October 4, 1985

White River firemen begin fund drive

       The White River Township Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual fund drive Saturday, starting at the department’s station house.  Members of the department will gather at the White River Station at 8:30 a.m. Saturday to pick up letters they will be taking door-to-door informing residents of the fund drive.  “I expect that we’ll cover about 5,000 homes in White River Township,” said White River Assistant Fire Chief Pat McDaniel.  “But, I don’t think we’ll get to all of them in one day.  It will probably take us a week to get all the letters delivered.”  McDaniel said anyone wanting to help deliver the letters may join the group at the fire station Saturday morning.  She explained the reason for the fund drive is to supplement the money allocated to the department through a contract with White River Township Trustee Bob Kelso.  There are nine townships in Johnson County, and each has a trustee who is an elected official responsible for poor relief, the fire department and the cemeteries. According to McDaniel, the most the department has raised through previous fund drives is $18,000, but she hopes this drive will bring in $20,000.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal) 
 
 

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