Inscribed on the bottom of the photograph: " To Arthur B. Koontz - with appreciation and warm regards, John F. Kennedy". Koontz was from Charleston , West Virginia and at one time a United States Senator and a member of the Democratic National Committee, 1940-1958.
Group Portrait of Fire Department at Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1962
Description:
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 547, vol. 2. In book: "And, also with Beckley's 1962 Fire Department: Lined up in front of their first class fire, squad and rescue equipment, from left to right: Lieut. Frank Ubeda, Jr., Clifford L. Maynard, Allen Bonds, Jr., Robert L. Davis, Chester C. Clyburn, James McGinnis, Captain Otis Lyons, Chief Cecil P. Conner, Mayor Cecil L. Miller, Capt. Alvin F. Marion, Lieut. Albert R. Allen, Jr., Harvey H. Statzer, Harold F. Statzer, Alvin L. Wood, Robert L. Perdue, Leonard L. Lyons, and William H. Dew. Absent: James L. Lipscomb" (p. 547).