EDITORS LETTER

By Gerald S. Lestz
Published on July 1, 1973
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Mrs. B. Earlene Ritzman, outgoing owner of Stemgas Publishing Co., and Gerald S. Lestz, new editor and publisher, look over one of the models in the collection of the late Rev. Elmer Ritzman, founder of the company.

Elmer started Iron-Men as the Farm Album in 1946 and it just
grew and grew. People like the way it talks their language about
steam engines and a multitude of other subjects.

In 1966 Elmer founded Gas Engine magazine and continued
operating both magazines until his death in 1971. Mrs. Ritzman
served as editor until this spring but found it difficult to

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