ee ee ee ee eee ee ne re | : oe ON Se rked by alarms-.turned in, the saving of during the year was $137,186 a | and im- |lives, the fire The ements includ- duction of 20 per cent over 1960, aoe r die enter of new and vi- | Of these 77 were general alarms. of the de-|tal equipment and the constant; seven calls to fires outside he year in-| maintenance and replacement the city were answered during in fire loss, |0f older equipment. the year, in keeping — the number of! The total fire loss im the city good neighbour policy of the ELA pat of new me- drop of $19,000 over the previous | been de-'thods and techniques and high year. The number of actual | of attendance of firemen at every alarms was down to 178, a re- | Page 4-A The Guardian-The Evening Patriot | if cteiee ol tazts fi i F5k Fg 3 z 33 ez for | & 2 i aa tf i i Bae 8 aRh ersified |mum of unserviceable re department advances new fire fighting methods jobs, often during the night and during extremely cold weather ladder truck. This machine will permit firemen to reach the top of the highest building in Char- lottetown for facilitate rescue operations. and the. fighting of fire inside a building. It also pro- vides a method of getting large Quantities of water into pre- viously imaccessable places and jat the same time keeping fire- |men from the danger of fall- jing materials. |. A hose dfyer was. ordered during the year. This machine | will dry great quantities of hose jin a short time, giving the mini- hose. This dryer was received early this year. In addition. a constant pro- gram o. maintenance of replace- ment was carried out ment, —— and small, was per- — = ie teks Siaike wittinia ow ing the department in the im- sufficient water supply in some sections of the city and lack of space in the fire station. The first has been looked into by the NEW LADDER CAN REACH T OP OF TALLEST BUILDINGS a Charlottetown’'s Fastest Growing F lorist ee @ potted ‘mums a specialty @ cut daffodils @ potted hyacinths and ~ tulips ® foliage plants and trailers, ferns, etc. @ tuberous Begonias and gloxinias for sale now, water commission and improve- ments are to be forthcoming. Jd. Angus MacLean Minister of Fisheries augurs well ioe the future prosperity, progress and develop- ‘ment of Prince Edward Island! the year, ensuring that all equip- ; mediate future are the lack of }- ee ae Prince of Wales College | | Education Is Our | Most Important Asset Over the years it has become increasingly evident that the most import- ant asset of any nation... any province... any individual ... .is ' education... for without education there is no progress... no tol- erance . .. no understanding amongst individuals and amongst nations. Guard this heritage . . . protect this heritage . . . for the future pro- gress and development of mankind . . . indeed, the very life of man- kind . . . depends toa very large extent on education. At Prince of Wales College, founded in 1834, we accept the challenge of education . . . and shall do all in our power to so move into the future with imaginative and vigorous ideas and hopes, that the great asset of education will be realized for all who pass through the doors of this institution. ”™- ™ Prince of Wales College Charlottetown, P. E. I. (Published by the P.B.L Progressive Conservative Asnociation) iS,