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" 2 a ARS Rn SR in ho SAFETY PATROL WORK IN SCHOOLS Ritson road young- | officer who helps protect them i accident Th Safety programs of the Oshawa Safe- are shown inter- foam a Bet iy hae ie ty League has to do with Safe- they the greatly during the ty Patrol work for students. A | signal from a Safety Patrol | months. One of the most important | group of at wait an for sters section as increa pé 500 Motorists In District Attend Traffic Clinic Here only the bare essentials of equip ment, Many officials provement clinics in every Canadian and that the De v Transport will even arker 3 8 Barker and H. J. King this form of adult driver active in the clinic : J as a necessary n obtaining first session in Janu: ,.4 retaining a permit to operate a motor vehicle Teamed with the lar driver training many Ontario h clinics have already done much raise the standard of driving the province There are roughly tomobiles registered in the Province o perts predict this figure least double in the next ter But they wonder whet education, law engineering will keep Magistrate Mitc vinced 'driver at vital factor in ure of safety the bad apple in discourteous, careless thinking driver affects must be re-educated The Traffic Improvement Clin ice are proving they can do the job Rules of the Road periodically reviewed Trained police traffic officers act as instructors, donating their off-duty time to the project Police Sergeants Since January, 1958, nearly 500 district motorists, more than 90 per cent volunteers, have attend- ed the Oshawa Traffic Improve- ment Clinic Not one of these appeared in traffi¢ completing the two the clinic Reviewing the l16-month career of the Oshawa clinic, Magistrate A. S. Mitchell said this week "Traffic clinics are definitely part of the answer to our alarm ing traffic accident problem.' the im- formed community nope can be has since of drivers court sessions In Oshawa Ernest have since ary The Improvement Clinic's four- hour course, broken into two ses- provides a complete re- view of basic driving knowledge Participants are handed a packet containing the Motorist's Manual, and pamphlets on High- way Signs, Good Turns and The Accused Person's Rights. They must learn the contents thorough- ly When he starts the first session, the motorist writes a short traf- fic examination. The marks are sometimes barely passing. Before graduating from the clinic with a clean slate, he must write a final examination. In the Oshawa clin- ic there has been only one failure on a final examination, and in that case the driver was advised trainin been the step extracurricu ed sions hi cho: "The more drivers go through the course, the safer we will all be on the roads," said the mag- istrate At least a dozen clinics been set up .in the past two years, prompted by Ontario At torney General Kelso Roberts' urgent program to halt the grim- ly 'rising accident rate. One of the latest to be organized is at Bowmanville HOLD CLINICS They were started as compul- sory re-training of traffic offend- ers, but were soon attended by|to repeat the course. other drivers, all of whom real-! The clinics operate under the ized that old lessons sometimes auspices of the courts, but within need to be re-learned and the the bounds of limited funds and Stress Duties For Parents If any two things in our society tary rules for safe behavior, on are increasing in numbers atifoot or on kiddie-car or tricycle equally phenomenal rates. they ynen anywhere near a roadway are children and motor vehicles 4 . And all, parents This is fine except for one ard. : A thing: this same combination also|84ard against undermining their means more traffic accidents of (own teaching by carelessly dis- the most trfigic kind Already | regarding such rules themselves. almost one-third of all pedes- Telling Junior to "do what I say trians injured in traffic accidents | not what I do" just doesn't work are shcool-age children, with a Then Bool 3 The u " # a} nes he comes School age e further sixth below school age facts are plain enough here: It is This represents half of the whole 2 > population not near the school that most ac- It rob] Sn cidents happen, but away from t i Noi 2 Do on Hg any the school. The school is doing or parent can shuf 0 fw th jis job well; but wouldn't it help a shrug, although many perhaps o.oatly if more parents would do, simply because they feel that make a point of taking more in-| there 15 Boring much they can ia ect hy asking their youngsters, do Boot # i otiing « ould be at appropriate times, a few ques- ur : om t srr) ere Is 2 tions about what they have been great deal that the average par- |aarning at school about safety? ent can do about it. However! ; bo CaLabiv ehoo) eg Such casual enquiries, along with t R ] Capa 4 ou schools may be IN| related chitchat about what to do 1 d 0 e eahng Wi some aspects ofl, various traffic situations, Tt safety training, this is incomplete should. 