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EAST HAMPTON IS ALSO KNOWN
AS BELLTOWN. IN THE 1800'S
THERE WERE THIRTY BELL MAKERS
IN TOWN.EARLIER THIS YEAR...
BEVIN MANUFACTURING... THE
LAST ONE... WAS WIPED OUT BY
TONIGHT... AS CHIEF CAPITOL
REPORTS... THE BELLS ARE
RINGING AGAIN.
FOUR MONTHS AGO... A BOLT OF
LIGHTENING SPARKED THE FIRE
OLD BEVIN BROTHERS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY...THE
NATION THAT MAKES ONLY BELLS.
(NATS?) NOW...IN A
MILE FROM THE RUINS OF THE
MANUFACTURING IS UNDERWAY
AGAIN.(SALVATION ARMY BELL
THESE SALVATION ARMY BELLS ARE
ON THEIR WAY ACROSS NORTH
AMERICA.(NURSING HOME BELL
BELLS USED IN NURSING HOMES
ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT...(COW
BELLS, STILL USED BY FARMERS
AND PEOPLE AT SPORTING EVENTS
HAMPTON....BELLTOWN, U.S.A.THE
ORIGINAL DIE FOR CASTING THE
BELLS...SOME ONE HUNDRED YEARS
RUINS BY THE ONLY TOOL AND DIE
MAKER STILL AROUND.[GARDNER]
THE DIES AND THEY WERE STILL
HARD...SO I SAID, YES, MATT,
WE CAN REBUILD THEM." 14
HAVE BEEN REHIRED SO THAT
ORDERS CAN KEEP BEING FILED.
CRITICAL THAT WE REBUILD THE
BUSINESS AND THAT IS...GET
TO DELIVERING THINGS TO OUR
CUSTOMERS...MAINTAINING THAT
A REASON TO REBUILD A
BUILDING...DOWN THE ROAD."
WAR IN BOSNIA AND STARTED AT
THE BELL FACTORY 12 YEARS
BACK TO WORK SO SOON.
THAT'S BEING A LONG TIME FOR
STARTING AGAIN...BUT WE'RE
BACK REALLY FAST."(NATS/YACHT
ANOTHER LOCAL COMPANY
TO HELP CELEBRATE
TODAY...MARKING THE RETURN OF
THE BELLS IN BELLTOWN U.S.A.
NEWS 8