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GEORGETOWN THURSDAY SEPT Paget Tragedy of Fire Affects Us All Whether we be sufferers or onlookers the tragedy of tiro afreets us all For the victims a terrible price may have been paid For the rest of us there has been an out pouring of sympathy for the survivors per hips in relief measures too One compassion for those who have been through the ordeal is indeed a and generous reiction Unfortunately we hoc a wi of thinking of a fire as an ace misfortune One forgets that carelessness or is behind most of these fires It is rare fire that has not been caused by a simple act of commission Tike fur the each voir in our smoking electrical me in most of these fires too the of children perish while playing with or because they were kit We need to be reminded that ire not financial but too Indeed lint fire can break your Will Parade Here Archer Sculptor Subject Of Arts- Crafts Talk Careless Smoking Smokers is by far the greatest cause of fire After your guests have gone check cushions of sofa and upholstered chairs for forgotten cigarettes Within a couple of hours a smouldering butt bring disaster Mrs Carol Taylor chairmin of the Junior women committee of the Ontario Art Gallery presented an illustrated on the work of sculptor Henry Moore September of the Arts Crafts of Georgetown She had visited his studio in outdoor settings that Moore prefers He derives much in from nature and treasured collection of seashclls rocks and boulders and their influence is seen in many his abstracts Moore is concerned with his metal pieces having the correct patina and as in the of Toronto s Archer spends mane hours in polishing and finishing This month Premier Dims turned the sod for a being built adjoining the Art Gallery It will displiv hundreds of sculptures Moore is donating ihe it Spot on president Mrs Tom Beer on cod plans fur the annual exhibition sale next month demonstrators include Mr glass blowing Mr Goodwin sculpting in Mr Dams and daughter Jine silk screen printing batik From Mrs will to work with papier m demonstrating are Dorothy Stone oil painting and Mrs It Harrington caning Mrs will demonstrate the rmkinc of bubble gloss pieces there wilt be exhibits of silver work and gold wire jewellery Mrs Goodwin and Mrs Hell will tend the popular shelf Mrs Macintosh presented with gift from the r up Miss Gladys I by Mrs It Mrs Br Mrs Bird and Irj Thompson served Her How Small Fires Become Big of the The eost of fire in mushrooming catastrophic proporlii Inflation is only answer The cost of fires causing damage of a quart r of million dollars or more is tin factor Simple ixomplc Years r store would cost iOOO Today the has become a fire here might perhaps million In almost ill these cases these r tires small but cm to destructive size because use adequate Hi em i measures or for delay lurniiif u the ilarm If Grease In A Pan Catches Fire Always have a suitable lid out a burning pan Draft may at hand ready to smother the set your clothing afire Don Never risk carrying use water on grease fires Says Cut All Weeds Noxious or Not During a discussion at Monday committee meeting on maintenance by the town of boulevard near Moore I irk Plaza differed on their interpretation of weed cutting Cr Donna that the town engages in cut only noxious weeds arid that the budget is not designed as a measure But Cr Hyde said weeds have always been cut on town property and he expect the cutter just to pick out the noxious ones If there ire weeds growing on the Moore Park boulevard he expects to see them cut he said I- Engineer Eric Willis queried on maintenance of boulevirds said the works staff keeps highway Stretch clean from Mountain view to Maple Hut he pointed out the impossibility of cleaning all boulevards There are miles of streets which means flu of boulevards he said Esquestng Briefs Fred Dent lot Con cut the okay from council to breed the dogs that don bark as a hobby They are known as Basanjt hounds and stand only 16 high A letter from E M complained of dead elms on line south of highway said the branches keep falling down and are a lo people and properly The township agreed to pur chase 2 acres of land from Hancock for plus for property damage Tht fence will also be replaced The lund Is needed In the reconstruction of the 10th line bridge Council accepted the tender of Roger McEachem at for construction of the span and approaches of the line bridge In Glen Williams Cr Dick Howitt brought a copy of on old by law dated 1881 that he found in an old book which he bought at an auction The by law made it an offence to remove gravel from the roods A penalty of not less than had to be paid upon conviction The by r Hyde said residents look liter Ik i own boulevards to a decree and t ex Hit the town to do so But in an is with large imouiits i litter he asked thai he wn these Up every iw then PROCLAMATION WHEREAS and every year throughout the Town of Georgetown numerous fires through carelessness and neglect ore constant concern to members the Georgetown Fire AND WHEREAS I most respectfully request all to observe all pal By Laws relating thereto so that we may eliminate the loss life and properly THEREFORE to comply with a resolution passed by Municipal Council September I proclaim the week of OCTOBER 3rd FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN William R Smith Mayor Fire Bureau Wages Prevention Campaign During Fire Prevention Week Oct to local firefighters and the County Fire Prevention Bureau arc waging an allout campaign to educate adults and children about the dangers of fire in home factory store and office Fire Can Break your Heart Is the apt theme for the celebration of the nation wide Fire Prevention Week It was just lOOyeirsago 1B71 that the Great Chicago Fire almost totally destroyed the entire city and each year Fire Pretention Week is celebrated in the week surrounding Oct DRILLS Through their county bureau firefighters are making for distribution of thousands of pieces of literature a school children poster con test and their annual church parade In addition member fire departments in Acton Georgetown Milton and Burlington are carrying out special programs in their own municipalities school fire drills fire hall open houses and film nights all tying in with the Fire Prevention week theme This year Ihe county wide poster involves only grade five students in Halton separate schools have been invited to visit public school classrooms and conduct a poster activity program to help educate students on the dangers of fire hazards in the borne PARADE In the separate school poster competition winning artists in each municipality will enter the wide contest this year Winners will be honored with trophies and certificate at a banquet In November and the top boy and girl s poster from will go on to the all Ontario contest sponsored by the Ontario Fire Chiefs Association Fire Prevention Bureau is planning its annual church parade in Georgetown on Sun day Oct Firefighters from the five county brigades will meet at Remembrance Pork and march to the a m service at St John United Church led by the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band This parade Is held once a year during or near Fire Prevention Week FIRE PREVENTION WEEK October 3rd to 9th Routine Fire Prevention Inspection DURING THE WEEK Industries Schools Commercial Residential Inspections later by Request OCT 3rd to 9th IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Highest Ever in Property Lost by Fire in Fire destruction in 1970 cost Canadians greatest property loss ever The estimated dollar wiitc was Jan This figure exceeds heS107 in 19GJ and Is far ahead of the fire burden of una Not included arc losses from forest fires and government establishment fires Direct losses are only a port the appalling story of fire The Dominion Fire Commissioner istimites that the indirect losses of fire stoppage of production and consequent unemployment arc five times the direct loss Thcocenll loss to the economy is 000 he reports The cost of fire to FOLLOW THESE 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