Bear Paw Credit Union celebrates 75 years

After years of name changes, mergers and continued service to its members, Bear Paw Credit Union will observe its 75th year of operation Thursday at its annual meeting.

Bear Paw President and CEO Al Vukasin Jr. said the meeting will begin at 6 p.m in Montana State University-Northern's Student Union Building Ballroom.

Lowell Swenson, chair of Bear Paw's Board of Directors, will conduct the meeting.

Bear Paw was called the Great Northern Credit Union Association when it was established in 1942 by workers of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill's railway company that built in the late 1800s...