Colliers auxiliary marks golden anniversary
Ron Smith
CELEBRATING?50 YEARS – The Colliers Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary celebrated their 50th anniversary at a dinner held earlier this month. Among the group’s many members are, from left, front: Eveyln Robinson, its secretary; Charly Vilga, vice president; Carol Cain, treasurer; and Phyllis Aria, president; second row: Samantha Vilga, Nancy Gordon, Linda Stevens, Donna Williams, Sarah Yoho, Francine Gordon, Joyce Baker, Kathryn Hartsouk (behind Baker) and Kathy Allas; third row: Marsha Daugherty, Carolyn Fowler, financial secretary; Trish Latshaw, Joyce McFarland, Norma Copenhaver, Rosie Dulaney, Virginia Smith, trustee; Maggie Herman and Mary Kay Radvansky; and back: Rose Mary Mazezka, Marge Copenhaver, Cassity Stevens, Sabrina Fox, Lynn Schupbach, Jessica Ensminger and Linda Romitti. Also trustees are Nancy Yeater, Carol Oiler, Chris Champ and Erin Adams. See story on page 2.
COLLIERS — For 50 years a group of Colliers women have worked to ensure their community is protected from fires while making making their local fire hall a center of its social life. The Colliers Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary celebrated its 50th anniversary with a dinner held last month in the department’s social hall and attended by state Del. Jack Yost, D-Brooke. It was a fitting site for the event, having served as the location for numerous fundraisers, children’s parties and other events staged by the group. Among the many on hand were the auxiliary’s current leaders: Phyllis Aria, president; Charly Vilga, vice president; Evelyn Robinson, secretary; Carolyn Fowler, financial secretary; Carol Cain, treasurer; and trustees Nancy Yeater, Virginia Smith, Carol Oiler, Chris Champ and Erin Adams. Aria and Robinson were members of the group when it was begun in 1958. It was four years after the fire department was incorporated. But they recall the women of Colliers playing an
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