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Editor...Viola Daniels
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Dg\Mj£LS JNTHE LION'S DEM
^Just four weeks afro there appeared in
this column an editorial pointing out some
of the fire hazards in our school gymnasium.
Chained fire exit doors, darkened exits and
lumber-blocked doorways were listed as daily
encang ring the lives of the children who
have classes or extra-curricular activities
in the gym.
Since that editorial was written there
have been dances, basketball games, public
entertainments and community meetings in the
gym-.' Yet.today almost all of the hazards
remain which were there f^ur weeks ago.
Doors needed for emergency fire exits (in
particular the north or main entrance doors)
still are chained shut* Oh two occasions
private individuals have removed the wire
that-.closed one half of these doors, in or
der to provide an emergency exit. However
that wire is always replaced. The next mc-e.t
ing fine s Loth doors effectively L^rred. un
less there is a rugged individualist with
enough courage to take the matter into
hi s
own hands and remove the wire. The chain o.n
the -other half of the door is a more diffi
cult- problem anc is seldom touched..
Lumber piled before half of these doers
has been removed; however the’ safety factor
seems to have had little to do with it,,-/ In
orde-r to provider space enough to bring in
the materials heeded to construct 'a. ring, fop
a recent smoker,- thrat lumber had to be moved
For the eight Sa
through April and
function each week
require child oarti
be some children
them. The concert
show on April 16,
23 and the Junior
are primarily schoo
turday nights which remain.
Hay, •there will be some
at the gym. Most of them
cipation, and there will
in attendance at all of
on Saturday, the minstrel
the senior play on April
prom on April 30 —‘all
1 functions.
crowded on those nights.
The hall will be
There-^ undoubtedly will be smokifig • in thje .
building. The hazard is t her e.''Ff re's' *'dci'
happen —recent headlines telling of rno
v2sritai c\iSn-ster in the* middle west Drove
tnat. Perhaps it -seems the drngor is remote
du, it cannot be- too remote “for the protec
•. i
j' tion of our children,
j Oner child burned to
| 'death or crushed in a
panic would be a hor
rible or 5 ce to: pay.
for someone's care
i lessness, It / ‘'co'uld
happen. .
The barred doorT/ay
i has been brought _ to
i the attention. ’ of
I school board, members,
the manager ..of the
MVFCA, 'the chairman
of -the . Valley Volun
teer Fire Associa
tion, the merchant
.patrolman and the
marshall. None of
them are sure who has
the authority to ret
those. doorways un
chained for public
entertainments, and
the exits leading to
them properly lighted
and marked.
Therefore the
question is squarely
up to you. Are those
doorways coin-’ to be
barred next Saturday
night, and. during
school hours when our
children use the gym?
Parents and res
ponsible citizens can
best answer that que
stion.
Planner construct
ion ... of a $50,000
.building unit at the
Fairbanks experiment
station will begin on
May 9 rnd will be fi
nished on Sept. 1 of
'■'this year, D~n Irwin,
head of; the Agricult
ural Research Admini
stration, . announced
‘this week. The Dixon
Building Co,.; of Fair
b a n k s h a s b e c n a. w.a r d -
ccl the bid.
The p 1 aneed. const
ruction, at first ex
pected to be iess
hail, will contain,
inot god, two a part
neris-■ d^itional of- s
ffc-.e space and a
scia 11. i c. b ora t cry
Mr- i'r’.oj i'i earn'd the
Un i v e i-5 fc / c f A j. ask a
•also .. received up ex
pected building funds.