NEAFC 32nd Annual Conference.pdf - New England Association of ...

NEW" ElXTGLAiNTD ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
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~From Di~ec~0i Kol(6nski, Rutland, Vt., ~ l~-~epo~i~the 6kte~d~i
illness of Chief.Donald J. Kelley of Burlington, Vt.,-w~a passed away on Oct.
30th, 1953.
On Motion o~ Director Koltonski, i~t .was voted that the association make
a suitable gift to Mrs. Kelley ....
The .Secretary repor+ted_on~ the fine, well conducted Regional Conference
of two days.held by the NFPA .in Providence, R. I., and stated that the association
was well and_~.ably represented on the program. .
Chief Scanlon, Chairman..o£ Topics Committee, made a most complete report
on topics and speakers fd~ the June Conference. All brought out much
discuss:ion on the +various topics presented and were well received.
Chief Slaman, Chairman o£ Exhibits, presented a progressive report and
stated that he had already been ~contacted for space,
Roi Woolley, our Technical Consultant, expressed a willingness to do
all possible to a~ssist in carrying out another s,ucces~ful conference and extended
thanks from th_e_ Editor of Fire Engineering for Our ’c?3ntinued interest by fur-
~ishing items o£interest-~C0r-the official journal, Fir~ ~Engineering. " ........
Voted to adjourn at 5:30 P.M. for social hour and dinner with the ladies
who had been in conference for the afternoon discussing their problems ];or
the 1954 comCerend[~.~~:
On the following day, December 10th, our officers and ladies enjoyed lunch
and entertainment with the Massachusetts Fire Chiefs Club at their Annual
Christmas Party.
Respectfully submitted,
John W~ O’Hearn,
Secretary.
May 11, .1954, Portsmouth, N. H. .
Th£ second meeting of all officers and., ommittees was held on theabove
date at the Rockingham Hotel, Portsmoulkh, o N~w Hampshire
The meeting was called to order by President Fortier at 11:00 A.M., with
all officers and committee members present including the ladies who were assigned
a private room for their meeting.
The records of our first meeting held at the Hotel Statler, Boston., on
December 9, 1953, were-read by the secretary and were accepted.
The secretary reported letters of appreciat.ion for courtesies or sympathies
extended from the following:
+The family of the late Chief Donald_ Kelley, B+rlington, Vt., the. ;amily of
the late Chief Harold Nickerson, Brunswick, Maine, the family o£ the late Chief
Geor,g,e Mullen, Shrewsbury, Mass., the fa~ilq of:~_~e late Deputy Chief Robert
M. O Leafy, Meriden, Conn., the family of the ~’e+! John~H. G+ifl~n, Editor Of
the Boston Post; the f.amily of the late Sarah B. Dooling, mother of Chief DooIing;
the family of the late C. Frank Creeden, Ex2Chief, NewburyporL Mass.,
the family of the late Samuel A. Anderson, Cambridge, +Mass,, the.. family of
Elizabeth Marsh, Watertown, +Mass..; Chief Dooling, Malden, .Mas~,+~i_chief
Home, Millbury, Mass., Chief A+thur C. Flynn, Peabody, Mass., Chi+]~ Sidney
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