Midland Fire Company # 1

 

 

Midland Volunteer Fire Company was organized in 1900, and is still fighting fires with an all volunteer force. This page is dedicated to the men and women of the Midland Fire Company # 1. If you have any pictures of the Midland fire Company that you would like to share, please forward to me at mamiedawson@sbcglobal.net or to Craig Robertson at crobertson1@prodigy.net.

 

 

 

 

Volunteer Firemen's Annual Convention Book Covers. Courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

 

Left Front: Tib Laslo, Center: Unknown, Right Front: Bill Retalick, Left Rear: Tom Poland, Right Rear: Bill Craze.

Date: Unknown

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dempsey O'Brien in white hat.

Verl Ash, 2nd from left. Ginger Robertson, rt. of Verl.

Date: Abt. 1902

 

 

 

 

Midland Fire Hall, 1945

Standing l to r: Bob Blair, Jokey Monahan, Bill Kroll, Hugh McGann, Frank Beverage, Hank Wilson, Herb Stevens, Dave Williams, Patty Stakem.

Seated: Ralph "Tabby" Ravenscroft, Roy Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-R  Bo Miller , Earl Kroll , Frank Ort , Teddy Muir , Dave Williams and John Cullen

Date: late 1940's or early 1950's

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia & Maxine Cutter with Midland Fire Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hagerstown , MD in 1945 at the Maryland State Firemen's Convention. l-r on banner  Ed Eagan  Pat Atkinson  1st row Pat Manley,?,Herbert Stevens, ?.  2nd row  Harry Blair,?,?,?  3rd row  ?,?,Burr Shillingburg,? 5th row ?,?,Dave Shearer,?   

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

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Midland Junior Firemen    Meyersdale PA  1977   L-R  Tom McMahon , Brett Martin , Tony Muir , Marvin Metts , Eugene Beeman , Paul Fair , Mitch Metts ,Dan booth

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

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Midland Fire Co.  Prior to 1950   In front Clifford Knippenburg  Back  L-R  James "Buckshot" Stakem , Lorraine "Spain" Thrasher , Hugh McGann , Frank Wilson , Roy Wilson , Ike Stakem , Harry Youngblood

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

 

 

 

L-R Frank Blair , Pat Atkinson , Harry Blair , Wilbur Crowe , Earl Kroll , John Blair , Ike Stakem , Herbert Stevens , Frank Wilson , Jim Blair , Roch

 

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

  Midland new Tanker Truck, 1956

Photo courtesy of Anna Mae (Sissy) Alexander

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1972 those members marked with an (X) are no longer with us. Seated Don Broadwater(X) , Tim Cullen , John Blair(X) , James Dick , Ray Matthews(X)   Standing : Charles Burton(X) , Lionel Baker , Paul Fair(X) , Ed Campbell , Don Parker , Alex Beeman , Ernie Painter(X) , George Blanco , Craig Alexander , Jim Stakem , Robert Turner , Dennis Hamilton(X) , Sonny Green(X) ,Manual Blanco , Robert Knippenburg. Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

Richard Hawkins, Jr.

 

Chief of Midland Fire Dept.                            

Photo courtesy of John Hawkins

 

 

 

 

 

John Hawkins, Lionel Baker and Donnie Crowe in action

Photo courtesy of John Hawkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal for new fire truck -1945

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left - Raymond Berry & son Jimmy

Right - Jim McAlpine & son Bob

Per Bob McAlpine, this picture was taken around 1940 on the occasion of new uniforms for the Fire Dept.

 

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midland Fire Company 1908

Photo courtesy of Bob Knippenburg

 

 

 

 

 

  

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