Evening journal., 1911-12-23

With 572 pins until Billy hables off from
lis last game, hc-" y enc other endSone room.
giving him to- t eaole were gesG peslue ane
nree eaineS It Of Council Benson, ,ouncilmen
score: nmernann, White Do.is Bder-
X and Haney some offhom were
-. 'ompanied by their wi and also
A. Cathcart er specially invited p}ss
kramer .. While the turkey dnn vas being
7 Cloud - cussed. Toastmaster a1g called
Finney .... on the Various speake
IJrisman Mayor Howell was th3 hrst called
on and he referred to the presence
tue women as being most pleas
feature of the occkOn. Mayor
DWELL referred to thekolunteer de-
,,'st., lrtment of Wmingto} rs one of the
- ,, sc be ever saw. but Vt he favored
H. .1m+ oguO I'D department believing that city
=. oaliOal' lis size can well affon TO pay for the
@ lalluiahS nVces OF fremen aid not compel
Blk ''''' le men to give tinr, for nothing,
hlch rightfully belongs to them and
rneir families He sad that the or
etaniSation OF the Wilmington Volrn-
Fer Firemen's Association, which II
Get yoirs hoped some day to make "A beneficial
FiI, association, was the first step IN this
KIotdirection, and he expressed the opn-
y Ion that City Council would come to
Ki' the aid OF the firemen with an appro-
CStj priation for this purpose as soon as
vi the organization WAS established and
DO ~ the finances Of the city were adjusted.
"Jau He closed his remarks by saying that
shoppii the Volunteer Fire Department Of the
bov. city, was one department which had
game I caused him no concern since he be-
And came Mayor and this statement
as thctk brought forth applause
night j Athcrs who made addresses were
a ChrU Fire Chief Simon r. Moran, Col. Well
ThctI Ter Il. Stoycr. President OF Council,
get III Samuel H Benson, Jr. Assistant Fire
in w 4 Chief John w. Porter, Edward L. Kane,
bowie William Lutz, Councilman John j.
matte " HqnoV lanes II Mcmahon and WI.
the ill Ii liam L. Hahn.
a box n Toastmaster Lans's opening re-
not C II marks follow
and Ladies and Gentlemen: II is with
the q n more than ordinary pleasure that I
somti AL welcome you this evening TO the home
smol ,C1 Of the Friendship Fire Company. II
JayI IS also with pride that the members
VIII of the company greet 50 many friends
MuY Of the organization. We are proud
ter OF the 1856 years OF service which We
have given this city. proud that We
as have grown with tho city--that we
SaI have kept pace with its advancement
% uon 1T has been long time since this
"u1 company composed Of citizens who
80 then, as now, had the interest of the
s" s, community at heart banded together
- for the protection Of the lives and
H,d properties Of their fellow citizens.
-;sh older than the nation by year the
comet company is as young as any OF It's
was competitors in spirit and so long as
writin the volunteer fire department remains
such It will be the object of every member
after Of the Organization to keep 1t young
: will su and effective.
Some "Vast changes have been made IN
q Ter. this department since The Friendship
have broSoap its service. Back in 1888 tho
Eagles make hal ar present city hall was
Kirk spotted n b,, hall which our friend
Frank Finn HJsl is trying to replace
second game. njhew building, we read
Kirk got fbsApany demanded that II
. game and Ia BE- Inc FIRE buckets owned by
four. =, Tho aud thirty dollars to-
4 Hats on va ag a new engine house
high three' abdned that ii this was not
the reSolI donhld strike. Evidently the
came pSoN thirArs was forthcoming for
also .oVN AZ The ship always did what Il
Sir;st,nai faidi must have gotten the
.,.No,,rb wi lirtt would have struck as II
iooi,ed as hrea
pg,,ntovv, loonvr "rnt too are the engines Of
lnore 10 lht department compared witt
hnd He le 4 but effective old hand en-
49,, eS5 inc ch we placed IN service bach
Sral,o THAR 1890. but whether using 2
I-idder 7ndtaine or the latest steam iirC
80, in the igii rs az present both this
Wow )muy and its colleagues in the fire
some f,spamont have always been read,
snectatorid filing to rush to the assistance
ITorrest is sfollow citizens when their prop
take notl ras in danger
Woody wv are especially pleased tonight
r. T. W. como the ladies' for It is tho
comes Il iof the Friendship that its house
time We always iii order and volunteer fire
help tlnen are at on times such gentlemen
ihat lady visitors arc welcome at an,
Ourtime and especially upon an occasion
Oui bf this kind Glon. too, in the historl
Hernf the company. we find that the ladies
peopl-God bless thcm-once, when th'
JOURnen were at New Castle casting the
the wootes for we were once compelled e
Evenino to the big city of New Castle t
D. !. !. !. !: !. !. ] ]. ]. . . ! . 4 !:
for S3gote, manned the apparatus of th'
2 per aFriendship aud extingushed serious
that hire We believe that should it be pos
IL eNpkibla for such an occasion to arise a
inoneihis time. the women OF this city woul,
be willing and ready to dash to tn
- aid OF the firemen as they we're bacl