Smyrna times., 1924-03-26
FIRE HALLFUND STILL SOARING
TO-date S4148 Has Been Subscribed
With Goal at $4,000 Mark-COun-
try Districts Yet To Report

The Firemens Fund Campaign |
which started January 23rd last, un-
der the direction of J. E. Hoffecker,
has been faithfully reported each
week in the columns of the "Times."
This will be the final write-up unless
something special should occur in the
future which should be of interest to
the public. However, contributions
will continue to be in order as long as
anyone has the desire to aid our fire
men in their laudable purpose to have
an up-to-date fire house in Smyrna.
The campaign has been a wonderful
success thus far, and the amount sub
scribed to date $4,148.00 justifes the
Citizens Hose Company in going
ahead and perfecting plans to make
the necessary alterations in the prop
erty they recently acquired, so as to
convert it into a suitable home for
our firemen and their equipment. A
year hence, Smyrna can boast of as
fine a fire engine house as any town
in the State, and when the State Fire
mems Association meets here in July
1925, our boys will not be ashamed
to show the visiting firemen their new
headquarters. Mr.. Hoffecker has as
sisting him in this campaign, promin-
ent and representative men of the
town and surrounding towns and ru-
raj districts, who have labored earn
estly to make the affair a success. He
takes this opportunity to express his
sincere thanks and appreciation to all
his assistants, and to each and every
person who has in any way contribu-
ted to the fund. Our Fire Company
is ever ready to respond to any alarm
within their reach, and will gladly
serve those who have befriended them
in supporting this campaign so liber-
ally. Don't lose sight Of the fact that
. there should always be a close bono
of sympathy between the public anl
our volunteer firemen. They coulC
not exist without your support, anC
if you have not already subscribed t.
the Fire House Fund, please do so anC
help US reach the $4,000 mark, whicl
is now our goal. The 306 names OF
the subscription list published las
week, does not include all of the prop
! erty owners of Smyrna and adjacen
: towns and surrounding country. Don
/. wait until a fire visits you before yo
take any interest in the Citizens Hos
: Company, nor assume the attitude 0
"let George do it," but rather b
proud to have a hand in it yourself
Therefore, if your name is not al
( ready on the list please see to it tina
it promptly gets there. A subscrir
t tion list has been sent to the Hos
Company so that members of the oil
I ganizatiOn who have not yet signe
= up will have an opportunity to do S,
= Remember the campaign will continu
: through the year 1924. According t
: Chinese philosophy the "Chinks" pa
the doctor for keeping them well, an
i. pay him nothing when they get sicl
p We might apply this same princip
/, to our fremen's campaign for funC
to build a fire house in Smyrna.
other words, help them with your sui
|, scription now, and don't wait until yC
- have a fire. Here's an ear full fl
n our neighboring towns and village
- Leipsic, listen! ten minutes after W
give a fire alarm our boys will
- there. With your creek an inc
- haustible water supply, our pumpir
" = engine and 1000 feet of hose, CO
squirt 600 gallons per minute on al
= fire in your town. This statement al
:, applies to Blackbird and Fleming
= Landing. KentOn, catch on! our cher
10 ical engine will beat it to your TOW
y, in ten minutes and put out any Q
.o dinary fire in jiffy. The same fait
80 full service will be rendered to Che
-, void, Brenford, Taylor's Bridge, De
~ kyneville, and all farm property wit
~ in reach Of Smyrna. Don't hesita
n to back up our firemen with a libel
~ subscription when our solicitors G.
or On you. Again thanking all who ha
assisted we bid Won a kind adieu