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Nortli Westchester Times, New Castle. Tribune, Mount Kisco, N«Y. t Sept, \7, 1959 i r 35 Units Features ionvention at Yorktown •-.,'\ r >'-M: PRESIDENTS of several fire men's auxiliaries in northern Westchester inspect one of the trucks in the quarters of Eng- gine Company 1. Yorktown Heights, last Thursday. More than 200 women were guests of the Company 1 Auxiliary in con nection with the annual conven tion of the Westchester Volunteer Firemen's Assn. Standing in the truck is Mrs. Robert Vaughan of Rye, president of the Wom en's Auxiliary of the New York State Firemen's Assn. Others in background, from the left, are Mrs. Alfred Mongero of York- town Heights, Mrs. John Boehm of Somers and Mrs. Ernest Fischer of Thornwood. Front row, from the left, includes Mrs. Joseph Dearman of Valhalla, Mrs. Ernest Remson of Armonk, Mrs. Frank Fox of Mount Kis co and* Mrs. James Rooney of Valhalla—Staff Photo by Dante Raffaeli THIS was the general scene last Thursday as the annual con vention of the Westchester Vol unteer Firemen's Assn. got un der way in the auditorium of Sts. Patrick and George School, Yorktown Heights. One hundred and 78 delegates were in attend ance, representing 164 compa nies throughout the county. The convention continues tonight with a dance for firemen and their ladies in the school auditorium, and* a parade at 2 p.m. tomor row, with 5 firemanic units in the line of march, will climax the festivities—Staff Photo by Dante Raffaeli MARTIAL MUSIC fills the-air Heights, during the annual pa- New Jersey, Connecticut and as #e Fife, and Dr~- \ * * J • \ * - - - • * - Post, Yat&mmtifi^&Wlr- Commerce St., Yorktown from Westchester, Brooklyn, BEST APPEARANCE trophy awarded at the Volunteer Fire men's Westchester County Con vention parade Saturday night at Yorktown Heights became the possession of Town of Bedford, which consolidated the men from its Bedford, Bedford 1 Hills and Katonah Fire Departments for this final parade. Pictured look ing mighty pleased with them selves are Chief Gene Powell of Bedford; Chief Joseph French of Bedford Hills and Chief Lloyd Becker of Katonah—Photo by D. B. Kirchhoff ALL DECKED OUT for the oceasioft,' -these three children had a very special reason for attending the parade of hte Westchester Volunteer F i r e- men's Assn. in Yorktown Heights Saturday. Left to right are Deborah, Gerry and Bar bara Guilbert of Springdale, /Conn, and they were oh hand to applaud their granddaddy, who marched with Washing ton Hose Co. of Port Chester- Staff Photo by Warren Inglese GETTING DOWN to business, Westchester Volunteer F i r e- Albert Buncher of Dobbs Ferry, men's Assn. last week in York- chairman of the Resolutions town Heights. Seated on the plat- Committee, addresses delegates form in the auditorium of Sts. to the opening meeting of the Patrick and George School are, left to right: Harold Ackerman president, and Joseph Carroll of White Plains, secretary; Her- 0 f Montrose, second vice presi- man Woolf of Mount Vernon, dent. All officers were reelect- first vice president; Bernard Ro- ed to one-year terms — Staff senblatt of North Tarrytown, Photo by Dante Raffaeli MEMBERS of the Millwood rade of the Westchester Vol- Fire Company present a snappy unteer Firemen's Assn. Satur- appearance in the annual pa- day at Yorktown Heights. Mill wood was awarded a trophy for having the best appearing en gine in the big parade — Staff Photo by Warren Inglese Bedford Firemen Win Top Honors at Yorktown YORKTOWN HEIGHTS— Firemen from the Town of Bedf- ford carried off top honors in the annual parade of the Westches ter Volunteer Firemen's Assn. here on Saturday, winning the trophy for the best appearing unit in reg ulation uniforms. Some 35 companies from throughout the county, as well as other points in the Metropolitan area, together with 35 musical units, took part in the parade which provided a spectacular cli max to the association's three-day convention. Thousands on Hand Normally placid Commerce St., the community's main thorough fare, was lined with thousands of men, women and 1 children who thrilled to the blare of bugles, the rumble of gleaming fire trucks and the precision marching of firemen, more than 1,000 strong. Under virtually cloudless skies ; with a touch of Autumn in the air, ;•' the colorful procession took two !» hours to pass the reviewing stand ; inpoatot Yorktown High School. In addition to Bedford, the fol lowing winners were announced by the board of judges after the pa rade: Second best appearing unit in regulation uniforms—Briarcliff. Best appearing non-uniform unit —Somers. Best dress uniforms—Montrose. Second best dress uniforms—Ma- hopac Falls. Best appearing engine — Mill wood. Best appearing Women's Auxili ary—Briarcliff. Second best Women's Auxiliary —Hawthorne. Most men in line—Ossining. Department travelling farthest distance—Mount Vernon. Five Divisions Although an hour late in getting started, the parade rolled smooth ly once under way. The escort di vision, including officials of the Town of Yorktown, the West chester Firemen's Assn. and other dignitaries, was led by Grand Marshal! Charles DeMilo, a ter mer chief of the Yorktown Heights Fire Dept., which was host at the convention in celebration of its 50th anniversary. His aides were ex-chiefs Earl Brown and Robert Miller. Marshals of the four divisions were ex-chiefs Frank Cuatt, Jo seph , Gennari, Thomas MacGre- gor and John Walker, all of York- town Heights. All manner of martial music kept the paraders swinging along at a lively pace. To mention just a few: the Concordia Band of Cro- ton, the Lakeland High School Band, the 49ers Fife and Drum Corps of White Plains, the Wan derers of New Rochelle Legion Post, the Alexander Hamilton High School Band of Elmsford, the Ossining Elks Corps, the Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Dept. Corps, the Port Chester Le gion Corps, and others. Other Musical Units There were also musical units ; from Poughkeepsie, Beaco n/| Brooklyn, Bethel, Meridan, South Norwalk, Bridgeport and Green wich, Conn., Paterson and South Amboy, N.J. — and one bagpipe band, O'Sullivan's Pipe Band of New York. After the parade, visiting fire men and other guests were enter tained by Engine Co. 1 of York- town Heights. Refreshments were served on the Yorktown Grange Fair Grounds on Moseman Rd. and on the carnival grounds be hind the firehouse. Judges for the parade includ ed the following former chiefs: Eric Swarm of Yorktown Heights, George Harder of Katonah, Rob ert Deems of Millwood, Clarence Lent 6f Verplanck, LeRoy John son of Briarcliff William French of Dobbs Ferry, Carl Bruder of Somers. Joseph Pellegrino of Po- cantico HiHs, John Tanero of North Tarrytown and Andrew Diana of Mohegan, who served as foreman. The traffic detail was handled by Chief Earl Hawks and mem bers of the YorktoWn Police Dept., assisted by'State/ police. • The Ossining Fire Dept. will play host to the 1960 convention of the county association. STEPPING* ALONG in the an- Yorktown Heights and the Worn- in the two-hour procession, En- nual parade of the Westchester en's Auxiliary pass the review- gine Co. 1 was host at the three- Volunteer Firemen's Assn. Sat- ing stand on Commerce St. Thir- day convention in celebration of urday at YorktoWn Heights ty-five fire. companies, and as its 50th anniversary—Staff Photo members of Engine Co. 1 of many musical units, took part by Warren Inglese fpne Of A Series Of Pages Bringing WesMhester To You In Picture®