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Next Week’s Fair Week..October 23rd Throug Fire Prevention Week Program FIREMAN TROTT THRILLS STUDENTS Above Kinston Fireman Buren Trott is seen going through one of the rather risky parts of his fire prevention week act that was seen in all of Lenoir County’s larger schools. Trott, a former trapeze “catcher” with a circus, gives the school boys and girls a really professional act, which is followed by a brief talk or two on some of the more obvious but often over looked points on fire protection. (Photo by Jack Rider) LET’S GO r—We Have — RIFLES— SHOTGUNS — SHELLS CARTRIDGES BOOTS — HUNTING COATS HUNTING KNIVES — CAMP STOVES RODS — REELS — FLIES — PLUGS OUTBOARD MOTORS — LICENSE — SHOTGUNS BY Winchester — Remington — Fox Last weak was National File Prevention Week and although the nation’s firemen and cooper ating civic clubs over the nation did not assert that this was the only week in the year to prac tice fire prevention a lot of em phasis was put on day by day. attention to the small things that often cause fires — and deaths — when overlooked. In Ldnolr County the Kinston Fire Department and the Junior Chamber of Commerce teamed up to give a bang-up program that caught the eye and possibly the mind of a big percentage of the county’s 50,000 people.. Heav iest emphasis during this week was placed on giving school-age children of the county a 30 min ute period of entertainment and education built around the frightening dangers and costli ness of fire out pf control. Although many individuals teamed together to make the week a most successful one, even better than the 1949 event, which won the local Jaycees first place in a national compe tition, a major parTof the credit must go to' Fireman Buren Trott. Trott literally threw himself into this job. He fell out of win dows in every large school in the county, ran about the business district “setting fires” until ap prehended, dressed like the de vil. His clown act .from the sec ond floor window in the schools was really a professional perfor mance. At Wheat Swamp the act became so real to one little girl that she burst into tearS and began crying, “Get that man out! He’s going to burn up”. When the week of “second story work” ended Trott had an accumulation of bruises to last him well into the winter. Be fore Trott settled down as a family man and fireman he fol lowed the sawdust trail of the circus for several seasons as a "catcher” for a trapeze act, where he developed the ability bo “fall” out of windows and come down ladders every way but the right way. .Assistant Chief Rudolph No bles played “straight man” to Trott’s comic antics. Captain Joe Hailey accompanied the troupe and offered some words of advice and Jaycee M. S. Van Hpcke gave a brief talk impressing on the students the importance of cue In the handling of fire and fire making matefisds., . Tdoelaes reeple ; OamplsMy voiceless people, made so by mnoval at the larynx because at eaucer,1 sre taught to speak again by a special technique at the ‘national hospital for speech dis orders. 'New York. *5 Bring Us Your Printing Problems We’ll duplicate your present •' ■ I ■ J forms or help you design new ones LENOIR COUNTY NEWS CO. 114 W. King St. KfaMtont —WE BUY M WM* II Dirt, smudges, fingerprints wash right eft!” "Nothing like walls painted / SHERWIN-WILLIAMS SEMI U ■: & So easy to keep clean... so sanitary just what you want for kitchen, bathroom, ■and mil btmvj^duty wmllt, Dfrt and grime fust i get a toehold on satin-smooth Sherwin-’ Semi-Lustre. Plain soap and water quickly, safely remove even mereurochrome stains! Semi-Lustre is so economical... so sturdy you'll want to use it on all the woodwork in your house, tool The cheery, sunny-looking colors will make your home happier to live in, easier to workin! Ask for a color card.
Jones County Journal (Trenton, N.C.)
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