Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-13
H|CHSP|RE F|REMEN
To BE IN PARADE
Borough Laddies Will Be in Line
With New Motor Driven
Apparatus

Members of the Citizens Fire Com.
pany, No. l, of Highspire, have al
ready begun preparations to attend the
State convention of volunteer firemen
to be held in Harrisburg the week of
October 5. With nearly $50 men in
full uniform, band and a companys
full equipment of motor chemical
truck and a twenty-ive-foot ladder
truck in line, the Highspire 'laddies"
feel that they will compare very favor
ably with any of the companies from
the larger towns and cities.
1t is the pride of the Highspire fire.
fighters that they have, so to speak,
put one over" on Harrisburg and
some other cities by having a motor
driven apparatus. The Highspire COM
pany but recently purchased it's fine
motor chemical truck and established
the record of having the first motor
driven fire-fighting apparatus in Dau-
phin county. This new truck replaced
the hand-drawn chemical truck pur-
chased several years ago and was Sc
cured at a cost of LOO for the truck
alone.
Company Five Years Old
1t is but little over five years since
the Citizens Company has been or
ganized. During this short time the
company has built it's present two
story brick home at Paxton and Broad
in all modern equipments, with the en-
/ tire lower floor reserved for housing
the apparatus and the second floor
| furnished as parlor and reading room
for the members.
The present membership is $50 men,
including many of the towns most
prominent citizens. The company
does not allow'any intoxicating liquors
In its home" q rule that has called
| forth the hea rtU rom m an n n fion fro,,
the borough's ministers. That the
company is efficient is shown from the
fact that no fires in recent years have
been allowed to reach serious propor-
tions and the property loss through
! fire has been kept down to almost
nothing.
| The present officers of the company
are: President. Homer Etter; vice.
president. Robert Brashears; secretary,
Aust Austin Heicher; financial secretary.
Orris and John Weaver fire chief, Sam
uel Haehnlen; first assistant Harry
Secona sylvester Hahn
Kline. Harry Sweitzer, Austin Heicher,
Robert Samson and Clarence Shaffner.
STEELTON CHURCHES
st. Johns Lutheran-The Rev. DIR.
M. P. Hooker. Preaching, 1890 a. M,
by the Rev. DIR. Uhl, who spent over
forty years as missionary in India;
Children's Day will be observed in
! the evening
Trinity Episcopal-The Rev. Har-
wick Arthur Lollis. Holy communion,
s a. M; Sunday school, 10 a. M;
morning service and sermon, IL;
evening service and sermon, 7.30.
Centenary United Brethren The
Rev. A. X. Wier. 1915 a. M, "Sin
and Cure of Worrying; Sunday
school, $40 a. m; G. E., $40 p. m;
Children's Day exercises, 7.3O p. m.
st. Marks Lutheran-The Rev. Will
liam B. Smith. IL a. M, THE Chris
ton Trust and Fate Hereafter; 7.3O
p. m, intemperance sermon by the
Rev. A. o. Stone; Sunday school, 10
a. m.
First Reformed-The Rev. Charles
A Huyette. Childrens Day exercises,
10 a. m: baptism of children; Offer
ings for Sunday school extension work;
7.30 p. M, Gospel Invitations"
Main Street Church of God-The
Rev. James M. Waggoner 1890 a. M,
"Earthen Vessels Used by Christ; 7.30
D. m., children's service.
Grace United Evangelical-The Rev.
J. M. Shoop. Sunday school,, 9.15
a. M; morning service, 1890; G. E.,
GAS p. M; Childrens Day service, 7.3O
p. m.
First Presbyterian The Rev. C.
Benjamin Segelken. Childrens Day
service, 1890 a. M; C. E., $40 D. m;
7-S0 p. M, THE Translation of Elijah"