The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-21
OUR FIRE
More Use of The Borough Hall Adj
vocated As a Community Center

Liberty Fire Company was incor-
porated April II, 1909, by an associa-
ton of citizens who volunteered to act
in case of fire to protect property.
Many have given faithful time and
money to the Association and the
Borough Council has appropriated
thousands of dollars for apparatus
which has been put in the keeping OF
members of the Fire Company. 1t has
been used many times faithfully and
of benefit to property owners.
Liberty Fire Company has met IN
the Paullin building, corner of Penn
and Harmony Streets, since the or
ganization and stored the apparatus
in an adjoining room. Now that we
have the fine Borough Hall with ample
! provision for their apparatus and
more when bought, with a social room
for the firemen, the fine new accom-
modations should be an incentive for
the volunteer fremen to advance to
the more luxurious facilities in
thought, action and refinement.
The firemen are all citizens loyal to
the Borough's welfare and the Bor-
ough has been liberal in providing for
apparatus. Both have a loyal COM
munity spirit and both should have a
friendly spirit to work together for
the best interest of all the citizens
and their properties.
The Council is now drawing a new
ordinance for the government of the
Fire Company and all members of the
Fire Company as well as all the citi-
zens have an interest in the rules and
regulations to be governed by.
There should be no antipathy nor
selfish feeling in the matter but a
hearty and loyal cooperation. We
believe there can be and will be and
any misunderstanding can be obvlated
after cordial consultation.
The Borough Council means to do
the best according to the laws Of the
State towards the Fire Company, and
the members of the Fire Company
will see their way to a hearty CO.
operation if they will get better in
formed as to the requirements to be
met, for the better protection of prop
erty, which will keep down the insur-
ance rate.
The stock fire insurance companies
have been bleeding Penns Grove prop
erty owners numerically the past
few years because Penns Grove is
known as "a Powder Town." They
had as much. judgment in the matter
a machinIsf in Philadelphia. When
the editor asked a man to take a boat
ride down the Delaware river and see
Penns Grove and the Powder Works,
which are two miles below the town,
with a meadow of soft earth between,
he asked, "Will it effect my life in
surance ?"
Some imagine every house is near
a powder magazine which is likely to
20 up any minute. But the insurance
companies have soaked rates with
about as much judgment as the ma
imagined.
1t might be well to recall that dur
ng the five years when millions of
pounds of powder were made for the
World War, not one old resident of
oenns Grove who worked in the pow
Ter was blown up, not one seriously
but what they recovered in a
weeks.
To revert to the Fire Company and
protection. All citizens should see
,ur new Borough Hall and encourage
he Council and Fire Company to a
hearty cooperation. 1t might be wise
or the citizens to give a supper to
he fremen in the Borough Hall.
The Public Library should be moved
the Borough Hall and the fremen
free membership cards for the
Use of the books. Why should there
lot be a free reading room in the Hall
md all made welcome to stop therein
lnder rules and regulations.
Now that we have the hall, the best
Use should be made of it for a center
If community attraction and commun-
ty interest with the firemen as the
social leaders for better protected,
more enlightened and a progressive
penns Grove.