Fire Fighters: Plum Valley City Council Meeting

Five bells, stand by all station. Attention! All districts, clearly! I said that there are no fire fighters! It's true to my story of our unsung heroes, who stand ready to ride by day or night against our most murderous enemy, the demon of fire!

In a moment, we'll join, keep Cody and rookie firemen, Tim Collins, in the town hall of Plum Valley. Where, with their host, editor Tom Kulltepher, they're trying to persuade the town council of a desperate need for a proper fire department. But the opposition of Turner Lawson, president of the council, had been so unfair that it angered Tom. And without quite realizing their serious

consequences to his cause, he has put the teeth and tin in something of a tight spot. Now we'll get back to the fight ahead of them, right after the following message. Let's go, firefighters! Let's join the excited crowd in Plum Valley Town Hall the day after the office in the plan of the courier, Tom Culpepper's newspaper, had burned to the ground

because of a mix-up in which not a single volunteer fireman had appeared. This was the crowning touch in a series of fires that had endangered life and property because the town had needed proper equipment nor trained firefighters. The editors fighting editorial had gotten people out to the meeting of the town council, but Turner Lawson, the chairman, had quickly

brush-cheeked Cody's arguments aside when he said, Well, I don't care, well, entertain a motion to table this useless talk of sending money for firefighting frills we don't need. All those in favor will signify by raising their hand.

Oh, this is a desperate situation. We're in title to a bold discussion of it. Your autoborder editor, Culpepper. Now, if the meeting will come to order, I'd like to make a few remarks about the coming election.