111th Annual Dinner Program

MENDHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT Mendham Independent hook & ladder Company Mendham Hose Company No. 1 111th ANNUAL DINNER | APRIL 29, 2017 | BLACK HORSE TAVERN

PITNEY FARM FIRE, FEBRUARY 24, 2016

M E N D H A M

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111th Annual Dinner of the Mendham Fire Department Black Horse Tavern, April 29, 2017

Our meal, tonight, is presented by the Black Horse Tavern—a loyal supporter of the Mendham Fire Department—we hope that you find it delicious.

This evening’s entertainment is provided once again by The Glenn Roberts Band.

Be sure to thank our Dinner Committee—Joe Eible, Mike Orgera, Mike Bruin and Ken Betz.

6 SERVICE STRIPES & AWARDS Awards for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 40 years of service earned in 2016.

7 ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Mendham Fire Department responded to 284 emergency calls in 2017.

8 LEADERSHIP Line and Administrative Officers of the Mendham Fire Department.

10 SUPPORT MEMBERS Honorary Members, Junior Firefighters, Wardens and Retired Members.

12 FIRE CHIEFS The 52 members who have served as Chief, some more than once.

14 IN MEMORIAM Our comrades who have gone before.

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DINNER PROGRAM Welcome: President, Ex-Chief Joseph Eible, Jr. Invocation: Fr. Michael Drury Silent Tribute To Those Comrades Who Have Gone Before: Ex-Chief Thomas Berenbak (pp 14 - 15) Toast to The Ladies: Chief Michael S. Bruin Introductions of Invited Guests: President Eible Introduction of Fire Department Guests: Chief Bruin Introduction of Officers & Presentation of Badges: Chief Bruin (pp 7 - 8) 2016 Fire Department Service Awards: Chief Bruin (p 6)

T H I R T Y

Y E A R S

A G O

Mendham Fire Department, Labor Day 1986. Chief Edward Finlay

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PRESENTATION of SERVICE STRIPES A gold bar is awarded for each 5 years of service. A gold star is also presented for each 25 years of service. A silver or gold watch is also presented for 25 and 50 years respectively.

40 Years

of

Service

Kenneth Betz

20 Years

of

Service

Michael Orgers Richard DeNicola

15 Years

of

Service

Thomas Gilligan

10 Years

of

Service

Joshua Small

5 Years

of

Service

William Engleking Andrew Cascais Alexander Cascais Gregory Grobels

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ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP In 2016 members of the Mendham Fire Department responded to 199 day fires (6 a.m. - 6 p.m.) and 85 night fires for a total of 284 calls.

Member

I.H. & L

Hose Co.

Exempt

# Fires

D/N

% Mtgs

Member

I.H. & L

Hose Co.

