| A newspaper account is given about a meeting of the newly organized volunteer fire department of
Grantsville in 1942.
"Monday night an up-to-date fire-fighting truck was purchased. It
is an American-LaFrance outfit and was used until recently by the city
of Marion, Ohio."
It is equipped with a 400 gallon per minute pump and a 200 gallon
booster
tank.
Fulmite and soda acid and tetra-chloride chemical
extinguishers
also come with the outfit together with ample ladder and hose
equipment.
Grantsville Mayor A.G. Burns, Recorder Ralph Morris, Rue Schoolcraft and Mont
Smith
went to Marion Sunday to inspect the truck.
"By the way, there are thirty -two
members
in the company and every shining one of them were present.
The organization of the fire company is as follows: Z.N. Connolly,
president;
Rue Schoolcraft, secretary-treasurer; George Lambiotte, chief; Mont
Smith,
assistant chief; Charles Roberts and Rymer Law, captains.
The
membership
is limited to fifty, and "no deadheads should apply."
"They want
workers who will spend time drilling and learning the fundamentals
of
scientific fire-fighting."
"The volunteer fire department is in no way connected with the town
council,
the county Civilian Defense Council or any other like
organization."
It was started by a number of younger men of the town following the
tragic high
school fire.
The cost of the truck and other expenses of the organization will
be
paid by voluntary subscriptions from the residents and property owners
of Grantsville.
No New Deal funds will be used.
"Granny (Grantsville)News
can support this movement without fear of being contaminated by New
Deal
money," wrote the reporter about the Republican newspaper.
The local Rotary club started the ball rolling with a contribution
of
$100.00.
- Norma Knotts Shaffer
Read Norma Shaffer's "Moments in Time," transcribed from the Calhoun Chronicle | 
