HIS PARENTS, LYLE (DIED AT AGE 50) AND TILLIE WILLIAMS. TILLIE
LIVES IN BALDWIN. HIS WIFE OF 38 YEARS IS SUSAN GIBBS OF SPRINGBROOK. THEY HAVE NO CHILDREN AND 1 DOG AND LIVE IN
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, RIGHT NEAR DISNEYLAND. HE IS THE SALES AND MARKETING SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER FOR THE KUBOTA TRACTOR CORPORATION, WITH U.S. HEADQUARTERS IN TORRANCE. WORLD HEADQUARTERS ARE IN OSAKA, JAPAN.THE COMPANY STARTED IN JAPAN 40 YEARS AGO BUT NOW 50% OF THE TRACTORS ARE MANUFACTURED IN THE U.S.A. THE COMPANY CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. IT STARTED AS A SMALL TRACTOR COMPANY BUT NOW MAKES THE BIG TRACTORS AS WELL, AND A NEW HUGE MODEL M135GX AT 135 NET ENGINE HORSEPOWER. BEING HE IS WITH MARKETING, HE DOES MOST OF THE SHOWS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THE COMPANY AND HAS TIES WITH THE RFD-TV NETWORK. HE WATCHED A PARADE IN NEBRASKA THIS YEAR THAT SET A GUINESS RECORD OF 964 VINTAGE TRACTORS IN IT. I DIDN'T MENTION, THAT PAUL GRADUATED FROM DELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1969 AND IN 1975 OWNED PAUL'S LAWN AND GARDEN RIGHT NEXT TO RONANN'S FLORAL SHOPPE IN MAQUOKETA. AND
AFTER 2 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, HE WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH A PARTNER
IN DUBUQUE AND THEN AFTER THAT, WENT WITH KUBOTA. THE LOCAL
DEALER FOR KUBOTA TRACTORS IS KUNAU IMPLEMENT IN PRESTON AND DEWITT.
RFD-TV WILL HAVE A FLOAT DEDICATED TO VINTAGE TRACTORS IN THE ROSE PARADE, LEADING A BUNCH OF VINTAGE, ALL MAKES AND MODELS FARM TRACTORS. PAUL WILL BE DRIVING A 30-YEAR-OLD KUBOTA (M7500) VINTAGE TRACTOR. GOOGLE KUBOTA FOR A PHOTO OF IT.
PAUL ALSO SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THERE WILL BE A ROSE PARADE
FLOAT DEDICATED TO THE NURSING PROFESSION. I THINK HIS WIFE IS A
NURSE. GOOGLE NURSES ROSE PARADE FLOAT TO SEE A PHOTO OF IT.
WELL ANYWAY, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT....IT WAS NICE VISITING
WITH PAUL (WORKING ON HIS COLLEGE DEGREE) AND TO HEAR ABOUT
A LOCAL MAN MAKING GOOD IN THE WORLD AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE
OF IT.
DENNIS VOY
