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Fire/EMT
Hesston Ambulance Service Left to right are: Richard Toevs and Ivan Welty. 1986-- Label on back of photo
Fire/EMT
Russell M. Nebergall, Shown in uniform of the Hesston Voluntary Police Department. He served as city councilman, and was Fire Chief for over 25 years.…
Utilities
Modern Sewage Disposal Plant, keeping pace with modern technology, Hesston completed this plant in 1981. Willard Nitxche has been plant superintendent…
Utilities
Aerial view of sewage disposal plant, water treatment
Utilities
Drilling Hesston water well, date approx 1960. At left, Marlow Unruh and Ray Hackenburg.
Utilities
Henry Pfautz, Superintendent of Utilities and Streets atop the new street sweeper purchased in approx. 1960. At left is mayor Milton Miller. --…
Utilities
Kirk Matz, 10 years employment. Replaced Hackenberg as Superintendent of Utilities.
Utilities
Ray Hackenburg, Superintendent of Utilities for 25 years, served volunteer fire department for 30 years. Retired in 1986.
Utilities
Willard Nitsche, Superintendent at Disposal Plant, 7 years duty.
Organizations and Clubs
Ladies of Hesston Community, approximately 1917-1918. Ocassion of this assembly was to learn how to operate and cook with an electric stove and oven.…
Organizations and Clubs
Hesston Ks- 75th Annerversary of City. L to R: Etna Solzmon, ____, ____, Mary Hess, Mrs. Labon Peachy, ____, ____, Grace Vogt -- Written on back of…
Organizations and Clubs
Two men for the Hesston Lions Club working on a bicycle, also a young girl standing in the background. -- The names Twila Ratzlaff and Edwin are…
Organizations and Clubs
Advertising poster for the Hesston Lions Club pancake feed. There is a drawing of a man fliping a pancake and the date and time of the event as well…
Organizations and Clubs
LIONS CLUB PANCAKE FEED Irvin Reimer makes pancakes for waldo and Orpha Voth -- Lable on back of photo
Organizations and Clubs
Photograph of the hesston lions club standing infront of an American Flag. -- Hesston Lions Club April 1971 written in pen on back of the photo
Organizations and Clubs
Photograph of boy scouts posing for camera -- Harold Sommerfeld 1966, Jerry Robinson, Stephen Penner, Jerry Overton, Scott Geting, James Younger,…
Organizations and Clubs
Blurry photograph of four members standing in front of a banner for the Kiwanis Club of Hesston Kansas.
Organizations and Clubs
Republican political rally at colonial house, speaker representitive to congress, Garner Shriver, Unidentified, Lois Hers, Womens Committee Woman and…
Audio
Interview with Dale Hochestetler about the tornadoes that came through Hesston, Kansas on March 13, 1990.
Audio
Interview with Dorothy Bretz about the tornado that came through Hesston, Kansas on March 13, 1990.