CTVFC History 1972-1982
In January 1972, a truck committee was formed to draw up specs for a tanker. This tanker will prove to be an invaluable asset to our Fire Company and community.
In March 1972, the company voted to purchase the land behind the fire hall measuring 150 x 300 from Fred Tebbs for $750.00.
In May 1972, the company voted to purchase a 1500 gallon tanker from Howe on a Chevrolet chassis for delivery in June 1973 for a purchase price of $22,500.00.
Our community was devastated during June 1972 by the Agnes flood. Our fire department worked hand-in-hand with neighboring fire companies and our fellow citizens of our community. This will be a memory none of us will forget.
During the Agnes flood, we lost our fire dispatcher Charles M. Collin who passed away. Charlie served our fire company for 6 years. We were fortunate to find a replacement so soon. Within a few days we contacted Charles Winder to handle these duties.
1973 was a year filled with various types of fund raising projects as is every year to help with the cost of the new tanker that we put into service in July.
The Ladies Auxiliary donated $1000.00 toward the price of our tanker which put us over the top of the amount of money needed to once again let us pay cash for our tanker. A special thanks was given to our ladies auxiliary.
1974 saw a lot of changes in our fire company lot. We received fill dirt and debris from the demolition of properties in Montgomery. 1974 saw the hope of the County starting a county communications center which had been talked about for several years. It appears the communications center is in the foreseeable future. We are especially eager to have a county communications center because we have had to replace our fire dispatcher once again. Charles Winder had asked to be relieved of this job and once again we had to look for a replacement. Elizabeth Decker accepted this responsibility in September 1974. Thank you Elizabeth.
In 1975 we were continuing to get fill dirt from the borough demolition projects which had helped us tremendously.
The County communications center has not been implemented yet but it appears it will be in operation within the next few months.
The company is discussing the purchase of a new engine to replace our 1959, possibly in 1979 or 1980 at a cost of approximately $30,000.00.
This was a prosperous year for our company. We conducted many different types of fund raising projects again as usual.
We, along with all the fire departments in the county, received the “Grit Award” for outstanding community service.
1976 found a truck committee appointed to look into specs and the cost of purchasing a new engine. We were also involved in many various bicentennial functions throughout the year.
