“PULASKI FIRE DEPARTMENT HOLDS RETIREMENT DINNER FOR VETERAN FIREFIGHTERS”

THE PULASKI FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD A RETIREMENT DINNER ON MARCH 26^TH FOR TWO FIRE OFFICERS THAT HAVE A COMBINED SERVICE OF 102 YEARS.  VOLUNTEER CAPTAIN C. L. “CHARLIE” HAYMORE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1949 AND RETIRES WITH 58 YEARS SERVICE.  VOLUNTEER CAPTAIN J. D. “JIMMY” WHITE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1964 AND RETIRES WITH 44 YEARS SERVICE.

A RETIREMENT STEAK DINNER WAS HELD AT THE FIRE STATION WITH THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT PRESENT.  ALSO AT THE DINNER WERE SEVERAL OF THE RETIRED FIRE FIGHTERS.  CHIEF BILL WEBB OPENED THE CEREMONY BY THANKING BOTH MEN FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF PULASKI.  CHIEF WEBB THEN OPENED THE FLOOR TO THE MEMBERS PRESENT TO EXPRESS THEIR SENTIMENTS TO CAPTAIN HAYMORE AND CAPTAIN WHITE.  EVERYONE PRESENT HAD A STORY ABOUT BOTH MEN AND TOOK GREAT PLEASURE IN REMINDING THEM OF PAST INCIDENTS.  ONE RECURRING COMMENT FROM EVERYONE WAS HOW MUCH CHARLIE AND JIMMY HAD TAUGHT THEM ABOUT FIRE FIGHTING AND HOW MUCH THEIR PRESENSE WOULD BE MISSED.

CHIEF WEBB CLOSED OUT THE EVENING BY AWARDING PLAQUES TO BOTH CAPTAINS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND DEVOTION TO THE DEPARTMENT, THE TOWN AND THE FIRE SERVICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.  CHARLIE AND JIMMY HAS TAUGHT FIRE FIGHTING CLASSES FOR MOST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE FIGHTERS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

CAPTAIN C.L. "CHARLIE" HAYMORE         58 YEARS SERVICE