WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Fayette County EMS District, marking 50 years of service in 2026, has revisited another piece of its history: a Washington C.H. Record-Herald clipping from March 15, 1979, showing the squad’s then-president helping compile a community resource file at the Carnegie Public Library.
The district posted the clipping to its Facebook page as part of an ongoing series pulling items from its archives during its anniversary year. The photo shows Carnegie Public Library Director Susan L. Jewell, Richard Wade and R. Todd Monroe, then president of the Fayette County Life Squad, reviewing a slide presentation Wade had compiled on covered bridges he researched in southwestern Ohio, according to the clipping.
The slide show was part of a broader community resource file the library was compiling in cooperation with the Washington C.H. and Miami Trace school districts, the clipping said. Monroe was listed in the file as a resource person who could speak to schools, churches or clubs about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid and the Life Squad’s work.
“The purpose of the list is to bring together all the people in the community willing to share their skills and knowledge,” the library said in the clipping. The list was to be made available at the library for groups planning programs, with residents invited to clip a coupon in that day’s edition and return it to join.
Fayette County EMS District said it plans to keep sharing pieces of its history through the rest of its 50th-anniversary year and has invited community members to share their own memories of the Life Squad and its volunteers.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Fayette County EMS District.
