The Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-10-10, Page 15DERICWS FIRE 1QSSES
S YEAR TOTAL $9,000.
is Fire Preventien Week
ne. to remeither that in
the total fire losses in
1 were, $126,000,000; also
(1) poisons log their lives
a the average, abut 170
tatrt in homes in Canada
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;oderich, so. far this year,
ederich Fire 'Department
spoaded to 6p, calls, Total
e has amounted to About
according to Ralph
well, secretary of the
ic,h Fire Department. The
,fire,s were those at 'the
Rock Salt Mine, Mrs.
y's summer cottage on
irg street, 'Mts. Carrick's
house on Stonehouse street,
Skihner's apartment at the cor-
ner of Hamilton street and the
Square and at the TeXaco. plant
on the Maitland road. ,
There were seven car fires
and seven calls to rural fires.
Although the number of false
alarms was not given it is un-
derstood that the number was
considerable.
011vIESVILLE
laMESVELLE, 'et. 7:
?ersary `services at Holmes-
Ugited ,Chureli will be
at 11 -a7-m.- and ,7.39,p,re,
unday, October 13. The
Speaker will be a former
ter, Rev. Edgar J. Roul-
of Exeter.
Rally Day Service
Rally Pay service at
jile united Church was
on Sunday, September 27.
Carman Tehbutt, the 'Sun -
school 'superintendent, was
,arge of the program. The
ture lessons were read by
3 -inn and Janice- Trewartha.
chBd1 story was told
trs. William Norman. The
t, speaker was Mr. George
,of Bayfield.
Fire Chief is,Ted Bissett and
there are 16 members on the
Volunteer Fire Department. In
March and April there were
training sessions for the fire-
men and it is planned to have.
them -again. 'On Tuesday of this
week eight of the Goderich -fire-
men went to the Ontario Hos-
pital to acquaint themselves
with the fire prevention setup
there. ,,The remaining eight
Goderich firemen will do the
same thing next Tuesday even-
ing,
A big boost was given tQ the
-local fire fighting_ equipment
with the arrival last November
of a „large, new $31,000 fire
truck And equipment.
,SEASONS MIXED
Off beat weather, or what is
passing for Indian Summer, has
encouraged an Easter lily at the
home of George Tutton to burst
into full bloom. The untimely
flowering was to be seen at Mr.
Turton's Huron road residence,
where the plant was thrivieg
with three 'blooms.
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Bed Or Kitchen Fire Hazards
rk In Watt For The Unwary
: Man About .The House Nice.
Not With Nngetoollow Torch
, . Avoid plai$
Gasoline and gither fuels.
Never stOre in eterass bottles,
'Whith may fall and break, ignit-
ing or vaporizing:and exPlod-
ing.
Clan up shavings, sawdust
and other debris after each
day's work. A tidy wok area
will make the next .ge at the
Yob a happier and a faster one.
Rural Note
Rural social note: you may
be surprised ,at the number of
nice people yeu'll meet at your
own' community trash dump.
Do as the Joneses do! Clear out
th*Ose fire hazards from attic
and cellar — papers, rubbish
and ,such—and put the stuff
where it belongs.
Fire safety 4s no accident and
this is particularly true for the
"do. -it -yourself" operator around
the home. Here are practical
hints from the experience of
Canada's 55,000 fire fighters,
pretty seif-reliant fellows them-
selves in family chores and
crafts.
13low torches and 'welding
Aquipment. No other equip-
ment has greater "built-in" haz-
ards. Fuel and light out-of-
doors. You're asking • for
trouble when you light a torch
in a crowded space to thaw out
frozen water pipes.
DARYL filiKE, Vio•uver-born
and educated, is executive pro-
ducer of CBC -TV's Tuesday
night program, Quest. He be-
gan his career with CBC in his
home city and moved to Tor-
onto in 1958. - He is married to
blues singer, Eve Smith.
Sunflower Picks
Up On Acreage
Linda's fire fatalities would I your house smokes in bed.
the fewer if more people For the cook, planning
ized the deadly hazard of "French Fries": water '(on the
king in bed, and if the potato lices) and grease (at
hen cook thought about the 350 degrees) are certain to
;h fire" of sizzling grease. sizzle and sputter. Have a pan
Dth are potential killers, apt cover ready. If there's a flare-
Inperil the lives of everyone up, don't grab the pan and rush
:he house, as the climbing tothe door. The draft may
toll shows. , blow -the flame back at you, set
rhile the kitchen "flash fire" you afire. Smother the fire
isually a spectacular affair, with a rug, coat, anything (bak-
fire started from a smould- ing Soda will help, too).
