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TERRACE BAY NEWS Authorized as 2nd Slaea mail Post Office Department, Ottawa. see Circulation ' Terrace Bay _ Vol.3, No.40 October 6, 1960 & Schreiber eee a tee nem ee mn earn os omen meee | FIRE PREVENTION WEEK - OCTOBER 2ND TO 8TH CANADA SAVINGS BONDS ON SALE SOON Fire Prevention is areremnn's oo nae The last deduction for 1959 bonds come s every week of the year., Accepting and act- off the.October 3lst pay, so now is the time ing on this fact is the most important to start thinking about your 1960 purchase. message of Fire Prevention Week, cv If you haven't bought bonds in the past, give It is more than appalling that, in aise {| it some thought -- talk to someone who has -- of all that is said and done by way of warn- | they'll tell you that it's. an easy way to ing, and.in spite of all, the evidence of the | save and that it pays good dividends; and loss in life and property that is presented | last year's record sales $110,900) would all throughout the year, the menace and seem to bear this out, penalty of fire continues to grow in this This year's campaign will get underway great Canada of ours, on October 18th, As usual there will be a Fatal fires are not accidents]. They -- canvasser in each department, Watch the happen when small children are left alone in a home, when someone drowses off with a lighted cigarette in hand, or because of rubbish in cellars and attics. It is the 'News'? for further details, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNS simple things like these that again and Thursday, October 6th, 1960 is the day again cause the tragic death from fire, when all new traffic signs will have been EYRE IS AN ENEMY ~ A DEADLY ENEMY | Here are the grim "figures for the losses Canadians suffer, each year, from the scourge erected, and all members of the Community are reminded to obey same.: In the. Terrace Bay News, two weeks ago, we 'listed all the signs and the locations where they would be erected. In last week's edition we printed a map showing all loca- tions. A copy of this map has been: placed in the bulletin board on Simcoe Plaza. REMEMBER THE SPEED LIMIT IN TOWN IS 25 MILES PER HOUR, with the sole exception of Highway 17 where speed limit is 40 miles per hour, majority in homes, More than $130 million in property destroyed '- or over $8.00 for every man, woman and child in our nation, CANADA HAS PROBABLY THE WORST RECORD OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY, and the rate of fire loss has actually heen climbing, almost without a break, for the last 20 years. But, the war against this danger, and the effort to cut down its power must go on. As part of this fight, the Governor General of Canada has proclaimed the week of October 2nd to the 8th as Fire Preven- tion Week, A similar proclamation has been made by the President of the United States. Fire is greedier than it seems, conse- quently, Fire Prevention week is more important than it might seem to be, and the fire prevention program, if carried out, will do a great deal more good than might other- Wise be realized, The Terrace Bay Fire Department has won eight awards in ten years, This year has seen a steady growth and improvement in our Community, We have enjoyed a fire-free year since our last fire prevention week in 1959, The Department wishes to thank all residents for the part they have played in keeping fire losses at a minimum. We can all take pride in the fact that we are in the class having one of the lowest fire losses in Ontario - Class "F" for municipal- | ities under 2500 population. The Terrace Bay Fire Department will be making a house to 'ruse fire prevention inspection during the month of October, Your co-operation with the Fire Department will be appreciate, This inspection will be carried out between the hours of 9 A.M, and 4 P.M, AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION MAPS NEW ROUTE Adding impetus to the publicity already given to the new Ontario Section of the Trans- Canada Highway is a recent publication issued by the American Automobile Association, Merritt L, Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Association, Washington, D.C., states in a letter that a discussion held at a meeting of the Canadian Automobile Association "caused me to want to enjoy some of this highway." He and his wife travelled across Ontario from border to border on both the new Trans- Canada and on the "Over The Top" route, Highway 11. On his return to the United States he prepared stories on the two highways which, together with three new strip maps will be. distributed by the Association. His letter concludes with: "We certainly enjoyed our ten days! stay in Canada -- in fact we felt almost like Canadians when we left, which isn't a bad feeling either," It is to be hoped that the many tourists who will travel these highways in the future leave Canada with the same feeling. HIGH SCHOOL INITIATION CONDUCTED On Wednesday evening, September 28th, the senior high school students initiated the j Grade Niners, who were unrecognizable in the costumes stipulated by the Student's Council. After a detailed inspection the whole student body paraded through the streets, -- (Cont'd Page 9) es ne eRe ee oe a et none en een obit APRIL to OCTOBER 31ST IS THE FOREST FIRE SEASON IN ONTARIO, YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES BY BEING (CAREFUL of fire. More than 600 lives wiped out - the vast | | | | |