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Wakeman Band - Tom Rippon - 6th from left; Carlos Green, leader - 9th from left; Burley Thomas - 10th from left; Will Scutt, drummer - far right
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A 1914 Model T. Ford and a 1917 Buick are parked in front of the Wakeman Garage (owned by Ray Barnes) on Railroad Street.
Page 53
Nina Beecher and Elizabeth Brooks stand beside "Jenny" fighter plane of World War I which landed in Platt Beecher Field.
The First Red Cap Team (1930). Bottom Row - Harold Duncan, Becker, Carl Bement, Fred Gerber; Standing - Link Wasem, Sam Purvis, Len Gerber, Skinny Owens, Charles Clark Sr. (Sponsor), Charles Bement, Gaius Scutt, and Charlie Wasem; Business Manager - Clarence Bailey.
Mrs.Sally Thomas at the age of 90 years 9 months (1918)
First community picnic at Dunn's Flats (Circa 1926)
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Selina Flew, Edith Flew and Evelyn Flew Baker in a horse and buggy in front of the Town Hall.
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Wakeman Firemen. (left to right) back row - Al Van Fossen, Otto Robinson, Henry Opfer, Earl Soper, Carl Gerber, Glen Morey Jr., Charles Bement, Aaron Steinwagner, Arthur Witzlaben, Lloyd Hurst, Robert Miller, Albert Tuttle, Harry Sengstock; front row - Bill Bement, Norman Nestor, Harold Millhouse, Don Graves, Nelson Green, Glen Morey, Ralph Jackson, Theodore Timbs, Harold Divers Jack Graves, Glaydon Pickworth, Kenneth Waldron, Neal Timbs. The first volunteer fire department in Wakeman was organized in 1928.
Wakeman Fire Chiefs - Charles Clark Jr., George Gerber, Jess Worthington, Leonard Gerber, Fred Graves, Martin Eble, Harold Millhouse, Theodore Timbs.
Typical Early Fire Engine
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