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Show Safety Measures Explained at Lincoln PTA Meet Parents and teachers of the Lincoln school heard Mays Anderson, Ander-son, chairman of the Springville Safety Council, and Chief of Police Henry M. Weight discuss two particular" par-ticular" phases of safety at the opening PTA meeting held on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Anderson brought to the attention of the group the increasing increas-ing prevalence of under-age driving driv-ing in this community. Mr. Anderson An-derson reported that boys and girls even as young as 12 and 13 have been found driving vehicles, a practice very much against the law. He pointed out that were the youth reflexes sufficiently developed dev-eloped at that age to render them as sae drivers, the law would probably prob-ably allow it, but it has been proved prov-ed otherwise. He urged parents to safeguard the safety of both the public and their boys and girls by not allowing them to drive cars until they are licensed. It is the parents responsibility to put a stop to this safety hazard, he declared. de-clared. Police can do little, if parents par-ents allow son or daughter to take the family car. Chief Weight informed the group that through the cooperation coopera-tion of the Safety Council and city authorities, authorized officers offi-cers have been chosen to help children at the road crossings near their schools, and he solicited the cooperatin of the parents in the teaching of children safety precautions precau-tions when crossing roads. He also urged that parents teach their youngsters safety rules which apply ap-ply to riding bicycles and inform them on proper riding habits. PTA officers and the Lincoln School foculty members were introduced. in-troduced. Mrs. Myron Childs, PTA president, told the parents of the visiting teacher program whereby where-by Mrs. Jesse Whitney can come into the homes and work with children in their studies who because be-cause of illness or accident, must be out of school any length of time. Music was furnished by Stanley Burningham accompanied by Betty Sumsion. |