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The 1940s

Life and Times

SHARPSVILLE VFD.jpg (20238 bytes) Sharpsville Fire Department, Spring 1940, photographed here with the Ahrens-Fox firetruck that the department purchased in 1939.  Front row, from left:  George Mahaney, Dutch Rapp, George Wasilko, Frank Shannon, John Joyce, Ray Donner, Clarence Barnicle, Al Laycock, John Herbeck and Louis Schmidt; Back row, from left, Philip McDonald, Harvey Wilson, Larid Williams, Clyde Davis, Andy Bombeck, Dallas Pride, Louie Krugh, Bill Weldon, Frank Mitch, Charlie Rafferty, Mead Clark, and Louie Mantua.  Driver (sitting in firetruck) Tony Stigliano. Want to enlarge this photo?  Click on the fireman you'd like to see in more detail - or Click below to see an enlargement of the firemen on the left, in the center, or on the right.

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photos from the 1940s