. History of Milwaukee, city and county . ion, so that he is now serving for the third term. He is chairman of the water-works committee and the public acquisition committee and is doing excellent servicein these connections and in fact has been a most earnest, faithful and effective workerfor the good of his ward and for the city at large, since called to office. FRED W. RIBBE. Fred W. Ribbe, vice president of the Gugler Lithographic Company, has beenidentified with this business for forty-three years, working his way steadily upwardfrom a humble position to executive office and contributing
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . ion, so that he is now serving for the third term. He is chairman of the water-works committee and the public acquisition committee and is doing excellent servicein these connections and in fact has been a most earnest, faithful and effective workerfor the good of his ward and for the city at large, since called to office. FRED W. RIBBE. Fred W. Ribbe, vice president of the Gugler Lithographic Company, has beenidentified with this business for forty-three years, working his way steadily upwardfrom a humble position to executive office and contributing in large measure to thesubstantial growth and progress of the enterprise. His life record indicates somethingof the opportunities which Miwaukee offers to her native citizens, and Mr. Ribbe isnumbered among these who have recognized the advantages to be obtained here, equalto those which can be secured in other sections of the country. The fact that he hasalways remained here is also evidence of the attractiveness of Milwaukee as a place. JOKS W. RADKE HISTORY OK .MIT/WATKEK 463 of residence. He was born on the Sth of September, 1S59, bis parents being .1. F, andWilhelminu (Luban) Hibbe. The father came to Wisconsin from Berlin, Germany, inthe year 1854 and engaged in merchandising in Milwaukee, remaining in this city tothe time of his demise in 1901. His widow survived him for more than a decade, passingaway in 1912. Fred W. Ribbe is indebted to the public school system of the city for the educa-tional opportunities which he enjoyed and which qualified him for lifes practical andresponsible duties. Starting out in the business world, he served an apprenticeship tothe lithographic and engraving trade in 1875 with the Sietert-Gugler Company andafter completing a four years term of indenture he joined the Gugler LithographicCompany, with which he has since continued save for a period of two years, which hespent in Buffalo, New York. With his return to Milwaukee he again became as
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