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Various Pictures From The Startown Volunteer Fire Department
Circa 1980's |
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Photos Courtesy Of Tony Moore, www.tlmoore.net |
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A Game Of UNO At One Of Our Frequent Fire Department Family Gatherings (we were a fairly social bunch) |
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L-R: Dennis Bumgarner, Thanh Nguyen (my foster child), Phil Hamilton, David Pruitt, Susan Pruitt, unknown mom & baby, Sandy Bumgarner, Pete Lane |
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Even With All That Hair, I Couldn't Find The Card I Needed Hidden Anywhere |
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Assistant Chief Pete Lane
Pete Was A Captain With The City of Hickory Fire Department, A Certified Fire Instructor And A Friend To All Who Knew Him. Pete Passed Away A Few Years Ago From Cancer. He Is Missed By Everyone That Ever Had The Pleasure Working With Him. |
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SVFD Wedding Shower For Firefighter Bradley Scronce & His Bride To Be Sharon (yes Bradley, that's the hand the ring goes on)
Beverly Moore Is In The Background |
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Firefighter Donald Ward & Daughter Shasta At One Of Our Christmas Parties |
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Annual Firefighter Games In Downtown Newton |
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It Wasn't Always Fun And Games. Ernest Huffman And I Are Setting Up A Generator To Provide Power For the Station During An Ice Induced Electrical Outage |
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Fire Scene |
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Clifton Scronce & Ernest Huffman At A Structural Fire |
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SVFD's First Pumper, A 1957 Model.....But A Brand New Pumper Was On
Order! |
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Our Pumper And Tanker
Construction Had Just Been Completed On The Station; The Parking Lot Hadn't Even Been Paved Yet |
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Maintenance On The Department's First Brush Buggy, A Vintage Model Built On A Surplus Army Munitions Carrier. It Wasn't Fast, But It Got The Job Done. After A Couple Of Years It Was Replaced With A Modern Brush Truck
Larry Johnson & Dennis Lutz With Their Backs To The Camera
Ernest Huffman Facing Forward |
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The New Pumper Finally Arrives
Cade Huffman Is Standing On The Running Board
Larry Johnson Is In The Driver's Seat Playing With The Lights |
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Although The Department Received Funding From The County Fire Tax, Additional Fund Raising Was A Necessity. Here, Firefighter Donnie Rudisill Presents A Cordless Phone To Raffle Winner Earl Scronce. |
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