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RescueT rainingSet HerenCherokee County’s RescueUnit wilt move its trwinin#?meetings to Rusk beginning this week, announces Bruce Foreman, chief.This Thursday marks the first of the weekly meetings at 7:30 p.m. in the National GuardArmory'. | s,The county wide organization* ’.functioning under the Civil Defense program, was set Up two p months ago, and has been hold- j ing its training sessions at Jacksonville. It is furnished Civil Defense film strips and training records as aids. Bill Parrott is co-ordinator of the CD in Cher-|okee County.Were trying to encourage the men of the county to at- j. tend and observe, even if they j don’t join,” said Foreman.“We now have 55 training, but to properly function in an ‘ area as big as Cherokee County, we need 150 men,” he added, j The time we’re living in, calls for—demands — a set-up such as this,” commented Fore-ncotstac1man.Rescue training is to be taught in three phases: basic, light duty, and heavy duty re- ’ scue work. This covers 64 hours 1training.Foster of Jacksonville is training director and Charles Page 1of Alto is operation officer. Sam,'1Quay, Jacksonvile, is public relations man.Atomic, biological, and chemical warfare rescue work training will follow at a later time.«“An invilation is extended all interested men to attend this Thursday’s meeting at 7:30m t h e Armory, concluded Foreman.
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Rusk Cherokeean
Rusk, Texas, US
Thu, Feb 23, 1961
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