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THE ROSLYN FIRE COMPANY
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With all of the work and the ideas coming together, the officers got together to write-up and approve the by-laws on April 24, 1922, inspiring the women of the community to assist these men by creating the Ladies Auxiliary only a month later.

The Ladies Auxiliary organized yet another successful carnival which raised $820.00 which would go to the first official truck of the Roslyn Fire Company.
The truck was a Brockway Apparatus which was purchased from the Philadelphia Naval Yard for $700.00 and stored in Schultz’s Garage as a temporary holding spot as plans were discussed for the building of a housing station and tools were bought to equip the new apparatus.
Calls were made over the next year using the community for help and support as more money was raised to help the company grow by events such as carnivals,
gambling events, selling of bricks which would be placed on the front of the new fire house, and the start of the Roslyn Christmas Tree Sales. The money raised helped to bring along the day of April 23, 1923, when the foundation for the fire house was begun. The project would be completed by December 10 of the same year, when the first meeting was held. The months in between were exciting as the Charter for the Fire Company was granted in early November and two more adjoining lots were purchased for future use by the company. During this time another donation was gratefully accepted, being a Paige Touring Car, donated by Charles Reuter. The car was quickly renovated and became a chemical truck for the company.

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