Illinois member Mae M. Martin succeeded Bob Ward as SPAAMFAA National President – the Society’s first female chief executive officer. Heavy snow hampered attendance at the appropriately-named Winter Meeting in Syracuse in February. The Land O Lakes Chapter hosted the extremely successful 1994 Summer Convention and Muster in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Included in the busy programs was a tour of the Waterous fire pump plant in St. Paul. Two water towers – St. Paul’s 1917 Seagrave and an ex-Fargo ND American-LaFrance/Hale – threw water at the big Saturday muster.

On a tragic note, SPAAMFAA Founder Richard A. Horstmann was hospitalized with a brain aneurism suffered while shoveling snow at his home in Syracuse in February. One new chapter – Northern Nevada—joined our ranks this year.