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Guests of the occasion, in addition to the members of the fire company, were Frank Stoutamyer Thief of Front Royal; Chief H. H. Colvin of Culpeper, and Mrs. Colvin; Jesse M. Yowell, and E. Mirphy Hoffman of the Culpeper Volunteer Fire Department; and Miss Phyllis Verner, to whom Mr. Keyset referred as “our faithful Phyllis” as a tribute for her faithful service through the years in helping tiie fire company and the ladies of the auxiliary.
Mrs. Robert L. Massie cleverly presented the $500 check to Lewis J. Turner. Complete in rhyme, Mrs. Massie deplored the sadness of a lady with “holes in her hose” hut stated that it was known that when tiie firemen had' “holes in their hose,” the condition was much more serious. Therefore, the ladies were presenting the firemen the check to help them buy new hose. She then handed Mr. Turner a lady’s leg—store models- -and told him the check was in the toe and that he wpuld have to remove the firemen’s red garter and the “hose with '"the holes” in order to get the check. -Mi s. Massie s poem concluded w i t h : “So take this check and give
't “to your own appointed buyer Jo buy new hose e.o the water
goes directly on the fire.”
C. J. Miller didn't compete in unique umvs to present tlte insurance cNnuapy’s check. It was in a plain envelope.
The ladies of the auxiliary were in top-notca form for quality and quantity of food. The tables were decorated in fireman's red and white, with flower^ and candies carrying out tiie color sheme. “Mr. Willie” Compton returned thanks before the banquet began. During the dinner Mr. Kcyser entei tained witii his well-known supplies of stories, and pulled jokes on the firemen. He spared few, and lathered Trooper Runtin with a story about tearing u i tickets.
Following the dinner, when everyone feit far from a mood of work, tiie ladies passed around balloons and requested that th-‘ crowd see who could blow one to the bursting point first. D. D. Miller seemed to win, though the general barrage of all the popping balloons made it hard to tell.
In the contest of string chewing to a center marshmallow, a few wisecracks were thrown at Downing Wood, accusing him of having known about the coming contest since he had seated himself beside a pretty lady, when the others had men with whom to compete. C. J. Miller drew Mahlon Ramey as a partner and he informed him emphatically before they began^hat when he got near the center of the string, one of em better quit. "
C. T. Bruce exhibited bulldog tenacity in the contest with Murphy Hoffman as an opponent. Mr. Hoffman worked^ hard-*-so hard, ■ in fact, that he Shewed the* string in two—but Mr. Bruce got the marshmallow.
The ladies of the auxiliary are receiving praise for their fine work. Vhp banquet itself was excellent, although they so consistently do a wonderful job that it is now taken almost as a matter of course. The size . of the gift shows that they have kept the welfare of the fire department foremost in mind and their energies have turned steadfastly toward the good of the company.
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