Charles Henry Budd, Jr. was the third son of Charles Henry Budd and Cornelia "Nellie" (Moyer) Budd born January 8, 1899 in Montevideo, Chippewa Co., Minnesota.
As a tuba player in the world's largest Boy Scout band and an outstanding football fullback and track sprinter, the spring of 1917 (April 9) saw him as the first of his class to enlist in WWI. He was a cavalry man assigned to the artillery and made Sergeant Co. 78, Field Artillery, Headquarters Co. He was shipped over to France in July of 1918. His discharge came June 27, 1919.
He enrolled at the University of Illinois and was about to earn his block "I" by adding the plunge in swimming to his football and track talents, but failed to get it because of lack of scholastic effort. So, following his freshman year he was asked not to return. Marriage in November 1920 settled him down with short college stints at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He then matriculated at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated with a B+ average in dentistry in 1926. Dr. Budd started practice in Siren, WI that fall and the following year moved 7 miles north to Webster. While starting his practice in Webster he traveled to outlying communities of Danbury, Minong, Gordon, and Solon Springs. During one of those trips his home office burned down.
Depression years were hard on dentists for your teeth could go until late night or holiday calls would get Doc out of bed or away from the family and down to the office to attend that aching tooth. Barter was often the means of payment. In 1940 he closed up office while the family moved first to his mother's in Montevideo and then to Floy's folks in Minneapolis.
He first got work as a Census worker and then with the WPA building a miniature home for a fire prevention booth at the Minnesota State Fair. With the start of WW II "Doc" at age 42 tried to enlist in the military as a dentist, but was turned down because of age. He went to oiling Caterpillar machinery as the munitions factory was built at New Brighton, Minnesota. Eventually he got on the line, made line foreman, shift foreman, and after a six week training period in Philadelphia he was made General Foreman. During this time he was offered a Captaincy in ordinance, but turn them down since they hadn't wanted him in his profession. As a general foreman he often put in 72 hours a week, but as a salaried employee he often took home less pay than the fellows on the line that collected overtime. By the spring of 1944 the tide of war had turned and production began to slow. Doc wanted to return to his profession and located in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. He waited ‘til school was out in Minneapolis before he moved his family.
He remained in practice in Spring Valley through the remainder of his life suffering a ruptured aorta in 1968 and recovering. During the last few year of his practice he traveled to Woodville, Wisconsin two days a week ending up as he started, a traveling dentist. He died in the fall of 1971 of renal failure in the veteran's hospital at Ft. Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During his lifetime he was active in the American Legion, Odd Fellows, and Boy Scouts (being awarded the silver beaver). Later he became active in Lions and continued in the Legion. In Webster he was the health official in charge of quarantining and in Spring Valley he served as Justice of the Peace for a time. He was a man of good humor, but a poor business man. If he had money in his pocket he would spend it rather than save for a rainy day. He liked to hunt and fish, and annually went with his two youngest sons and his son-in-law to the north woods hunting until his ruptured aorta brought a halt to it. For several years he took his nearby grandchildren, two at a time, with Floy and himself as they made trips out west or to special places of interest. A good father, who did not refrain from spanking his children if necessary, and loving husband would often be seen by his children kissing his wife while patting her on the behind and say "Nice fat wiffy." He played the Devils advocate to get his children to think, and taught and practiced for others that were different. He was a two pack a day smoker and his nicotine stained fingers did not help him professionally. He managed to quit the last several years of his life. While still in the Webster lake region he and Floy would go fishing together, as Chuck would fish and Floy rowed the boat. Summer outings were often to one of the beaches on Devils Lake for an early evening dip or a weekend splash.
His parents had gone to different churches as he was growing up and vowed that he would go with his wife when the time came. A member of the Congregational Church in Spring Valley he contributed many material things, i.e. pew racks, song board, and even the front steps, as he liked to build things. Bert had often wondered about his dad's faith until he took communion eagerly at the Veteran's hospital when he would not eat food or drink fluids without urging. Following his service in Spring Valley his body was transported to Oak Grove Cemetery in Webster for burial.
