Pacific Coast Conference Spirited Affair

Pacific Coast Conference Spirited Affair

IAFC President Reynold C. Malmquist, Minneapolis (right) is welcomed to the Pacific Coast Inter-Mountain Association of Fire Chiefs conference by Host Chief William A. Dunham, Spokane Fire Department. Looking on are (left to right): Rev. Bernard S. Barry, Spokane Fire Department chaplain; Most Rev. Francis P. Leipsig, D.D., L.L.D., Bishop of Baker, Ore., Chief Dunham; Chief James L. Sweeney, Oakland, Calif., president-elect of the association for the coming year; and Jay W. Stevens, secretary-treasurer, San Francisco. Jay was later honored at a special luncheon and presented with 75 silver dollars, one for each year of his 75 birthdays

—Spokane F. D. photo by Reynolds

The 65th annual conference of the Pacific Coast Inter-Mountain Association of Fire Chiefs opened in Spokane, Wash., on July 13. Conferees were saddened by the death of Deputy Chief John Wagner, McMinnville, Ore., only hours before the conference opened, necessitating the absence of President Ivan Pearson of that city from the opening sessions. Over 600 fire chiefs and guests participated in the iour-day technical and entertainment sessions.

Officers elected for the coming term are: President, James J. Sweeney, Jr., Oakland, Calif.; first vice president, Chief Harold C. Fisk, Tacoma, Wash.; second vice president, Chief John Garthe, Santa Ana, Calif.; and secretary-treasurer, Jay W. Stevens. The 1960 annual conference will be held in Las Vegas in September.

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