Perth Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary

On November 17, 1949 at the Perth Central School the first organizational meeting of the Perth Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary was held. There were ten charter members at that meeting. By the end of 1950 there were thirty members. The meetings were first held at the school but eventually members began taking turns holding the meetings at their homes. In 1956 they returned the meetings to the school and the first regular meeting of the auxiliary was held at the firehouse on September 12, 1957. The ladies auxiliary has held many fund raising projects to help the firemen acquire needed equipment. Some of those were food sales, card parties, selling greeting cards, dinner raffles, wreath sales, and a cook book. In October of 1970, as a community project, the auxiliary sponsored a Memory Tree to be a feature of the holiday season. They invited all residents of Perth to donate toward a light on the tree in memory of a family member or a friend. An evergreen tree was purchased and planted in front of the firehouse but the response was so great that another tree had to be purchased in order to hold all the lights. On Thanksgiving Day 1970, a prayer service was held at the firehouse and the memory tree lit, to shine each night throughout the holiday season. This tradition is still carried on and provides a very cheerful setting in Perth Center.