Southport Honors Old Members
More than seventy-five members of the Southport, Conn., Fire Department attended the fourth annual dinner held at Journey’s Inn, Bridgeport, on January 30, in honor of the Department's 25year members, the oldest whom has served Company No. 4 since 1895.
Paul P. Heinz, newly appointed Chief of the New Haven hire Department, and Captain Edward Curren of the New Haven Fire Prevention Bureau, headed the list of guest speakers for the occasion. Edward A. Van Holtz, head of the Southport hire Commission, was toastmaster, and spoke on the new special call arrangement 666 devised by the town of Fairfield to call all volunteers to their respective fire stations in the event of an emergency during the present state defense program.
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