Exempt

# Fires

D/N

% Mtgs

J. Deighan

10/62

1/63

1970

129

D

83

Al. Cascais*

11/11

5/13

—

63

D

25

C. D. Crotsley

3/64

7/64

1971

3

D

33

L. Englhardt*

5/12

1/14

—

38

N

25

111

N

67

2

N

17

10

D

33

C. Bellamy

1/72

5/72

1979

164

N

100

M.J. Bruin*

3/14

2/16

T. Porter

5/72

6/73

1980

58

D

50

M. Cordova*

9/14

3/15

T. Berenbak

12/72

6/73

1980

105

N

83

H. Drahzal*

11/14

1/15

K. Betz

11/76

5/77

1974

61

N

92

T. Mitchell

1/15

2/15

—

83

D

100

B. Jenkins

9/82

4/83

2006

39

D

50

G. Lynch

7/15

8/15

—

146

D

67

J. Eible, Jr.

6/88

1/91

1999

7

N

100

A. Keating

9/15

35

D

42

R. Orgera

1/92

2/92

2000

124

D

100

Ma. Bruin

11/15

109

D

100

M. S. Bruin

11/93

12/93

2007

165

D

100

R.P. Bruin

9/16

23

D

0

E. Tencza

2/94

6/95

2006

11

D

92

D. Swift

9/16

10/16

—

11

D

25

J. Cillo

10/16

11/16

—

2

D

8

M. DiMaio

12/16

4

D

0

47

N

92

M. Orgera

7/96

7/98

2005

157

N

100

R. DeNicola

8/96

8/98

2009

0

D

8

C. Nelson

5/98

8/00

2012

120

D

100

D. Fitzpatrick*

4/99

5/99

0

D

0

P. Taylor

11/00

12/00

5

N

67

Th. Gilligan

3/01

2/03

4

N

72

Ti. Gilligan

5/03

8/03

1

N

0

2010

C. Borchard

6/03

6/03

—

16

D

42

W. Crutchlow*

11/04

11/04

—

0

N

0

C. Grebenstein

11/04

11/04

—

189

D

92

J. Small

12/06

1/07

4

N

67

P. Betz*

4/07

4/09

3

N

50

G. Wiatroski

11/07

1/10

148

N

100

R. Hauser

6/08

6/08

—

138

N

83

T. Telloni

8/08

12/14

—

1

D

50

P. Ferrara

10/08

11/08

—

4

N

100

S. Betz*

3/09

5/11

—

0

N

8

W. Engleking

9/11

9/11

—

93

N

92

An. Cascais

9/11

12/11

96

N

50

—

Auxiliary Members

G. Grobels

9/11

—

* Indicates Leave of Absence

Fires on are represented above by total-number instead of a percentage, this was done to help illustrate just how active our department has become—and how dedicated our members continue to be. In all, exactly 4,193 members participated in: 284 emergency calls, 25 service calls, 12 business meetings, 64 drills and 29 work-details in 2016.

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FIRE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP 2016 Line Officers Chief: Michael S. Bruin Deputy Chief: Christopher Nelson Asst. Chief: Gregory Wiatroski Chief Warden: John Deighan Safety Officer: Thomas Berenbak

2016 Administrative Officers President: Joseph Eible, Jr. Vice President: Michael Orgera Secretary: Craig Bellamy Treasurer: Paul Ferrara Asst. Treasurer: William Engleking Chaplain: Fr. Michael Drury

Board

of

Directors

Thomas Berenbak Thomas Gilligan Charles Grebenstein

Staff Officers Capt. Michael Orgera Lt. Andrew Cascais Lt. William Engleking Lt. Gary Lynch

2016 Engineers Engine 1: Thomas Berenbak Engine 2: Rupert Hauser Quint 3: Thomas Porter Command 4: Michael J. Bruin Rescue 5: Gregory Grobels

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“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.“ — Archilochos

2017 Line Officers Chief: Michael S. Bruin Deputy Chief: Christopher Nelson Asst. Chief: Gregory Wiatroski Chief Warden: John Deighan Safety Officer: Thomas Berenbak

2017 Administrative Officers President: Joseph Eible, Jr. Vice President: Michael Orgera Secretary: Craig Bellamy Treasurer: Paul Ferrara Asst. Treasurer: William Engleking Chaplain: Fr. Michael Drury

Board

of

Directors

Thomas Berenbak Thomas Gilligan Charles Grebenstein

Staff Officers Capt. Michael Orgera Lt. Andrew Cascais Lt. William Engleking Lt. Gary Lynch

2017 Engineers Lt. Gary Lynch shows his turn-out gear to inquisitive first and second graders during St. Joseph School’s Community Service Day on April 29, 2016.

Engine 1: Thomas Berenbak Engine 2: Rupert Hauser Quint 3: Command 4: Matthew Bruin Rescue 5: Gregory Grobels

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Honorary Members Michael Ackerman (1983) Gerald Dolan (1995) Nufri Fornaro (1962)

Chaplain Fr. Michael Drury (1984)

Auxiliary Members Gregg Grobels (2011)

Junior Firefighters Matthew Bruin Ryan Bruin Michael DiMaio

Wardens John Deighan, Chief Warden Benjamin Jenkins

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INACTIVE MEMBERS Inactive exempt members of the Mendham Fire Department.

Member

Joined

Retired

T. Crammer

1958

1968

P. Parillo, Jr.

1956

1971

L. Esposito

1962

1972

E. Ammerman

1966

1978

E. Bailey

1963

1979

J. Smith

1964

1979

W. Betz, M.D.

1973

1982

R. Apgar

1967

1985

B. Ellman

1977

1986

F. Peters

1960

1987

E. Snyder

1964

1990

R. Kraft

1975

1991

R. Raymond, Jr.

1979

1991

J. Dangler

1980

1991

M. Nelson

1981

1993

K. Morei

1973

1993

W. Schreiner

1978

1994

J. Egan

1980

1996

J. Hoffman*

1977

1996

Don. Gesell

1963

1997

M. Moro

1988

2000

R. Bretzger

1976

2002

C. DePew

1994

2002

M. Berenbak†

1988

2004

E. Bellamy†

1996

2004

D. Murphy†

1997

2004

Dou. Gesell

1986

2006

J. L. Smith*

1987

2013

R. Collins

1995

2015

* = Served as Chief

† = Rescue Squad Only Member

A Firemen’s Prayer When I am called to duty, God whenever flames may rage, give me the strength to save some life Whatever be its age.

