News: Dorchester – New Fire Truck (Mar 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Sebold, Smith

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 31 Mar 1976

A new fire truck was picked up on March 18, 1976 at Marshall Town, Iowa for Dorchester. The truck built by American Fire Apparatus has a 750 gallon a minute pumper, with an 800 gallon water tank. It is also equipped with heated booster lines. After it was delivered, the following firemen appeared next to the truck: Herman Sebold, the oldest active member of the Dorchester Volunteer Fire Department, Larry Smith is secretary of the firefighter group, and Richard Smith is Fire Chief.