The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-26
Annual Fire,uen,s Meeting

Annual Fire1ilen'S Meeting.
The annual meeting of the fire depart
ment was held on Thursday evening and
the assembly room was a busy scene at
the appointed hour. Mayor Townsend
and number of citizens. not members
OF the department., were present. The
election resulted as follows:
Chief-Capt. L. E. Coe.
First assistant-T. ]. Murphy.
Second assistant-T. ]. Killeen.
Secretary-George L. West.
1reasurer-Lucas Kells.
This is the eighth time Captain Coe
has been elected to the responsible posi-
ton of chief of the department, and his
enthusiastic and intelligent devotion has
earned him the honor. In fact, he has
never had any opposition for the place
since the department. was organized.
The mayor made very pleasant con-
gratulatory speech, expressing, in behalf
of the city. appreciation of the depart
ment and its officers. Chief Coe read his
annual address.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Chief Coe then delivered his annual
address, as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE SAUK CENTRE FIRE
| DEPARTMENTS,
We have assembled here this evening
to review our last years record, and to
| organize this department for 1898. We
cannot but be thankful that we have
been permitted to live; also that no men,
| Der of the department has received any
injury while performing fire duty. This
should never be lost sight of-that you
are doing one of those duties with which
there is more or less danger connected,
| and it is one of your first duties to be
cautious, meyer rushing on or into a
burning building where you cannot see
your way clear from danger. One fire.
| mans life is worth more to him and his
| family than a worthless, half-burned
building, am proud to say that the
/ department meyer was in a more pros.
porous condition than it is at the pres
emit tinne First will say that the &c
partment has forty-fve memb rs; all in
| good standing, as reported by their sew
eral secretaries. Acme Hose No. 1 has
fourteen active members, and l.. Kells
and Charles Fish as honorary members
they both having served since our organ
ization, which was in 1884. Clipper
Hose No. 2 has fifteen members in COCO
| standing Ktna Hook and Ladder No.
| has fifteen members, standing not being
reported The records of the seyera
secretaries show that the attendance al
;. your monthly meetings does not exceed
that of last year. do not feel like crit
icising you, knowing as do OF your sew
eral vocations, which makes it very hare
foryouto attend allof your meetings, bu
would recommend hat ii it is possible
to attend to do so, for i'll no better way
can the interest of a volunteer depart
ment be kept up than to have a full at
tendance of It's members, There is no
one OF us but feels that fremans dut,
is q thankIess one TO performs; but it ha
been proved that there is no one NOR
willing to perform that duty than vol
are, and further will say it is impossi
: BILE for anyone to perform it in bette
shape than this department has since w
have been organized. You have Tough
some hard, hot battles, never shown,
the white feather nor never leaving th,
field until you were ordered TO do so,an
all this we are willing TO dc for the hon
= or OF being fireman
( Gentlemen, hope and trust that on
4 city will think better of ms before man
q years, and make some arrangement
whereby fremen shall receive pay by til
J, hour while doing FIRE duty, and mott
t us like dogs and make us beg for every
thing we want, AMI besides for us TO ii
all tie hard work. There should be
tax levied ior. this purpose which Voul
!, make everyone pay his share to hel
! support a fire department., and not as
: fe5v men who are ready and willing t
< risk their lives 10 save lie and property
t to lit Tor nothing. We have a few Q
; most ofsour business men who are read
and wiling 60 do atil nevsl refuse i
when We want to raise q little none
that we may have pleasant time. an
60 them / wish to say many, man
Il thanks
i Our IRE record or 1892 las been OF
K of The hardest-thal we have experience
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