WHITRY PREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1985, PAGE 23 Whitby fire responses The following calls were responded to by the Whitby Fire Depar- tment for the seven day period from 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7 to 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, 1985. JAN.7 3:17 p.m. - 146 Thickson Rd. N. Chim- ney fire. 11:30 p.m. - Garden St. and Kilberry Dr. Checked downed wires. JAN.8 12:51 a.m. - 1722 Duf- ferin St., Apt. 1. Smoke in hallway. 4:40 p.m. - 58 Baldwin St. Broken Steam pipe. JAN.9 8:16 a.m. - 315 Colbourne St. W. Report of smoke, no fire found. 11:05 a.m. - 315 Colbourne St. Alarm ac- cidently activated. 11:13 a.m. - 301 Dun- das St. W. Diesel oil spill. 5:22 p.m. - 315 Colbourne St. E. Resuscitator call. 6:31 p.m. - 7th Conc., east of Brock Rd., Pickering. Mutual aid given to Pickering Fire Department. 11:22 p.m. - 273 Crawforth St. Report of smoke, no fire found. $200 damage. JAN. 10 12:25 a.m. - 41 Kilberry Dr. Hot ashes in corrugated box. 8:38 a.m. -188 Michael Blvd. Car fire. $200 damage. 6:43 p.m. - 407 Gilbert St. E. Medical aid. JAN.11 10:20 a.m. - 300 King St. Assistance given to ambulance service. 10:53 a.m. - 111 In- dustrial Dr. Public assistance. 11:52 a.m. - 840 Dun- das St. E. Assistance to ambulance service. 2:04 p.m. - 1506 Wen- tworth St. W. Broken sprinkler pipe. 2:47 p.m. - Dundas St. and Thickson Rd. Vehicle accident. 4:56- 1390 Hopkins St., Bldg. B. Broken sprinkler pipe. JAN.12 12:57 a.m. - 44 Michael Blvd. Medical aid. 1:19 a.m. - 227 Brock St. S. Alarms ringing. 3:06 a.m. - 450 Taun- ton Rd. E. Alarms ringing. 3:41 p.m. - Hopkins St. S. Report of smoke, no fire found. 5:02 p.m. - 400 Ander- son St. Garbage bin fire. 6:02 p.m. - 26 Jermyn St. Faulty oven element. 6:25 p.m. - 309 Ken- dalwood Rd. Chimney fire. 6:56 p.m. - Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital. Gas leaking from car in parking lot. 11:20 p.m. - Dundas and D'Hillier Sts. Vehicle accident. JAN. 13 12:24 . a.m. - Mac- Millan Bathurst. Faulty sprinkler system. 12:26 p.m. - Hialeah Cres. Garbage bin fire. 3:09 p.m. - 4 Goldring Cres. Assistance to am- bulance service. The following is a reminder to all Whitby residents who have wood burning applian- ces or fireplaces from Fire Chief Ed Crouch: "The disposai of ashes can be serious. Ashes should be removed frequently from the ap- pliance- as an ac- cumulation of ash inside the combustion cham- ber can lead to inef- ficient burning and may be hazardous. "Ashes that appear might contain hot coals and, therefore, should not be disposed of carelessly. Always store ashes in a covered metal container on a non-combustible sur- face, preferrably out- side and dump them where there is no danger of fire." Help prevent fires. CANADIAN CLUB The next meeting of the Canadian Club of Durham Region will be held on Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, Bloor St. E., Oshawa. All are welcome and reservations may be made by calling Elsie McGuire at 576-6196. Vaughan honored John Bodrug (left), general manager of the York Division of Canada Post is seen here giving the Crown corporation's Award of Excellence to Whitby resident Bill Vaughan, superintendent of retail collection and delivery of the Oshawa-Whitby area. Vaughan, 49, was given the award in recognition of services he has given to the community. A 40-year resident of Whitby, he is currently president of the local council of the Boy Scouts and is a past com- missioner of the organization. He is the manager of the Beaver program for the province of Ontario and has received the scouting movement's Medal of Merit. His other community service work includes membership on the recent Whitby Mayor's Task Force on the Disabled, the Oshawa Flying Club and the Oshawa Antique Gun Collectors Club. Vaughan also received the Bicentennial Medal from Premier William Davis. He is one of Whitby's original letter carriers. His career with the post office started when home delivery was introduced to the town 25 years ago. Free Press Staff Photo (NC) - Master cube. It sounds like the latest in board games, but it is in reality a gigantic jigsaw puzzle that is helping to build bettercars. Developed by General Motors' Olds- mobile division, the master cube technique is used in the production of the new GM20 compact automo- biles, the 1985 front-wheel drive Oldsmobile Calais, Buick Somerset Regal, and Pontiac Grand Am coupes. The master cube system has three elements; ma- thematical data ofthe car;a computer-linked scanner; and the cube itself. Tens of thousands of ma- thematical data points, plotting the perfect vehicle, have been computer stored. They were the source for every aspect of the produc- tion program and were used to describe each part of the car, to build gauges to mea- ure these parts, and evén Lo master the body framing svstem for the vehicle. The scanner is an elec- tronic eye that can encom- pass the entire vehicle, scan metal surfaces, and com- pare them to themathemat- ical data base. Thus each part is checked against the master data. The cube itself is a kind of full-sized model made of a highly stable plastic mater- ial. Pieces can be removed and replaced by metal parts until the entire car is made of metal. It allows reliabil- ity engineers to look at parts "as the car would see them," in relationship to one another, and much ear- lier than in previous car pro- grams. For example, swing clearances between a door and fender are checked, and ornamentation and as- sembly diagnostics are ver- tified with the cube. During the development 0O- progrpm the cube, has servedJ a number of fune- tions. It began as a gauge with prototype parts, then became a diagnostic tool prior to production, and now the cars are in full pro- duction the master cube quantifies build problems and helps maintain process control. Your Local Chrysler-Dodge Sales and Service Parts & ce rsdays til 9p.m. 209 Dundas St. W.