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FIREMAN'S BALL:

The annual Fireman's Ball was held in the
Community Centre on October 10th, as a grand
finale to Fire Prevention Week. Music was
provided by the Northeraires, who, 4s usual
performed with an excellence comparal|: to the
big city groups. This function was also used
to present Mr. A. Van Heel with commmity award
as featured on our front page.

Presentations were also made to winners of
the home owners competition and we would like to
congratulate the winners of the Private Home Own-
ers Competition and thank all those who entered
for their interest and all the work done.

The homes were judged by a panel of three
Judges and the competition was very close.

Entries were judged for the best looking
house-trailer combination of paint, front yard,
back yard, lawn, etc.

The winners were:

TRAILERS lst prize - M. Lane
2nd prize - C. Galarmeau
3rd prize - F. Cafferty
4th prize - J. Mezes
HOUSES Ist prize - T. Vale
2nd prize - F. Venzi
3rd prize - L. Gomes
4th prize - C. Guarducci

In his address to those attending the
Fireman's Ball, Mr. Edwards, Fire Marshall,
stated that using figures extracted from the
"Transport Times", the loss to home owners in
Canada over a 10 year period was $45,000,000.00
affecting 532,000 home owners.

Mr. Edwards went on to say that the loss of
life, injury and disfigurement attached to the
above figures was appalling, particularly among
children and if anyone had the notion that "it
won't happen to me'', we only had to look at our
own record and we realize that it can.

While modern fire fighting equipment stood
ready with a well trained force of men, he pre-
ferred to see them never called upon. Mr.
Edwards stated that only by the diligence of
each home or trailer owner - examining the home
for fire hazards, could they be sure they were
not just another statistic.