Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1950 — Page 14

1 PAGE un Don’t Be Sorry—

By BOB SCHARFF., Times Special Writer

It's a Lot Better to Be Safe. onChrisimes © ENF DASLET | an TY TTT

: Christmas Arai CHRISTMAS is the gayest season of the year. But, faifure to, (Close at hand, it may be a holi-tin a 2a sation of water and spray,

decoration, but if one pound of

take proper precautions may make you an unfortunate victim of one; day Y Savy . 5 Ther tor § sf the thousands of fires that happen during the holiday season. Use a “fresh tree, not one that] " White 1t_will not make the dec- . te) ps n with your tree. Although the evergreen is a symbol of is dry and tindery. Keep it out-iorations fireproof, it will reduce al WW. a The re Yuletide spirit, it is also the chief source of holiday fires. It is filled doors until you use it, and set it/the fire hazard by making most \ a i 2? yX: + OSPECT <1 editorial 1a

with pitch and resin and, as it dries out, it becomes tinder. Actual tests have shown that ———————————

an average Christmas tree will ing blaze before it is possible to!

burn up in less than two minutes, call the local fire department.

This means that you have a roar- A fire extinguisher may not be and stand it in a pail of water.

|up only the day that it is to be/types of paper slow burning. Also, That {decorated. once presents are unwrapped, - . Cl same To help keep the tree alive, throw out the paper wrappings da : - aus for t .lchop some cuts in the butt end| immediately. x : : : , ao 4 ‘ nN : Henry Scha | Christmas is the time for chil-|[Egi== FE SR : ; Bis nd : be 3 Claus “every

Chop Some Cuts

in the End and Keep in Water

Lights Before Placing Them on the Tree

All Gauzy Costumes and Dresses Should Be Dipped ina Flame-Resistant Solution

'around the base provides dec- Hoosier Wins $200 | registered. There was a total vote 5 : + g who had spe orative floor protection-and it will {of 1,598.724 in the senatorial ETE the way he lessen fire danger too. 4-H Club Award irace, with U. S. Sen. Homer E. / ; j failed to ent

extra load of Christmas lights. ricult H ” | g ure. He won a four-year general election, but the percent- © Built-In Anienna ® (lear, True Pictures ‘with the tree, turn off the Christ-/and was state achievement win-| (per cent in 1950 compared with

d discard i ce tet ei Comasiins) [SFacrnc BO use only approved Foot Specialists th Meet "For Your COUGH TELEWISION ‘Model 775

Take these basic precautions with your Christmas decorations | and insure a SAFE and merry Christmas.

ible place the tree in the dren's plays with their flimsy i} i Dal visited {coolest part of the house, where gauze costumes. To make these!l nner Bro it- will not block any means of costumes and dresses Batter: : >» Loni 2 exit, and turn off the radiatorsistant, dip them in a solution of ‘Hoosi oted | : SN : Zs ose ail A : ' nearest it. [nine ounces of borax, four ounces 69% of fers v ! Henry Scha

of boric acid and a gallon of In Senatorial Race

There are many so-called meth-|

ods of flameproofing Christmas water. Nearly 69 per cent of the re gis- 4 \ | ] ; ; : > : YOU ‘MI

trees, However, none has ever Saturate the fabric, wring-it out: tered voters in Indiana cast . . oe ¥ i ? : into being a

proved successful enough to re-\by hand, and allow to dry. If the = 3 sd |ceive the approval of National costume is ever washed, it i in the Nov. 7 senatorial % Youth had a

(election, it was announced today. Ss v i ; ioved to tor ‘Board of Fire Underwriters. be re-treated. .. j { The State Board of Accounts BlG 16 1 i ne ag Zi . : n the n

Sheets of aluminum foil spread : |sata there were 2,333,985 voters

Check and replace frayed elec. LAFAYETTE, Dec. 18—Four-! !Capehart being re-elected with appointed, 1 string lights on tree. Provide a/for Noel Callahan, Rushville, a Campbell gettin 1} ? : - 5 1 switch some distance away from $200 national scholarship given Loa N. Fa BE Fh and ee =F owt Ruched the tree to turn the lights on and by Alpha Gamma Rho, national placing third with 13.396: | Only : : ] : hold was bu off. Also watch the house cir- agricultural fraternity. | The number of registered : 3 out as ever cuits for overloading. Never put, Mr, Callahan is a freshman in voters was greater than the Bchad. The a larger fuse in to carry the Purdue University School of Ag-12,236,591 registered for the 1948 ® Big 16” Picture Tube © Mahogany Cabinet

{tric cords and sockets used to/H Club achievements have won| {844,303 votes, Democrat Alex a 4 : ¥ eg io ; whip.

When no one is in the room ‘scholarship at Purdue in 1948, age who voted was less—68.5

tmas-lights:— If the needles near ner and state winner in up eat! 74.0 per cent in 1948." % the lights¥“start to turn brown, animal contest last year. ¥ Olu

change the location of the lights. one of eight sectional. a nl RELI r AT T When the needles start to fall, the national achievement contest!

it's time to take the tree down this year.

exterior type lights on outdoor Chronic bronchitis may develop if trees. Where window lights are Foot Specialists will meet. at cough, chest cold, , lonif yous | et used, hold the curtains away from He m omorrow- in the Claypool js pot treated and you cannot afford | WA x . The new Olympic, exactly as pictured, them with tiebacks. ote! to map plans for co-op- to take a chance with any medicine | : brings big picture television to a new low Although electric trains look ®2Ung with the medical division! less potent than Creomulsion which | hi You'll h hi nice around the base of a tree f the Marion County Department] goes right to the seat of the trouble to | in price. You'll have to see this outthey are a potential source of fire Of Civil Defense. The Central In-| help loosen and expel germ laden | standing value to realize what a truly because of sparks. It's much safer [diana Pediatrists Association ex- puicgm and aif 1 and aid nature to soothe and i. great set it is. Stop in tomorrow, first to set them up at a distance from Pects 40 to 50 specialists to at- cal raw, tender, inflamed, bronchial thing.

branes. : the tree. tend. Dr. R. E. Tanner of Indian- men i reomilsion blends be If you plan to make paper dec- &polis will be chairman, creosote by special process wood

orations, be sure to use the new - — time tested medicin flameproof paper, available from! STORM CLOSES DUNKIRK | contains no det for cousin,

most large stationery and deco-| DUNKIRK, France, Dec. 18, ° No matter how many medicines you OPEN EVERY NIGHT TILL 9 P.

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