Puchała was the first

When in the 80s a huge social fund-raising campaign for reconstruction of the Town Hall Tower was launched the residents of Świdnica supported this initiative. And it came into existence on the spur of the moment during the meeting of the Regional Association of the Świdnica Land in January 1984. The history retained the name of our town's resident who as the first contributed to the reconstruction of the Town Hall Tower. His name was Tadeusz Puchała, a member of Circle of Pioneers of the Regional Association of the Świdnica Land and a well-known confectioner residing in Świdnica since 1945. When a proposal to launch a huge social fund-raising campaign was made he, without any hesitation, put on the table all the money he had in his wallet and this was a considerable amount of 5 thousand and 250 zlotys which supported the campaign.

Source: „Trybuna Wałbrzyska” 24^th -30^th January 1984, „Gazeta Robotnicza” 25^th January 1984.