W.S. BAILEY IS TAKEN BY GRIM REAPER, BURIAL AT CORVALLIS.
One of the Bitter Root's leading citizens for many years, passed from this world last Thursday, May 31, at Long Beach, California where he as been spending much of his time in recent years. He was Winfield Scott Bailey, former superintendent of schools of Corvallis, one time Corvallis banker, and for many years, one of the leading agriculturists of Ravalli County.
Funeral services were conducted at the Dowling chapel in Hamilton yesterday afternoon followed by burial rites at Corvallis cemetery. Rev. Jesse Dove of Corvallis officiated at the services and rites of the Masonic fraternity, to which Mr. Bailey had for years owed allegiance, were conducted at the graveside.
Active pallbearers at the funeral were Paul Lear, Gilbert Chaffin, Albert Miles, R.J. McCall, Ray Morris, and Dan Morris. The honorary pallbearers were Edward Mills, Henry St. John, James St. John, Ivan Gustafson, Charles Swanson, R.A. O'Hara, H.C. Groff, J.W. Kilpatrick, Scotty Brown, R.H. McKay, Peter Haas, Charles G. Johnson, and Albert Hess.
Mr. Bailey was born September 17, 1881 at Cobb, Wisconsin. After graduating from Plattville Teachers College at Plattville, Wisconsin, he taught school in Wisconsin several years. He married Elsie Adele McBride December 27, 1905 at Plattville and, came to the Bitter Root with his family in 1912, locating first in the Three Mile area and later moving to Corvallis.
After serving as superintendent at Corvallis for three years and engaging in the banking business there, he started extensive sheep farming operations north of Corvallis. Later, sugar beets and cattle became the main crops. He served as one of the directors of the federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration during the early years of the Roosevelt administration with headquarters in Bozeman. When his health failed, he turned over active management of his farming operation to his son, Homer, who has continued in that capacity up to the present time. He was one of the organizers of the Western Montana Beetgrowers Association.
He was a member of the Corvallis Lodge No. 39 A.F. & A.M., Corvallis O.E.S., Corvallis Community church, and was state president AAA from 1938 until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of the Corvallis school board for many years.
Those who survive W.S. Bailey are his widow, Elsie McBride Bailey; his son, Homer, and his daughters: Mrs. Kathryn Huntley of Long Beach and Mrs. Otto (Ruth) Quast of Corvallis. Also surviving are two brothers, Verne of Astoria, Oregon; and Homer of Tallulah, Louisiana, and three sisters: Mrs. E.E. (Loretta) Scott, Corvallis; Mrs. Charles (Edith) Walters and Mrs. Mary Pritchett, both of Pacific Grove, California; and seven grandchildren.
The Western News, June 7, 1951
One of the Bitter Root's leading citizens for many years, passed from this world last Thursday, May 31, at Long Beach, California where he as been spending much of his time in recent years. He was Winfield Scott Bailey, former superintendent of schools of Corvallis, one time Corvallis banker, and for many years, one of the leading agriculturists of Ravalli County.
Funeral services were conducted at the Dowling chapel in Hamilton yesterday afternoon followed by burial rites at Corvallis cemetery. Rev. Jesse Dove of Corvallis officiated at the services and rites of the Masonic fraternity, to which Mr. Bailey had for years owed allegiance, were conducted at the graveside.
Active pallbearers at the funeral were Paul Lear, Gilbert Chaffin, Albert Miles, R.J. McCall, Ray Morris, and Dan Morris. The honorary pallbearers were Edward Mills, Henry St. John, James St. John, Ivan Gustafson, Charles Swanson, R.A. O'Hara, H.C. Groff, J.W. Kilpatrick, Scotty Brown, R.H. McKay, Peter Haas, Charles G. Johnson, and Albert Hess.
Mr. Bailey was born September 17, 1881 at Cobb, Wisconsin. After graduating from Plattville Teachers College at Plattville, Wisconsin, he taught school in Wisconsin several years. He married Elsie Adele McBride December 27, 1905 at Plattville and, came to the Bitter Root with his family in 1912, locating first in the Three Mile area and later moving to Corvallis.
After serving as superintendent at Corvallis for three years and engaging in the banking business there, he started extensive sheep farming operations north of Corvallis. Later, sugar beets and cattle became the main crops. He served as one of the directors of the federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration during the early years of the Roosevelt administration with headquarters in Bozeman. When his health failed, he turned over active management of his farming operation to his son, Homer, who has continued in that capacity up to the present time. He was one of the organizers of the Western Montana Beetgrowers Association.
He was a member of the Corvallis Lodge No. 39 A.F. & A.M., Corvallis O.E.S., Corvallis Community church, and was state president AAA from 1938 until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of the Corvallis school board for many years.
Those who survive W.S. Bailey are his widow, Elsie McBride Bailey; his son, Homer, and his daughters: Mrs. Kathryn Huntley of Long Beach and Mrs. Otto (Ruth) Quast of Corvallis. Also surviving are two brothers, Verne of Astoria, Oregon; and Homer of Tallulah, Louisiana, and three sisters: Mrs. E.E. (Loretta) Scott, Corvallis; Mrs. Charles (Edith) Walters and Mrs. Mary Pritchett, both of Pacific Grove, California; and seven grandchildren.
