THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

As a child, his steam fueled hot 1939 children's classic

Dick and Sue Berkenbush hold 'Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel' at West Newbury Town Hall, which is featured in the story. 'Katy and the Big Snow' is based on Gloucester Highway Department's snow plow.
Dick and Sue Berkenbush hold "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" at West Newbury Town Hall, which is featured in the story. "Katy and the Big Snow" is based on Gloucester Highway Department's snow plow. (Globe Staff Photo / Mark Wilson) Globe Staff Photo / Mark Wilson
By James Sullivan
Globe Correspondent / March 30, 2006

E-mail this article

Invalid E-mail address
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

Text size – +

Dick Berkenbush was West Newbury's fire chief for 37 years and doubled as its police chief for 10. Later, the lifelong resident served nine years as a selectman. (Full article: 770 words)

This article is available in our archives:

Globe Subscribers

FREE for subscribers

Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Non-Subscribers

Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More

  • $9.95 1 month archives pass
  • $24.95 3 months archives pass
  • $74.95 1 year archives pass