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NOTABLE

SPEAKERS

LEFT: Blake Passmore CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

RIGHT: Philip Burgess CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Wilson, whose father Ross Wilson followed Walsh and the son of a Texas slave, who came to the Flathead Val- “He was really a pleasant, nice, wonderful man and
served as sherif in the 1960s.
ley as a young man and graduated from Flathead High so we honor him by naming this series after him,” Jor-

Each presentation begins at 2:30 p.m., and there School in 1922.
dan said.
will be a question and answer portion following each After high school, White took over for his father as Tickets to individual speaker presentations are $9
speaker. After that, Jordan said there would be a recep- the Central School’s custodian and bell-ringer, where for the public and $6 for museum members; entire se-
tion with drinks and snacks, and another chance to dis- he would work for 30 years.
ries passes are $30 for the public, and $20 for members.
cuss the speaker’s subject with them.
“He was loved by virtually everyone,” Jordan said.
Purchases can be made at the museum, by calling 406-
It’s all quite accessible, Jordan said, and gives valley One of the stories about White involved his duty as 756-8381, or at the door.
residents a chance to get out and socialize without fac- the bell-ringer for the school. He’d keep an eye out the Most of the shows have solid audiences, usually

ing down the winter elements.
window on the kids making their way to class below, with 40 or 50 people, Jordan said, but some sellout at
“It’s kind of quiet in the winter unless you’re an Jordan said, and would hold of on ringing the tardy the maximum of 100 people. Each ticket purchase goes
outdoors enthusiast,” he said. “This is a real nice way bell if the students looked like they were really hustling toward funding the museum, he said.
for people to get out, be entertained and learn some- to class.
“We’ve done about 44 of these presentations over
thing about Montana history and culture.”
White’s family was also one of the irst in the area to the years. We go all over the place with subject matter,”
Even the name of the John White Speaker Series get a television set in the 1950s, Jordan said, and would Jordan said. “I think it’ll be fun.”
harkens back to the museum’s history. John White was
host the neighborhood kids to watch TV shows.
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