{"id":48242,"date":"2015-07-02T20:42:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T00:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=48242"},"modified":"2015-07-02T20:42:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T00:42:51","slug":"back-284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/back-284\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fmth.jpg\" alt=\"fmth\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48245\" \/>Generous Gift to City<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>by Barry Bauer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fm.jpg\" alt=\"fm\" width=\"450\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This photo taken in May, 1957 shows W. C. Robertson, left, plant manager of the St. Johns division of Federal-Mogul presenting a check to $2,750 to City Manager, Ken Anderson, center, and Mayor Ray Kentfield Jr. The check will pay for the five tornado warning sirens recently installed in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Johns city commission recently deeded a plot of land 19 feet wide by 685 feet deep (formerly Ross St.) along the south side of the Federal-Mogul plant. &#8220;Acquisition of the land will permit the company future expansion of their manufacturing facilities,&#8221; Robertson said. &#8220;It is hoped that this check will be a concrete expression of the sincerity of our appreciation,&#8221; he told the Mayor and City Manager. &#8220;This is in line with our policy of recognizing our civic responsibilities and participating actively in community affairs.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generous Gift to City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lookback"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}