Basin Electric original incorporator Roger Giles
Giles was on the Kingsbury Electric Board from 1958 to 1970.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
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| Roger Giles |
Roger Giles was born July 9, 1891, in Hartland Township, Kingsbury County, in South Dakota to John and Nellie Giles. He had three siblings, William, Raymond, and Bertha.
Giles married Greta Christensen June 20, 1917, and they lived in Hartland Township north of Lake Preston, SD. Roger and Greta had four children: three boys, Richard, Eugene and Merle, and one daughter, Gladys.
Giles was on the Kingsbury Electric Board from 1958 to 1970. He became an original incorporator of Basin Electric during his service to Kingsbury.
Giles was on the local school board as chairman, served as secretary-treasurer for the Farmers Cooperative Elevator at Erwin, SD, for two years, was township clerk for three years and assessor for 11 years. He was a charter member of Hartland Local Farmers Union and was active as a 4-H leader for several years.
Giles died in February of 1970 in Lake Preston.
On May 5, 1961, 69 people from several states gathered at the Patterson Hotel in Bismarck, ND, to sign Articles of Incorporation for Basin Electric. Their names are on a brass plaque immediately outside of the main entrance to the Headquarters building. Kathi Risch, Basin Electric senior staff writer/editor, has been seeking information about the original incorporators and compiling these profiles.
In the next several months, prior to the cooperative’s 50th anniversary celebration to be held at the 2011 annual meeting on Nov. 9, Risch will share what she has uncovered. If you have information you would like to share about a Basin Electric original incorporator and you haven’t been contacted, please call Risch at 701-557-5606 or send information, photo scans, etc. to krisch@bepc.com.
See all the original incorporators profiled to date.
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