20 far to ensdre. that ne high accident without the active co-operation of ~~ B 4 at pupils in 1954 prompt the lore every child learns to associate his! awa Safety 1.e safety ideas with many EARLY TRAINING First of all, it is parents who have first crack at the safety! In the fairly recent past we educktion problem: they are al- learned to. immunize children most in sole charge for the first against severe communicable dis- MacDermaid was assigned to the five vears of their children's/eases. Now we must learn to job of training and supervising lives. At the very first they must! immunize them against what has the patrols in each school ® protect their toddlers by taking become the greatest hazard they| At present, 17 sch steps to guarantee that they do'face. As with vaccination, this is ganized with patrol no get anywhere near motor not done by shielding them from|consisting of three shifts under traffic except under control of the disease; it is done by intro- the leadership of a « nt iin, th ree capable older people. Then they ucing it to them in a controlled jieutenants and a ero 10 of satrol must start, at the earliest pos- way. And who can do this better men is equipped Pe sible age, to teach them elemen- than the child's parents" ; 2.000.000 au tari have enforcement and pace 1 1s 1d re to n the and un- others. He | above must Parents! teach your children to * cross at corners * obey signals Patrols Play rate of 34 d the Ost to nt Her ague more request to Chief Co prese a cent to his school school safety patrols ber 1955 the first nto operation In Se patrol Cc ptem was John mstable Is are or 1 1 patre bel Kins vith white the There upervising of their crossings, in raincoats and hats by men Club of Oshawa 340 boys and girl [the street safety fellow pupils at 91 the city | The accident rate |injured in -1954 was lin 1955 and it {seven in 1958 dent has under the supervision safety patrols School Routes Danger Routes For parents their children are 34 pupils | to 12 has Not one occurred dropped child to accl ir area while er of the route of school be- school is usual- the period are enroute with the map drawn in This method of attempting to Consiahie J. Macdermaid prevent accidents is approved py|STvises the operation of the the schools, the Oshawa Safety |," §, Organiaes new Dauo's League and the superintendent of | ectures : about th elementary education for Oshawa, |th¢ Safety Elephant hy on street safety The 'leaflet several | {hair simple rules which . will most child accidents prevent if the youngsters make them a habit I suf pa and Elmer rule tween home a. ly one of To parents much as possible and to instill in chil dren of Kindergarten age an awareness of traf dangers, the Ontario Safety L e has spo sored a leaflet called Journey for the Safest Way Home The mphlets are distributed to parents kindergarten stu dents. One page is blank. On the parent asked draw map of the safest route for child bet'veen home and school and list the hazards found on the route SIMPLE RULES The pamphlet advises that the young child be taken over the route several times, pointing out worry. reassure as : to the pupils in also lists classrooms daily i encouraged a move The CO-0per f | about on his dule pupils are ate with the patrol lectures and the patrols ing the are taught teachers riods on the che ta ough these Obey police officers and traf nals they vork salety ielp make of 3 lighter by obey 9 t Cross only at corners vhich the s to a Look both ways before cross hy classroom the Ing during i pe chool timetable 4. Watch for turning cars 5. Keep from between parked cars and trucks New patrol ized new areas 6. Walk on the left facing traf-'quire them fic efforts by 7 ay from traffic partment 8 alert on rainy and Oshawa Safety Lea dangers and explaining what to*snowy may ablish and do at each corner Then the 9 record of no child pamphlet is returned to the teach- night every wing organ put arc vit and I the Oshaw and the 1 cor De the 1 Police Play ay Je extra days Wear 0 « e something white f ar the road 2 places than just the road adja-iphert Flintoff for organizing the put Care, Courtesy On OSL Program (The following report was de- livered Friday night at the an- niversary dinner of the Oshawa Safety League by Mr. Ron Wil- son, the president.) By RON WILSON, Chairman Oshawa Safety League We are gathered here tonight to mark the anniversary of the Osh- awa Safety 1 sue and to review some of its accomplishments since it was formed three years ¥ ago by Mr. T. R. McEwen and Dr. George Verry. Since its in- ception, the League has enlisted support from many of our public spirited bodies and citizens, and much has been accomplished However, our efforts must be 7 multiplied in order to cope with the increasing vehicle and driver regis ions and consequent growing accident frequency In the face of findings of sur- vevs, conducted in recent years, we have to accept that the human factor responsible for 98 per cent of all accidents on our high- only 2 per cent being at- their children across busy streets, tributed te mechanical defects. between intersections or against 'xeessive speed accounted for red lights. The most important greatest number of accidents |step we can take is to set an drivers were the next highest |courage Combined, these twolsame aused 56.7 per cent of | The cause of safe our accidents, however, an- he advanced hy demonstrating ier 28 per cent of the total were| carefulness, courtesy and respect attributed to so called MINOR in-|for the rights of others