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AVFD Fund Drive
Nets $500 First Week
More than $500 in contributions has ibeen received by the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department during, the first week of its campaign for funds for a new fire truck. *
Treasurer L. B. Stuart reports that 36 donors had sent in contributions as of April 7, for a total of $559, in response to an appeal by mail. *
Fire department members are planning to follow up the letters with a visit by the fire truck itself, to ask for funds. The old fire truck will clearly show the need for new equipment.- ~ '
Three donations to the fire department were for $100 each, from R. L. Miller, Ralph H. Rowzie, and Maurice N. Rowzie.
The other 33 donors were: Mrs. E. C. Cooksey, $1; Mrs. Frank Kinsey, $5; R. L. Vetter, $10; Mrs. Rosalie A. Hackley, $10; Charles W. King, $10; Col. John L. Homer, $1; J. W. Minor, $20; E. M. Thorp, $5; Iran S. Montgomery, $10; L. H. Luttrell, $25; Dr. J. Russell Boldridge, $25; John T. Woodward, $5; Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Moss, $10; Mrs. Elinor Stover, $1; Albert P. Hinckley, $5; J. L. B. Bentley, $10; S. S. Hall, Sr., $2; I. L. Parish, $10; J. L. Walter, $5; W. M. Scott, $2; Raymond Cooke, $5; Irving M. Rosenberger, $5; Mrs. Louise E. Brent, $5; Willard Sherman, $2; John W. Bowen, $5; Earnest Desantis, $25; F. C. McBee, $10; C. A. Smith, $5; Misses Lockie Curtis and Fannie Scott, $4; Mrs. H. E. James, $5; Mrs. E. A. Colvin, $10; Anonymous, $1; and Amissville H D club, $5. Capt. Stuart also reported that a previous donation of $25 listed as, coming from W. E Duncan actually > was contributed by Mrs. W. E. Duncan, and that W. E. Duncan ha4 added $30 more to the Duncan contribution toward fire protection for Amissville area residents.
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