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This Is FIRE PREVENTION WEEK BE CAREFUL ... SAVE LIFE And PROPERTY HELP PREVENT FIRES By Simple Measures On Your part as: 1 Care With Cigarets and Matches 2 Repair of defective electrical equipment 3 Inspection of Furnace* and Smokepipes 4 Elimination of Combustible debris Champaign Fire Department R. W. ALSIP, CHIEF I August Sehalk, Ass’t Chief - Thomas Adams, Captain Hobart Kruse, Lieutenant - Wayne Murphy , Lieutenant William Lange, Mechanic - Ray Reid Ray Sehalk - James Majors Geo. East Edward Sehalk Clifford Murphy Dallas Burgess Dallas Robertson Donald Frizzell Howard Shirley Villard Ayers Donald Brash Robert Bates Alfred Wible Willard Ashby George Hagerman, Inspector LET'S BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL - NOT ONLY DUR- H H _ ./ ■ ING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 1 1 But For 365 Days Each Year. 1 HOWEVER \ j If The “Bad Luck Comes” See Us For Your Repairing & Rebuilding Needs. Weather its for Building New or Remodeling • We Have What it Takes. THE BARCUS LUMBER COMPANY | I Call 7 2992 “The Lumber Number” t I 221 N. BROADWAY URBANA, ILLINOIS j FIRE PREVENTION PARADE AT LAWHEADw I LET’S ALL DO OOP lao- lac- . •' HRE' H Pupil* of Lawhcad grade ichool staged a fire prevention :>arade Monday afternoon with * offlc special assistance from 1. ■ ft •acni>n fire ri pirlment A few of the marcher* are shown above listening to a dis cn.-ston' of sab- wiring by Ai y • Willie, city fireman In (he ■ **. i —m ■! i am ■■ ~ group left to right are Nancy Williams, Callic Mae Eskew, Myrtle Alle, Delores Lyons Ronnie Taylor, and Geneva Rriit. _ - — - 4 Advises The Following 1. CHECK YOUR SMOKE PIPES FROM FURNACE OR STOVE TO CHIMNEY. 2. CHECK YOUR WIRING ON APPLIANCES. 3. CHECK YOUR FUSES - USE 15 AMP. FOR SAFETY. 4. CHECK FOR RUBBISH AROUND FURNACES AND STOVES. The Walter Savage Insurance Agency FIRE Prevention Week SHOULD BE OBSERVED BE CAREFUL! SAVE LIFE & PROPERTY FORD HOPKINS CO. 11 Main Street 601 East Green Street % m Avoid the disap pointment of wall paper which may lose its looks. For lasting be nty in sist on Imperial Washable Wall paper. . . . Imperial withstands room ex posurc without f^l i ing for many yen rs, } See the new nat I terns now on du ll play. I 5 IN EVERY ■ PRICE RANGE I Your rooms deserve the finest in wallpapers. So. be selective. Choose IMPERIAL * ® for the best in quality, value and economy. See ti e 1' ■ NEW 1949 patterns and colors. v ». JORDAN’S PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE 41 MAIN ST. CHAMPAIGN