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704-484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Our 38th Year • Issue No. 4 • January 28, 2021 Be Sure To Play Our Super Game Contest Next Week! OUR DRIVE-THRU OUR DRIVE-THRU IS OPEN! IS OPEN! We Appreciate Your Business and We Are Here to Serve You. THANK YOU THANK YOU! ! MON.-SAT. 10AM-10PM SUNDAY 11AM-10PM DQ.COM DQ.COM 814 S. DEKALB ST., SHELBY, NC 704-482-6681 704-482-6681 Dough yes we did Tender, juicy 100% white meat chicken 6-pc Bites 6-pc Basket Shelby Rescue Squad all about saving lives day or night by MICHAEL E. POWELL michael@cfmedia.info According to an old printed news- letter-type handout, the Shelby Rescue Squad, only of one of three Cleveland County Rescue Squads still in exis- tence, the Shelby unit started back in March of 1959. "It was 10 men committed to saving lives on a daily basis then," said current assistant Chief Bill Weaver, said of the mini-history document. "And it hasn't change any since then, except we have women as well as men on our squad." Shelby Rescue, Upper Cleveland Rescue, and the Kings Mountain units still answer calls, said Weaver, who credits the late Bob Chadwick for get- ting him involved. According to Etta Chadwick, her husband, Bob passed last October. She noted Bob and their friend, Ben Privett, each worked to get their communi- ties to have rescue squad; Bob in Shelby, and Ben in Upper Cleveland County. The Chadwicks are perhaps best known in Shelby as the own- ers and operators of Chadwick's Bridal & Formal, which closed eight years ago. Said Mrs. Chadwick, who went on calls with her late husband, "He was with Shelby Rescue 20 years." She said they both retired from Kendall Elastics, then Bob went on to be a paramedic. "He was the only volunteer paramedic in Cleveland County at the time," she said, adding they both "saw a little bit of everything." She noted that Bob also did some scuba diving. "We enjoyed going on calls together," she said. "They were all mostly at night." Weaver, a retired Marine, is also a scuba diver. He said he joined the SRS in the late 90s; got his EMT designation, then became a full-time member, going to paid status in 2007. "Before that, it was all com- pletely volunteer," said Weaver. In the history it is noted their first vehicle was "a 1950 Chevy truck donated by the Taylor Johnson Company." Other vehi- cles and equipment they were able to purchase – accord- ing to Mr. Privett – was from funds given them by the PPG Foundation. Privett said he was a crew manager and a foreman at PPG for 36 years. Said Privett of the Chadwicks, "We attended rescue training together and taught classes when needed. I assisted on calls with Shelby when they needed assistance on calls." He continued about his friends, "Bob, Etta, and I were also photographers. Both of us did wedding photography, por- traits, and other photography. Bob and Etta were an inspiration to me during our time in rescue and photography." See RESCUE, Page 15 The outside of the Shelby Rescue building on W. Marion St., showing the bays and the office entrance. Shelby Rescue's Assistant Chief Bill Weaver with one of their Advanced Life Support ambulances. (photos by MEP/CF Media) The late Bob Chadwick of Shelby Rescue, and Ben Privett, who was with Upper Cleveland Rescue. aserviceinc.com WIN $ 100