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NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
31st ANNUAL REPORT
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NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
Monday Afternoon, June 22, 1953
The 31st ~Annual ,Cc,nferenc~ of the N~w England ~’ssociation of Fire Chiefs convened
at The "~gentworth, Por~smouth, New.Hampshire, on June 22, 1953, at threethirty
o’clock with President Anthony J. Molloy, presiding.
PRESIDENT Mo~.~.OY: Reverend Clergy and. Members of the New England Association
Of Fire Chiefs, their ladies and guests, as your Pre:ident I now declare the 3 lse
Annual Conference of the Association open. We will h~ve ~h2 i~..vocation by the Rev.
Michael F. Co!lip.s , Dorchester, Masxachusetts, Chaplain.
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REVEREND C~.I, INS: O God, our Heavenly Father, today we open another confer,
once of, l the New England Association of Fire Chiefs. At the very outset of this. con,ference
dS our very first ac~ we appeal to You for g~idance and for help. We ask
You, O Lord, during these days of con.ference to enlighten our minds and to enlighten
our intellect We ask You, O Lord, to have us faithful in cur devotion to our own
dutics and to Thee. Thou knowes.t, O Lord, far betterthan we the serious proble~ s
that and Confront squarelyl. us
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and We the ask nation all this, today, O Lord, and, in so. these we ask next You few to days face these in Thy problems name, so fairly that
when our conference is .over, through Your Divine Guidance, we may return to our
homes to better serve Thee, our own community and our own citizens. Amen!
PRESIDENT MOLLOY: It is indeed a privilege for me to present to you the Mayor
of Ports_mouth, t~he.Hon. Theodore R. Butler, fox an address of welcome.. (Applause.)
MAYOR¯ BUT~.ZR: Mr. Chairman, honor~ed guests, members cf the New England
Association; of ? Fi~e Chiefs, ladies and gentlemen, I will a~sure you that r~.y address is
going to be very, very brief , bu,t I do want to .take this, .c,pportunitv to welcome you to
the City of P6.rtsrr;outh; {n fact, tothis entire comw_u~ity, ~nd I wish to bring you greetings
from theCity-of Port~mot~th and this~ community.
I knc,w the Fire Chiefs always have a good time, ~because it so happens 1 lived down
beyond the golf course, and I kn.ow that ~when the Fire Chiefs were in town there was
always something going on around the ho~el in this vicinity, and so I know there was
always a good time for them here. I hope we have this cc,ntinued godd weather-and
we do call it good ~weath-er for this section - whi!~ you are here. I hope you will
have a ~uccess.ful meeting and also have a good tim’e alon,g with it. I am very happy to,
be here and I .bring the greetings of the City to you. May you have a very line time.
(Applause.)
PRESIDENT MOLLOY: We will " cow hear from the City Manager of Portsmouth,
Mr. Robert C. V_iolette. (Applause.)