Show I A JIMS J. 1 1 1 Wi 1 E WW Bv V Jack Wallis Monday a young couple with six children experienced a While they were in town doing some shopping and the children were in everything they owned went up in Let's mentally trade places with the Jerry Baumer's and try to imagine the shock they experienced when they came home just before noon to find everything burned to the ground with no insurance to cover the About the only consolation one would have is know that the children were safe and that no bodily harm had befallen anone- The firemen who fought u the blaze were not sure the family was They thought perhaps someone might be inside the home as it For- the youngest member of the a four year was with her parents at the time of the The M ld 00 aown were in Friends of the Baumer s have moved over to give mem a place to stay and a t and other needed essentials for the This is not the first burn-out for the They had a similar ex- in Colorado several years The of the fire Monday could not be attributed to a heating stove or according to the they were all We hope the community rally around this family and help them all it It is hard to what to do that will be most helpful and sometimes there Is a lot of waste and but If everyone will heb a little no one m Sly ma want to just call and ask what you can and while you're calling try to Imagine what your needs would be if one morning you lost Sunday another everyday taken for granted by most was lost for The electrical power was struck out by a lightning bolt that burned up a pole and caused a direct short-circuit into the main Vernal power transformer Some areas of town were dark for half an but four or five blocks around the trouble area were out for over six Two of the outage hit places were the Vernal Mortuary and the Utah High- way patrol radio dispatcher's During the three deaths oc- which initially had to be taken care of at the mortuary in the Needless to say the Highway Patrol office was a madhouse without elec- Even the where the power was off for only half an was in a state Evidently the auxiliary power unit there would not carry the full power load and could not te 10 the when the electrical power goes everyone and losing one's home H ire an awesome nightmare shared by What if a real calamity hit like the in Iran where an earthquake leveled a whole killing probably in one to two Think of the the th I and 1 the Problems of sur al when ug had been oy a y The point we would liVe to make is that everyone should be better prepared to meet and prevent ome of the every day crises which could This is a good time of year to check our homes against fire and be sure the heating systems are In proper Now Is the time to get a few candles candies and ana make mane emergency dans lt is a exercise to ask what would I do If a real happened to Would I be head nd a thought-out a crisis will not but it is better to be prepared in case one does come than to be caught |