Help me to embrace a little child before it’s too late, or some older person from the horror of that fate.

Enable me to be alert and hear the weakest shout, and quickly and efficiently to put the fire out.

I want to fill my calling and give the best in me, to guard my neighbor and protect his property. and if according to my fate I am to lose my life, Please bless with your protecting hand my children and my wife.

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FIRE CHIEFS Chief

J. M. Hoffman F. Freeman

years

1905 - 1907 1908

Chief

years

E. Tully

1980 - 1981

C. D. Crotsley

1982 - 1983

1909 - 1910

J. Eible, Sr.

1984

C. H. Day

1911 - 1915

C. Watkins

1985

F. Freeman

1916 - 1918

E. Finlay

1986 - 1987

F. Groendyke

1919 - 1920

T. Berenbak

1988 - 1989

F. R. Guerin

1923 - 1924

J. Hoffman

1990 - 1991

G. Delp

1925 - 1926

T. Porter

1992 - 1993

C. M. Day

1930 - 1931

F. Scharfenberg

1994 - 1995

G. Thompson

1932 - 1933

T. Porter

V. Garabrant

1934 - 1935

R. Raymond, Sr.

1996 - 1997

W. Rockafeller

1936 - 1937

W. R. Menagh

1998 - 1999

J. Sullivan

1938 - 1939

J. L. Smith

2000 - 2001

C. Morei, Jr.

1940 - 1941

J. Eible, Jr.

2002 - 2003

E. Watkins

1942 - 1943

T. Berenbak

2004 - 2005

C. Guerin

1944 - 1945

M. Orgera

2006 - 2007

W. Menagh

1946 - 1947

E. Tencza

2008 - 2009

J. Gunther

1948 - 1949

M. S. Bruin

2010 - 2011

R. J. Clark

1950 - 1951

R. DeNicola

2012 -2013

J. T. Lewis

1952 - 1953

C. Nelson

2014 - 2015

H. Dean

1954 - 1955

M. S. Bruin

2016 -

F. R. Guerin

P. Parillo

1956 - 1957

J. Dormer

1958 - 1959

F. Crammer

1960 - 1961

H. Traut

1962 - 1963

R. Sanderson

1964 - 1965

J. O’Keefe

1966 - 1967

R. Snedaker

1968 - 1969

W. Shank

1970 - 1971

John Grassi

1972 - 1973

E. G. Barnes, Jr.

1974 - 1975

C. Watkins

1976 - 1977

D. Smith

1978 - 1979

1996

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January 10, 2016 — Chief Bruin and Chaplain Fr. Michael Drury kick off the Annual Twelfth Night Celebration

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Comrades Who Have Gone Before Member

years

Member

years

Edward Farrell*

1905 - 1920

Arthur Chambers

George S. Beavers

1905 - 1922

William DeVore*

1905 - 1941

Henry Riker*

1905 - 1922

Charles Freeman*

1905 - 1943

E. S. P. Bretherton

1905 - 1925

Frank Groendyke*

1905 - 1943

John M. Hoffman*

1905 - 1925

Leo Robinson*

1905 - 1943

Caser Peterman

1920 - 1929

Caleb O. Lindsley*

1905 - 1944

Arthur B. Crane*

1905 - 1930

George E. Sutton

1916 - 1944

Frank F, Woodruff

1913 - 1930

John O. Smith*

1905 - 1945

Amzi Chambers

1914 - 1930

C. Madison Day

1914 - 1947

George Delp*

1905 - 1931

Frank E. Tiffembac*

1905 - 1947

Everett L. Garabrant*

1905 - 1934

James Sullivan

1927 - 1948

J. Smith Gunther

1905 - 1935

Edward L. Baird*

1905 - 1949

Silas Thompson*

1905 - 1935

Jerry Emmons*

1905 - 1949

Clarence McMurty*

1905 - 1936

Edwin Watkins

1922 - 1950

Charles Rupp*

1905 - 1936

G. Elmer Thompson

1923 - 1951

John S. Beavers*

1905 - 1937

Harvey Ammerman

1923 - 1952

James C. Menagh*

1905 - 1937

Gerald T. Panella

1942 - 1954

Frederick R. Guerin*

1905 - 1938

Willard Carley

1942 - 1954

John S. Tiger*

1905 - 1938

Gus L. Day

1928 - 1954

Aaron V. Apgar

1905 - 1939

Carl Zanders*

1905 - 1955

Charles H. Day*

1905 - 1939

Chauncey Guerin

1931 - 1958

J. Wesley Garabrant*

1905 - 1940

Floyd Garabrany

1930 - 1958

Frank Freeman*

1905 - 1940

Joseph Fondaco

1950 - 1962

1926 - 1941

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Charles Morei, Jr.

