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> Safety patrollers provide services (continued they can report it to student patrol captain who will in return report it to Mr. Roane. If there are any serious problems, the student is sent to see the principal. "We have most of our pro- blems with fhe senior stu- dents who sometimes don't want to do what the patroller says, "Mr. Hogg said. said. About 500 of the 900 stu- dents walk to school each day, so there is a large volume of traffic. Mr. Hogg said that there are many activities going on at the school and that the patrollers sometimes have to give up some of this activity to be on duty. But he said that it helps to teach them responsibility. An award is given at the end of the year to the best patroller and the school tries to send one student a year to the Safety. Patrollers camp in Bolton in the summer. The patrol program was first started four years ago when Mr. Hogg became principal at the school. Mr. Hogg had worked in Oshawa before and was ex- perienced with the patrol program. He worked in con- Junction with the provin- cial police in setting up the procram lor Port Perry. "In Oshawa they have it' very highly organized," he sind: "They keep track of every time a patroller is late, or misses his shift and they hand in weekly reports on all this. Mr. Hogg said he didn't feel all this organization was necessary in Port Perry and that the system is working well. As proof of this, Mr. Hogg proudly pointed out that no student has been hurt crossing the road at a guar- ded intersection since the program began in Port Perry. N Even weatherman can't keep Ray McCully from his post Whether its a hot, humid summer day or a cold, blowing winter storm, there is one thing that won't change. That's Ray McCully's ded- ication to his job of seeing to it that "'his"' 51 children get safely across Highway 7A. For the past three years, - the worst the weatherman could throw at us hasn't kept Mr. McCully from his post at the corner of Highway 7A and Simcoe Street. Sickness hasn't ever kept the 69-year- old Simcoe Street resident away one day from his job as .a school crossing guard. Mr. McCully said he has no trouble with the winter and that he likes cold weather. He is supplied with the same clothing as- the provincial police have and also with rain wear to keep him dry. Every school day he is on duty from 8:15a.m. to 9 a.m. from 11:15a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. This keeps him from going to far away from his house The Echo 13 Scugog Rd. - BLACKSTOCK - 986-4820 (Just south of the Cenotaph) We Buy & Sell Crafts - Books See our assortment of gifts for all occassions Ask for Peter, Jane or Vickie and helps to break up his day, he says. Mr. McCully and his wife Mavis have a garden which helps to keep Mr. McCully busy while the children are in school. He also shovels snow in the winter. Being a long time farmer before moving to town, he also likes to get out and help the area farmers in the summer. Mr. McCully feels much better with something to do. "So many people just sit around and do nothing but age quickly," he said. "That isn't for me." His affection and concern for the younger students is evident to anybody who talks to him. "They really are a good bunch of kids," he said. "Really good. f But kids will be kids, he says and sometimes they get clowing around and don't pay enough attention to safety rules. Sometimes the younger children will follow the lead of secondary school - Furniture 7 Guaranteed Investments now earning a big 11 NOTE: RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE ONTARIO TRUST 19 SIMCOE ST. N., OSHAWA Member, Canada Deposit B. RYE, Manager 723-5221 Insurance Corporation students who don't walk on the sidewalk, he added. When this happens, Mr. McCully says he yells at them to get back on the sidewalks, and they usually do as they are told. Mr. McCully will stop the traffic if necessary to let the children cross but he be- lieves the cars should have the right away because children aren't in that much of a hurry. Mr. McCully was the cus- todian at the Port Perry High School for some years before he was forced to retire. Just about that time, the school crossing guard job came along and Mr. McCully has been busy ever since. 7A There -is more need now- than ever for - sidewalks along the section of Highway 7A that passes through Port Perry, according to John Hogg, principal of R. H. Cornish Public School. "The town or somebody has to do something about getting sidewalks along the highway," Mr. Hogg said. "It is long overdue." Mr. Hogg said that this year there are 130 children who have to cross the high- way to get to and from school and that many students also have to walk along the highway to get to one of the two locations where there are crossing guards. Ray McCully, a school crossing guard at Highway 7A and Simcoe Street agrees that something should be done about sidewalks on the highway. "They should build a side- kL walk on the north side of the road," Mr. McCully said. "I don't know why they don't." He said it wouldn't be a difficult job, they would just have to widen the shoulder a bit. "They do a lot of other work like this and its not nearly as important as this," } he said. © Mr. McCully said he has seen many small children riding their bicycles along the highway and that this is especially dangerous in the winter when it is slippery. It would be easy for one of them toslip into the path of a car, he said. 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