The Last of the Volunteer Smoke-Eaters
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Jim Dobbas (who joined in 1949); Jim Carlisle (1958) and Keith Lukens (1949) are shown relaxing at last Friday’s 156th Annual Roll-Call Dinner for Auburn Hook and Ladder Company No 1. These three long-retired firemen represent the spirit of the many volunteers who protected the City of Auburn from 1852 until the Auburn Fire Department became a paid fire department in the 1990s. Photo by Ken Geil.