The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-16
MANY PERSONS
WATCH THE DRILLS
Spectacular Hose Drill Lures Hun
dreds to Witness Drills and Rob
ertsdale Squad Enjoys DISTINCTION
of Having Chairmen Schaaf and
Simon on its Ranks.

The RObertsdaIe volunteer nre de-
partment expects to make n killing this
year at the annual tournament of tho
Volunteer Firemen's association.
The tournament will be held at Crown
Point this year, August 1, and 1T is safe
TINT In every town in the county where
there is volunteer fire departInen at
that there are fcatS galore and that if
each department could equal Of
the records that 1t Is making during
these weeks of practice every depart
ment would be entitled to the cup.
The Robertsdale department holds it's
practices on Lake avenue. near the
Lake FrOnk park and every night when
1t exercises people intending to go to
the lake stop on the road and watch
these heroes in their drills.
To see this score of men in action
is certainly worth while to see and
it may not be many years before these
drills are a thing of the past when
tebertsdaIe will have been equipped
with a regular department.
RobertsdaIe intends to win the cup
this summer and the way the men go
at it shows that they mean business.
They enter into the work with an en-
thusiasm that is praiseworthy and while
EoOVN
discipline none thinking himself su-
perior to another in the ranks. This
spirit of discipline is bringing about
effective work and gives much prom
Use for the department.
Hose Drill Spectacular.
Probably the most spectacular drill is
that of the run with the hose cart. The
twenty men make the dash like whirl
wind and woe to the man that makes a
1nisstep He will be dra gged along in
the mad whirl until he finds himself in
the ditch brushing off the macadam and
real estate that he has gathered in his
fall.
Robertsdale is handicapped in max
ing the run with the ladder wagon The
wagon that is used Is ony an improvised
AFFAIR on four wheels but the boys hope
that they Will make good at Crown
Point just the same when they drill
" ith the regulation wagon.
'The ladder climbing stunt was made
ir record time several time and If this
can be repeated at Crown Point there
is no reason why Robertsdale should
not score on that point
The Robertsdale volunteer fire de
partment is made up of the cleanes
and strongest men that Robertsdale ha:
tc show,
All Strong Men.
Most of the men are young fellows
just entering the prime of their live'
and here and there is none with a pre-
mature gray hair on his head, but tn
younger ones have nothing over th
older men. In fact the whole depart
ment does good team work which i
very encouraging for the tournamen
and which will certainly be a blessing
to Robertsdale some day.
The Robertsdale fire department ha
also the distinction of having the tw
county chairmen in its ranks. Ed Simon
the democratic county chairman, who /
the founder of the association and F
Richard Schaaf, the republican count
chairman, who is a member by virtu
of his residence in Robertsdale.
The men in the Robertsdale volun
teer department are as follows:
C. F. Elliott chief: c. Stress, A
Stress j. Baul. c. A. Ashline. Ed ST
men, J. Wickhorst Julius Linneman. F
Richard Schaaf, f. Freese. F. Buehle1
T Smith. J. Smith r. HazeIitt, I
Novak, E. C. Holmes. II. Theisen. +
Eggers, F. s. Lingham. w Eggers ,
A. Sharp. A. Hazelitt, T. Roland, 7
Nicholson, J. Stross. D. Peterson,
Cross and E. Peterson.