frac tions of the law, of which we We can help the course too by 1 il guilty at some time or |teaching our children to respect ther, such as driving too clese, the law and its many traffic lisregarding traffic signs, M- | Gigns. Never let a child hear you €F pariung or reckless dri |eondemning the because This means that about 85 per you were--catight-breaking-a-law all accidents are the|' i a : which was mace to protect your breaking the law, in one own life and rig yr another, | t also means or anoth nt ha | In the interval between now and t accidents are caused |, ov | the first of December, when Safe- ne 8 Rj ave ty Week begins, there will be ma- citizens terial of various kinds to digs distribute such posters, leaf- tickers bumper strips Oshaw Safety League nized to handle this RON WILSON \ is ways XC the and drink ponsible 2 for other people to do the ( { proper mg cent police of result of } rights 1at these + vers ne ror fellow DEEP CONCERN accidents have become The the ep concern of our govern-|l1S ments in the United States and /m al and we be in the Canada and fact finding boards |foref of the Driving have been set np to find ways to| Week Campaign the hourly toll, One such| Following week there will recommended three E's,|be a campaign sponsored by the namely Engineering in our cars|Ontario Department of Transport, and highways: Enforcement of | Which will be directed towards he law and, last but not least,|safe winter driving, and in which |we shall again take a full part, : seeking to arouse the community EDUCATION EMPHASIZED the for and sane E is where we shine and (traffic habits through the winter we may concentrate our ef-| period (fety education should not| I should like tc express a word with the licenced driver but|of welcome and appreciation to carefully administered | the women's groups who have time a child enters|joined our organization and who until he or she has reach-| have named representatives to sit the al to be issued a|with our League. There will be driver's licence, and long after. plenty of opportunity for these Public opinion should be kept representatives to help in the informed of its responsibilities. [many projects which lie ahead of Home traning should be im- us roved. | We also welcome the Bo Thinking and acting safely, safe Scouts and express appreciation walking and safe driving shiuld, [for their decision to join forces and can become as natural as| with us. They will be a strong [Pristine one's teeth. !addition to our working forces | as lets and Affi A ( Safe prevent this board Education to need safe le age p: A common complaint of school|and will be useful in reaching the teachers is that they try to teach homes of our community ~with hildren how to cross streets safe-| special educational messages yet hurried parents rush with| Chief of Police Flintoff has re- Asks Parents Assist Plan For Safety (The following article was written for the Oshawa Safety League by Alderman Christine Thomas.) By ALDERMAN THOMAS How ( I many parents realize that take their for walk on W hey two-year- are pedestrian ld child a they ving a 'iesson fety? How many parents stop think that the proper to turn a child in the way it should io way to go that way themselves? | The average parent is concern- the safety of children, nore and more children meet accidents in the home and streets each year Boy Scouts Support OSL The Oshawa Safety League will RICHARDSON ed yet about many women as Oshawa Safety formed a women's com- | 1 consisting of representa- tion from various women's groups have the wholehearted assistance reach as »ssible the rittee inter it was announced meeting of the Safety League last night Women have the prime respon-| future projects, ibility of children in their most formative years. Enlisting the aid of nizations to pro- mote reaches ~into the hom school, andt he play- ground at the annual women s oO safely the "Whatever we shall endeavor to play said S. A prime objectives of . i , commissioner of the Scouts. "We be, it," executive our part may . Richardson, One of the the Oshawa Safety League, with he help of the Women's Commit- were invited by the Safety League the first in traffic|to lend our assistance when re- Education quired and we are definitely in I am sure the women of Osh- the Safety will rise to this challenge and work to make Oshawa a safe- ty-conscious city. tee, is afety movement with both One of the things we shall of ava feet do at our officers to attend the regular meetings of the League and to keep in touch with the new cam- paigns and see where our mem bership can be of help." The decision was in line with action taken by Scouting every where to line up with Traff Safety campaigns. In the city te Hamilton the Scouts have been working effectively with the Safe- ty League and have been con- ducting a Safety Good Turn cam paign with considerable Part of their effort was the tribution house-to-house of fic safety rules and slogans Scouts were also enlisted patrolling downtown crossings ., warnings against trying to beat the red light and checking pedes trians who showed an inclination to cross betwee) intersections. The some paign launched League of 1958, once is to appoint one success dis- traf- The will be of the Scouts