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Show P.-T. A. Discusses Student 'Traffic Lanes' Routing of small school children chil-dren to and from the new elementary ele-mentary school building was a major topic of discussion at the Elementary P.T. A. meeting last Thursday in the school building City Marshal Bart Steeley told the assembled parents and instructors in-structors of his studies of various vari-ous routes, and the danger of students crowding onto the pavement pave-ment when walking routes with no sidewalks. It was suggested that students from the north and east portions of town cross Center Street at 300 or 400 West, whsre there is a sidewalk, and walk south to I 100 South before proceeding west to the school building. By fol lowing this route, Marshal Steely pointed out, they will be traversing travers-ing streets wih a minimum of traffic, and streets which have sidewalks all the way to the school building . Bryce Draper, assistant county superintendent, made an interesting interest-ing report on the progressive grading system, and several methods meth-ods of grading and reporting the (Continued on Page Three) HERE'S MORE ABOUT P.T-. A. MEETING Continued from Page One students progress in his studies were discussed. A study is being made comparing compar-ing Beaver County students' grades with state average and national average, Mr. Draper said, and results of the survey, which indicate that Milford students stu-dents arc generally at or above the national average, will be made public in the very near future. fu-ture. Mrs. Rosemary Davie, chairman of a committee which had been named to study various reporting report-ing systems suggested that report cards be issued every nine weeks, so parents will be more currently current-ly advised as to their child's progress, and that the present be also retained. Mrs. Diane McCulley, county public health nurse, discussed the school immunization program and announced ithat immunizations were to be offered school children chil-dren at the school, with preschool pre-school children and adults receiving re-ceiving their shots at one of the medical clinics. Dr. Eugene Davie, speaking in favor of holding school children as well as adult immunization programs at the downtown clinics under Civil Defense sponsorship, slated that in 1959 the Civil Defense De-fense clinics registered 1269 immunizations im-munizations in Milford, including all individual shots, vaccinations and blood typings for children and adults. He also said that 1087 immunizations were administered admin-istered at Minersville. Dr. Davie urged downtown immunization im-munization clinics as a means of "training the population for possible pos-sible war status" or other emergency. |