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YeomanServiceBy Guard\ Twenty members of the Na-j jtional Guard have been doing;| yeoman service dat ing Valpar-i , aiso’s ''emergency'’- caused by j a two foot plus snowfall which 1 began here Thursday. IThe Guard was alerted after Gov. Hager Branigin at the re-j quest of Valparaiso and Porter ’, county authorities declared this; an emergency. area Friday. ■Involved in snow removal and i mercy missions were nine i memhers of Ihe Valparaiso unit | (D company) of the 113Mi Eu-i gineering battalion and nine1 local residents attached to the LpPorto unit (A company).Also on hand from Headquar-ters company-were M-SgL John Kane (former first sergeant of the local company) and Maj. Donald Wozhiak, former company commander here and now 'Battalion* ^3.. _'r . -^'?The focal rgunrd$rneii rounded into action Friday alter, city crews helped dig out equipment from the compound south of U.S. 30.Job of snow removal began Saturday and was carried outfor: approximately 48 hours : Sunday. wcthrough Sunday. Work was then resumed on Monday and was halted at 5 a.m. Tuesday when rain coated tbc snow with an icy crust. -•- As Shelter The armory served a temporary shelter from Friday through Monday, when stranded motorists were shuttled from there to other quarters by members of the Porter county sheriff’s office.Members Df D company involved in the emergency operation were Sgls. Rohert Crone and Wesley. Bucher; Cpl. William Kuehl; Sp-4 Bruce Zini; and Pfcs. Michael Shurr, Joseph Cast, Larry Hazelton, William Hildreth and Richard Black Company A members aiding were Sgt. Mike Siemon; Sp-5 Leonard Fiacek; Sp-4 Ronald Spriillcnburg, Larry Craig, Bruce Leetz and John Shook; Pfc. Kenneth Jankoski; and Pvls. Robert Himphrey and Edward Cambell.
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Valparaiso Vidette Messenger
Valparaiso, Indiana, US
Wed, Feb 01, 1967
Page 11
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