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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1937

Page

4

Youthful Cowboy Fireman Fulfills Early Dreams

Ray Harbit, Cedar Rapids firefighter and former ranch hand, recounts a life mixing homesteading in Montana with service in the West. He rode the Flying X, faced crop loss from Canadian cutworms, then moved to Great Falls to drive a fire truck. He hunted as a Game Warden deputy in 1919 and recalls a prairie schooner trip to West Branch at age nine.

Ray Harbit Mark Harbit Rockies France Iowa Cedar Rapids West Harbit Cowhanes Jack Kerr Lucky Kerr Ray Harbeit Montana Canada Tts Great Falls Mont Claurming Willard Emma Harbit West Branch Mamie Owens Johnny Moore Lucky Harbit Paris Forest Fire Patrol Service

Charity drives enter final pre Christmas campaign week

Chicago AP dispatch describes nationwide volunteer efforts dubbed good fellows and cheerful givers as they enter a last week of pre Christmas drives to aid the nation’s poor. reporters note large sums raised from hundreds to six figures, with examples from New York, Buffalo, Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Washington DC.

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