HomeMy WebLinkAbouthistory efvc 2_0006REMARKS BY
ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
LARRY SAULSGIVER
SUNDAY MAY 17,1998
ON THE EVENT OF THE FIRE COMPANY 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OPEN HOUSE AND MEMORIAL DEDICATION
WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY TO
HELP US CELEBRATE OUR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY AND DEDICATE OUR
MEMORIALS,I WISH TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO OUR
INVITED GUESTS N Y STATE ASSEMBLYMAN MARTY LUSTER,AND TOMPKINS
COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS PETER MESKILL AND DAN WINCH.
SHOULD ANY OF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY ARISE I REMIND YOU THE
NUMBER TO CALL IS 911 AND SHOULD YOU FEEL FAINT FROM LACK OF FOOD
PLEASE DONT HESITATE TO SEE OUR JR FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE SERVING
HOT DOGS AND COKE JUST INSIDEI
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SET SOME EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON
-1 MAY MAKE YOU LAUGH -1 MAY MAKE YOU CRY -BUT MY GOAL IS TO MAKE YOU
THINK BACK 50 YEARS AGO AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME PEOPLE WELL
KNOWN IN THE FIRE COMPANY AND THE COMMUNITY BUT I ALSO WANT YOU
TO REMEMBER SOME WHO CAME AND WENT,A FACE THAT HAD A NAME WE
CANT PLACE,WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THIS FIRE COMPANY FOR MAYBE 1-2- OR 3
YEARS THEN FOR SOME REASON DROPPED OUT,BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
OUR COMMUNITY WAS JUST AS SINCERE AS OUR LIFE AND CHARTER
MEMBERS. THEY SERVED WHILE THEY COULD AND TRIED TO GIVE SOMETHING
TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVED AND THEY DESERVE OUR THANKS
AND RESPECT AS MUCH AS OUR LIFERS AND PRESENT MEMBERS,
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FOUR CHARTER MEMBERS
OF THE FIRE COMPANY WHOM I AM PLEASED ARE ABLE TO JOIN US HERE
TODAY -HAROLD LAUE(NOT PRESENT), RICHARD HUBBELL,ROBERT BOCK AND
HOWARD STAMP. THESE MEN AND OTHER CHARTER MEMBERS STARTED ALL
OF THIS 50 YEARS AGO -"ITS ALL THEIR FAULT!'