Culver -Union Township Fire Department General Subscription for Jeep

12 May 1955 the Culver Citizen proclaimed: We MUST RAISE $1,200 By General Subscription To Provide Our Fire Department with a Jeep,

the photo was by William "Bill" Tabor; and under it proclaimed:

The Finest Volunteer Fire Department in The United States!

The Culver-Union Township Volunteer Fire Department - taken for granted by so many of us - never before has made a direct appeal to the public.

During the summer and fall months nine of every ten calls are grass fires.

Chief David Burns and his associates are tremendously handicapped by not having adequate equipment to fight such flames. They need a jeep which can speed across fields - where a fire truck couldn't possibly go.

Chief Burns, undoubtedly because of his Scotch ancestry, has located a second-hand 1952 jeep and equipment which has a sales tag on it of about $1,200.

The Culver Citizen recommends that we get behind our fine volunteer firemen and raise enough money to purchase this necessary equipment.

The Citizen, which does its level best to practice what it preaches, starts off the contributions with a $25 check. We wish it could be $100 or more!

If you feel as we do - your home could be among the 125 annual calls . you are urged to send your check, made payable ' to the Culver Fire Department, to Chief David Burns, Town Hall, Culver, Ind. Or, it may be your special pleasure to give a $10 bill or your check to some member of the fire department. In such case you will be given the proper receipt.

Reading from left to right, we salute: William Wagner, for seven years' service; Don Milner, for three years' service; Donavon Overmyer, for three years' service; Assistant Chief Oscar Booker, for seven years' service; Secretary-Treasurer Don Mikesell, for 17 years' service; Chief (for 14 years) David Burns, for 21 years' service; Verl McFeely, a freshman!; Perchis Blanchard, for 44 years' service; Captain Arthur Fishburn, for 47 years' service; Irwin Hatten, for two years' service; and Harry Edgington, for 11 years' service.

Herlin Stafford, five years' service, and Roy Brubaker, another freshman, missed the picture because of previous engagements.

1954 - May 19 - read:

Let's Buy That Jeep For Our Firemen

Let's Buy That Jeep For Our Firemen The really outstanding Culver-Union Township Volunteer Fire Department taken for granted by so many of us - never before has made a direct appeal to the public.

During the summer and fall months nine of every ten calls are grass fires.

Chief David Burns and his associates are tremendously handicapped by not having adequate equipment to fight such flames.

They need a jeep which can speed across fields where a fire truck couldn't possibly go.

Chief Burns has located a good second-hand 1952 jeep and equipment which has a sales tag on it of about $1.200.

The Culver Citizen recommends that we get behind our fine volunteer firemen and raise enough money to purchase this necessary equipment.

The Citizen started off the contributions with a $25 check. We wish it could have been $100 or more! If you feel as we do - your home could be among the 125 annual calls you are urged to send your check, made payable to the Culver Fire Department, to Chief David Burns, Town Hall, Culver, Ind. Or, it may be your special pleasure to give a $10 bill or your check to some member of the fire department. In such case you will be given the proper receipt.

All of Culver and Union Township proudly and gratefully salutes: William Wagoner, for seven years' service; Don Milner, for three years' service; Donavon Overmyer, three years' service; Assistant Chief Oscar Booker, for seven years' s ervice: Secretary-Treasurer Don Mikesell, for 17 years' service; Chief (for 14 years) David Burns, for 21 years' service; Verl McFeely, for one year's service; Perchis Blanchard, for 44 years' service; Captain Arthur Fishburn, for 47 years' service; Irwin Hatten, for two years' service; Harry Edgington, for 11 years' service; Herlin Stafford, for five years' service, and Roy Brubaker, for one year's service.

1954 - Jun 16 - HELP! HELP! HELP! FIREMEN NEED THAT JEEP!

The Culver-Union Township Volunteer Fire Department, voted the best of its kind by most of us, is still $368 short toward the purchase of that second-hand $1,200 SO badly needed to fight grass fires this summer and fall.

Please give your check or cash contribution to Chief David Burns or any other member of the department.

The boys deserve the help of every last one of us.

Donation to Purchase Jeep for Fire Department

Mrs Lewis Overmyer Glenn Overmyer Roy Ragsdale Karl Martin Harry Schall Mrs. Sarah Bobblett Everett Hoesl Carolyn C. Bradley Roy Benard Jim Talley Rev. Harry Campbell Cubby Bair Richard Behmer Anymous Walter Funk A. R. McKesson William Lake Mrs. W. K. Stewar Whitney E. Kline R. J. Ives Jr. Floyd Annie Culver Public Sbhool William Craft (Cottages) Culver Mil. Academy Paulson Alma J. Kittle Karl Sturman E. Duane Powers Guy A. Davis Buss Currens Osborn Seed & Equipment Joe Boetsma & Sons H. D. Winkler Dr. Yocum Neil Shock Tibbets Paul Steel Dr. Leininger, Chicago C. C. Kline Mrs. Harmke Shelton Kaiser Culver City Grain & Coal Dela May Carleton & Naomi Fisher Mr. & Mrs. John Tiedt John O'Conner Everett Dowd Anton Cihak

Mrs. Zena Whitted Harvey Parhouse (Washburn Prop) Charley Muehlhausen Wilber Taylor Jud Dillion Kate Cummins Ray Price Frank Amond Allen (Sport Shop) Community Chest St. Mary;s of the Lake Church Dewey Overmyer Joseph Lenk Culver Union Twp Fire Pro Comm Elzie Good Sam Allen Geo. & Loraine Speyer Robert McKee Don Davis Jake Sople Mrs. Ed Poland State Exchange Baj Ruth & Don McChambridge Harold Price Glenn Doll Lake Maxinkuckee Association Stephen Savage Malcom Miller Jud Stinchcomb John & Della Lucas Joe Shoemaker Lon Hissong Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Nora Howell Don Bruce Tula & Ethyl McKee Frank Kovacs Carl Henderson Vern . Perry Bill Taber Alice Keller Paul Humbert John Schmidt Clemens O. Mueller M. E. Hallber Paul Humbert Bert Cunningham