The Arizona Territorial Chapter ably hosted the Society’s 1989 Winter Convention in sunny Phoenix, Arizona in mid-February. In addition to the novelty of a (for most of us) mid-winter antique fire apparatus show and muster, the three-day program also included a visit to George Getz’ Hall of Flame fire apparatus museum in Phoenix’s Papago Park, and the Sonora Desert Museum.

It was bound to happen, eventually. It rained on SPAAMFAA’s 31st Annual Muster held in Syracuse, N.Y in August. But the 1989 annual banquet was the largest to date. The summer convention program included a visit to the Saulsbury fire apparatus plant in nearby Tully, N.Y. Chicago member Barbara Connors became our Membership Secretary – a key position she has now held for two decades. Archives Chair Ed Peterson wrote his first Archives column in Enjine!-Enjine! And Tim Elder’s Silver Trumpet inter-chapter newsletter was now available to SPAAMFAA members by subscription.