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Show FIFTY FAMILY LARDERS ARE REPLENISHED $ lis Ji SALT LAKE FIREMEN IN SANTA CLAUS ROLE CHRISTMAS scenes at fire headquarters Top, loading wagons with provisions for unfortunate unfor-tunate families. Below, nook in the department, showing variety of provisions distributed distrib-uted during the afternoon. j 4 !' ?s&'nX N1. .ftf l j S'f h s f' ;Jz f - $ ViM . , - w x a . r: - - a: Donors Carry Out Pro- ti fX , gramme With the En- !' thUSia8m of Boy, f ' ; X F-IFTT fimilv lardeis wete gener- T K. s ouK leplcmhed and fiftv need ty- tr- Afi . V 3 homes weie tilled uith Chris tm i t e ir ' cheer csteidai th-ou0h the IF J J.. ) St" - i VX ( - t 41 united effoit of the eigl.tvfne pfKfA -l Md T M membtis of the halt I ke Citv fire de- l fTf i Jg0 'JT 14 pirtment SK bi? won loud of fool f V M j V b JZ"" ,tuft6 tor fut Chnstma dinner- an' VfeJ T i Vl U mans mtala thu tatter supplied by Salt K f , 9 A . t 4 Lake Kind heat ted firefighter ere sa x p S Tis.4( f it i ultd awa irom beajquarter file t tff f A ' V V tion esterday atternoon and dl tubuted x J ji v y anion-' fitly untortunate families ( s fy, w& A No noise attended the di tribution ; " " tt J , j A A. . . A The beneficiaries were shielded Irom any r ' ("' humiliation incident to publicity. They , Donors Carry Out Programme Pro-gramme With the Enthusiasm En-thusiasm of Boys, F-lFTT family larders were goner-' ouslv replenished and fiftv needy homes were tilled with Christmas cheer yesterday through the united efforts of the eighty-five members of the bait Lake City fire department- Six big wason loads of food-stuftg food-stuftg tor fittv Christmas dinners and many meals thereafter, supplied by Salt Lake's kind-hearted firefighters, were hauled away Irom headquarters fire station sta-tion yesterday atternoon and distributed unions fitly untortunate families. No noise attended the distribution. The beneticlanes were shielded Irom any humiliation incident to publicity. They did not have to expose themselves to the public gaze and carry away the provisions provis-ions the foodstuffs were delivered in the homes. Anyway, the foorlsiul is allotted lo each family were more than any two average persons could have carried. Many Aged and Infirm. The members of some of the families were aged and Infirm; the heads of others wero widows with only tots to help thern, and practically all Jived beyond the zone known as walking distance. Neither Chief Bywater nor his men believe In doing things by halves, and every phase of the situation had been considered and provided for. Only the members of the department know to whom all of the provisions were given, and they probably prob-ably aru the only ones who ever will To each home was taken fifty pounds of flour, four pounds of susar, one pound of coffee one pound of butter, one package pack-age of tea. twenty pounds of apples, twenty pounds of potatoes, one jar of preserved fruit, one can of vegetables, six and one-half pounds of cooked meat and three oranges. How the gifts were received only the firemen and the members mem-bers of the recipient families know. History' of Movement. The movement to cheer the homes of the unfortunates at Christmas time started at the fire department several weeks ago. The idea was original with Chief Bywater. He spoke about It to the men at the headquarters station, and thev favored it. A general meeting of even member of the fire department in the city was called, the matter was discussed dis-cussed and R was voted unanimously to ' care for tiftv needy families In the city and that every fireman in the city contribute con-tribute to that end. To know how successfully the fire-fishte? fire-fishte? carried out their part It was only necessary to see the big stacks of privisions at headquarters station yesterday, yes-terday, and with what good will the foodstuffs food-stuffs were loaded into the wagons and hauled away. They went at tho work like big boys at play, and each face reflected re-flected that it was more pleasure to give than to receive. |