aspects which are by Ost ween now two cam wut to be awa Safety and the end the het ALDERMAN THOMAS i specially trained to instruct the i' monthly courses. re- example for our children and en-| ested in all aspects of safety. of the Boy Scout organization in| 14 9 for!g assigned to| ported to you on traffic figures | for the City of Oshawa and you will note that in spite of increased casualties elsewhere our local fig- ures have dropped each year, with the exception of fatalities, which figure has remained the same for the last three years. Only the persevering work of the | Police Traffic Squad can be given | credit for this fime record. Our Police and Magistrates De- partments co-overated in estab- lishing the Oshawa Traffic Clinic and the Safety League fs proud to | have had a part in its formation and continuance. Two Oshawa Police Department Sergeants are Sergeants Ernest Barker and Harry King divide this work of instruction. The League is pleased with the Department . of Transport's de- cision to establish a provincial driver examination centre in Osh- awa. We feel that when it is in operation the demands on the | Traffic Clinic will be consider- ably increased. The League has recently pre- pared a leaflet of instruction for the parents of kindergarten pupils and this will be distributed by the teachers to encourage par- ents to find and map out the driving can safest way for their small chil-|fare Reporter, organ of the pri-|conti |dren to go to and from school Each year the Oshawa Safety | ~ League sponsors the Ontario Safe | Drivers Award Dinner for this| district where commercial] drivers with safety records are honored. Employers use this oc- casion to reward their drivers (and several new participating employers have joined our ranks in the past three years. The League appreciates the co- operation of the various Service Clubs including the Civitans who conduct the annual bicycle rodeo; the Kinsmen for the Elmer the Safety Elephant program, for | supplying all equipment to stu-| dent safety patrols, for providing the film "And Then There Were Four" and for supplying reflector tape for bicycles; the Kiwanians for publication of a local safety manual and the Jay Cees for donation of safety lane equipment and for assisting in its operation | during safety month each sum- mer. While it is impossible to list all the individual supporters I would | like to pay special tribute to the General Motors of Canada, the Corporation of the City of Osh- | awa and the Board of Education for outstanding help and co-oper-| ation, and to the Lakeland Broad-| casting Company and the Oshawa Times for their strong support. Samples of literature available through the Oshawa Safety | League have been given to every- one gathered here tonight and quantities of all, or any, of it can tbe supplied on request. | I would like to thank you all for attending our annual meeting {tonight and will leave you with one thought: "Don't depend on the other fel- {low to save your life." Lit 564 'Accidents 10 Months Traffic accidents in Oshawa for the first 10 months of the year outpaced those for the same period last year by 41, bringing the total to 564. There were, how- ever, 164 persons injured -- 10 less than last year. But the fatal- ity total went up from two to | three LATEST FIGURES These figures |Friday night by Chief Herbert Flintoff, of the Oshawa police de- partment, at the annual dinner of the Oshawa Safety League. Property damage was also higher 437 cases compared with 402 for the 10-month period in 1957 Rear end collisions accounted for the largest number in Ithe analysis. There were 118 of them. Accidents caused by driv- ers coming to a full stop num- |bered 82. There were 51 accidents |attributed to drunk driving. The following is the remainder of Chief Fiintoff's analysis: Following are the cause of most accidents: 1. -- Rear end col- |lisions, 118 (some charged with careless driving); 2. -- full stops, 82; 3. -- drunk driving, 51: 4. -- {skidding on snow, ice and wet pavement, 42 (most are rear end collisions); 5. -- improper turns, 28 (turning wide and hitting park- ed cars, etc.); 6. -- person run- ning across road in front of traf- fic, 27; 7. -- fail to yield right of |way, 25 (coming to full stop and {then proceeding across in front |of traffic, and also at street in- |tersections where there are no stop signs); 8. -- no signals for turns, wrong signals, giving sig- nals too late, 15 accidents; 9 disobey red traffic ight, 15; 10.