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*Check your fuses: use 15 ampere fuses in regular household circuits, and 

 don't make any emergency repairs to fuses j keep wiring in good repairj have all the 

 work done by an expert electriciano 



*Check your ash receptacles: always put hot ashes into covered metal ccntainers. 

 Hot ashes in wood boxes hst, fire to many houses. In the cellar, this is particularly 

 hazardous, because flames quickly spread up through hollow walls of the building. 



^General repaji-s: plan needed painting and r enovating this spring© Remodel 

 and modernize your house for greater safety. Replace fauiy stair treads j install 

 heavy flush type door Lt the head of the cellar stairs to hold the basement fires in 

 check« 



■M'Don't give fires a place to start. Clean up, and if you must burn brush, 

 grass or trash, select a still, damp day, preferably after Us 00 PM, Have help and 

 fire tools handy. Be sure fire is dead out before leaving it. 



Inspection is the Removal of fire Enlist the cooperation 



Fires result from first step in fire hazards pays of your neighbors in a 



carelessness prevention dividends clean up campaign 



Robert B, Parmenter 



Chairman, 

 Safety Committee 



A NEiY WATER REPELLENT 



Preservative for Yfooden Boxes, Crates, EtcT 



Thanks to modern chemistry, a long-felt need for a safe, inexpensive preserve^ 

 tive for use on wood items in contact with foodstuffs, has been filled. 



Now it is possible to preserve wooden containers without damaging even the most 

 tender crops. Boxes, hampers, and field crates last much longer. Contamination by 

 fungi and mildew on food handling equipment is practically a thing of the past. And 

 containers keep their new, clean appearance. 



This moisture-repellent wood preservative vrcis developed at the request of, and 

 in cooperation with, the National Wooden Box Association and the Natim al Wood Pallet 

 Manvifacturers Association, 



It is odorless 5 tasteless, non-toxic p Will not irritate the skin. It really 

 lengthens the life of the containeiise Prevents blue stain and similar discoloration 

 of wood, thus insuring a longer lasting clean, bright, sanitary appearance. 



How to Apply This VJood Preservative 



This wood preservative is pvirchased in the concentrated form and diluted at the 

 rate of one (l) gallon of the concentrate to two (2) gallonn of mineral spirits 

 (Stoddard Solvent), 



Treat by any one of the folloi/ving methods: 



1, Dipping - Use an open tank or a $5 gallon drum. For softwoods, a con>- 

 plete immersion of 3-U seconds is recommended for adequate treatment. 

 For hardwoods, 5-10 seconds is sufficient. Larger items than food 



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