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Hume, Horace Delbert was born on August 15, 1898 in Endeavor, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James Samuel and Lydia Alberta (Sawyer) Hume.
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Hume, Horace Delbert was born on August 15, 1898 in Endeavor, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James Samuel and Lydia Alberta (Sawyer) Hume.
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Stockman & farmer, 1917—1919. With automobile retail business Garfield, Washington, 1920—1921. Partner & assistant manager, 1921—1927.
Automobile & farm machine retailer. Partner & manager, 1928—1935. General manager Hume-Love Company, 1931—1935, president, 1935—1937, Hume Products Corporation, 1953—1995, H.D. Hume Company Inc., Mendota, Illinois, from 1952, partner & general manager, 1944—1952.
Partner Hume & Hume, 1952—1972. Director Granberry Products Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin. Mayor, Garfield, 1938—1940.
President & director Hume-Fry Company, Garden City, Kansas, 1955—1973. With Hart Carter Company, Minneapolis, 1965—1971.
President Mendota Hospital Foundation, 1949—1954, board directors, 1949—1973, Mendota Swimming Pool Association. Active member Schools Central Committee, from 1953, LaSalle County Zoning Commission, from 1966, LaSalle County Care & Treatment Board, 1970—1973. Chairman City Planning Commission, 1953—1969, member, 1953—1972, Regional Planning Commission, LaSalle County, Illinois, 1965—1973, chairman, 1965—1971, Mendota Watershed Committee, 1967—1973.
President Hume Foundation, 1993, Mendota Museum & History Society, 1993, 1995. Member of Mendota Chamber of Commerce (president 1948-1949, director 1946-1949, Community Service award 1972, Illinois 1st Library. Partners Carnegie award 1994), Eagle River Chamber of Commerce (Wisconsin) 1962-1963, (president), American Society Agricultural Engineers, Elks Club, Order Eastern Star Club, Shriners Club, Masons Club (Master Mason), Kiwanis Club 1953, (director 1954, Paul Harris fellow, George F. Hixson award 1994, Legion of Honor).
Married Minnie L. Harlan, June 2, 1926 (deceased May 1972). 1 child James; Married Sarah D. Lyles Rood, April 6, 1973 (deceased January 1988). Married Dorothy L. Bohan Greenwood, November 15, 1989 (deceased May 1994).