-- pulling away from curb into traf- fie, 13; defective brakes, 12. speeding and losing ~ontrol of vehicle, 13; 13. -- back- ing up without checking if way is clear, 9: 14. -- passing within 100 feet of intersection, 8; 15. fail to yield % of road, 7; 16. -- driv- ing when drinking (not drunk driving) 6; 17 passing on hill, 18 loose articles on front seat and driver grabbing at same, 19 cutting in on cars, 1; 20. -- children hooking ride on bus when riding a bicycle, 1; 21. hoy riding on hood of car and falling off, 1; 22. -- car door not closed, opened, and person fel: out, 1. VOL. 87--NO. 263 government | were disclosed The Oshawa Somes PAGE SEVENTEEN 2 MinersCrushed By Tons Of Rock Willing To Help | 20 Unscathed "Mom" Whyte (CP) Ontario [had ys Zovernrient help Nearby officials have to eliminate the "great danger"| prrjOT LAKE (CP) -- Two firmed the provincial welfare de- existing a} Whytehaven might be yranium miners were killed Fri- forthcoming if Mrs. Whyte would | day in a rockfall at the 1,600-foot partment is willing to aid Mrs. stop playing lone wolf, level at Consolidated Denisof, Bertha (Mom) Whyte's unauthor-| The article continued: "There world's biggest single uranium ized children's home at Bowman- is no doubt some of the inade- mine They were the second and ville to gain official status quacies of Whytehaven are due third fatalities in the Blind River A spokesman said ibe {Jopant: to the fact that Mrs. Whyte tends | yranium field in two days. ment would be glad to help Mrs. to operate in a vacuum without hs} mtr ¥ go Whyte bring Whytehaven up to recognizing her service as a part| The de al Laurent Gagton 1. standard and that assistance of the whole." and Clande'B PORE a 2% ye, could be given through the Chari-| After suggesting ways in which iy " table Institutions Act once Whyte- Mrs. Whyte could be helped, the A third man grant haven was registered editorial said: "It must be Milton Banbridge nearby The confirmation came after stressed that there could he but escaped injury 7 an editorial in the Ontario Wel- great danger in allowing her to K Jones of the Elliot Lake nue to operate as in the municipal police estimated that " Inine tons of rock fell on the two ie men ia W. H. Hoffman PRINTER RETIRES tor at Elliot Lake OTTAWA (CP)--A successor to an investigation Queen's Printer Edmond Cloutier Thursday, James V. Sloan, 47, of Maniwaki, Que., was crushed will not be named until Prime (, geath under a piece of heavy inister Diefenbaker returns equipment at Buckles Mine, A 1 h A from his world tour late next The deaths brought to 25 the t ue Pp month, State Secretary Courte-11958 fatality total this year in manche said Thursday. Mr. Clout-'mines in the Blind River field OTTAWA (CP) Two students ier, 65, is due to retire today. midway between Sudbury and from Ceylon came to Canada to|Mr. Courtemanche said in an in-!Sault Ste. Marie study agricultural economics, terview that because of ill health] Mines Minister Spooner ap- They finished first and second in Mr. Cloutier has asked for early|pointed a committee last May to their courses at the Ontario A- retirement. | study mining safety in the area. ricultural College in Guelph By... a A young man from Pakistan, graduating in petroleum engi-| neering at the University of Al- berta, won the gold medal of the Alberta Association of Profes-| sional Enineers The two examples, showing what the youthful elite of under- developed countries can do in the economically advanced West, are taken from the files of the Co lombe Plan, an experiment in in-| ternational co-operation now in! its ninth year Canadian Press Staff Writer The success of the Asian stu The announcement that Russia dents stresses a side of the Co- has continued conducting test nu- lombo Plan often overlooked in!clear explosions, despite a sus- concentration on the spectacular,|pension by the United States and dollars-and-cents allure of such|Britain, can be greeted with more capital projects as the Canadian- disappointment than surprise aided Warsak hydro-electric de-! It's ironic that the Russians velopment in northwest Pakistan!should go on blasting at the same|any case. and the Canada-India atomic re-|/time as East-West talks on a| At Geneva, the Russians have actor. worldwide suspension are in pro-|pressed--with considerable propa- Both aspects -- capital projects gress in Geneva. |ganda success--for acceptance of and technical assistance -- will] But practically on the eve oftheir "forever" formula. There is come under review starting Mon- the Geneva conference, Moscow | evidence they hope for some sort day when ministers of Colombo [released a statement saying that of agreement to forestall France's Plan countries assemble in Seat- unless tests were stopped immed-|plans to join the nuclear powers tle, Wash., for annual consulta- iately and "forever" Russia by testing its first nuclear device tive committee talks. would continue its series. lin the Sahara. TORONTO con- geologist was vate Ontario Welfare Council, past. Ceylon Youths | End Courses mines inspec- has launched INTERPRETING THE NEWS Russian A-Tests Are No Surprise By JOSEPH MacSWEEN The West's one-year suspension wasn't good enough for the Rus- sians. They said sardonically thak the U.S. had continued tests with unseemly haste right up to its own self-imposed deadline and that about one year would be re- quired to evaluate the results in "But he just left for school ten minutes ago..." Ten minutes . . . that's all it took. With his books and lunchpail Freddie headed for school. He waved goodbye to his mother and she waved back. She sighed to herself and hoped that he wouldn't be late getting home from school. But Freddie wouldn't be getting home at all. And it was up to a police officer to tell his mother why. Children are often careless in traffic. With the daily traffic to and from school, it is the résponsibility of every driver to be alert in school zones. When you drive--watch for children. 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