As a tuba player in the world's largest Boy Scout band and an outstanding football fullback and track sprinter, the spring of 1917 (April 9) saw him as the first of his class to enlist in WWI. He was a cavalry man assigned to the artillery and made Sergeant Co. 78, Field Artillery, Headquarters Co. He was shipped over to France in July of 1918. His discharge came June 27, 1919.
He enrolled at the University of Illinois and was about to earn his block "I" by adding the plunge in swimming to his football and track talents, but failed to get it because of lack of scholastic effort. So, following his freshman year he was asked not to return. Marriage in November 1920 settled him down with short college stints at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He then matriculated at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated with a B+ average in dentistry in 1926. Dr. Budd started practice in Siren, WI that fall and the following year moved 7 miles north to Webster. While starting his practice in Webster he traveled to outlying communities of Danbury, Minong, Gordon, and Solon Springs. During one of those trips his home office burned down.
Depression years were hard on dentists for your teeth could go until late night or holiday calls would get Doc out of bed or away from the family and down to the office to attend that aching tooth. Barter was often the means of payment. In 1940 he closed up office while the family moved first to his mother's in Montevideo and then to Floy's folks in Minneapolis.
He first got work as a Census worker and then with the WPA building a miniature home for a fire prevention booth at the Minnesota State Fair. With the start of WW II "Doc" at age 42 tried to enlist in the military as a dentist, but was turned down because of age. He went to oiling Caterpillar machinery as the munitions factory was built at New Brighton, Minnesota. Eventually he got on the line, made line foreman, shift foreman, and after a six week training period in Philadelphia he was made General Foreman. During this time he was offered a Captaincy in ordinance, but turn them down since they hadn't wanted him in his profession. As a general foreman he often put in 72 hours a week, but as a salaried employee he often took home less pay than the fellows on the line that collected overtime. By the spring of 1944 the tide of war had turned and production began to slow. Doc wanted to return to his profession and located in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. He waited ‘til school was out in Minneapolis before he moved his family.
He remained in practice in Spring Valley through the remainder of his life suffering a ruptured aorta in 1968 and recovering. During the last few year of his practice he traveled to Woodville, Wisconsin two days a week ending up as he started, a traveling dentist. He died in the fall of 1971 of renal failure in the veteran's hospital at Ft. Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During his lifetime he was active in the American Legion, Odd Fellows, and Boy Scouts (being awarded the silver beaver). Later he became active in Lions and continued in the Legion. In Webster he was the health official in charge of quarantining and in Spring Valley he served as Justice of the Peace for a time. He was a man of good humor, but a poor business man. If he had money in his pocket he would spend it rather than save for a rainy day. He liked to hunt and fish, and annually went with his two youngest sons and his son-in-law to the north woods hunting until his ruptured aorta brought a halt to it. For several years he took his nearby grandchildren, two at a time, with Floy and himself as they made trips out west or to special places of interest. A good father, who did not refrain from spanking his children if necessary, and loving husband would often be seen by his children kissing his wife while patting her on the behind and say "Nice fat wiffy." He played the Devils advocate to get his children to think, and taught and practiced for others that were different. He was a two pack a day smoker and his nicotine stained fingers did not help him professionally. He managed to quit the last several years of his life. While still in the Webster lake region he and Floy would go fishing together, as Chuck would fish and Floy rowed the boat. Summer outings were often to one of the beaches on Devils Lake for an early evening dip or a weekend splash.
His parents had gone to different churches as he was growing up and vowed that he would go with his wife when the time came. A member of the Congregational Church in Spring Valley he contributed many material things, i.e. pew racks, song board, and even the front steps, as he liked to build things. Bert had often wondered about his dad's faith until he took communion eagerly at the Veteran's hospital when he would not eat food or drink fluids without urging. Following his service in Spring Valley his body was transported to Oak Grove Cemetery in Webster for burial.
