Milford chronicle., 1940-05-10
Huge CrOIgd See Shore
Firemen FrOIic At Milton
t0onllnusa from Firsl Fses,

Cape Charles, Va, auxiliary, 70
coming the longest distance. s25
i Laurel, oldest motorized equipmen
d in parade. $40.
/. Wallace Eiterich of Milton, wa
! marshal OF the parade. Judges werl
L. Gordon Macdonald, Thomas
: Campbell. J. w. Mcdowell, Tim Me
Carey. and Joseph NJ. Lank.
4 The Junior Rife Club of Milton ant
: the Boy Scout Troop, under the su
4 pervision Of President Charles S
Barker, we're great help in un-
! tangline traffic and rendering assis-
! tance to strangers.
/, After the parade. the firemen were
/ entertained by vaudeville entertain
ment, and street dancing also was
provided.
Mayor Walter W. Bacon of Will
mingtOn was the principal speaker
Wednesday afternoon. He praised the
service of the volunteer firemen as
"the keystone of American happi-
ness" Lack of such devotion to the
interests of others is zone of the
causes of much of the trouble in the
world today" he declared.
1.-The spirit of good fellowship.
fTiendliness, and cooperation in COM
munity service which is always so
outstanding among volunteer firemen
is at its best in Milton today" he
observed.
You folks have come here from
Virginia. Maryland. and from all
parts of Delaware not only to renew
old acQuaintances and to enjoy Sus-
sex county hospitality, but many of
you have come at a considerable sac
rifice to seek rev and more efficient
means of carrying on a very valu
able public service which has al
ready earned for you the lasting
gratitude of our people.
Your organization. composed OF
thousands of public spirited men
and women. is primarily concerned I
with the protection of the lives and
property of your fellOw-citizens For
your services you ask no reward |
comes with having helped neigh
Dor in distress"
He told of seeing two volunteer
fire Ompanies-"almost frozen
passing through Wilmington last
New Years Day Il was impressed"
he explained. with this devotion to
duty. entirely voluntary, and appre-
ciated the fac! that these men could
easily have been at their homes en-
iOying the holiday with members of
their families had it not been that
their hearts were full of endeavoring
TO serve others"
He observed that in recent years
volunteer fire companies have gone
far beyond their earlier activities of
attempting to extinguish fires after
they have occurred: that through
the activities of the association i'm
fire prevention week, cleanup week,
and other educational campaigns.
the association has accomplished
very definite beneficial results.
Peninsula Well Protected
1T is most gratifying to know
that since the Organization of your
association in 1929 there has not
been a major cOnhagratiOn on the
Delmarva Peninsula" he said. "On
the contrary, there has been a de-
crease in the annual fire loss and a
material lowering OF fire insurance
rates.
Fire prevention activities have
paid substantial cash dividends TO |
our communities and the value of {
the services of volunteer fire COM
panias in this important work is !
recognized in a very concrete fash
ion by the yearly contributions to
the volunteer companies by the fire
insurance companies.
Your companies and association
have in recent years extended their
scope to fields of public service other
han that Of fire prevention and fire F
control. Many companies now main 5
ain ambulances In communities :
where such service is not otherwise /
lvailable. so that when disaster
strikes through illness or accident, =
he volunteer companies are at hand i
o render assistance. This service '
g being increased and extended with a
ach successive year and fills long
cit need in our rural districts"
Other speakers were William J.
.utz. chief engineer Of the Whining u
on Bureau of Fire; W. J. Mellow n
II. Chester COuRty. Pa; Tim Nc 4
'arey. Pennsylvania Firemen's AssO- Z
iation: Thomas j. Campbell. Della {
1are County, Pa; Leroy Truitt 5
resident of the Delaware State 4
'iremen's Association. and Jesse y
Usher. chief of the Annapolis, Md, I
Ompany. n
Mrs. Robert HaFdcastle. retifine s
resident of the wOmen's auxiliary; b
Irs. Elmer West. newly-elected
resident; Mrs NJ. A. 'Brusp Of Bal
more. president OF the Maryland =.
'iremen's Auxiliary, and Mrs. Nan \
avs Woods of New Castle, were
&
Officers Elected
E. f. Shultz, of OnancOck. Va. was T
elected. president Of the r.
Other officers chosen y
rere: First vice president. ]. Philip b,
Wright, Preston. Md; second vice q
resident, Charles S. Barker, Mil y, ~
IN: secretary. George Mayer. Jr.. d
aston. Md; treasurer, Wallace A. z
arpa. Cape Charles. Va. They were +,
lstalled by the retiring president. ri
red Brown of the Minquadale COM r
any.
Officers elected by the women's :
uxiliary we're: President. Mrs. Ell ,s
Ter West, Selbyville; senior vice \,
resident, Mrs. James Core Of Park n
ley, Va; junior vice president, Mrs p
larence Dryden. Pocomoke City, .,
d.; secretary. Mrs. Lulu VIM II
rough, ChincOteague. Va; treasur-
:, Mrs. Ruby Calls. Cape Charles. ~
a., chaplain, Mrs Elizabeth Thorn :.