1950-09-30 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1950.

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

ALL SET for a career as a fireman when he grows up is Jue DiSanto, Jr., who wears his dad's helmet in photo.

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E wish to follow m dad's footsteps is a common one with little boys. Many times, however, when youngsters reach their teens they change their minds, i There's little likelihood that seven-year-old Joseph You DiSanto, Jr. will fall into this latter group. could safely wager that he will be a firefighter like his And for one very good reason. Little Joe's getting plenty of early training on a miniature fire engine which his dad built in the basement of their home in Philadelphia.

Each day, weather permitting, Joe, Jr., can be seen near his home, driving the combination pump and tank wagon, on the lookout for any rubbish fires along the way. The engine, a replica of the one used by the unit to which his father is attached, weighs 200 pounds and has a one-and-a-half horsepower motor which can make eight miles an hour. The cost of the motor was US$100 and mother US$150 was spent by the elder DiSanto on materials used in the body and chassis. He took about a year and a half to build it in spare time.

With fire bell clanging away menily, Joe, Jr., rounds a comer at full speed in the miniature fire engine made by his dad. Following along on her tricycle is his 3-year-old sister, Dolores.

CONCENTRATING on the job, Joe, Jr., puts a new sparkplug in the motor. At right are two gauges and a spotlight which work like those on big fire engines.

ALL TEST RUNS on the engine were made in basement. A two-planked ramp leads to window which opens on street. Young Joe helps dad move engine here.

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WHILE Mrs. DISanto holds up trunk lid, Joes, Sr. and Jr., load the engine aboard for a trip to the firehouse. The engine has one forward and one reverse speed

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AS THEIR FRIENDS look an, Joe and his sister douse a burning carton. A fank holds water which is automatically pumped through one or two rubber hosos.

WHILE HIS DAD SHINES the bell on the big engine, Joe, Jr.) carries out the same chore on his replica. The elder DiSanto picked up detailed knowledge of auton

and their engines when he worked in his father a garage before i man on Philadelphia forem. Transmission in small ver is completely