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Show How to Make Your YWCA Holds Cord Home Safe for Children Here's some advice on how to arrange your home to give children the best possible protection. Youngsters can easily run into danger with appliances, toys, drugs and even pets. Children will wander to all parts of the house and get into anything if they get the chance. No mother can keep watch all the time over her children. Therefore homes need to be arranged so that the child will be protected from himself during those dangerous few minutes each day when he's not being watched. Accidents are the leading cause of death among American children. More than half these fatal accidents occur in the home. At least 7,000 American youngsters die each year as a result of home accidents. These deaths are seldom caused by deliberate neglect either. Take a look around your home. Are combustibles such as rags stored in your home? Are there any worn electrical cords that are frayed and need replacing? They are open invitations to fire. Do you have an open fireplace, or do you burn candles or oil lamps? Never leave a child alone in a room with one of these. Are matches or lighters in the oil-soak- reach of toddlers? A fire extinguisher should be convenient to every area of the house. Horace Mann Needs You!! Are all screens in upperstory windows secure? Do you have Venetian blinds? If so, cut open the loops on the cords. Such loops have strangled young children. Do any unused electrical sockets invite a crawling child to poke a metal object into the outlet? The sockets should be taped over or covered with the special blanks available at hardware stores. Party invited to the annual card party of the Young Women's Christian Association, Saturday, February 5, at the YWCA activities building, 322 East Third South from 1 to 3:00 p.m. Proceeds are used to send YWCA volunteers and club leaders to national and regional meetings where implementation of the YWCA Look underfoot, too. Rugs Imperative . . . "the elimination of should be anchored with anti-skiracism wherever it exists and by any pads and floors should not be means necessary" ... is discussed. polished so much that they are Phyllis Dunn is in charge of dangerously slippery. arrangements for the card party, and If there is a gun in your house, it refreshments and prizes will be should be kept unloaded and the furnished. ammunition stored under lock and key. Small, sharp objects such as pins, needles, nails and jewerly, if swallowed, could cause critical internal injury. Sharp instruments such as knives, scissors, and saws should not be stored within the reach of children. When you bring home clothing from the cleaners, do you destroy the plastic coverings? This plastic covering can cause a child to suffocate if he puts it over his head. These are just a few suggestions to make your house safe for children. A few minutes spent now to check these things can save your child's life. The public is Want to Want to Want to Want to Come know what is going on at school? gripe? air your views? share your thoughts? get acquainted with your community council Parents Students Teachers Anybody Where? Horace Mann Jr. High 233 West 1st North School Library d When? February 2, 1972, Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m. Also: Two jobs must be filled by our community. Ten hours a week. $2.50 per hour. News stories W anted May be about any news event which concerns the Model Neighborhood. Copy may be written or typed. If a photographer is needed, please call the Agency. We need "What you what you are" Elaine Lovato, Representative With your personality, you too can have fun selling Studio Girl cosmetics. Join now - you'll love it. Call me at 359-825see - is 3. news stories, poetry and letters. send to Studio Girl quality guaranteed beauty begins with good skin care May I come to your home with a simple 4 step program? Please contact: Elaine Lovato -- AAodol Noighborhood Nows 119 E. 21st South Salt Lake City, Utah 841 15 467-941- 6 359-825- 3 (431 E. 6th South) Your Studio Girl Representative |