Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Fire Day Draws Large Crowd.

Association was celebrated here last Satur-
day.
A parade, athletic events. hook-up and
other contests, barbecue. Creased pig
race, tug of war and dance constituted
the high spots of a program which began
at noon and continued until midnight
The celebration was not intended as
money maker, but principally as a mark
OF appreciation of the support. financial
and otherwise. given the various fire de-
partments by the people of the county.
There was no admission charge. everything
was free. even down to "hot dogs, and
other refreshments. and everybody ap-
parently had good time.
The chiefs of the various fire depart
ments of the county and several others
composed the general committee of ar
rangements and included F. Fred Imirie
Bethesda. chairman; David Touhey and
Berlin G. Brann, Cabin John; William F.
Lanahan. Chevy Chase Merle T. Jacobs.
Gaithersbure W ashington Grove: AlfredL.
Geiger and Marion D. Curran. Kensington;
W. L. Burdette. Hyattstown; W.. Thomas
and S. ]. H. Brown. Sandy Spring; Charles
Diffenbaugh. Silver Spring: W. Valentine
Wilson. Rockville; Lee Moffatt. Takoma
Park.
Many persons of prominence were present
most of whom participated in the parade
including State Senator Robert G. Hilton.
members of the House of Delegates. several
of the county commissioners. Chief George
S. Watson of the District of Columbia Fire
Department. President Alfred L. Geieer of
the County Firemens Association. officials
of the Baltimore and District of Columbia
Fire Departments and officers of the various
volunteer fire departments of this and
nearby counties of Maryland and Virginia.
The parade. which was pretentious.
marked the beginning of the festivities and |
was easily the outstanding feature of the
big celebration. The arrangements for
this part of the program were largely in
charge of the Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department, of which W. Valentine Wilson
is chief
Headed by police escort. there were
in the line all ten fire departments of the
county and nine from nearby Maryland
and Virginia counties. including Mount Ran
nier. Berwyn Heights. Boulevard Heights.
Union Bridge, Clarendon. Mclean. Ball
ston and Alexandria members of the
auxiiares of some of the departmental. five
bands. Montgomery County fox hunters in
uniform. led by Charles R. Rowdybush
and U. R. Homer. mounted on proud.
handsome thoroughbred horses: a number
of attractive floats and automobiles carry
ing fire department officials and other
persons of prominence.
A band concert opened the program at
the Fair Grounds. The Elks' Boys Band
and the National Training School Band of
Washington and the Montgomery County.
Browningsville and Potomac Bands of this
county took part, and the judges. Gregory
Vega, former leader of the United States
Army Band. now retired, and Virsilio Viii
lattice. 10th of Washington, after consider
ing music, appearance and marching,
awarded first prize to the Elks' Boys Band. n
second to the National Training School
organization, and third prize to the Mont
gomery County Band.
Later in the afternoon the drum and
buele corps of the Victory Post. No. ID.
American Legion. and Vincent B. Costello
Post. No. 49, of Washington. participated
in a similar contest and were placed first
and second. respectively.
Winners of the athletic contests were
High school boys 100-yard dash 0ime
40 seconds) John Mygatt. Takoma-Silver
Spring High School. first; VIM Guckeyson.
Chevy Chase High School. second
and Carl Darby, Rockville High School.
third. 60-yard dash thine. 1-5) B. Van
dervort, Takoma-Silver Spring High School.
first; John Melton. Rockville High School.
Silver Spring High, third. Half mile relay,
(time. 1:44 minutes) -Bethesda- Chevy
Chase. (Billy Guckeyson. E. Crawford. S.
Fuller and A. Sanford Takoma-Silver.
Spring. second, and Rockville, third.
Tug of war-Ballston, Va. Volunteer
Fire Department Women's free-for-all.
50-yard dash Qtime, 6 is seconds)-
Bennett. Rockville. first; Eleanor
Gaithersburg, second. and Mary
Alice Savage, Chevy Chase. Md, third. ,
County firemen only. l00-yard dash (time. !
IL seconds) -John Cuff, Sandy Spring.
first Joe Hutchinson, Rockville. second.
and Karl Beall. Sandy Spring, third. 220-
yard dash (26 seconds)-Edward Dewey.
Silver Spring, first Eddie Hammett, Silver :
Spring. second. and W. Mooney. Kensine-
ton, third. Three-legeed race-Karl Beall .
and Robert Cuff. Sandy Spring. first; Chas.
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second Sack race-Henry Becraft, Sandy {
Spring, first: William Moore. Gaithersbure,
second W. W. Miller. Silver Spring. third. !
100-yard dash. open to all firemen-Joe I
Rockville, first; Clifford Beall.
Silver Spring. second. and Pres Walter.
Takoma Park. third time, 10 As seconds.
The Elks' Boys Band of Washington won
first prize for best appearance and per- =
formance in the parade and at the fair
grounds the National Training School for
Bows Band was second and the Montgom-
cry County Band was third.
Victory Post, American Legion, of Wash
ineton, won first place in the drum corps !.
contest, with Costello Post, American Le- !.
gion, of Washington. second. Jack Car !
rom, drum major of the Costello Post
Drum Corps, was adjudeed the best drum
major. Prizes were silver batons donated 9
Dy MIS-. OndTlOttc d. Nduudii, vi OnCNy /,
Chase, in the band and drum corps con- I
tests.
Results of the hook-up contests were t
MONTGOMERY County Firemen's cup, pre- I
sented by the chiefs of the county depart
ments: Gaithersburg- Washington Grove U
Volunteer Fire Department. first, 10 Sec t
onds; Bethesda. V. F. D., second prize. the j
Ahrens-Fox cup. 1875 seconds, and third. i
V. F. D.. 206 seconds; Liv- 4
ineston cup. open to all firemen. Kensing ?
ton V. f. D., first, is Ito seconds; Gath G
ersburg- Washington Grove v. F. D.. Sec I
Dnd, IS 4-l0 seconds. and Chevy Chase v. n
+. D.. third. l6 ITO seconds. 8
The Washington Post cup, open to all n
women auxiliary teams Gaithersburg- q
Washington Grove, first. II 4-l0 seconds e