Charles Henry Budd, Jr. was the third son of Charles Henry Budd and Cornelia "Nellie" (Moyer) Budd born January 8, 1899 in Montevideo, Chippewa Co., Minnesota.
As a tuba player in the world's largest Boy Scout band and an outstanding football fullback and track sprinter, the spring of 1917 (April 9) saw him as the first of his class to enlist in WWI. He was a cavalry man assigned to the artillery and made Sergeant Co. 78, Field Artillery, Headquarters Co. He was shipped over to France in July of 1918. His discharge came June 27, 1919.
He enrolled at the University of Illinois and was about to earn his block "I" by adding the plunge in swimming to his football and track talents, but failed to get it because of lack of scholastic effort. So, following his freshman year he was asked not to return. Marriage in November 1920 settled him down with short college stints at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He then matriculated at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated with a B+ average in dentistry in 1926. Dr. Budd started practice in Siren, WI that fall and the following year moved 7 miles north to Webster. While starting his practice in Webster he traveled to outlying communities of Danbury, Minong, Gordon, and Solon Springs. During one of those trips his home office burned down.
Depression years were hard on dentists for your teeth could go until late night or holiday calls would get Doc out of bed or away from the family and down to the office to attend that aching tooth. Barter was often the means of payment. In 1940 he closed up office while the family moved first to his mother's in Montevideo and then to Floy's folks in Minneapolis.
He first got work as a Census worker and then with the WPA building a miniature home for a fire prevention booth at the Minnesota State Fair. With the start of WW II "Doc" at age 42 tried to enlist in the military as a dentist, but was turned down because of age. He went to oiling Caterpillar machinery as the munitions factory was built at New Brighton, Minnesota. Eventually he got on the line, made line foreman, shift foreman, and after a six week training period in Philadelphia he was made General Foreman. During this time he was offered a Captaincy in ordinance, but turn them down since they hadn't wanted him in his profession. As a general foreman he often put in 72 hours a week, but as a salaried employee he often took home less pay than the fellows on the line that collected overtime. By the spring of 1944 the tide of war had turned and production began to slow. Doc wanted to return to his profession and located in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. He waited ‘til school was out in Minneapolis before he moved his family.
He remained in practice in Spring Valley through the remainder of his life suffering a ruptured aorta in 1968 and recovering. During the last few year of his practice he traveled to Woodville, Wisconsin two days a week ending up as he started, a traveling dentist. He died in the fall of 1971 of renal failure in the veteran's hospital at Ft. Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During his lifetime he was active in the American Legion, Odd Fellows, and Boy Scouts (being awarded the silver beaver). Later he became active in Lions and continued in the Legion. In Webster he was the health official in charge of quarantining and in Spring Valley he served as Justice of the Peace for a time. He was a man of good humor, but a poor business man. If he had money in his pocket he would spend it rather than save for a rainy day. He liked to hunt and fish, and annually went with his two youngest sons and his son-in-law to the north woods hunting until his ruptured aorta brought a halt to it. For several years he took his nearby grandchildren, two at a time, with Floy and himself as they made trips out west or to special places of interest. A good father, who did not refrain from spanking his children if necessary, and loving husband would often be seen by his children kissing his wife while patting her on the behind and say "Nice fat wiffy." He played the Devils advocate to get his children to think, and taught and practiced for others that were different. He was a two pack a day smoker and his nicotine stained fingers did not help him professionally. He managed to quit the last several years of his life. While still in the Webster lake region he and Floy would go fishing together, as Chuck would fish and Floy rowed the boat. Summer outings were often to one of the beaches on Devils Lake for an early evening dip or a weekend splash.
His parents had gone to different churches as he was growing up and vowed that he would go with his wife when the time came. A member of the Congregational Church in Spring Valley he contributed many material things, i.e. pew racks, song board, and even the front steps, as he liked to build things. Bert had often wondered about his dad's faith until he took communion eagerly at the Veteran's hospital when he would not eat food or drink fluids without urging. Following his service in Spring Valley his body was transported to Oak Grove Cemetery in Webster for burial.
