Firefighters receive awards

EAST END FIRE CHIEF Bob Gary presented Judge Cooper (above) with the Fireman of the Year award, and Leonard Johnston (below) the Chief's award.

Judge Cooper was named Fireman of the Year and Leonard Johnston received the Chief's Award at the East End Volunteer Fire Department awards banquet in the Fire Hall in Jasper Jan. 8.

Officers for the all-volunteer corps are Bob Gary, fire chief; Larry Gilley, assistance fire chief; Leonard Johnson, training chief; Karen Oxley and Calvin Cooper, captains 1 and 2; Robert Gary Sr., president; Kren Oxley, secretary/ treasurer; and Rodney Pickering, chaplain.

Newsboy photos/ Charles Kerr