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Show E. G. LOCKE BECOMES PRESIDENTSTATE FIREMEN H G. Locke, poet laureate of Bingham, Bing-ham, and member of the local fire department number one, was elected last Tuesday as president at the state firemen association In the convention held In Brigham City. Mr Locke has been active for a number of years in the association and for the past three years has been a delegate to the state conventions. 'Last year at Ogden Og-den he was selected on the committee to revise the constitution of the organization or-ganization and in this capicity he rendered valuable service Owing to an automobile accident at Brigham City, Monday evening Mr. Locke was seriously injured and wan compelled to return home and was not present in the convention when the honor was bestowed on him. 'Mr. ILocke Is a most capable presiding pre-siding officer and he will fill the high office to which he has been elected, with credft. He went to the convention conven-tion well prepared to assist In tho great entertainment and before! he was injured, r?ad before that hody the firemen song he had prepared tor the occasion and this made. quite a hit with the state firemen. His poem which is to the tune of "Just. Before the IBattlo, 'Mother," is as follows: "We have gathered here this evening of a banquet to partake, Giveq by the city firemen who never make mistakes. They have made an t xtra effort, appetites appe-tites of all to please, When you've eaten their choice vians your hunger'll be appeased. "Friends and delegates we're troubled, trou-bled, fearful you will over eat, And be Emitted with a sickness that m may settle In your feet, Then you'll have to call the doctor, bitter pills you'll have to take; All because you drank too hearty and of food you overeat. "In this gay and festive gathering we can see Brother SImonson, Who' In speech at Ogden City, this convention for Brlgham won. As a 'Brigham City booster he stands without a peer, Due to his untiring efforts the firemen fire-men have gathered here. "In this pretty favored hamlet you have horticulture rare. In your orchards grow Elbortas, from your homes- come peac'ies fair. While the former are delicious, highly high-ly pleasing they're to -?af., Yet the latter are more 11 'clous even though they causse heart beats. |