1g bed mattress can be an Conflagration
dious job. If the kitchen wall is of com-
Sadly The Same bustible stuff, you have the
'or each the end result can makings of a real conflagration.
sadly the same. In two Canadian homes re -
or the bed -smoker: never, cently, a total of 16 persons
er do it, unless you have a died horribly from such a fire
;rdian angel to watch over situation. All were children.
L The ashes on the floor Now is the time to think
. be your own. about fire . . . wherever you
Ind see that nobody else in are, whether in bed or out of it.
Stephen Buys
Grader Here
, Stephen TownshiP` council ap-
proved the ,purchase of' a
$25,Q09—power grader at its
meeting last week.
The machine, purchased
from Dominion Road Machin-
ery, Goderich, will include a
snow plow and wing and will
be delivered befere, November
1. -
The council apprord a net
price of $16,455.20, including
sales tax, for the equipment.
The firm made allowance for
two older machines which the
township will trade in on the
new grader.
The Goderich firm's tender
was the lowest of three receiv-
ed, ranging up to $32,000. The
purchase is subject to.highways
department), a pp rov.Q.
Increased acreage and
changes in varieties were high-
lights of this year's prairie sun -
-
flower crop.
According to Dr. F. D. Putt,
of the CDA's experimental
farm, Brandon, Manitoba, west-
ern farmers had 38,000 acres
in sunflowers -30,000 in --Mani-
toba, 3,000 in Alberta, and
5,000. in Saskatchewan. This was
the largest commercial plant-
ing of sunflowers in -Saskatch-
ewan since 1944.
Oilseed varieties made up 60
per cent of this s,eason's crop
(compared with only 35 per
cent in 1962). The remaining
40 'per cent was planted to the -
Mennonite variety — a large -
seeded type grown for export
to the United States.
Renewed interest in 'oilseed
types has come partly because
of the recently introdOced Rus-
sian Varieties and because the'
United States is expected to
supply much of its own market.
.(Ari estimated 45,000 acres were
grown in North .Dakota and
Minnesota this year).
The -entire sunflower acreage
in Saskatchewan and Alberta
Dipasance
simnMystery
The disappearance of Ken-
neth 1Vkacannan, brother-insim
of James Culbert of Lucknow,
still remanis mystery after
three months..
Mr. Gilbert received a letter
recently from Mrs. MacLen-
nan, the* former Barbara
bert of Ashfield, which gave
some details of the unsuccess-
ful efforts to learn of his where-
abouts or what happened to
him.
Mr. MacLennan was in his
80th year, and had hardening
of the arteries, which might
have been a factor in his dis-
appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. MacLennan who
resided in Vancouver, were en-
PENNY FOR YOUR
and 6,000 acres in Manitoba
were sown this year to the Rus-
sian varieties, Donski 695,
VNIIIMK 6540, and Peredovik.
All are good yielders and have
much higher oil content than
the Canadian rust resistant hy-
brids, Admiral nnd Advent.
Peredovik is as early as Ad-
vent but Donski 695 and VNI-
IIMK 6540 are undesirably late -
The Russian varieties, are more
resistant to leaf mottle but are
susceptible to rust. Fortunate-
ly rust wasn't ,serious this sea-
son.
The Russian varieties will
likely make the sunflower crop
much more profitable- for Can-
adian farmers so long as wea-
ther conditions are not favor-
able to rust. ,
1 -None of the Russian varieties
is licensed in Canada. There-
fore- their planting seed can't
be sold. They must be grown
under contract for the original
importer.
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PROCLAIlyttION
Every week fire strikes
at more than ,one thousand
Canadian homes.
In terms of dollars that
means a yearly Loss .a.fhe,
low $30,000,000, 'although
the- typical house fire avr-
ages under $500 in damage.
But the truth is that
three .quarters of AiLfir?..,.,
deathsoccur* in those
homes. And not o n 1 y
deaths, for hundreds of
Canadians are horribly
burned and 'often pernaan-.
:ently- scarred in these fires.
Fires rarely just "hap-
pen"! Nine out of every
ten fires are the result of
carelessness and negleet.
