September 29, 1976
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This photo was taken in 1912 during Old Home Week.
The background is a store operated by Mr. and Mrs.
William Billett, Sr. The lady standing in back is Mrs.
William Billett, Sr. In front, from left to right, are her
Friendship Fire Company plans
mock accident as training drill
On Saturday, October 2,
to kick off Fire Prevention
Week, the Friendship Fire
Company, Mount Joy, is
planning a mock accident
at the intersection of Delta
and Main Streets. Approx-
imate time will be 9:45a.m.
The *‘crash’ will involve
three cars, 8 to 10 patients,
Friendship Fire Company
No. 1 and Rheems and
Hempfield ambulances.
One car will have a small
fire in it. Several victims
will be trapped. Hopefully,
the public will turn out to
sce the Hurst Tool (known
as the Jaws of Life) in
action.
Mayor James Gingrich
will be one of the ‘‘vic-
tims’, as well as two police
officers, four ambulance
crew members and two Boy
Scouts.
Drop tones will be hit to
announce the drill, but the
siren will not be activated.
On Saturday, October 2
from 1 p.m. to S p.m. local
fire chiefs will be in the
Friendship Fire Co. station
judging posters made by
students from Seiler and
Elmtree Elementary
Schools (grades 1 - 6). The
theme of the posters is
“Learn Not To Burn.” The
judges will be Chief Bern-
theizel of Manheim, Chief
Witmer of Salunga, Chief
Hoffer of Mastersonville,
Chief Johns of Maytown,
Chief Geltmacher of Florin.
The poster contest win-
ners will be announced
next Monday. Winning
posters will be placed in
store windows in the
Mount Joy business dis-
trict.
Next Tuesday, the fire-
men will visit Seiler Ele-
mentary School to super-
vise fire drills, give tours of
the truck, show films and
discuss fire prevention.
They will also visit Elm-
tree Elementary School on
Wednesday, October 6, and
W.l. Beahm Junior High
School on Friday, October
2 ‘Old Hom
children; Emma, William, Jr., Ruth and Grant (now
Rev. Grant Billett of York); and her mother, Mrs. Savina
Dannely.
Photo loaned by Edward S. Billett, Sr.
8.
Other activities planned
tor fire prevention week
arc: a special early drill on
Monday, October 4; bingo
at the firehouse at 7:30p.m.
on Wednesday, October 6;
display of fire apparatus
and ambulance in front of
Hostetter's Hardware Store
on Friday, October 8, from
6 to 8:30 p.m.; an open
house at the firehouse from
9 to 2 p.m. on October 9;
and a demonstration of the
Hurst Tool at 2 p.m. in
Elizabethtown on Sunday,
October 10.
On Thursday, October 7,
at the monthly meeting of
the Friendship Fire Com-
pany, poster winners will
be present before the
meeting to tour the facili-
ties with their parents.
Prizes will be awarded to
poster winners before the
meeting. First prize is a
$25.00 bond, second prize
is $10.00, and there will be
honorable mention awards.
Harry Zuchs celebrate 62nd
wedding anniversary on Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Zuch, 200 East Market
Street, Marietta, quietly
celebrated their 62nd wed-
ding anniversary on Friday,
September 24th. They were
married in Detroit, MI in
the Lutheran Church in
1914. The couple have
three sons: Frank, San
Fernando, CA; Rev. Robert
T. Zuch, Easton; and
Charles T., Clear Water,
FL. There are twelve
grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Mr. Zuch is a life mem-
ber of the Pioneer Fire
Company. He served as
Superintendent of the
Lutheran Sunday School for
16 years.
Originally an iron molder
by trade, he worked on the
railroad, at Lavina Furnace
and as an insurance agent.
Harry was Justice of the
Peace for six years and
secretary-treasurer of the
Marietta Cemetery.
The Zuchs are members
of the Zion Lutheran
Church and the Marietta
Senior League.
Mrs. Zuch, the former
Lucy Tompson, is a life
member of the Marietta
Auxiliary of the Columbia
Hospital, the Eastern Star,
Lancaster County Historical
Society, and Donegal Soci-
ety. She is a graduate of
Marietta High School.
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