In addition to the big one held in Syracuse in August, major antique fire apparatus shows and musters were being held at a number of venues across the U.S. Sponsored by the local Fairchester Hose-Haulers, the Fairfield-Westchester Chapter Muster held in late June at the Kenisco Dam Plaza in Valhalla, N.Y. quickly grew into the nation’s largest, drawing upwards of 200 rigs. Other big musters were staged by the Chesapeake Chapter in Baltimore, Md. at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan by Great Lakes, and at half a dozen locales in California (California Chapter). SPAAMFAA’s Eighth Annual Muster held in Liverpool NY this year was the Society’s largest to date. A souvenir Convention & Muster booklet was published for the first time at this event. The Indiana Chapter received its charter this year.