1959 - 1963

Cyril Lounsbury

1938 - 1991

John Apgar

1942 - 1966

Leonard Fooshkill

1981 - 1993

H. Bockoven

1923 - 1967

Orville Garabrant

1941 - 1994

C. Bretherton*

1905 - 1967

Joseph Eible, Sr.

1973 - 1995

James Gunther

1928 - 1968

Ralph Kagan

1939 - 1995

1942 - 1969

Carey Watson†

1989 - 1996

C. Barnett

1940 - 1969

John Grassi

1953 - 1996

J. Ammerman

1930 - 1970

Walter (Ike) Cramer

1934 - 1997

W. Rockafeller

1920 - 1970

Peter Kenny

1987 - 1998

Clarence Blaine

1943 - 1971

David Haslam

1969 - 1998

Walter Gunther

1926 - 1971

William Wertz

1948 - 1999

Robert Ohweiler

1947 - 1971

Ed Swanson

1960 - 1999

Howard Dean

1931 - 1971

Albert W. Freeman, Jr.

1940 - 1999

William Shank

1947 - 1971

Robert Tracy

1977 - 1999

Erice Zelif

1913 - 1973

John O’Keefe

1948 - 1999

Albert Lang

1948 - 1973

Fred Crammer

1944 - 2000

William Day

1950 - 1973

Richard Sanderson

1950 - 2001

Charles Morei, Sr.

1930 - 1974

David O’Keefe, Jr.

1956 - 2001

Dave Marsh

1938 - 1974

Edwin DeVeore

1942 - 2001

Raymond Marsh

1918 - 1975

Edward Tully

1954 - 2002

Vernon Garabrant

1922 - 1975

Roland Bruin

1977 - 2003

William Menagh, Sr.

1927 - 1976

Robert Snedaker

1951 - 2004

Frank Kaercher

1945 - 1977

John Swanger

1964 - 2005

Charles R. Day

1931 - 1979

J. Cal Hoffman

1976 - 2005

Phillip Parillo, Sr.

1943 - 1980

Edward Finlay

1972 - 2006

John Morei

1948 - 1980

Edward Thomas

1957 - 2007

David O’Keefe, Sr.

1953 - 1981

Robert Raymond, Sr.

1968 - 2008

Stewart Cowell

1968 - 1981

Charles Watkins

1962 - 2008

Eugene Coyle

1947 - 1982

William R. Menagh

1954 - 2008

Robert Phillips

1969 - 1984

Joseph Murphy

1968 - 2008

Robert Bowen

1959 - 1984

Donald Day

1949 - 2010

Jacob T. Lewis

1939 - 1985

Earl G. Barnes, Jr.

1960 - 2011

Donald LeMonnier

1951 - 1985

Donald Smith

1959 - 2012

Walter Rentsch

1937 - 1985

Regis Lippert

1970 - 2012

Kenneth Oppel

1955 - 1987

William Conover

1950 - 2013

Lester Freeman

1950 - 1987

Joseph Grassi

1952 - 2013

Frank Prior

1935 - 1989

Donald Rae

1961 - 2015

Arthur Thompson

1955 - 1989

Frederick Watkins

1961 - 2016

Robert Day

1949 - 1989

Willard Bergman

1952 - 2016

Richard Clark

1935 - 1990

Leiber Panella

1958 - 2016

Harold Crane

1932 - 1990

John Dormer

1939 - 1990

Harold Trandt

1942 - 1991

Richard Finlay

1942 - 1991

G. Parillo

* = Charter Member † = Rescue Squad Only Member

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THANK YOU

FOR YOUR SUPPORT On behalf of the officers and board of directors, I’d like to thank you for joining us this evening as we celebrate 111 years of volunteer service in the Mendhams. The hard work and dedication of our membership is testament to what a wonderful organization the Mendham Fire Department is. We’d also like to thank our friends and families, for without your continued support and sacrifices our Department wouldn’t be able to provide the exceptional service that we do.

Finally, join me in congratulating my friends and brothers-in-arms who are receiving service stripes this evening, especially Ken Betz, who achieved forty years of active service in 2016; congratulations gentlemen.

Sincerely,

Ex-Chief Joe Eible, President Mendham Fire Department

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