Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-30
1T. JONES BANQUET.
The Annual Feast Of this Popular
Fire Company.

Fire Company.
The annual Banquet of the J. I.
Jones Hose company has become
one of the pleasing affairs OF the
winter season. Once each year 1t
has become the custom OF these
gallant FIRE fighters to gather
a, ound the festive banquet board,
and enjoy an evening of rare fun
and frolic. Last night elaborate
preparations had been made by the
excellent committee In charge. and
1t was pronounced by all the most
enjoyable occasion of the many
that have been held In their hose
house on Brown Betty street. AT
the appointed hour, the members
of the company, with the mayor
and city councilmen as their guests,
with good appetites tand
with every thing necessary to
satisfy them at hand, proceeded
to show that they could
dispose of palatable dishes with the
same energy and success as they
could fight fire, and when they
were through there was not much
more left on the table that there Is
| of a conAagration a few minutes
after they have arrived on the
scene. The menu was excellent,
prepared by the Phoerix restaurant
! In their best style, ,tThe table fairly
proaned under the good things pro
vided and after 1t was all over, the
satisfied look on tie countenance OF
the bapqueters indicated that they
had thoroughly enjoyed them
selves.
After the feast, the surprise oil
the evening came when Mr.. A. E
Aggas In one of the neatest ad-
dresses of the kind ever given In
the city presented Mr.. Charles
Thistle with handsome Elk tooth
suitably mounted and beautifully
engraved. In fitting words he re
lylewed the magnificent services
that had been rendered by
Mr.. Thistle to the J. 7
Zones company and to tn
FIRE department generally. Tht
applause that greeted each utter
atc. showedlbetter than can be de
sc'ihed the popularity of Charley
among his fellow fremen. Fol
years his time and energy and
no ey have been largely and
alwa,s at the command of the fire
department of this city and his own
company, and he has contributed
as mach If not more than any Other
to bring it up to the present high
standard where 1t is recognized
throughout the entire Ohio Valley
as having no equal.
'.Mr. Thistle was caught nap
ping" but bravely rallied to the
occasion, and teellngly expressed
his appreciation of the gift and the
sentiments that prompted It.
Charley Is wearing the tooth today
aud no man In the State possesse:
anything OF which he Is more
proud.
After this pleasing event, tn,
Mayor and Councilmen Bell, Ken
,nedy and Krug each made arrrr-o
pirate remarks, In which they ex
tolled the efficiency of the depart
ment and the determination of the
city government to make Sisters
ville's fire department even better
In the future than In the past. Their
followed an irrpormptu feast O
reason and flow of SOUL" partici
pated In by all present, after which
at late hour the fremen and theil
guests departed, feeling that 1t hat
been the best banquet yet held. and
anxious for the time to come for the
next one.
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