Above photo, from left to right: Alex Graves, David Sully, Ed Nicholls, Walter Barisoff, T. Smith, Norman Schmidt, Rudy Ollinger, John Balint, Martin Franko, Leslie Thies, Sydney Wolfe, Vernon Griswold, Deputy Fire Chief Alan Graves, Fire Chief Edwin McLachlan, Burton W. Harper, Former Fire Chief. A vehicle is parked in the background — the men standing beside it. The Fire Department had won the car, a 1964 Comet in a raffle held by the Yorkton Curling Club. (The Mercury Ford Comet was produced by Mercury from 1962 to 1969, and from 1971 to 1977.) In July 1961, the Fire Department had moved into the new three stall fire hall on Smith Street — same location as today’s fire hall. Before that the fire hall was at the rear of the City Hall located at #30 Third Avenue North — across from the present City Hall.
Source of photo: From the Fire Department photo album.
Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince,
Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton Archives,
Box 400, 37 Third Avenue North
Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722
heritage@yorkton.ca
