Celebrating 50 Years of Service
The fire company celebrated its Golden Anniversary on September 9, 1960, with a dinner dance at the Philadelphia Cricket Club on West Valley Green Road. The program consisted of an invocation by Vice President George W. Karr, a word of welcome from President Walter Rohrbach, and remarks by Judge Harold G. Knight. The menu featured prime rib or fresh Maine lobster Newburg.
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Famous quotes containing the words celebrating, years and/or service:
“Often in winter the end of the day is like the final metaphor in a poem celebrating death: there is no way out.”
—Agustin Gomez-Arcos (b. 1939)
“After us they’ll fly in hot air balloons, coat styles will change, perhaps they’ll discover a sixth sense and cultivate it, but life will remain the same, a hard life full of secrets, but happy. And a thousand years from now man will still be sighing, “Oh! Life is so hard!” and will still, like now, be afraid of death and not want to die.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.”
—Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)