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Subjed: FW: Thanking Councilman McCann
From: Susan Watn� <s ���atr��(a�.co�.net>
Date: April 21. ZO1� at 9:30:17 Pn4 PDT
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Subject: Thanl:ing Councilman McCann
Dear Council Members:
Thank }�ou for appro��ine the historical desienation on our Rohr drop hammer. But I
���ould like vou to kno��� somethins not senerall�� kno«m.
�b'�hen I �eas do�+�n on the Rohr grounds one day, I noticed a drop hammer in the salva�e
yard. It «as taken apart. but it �vas eas�� to recoenize the pieces. [ asked the scrap eu�� if that
was, indeed, a Rohr drop hammer. Yes, it was.�So that raised the question -- ho��� in the ���orld
could �+-e Qet Goodrich to vive us that drop hammer??
Frank Roseman and myself realized that the�� would not pay much attention to us, and so
���e ���ould ha��e to aet someone ���ith some stature to request it. The most "stamre° in this tonm
are ��ou people on the City CounciL Like most families in Chula Vista ���ho had relatives ���ho
���orked at Rohr, John �7cCann ���as ah��a}s proud to point out that his mother had ���orked at
Rohr. It is sort of passin� out of st��le no�ti, but it has ahra�-s been a "badge of honor' to sav
someone in vour familv had ���orked at Rohr.
So I approached Councilman John A4cCann and told him �vhat �ve ���ere tn�ine to do, and
would he ��Tite a letter to the President of Goodrich askine if our n4useum could ha��e that drop
hammer? He said `certainly;' and he did so, and thus we have a Rohr drop harnrner. Goodrich
spent a lot monev cleanine the drop hammer, then paintine it in iis original colors as «�e
requested. then hauling it do�+�n Third A��enue at 3 in momine to install it on the foundation we
had built. �
So 1 am as proud as [ can be about that Rohr drop hammer, but understand that it ne��er
�vould ha��e happened had Councilman �4cCann not ���itten that letter. I ven� much appreciate
that act!
Peter l�'atn�
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