These guys fought Ada fires in the 1920s
Ada Fire Department about 1923-1925 on the chemical truck -
Front row - L to R- Mayor Frank Kinsman who was Ada mayor in 1926-27, again in 1930 and again in 1932, Jim Wallick; Art Robinolte; Red Lantz; Chet Houser; Ed Firestone; John White was fire chief in 1926.
Back row-L to R- Charley High (on drivers seat with Slip the dog; Roy Dodge; Harry Bodell; Jim Candler; Claude Bodell was fire chief in 1923, standing on the sidewalk.
(Photo from Leland Crouse collection)
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