The Western News, June 7, 1951
W.S. BAILEY IS TAKEN BY GRIM REAPER, BURIAL AT CORVALLIS.
One of the Bitter Root's leading citizens for many years, passed from this world last Thursday, May 31, at Long Beach, California where he as been spending much of his time in recent years. He was Winfield Scott Bailey, former superintendent of schools of Corvallis, one time Corvallis banker, and for many years, one of the leading agriculturists of Ravalli County.
Funeral services were conducted at the Dowling chapel in Hamilton yesterday afternoon followed by burial rites at Corvallis cemetery. Rev. Jesse Dove of Corvallis officiated at the services and rites of the Masonic fraternity, to which Mr. Bailey had for years owed allegiance, were conducted at the graveside.
Active pallbearers at the funeral were Paul Lear, Gilbert Chaffin, Albert Miles, R.J. McCall, Ray Morris, and Dan Morris. The honorary pallbearers were Edward Mills, Henry St. John, James St. John, Ivan Gustafson, Charles Swanson, R.A. O'Hara, H.C. Groff, J.W. Kilpatrick, Scotty Brown, R.H. McKay, Peter Haas, Charles G. Johnson, and Albert Hess.
Mr. Bailey was born September 17, 1881 at Cobb, Wisconsin. After graduating from Plattville Teachers College at Plattville, Wisconsin, he taught school in Wisconsin several years. He married Elsie Adele McBride December 27, 1905 at Plattville and, came to the Bitter Root with his family in 1912, locating first in the Three Mile area and later moving to Corvallis.
After serving as superintendent at Corvallis for three years and engaging in the banking business there, he started extensive sheep farming operations north of Corvallis. Later, sugar beets and cattle became the main crops. He served as one of the directors of the federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration during the early years of the Roosevelt administration with headquarters in Bozeman. When his health failed, he turned over active management of his farming operation to his son, Homer, who has continued in that capacity up to the present time. He was one of the organizers of the Western Montana Beetgrowers Association.
He was a member of the Corvallis Lodge No. 39 A.F. & A.M., Corvallis O.E.S., Corvallis Community church, and was state president AAA from 1938 until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of the Corvallis school board for many years.
Those who survive W.S. Bailey are his widow, Elsie McBride Bailey; his son, Homer, and his daughters: Mrs. Kathryn Huntley of Long Beach and Mrs. Otto (Ruth) Quast of Corvallis. Also surviving are two brothers, Verne of Astoria, Oregon; and Homer of Tallulah, Louisiana, and three sisters: Mrs. E.E. (Loretta) Scott, Corvallis; Mrs. Charles (Edith) Walters and Mrs. Mary Pritchett, both of Pacific Grove, California; and seven grandchildren.
The Western News, June 7, 1951
One of the Bitter Root's leading citizens for many years, passed from this world last Thursday, May 31, at Long Beach, California where he as been spending much of his time in recent years. He was Winfield Scott Bailey, former superintendent of schools of Corvallis, one time Corvallis banker, and for many years, one of the leading agriculturists of Ravalli County.
Funeral services were conducted at the Dowling chapel in Hamilton yesterday afternoon followed by burial rites at Corvallis cemetery. Rev. Jesse Dove of Corvallis officiated at the services and rites of the Masonic fraternity, to which Mr. Bailey had for years owed allegiance, were conducted at the graveside.
Active pallbearers at the funeral were Paul Lear, Gilbert Chaffin, Albert Miles, R.J. McCall, Ray Morris, and Dan Morris. The honorary pallbearers were Edward Mills, Henry St. John, James St. John, Ivan Gustafson, Charles Swanson, R.A. O'Hara, H.C. Groff, J.W. Kilpatrick, Scotty Brown, R.H. McKay, Peter Haas, Charles G. Johnson, and Albert Hess.
Mr. Bailey was born September 17, 1881 at Cobb, Wisconsin. After graduating from Plattville Teachers College at Plattville, Wisconsin, he taught school in Wisconsin several years. He married Elsie Adele McBride December 27, 1905 at Plattville and, came to the Bitter Root with his family in 1912, locating first in the Three Mile area and later moving to Corvallis.
After serving as superintendent at Corvallis for three years and engaging in the banking business there, he started extensive sheep farming operations north of Corvallis. Later, sugar beets and cattle became the main crops. He served as one of the directors of the federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration during the early years of the Roosevelt administration with headquarters in Bozeman. When his health failed, he turned over active management of his farming operation to his son, Homer, who has continued in that capacity up to the present time. He was one of the organizers of the Western Montana Beetgrowers Association.
He was a member of the Corvallis Lodge No. 39 A.F. & A.M., Corvallis O.E.S., Corvallis Community church, and was state president AAA from 1938 until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of the Corvallis school board for many years.
Those who survive W.S. Bailey are his widow, Elsie McBride Bailey; his son, Homer, and his daughters: Mrs. Kathryn Huntley of Long Beach and Mrs. Otto (Ruth) Quast of Corvallis. Also surviving are two brothers, Verne of Astoria, Oregon; and Homer of Tallulah, Louisiana, and three sisters: Mrs. E.E. (Loretta) Scott, Corvallis; Mrs. Charles (Edith) Walters and Mrs. Mary Pritchett, both of Pacific Grove, California; and seven grandchildren.
The Western News, June 7, 1951
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