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soilIST rainmenh,1 A contribution of $1,000 by .j the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to the Eugene V. Debs Foundation has put the fund over $12,500—half of the I i Foundation’s initial goal off $25,000 for the purchase and t restoration of the Debs home at 451 North Eighth street.Thomas W Mulvihill, former chairman of the Terre Haute Trainmen and the Eugene V. Debs Lodge of the BRT made the presentation of the check to the officers of the Foundation Wednesday at the Debs Home.Ned A. Bush, Sr., vice president of the Foundation, said that the home has now been n purchased and is held in feesimple by the Foundation. Officers and various committees of the Foundation are now undertaking the large task ofy beginning the actual restoration5‘ of the home to as nearly as . possible as when it was occupied by Debs and his wife. ” This will be a long and costly ** process and the drive for addi-e tional funds will continue until;r the restoration is accomplished.In presenting the check, Mul-d vihill said:r“The memory of Eugene ^ Debs is cherished b all rail-nl-i-Continued on Page 2, Col. 1.Give $1,000 to Debs GroupTHOMAS W. MULVIHILL, former chairman of the Terre Haute Trainmen, hands the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen’s check for $1,000 to Prof. Howard Hamilton, treasurerof the Eugene V. Debs’ Foundation, in front of the Debs home on North Eighth street. Others in the picture, members of the Debs’ Foundation, are from left—Curtis Culver, J. R, Constantine, W. W. Creason, James L. (Tiny) Taylor, Ned A. Bush Sr., Wiley Payne and William Hillis.rtdtiei ti-i Grc01h,jwi Aj vcresiscFisuO'SllthwlP£aidc
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Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 19, 1962
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