“None For

WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

REPRESENTING THE

Make Holiday Toast—_

The Road”

; The National Safety Council again is urging business
and industry to dry up the Christmas office party.

“Our figures prove,” said the
Council, “that the early hours of
the Christmas holiday are the
most dangerous. And many of
these highway accidents can be
traced hack to the office party and
its flowing bowl.”

This is the third straight year
the Council has asked its 8,000
Lusiness and industrial member
concerns to take a long, hard look
at their office parties and either
keep the cork in the bottle or
eliminate the parties.

Safer Parties

The effort to remove highball
hilarity from office parties is a
highlight of an intensive campaign
the Council is waging to hold
down the year-end accident toll,
traditionally the heaviest of the
year.

The Council is seeking the ac-
tive support not only of business
and industry, but of religious

leaders of all faiths, public offi-
cials, traffic police and civic
groups in a united nationwide
effort to hold down the usual
year-end surge of accidents.

Happier Christmas

The Council emphasized it has
no desire to dampen the tradi-
tional Christmas spirit.

“On the contrary,” it said, “we
are trying to eliminate the sources
of highway accidents — accidents
which can completely ruin
Christmas for anyone they touch.

“here is no surer way to make
a mockery of ‘Merry Christmas’
than to have an accident.”

“Drinking and _ driving,” the
Council pointed out, “are a lethal
combination’ — not only at Christ-
mas parties, but any time, any-
where.

“Let’s make our holiday toast
this year, ‘None for the road’.”

WITH EXPLOSIVE
FORCE...

Dery rs

every person who drives in B.C.
will sooner or later be on the
scene of a serious auto accident.
Even a small knowledge of
basic first aid can save a life.
Why not clip this list of rules
proposed by the B.C. Automobile
Association from the paper and

A tire rack fabricated from one Inch
outside diameter seamless tubing having a 3/8
Inch wall, was used for tlre Inflation. The
rack was equipped with an extra cap of similar
materlal to accommodate larger tires.

Two mechanics were working Inflating
a tlre and stood and knelt opposite to the side on
which the lock rim of the tire was located.

The rim sllpped partially out of position
end the tube bulged out of the tlre ond expanded
with explosive force, bending the tire rack as
illustrated.

Serious Inurles could hove resulted If
the tire rack had not been used,

Stop bleeding by pressing
against the injury with a clean
cloth. Hold until bleeding stops.

If victim is unconscious,
even temporarily, suspect a
head injury. Keep him quiet.
If you must move him, keep
him horizontal.

Shock is present in most in-
juries. Keep victim lying down
and warm.

Burns are wounds. Exclude
air to relieve pain. Cover with
clean cloth. Treat as for shock.

Stoppage of breathing — try
to compress and expand chest.
Clear mouth and throat and
keep them clear.

Chest injuries — limit motion

of chest by placing cloth snug-
ly around loWer ribs. Do. not

tighten.
Immobilize any fractured
limb by improvised bandaging.

Fire Check

After a party is over, check
behind sofa cushions and other

spots which careless guests might
have used as “ash trays”.

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IS YOUR TREE ONLY AS LARGE AS YOU NEED?
The larger your tree, the greater the fire hazard.

DID YOU WAIT TO BUY IT UNTIL JUST BEFORE YOU PUT IT UP?
KEEP IT OUTDOORS UNTIL TIME?

If you want your tree up during the Christmas-New Year's week, wait
to put it up until just before Christmas. A dry tree burns with almost
explosive violence. Plan to have it up only a short time.

1S IT PLACED IN A STAND FILLED WITH WATER?

Make a slanted cut across the base of the trunk just before you place

it in the water-filled stand to help it absorb the water. Setting your

tree in plain water is as good a fire-resistive measure as you can have.

Be sure to keep the water level above the top of the cut. However, no
_ tree is completely fire resistive. Check these other precautions as well.

HAVE YOU PLACED YOUR TREE AWAY FROM SOURCES OF HEAT?

Put it (firmly supported) in the coolest room in the house, away from
radiators, television sets, fireplace, and so forth. Put it where it will
not obstruct an entrance or exit even if it should fall.

HAVE YOU USED NONFLAMMABLE DECORATIONS?

Decorations made of metal or glass are non-flammable. Never use
cotton, paper, and other flammable decorations either on the tree or
around the basc of it.

If you use metal foil icicles or tinsel, check to see that no piece of foil
is touching a light, socket, or cords.

HAVE YOU USED LIGHTS AND CORDS BEARING THE
UNDERWRITERS’ LABORATORIES LABEL?

Check your sets first. Do not use sets that have frayed cords, faulty,
ill-fitting sockets, loose connections, etc. Do not overload your circuits.

Provide a switch at some distance from the tree for turning it on and
off. Do not plug and unplug tree lights underneath the tree.

Be sure, if you decorate out of doors, to use sets designed for outdoor
use. Hang sockets downward so they will not catch water or collect
snow.

DO NOT USE CANDLES ON THE TREE.

DO YOU ALWAYS TURN OFF THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE?

Turn off the lights, too, when no one is going to be in the room for
any length of time.

WHEN YOU TRIM OR DISMANTLE THE TREE, DO YOU USE A STEP
STOOL OR LADDER TO REACH THE UPPER BRANCHES? ;

If children are to help trim it, reserve the lower branches for their
contribution to the artistic effect.

Do not smoke while t- ..ming the tree or taking it down.

TAKE (Tf DOWN WHEN THE NEEDLES START TO FALL

KEEP THEM SAFE AT CHRISTMAS

Can Save
Lives

About four years ago one of
the big automobile manufac-
turers launched a safety cam-
paign, which included the offer
of seat belts as an optional ac-
cessory in its cars. It sold fewer
cars than it counted on while
this campaign lasted. The com-
pany was discouraged.

However, the case for seat belts
as a safety measure is so strong
that renewed efforts are being
made to promote them. Their
effectiveness has been proved,
sometimes in the most dramatic
circumstances. Of course they
cannot always guarantee that a
life will be saved, but seat belts
reduce the chances of death or
serious injury. ca

In 1959, according to the On-
tario department of transport,
there were 1,187 traffic deaths in
Ontario, and 59 per cent of these
featured fractured skulls or
spines, the kind of injury a ;seat
belt is most likely to prevent.

The Michigan Legislature has
before it a bill that would com-
pel Detroit car makers to install
seat belts in all new cars, and
the California legislature is con-
sidering a bill to prohibit the sale
or operation of motor vehicles

‘unless so equipped.

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Traffic Deaths Still High

There were 29 killed this
October, 36 in 1959.

“But there are still too many
hot and heavy feet on the gas

and too much liquor,” said a
provincial Motor Vehicle
Branch official.

Fewer persons have died in
B.C. highway accidents so far
this year than last, but the
death rate is still too high,
government officials said.

Total road deaths to the end
of October this year are 243.
There were 262 in 1959.

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