Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-15
HOSTS
At JAMESBURG
To Officials of Borough
Work of Department
Praised

JAMESBURG, Aug. 18th,
members of the. Jamesburg fire de
partment were host to the borough
officials, including the mayor ant
members of Common Council, Coun
ty Judge John kirkpatrick, Boart
I of Education and a few invited
guests, in borough hall last nigh
when kind things we're said of tht
other. All enjoyed the hospitality Of
the firemen.
Fire Chief Lokerson was in charge
of the session that convened imme-
diately following the regular month
~ session and told in a few words OF
the object of the meeting. He said
1t was not an effort to get the big
men of the town together to put
something over on them in the way
of subscriptions OF the like but just
| to get better acquainted and see at
close range just what the fremen
had in the way of entertainment.
Chief Lokerson told in detail of
the work of the fire department and
iiu u Al Nv 4 -Cl6 III dld1i Ills thai
the department had answered during
the year seventeen were out of the
borough limits.
Mayor Wyckoff endorsed the spirit
advanced by Chief Lokerson and
said hal he was always willing to
give the department any help that
was in his power.
County Judge kirkpatrick, a ma
/ tive con u made ra05 - i. .t1n., ALL
er. In his serious mood he said that
while there were some things that
Jamesburg was not proud to tell the
outside world he believed that the
deeds of the fire department were an
exception and cited an incident when
1.-The Ford squirter," as the local APP
paratus was reverently referred to,
had made an envious reputation at
fires in distant towns alongside of
expensive apparatus. He eulogized
the department and said he was
among those who were proud of the
department.
Frank H. Pownall, a lifelong res
ident of Jamesburg, told in a happy
manner the big assets that the de-
partment was to the borough and
was reminiscent in telling of the fires
of long ago and especially one that
had an insignificant beginning that
entailed a loss of $4,000 and that
the money saved at fires was many
thousands of dollars ahead of the
cost of the apparatus. He said that
he was a firm believer in Santa Claus
being played by the department in
their prompt responses to alarms
when personal property was saved
the householders.
DIR. j. r.. Dare, president of the
board of education, was thankful
that he was not a fireman, as he
would not be equal to the sacrifice in
loss of time. and other things that
the men live in their love for duty.
Borough Clerk Brooks, for a quar-
ter of a century an insurance ex-
pert, told of the many compliments
that adjusters had given the depart
ment in his business dealings with
them and endorsed the remarks OF
other speakers in saying that no
equipment was too valuable for the
department to have. Assessor Pax
ton spoke briefly of his early efforts
to become a fireman, in 1854, and SO
strenuous was the only time that he
gave it up as a hard task. President
Hausser, president of the depart
ment, also said a few words of his
loyalty to the department the past
fourteen years he has been its
president.
Condit NJ. Dawson, treasurer of
the departments relief association,
brought to mind the fact hat the
department was observing its TWEEN
ty-third birthday hat first saw the
light of day in 1903 with ffty-ive
members. OF the ten charter men,
bers eight were present: Chief Harry
Lokerson, Fred Cole, c. NJ. Dawson,
Albert G.. Lange, Joseph Van Pelt,
John Waddy, John Clinton. Louis T.
Bennett and Richard Lewis being
the absentees. There r now thir-
ty-one members in good standing and
the finances of the department show
over $4,000 in the treasury hat has
been self-earned. This was in con-
trast to first efforts of the depart
ment when $26 was borrowed to in
corporate the department. The
IFiremen's Relief Association was
twenty years old also and flourish
ing.
Those present were: Mayor Jacob
Wyckoff, Councilmen Harry Locker
son, Harvey Stonaker, A. A. Con-
over, John Jorgenson, Jacob Haus-
ser; board of education, DIR. j. r.
Dare, Harry Emmons. Ray Hampton,
John Waddy, Hon. Judge Kirkpat-
rick; citizens, Frank H.. Pownall,
William E. Paxton. Isaac Farr. H.
A. Edwards, NJ. J. MacMahon, G. j.
Fillhower; firemen, Edward Clinton,
Joseph Van Pelt. George Jaqui. John
Clinton, Charles Petty, Thomas
Douglas, Matthew Bum, James Ca
sey, Bruce Pullen, Charles Roberts,
Albert LANCE, Albert Rogers, Jo-
seph Baumgartner, c. c. Quinn, VIII
liam Wilson, John Waddy, Fred Cole.
The committee in charge were:
C. NJ. Dawson, c. C. Quinn, John
Waddy, William Wilson. who fur
nished the refreshments.