According to the Kansas Explorer Club, the tradition of the Lyons, KS, water tower bell goes all the way back to 1938 when courthouse custodian Oscar Laudick made a bell frame 40' in diameter to hang over the courthouse tower and topped it with a star.
This must have gone over very well, for in the early 1950s a new and larger version was built to go over the water tower. According to a representative of the Lyons water department, this year the tower turns on shortly after 5 p.m. and stays on all night.
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