1940 Mack Fire Engine
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Donations
needed to
purchase 1940 fire
truck Local couple and MHS
life
members, Sharon
and David Damkaer have offered to sell their historic fire truck to the
Monroe
Historical Society for display in its museum. Engine No. 2, a Mack
Truck fire
engine, was purchased new for the Monroe Fire Department in 1940 and
was housed
in the same space the museum now occupies The Society is seeking
$6,000 in donations to purchase the fire truck and is hoping the Monroe
community will rally round to bring the old fire engine back home to
its
original fire house. If you would like to make a donation to help
purchase the
truck, contact Beth Stucker at 360-794-0636. All donations are tax
deductible.  MHS image #1531Fire
Department crew shown here standing in front of the 1940
Mack #2 Engine (Left). Engine #1 shown on the Right.
Thank
you
Rhonda Dean! Rhonda is a teacher from
the
Monroe Montessori School who gave her students the challenge of
bringing in
their pennies to help raise funds for our 1940 Mack Fire Truck. Rhonda’s class raised over $543.00 to go
toward the purchase of the Fire Engine. What
a Great Job Children and Rhonda and her
co-teacher Joni
Edelbrock! The truck is
currently
housed at the Damkaer home and will be getting a tune up and a bit of
needed
work soon so that we can have it for display this summer.
Many thanks also go to all those who have already responded to our call
for donations
and have contributed toward the purchase of this valuable piece of our
building
history, with your help we are nearing the halfway point of our goal.
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