Little Falls herald., 1914-02-20
FRI /! J ! hAD 1 BIG TINE
lso ATTEND BANQUEr*AT MAURIN,a
s{E3 HlAIl1 WEDNESDAY NIGHT-As. 81
q Il. FINE RaPAsT SERVED, .5

HILL "WEDNESDAY NIGHT-A
FINE REPAsT SERVED. Isl
"Wednesday night the firen1en of Till.
city had q gala time b at the banque
which was rendered them by the Relief
ISOLATION. They assembled at the cit,
hall and At the signal Of the chief cool
at the Maurin hall, marched up there Ii
g body and spartook ;of the excellent re.
past prepared for them. Plates were laid
for ls5 and when all the firefighters and
city officials were seated there were only
three or four vacant places at the tables
Ihe entire attendance, including the
cooks and. walters, who also managed to
get tlfeir share Of eats and drinks, was
about AGO. s. =. =: -
During the entire banquet the city
bandfof 20 pieces furnished music which
was greatly appreciated. After they had
partaken of. the feed they played much
better; it seemed. s. = ee4ss }4sss,1 -
The speeches Of the evening were short
and Interesting, in fact the speakers
knew that they had to deliver the goods,
for F. W. Lyon was toastmaster and
they preferred a toast to roast, in this
case ""~. ''.r-1 s@s's.
Mr.. Lyon started the talking by COM
plimenting the fire departments for. the
excellent work they have done in the
past, referring to the st. Paul store nre
;.sssan 5example, where the flames We're
eStinguished without any water damage
to the dry goods stock. He said that the
Departments are rivals for supremacy, all
anxious to be the first on the scene of
a. fire and to put it out. -. a.. u.
City Attorney A. III. Vernon said that
lie was glad to see the spirit of harmony
which prevailed among the firemen. He
closed. his remarks saying that the city
appreciated the work of the firetighters
and There was no doubt in his mind
but that If the fire department should
find khat it needs any new equipment or
anything that would better the service,
tie council would be glad to get such
Necessary equipment If the firefighters
aSkeA for it s...% IS Il 81
County Attorney D. NJ. Cameron spoke
Oh the excellent work of the department,
as well as the strength of the organiza-
ton. He said that in no other cities Of
the state, the size of this city, can one
find three hose companies. This city has
four. Mr.. Cameron said that he could
uot understand why he had been invited
to attend the firemen's banquet, as he
was not a fireman and not a city official
He finally made up his mind that it was
because of the glowing service he had
rendered which a member of the depart
1nent with Hose company No. 3.
SP.sJ. Vasaly.: assistant fire chief, gave
az short talk and read a French- Canadian
htalect poem, which was well received.
/ .sE. Hall, president OF the city coun-
gaye short talk saying that the
e7lEsrappre6t6xed tf6ssofaaofsth the sAIe-
llss ss.s He ssid that &c was member
g the 1le department at one time, be-
apnging te*he Chemical company when
4 was in lts 1fancy.s He became 50 effi-
eient a flreAgh@r. he said. that the chief
Fred him, for her that he might kin
himself In his ef,,ts. Other members
are st1n with the aelartment,. who, he
said, were just as gooa kxemen, but can't
get fired as they are in ne civil service.
Phil s. Randall. who tin toastmaster
called Several City Officials in one -
was called upon and he reaA, poem.
which he composed during leisure hours,
and which he had nameu THE ~niers
Dream OF Good System of Fire
lighting" It was very good. 81:
E. A. Loucks, member of 1tsa.gE.T
council and q fireman, told r. ss4ss ssipal
stories and took few .,s
Of the boys. 5sssI 3.9.@*#s5 .9@.s*3s5
L. V. Connolly, OF Ss ,4sas. s.s5.ess,s
marshall. was presei ss ..tssis .tssiss .2ssgssExa
ana greeted the nners assras s5 lS5
vas always shown y: .ts,,sys