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soys rs must be IB to apply for which is he Mr has This them to drise any sue of iriilinimR school I us the for a bus unit include material on pissinger safety Although Iht depjrlmint only reiiuires Hit ml to be la ipply r llu CI iss A licence iruckint firms prefer drivers lo lit least and many win Hum Ix or I earning how to handle s inous types and of trucks by working for a firm this m is how firm is lo i major In tin union is Slum huur ind in British it runs to ill of vicmces i should be to find job ihcre is i big for drivers Lazy impotent drivers lend drift froni job to job until they run out of places go and lino to leave Ihe field Mr though drivers wonl be expelled to maintain their own vehicles Mr Kempt on carries certain tools him so that he could do minor repairs on in emergency basis rather than be stuck on the side of a road iniewhcre l Many transport companies have independent driven d inj long distance brokerage dmers more expensive si on long rus where they are pud by the hour ralher in fry the forms of used for mdependenl Mr iptor frim Mills iv Ins in for Ik inttndiKl to liir me i mechimc domi Irmk nice his with iruckingfirm linn In the ilnvmj i id bis bis r Mr North ptst six vcirs Mr has no desire to drive into the United Mites finding their police officers mull less mildly and helpful ones He ilso says lb it he ifraid of guns which American truckers If i is slopped he under stands the police ilcly for his log bis gun and pills They assume a driver will In lype of medic ilion to maintain his hid any Kemplon regularly drives from to for Lyman Tubing He originally planned lobes motor but has driving transport for years photo incidents but I know enough people who have to know thit 1 before I had to go down into hit I no part of After 110 years Firefighters look back on hard work changes By 1IWWII I- our finfighlers wilh an accumulated of sirvice in area resig nation Hills I- ire Mick Holmes this Sam Ttnnunl Vin Heel Mason ind irr told Thi Her I week they feci Hit time has for them to ritire leave It to the mem of force to provide the eommunitj fin protee After soars Willi Ihe I think it s lime throw in the spinet Mr explained He was elected fire chief in 1053 and held the office least two years I can get out in lime to catch truck any more Mr lommcnlod Trafficssohtivj I can I gel across the corner Mr Van Meet agreed with a chuckle I always run from In mo too and I can I get up the hill fast enough to catch the first truck any more either I think it a time to leave it to the younger They re a bit faster moving a bit more enthusiastic than now All four men are life mem of ihe Acton Volunteer Firefighters Association and of the Ontario Firefighters As Mr also holds a long service medal from the Ontario Fire Mar a office in recognition of years service as a volun teer Mr Tennant Joined the Acton Fire Department in ruary 1945 Mr Van Fleet joined in June 1953 Mr Ma Bon joined in January and Mr Joined In August My boss Force suggested thai I join the partmenf Mr re- He fell il was move as a laxpijer to have i mpl ivies on fire depart keep the and he initiraed us lo join FIRST Whin the four pterins joined the department had membirs and i 1927 pumper has since been purchased by ind is in tin fire hill The three men who have Ihen longesi recall runs on Hie old and in the front running pouring gas into Ihe motor lo lln Iruck The fuel wis fed vacuum system than pumped and mire sophisticated lhan whit well id then Mr listing such items isresuscitn tors packs siws for culling people out of and buildings two iv radios among the newer We used In have to rely i n our for in the old davs Mr Tennanl pointed out Mr Maion also recalled thai in beginning ihcy all rode fires out in ihe open even whonil was30below Now have ihe von and can in The two way radio is Mr he recalled what it was like in Ihe old days sitting beside a creek all man mngi pump during a fire when time the Georgetown crew arrived he When Ihe men first joined the department had raise of ihe money they received for their year s vice were awarded fires practices and meetings and the total sum was then divided among the men ac cording to how many points had earned through the for a fire you only one point for that Mr Van Fleet explains practices and are necessary too so we earn polnls for them The system is stilt in use the value of a point mav have risen considerably since days when council made a large contnbu lion the department if it rect a year To supplement Ibis Hie fire men held danci year and sold tickets door The whole town involved even the odd resident slops one of men to Inquire why they haven been around Continued on IS hot gave old they often had pour fuel Into the motor to keep it running or they get to fire In the early days when the pumper was kept in front of a garage near hall they also had problems passing youngsters pulling Ihe plug on the block healer so lhal il was too cold to start on winter nights It was not uncommon for the men to nave to push the down street to get it running before they went to a fire That same engine pumped oil night long when A P Green factory burned however and wo subsequent ly used at fire on Wolfe turkey farm The four men to im proved equipment as ma change in their time on the force Equipment today is much I We I even send someone with a message was needed fire hi said The radio is a greal help None of four men have ever been injured al i fire Mr Van claimed his most sen us jury Willi Ihe department in Seplembtr hen Ihe Ac ion fall fair ihrtil wen looking for volunteers for a game of donkey baseball He gut tossed off the meanest donkey he ever came across he joked One of the high points of their memories centres around mutual aid between neighbor departments Mr Mason recalled a mutual aid call to Burlington which turned out to be simply a test of their in answering calls had already arrived at the designated place and had their hoses in action by the Retiring One lire tighten from left are Harry Otlerbein Don Van Fleet and Doug Mason Among them the four men