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25 vears ago. last Novem-r yw. O ~her, lid. Koester came to work for I he Buda Company and we are proud of him and his tine family He works on the engine assembly line, specializing in assembling and installing water pumps on Bud:-engines, both gasoline and Diesel. When he started, in in 1910, there were only about 15 men in his entire department*—today, mort than 70 men work on the assembly line—on the dayshift alone! So, Ed. Koester has grown with Buda.M rs. Koester’s doing her part to win the war by working for Buda and she is seen inspecting oil pump idler gears and driving gears. One-thousandth of an inch (.001 ) looksmighty small, but ourgears must be right withinthat measurement to passinspection and work properly on Buda engines.Private First Class Merrill Koester is nostranger to —he started work on the layout bench at Buda—and at the time of entering the army, was working as a gear cutter. It was April, 1944, when he joined the Army, and trained at Camp Cook and Camp Roberts, California, being assigned to the infantry. He is now a gunsmith, and his duties art the repairing and maintainingof guns—guns to bla-a. the Japs and bring#V- ] Day nearer!WyAP' . ' 'One of a series honoring Buda f ather* and Mother* whose sens and daughters are members of the U. S. fighting Force*.
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Harvey Tribune
Harvey, Illinois, US
Thu, May 24, 1945
Page 19
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