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VOL. 2. NO. 44


THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1964 - TWELVE PAGES


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        Bv EVE SEITER
  The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
flared into a raging inferno on
October 9th. Before it was finally
controlled it had snuffed out the
lives of 250 people, destroyed
17,430 buildings and piled up
losses to the staggering total of
$175,000,000! The tragic holo-
caust convinced a nation of the
need for greater education in fire
prevention. Yet almost a hundred
years later, despite the benefits
of modern training and equip-
ment, 11,800 persons died in fires
last year! Thousands more were
injured and property dollar loss-
es from fire soared to a new
high of $1,405,558,000! Fire Pre-
vention Week, October 4th-10th,
planned to fall within the anni-
versary of the Great Chicago
Fire, is nationally proclaimed in
an effort to cut this appalling
toll by reminding you that fire-
men can put out fires but you
can prevent them!
  The reminder is timely. The
  Wintersville area, parched for
  weeks, is tinder dry. Your care-
  lessness or mine could easily
  set off a conflagration. Our effic-
  ient Volunteer -Fire Department
  would eventually bring that fire
  under control; only you and I can
  prevent it from happening. Ac-
  cording to Ohio' s State Fire Mar-
  shall there were five major
  causes of fires in Ohio in 1963.
  Cast your eye upon them and de-
  cide whether you might have been
  among the careless people whose
  thoughtlessness could have set
  off a similar blaze.
  Number one,-Careless smoking
  and use of matches were re-
  sponsible for 3,334 fires in Ohio
  in 1963!
  Number two-2,898 fires were
  caused by faulty electrical wir-
  ing, use of improper fuses, un-
  approved equipment and over-
  loaded circuits.
  Number three-overheating of
  stoves and heaters, defective
  chimneys and dirty furnaces
  caused 3,001 fires in Ohio last
  year!
  Number four - Open flames
caused 2,703 fires in Ohio last
year.
  Number five-Careless use and
  storage of flammable liquids re-
  sulted in 2,801 fires-in Ohio last
  year.


  The 23,029 fires in 1963 in the
  state of. Ohio resulted in the
  deaths of 293 people! It is esti-
  mated that 20% of these deaths
  were children under five years
  old! What can you do about it?
  You can see to it that your
  children are not left unattended.
  You can keep matches out of their
  reach. You-can remember that
  your clothing will burn and you
  can take greater care near open
  flame or heaters. You can re-
  member that smoking in bed is
  deadly. You can arrange for fire
  drills in your home.
  Your local fire department will
  assist you by carrying out sched-
uled   inspections of business
houses, homes, schools, church-
es and Rest Homes during this
Week of Fire Prevention. Eight
members of the Wintersville Vol-
unteer Fire Department have just
completed courses of further
study at the Regional FireSchool
held in Jewett. Any of these men,
W. R. Ekey, Keith George, Bill
George, David Day, Jim Hutton,
Larry George, Jack Donley, Dave
Jenkins, or any other member of
the Wintersville Volunteer Fire
Department stands willing and
ready to advise or assist you in,
eliminating a fire hazard. Fire


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       A Real Sport
 High school coaches are, as a
 rule, former palyers of thegame
 they teach, and in playing the
 game, usually learn sportsman-
 ship, and in turn develop this
 prime requisite in their boys
 (we hope).
 Coach Kettlewell initiated pro-
 ceedings to acquire coaches' re-
 ports and films on Girard for the
 Big Red coach, and in turn was
 to receive the films on the game
between Big Red and Girard. Af-
ter fulfilling his half of the bar-
gain, Coach Kettlewell was flatly
refused the Big Red-Girard game
films by the coach of Big Red.
Exchanging films is standard
procedure among all coaches.
One would think that we would
be behind all our local schools
when playing visitors, but it
seems that the green emerges
at all levels.
This may or may not have had
any effect on the outcome of our
game with Girard, but it would
have eliminated the nauseating
aroma that now arises from this
incident.
We hold no grudges, and speak-
ing on behalf of all the Winters-
ville fans and myself, we wish to
tip our hat to the coach of
Steubenville Big Red. He is a
real sportl


Firemen Paul Taylor and Captain Bill Davis demonstrating the use of "entry suits".


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Prevention brouchures are avail-
able, carefully spelling out how
to prevent fires, as'well as what
to do in case of,fire. Avail your-
self of these leaflets. Read them
over with your family. Impress
upon the adults as well as the
children the fearful facts of fire!
Every day in the United States,
according to the National Fire
Protection Association estim-
ates, fire levies this tragic toll
of death and destruction:
32 lives..1500 homes..14 schools
..8 churches..5 hospitals and nur-
sing homes..120 stores and 135
industrial plants! EVERY DAY!
Only you can cut these ghastly
figures! Firemen put out fires--
you prevent them.











  FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCT.4-1AO


  WINTERSVILLE

                     VS.

ST.CLAIRSVILLE


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October 2

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St. Clairsville


    A Central Fan,
    A Big Red Fan,
A Wintersville Fan,
     Bob Westlake
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        Cross Creek

        Local Schools
 Since the recent action taken
 by the Steubenville City Council
 in creating a new township, the
 question has arisen: What effect
 does this have on school district
 boundaries?
 The answer is simple. It has
 none. City Councils are without
 authority to change the area of
 school districts. This action has
 no more effect than the action
 taken by the County Commiss-
 ioners and the Steubenville City
 Council when they annexed into
 the City of Steubenville a part
 of the Cross Creek Local School
 District.
 The official and legal name of
 this district is the Cross Creek
 Local and is not and has not
been for many years the Cross
Creek Township School District.
In fact, the Cross Creek Local
School District includes a part
of the following townships: Cross
Creek, Island Creek and Steuben-
ville. It also includes a part of
the City of Steubenville and all
of the Village of Wintersville.
Any change in school district
lines can only be made with the
approval of the Ohio State Board
of Education.
                   Sincerely,
               0, W. Buchanan





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