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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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Three Retirees at the Firehouse Restaurant
April 1979
New Haven's Firehouse Restaurant on State Street, established in the early 1970s by two New Haven firefighters, was a popular eatery and pub that was frequented by many Hamden firefighters - in their off-duty time, of course. Before the annual retirement dinners were organized in 1980, retiring firefighters did not have a formal retirement dinner. Such honors, if they happend at all, were usually entrusted to the individual platoons.
In April 1979, three veteran members of Platoon 2 were honored by their platoon and members of other shifts in the "back room" at the Firehouse Restaurant. In the photo below, shift commander Dep. Chief Joe McDermott presented retirement plaques to Lieut Dave Herrmann, Ff. Fiore (Frank) Cubbellotti, and Ff. Warren Blake.
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| Dep. Chief Joe McDermott presents retirement plaques to Lieut. Dave Herrmann, Ff. Frank Cubbellotti, and Ff. Warren Blake - CLICK TO ENLARGE |
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Dave Herrman joined the department in October 1949. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1970, when the workweek changed to 42 hours and an additional platoon was added. He passed away in May of 1998. Frank Cubbellotti joined the department in November 1951 and retired April 13, 1979. He passed away in May 1997. Warren Blake joined the department in April 1949. A WWII veteran, he was recalled to the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and returned to the department in 1953. Warren retired April 20, 1979, almost 30 years to the day after he joined the department. In the summer of 2009, Warren was among the first retirees to join the new Hamden Fire Retirees Association. Sadly, he passed in September of that year.
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| Prominently displayed in the banquet room was a poster-size enlargement of this January 1976 New Haven Register award-winning photo by James Meehan (at right) of NHFD Firefighters Kevin Miller and David Whitney administering oxygen to fellow Firefighter Bruce Green. |
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| Photo by James Meehan (New Haven Firefighters - Arcadia Publishing, 2005) - CLICK TO ENLARGE |
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70 Years Ago
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| September 2, 1948 - Bowling at old 3's - CLICK TO ENLARGE |
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| Commissioner Elton Wetmore, chairman of the Hamden Board of Fire Commissioners, inspects the fire scene at his brother's 231 Lane Street property on Saturday, September 6, 1958. This microfilm copy of the 9/11/1958 Hamden Chronicle article is courtesy of Joe Pepe, retired archivist for the Hamden Historical Society. CLICK TO ENLARGE |
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ENGINE 260 MUSTER IS TODAY, SEPTEMBER 8th, AT EISENHOWER PARK IN MILFORD - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This year's featured apparatus is Bantam [CT] Fire Company's 1922 American-LaFrance "chemical wagon" on a Brockway chassis.
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| 1922 Brockway American LaFrance Chemical Wagon - Owned & Operated by: Bantam Fire Company in Litchfield, CT |
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35 Years Ago
Mix District's Brockway, now 100 years old,
shined at the Engine 260 Muster 35 years ago
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| Co. 7 members Vic Mitchell, John Gustafson, and Jim Wetmore (driving), with 12-year old Danny Wetmore hanging on - CLICK TO ENLARGE |
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| 19-teens American-LaFrance tractor / Nott steamer |
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| Stern view of same - CLICK TO ENLARGE |
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| Rockville's 1895 Steamer prepares to pump . . . |
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| . . . as does the American-LaFrance-Nott combo steamer. |
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| Prospect's American-LaFrance ladder truck was there in '83, too. |
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| Prospect's ladder truck was still in service when it was featured in the 1951 Connecticut State Firemen's Association convention parade at Stamford. (Chan Brainard photo) |
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NEVER FORGET!
We will always remember our brother firefighters who made the supreme sacrifice, and the thousands of other innocent victims who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
Always keep them, their families and the FDNY in your thoughts and prayers.
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