Ballyhoo (Jun 1960)

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Cap'n Andy, MC of a children’s cartoon | show on CHCH-TV, arrived at the Capitol | ‘fheatre aboard the St. Catharines fire department’s aerial truck No, 1 to open the first in a series of shows for the juniorfire depart Cap'n Andy of CHCH-TV, at| the Capitol Theatre to start/ior fire department will be! 'the St. Catharines junior fire| held June 25, \department, had an oppor-| = jtunity to assist city firemen in} ja misor emergency Saturday. fy While about 700 school chil-| ijdren were watching the free! ||shows inside the theatre al ytruck delivering laundry bleach) |passed on St. Paul St. Some of/' the bottles broke and a few| gallons of bleach poured from} the truck onto the read. j f| “Fire Chief L. Arthur Burteh,| ,jeoncerned lest pedestrians) tiwere splashed phoned for a} + fire truck to hose the street. | | When the firemen arrived | "Cap'n Andy was on hand to | -| assist them in spraying the | ¥ bleach from the road. ‘ ‘+ Earlier Cap’n Andy opened the first meeting of the St. Catharines junior fire department. Also on stage at the ‘Capitol were Mayor Wilfred R. Bald, Chief Burtch, Fire Prevention Officer. Ken Roberts, Platoon Chief William Yaxley and Lieut. Don Crooks of the Hamilton. fire department. Other. city firemen passed out a list of questions. to the children. Answers will be judged by fire department officers and the winner will be t St Catharines Standard June 6, 1960, p. 12 ment, Here he shows a piece of equipment to four junior firemen, from left: David Saxton, 13; Pat Wardell, 9; Diana Hayes, 12; Alex | | Purdie, 14, Cap’n Andy Helps In Emergency Job The next meeting of the jun-} ‘Busy Day Set for | \Cap’n Andy Cap'n Andy of CHCH-TV in) Hamilton will have a busy day in| the city tomorrow. : i He will arrive at the Capitol| ‘Theatre at 10 a.m. for the first ‘|meeting of the St. Catharines {junior fire department. . About 2,000 school children are expected to attend the two shows, at 10 a.m. and noon, | Cap'n Andy will be on stage} jat the theatre to present draw ‘| prizes during the shows. Lieut. Don Crooks, public relations of-| jficer of the Hamilton fire dejpartment and frequent visiter on| |Cap’n Andy’s TV show, will also! be a guest. ; Fire Prevention Officer Ken| Roberts and Platoon Chief William Yaxley of the St. Oath‘|arines fire department will igive a fire safety talk, The aim jaf the junior fire department is ‘to teach children to be aware of ‘possible fire situation, to stop! ‘fires before they start. | Besides appearing at the opetting shows of the junior fire department, Cap’n Andy will jtake part as an official im. the ‘Soap Box Derby. Mayor Wilfred R. Bald, Reeve Ivan Buchanan and-Cap'n Andy ‘will judge contestants in the ‘contestants in the costume contest which precedes the derby. Cap'n Andy will also be a | | | Saturday night. TV the Be Pal ii sEaEe ili : St Catharines Standard June 2, 1960, p. 9 [guest at the Soap Box banquet St Catharines Standard June 3, 1960, p. 2 rie BE f i *E