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A Fire Department is maintained for TELEGRAPH CREEK'S BANANA BELT NEWS

the purpose of saving lives and property
in the community it serves. One of the
best ways of accomplishing this is by
PREVENTING as many fires as possible -
lives and property are never lost in
fires that do not hapven,

Hovember 25th.

During this Festive Season, please be
careful of Fire Hazards. .-

1. Do not smoke in bed.

2. Turn out tree lights before retir-
ina or leaving your home,

3. Remove wrapping paper from your
home as soon as possible.

4.* Empty your ash trays often, outside,
not in inside aarbaage collectors.

5. Provide ample ashtrays for your-
selves and quests.

6. Do NOT overload electrical circuits'

- Give specific i: *ructions to your ne.
baby sitters in th. event of a Fire eg:
Emergency. (see page 16) Perhaps the best advantage of livina

in Teleqraph Creek is the peace and
quiet afforded by our isolation from the
harsh world Outside. This separation from
society, relaxing as it is, is also the
most frustrating part of being a resident
here.

The telephone service must be the
poorest in the entire northland and it

- Bubblina tree liqhts contain
Methylene Chloride - Poisonous if
ingested,

.* Also: Fire salts, used to make
coloured flames on burning loas con-
tain Metalic compounds - toxic if
eaten or if fumes are inhaled.

“Another Fire Hazard, Mixing angel _ is an exceptional event to successfully
hair and snow spray on a tree. Both complete a phone call in or out of T.C.
ag, dtems are advertised as non~flamable. - . s.,. Mail service isn't much better and
So In combinatton they become so flamm ~* durina the winter season (just a bit
able that a touch of flame sends them shorter than Cassiar's) we seldom see
into a burst of fire. ‘ the mail plane flying in on schedule.
Because holiday decorations make No fault of the airline's; we have ex-
this an intensified fire hazard season, cellent pilots, but this is one of the
work out and rehearse a family fire roughest flying areas in B.C. and the
escape plan. weather is nearly always uncooperative
Nothing kills holiday joy like a ride somewhere along the fliaht path. Yet,
to the hospital emernency room - or a after being without a mail delivery for
need to call out the Fire Department. a couple of weeks, even Aunty Minnie be-
comes hard to live with.
\le wish you an Emernency Free, And there's the road; have you seen
it? It's the cussedest 75 miles in the
MER?” CHRISTMAS & HAPPY tiEW YEAR, world. This year the Consolidated Pro-
. . Mt ; pane men had to make five attempts before
Cussior /Jolunteer Fire Brigade they were able to make it in from Dease

Lake with a load of propane for the
school and I'11l bet Orville McLean (what
would this community do without Never-
qive-up Oriville?) has lost count of the

“ M4 Me

The followin: neva from the "BANANA

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mitted to us Jim uwobart, Jum 18 tonet. the-awpplies: into tec. ,

a teacher atc. -eqraph Sehoot Sons tderlnalalinthetfacens thay” Lzhow
From time t  matl and weather wonder at my lack of wisdom in aqreeing

permita) Jim w mit news and to communicate the T.C, (Banana Belt)

‘ happentngs fro Learaph Creek, which news to you. Such as it is! Know anybody

we hope, you tix  eadera will en,jou.