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Joy: Bill Martin, Lester Stoner, Phil Martin, Scott Gainer, Dave Wilson, Abe Koser, Jere
Hoffmaster, Joe Mohr, (missing, John Thomas)
by Bill Martin
Summer training classes
of the Lancaster County
Firemen’s Association be-
gan June 28 and 29 at the
county fire training grounds
near Lampeter. Five sub-
jects of study were included
in the course, Fire-Fighting
1.
Nine members from
Friendship Fire Co. attend-
ed and completed the
classes: Scott Gainer, Phil
Martin, Dave Wilson, Joe
Mohr, Lester Stoner, John
Thomas, Jere Hoffmaster,
Abe Koser, and Bill Martin.
1. Working with self-con-
tained masks - required 6
hours of training which
included lecture and practi-
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cal work. Following instruc-
tions, students entered a 2
1/2 story furnished house
where burning tires created
smoke. Obstacles were also
placed in the house which
required firemen to crawl
and climb without the aide
of light.
2 Ladders, raises,
carries, and related evolu-
tions - required 6 hours of
lecture and practical work.
Twelve foot ladders and 35’
ladders (extension) were
used. Each man learned the
basic carries, commands,
and raises. The men also
advanced hose lines up
ladders and performed basic
rescue operations.
3. Salvage and Overhaul
Procedures - required 3
hours of lecture and practi-
cal work. Men learned how
to use tarps for best
protection of owner’s pro-
perty and how to funnel
water out of buildings.
Instruction was also given
on proper clean-up opera-
tions and where to look for
hotspots.
4. Portable fire extin-
guishers - required 3 hours
of training. Firemen learn-
ed the 4 major classes of
fires and the types of fire
extinguishers to be used on
each class of fire. The class
also fought with flammable
liquid fires with fire extin-
guishers.
S. Forcible entry, tools
and power equipment -
required 3 hours of training.
Firemen were instructed in
the types of tools and use to
force entry into burning
buildings.
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Mt. Joy swim team wins 2d place
On Saturday, July Sth the
Mount Joy Swim Team won
the second place trophy at
the Conestoga Valley Invi-
tational Swim.
Then on Tuesday, July 7
they swam against the
Ephrata red Team at their
home pool and won by a
245-179 score. Quite a few
team records were broken as
follows:
Eight and under (Girls)—
Hope Madara—2S m. 27.4
(tied old record)—Back-
stroke.
Twelve and Under (Girls)
—Sherri Kinsey SO m. 32.8
Freestyle.
Sherri Kinsey 25 m. 16.6
Butterfly.
Fourteen and Under
(Boys)—Jim Johnson S50 m.
40.2 Backstroke.
Seventeen and under
(Girls) —Gail Madara S0 m.
43.3 Backstroke.
Seventeen and under
(Pys)—Dean Buchenauer
100 m. 59.5 Freestyle. Dean
Buchenauer S0 m. 31.5
Butterfly.
Individual records proved
again to be quite rewarding
to our Mount Joy Team.
They are listed as follows:
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Triple Winners (First
place each event)—Amy
Hess; Freestyle, Butterfly,
and Relay. Mike Jones;
Freestyle, Breast, Relay.
Sherri Kinsey; Freestyle,
Breast, Butterfly. Brian
Newcomer; Freestyle, Back-
stroke, and Relay. Jim
Johnson; Freestyle, Back-
stroke, and Relay. Dean
Buchenauer; Freestyle,
Breast, and Butterfly.
Double Winners (Frist
place each event)—Hope
Madara; Backstroke and
Relay. Ted Hershey; Back-
stroke and Relay. Diana
Andt; Breast and Relay.
Ricky Kinsey; Breast and
Relay. Mitch Drace; Butter-
fly and Relay.
Single Winner (First place
each event)—George Rice;
Freestyle. Michelle Kling;
Backstroke. Gail Madara;
Backstroke. Dory Rice;
Breast. Laurie Zerphey;
Butterfly.
Stacey Gingrich; Relay.
Steve Miller; Relay. Bob
Kling; Relay. Mark Shearer;
Relay. Fred Straub; Relay.
Ricky Ober; Relay. Mitch
Mummaw; Relay. Eric Got-
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Relay. Newt Kendig; Relay.
Joe Coover; Relay.
The team is now practic-
ing to meet Manheim on
Tuesday, July 15 at the
Manheim Community Pool
at 6:15 p.m. :
Besides all the practicin
the team is doing, they are
now quite ifvolved in their
Pizza Sale for July 19
delivery. The parents, with
Hazel Germer as chairman,
are also helping them in
organizing a Bake Sale at
the Mount Joy Pool on
Sunday at 1:00p.m., July 20.
Anyone can support the
team by eating atéthe Food
Sale or taking some home-
made item along home.
These proceeds are to help
the team with entry fees at
Invitationals and to meet the
yearly budget as well as end
of the year awards which are
awarded at the annual
picnic.
The team is quite enthu-
siastic so far this year in
their swimming events as
well as their projects.
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