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The Bell

Dear Pastor George,  Your essay about the bell in a recent Messenger brought back memories.

I recall being up in the old steeple where the bell once hung. Others up there, if my memory serves me correctly, were Ed Stankey, Walter Brown and Bill Britt.  Down below were Bud Walsworth and (so he recently informed me) my son, Ken.

There had to be others because the thing was quite heavy and it took quite a few men to lower it.  I'm sure that Ken was no help as he was quite young and was only an observer (He was born January 1951.) - Norm Rhinehart.