1945
In 1945
, H.O.
Hirt be
contribu
gan
ting to
the War
Orphans
Fund. Th
e fund
was cre
ated in
1
9
3
to aid o
rphans o 8
f the
Spanish
Civil Wa
r.
Pic
tured re
ceiving
the awa
Mayor T
rd from
homas
Erie
Flatley
are H.O
on beha
. and M
lf The P
a
rgaret M
treasure
lan
cLaugh
r of the
lin Seth
ERIE’s
,
War Orp
han Fun
d
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1956
Erie Ins
ura
a long h nce has had
istory s
upportin
youth sp
g
orts in
the loca
communit
l
y. H.O.
(center)
Hirt
t
among t akes his place
he playe
rs f
the Erie
Insuranc or
e Little
League t
ea
front st m photo on th
e
ep
office o s of the home
n 6th s
treet.
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1960
The Em
ployee
Activitie
Associat
s
ion’s (E
IGEAA)
bowling
annual
tournam
ent wa
one of
s
its mos
t succe
functio
ssful
ns for
d
e
cades.
EIGEAA
The
promote
s recre
educatio
a
tional,
nal and
social a
that fo
ctivities
ster th
e spirit
friendsh
o
ip, coo
peration f
loyalty
and
among
ERIE E
mployee
s.
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1977
Erie In
surance
has a le
of SER I
gacy
V CE t
o comm
as highli
unity
hted in
t
h
is
Magazin
Erie Fa
e article
mily
o
n
employe
ERIE
es help
ing wit
local
h the
public
t
e
le
vision s
pledge
tation
drive.
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1983
On April
20th, w
ith Penn
Governor
sylvania’s
, Hon.
R
ic
hard Th
Insuranc
ornburgh
e Comm
,
issioner,
Browne,
H
n. Mich
and Erie
ael
Mayor,
J. Tullio
Hon. Lo
participa
uis
ting, H.O
daughter
.’s
and ERI
E Direc
Susan H
tor
irt Hage
n cut t
to offic
he ribbo
ially ope
n
n what
the F.W
is now
. Hirt
Perry S
quare b
uilding.
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1993
On Sep
tember
11, 1993
The Un
,
ited Wa
y of E
County
rie
held its
f
ir
st ever
Day of
Caring.
I
t
was a
chance
for one
g
roup of
ERIE e
mployee
s
to help
at Com
out
munity
C
ountry
School.
Day
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2009
Represe
nting
a contin
commitm
uing
ent by
t
he H.O
Hirt Fa
.
mily, S
u
s
a
n
Hirt
Hagen r
eceived
t
h
e
Edward
C. Doll
Award
f
or com
service
munity
from t
h
e
E
rie
Commun
ity Fou
ndation.
Susan Hirt Hagen was accompanied by
H. O. Hirt’s grandson and ERIE Board member,
Jonathan Hirt Hagen (at left) and H. O.’s son-inlaw and business associate, Thomas B. Hagen,
Chairman of the Board since 2007.
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