Mr. Eber Bruns was hired as Chief Engineer of the power plant for a salary of $100.00. He, his wife Atlanta, and their two children moved into the small main office next to the generating plant. He added five more rooms and a bath to the building within a year.
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Eber and Atlanta Bruns, 1939
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