Don't let neglect and care-
lessness eause--fires in God-
'erieh. Make every week
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK
E. C. FISHER
Mayor
ratite 'East for a Visit, .They inad
a st4p-over in the Verdun dis-
trict o 'Manitoba,. from 'where,
they were to accompany their
daughter and ,Son-in-law to On -
tart°,
While in Manitoba, Mr. Mae
-
Lerman decided he would pre-
fer to return toVancouver, and
it was planned tbtat he and his
wife would fly home and give
up the idea of the trip Fast,
That evenilg Mr. Macj:Jennan
"put on his hat" and went out-
of•doors and hasn't since been
seen. His absence was noted
Just a few minutes after leav-
ing the home, but a search and
police investigation- failed to
bring any results. ,
Mrs, MacLertnan. eventually
returned to Vancouver. A
rsday, petober 10th, 1.003 15
peared, 60, Mrs, Mgwl,ennEt
'feels that if he Is still alive
Sonleone mUst be helping for
hismoney would be all vent
by .now, as it's now abollt three
months since he svalk9d off:,
Sentina •
The Ci.oderlcizt jignal±tar,!:
recent later gave 4044 of
the futile efforts to and her
husband.
Pictures a him have been
elietrlated through the West,
The missing persons bureaU of
the 11.-Cial.P. and the Salvation
Army have been doing what
they can. Hospitals across the
country have been contacted.
Any Jeads they have bad have
provet false. •
Mrs. 1ViacLennaii. said there
was talk of another search'be,
ing made in Manitoba. The
people there, and everywhere,
have been so Kind she saki, but
the uncertainty of it all is hard
to take.
Mr. MacLennan had about
$150 with him when he disap-
The great Pompey iave
ane-
ientRnu1e its first stone theatre,
completed in 5 D.C. Porapers
Theatre, lavish with its'maarNo
'intet*or,...could seat tvetween, tesi
and forty thousand people, ae.
cording -to various legends. The
huge, edifice,- survived marry,
fires and disasters, for overfiQO
-
years, when it finally collapse*.
some of the ruins are still tar
be seen near the Palazzo Pio,
in modern Dome.
PLAIN TALK TO EVERY CANADIAN
CANADA'S SHAME
PICTURE a highway -stretching- 5,000 -miles, froiii Atlantie to
- Pacific, . on both §ides of the highway, on lots 100 feet
apart, there are homes, an eighth of the nation's homes.
These are the more than 500,000 hon:ies struck by fire in
ten years. At every mile, there is a cairn for the dead, the
more than 5,000 victims of fire in the ten years. Nearly
half o1 the victims were children.
Is it not a shameful picture of fire earelessness in Canada?
Heed the fire fighter's message,: THINK about FIRE . .
wherever you are.
Observe Fire Prevention Week
by checking fire hazards in your home or business
Then Practice Fire Safety Every Week In The Yeal",
This Message Message Is Brought To You As A Community Service By Members Of
The Goderich Fire Department
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCTOBER 6 to 12
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Each and every year there are thousands of people who
lose their liveis in fires and there are six millions of dollars
worth of property damage. Don't give fie a place to start
in your home. Check ancFmake ,sure you get rid of all the
fire bugs.
Replacement Value's Are High
So Check and . . .
A penny and electricity are pretty important. The lady knows
that the penny will buy enough electricity to cook her lunch. But
what she doesn't know is that if she puts the penny in the fuse
box she stands to fry herself — permanently.
Only one thing should go in that box — a fuse. And the prop-
er size for the ordinary circuit is a 15. Never, neVer, never use
a 30.
If all the' Padres of .the 'land (and, for that matter, the' gentie-
- men, too) realize. the deadliness of "over -fusing" there would
– -needer of this adyertisement for fire prevention in Can-
ada.
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Goderich Public - Utilities Commission
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Make Sure Your
Insurance Is
Adequate
It costs more today to eplace things than it did 10
years ago but have you increased your insurance to
keep abreast of the change g Let one of these experi-
enced insurance men check your -home to see if your
insurance is adequate.
Alexander &Chapman
JA 4-9662
Ken, Croft
IA, 4-7253
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W.J. Hughes
JA 4-8526
MacEwan Insurance
JA 4-9531
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Malcolm Mathers
JA 4-9442
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Harold Shore
JA 4-7212
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