West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-04
FIRBMGN'S CARNIVAL
The Volunteer Firemen of West
Virginia
Tournament TN SisteFsV1lie I'm S-p-
tember-Permanent Organization of
a state Association 20 be Perfected.

The President of the Fire De-
partment, has formulated plan by
which West Virginia will soon have
a permanent organization of Volun.
teer Fi.emen and Invitations have
been sent out to all the cities ard
towns throughout the State and
the Ohio Valley requesting each
department to send representatives
here In September. The object of
the meeting will be to form an as
ISOLATION locking to the betterment
of the volunteer service. Sisters.
vile now has four we'll equipped
companies working under one man
agement with new rules and regu-
lations adopted at general meet
ing of the department and accepted
by the city council. AS In all
things, this city has taken the lead
In this work, being the only fire de-
partment of the State regularly or
gained under the laws and having
for its guidance a book of rules and
regulations. The citizens feel proud
of the record of the 6remen and 1t
Is conceded fact that we have the
best volunteer service along the
Ohio Valley. The President has
received quite a number of letters
of acceptance and no doubt every
department In West Virginia will
b. fully represented.
The officers of the department
are: Robert i. Gregory president;
Lynn Kirkland, secretary; Joseph
A Kennedy. treasurer; Executive
Committee Charles Thistle, o. 6
Guyton. Elmer Krug, Chas. ellis,
John J. Kelly and Thomas II.
King; Chief, Frank; Brumley, AS
sistant chiefs Walter Brown and
R. L. Gregory.
At the same time of the forma-
ton of the Association a grand
carnival and tournament will be
held, lasting one week. The pro
era n will consist of hose races,
hook and ladder races, hub races,
foot racing. parades, balloon ascen-
sions, fine music, dancing, base ball,
and In fact full program ofspecial-
ties. beginning at 9 o'clock each
morning and ending at II o'clock
each evening. An automobile cost
ing $40 will be raf1ed off during
the carnival and large prizes will
be offered for the winners of each
race. The fremen desire to make
the meet the largest and most sue
cessful one West Virginia has ever
held aud If the proper encourage.
ment is given the boys the carnival
will be grand success both hnan'
cially and otherwise. Excursion
rates will be given on all roads and
steamboats, for the occasion and we
predict a daily attendance of
more than 5000 visitors. The
business men will be called upon
to aid In this great work and every
citizen should render all the assist
ance possible to make the occasion
success. The city of Bradford
will send one company to compete
for prizes with the crack racing and
drill teams of Butter, Martins
Ferry, Bridgeport, Moundsville and
other places, and the home com
pany will give exhibition drills and
races. The funds derived from the
carnival will be used to better
equip the entire department with
new uniforms and apparatus which
the boys so richly deserve. On Oc
tober 5th, the boys will leave Tor
the State meet of Bradford, Pa. AID
will spend one week with the boys
of the thriving oil city. A special
train has been chartered and more
han three hundred people will &C
company the 6remen. The home
teams are practicing almost nightly
and expect to bring home several