As a tuba player in the world's largest Boy Scout band and an outstanding football fullback and track sprinter, the spring of 1917 (April 9) saw him as the first of his class to enlist in WWI. He was a cavalry man assigned to the artillery and made Sergeant Co. 78, Field Artillery, Headquarters Co. He was shipped over to France in July of 1918. His discharge came June 27, 1919.
He enrolled at the University of Illinois and was about to earn his block "I" by adding the plunge in swimming to his football and track talents, but failed to get it because of lack of scholastic effort. So, following his freshman year he was asked not to return. Marriage in November 1920 settled him down with short college stints at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He then matriculated at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated with a B+ average in dentistry in 1926. Dr. Budd started practice in Siren, WI that fall and the following year moved 7 miles north to Webster. While starting his practice in Webster he traveled to outlying communities of Danbury, Minong, Gordon, and Solon Springs. During one of those trips his home office burned down.
Depression years were hard on dentists for your teeth could go until late night or holiday calls would get Doc out of bed or away from the family and down to the office to attend that aching tooth. Barter was often the means of payment. In 1940 he closed up office while the family moved first to his mother's in Montevideo and then to Floy's folks in Minneapolis.
He first got work as a Census worker and then with the WPA building a miniature home for a fire prevention booth at the Minnesota State Fair. With the start of WW II "Doc" at age 42 tried to enlist in the military as a dentist, but was turned down because of age. He went to oiling Caterpillar machinery as the munitions factory was built at New Brighton, Minnesota. Eventually he got on the line, made line foreman, shift foreman, and after a six week training period in Philadelphia he was made General Foreman. During this time he was offered a Captaincy in ordinance, but turn them down since they hadn't wanted him in his profession. As a general foreman he often put in 72 hours a week, but as a salaried employee he often took home less pay than the fellows on the line that collected overtime. By the spring of 1944 the tide of war had turned and production began to slow. Doc wanted to return to his profession and located in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. He waited ‘til school was out in Minneapolis before he moved his family.
He remained in practice in Spring Valley through the remainder of his life suffering a ruptured aorta in 1968 and recovering. During the last few year of his practice he traveled to Woodville, Wisconsin two days a week ending up as he started, a traveling dentist. He died in the fall of 1971 of renal failure in the veteran's hospital at Ft. Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During his lifetime he was active in the American Legion, Odd Fellows, and Boy Scouts (being awarded the silver beaver). Later he became active in Lions and continued in the Legion. In Webster he was the health official in charge of quarantining and in Spring Valley he served as Justice of the Peace for a time. He was a man of good humor, but a poor business man. If he had money in his pocket he would spend it rather than save for a rainy day. He liked to hunt and fish, and annually went with his two youngest sons and his son-in-law to the north woods hunting until his ruptured aorta brought a halt to it. For several years he took his nearby grandchildren, two at a time, with Floy and himself as they made trips out west or to special places of interest. A good father, who did not refrain from spanking his children if necessary, and loving husband would often be seen by his children kissing his wife while patting her on the behind and say "Nice fat wiffy." He played the Devils advocate to get his children to think, and taught and practiced for others that were different. He was a two pack a day smoker and his nicotine stained fingers did not help him professionally. He managed to quit the last several years of his life. While still in the Webster lake region he and Floy would go fishing together, as Chuck would fish and Floy rowed the boat. Summer outings were often to one of the beaches on Devils Lake for an early evening dip or a weekend splash.
His parents had gone to different churches as he was growing up and vowed that he would go with his wife when the time came. A member of the Congregational Church in Spring Valley he contributed many material things, i.e. pew racks, song board, and even the front steps, as he liked to build things. Bert had often wondered about his dad's faith until he took communion eagerly at the Veteran's hospital when he would not eat food or drink fluids without urging. Following his service in Spring Valley his body was transported to Oak Grove Cemetery in Webster for burial.
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