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Soinetime's~ it is faiirly easy~o d-f
. up something for this. column-anti
then again we hate the thought of
;, -what- is expected of us. So it i;
this weal;• There are rumors of
strife in the volunteer fire depart
xixent; -there is tl~e appointment of
- tt new. man in the- city organizati >n
theme ~is the letting out of an Diner
employe-and so it goes. Vilhat c~i•~
the say about these things and yet
`.not stick our old neck out 'too far?
<But here-goes!
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1tiT•st let's. take the fire depa.:
ment. That's our-pot baby, fbr ti,z
writer };:'d the honor of organizin.^:
the present volunteer group the
first year we served as mayor of
this city. We know. how it way
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orgarazed and wfiat its cniistltuti..•i
and by-laws are; for we wrote mnsi
of them. And ane of our proud~~i
possessions is our life membersli~p
in the organization. So; -like any
other dad, we hate to see trouY~'e
start there: As first organized, t'.~-•
fire chief was also a'city council
man and chairman of. the fire com-
mittee, Pearl Bonney. Then Mr
$onney was ~e]ected Mayor of this
city and, a new fire chief had to '
appointed. And the honor (an'
grief) fell to the lot of Mr. Jack
Tharp, then assistani chief, r~rho ha:
spent countless hours since that
time in building, up the departmen!
So now we just want to say--st~,k,
io your guns, old boy, don't let any'`'
one get your goat. We-and a :~n~
hundred other of your old friends--
` will stick to you like a: burdoct
burr in a cow's tail-in othex• wordy
'til the last dog is hung.
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