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I just dug out my souvenir program, dated from May 1949...  What better time than now to read thru it again.  That show I saw was unbelievable, something we'll never again see in New York.

Thanks for the names.  Russ brought me to just about all the boats in the fleet, ten at that time, except E.51 in Staten Island, and E.232 in Brooklyn, if memory serves.  Also, I never boarded the old Tender Smoke, either. I should have mentioned that my Uncle John, at the time of his passing...

Hello Cap, I lived initially in Rockville, Md., bought a home and lived in Bowie until I was transferred back to NJ in 1973.  I was an active member of the Bowie VFD, the Friendship Fire Ass'n in DC, and the Box 414 Ass'n in Baltimore City.  Upon my return to NJ, I rejoined the Bell and Siren...

After I married and moved to Newark, NJ., I was an active member of the Bell and Siren Club there.  Sorta semi-quasi-unofficially, we members would occasionally be put to work at major jobs.  The canteen crew set up and served, we others would man lines, and do a substantial bit of generally...

I was brought up in a FDNY buffing family in Brooklyn.  My uncle Johnny Weisberger was Honorary Battalion Chief of the 44th Battalion, and rode out of Watkins Street.  With my father Lollie, uncles Arthur and Bill, cousins Arthur and Lenny, and we would strive to take in every major job in...