At this time the Company elected its first officers:
President
- Merritt Bins
Vice
President
- Cass
Preso
Recording
Secretary
- Angie
Hall
Treasurer
- Alan McMullen
Financial
Secretary
- Sandy
Rosenberry
Membership
Directors
- Jeff
Bricker, Tom Baker & Pam Fox
Directors
- Walter Bricker, Carl McMullen, Carl Shoemaker, Tom Baker, Ray
Adams & Fred Kuhne
FIREMAN'S
RELIEF OFFICERS:
President
- Tom McMullen
Vice
President
- John
Junkin
Secretary
- Mary Vocke
Treasurer
- Chris Seibert
Ways
& Means Committee
- Alice Johnson, Shirley Jones, Walter Bricker, Alan McMullen
& Barb Neil
LINE
OFFICERS:
Fire
Chief - Dale Hall
Deputy
Fire Chief
- Jeff
Bricker
Assistant
Fire Chief
- Bob
Hockenberry
Deputy
Ambulance Chief
-
Jayne Kuhne
Assistant
Ambulance Chief
-
Walter Bricker
Chief
Engineer
-
Merle Gipe
It
was agreed that all officers would hold their positions for the
years 1990 & 1991.
The
following people volunteered to serve on the building committee to
get the building ready for the Company start up on January 1st,
1991.
BUILDING
COMMITTEE:
Carl
Shoemaker, Carl McMullen, Wilbur Barrick, Jim Weaver, Ray Adams,
Gary Rosenberry and Dick McAllen
A
committee was formed to develop By-Laws for the company. It was
decided that the company meeting would be the 2nd Monday of each
month at 7:00 pm, with the first official meeting on August 13th
1990. The meeting would be held in the Path Valley Community
Center. It was also decided that all members would be charged
$5.00 for membership for the years 1990 & 1991.
At
the next meeting on August 13th, 1990 the following items were
reported. The building committee stated it might cost
approximately $10,000.00 for renovations of the building. The
Ambulance form CV Hose was purchased. Fund Drive letters were to
be mail August 20th, 1990 to residence in Metal Township for funds
needed to complete this project. The motto of the company
would be "Of Ourselves We Give, So That Others May
Live".
The
first fundraiser, which was a Festival outside the Ruritan,
scheduled for September 15th, 1990 to start at 4:00 pm.
An
EMT class was scheduled to start October 2nd 1990 at the
Fannettsburg Ruritan on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the fall
and winter. A Vehicle Rescue Class was scheduled for the company
on November 17th, 1990. There would be more Firefighting Classes
prior to start up time.
On
October 8th, 1990 there was a directors meeting to talk about the
purchase of a second Fire Engine from Brentwood Fire Company in
Maryland. This engine was a 1969 American LaFrance Pumper. The
cost of the engine was $1,500.00, which was made in payments of
the next five years. All were in agreement to purchase the
engine.
A
local resident Daryl Gipe, son of Chief Engineer Merle Gipe would
volunteer his time and talent to paint all of the apparatus of the
company, and the company colors would be Red & White.
On
November 25th, 1990 the company hired its first Paid Driver, Paul
Shannon form Marion. Paul would start his first day on December
26th, 1990. The Metal Township Supervisors agreed to help with
this endeavor with funding, and also agreed to pay the fire
company Worker's Compensation Insurance.
The
building Committee and Daryl Gipe continued to work on the
building and equipment for the start up date January 1st, 1991.
On
January 1st, 1991 the Metal
Township Fire & Ambulance Company 21
went into service with 2 - 1969 American LaFrance Engines (Engine
21-1 & Engine 21-2) and a BLS unit (Ambulance 21-8).
21 - 8 When Purchased from CV Hose Company
Daryl Gipe Painting 21-8
Finished Ambulance with Stu Long and Trophy from our First Path
Valley Picnic
21-1 Before Restoration at the Newville Hopewell Fire Co.
21-1 After Restoration at Company 21s Quarters
21-2 Before Restoration At the Brentwood Fire Dept.
21-2 After Restoration At Company 21's Quarters
