Texas Fire Fighters Provide Apparatus For Boys Ranch Fire Department
TWO TEEN-AGE BOYS sat ready behind the steering wheels of the new fire truck and at a given signal they drove slowly out of the station to break a blue and white ribbon that had been stretched and the Boys Ranch Fire Department was officially open for business. This was the highlight of a fire station dedication ceremony held recently and attended by more than 300 firemen and their families from cities and towns of the Texas Panhandle. Some had driven long distances to Cal Farley’s nationally famous Boys Ranch, 40 miles northwest of Amarillo for the presentation of the new equipment.
The new equipment consists of a brand new 500-gallon pumper donated by the Panhandle Firemen’s Association, and a 300-gallon booster truck contributed by the Lubbock, Tex., Fire Department. The new pumper was purchased by more than 40 member-communities of the association. It was the climax of a fund-raising drive that started in 1955 with a single donation. The firemen sold hand fire extinguishers, candy and gum, held benefits and raised more than $12,000 for the new pumper. The Howe Fire Apparatus Company of Anderson, Ind., constructed the vehicle at cost.
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