Those who have a fondness for Lehighton history, specifically the Lehighton Fire Department, can get their fix as part of round three.

The Lehighton 150 Celebration Committee will hold The History of Lehighton, Part 3, at 8 p.m. Friday on the second floor of the Lehighton Fire Station on Third Street in Lehighton.Lehighton's Sesquicentennial will occur next year. The committee wants to raise $55,000 for an eight-day celebration to commemorate the 150 years of the borough. The festivities are scheduled for June 25-July 2.This week we'll again be publishing tidbits of Lehighton history, this time with regard to the Lehighton Fire Department, in conjunction with the celebration committee.Today's facts:• On Nov. 5, 1902, a group of men gathered at the Hochberg Hotel, located on Second and Bridge streets, to organize a second fire company for the borough. The leader of the group was Col. Jacob I. Blakeslee, who served in the 1898 War with Spain. On April 2, 1904, the new Lehighton Fire Co. No. 2 had 90 members. The name eventually was changed to Engine Company No. 2.• Corvin Solt served as fire chief from 1947 until 1972. He was instrumental and a founding member of the Carbon County Fire School in 1954. He also helped to make many advances with the fire department, such as the purchase and implementation of two-way radio communications, the first motorized aerial ladder truck and rescue truck.• In the early 1950s, the department made a huge advance. It was one of the first fire departments in the area to provide two-way communications for its fire apparatus, chief cars, and a base station in the Lehigh Fire Co. No. 1 firehouse. The cost of this purchase was $3,700. George Harmen of Lehigh Fire Co. handled much of the dispatching.