Show I I IT T ei rr a. a w r t I tZ A a f r h I UINTAH COUNTY SCHOOL BUSES used for transportIng transport- transport Ing students student's In the Uintah School District are kept In Bus Safety Week April 25 20 Honors Local Workers April 20 through 25 has been designated designated as National School Bus Safety Week according t to Floyd E E. Workman transportation supervisor for the Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah School District Approximately Uintah District students are transported to school each day in 30 buses with capacities ranging from 12 to 72 TWO OR three runs are made both to fo and from school by each bus each day for a total of 1650 miles a day The entire student bodies of two schools Todd Elementary and West Junior High are transported to school each day top mechanical shape to Insure highest possible safety safe safe- ty to students The Uintah School District has an exceptional exceptional ex ex- bus safety record which Is due to the excellence of the drivers and the good mechanical condition of the equipment UNSCHEDULED BUS inspections are conducted twice each cach year by the Utah Highway Patrol and letters of commendation commendation dation have been received by Mr Workman Workman Workman Work Work- man following such inspections Two new buses are purchased each year to maintain the efficiency of the fleet Most buses are equipped with radio and a public address system School bus safety depends upon the tra traveling public as well as school district district dis dis- personnel There are still people who do not stop for the blinking lights of a bus discharging or picking up students stu stu- dents No car should be closer than two car lengths from a stopped bus School buses carry the most precious cargo in the world your children officials note They ask that persons be extra careful when near the school busIN bus IN ADDITION to Mr Workman Un Un- tah School Districts District's transportation department department de de- includes George Murray assistant assistant as as- supervisor and the following bus drivers Lorraine Bolton Kedric Caldwell Caldwell Cald Cald- well Arvene Cooper Howard Dean Walter Freeman Monroe Hatch Alfred AlIred Helquist James Stanley Hoopes Ralph Kettle Adrian Kump Rump Davis Merkley Merk blerk- ley Icy Arvid Merkley Tad Merkley Ross Merrell Maggie Wilbur Oaks Velma Perry Willard Frank Richens Ivan Rogers Rondle Rogers Niles Southam Edward Walker and Boyd Winn |