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OCTOBER 6th to 12th "Cia R Editorial Page Fire Prevention Week FIRE DEVASTATION IN CANADA in the last 10 years has claimed 5,800 lives, injured "and disfigured. 21,000 persons, and has destroyed an estimated property worth $1,410,000,000. In 1967, the estimated fatali- ties in fire was 673. The pre- liminary figure of the direct material loss last year of 64,251 fires is $156,046,517. This com- pares with the recorded loss in 1966 of $162,718,013 in 68,463 fires. The figures are based on pro- vincial reports to the Dominion Fire Commissioner. The War Against Waste Highlights of battle against fire waste: ° By concerted efforts of the fire services, with increased civilian co-operation, the an- nual number of fires is coming down, The 64,251 fires last year compares with 86,919 in 1958. The estimate of the re- duction over the decade is 25%. This has been achieved despite the great population and econo- mie growth. ® Tn 1967, the series of tragic fires at the end of the year -- one of them wiping out an en- - tire family of 13--swelled the "death list. Nevertheless; the - estimated 1967 fire death rate (deaths per'100,000 population) of 3.3 is a substantial improve- ment over the 3.8 rate of 1957. This year, the directors of the fire services' national campaign plan stepped-up educational ef- forts for the holiday season. Large Lass Industry Fires Excluding forest and govern- ment property fires, the 1967 lass was put at $7.65 per capita, compared with $8.17 in 1966. Multi - million dollar industry. ifires continued to swell the to- "tal. The 10-year industry dam- age is reckoned at over $625,000, SA "You Remember? Taking into account the in- direct economic factors -- in- dustrial production and discruption -- the real burden of fire in a year is at least $780,- 000,000, fire authorities say. Nobody Escapes Responsibility Nobody, least of all the tax- payer, escapes the responsibil- ity of fire--on the job and in the home. Ten years ago, the average cost of fire in the home was $400. Today it is nearly double. Out Of Reach Do you make sure that small things are well out of the reach of your baby or toddler? Especially for children under one year, one of the greatest hazards is suffocation -- either by food or by small objects which get into the baby's throat, windpipe or lungs. Babies and toddlers put just about everything into their mouths because it is one way they learn about the shape, feel and taste of things. Some will experiment with pushing small objects into their noses or ears. That's why the federal health department publication, The Canadian Mother and Child, ad- vises you to keep the following items out of reach: needles and pins -- including safety pins and hairpins; nails, buttons and heads; marbles, coins and toys or dolls with parts small enough to be torn off and swallowed; "caps from bottles, tooth-paste tubes, ete. Also remove small bones from fish and chicken for children' under three. CARELESS YOUTH Young hunters, less than 20 vears of age, are responsible for 38 per cent of the hunting acci- dents in Ontario. SR h : = = ol job. 4 a RSS FN i MRSA 50 YEARS AGO Thurs., Sept. 26th, 1918 A leading Optometrist & Optician F. E. Luke will be at Davis Drug Store on Thursday of each week. Milk prices will be rais- ed to 1lc. per quart start- ing October 1st. Mr. Wright Crosier bought the McClintock farm at Manchester. At the Blackstock fair this year they had a Baby Show when five babies were in the contest, the honours went to the child of Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Mc- Quaid. 25 YEARS AGO September 30th, 1948 Rev. F. G, Vesey, B.A. formerly of Parkdale Pres- byterian Church was the speaker for the Re-Dedi- cation of St. John's Pres- byterian,. + VAY At the 1st Port Perry Troop of Boy Scouts meet- ing AP.L. Jack Whitmore was appointed Troop Lead- - er and Stuart Lane was promoted to assistant Pa- trol Leader. Sgt. Laura Roger is spending her furlough, with her parents -at Ep- som, 15 YEARS AGO October 8th, 1953 The Recreational Centre Committee have signed Wren Blair, president of the Oshawa Truckers Team as Director and Manager for the coming .. year, The Port Perry Yacht Club. will hold the Cana.' dian Championship Re- gatta at Port Perry Oct. 12, sponsored by the Port Perry Lions Club. - White Show Mr. Albert Cooper Brooklin won the + Grand Champion with his yearling bull and Allan Crosier, Saintfield had the Grand Champion cow. 10 YEARS AGO. October 2nd, 1958 Port Perry Merchants won a 1-0 victory in Mount Hope to even up the OASA championship semi- final series in Inter. "B"" playoffs, . .. ~~ Mrs. M. B. Dymond gave a commentary on her privilege of being present- ed to Princess Margaret at the Government recep- tion to the Guide and brownie mothers of Port Perry. g Miss E. Spence, Prince Albert has had a sale of furniture and is planning on moving to Toronto. A ry 3 SAE > veh oe ie BILL SMILEY ~~ IAN IS QUITE A LAD Young people, however fine their ethical standards, have a knack of getting them- selves, and innocent bystanders, into some unholy messes. Herewith a couple of ex- amples. Our neighbor's boy, Ian, is a good lad, He's clean, honest, polite and law-abiding. He's about as normal a young fellow as- you'd meet, Likes girls, plays football and works hard at everything except school. He and his gang are mad about motors. Motor-bikes and cars occupy much of their waking time. lan had. a Honda, then a Volks, -and this summer bought a conver- tible for $60. It runs. Last week, his group was out cruising around, looking at used cars. They had no money to buy one. Just looking. And they came across a deal no red-blooded car-lover could resist. It was a hearse. A huge, black, 1950 of the sort. It was a genuine, ready-for- work hearse, complete with purple uphol- stery and every detail, right down to a crucifix, Think of 'the history in that black be- hemoth's years of service. Think of all the good souls who had their first and last ride in a Cadillac in that long, sombre body. I don't think the boys pondered much on these things. But they were hooked. They'd have the coolest transportation in town. And a Cadillac. ; But what did it was the price. One hun. dred dollars, Ian, the only one with any money in the bank, wrote a cheque on the spot. The others were to come in on shares when they raised the money. I don't blame them. If I'd seen it first, I'd have bought it as a second car for my wife, It would certainly be a conversation piece. : And that's exactly what it turned out to be. When Ian drove up and parked it in the driveway, and his parents found out what he'd done, there was some conver. sation all right. 10a J He was told in no uncertain terms that 'Sugar and Spice on a stiff proposition, and that this was not a motor-bike, but a hearse of a differ- ent color. ' But the damage was done. The menac- ing black hearse had been seen in the drive- way. The phone began to ring. The . neighbors started taking up a collection for flowers. The Potato Man, who. calls re- gularly with produce, tapped timidly at the back door, hat on his breast tears in his eyes, and said brokenly, "I don't know whether I should call today, when you've had a sadness in the family." Tan was told to get that hearse out of sight. He let one of the other lads take it home. The latter's mother told him not to. park it within a block of their house. People chased him away when he tried to park in front of their homes. And so it went the rounds of the boys and their . parents, Cadillac hearse. It hadn't been stripped-%. It is now hidden behind the cottage of * down into a vegetable truck or something one of the families involved, deep in the (Continued on Page 5) PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and : Surrounding Areas : P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. "| Btbscription Rates, In Canada $8.00. per yr, | Elsewhere, $4.50 per year. Single Copy 10ec.