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Gilbert Hels 1904 - 1973

Gilbert Hels of Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin was born on March 22, 1904, and died at age 68 years old in February 1973.
Gilbert Hels
Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin 54728
March 22, 1904
February 1973
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Gilbert Hels' History: 1904 - 1973

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  • 03/22
    1904

    Birthday

    March 22, 1904
    Birthdate
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  • 02/dd
    1973

    Death

    February 1973
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Gilbert Hels lived 8 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1904, in the year that Gilbert Hels was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1934, at the age of 30 years old, Gilbert was alive when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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