Show 1 Letter To 10 the Editor N rles ples Family Aided After Honie Destroyed After the fireworks and cele were over the night of July about midnight a fam fam- fam family ily in our com community had some fireworks ot of their own The Joe home In Naples caught fire and burned to the ground The family lost all their belong belong- belongings ings and barely able to make it out but their faithful watch dog didn't The fire department came but was unable to do more than retain the fire By three in the morning the home was burned t to the ground and everything they had with it ex- ex except except what they had on their night clothes THE NEXT day relatives friends and and came in ina ina a consta t throughout the day and into the night Some brought them articles others others asking what they might to help For the next few days the family lived with reo re- relatives and friends The daugh daugh- daughter ter was able to get clothes and went to her work the morning follo following ing the fire A neighbor loaned them a sized medium trailer house to use until they could get a permanent place to live This was moved in on Fri Fri Fri- Friday day and the family moved back The same Friday a man came with his caterpillar and dug the hide for tI A new house S Saturday a good group of men showed up and with the help of the Ready mix company company the footings were but be be- be cause a muddy road were unable to lo do do more that day In Inthe Inthe the next few days the basement floor was poured and the block walls laid up forthe basement From this point the house went up quite rapidly with many men coming to help in the evenings or on their time oU off MANY HAVE furnished their equIpment and skills One man dug the of the water waterline waterline line which was OVer feet using his own equipment Many businesses have donated mat mat- materials At the present time it is in the finishing up stage with witha a lot of 02 details to be finished The Th-e American Legion post of Jensen sponsored a benefit dance the Jr Horse Loyers had bad hada bada a drawing on a pony and cart cartI I that had been donated The men menat menat at the Bonanza mine where Mr works took up a coU coll to help their fellow work work- worker er get back on his feet These and and th the many other things that have been done for them are Im most st by the family It is my desire that the hous will be ready for them to oc oc- oc occupy cupy before long as it will be hard getting four children ready and off to school every day In Inthe inthe the temporary condition they are in now Signed ELOUISE N TURNER |