Citizen's Fire Company No. 1

Citizen's Fire Company No. 1. Volunteers serving their Community. , Since 1925, the Newport Citizen's Fire Company No. 1 has provided Newport and surrounding township with an ever increasing level and safety efficiency and service. During the past century, the Company has occupied three fire halls, each new building larger than the previous to house additional and more sophisticated equipment., The 1895 Market Street Fire Hall , Newport established its first 'organized' fire company by 1885, purchased the borough's first equipment and erected what is now Perry County's oldest original fire house in 1895. However during the next four decades, this association became dysfunctional resulting in the creation of a completely new fire company in September 1925. this corporation of dedicated volunteers continues to this day., From 1925 until 1956, the Company operated at 321 Market Street, now the Newport Borough Building., [Captions:] , 1955: Five surviving founding members of the 1925 Citizen's Fire Company No. 1 with the first made to order fire engine, an American LaFrance Cosmopolitan Pumper built in Elmira, New York. L to R George Acker, Amos Gelnett, William Kough, Sr., Herb Miller and Charles S. D'Olier., For decades the fire company sponsored a community band. In 1940 William Kough, Jr. served as drum major during the Newport Centennial celebration in the town square. Pictured left in white uniform, his father, William Kough, Sr., was long time band director and fire chief.