Culver Union Township Fire Deptartment Index

History of Firemans Maltese Cross

Culver -Union Township Fire Department

Culver Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 Building Fund Shares

The First Three Years of the Culver Volunteer Fire Company No.1 - AHS Article Winter of 2001 (PDF)

1903-1905 - Abstracted Minutes


History 1903 to 1913

History 1914 to 1923

History 1924 to 1933

History 1934 to 1943

History 1944 to 1953

History 1954-1963

History 1964-1973

1974-1983

1984-1993

1994-2003

2004-2013

2014-2023 /Present CUTFD Memorial Plaza

Fire Chiefs:

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Fire Truck Accident death ofAflred B. Cromley - 1934

David B. Burns, Fire Chief retires. - 1973

Plaque given in memory of David Burns - 1990

Lance overmyer - Song In His Heart

Lance overmyer - Farewell to a friend of Culver

Lance overmyer - Retirement

Equipment

1974 - Jul 18 - Fund Drive Progresses For Fire Department Radio

Membership Rosters:

1903-Present

1903

1908

1917

1918

1919

after 1919

1920

1921

1927-1928

1929

1930

1933

1935

1945

1948 Partial

1952

1954

1955

1963

1965

1967

1971-1972

1973

1974

1975-1976

1978-1979

1980

1981

1982

1984

1985

1986

1987

1990 Partial

2007

Fires:

Rea & Koontz Building Fire Feb 24, 1898

Geller Saw Mill & Dry Sheds - April 1898

Colonnade Hotel Fire - 1900

Ice House 1906

Pandhandle Vandalia Depot 1920

Lake View Hotel 1929

1931 Lake Shore Drive Fire

Maxinkuckee Ice House 1932

1926 Dec - Russell Croy fire on W. O. Osborn farm.

Newman's Barn 1938

Culver Fireman Defense Schooling - 1942

Medbourn Ice House 1943

Re-cap tire Co. - 1944

1946 - Aug 28 - Fire Damages El Rancho Theater Estimates Damage at About $20,000



Kovacs House Fire 1954

1957, January 12 - C.M.A. History Building Fire (photos only)

1956-1963 Fire Calls - per Index Cards

Oct 20 1966 Heim's fire

Lakeshore Garage - 1972

1987 - Jan 27 - Prosser Fire

Fire Trucks

Truck Donors - 1919

205 Subscription Paid to fire Truck.- Dec 25 -1929

General Subscription for Jeep - 1955

New $8,000 Fire Truck - Apr 30 1930

Culver Fire receives high-tech breathing equipment Grant- 2007

2018-2019 - Fundraising for Aerial Fire Truck

News Articles

The New Fire Alarm, Feb 11, 1904

1911 - Oct 5 - OCTOBER 5, 1911 The Town Board is planning to build a one-story 20x40 cement block building accommodate fire department

Culver Has Real Fire Department March 5 1919

New Fire Signals Will Be Initiated - Jul 24 - 1924

Pride of Organization - Sept 11 1935

Township makes most calls for fire fighters, survey reveals - Apr 12, 1936

Culver-Union Twp Fire Dept. Formed - 1936 - Aug 26

46^th Anniversary - 2 March 1949 Culver Citizen 1950 - Aug 20 - Mishawaka Dentist Hurt In Plane Crash

1952 - July 9 - Volunteer Firemen Have Excellent Record

Culver Fire Department is 50 years old - 1953

Art Fishburn dies; A Fireman's Last Ride - 1967

History of CUTFD - c. 1980

Injured Firefighter - 2006

Culver fire dept. dedicates firemens’ Honor Wall

Culver Firemen’s Honor Wall Ready for brick placement

Minute Books

1903 - Culver Volunteer Fire Company Consitution

Photos

1960s Fireman Photo

1957 C.M.A. History Building Fire

Unknown Photos

2004 - 2007 - LakeFest Parade Photos CUFTD - March 14, 1998 Fund Raiser

biographies / Obits

Adler, Robert "Bob"
Asper, Charles A.
Blanchard, D. A. (Archie)
Blanchard. E. Prechis "Perch" (Perg)
Boberg, Ed
Boetsma, J (Joe)
Bonine, James D. "Jim"
Burns, David "Dave"
Byrd, E. O. (Ora "Orr")
Cartwright, Bud
Cromley, Alfred
Cummins, Cary
Curtis, Robert 'Bob'
Dalrymple, Wm. H.
Dickey, James "Jim"
Edington, Harry
Fishburn, Arthur "Art" M
Fisher,Irwin (Irvin) Gilbert (I. G.) "Fish"
Foss, Monton H. "Mont"
Gandy, Oland (Olin) "O. A."
Grover, James "Jim"
Hatten, Irwin "Hattie"
Henshaw (Hinshaw), Fred
Hinkle, Henry
Houghton, Ray
Howard, G. (George) R.
Hubler, Ira
Kemple, Homer
Liztenberger (Listenberger) Henry
Martin, William "Bill"
Mawhorter, Alva "Al"
McFeeley, Verl
McKinney, Carmel B. "Peanuts"
McLane, Phillip R.
Medbourn, Charles E.
Mikesell, C. (Claude?) "C. P."
Mikesell, Donald "Don"
Milner, Donald "Don"
Overmyer, Donovan "Don"
Overmyer, Lance
Roberts, Al A. M. (Alva M.)
Rolen, W. R. Saine, Harry
Saine, J. Russell "Jake"
Schrimsher, Samuel "Sam" I
Shoddy, Richard L. "Dick"
Slattery, Thomas (Thos) E.
Snyder, F. William 'Bill'
Snyder, Jay
Strang, Fletcher
Stubbs, Donald 'Don' M.
Swigart (Swaggert) , R. (Roy)
Swigart, Daniel Irvin "Tuck"
Triplet, Alvin L.
Wagoner, William "Bill"
Waite, C. (Clifford C.)
Whitmarsh, Glenn
Woods, Samuel "Sam"

Miscelleanous

Mrs. Edwin Raymond (Alice) Culver presented members Gold badges

The Chief Asks Halt To Tragic Accident Toll, 1954 Depressing Trip To Culver's Fire Station - 1957

1957 - Jun 5 - Are You Proud of Out Fire Station

Special items

History of Firemans Maltese Cross

The Creation of a Firefighter

Last alarm Ceremony

Firemans Prayer

The Fireman's Last Call

What is a fireman?

he Martyred Fireman