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Show NAMES OF VOLUNTEER FIREMEN ARE TO BE ENGRAVED The Volunteer Firemen of Ogden held a meeting last night at the city hall and voted to have made a copper shield on which will be engraved the 312 names of the men who have been members of the organization since its organization in October, 1874 When the shield is made it will be mounted on the old fire bell and placed in the city hall, where it will be on exhibition to visitors as one of the historic relics of the early days. The volunteer department was organized or-ganized in October, 1874, when Ogden was only a village and considered a frontier town During the months and years of progress the organization has held together and still maintains a fair membership. On the shield will be placed the names of all those who have been affiliated af-filiated with the department from tho first day of its organization those who are alive and those who have crossed the "Great Divide." A large number of the 312 have passed away. |