the class Of 1853.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28

Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 2:3O from
the Mount Zion Baptist church
with Rev. Thomas Hughes ant
Rev. Clyde Prince officiating
Burial followed in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are the parents: two
brothers. Bolton and Jimmy Of
route l, Loris; three sisters. Mrs
Tommie Norris. of Conway. Miss
Betty Gale Stevens and Miss
Patsy Stevens, Of the home;
paternal grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mayo Stevens and maternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
II. Fowler. of route /, Loris.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
Motber-Daugbter
Tea Is Held In
.CerrO Gordo

Thursday. November Is. a
Mother and Daughter Tea was
held in the Home Economics
building Of the Cerro Gordo
School from 1 10 s pm.
Receiving were Peggy Black
well. Joyce Ann Green. Mrs. Joel
McLelland. Nancy Billiard. Ann
Williamson. Vivian Blackwell and
Mrs. J. y. Billiard.
Punch was poured by Annie
Barfield and Macie Meares. As.
sIsting were Emma Ruth Green
Sylvia Green, Lucille Blackwell!
Lynda Foley and Lucille Wallace
Carolyn Green Jean Arthn.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28

Williamson and Mary McLelland
entertained with music through
out the afternoon.
Ruth Green and Carolyn Tur-
beville presided at the register.
The tea rooms were decorated
with harvest arrangements con-
sisting Of fall flowers, pumpkins,
eashews and bowls Of fruit,
vegetables and nuts.
The table was overlaid with
y red cloth and decorated with
yellow and bronze chrysanthe-
NUNS and yellow tapers.
Punch, dainty sandwiches.
cookies. nuts and minis were
served 10 the so guests that call
cd.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
oreign Jobs
AvailableTo
Men And Women

To the job hunting young men
and women who are seeking
thrills and excitement OF living
and working abroad. the magic
ioor to a host OF positions is be-
ing opened in Charleston by the
United States Department OF
State for competent typists
stenographerS and clerks for
positions at American Embas-
sizes. ConSulatcS and legations
abroad.
Many high school. business
school or college graduates arm
d with good training and three
years of general office expert
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
Green Sea PTA
Meeting Held

The Parent Teachers ASsocia-
ton of the Green Sea Element
airy School, met Monday. No
vcmoer -, with Mrs. A. c.
Hayes presiding.
The program was under the
direction of Mrs. Gwendolyn
Marlowc, the fifth grade teach
err. Mrs. Marlowc's class did
honor 70 themselves in present
ing the Thanksgiving play. why
They We're Thankful"
The following students parti-
cipated in the drama: Ross Ran
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28

Mrs. Kathieen rurb.
eville and tive year
old daughter Ksthy
Jean left last Friday
from Wilmington on
the first leg OF .
journey that will
carry them TO Frank
fort. Germany where
they will join Mrs.
Turb e ville's hus-
band. Warrant Offic-
er Gene Turbeville.
They expect to be
abroad for about
three years.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
WED NOV g. 1856 THE TABOR CITY TRIBUNE pao

result in profits for the farmer.
The committee was instructed
10 bring a report to the group at
a later date.
The Young Farmers will elect
officers at their next meeting on
December IL. They will also
hear a discussion at that time on
tobacco varieties.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28

and the career Army man has
been in the service for about
five years. They expect 70 re-
main in Germany for three
more years.
Mrs. Turbeville is the daugh-
ter OF Mrs Nellie Carroll, Of
Chadbourn. Mr.. Turbeville is
the son OF Mrs. ~. p. Stephens,
of Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28

ences now have jobs that offer
the excitement Of working with
government program that
takes them to interesting places
throughout the world. Hong
Kong. Rome, Bombay and Wash
ington. d. c., are but a few OF
the 268 posts maintained in 7s
countries.
Personnel Officers from Wash
ington, d. c., will conduct inter-
views at the South Carolina
State Employment Service Of
flee, 81 Wentworth Street. Char
lesion. from November IS thro-
ugh December /. interviewing
hours are from 9 AM to S PM
Monday through Friday; We'd
resday evening until 7 PM: and
on Saturday from 9 AM TO IL
Noon.
The young men. ard women
who wish 10 work overseas must
be between the ages OF 81 and
30. American citizens, single
without dependents and who are
willing 10 go anyplace in the
world. In addition to passing
performance tests in tipping
and/or Shorthand-5O words per
minute in tipping and 80 in
Shorthand-they must have had
1t least three years of office ex-
.perience. In some instances, ed
location may be substituted for
no more than two years OF work
After approx IN tely six
months of orientation and on
thc-Job training in the various
offices and the Foreign Service
Institute in Washington. D. c..
employees are assigned 10 over
seas posts anywhere in the
world. In addition TO the salary
of $500 per year, there is pro-
vided either government hous-
ing or a rental allowance. while
some assignments carry with
them post differential of 10 to
p per cent of their base salary.
Some posts also provide cost
'of-living allowance over and a
bovc these other allowances. For
instance. salary and allowances
III Saigon. Viet-Nam. is S6675:
in Madrid, Spain. 1920; and in
Caracas. Venezuela. $3.50 per
year.
After completion OF tour OF
lduty-whlch is two ycarS-the
employee is brought back home
at government expense for home
leave of approximately six
weeks. This home leave is in
addition to the l3 days OF annual
leave that an employee earns for
Zach year OF service. Sick leave
OF 10 days Il year is granted
when needed and Il pay increase
for each year OF satisfactory SER
vice IS given to all employees
Housing arrangements. rccrea-
;Ional and educational activities.
group disqualification and gov
eminent insurance are among
the many facilities and benefits
available to all United States
Department of State employees.
Young women who are at least
l8 years old. type at least 20
words per minute and take
shorthand At 80 words per min
ute can be employed as stcno-
graphcTs. salary OF S3il5 per
year. TyplSts with a speed OF 80
words per minute can receive
a starting salary OF BITS per
year. These positions are in the
Department Of States Home
Office in Washington, D. c.
and no previous experience is
required,
Anyone interested in bccom-
ing part of this important
work should come in for \ per-
soma! interview or call 3-48Il
for additional information.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
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today at home
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28

Consumers have more money
IN their pockets this year than
last, say representatives Of the
Agricultural Marketing Service