Auxillary & Associations

Ladies Auxiliary of the Logan Volunteer Fire Company

The Ladies Auxiliary was established in 1930. The purpose of the Ladies Auxiliary was, and still is, to offer support to the Logan Volunteer Fire Company. However, their work does not stop there. They have also supported the people both in and out of Oldmans Township. The community, through fundraising and donations makes all this possible.

The men and women of the Logan Volunteer Fire Company are always willing to risk their lives to keep our community safe. The Ladies Auxiliary tries to make that job just a little bit easier by offering their support in any way that they can. One of the ways that they do this is by supplying food and refreshments when a lengthy call keeps them out for hours. They have provided numerous dinners for the County Chiefs Association and County Fireman’s Association meetings. When the current firehouse was being built, the Ladies Auxiliary assisted in the design of the kitchen. They provided the funding for the major components of the kitchen, including stoves, refrigerators, flooring and cabinets. In 1995 they also the overhead door openers for the engine bay doors. When the addition was added to house the newest Brush Truck the Ladies Auxiliary again purchased the door.

Providing for the people has been another goal of the Ladies Auxiliary since they began. In January 1949 the memorial, which is now located on the left corner of the Fire Company property, was unveiled. Although the Ladies Auxiliary did not pay for the memorial they conceptualized it. This memorial was designed to honor the fallen heroes of our community. Care packages have been sent overseas to our hard working troops. Baskets and gifts have been sent to the sick and elderly who are unable to leave their homes for long periods. In the 1970’s they “adopted” two French children and their families in need. Periodically gifts and everyday necessities were sent to the families.

All of this support given would not be possible to achieve without fundraising. In their time the Ladies Auxiliary has conducted a wide variety of fundraising. In the early years they sold such items as magazines, household items, Camphor sticks (incense), and 4ounce bottles of Vanilla Extract. In more recent years they have conducted Chinese Auctions, Yard Sales, Bake Sales and also a craft show on Pedricktown Day in October.

The Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank all members of the Logan Volunteer Fire Company, past and present, for letting us be a part of the very special job that you do every day for our community.

Pedricktown Exempt Fireman’s Association

The Pedricktown Exempt Firemen’s Association was organized on March 12, 1975. To be eligible to become a member of this organization, an individual must have been, at one time, an active member of the Logan Volunteer Fire Company of Pedricktown and met the requirements of the NJ State Firemen’s Association “Exempt Member” status. This meant that the member had accumulated a minimum of seven active years of obtaining 60% or higher attendance of fire calls and training sessions while a member of the Logan Volunteer Fire Company of Pedricktown. As long as a member met the above criteria, they did not need to be a resident of Oldmans Township to join this organization.

The originating members in attendance were:

Alward Hendrickson,  Raymond Jones, William Bennett, Wes Hewitt, Harry Jenkins, George Orbin, Russell Drabold Jr., Robert Moore, William Ferrell Sr., Harry Moore, Thurman Drabold, Howard Nipe, Walter Storicks, Charles Darlington, Lawrence McAllister, W. Ed Bouvier, James Carty, William Hendrickson & Curtis West.

The members elected their first officers of Robert Moore as President, William Bennett as V. President, Walter Storicks as Treasurer and Thurman Drabold as Secretary and dues were established at $1.00 per year. Also, corporation papers were completed at their first meeting and filed with the State and County.

With the formation of this organization, which is recognized by the NJ State Firemen’s Association, they were entitled to send one delegate to the NJ State Firemen’s Association Convention held annually each year. This gave members of the Logan Volunteer Fire Company of Pedricktown the ability to send one additional member to represent them each year over their company allotted (3) delegates and (1) Chief.

Over the course of the years, the organization held various fund raising activities for which the profits were used to reimburse Life Members of the NJ State Firemen’s Association for some of their costs for attending the annual convention in Wildwood each year.

In September 1982, the organization approved purchasing a monument to be installed in front of the flag pole at the fire house on South Railroad Avenue. The monument to be engraved with the fire company name “Logan Volunteer Fire Company of Pedricktown”, Organized 1909 – Incorporated 1910 and also list the Relief Association – 1915 and the Exempt Association – 1975. Later, this monument became the centerpiece for a brick message board sign that was constructed by the fire company and still exists today.

In April 1985, the organization approved purchasing officer name tiles for placement in the fire company meeting room to be used during any organization meetings of the Fire Company, Ladies Auxiliary, Relief Association, Exempt Association and/or County Fire Associations which were conducted in the meeting room. This was done and presented to the fire company in honor of their 75th Anniversary.

To this day, past and present active members of the Logan Volunteer Fire Company continue to be members of the Pedricktown Exempt Firemen’s Association with a current eligible membership of (27) and members living in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Florida and South Carolina.