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Show HILL TOP TIMES 4 Tage itiitorials June o . I : : CHAPLAIN'S CORNER Be Cautious Wifh Gasoline, Fires ach Day Stale! lave Oyr By George E. England Chief, Ground Safely Division Exploding gasoline burns thousands of people who foolishly think they can handle it safely. Burns are the nation's No. 2 home accident killer. In many cases ci burns, gasoline has been used as the basic ingredient of a chain reaction. What's so dangerous about gasoline? It is a commodity being used every day by millions of people, the majority of whom handle it safely. There is an increasing number of people who keep a can of gasoline around the house as fuel for power mowers and boats. Unfortunately, many of these people decide to use a small amount of gasoline from the can as a solvent for cleaning automobile parts, floors, paint brushes, and for lighting piles of leaves, trash and barbecue fires. They may pour a small amount into a glass jar, then throw it onto a smoldering fire, little realizing that the vapors will ignite and flash back to the container being held by the individual. Many people believe that they are safe as long as they do not bring a flame near the gasoline. This is far from true. Just ask the 50,000 people who every year start home fires by mishandling flammable liquids. The real menace of gasoline the one you must constantly guard against when using it is the vapor. Vapor can't be seen, but it is always present and can explode like dynamite. When gasoline is exposed to air it evaporates rapidly, giving off about "130 times its bulk in vapor, thus convert ,ting more than 1500 times its volume of air into an explosive mixture." The gasoline-ai- r mixture is ripe or explosive when there are 1.4 to 6 parts of gas vapor to 100 parts of air. In these proportions, any ignition source causes the mixture to expand in a flash to 4,000 times its volume in other words explode! Only two ounces of gasoline can vaporize, creating a cubic yard of explosive air. Two ounces sounds like a small amount indeed, it's only a quarter of a cup. But remember, this little bit of gas in the controlled explosions of your car's engine is car 500 feet down a level road. Imagenough to move a two-to- n ine that same force exploding in your face all at once! Uemembcr gasoline's deadliest, sneakiest trick the vapor trail. Don't use gasoline to start fires! Some peopb think they can get away with tossing gasoline on charcoal or brush piles beforo lighting a match and they may actually do it without harm a few times. But they never know where gasoline vapor will go after they pour on the gasoline. It could roll toward you and explode when you strike a match. Vapor from gasoline on hands and clothes may al;o -- Best uy iiapiaiK ijuajor; licas W. Buttry All of us should begin each day yielded to do our One minister suggests, "Begin the day bv cfw best ""I yourself to God. Look at the day indiviri,,i begins and ends with, completeness in itself; then m thing, this day, and offer it to God to be a d KJI HIS TVia dav at once becomes a unitv ami t However many distracting details com? intr tv, ,i..e,s Un'fod. ' ot'n arid emotion are dominated, , not- bv thpm Vm k,. ,pi1. you have only one thing to do namely, to act in rWi; ' nA with regard to them." A poet expresses it a little differently by saying-little less impatient with those We deem too slow; A little less of arrogance because Of all we know; A little more humility, seeing our Worth is slight ; We are such trivial candles compared To stars at night; A little more forgiving and swifter To be kind; A little more desirous the word Of praise to find; The word of praise to utter and Make a heart rejoice; 11 as-a- n e r-- S6H!P re is always one mam to state the case freepqm.thats all for we neerone.' . . . Catettce Vat-ro- v Quote of Note "The military tinued advance systems is clear. world continues by Communist-le- d need for con- in air cargo As long as the to be plagued or inspired remote in areas A little bit more careful to speak military actions With gentle voice; of the globe, we must have the A more true eagerness to little ability to fly troops and their Understand each other; equipment quickly to the scene, A little more real striving to help and we must have the ability A shipwrecked Brother; to support our forces effectiveA little more high courage to each Task that must be done; ly. The technology is or will be These be our resolutions . . . available to provide all of these And God help everyone! capabilities." (Excerpted from an addresr, by Gen. B. A. This all adds up to thinking the day through Schriever, Air Force Systems God and being yielded to do our best. Dr. J. Edwin Command commander, to the "Search me, O God, and know my heart today; try Second International Forum for and know my thoughts I pray; see if there be some wicked Air Cargo, Montreal, Canada.) in me; cleanse me from every sin, and set me free." become ignited. When using any flammable liquids as a fire starter, extreme precautions must be taken to keep children away from where the vapors may travel. Use only approved methods of igniting fire3 in stoves and charcoal burners. , Absentee VoJlng Is Made Easy ' . Servicemen have got it made when it comes to voting! Consider what a civilian goes through when he decides to cant his ballot. First, in many states, he has to register in person before election day. Then, when the day comes, he may have to get time off frcr.i his job to go to the polls. Just driving to the polling place in congested traffic is a big job for our civilian friend, to say nothing of the long lines he may have to wait in when he gets there. None of these trials and tribulations for those in uniform! For them, casting a ballot is as easy as writing a letter home even easier, in fact. All they have to do is pick up a Federal Tost Card Application for Absentee Uallct, fill it out and mail it to the proper authorities. They'll return a ballot, or in some cases, more forms to.be filled out. At Hill AF1J, a special office 'is ret up to help military voters with their absentee allots. V. l!ay West, Voting Officer, Kxt. 3612, u located in P.uikling ,149. If registration is rrqui.al, they'll be shown how to accomplish it (by mail) and told the deadline. With the ballot in their hands, all that's left to do is make the decision, seal the ballot, mail it (postpaid, probably) and sit back and wait for the choices to be added to the tally. Voting is every citizc:iV, right an,luily, but for members of the Armed Forces, the "duty" afreet takes on a sreoud meaning. In the service, they've been around a little. They know more than they did v.hci they left home. They're! guarding this nation again t forces that want to lake away the right to vote. Who has more reason to "sound off" in his choice of elected officials? The Armed Forces hands the voting on a silver e tcr, advantage of it. I'.rrrif mlur the mail box is the ballot box ! s ; ? 1 If your budget takes a nosedive - -- MayDay" Seaboard for a loan. Seaboard spcdalizes m renting money to Air Force personnel. For high priority service, telephone ahead for'a personal (and fop secret) appointment. You'll be surprised how low your monthly payments will be. 36 months to repay. j I plat-Tak- - ' ' H ' 111 as before our Orr suggests: me, 0 Saviour, . ! 19 SERB0RRD Over 700 fl.YMCt COMPUNY "cash canW-rfrom mart to coast Wherever you're stationed, there' always a Seaboard office near you. KrnfS11 " I,LVD- - J5TATC UV.t or'EN - PHONE CLEARFIELD . PHONE 821G11 393-M2- 6 way |