The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-01-22
WINFIELD FIRE
COMPANY NO. |
An Organization Perfected
constitution and Bylaws
Adopted-The Officers.

The pledged members OF Young
.;tiz,.ns who proposed to organize
: W;npfieId fire department. met
i the Mayors office Monday
n;.bt January Is. 1909. I'm the
c;ty hall. with j. Il. Gibbs presid-
mo Virtually the full member
.h,n was in attendance. Chief j.
p Gibbs delivered a thoroughly
nrxctlcal address to- the m Mbers.
autli.iog the duties of fireman
and what was expected of him i'm
the discharge az hi> duties. AT
;ts eonclusion hs Was heartily APP
piauded.
They then proceeded tn adopt a
Constitution and BY Laws. They
earnestly discussed each section
anil article with . patton e
that demonstrated tha hey were
a.sn,r i'm earnest an.l Interested
I'm their u,,rk. IL" nanie tun-
Seld Fire Cox N l." was a,i" IT
Al -by the company, as also the
motto. "AIways Ready" as sug-
ees,rd by secretary Will ii. Tun-
nard.
After the adoption of the Con-
atitution and Bylaws the COM
pany elected the following oth-
GERS: j. K. Gibbs. chief; b. l..
Anderson, assistant chief; l.. T..
Fullerton. first captain; L. H..
Calvin, second captain; +. I.
Stewart. third captain: Will ii.
TunnarJ. secretary treasurer. In
m eloquent and appreciative let
ter Hon. III. p. Gamble rendered
his resignation as assistant chief, +,
owing to official duties elsewhere.
Il was accepted with deep regret
Tor its necessity. Mr.. Nj. IL.
Campbell, who had been appoint
ed tosucceed him, having declared
his purpose to resign, his succes-
sof was chosen.
Before his election as chief, j.
r. Gibbs stated that he had been
selected to fill the position by the
citizens and he would not be sat
isfied unless 1t was ratified by the
company or n regular chief select
ed BY the company. Immediately
, Z motion prevailed that he be
confirmed in his position by the
endorsement of the company.
He called Cas- Moss to preside be-
fore the vote was taken. On mo-
ton be was elected chief by an
unanimous rising vote. As he
resumed the chair the company
broke into hearty applause.
As many members of the COM
pany MS could attend were mott
bad to be present on Tuesday
morning at the waterworks plant
In order to m.ake demonstration
q tothe eff .iencv of the water
pressure al the sevesssi fire plugs,
snd the company adjourned until
the next regular meeting ON the
sec.nd Muraay of February, OF
subject to call.
The Demonstrate
On Wednesday morning num-
Der Of members of the company
assembled at the waterworks and
began \ sc. les of demonstrations
@ test the capacity of the pres
sure of the plant. Nine blocks
esay Z section of the hose with an
lnch and one-eighth nozx!e threw
Z stream of water nearly $50 feet
NTH 10 pounds pressure. A test
- Tie two-story brick block op-
7 Poe,te the courthouse. Threw y
o<poin ut water over the tops Of
- buildings. A fire pressure
ouId Throw water still higher.
mo 1fredms of water were thrown
oytr the three story Hotel Colviu
20 tne9op of the Baptist church
eepao vt the same time. The
~ nsde delighted both the fire.
"a e vel! as the spectators, who
1ere numerous. OF course, the
e1f'cs we're plentiful, who failed
g consider that this was the first
e4ort Of the tyro firemen and the
pacity Of the new waterworks,
ne future work of both the
mt and the public spirit of the
seelnsh young men will demon.
1efe the value of their services.
a system of alarms has been
oPted, the number of the taps
ens fre bell locating the plug
.rest to the fire. It will also
eEm any observant citizen 10
part Of the town q fire is 10.
- that Ere department has