The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - November 7, 2012
YANKEETOWN FIRE AND RESCUE 1924 – 2012
Thanks to all the people who gave of their time to lead our department.
To all the people who unselfishly gave of their time to serve on the department to help their fellow
citizens. Over the years they are too numerous to mention. From the bottom of our hearts we say
Thank you
The Fire Chiefs
1.
Ollie lynch
2.
Ernest Bass
3.
Bruce Harris
4.
Bob Burnham
5.
Harry Rhodes
6.
E.A. Finley
7.
Ed McMahan
The Way We Were - The Fire Department in 1987 at the Officer
8.
Pepper Martin
Installation Banquet No one is sure where this banquet was. The
9.
Tom Reed
best guess is “Our Pub”. This picture shows what a robust de-
10.
Robert Tourigney
partment we had at one time. Front row from the left, Carol and
Steve Simon (daughter and son-in-law of Miss Ruth that once ran
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Joey Baylor
the General Store, they’ve moved away), Valerie Tourigney-Gold-
12.
Bob Emanuel
smith and Roger Goldsmith, slightly in front of Roger, Mrs. Bob
Tourigney(deceased), immediately beside her, Bob Tourigney,
13.
Andy Fischer
The Fire Department circa 2000. Front row kneeling from left. Paul Shearer, Front center, Marc Davis (deceased), Gail Nelson (moved away).
14.
Robert Kubistek
Matt, Rob Kubistek, Mark Moore. Back row standing, Valerie, Andy Fischer, Slightly behind Gail is Joey Baylor (former water plant operator and
Sally Price, Leslie Moore, Mike Clary. In Truck sitting John Vanhorn, stand- Fire Chief, moved away) next to Gail on very front, unidentified per-
15.
Matthew Hutton
ing Art Frink.
son, slightly behind her Pat and Tom Reed ( moved away).
16.
Paul Shearer
Fire kids with the fire hose. I just love this
picture. Not a great picture but you get the
jest of it, think of it as an impressionist
painting. At one time there were so many
Fire Ladies 1980’s
Fire Chief Tourigney serves soup at a department gathering.
young people on the department that we had
1980’s
a lot of kids. We had Easter egg hunts and
functions for little ones.
Mayor Jimmie Wall at a department function
1980’s. I just have to say, isn’t she good
looking!
Practicing putting the wet stuff on red stuff
Firemen and women at play at Fire Department Party 1987
Tribute content courtesy of Dawn Clary. "We will still have a fire department in Yankeetown but it is now a Levy County unit."