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Rae F. Bell, an enterprising and representative young business man of Milwaukee, has been officially connected with the Kieckhefer Container Company for the past two years in the dual capacity of secretary and treasurer. He was born at Bonus, Illinois, on the 19th of April, 1887, a son of Raleigh M. and Julia Ann (Winkler) Bell, who are natives of Ohio and Illinois, respectively. They are now residents of Madison, Wisconsin, where the father is identified with manufacturing interests.

Rae F. Bell obtained his early education in the public schools of Madison, this state, and subsequently entered the University of Wisconsin, from which institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon his graduation in 1912. After leaving college he spent one year as traveling auditor for the International Harvester Company and in 1913 came to Milwaukee, here entering the service of the Kieckhefer Box Company as a salesman, thus representing the concern for three years. On the expiration of that period he went to Kaukauna, Wisconsin, as secretary and. manager of the Kaukauna Pulp Company and two years later formed a company for the manufacture of wooden hoxes at Waukesha, known as the Bell-Kieckhefer Company, of which he acted as president. It was in 1919 that he entered upon his present duties as secretary of the Kieckhefer Container Company, to the steady and substantial growth of which he has contributed in no inconsiderable degree, while in the conduct of several other companies in which he is interested his cooperation and sound judgment are also regarded as valuable assets. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution, and his close application to the business and his excellent management have brought to him the success which he now enjoys.

On the 7th of January, 1915, Mr. Bell was united in marriage to Miss Rose Boyd Crelly of Adrian, Michigan. They have become parents of two sons, Robert Rae and John Stanley. Mr. Bell belongs to the Wisconsin Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club and two Greek letter fraternities — the Beta Theta Pi and the Phi Beta Kappa. He holds friendship inviolable and as true worth may always win his regard he has a very extensive circle of friends and his life demonstrates the truth of Ralph Waldo Emerson's statement that "The way to win a friend is to be one." No plan or movement for the benefit of the city along lines of progress and improvement seeks his aid in vain.