NEAFC 70th Annual Conference.pdf - New England Association of ...

Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Tuesday, June 23, 1992
PROCEEDINGS
DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF RAY E. DAVISON: [Vergennes, VT]
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please rise at this time so we
can welcome our officers and directors of the New England
Association of Fire Chiefs to the 70th Annual Banquet. Will the
Sergeant-at-Arms please escort the officers and guests to their
seats.
[The orchestra played Hail to the Chief as the procession
marched in to a standing ovation.]
DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF DAVISON: Good evening, ladies
and gentlemen. I’m Deputy Chief Ray E. Davison. It’s a real
pleasure and honor to serve as your Master of Ceremonies this
evening. I take great pride in being a member of this great
organization and being a 35-year member of the great fraternity,
the fire service, of which we all belong. A most cordial
welcome to all of you.
Please permit me to introduce the head table. To my far right
the Reverend Charles Chalk, Chaplain of the New England
Fire Chiefs Association from Merrimack, New Hampshire. Our
Host Chief, Chief Leonard Senecal and his wife Cindy. The
Second Vice President Robert Nunes and his wife Sandy. First
Vice President Chief Carl Winslow and his wife Pat.
To my far left the Reverend Stephen Foley, Reverend of the
New England Fire Chiefs. Martin Jordan and his wife Amelia.
Mr. Ted Teffner and his wife Elizabeth, selectman from the
Town of Stowe, where our president resides. And of course our
most important guest here tonight is the.president of our Association,
Chief Wendall Mansfield and his wife Phyllis.
At the next table in front of me at my far left from Rhode Island
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