HomeMy WebLinkAbouthistory efvc 2_0009CALL -ANOTHER FRIEND -A BICYCLE HIT AND RUN- GREGORY KIRCHGESSNER
DIED AT AGE 50 AND TEARS FLOWED 1N THE NEW FIRE STATION. I DO NOT
LOOK FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 4TH 2O13,ANOTHER 15 YEARS,1 SHOULD
HESITATE TO RESPOND TO A RESCUE CALL ON THAT DATE. GREGORY
KIRCHGESSNER WILL BE REMEMBERED SHORTLY WHEN PRESIDENT
BARRIERE DEDICATES OUR RESCUE VEHICLE 642 AND PART OF OUR
MEMORIAL GARDEN IN HIS HONOR.
ENUFF-BUT WHAT ABOUT
DIANNE BAILY-ONE OF OUR FIRST WOMEN MEMBERS
ANDY PARKS -WHO ONLY SERVED 1 OR 2 YEARS
OR C.T.RUTAN-PRESIDENT IN 1974 BUT A MEMBER FOR ONLY A
FEW YEARS
THEIR SERVICE WAS NO LESS HONORABLE,NO LESS APPRECIATED -THEY
JUST DIDN'T STAY LONG ENOUGH TO BE CERTIFIED CRAZY LIKE SOME OF US.
BUT THEY SERVED THE TOWN OF ENFIELD AND HELPED THE FIRE COMPANY
BECOME WHAT IT IS TODAY DURING THEIR BRIEF STAYS AND FOR THAT THE
COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE HONOR TODAY SO
KEEP THEM ALL IN MIND AS WE GREET OUR SPECIAL GUESTS-
(INTRODUCTIONS)- LUSTER-MESKILL-WINCH
OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY SOME NATIONAL NORTARIATY
ALBEIT INDIRECTLY. IN 1967 THE HOFFMAN FARM ON BOSTWICK RD WAS
LEVELED BY FIRE. IN 1978 THE HOFFMAN HOME ON ENFIELD MAIN RD WAS
GUTTED BY FIRE. AND SOME YEARS LATER WHEN A YOUNG LADY IS
MURDERED IN CALIFORNIA AN INVESTIGATION INTO INSURANCE FRAUD LED
TO INVESTIGATIONS THAT INVOLVED THESE TWO FIRES HERE IN THE TOWN OF
ENFIELD. THE STORY IS TOLD IN A BOOK BY DAVID HEILBRONER ENTITLED
"THE DEATH BENEFIT'
AT THIS TIME HESTER COVERT,PAM WHITTAKER,AND FERN FERRIS OF
THE LADIES AUXILIARY WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR OUR MEMORIAL
GARDEN TO PRESIDENT BARRIERE (PRESENTATION)
ANYONE WITH A DESIRE TO DONATE A TREE OR SHRUB IN MEMORY OF
SOMEONE WHO SERVED THE FIRE COMPANY IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE
PRESIDENT. WE THANK OUR SPECIAL GUESTS AND ALL OF YOU CRAZY
PEOPLE FOR JOINING US TODAY!