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Meyer Ambulance Service
1934 - 1976
1934 FOUNDING OF
1957
1957
1965
02 14 MEYER
AMBULANCE RELOCATION
Plans to relocate from North First to West Main
The Meyer Ambulance Service, located in North First Street, plans to relocate and construct a new garage building to accommodate its ambulances and hearses, it was disclosed last night when Lloyd Meyer filed a request with the common council to have property at 800 West Main Street re-zoned to enable construction of a garage, 65 by 60 feet. The plan would hinge on the re-zoning request. The property in question is that of the late William (Bill) Mann.
06 03 MEYER
AMBULANCE RELOCATION
Plans to relocate from North First to River Drive
Lloyd Meyer of the Meyer Ambulance Service who has been unsuccessful in his attempt to have a piece of property at 800 West Main Street rezoned to enable him to construct a garage and relocate his ambulance service, last night filed a petition with the common council to have the property at 1611 River Drive rezoned so he can erect a 40 by 60-foot garage on the site and locate his business there. In his petition he pointed out that the site adjoins the airport, that there is already a garage on the premises and that he proposes to erect a 40 by 60-foot garage which would be attached to the present garage and which would serve his business purposes.
07 14 MEYER
AMBULANCE RELOCATED TO RIVER DRIVE
Lloyd Meyer announced that plans for the construction of a new garage to house his ambulance service in River Drive are being formulated and that he expects to be relocated in the new building by Sept. 1 or soon thereafter. Mr. Meyer was given authority by the common council to relocate his business at its July 6 meeting when it approved the rezoning of the site on which he will build. The Meyer Ambulance Service now located at 116-118 North First Street is housed in a building which in a past era served as headquarters for a widely known livery.
1965
02 14 MEYER
AMBULANCE RELOCATION
Plans to relocate from North First to West Main
The Meyer Ambulance Service, located in North First Street, plans to relocate and construct a new garage building to accommodate its ambulances and hearses, it was disclosed last night when Lloyd Meyer filed a request with the common council to have property at 800 West Main Street re-zoned to enable construction of a garage, 65 by 60 feet. The plan would hinge on the re-zoning request. The property in question is that of the late William (Bill) Mann.
1967
02 14 PARKING
LOT FOR MEYER PROPERTY
According to reports the plan to have the city attempt to acquire the two properties, directly north of the old city hall in North First Street for conversion into parking areas is expected to be revived in the near future. The two properties in question include the Meyer Ambulance Service building, known earlier as the Krueger Livery Stable, and the former Jossi building, part of the Max Wolf Estate. Directly north of the two properties is one of the city’s off-street parking lots, in which a parking gate was installed last year, rather than metering the lot. By acquiring the two properties in question the city could double the present parking capacity in that section.
06 22 MEYER AND WOLF
PROPERTIES ACQUIRED
The Meyer and Wolf properties in North First Street, to be used as part of the North First Street parking lot expansion, were acquired this forenoon by the city when the purchases, recently authorized by the common council, were finalized. The price for the Meyer property was $26,000 and for the Wolf property $27,500. Both were assessed at a higher figure. The old city hall property will be turned over to the city at a later date, as soon as legal preliminaries are completed, the mayor said today. The property is being given to the city by the present owner, the Chas. Fischer and Sons Co., without charge.
07 24 REPORT ON MEYER AND
WOLF PROPERTIES
Mayor A. E. Bentzin is expected to present a report to the common council at its committee meeting next Monday night on his recent trip to Monroe, with a number of aldermen, where they inspected the Monroe two-level parking lot. The trip, which had been suggested at an earlier meeting of the council, was made as part of the study to help the aldermen determine how best to make use to create the expanded parking lot in North First Street for which three properties have recently been acquired by the city‚ the former Wolf and Meyer building and the former city hall. The intention is not to start work on the expansion until after a plan has been decided on which will make the best possible use of the land area that will result when the three buildings are razed.
08 09 FIRST
STREET PARKING FEASIBILITY SURVEY
The architectural-engineering firm of Durrant-Deininger-Dommer-Kramer- Gordon of Watertown is launching a North First Street parking feasibility survey to help the common council decide what will be the best means of expanding the present parking lot facilities in that area. At its Aug. 1 meeting the council authorized such a study and will await the report before the next step in expanding the present facilities is taken. The city earlier this year acquired two of the North First Street properties which adjoin the present parking lot, namely the Wolf Estates site and the Meyer Ambulance Service property. In addition, the city also accepted, without charge, the old city hall which was presented to the city by the Chas. Fischer and Son Co.
10 19 MEYER
AMBULANCE SERVICE RELOCATED
The new Meyer
Ambulance Service recently occupied a building located at 1611 River Drive
after disposing of its former property in North First Street. The First Street property was acquired by the
city as part of the North First Street parking lot facility expansion. The Meyer Ambulance Service, one of the
oldest in this part of the state, will continue to give 24
hour emergency service and cooperates closely with law enforcement
agencies and traffic departments which summon the service for help in case of
accidents. James Meyer and his father,
Lloyd Meyer, will also continue to offer funeral carriage services.
1976
END OF MEYER AMBULANCE SERVICE
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The Meyer Ambulance Service of Watertown, located at 1611 River Drive, will close its business at the end of 1976, according to Lloyd (Dinty) Meyer, owner and operator.
Meyer has operated the service for over 42 years, and due to new regulations and restrictions regarding ambulance services he decided to dissolve that aspect of his business.
He said he will continue to provide his present services to funeral homes. Meyer is bitter about the decision. He feels the city and state forced him into the move by placing restrictions on his operation that he could not afford to meet. Among the regulations were that trained emergency medical technicians had to be employed, and that more extensive equipment had to be added to the vehicle.
“In all the years I’ve operated my service I’ve never turned down a call and I’ve never asked the city for a penny” - Lloyd (Dinty) Meyer, owner and operator, Meyer Ambulance Service of Watertown
2006
07 01 PAUL
NOE, hearse driver
Although a certain type of person might cringe at the idea of driving a hearse for almost 50 years of their life, Paul Noe, 72, is not one of those people. To him, it was an honor and a privilege to help serve the community. “I never really treated it like a job, it was more of a service,” Noe, a retired firefighter, Army serviceman and as of this Friday, funeral driver, said. “I enjoyed helping people when they needed it the most.” He first got into the business in 1957 as a young man when his father-in-law asked Noe for help with his business, Meyer Ambulance Service. If that sounds like an odd name, that’s because funeral companies were a full package deal in those days.
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