Chief John F. Nute served as the chief from 1915 to 1938 when he died of a heart attack on June 22, 1938.  He was 75 years old.   He started on the department at age 14 as a "Torch boy". A troch boy held a flaming torch in front of the hand drawn pumper to light the way for the firefighters enroute to a fire.

Members of the fire department stand at attention as the body of Chief Nute is taken from the Methodist Church on South Main Street.