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PAGE I6 TERRACE BAY NEWS OCTOBER 3, I973 FIRE DEPARTMENT Merv Neidrauer, of Manitouwadge, the co- ordinator, presided for the regular meeting of the Thunder Bay Mutural Aid Association, Zone 4 meeting in Schreiber, with Schreiber Chief, Peter Doig, welcoming the delegates. An interesting talk was carried on regard- ing the importance of Fire Department Termin- ology; Fire control in high hazard locations; First Attack =- back-up. A film was shown on fire inspections, deal- ing in particular with hospitals. Mr. Doig discussed potential fire hazards in Schreiber and the mutual aid which could be expected from Terrace Bay. The ever-present factor of distance, in Northwestern Ontario, is the greatest problem recognized by the various fire fighters, in ~ offering mutual aid, when not only must they travel miles, but, also leave adequate Protec. tion for their own towns. Schreiber Fire Brigade will host the Fall meeting of the Thunder Bay Mutual Fire Aid Association on October 20th in the town hall, beginning with a luncheon provided by the loc- al members' wives. ; The Spring and Fall meetings are most im- portant occasions and widely attended, since not only the city of Thunder Bay, but the en- tire vast area of Thunder Bay send delegates, to discuss not only mutual, but differing pro- blems. COST OF LIVING At a time when Canadians are concerned with such problems as high food costs and the tax burden of education, how are the people in the developing countries getting on? We have been sharply critical of rising food costs in our supermarkets. In West Africa a five-year drought has meant that I4- million people faced starvation in recent months; only a massive international relief effort has averted a major human tragedy, and outside aid will be needed for a long time to come. Crop failures have brought on serious food shortages in India and in other parts of the East. The troubling fact is that food surpluses have almost disappeared this year around the world. The situation is underlined in the indication made by the Canadian Government that while it will continue to help alleviate dire situations, the day of big wheat give- aways will soon be past. We in Canada have experienced a year of belt-tightening in the field of education, and there have been fresh debates on present methods of teaching our children everything from New Math to French. Yet tonight around the world 500-million children are going to bed not having been to any school. They re- main illiterate, untrained and poor. In Haiti, children scrounge and beg stones, grav- el and sand in order to help their parents 'build desperately needed schools so that the parents can then petition the government for a UNICEF-trained teacher. UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, knows how the people in the developing countries are getting on. It carries out em- ergency aid in times of famine and disaster and, in III countries, conducts long-term programmes in health, education, nutrition and family and child welfare. It works for children, in co-operation with other organizations of the United Nations, and in partnership with countries round the globe. The need for funds increases. UNICEF looks to woluntary contributions from govern- ments - Canada gave over $I,600,000. last year - to agencies and committees and individ- uals for the support it must have. It has set a target for I975 of $I00-million dollars. Not much. The nations of the world spend an estimated $200-million each year for military purposes. : When you support Halloween for UNICEF, when you purchase UNICEF Greeting Cards, you help strengthen UNICEF in its work for children. MOBILE UNIT IN TERRACE BAY FRIDAY The Department of Manpower and Immigra- tion Mobile Unit is making its last swing through the area, Tim Dodd, officer in char- ge of Thunder Bay's Immigration Centre said today. The mobile unit staffed by an Immigration Officer, is travelling through the area to assist those people who are eligible to reg- ister under the Immigration adjustment of Status Program. Anyone who is eligible to register, is urged to do so now, before the I5th of October. The fact that we have conditionally app- roved for landed status all who have been interviewed under the program is indicative of the relaxed regulations that are applied to people who are eligible for registration. Many of the early registrants, he said, were university or college students and able to interpret the new regulations for them- selves. Our problem now, he said, is to get continued page I9