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aseure the necessary safety pre working with the Board of Edu- ng cautions. | |wation, City Hall, and the Pub- ne : le Sseaion, to gei @ staircase; = Seine I would ike to cay } 'that 'the police department is Parents Urged To Escort = marty rare ms Beginners To First Class onto Grandview st. This stair-| those of your child, but we can- case may or. may not be in|not do this job alone, we need Grandview st. s., no doubt you 4will be concerned with the 2A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, August 26, 1085 operation during the first part| the full co-operation of the par- of the schoo) year, but it is the} ents, and the children. If you logical] place to come down|have a son or daughter attend- from the hill. This situation has|ing schoo] in one of the senior been of great concern to us all| grades, we certainly can use summer, and rest assured that| him or her as a member on the we will give it our attention, to e of the safety patrols, and gea- eral traffic safety, If you have a child attending a new school, or going to school problem of getting down off of the hill and onto Grandview st., to get to school, We have been PC WILLIAM TANE Traffic Safety Officer Next Tuesday morning will end the summer holidays for over 25/000 elementary school children in the city as they head back to their classrooms, The first few weeks of the echodl year are always the toughest for the safety § de- partment of the Police Depart- ment, as 'we are usually swamp- ed with calls from parents and schools asking for our atten- tion im their area, We always get around to all of our calls, however not as fast as some people think we should, I would like the people to keep this in mind; there are to be 37 elementary schools under our jurisdiction 'this year, as oppos- ed to 34 last year, and we hope to have safety patrols operat- ing out of approximately 34 schools, There will be 34 adult cross- ing guards operating starting the first day of school, Sept. 7, However most of the schools themselves have organized at least a temporary safety patrol, which will operate right from the first day unti] we are able to get to organize it on a per- manent basis, While we are in the school for the first visit to organize the safety patrol, we are going to attempt to visit the kinder- garten, and Grade 1 classes, for some instruction on the use for the first time, here are some pointers: --Walk the route which you 'think ww child to 'take, prior 'to «choo! 'opening, and while you are do- ing this, please point out the| . safety hazards to your child as you go, always using the side- walks, or walking on 'the left side of cs, a facing 'the 'traf- fic, y ae -All of ithe school crossings which will be staffed by safety patrollers, or adult crossing | guards are clearly marked with signs, and where possible with painted lines on the road, un- less the crossing is at a stop sign or a traffic light, so make sure that your child uses 'these crossings, --Please make sure that your child knows that the Police are in this schoo) for one reason only, and that is to help him jearn Safety, and to prevent accidents. 'Tell him that he can expect to see us at school, and we will be glad to answer any and all of his questions, about Safety, --If attending the new &t. Thomas Aquinas Separate School: please instruct your child to ,stay away frem the railway tracks 'to the north of the school. As this is a new school there will be no safety patro] during the first few days of school, so instruct your child 'to make use of 'the exist- ing safety patrols from other schools, and the established adult crossing guards at Park rd, s., and Hillside ave., and at the Cromwell Cloverleaf, ' If attending the new Sir Albert Love School: This school is located on Wilson road n. just north of Adelaide ave. We have an adult crossing guard now operating on Wilson rd. n., at Adelaide, and we would like to see your child crossing Wilson rd., with the guard..If a serious situation comes up that you don't think we are aware of, either get in touch with the principal of the school, or one of the police traffic safety officers. --If attending the new Grandé- view Public School: If yeu live up on the hill to the east of - ¥ FOR Back to School - SUITS SPORT COATS WINDBREAKERS DRESS SHIRTS TROUSERS SPORT SHIRTS SHOES See our complete line of GYM OUTFITS for all high schools Zs MEN'S WEAR eae safety patrol at your school, ill 'be 'the safest for your |- 3 DAYS ONLY BUY 'EM IN THE CRATE and SAVE - SAVE - SAVE! 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