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Oldest living Fire Chief of the McMinnville department, Jessie Irvine, 87 now of Tigard, received a lifetime membership card in the McMinnville department along with other honors at a department “Old Timers” banquet and program Wednesday evening in the fire hall. Fire Chief Ivan Pearson buttons a department turnout coat and hat on Irvine while another old timer, Ralph Wortman, watches. Irvine joined the department in 1895 and was made chief in 1902.