How it Began

 June 14, 1968, Oshkosh Northwestern

This great summation of George Banta's life and company  appears in an edition of the Northwestern newspaper, celebrating its first 100 years of existence.  As was the practice of the day, big events such as anniversaries necessitated a special edition with many stories about surrounding communities and their achievements.  We saw this during the 1948 celebration of Wisconsin's statehood and again in 1953 during Menasha's centennial. Mr. Banta was first reviewed in 2012:  https://menashabook.blogspot.com/2012/06/george-banta.html but doing a search for "Banta" at the blog will merit many posts about the company and its workers.