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We have a few native Coloradoans in
the 100 club, but none can match Hub, who is a third generation member
of a family that first came to Glenwood Springs in 1885. It was in 1893
that his grandfather and uncle discovered Hubbard’s Cave, which some of
us have been lucky enough to explore. Hub has spent his entire life here
except for two brief interruptions as a student at the University of
Colorado and as a medic in the army during the Korean Conflict.
Mim was born and raised in Pittsburgh PA. She graduated as a dental
hygienist from West Liberty State College in West Virginia. With the
spirit of adventure she accepted a position in Glenwood Springs in 1952,
planning to stay for a year. Meeting and marrying Hub made it a
permanent move. By then Hub had become a partner in his father’s
abstract and title business, which grew to include Eagle and Pitkin
counties.
Hub and Mim and their three children have enjoyed rafting, jeeping,
camping, fishing, hiking, golfing and skiing. Mim’s first attempts at
skiing were on Red Mountain, where she became proficient enough to wear
a ski patrol arm band. She’s also famous for being the first skier to
break a leg at Sunlight. In spite of that injury, plus a fractured
shoulder a few years ago (again at Sunlight), she still skis downhill
and cross-country.
In the seventies, Hub’s family business, the Garfield County Abstract
Company, was sold to Stewart Title Company. Hub stayed on to manage the
Glenwood Springs office until his retirement in 1996. He was president
of the Land Title Association of Colorado and served on several
committees at the national level. He still does consulting for Stewart
Title.
Both Mim and Hub have been extremely active and involved in the
community. Mim has served on the hospital board, the Parks and
Recreation Committee, the Frontier Historical Society, and Girl Scouts
fund drives. She campaigned against the city’s plan to build a
maintenance complex by the river, a plan which was voted down. Then she
won the public contest to name the park that was established there—Two
Rivers Park, a real asset to the community.
Hub has served on the Vestry at St. Barnabus Episcopal Church, the
Glenwood Springs Planning and Zoning Commission with two terms as chair,
the Friends of the Library Board, the Board of Directors for the
Colorado National Bank and the Mesa National Bank, and the Valley View
Foundation Board. He has been a member of the Lions Club for over fifty
years. He spends a lot of time at the Frontier Historical Society,
contributing a world of knowledge about Glenwood and the valley. He has
given talks in the local schools as well as presentations at the library
on local history. Two local Boy Scouts have earned the rank of Eagle
Scout with his help.
Mim earned her 1000 mile hiking pin while still maintaining her hiking
and skiing outings with the Wednesday Wanderers. For twenty-two years
she has organized Mother’s Day trips for a group of friends to
interesting places within a day’s drive. They’ve added more golf and
sight-seeing to the original hiking theme as the group gets older. Mim
and Hub both exemplify the contributions that 100 Club members make to
the community.
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