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Show f Time To Think Of Traffic Safety : The annual warning to motorists that they must shoulder a big share of responsibility for the safety of children of all ages who soon will be going back to school, is extended this year to the teen-ag- e group, by officials from every level of education as well as by police authorities. The extension of the warning to encompass the younger group of drivers is inspired by the considerable increase in who the number of teen-age- rs g before are now driving cars to high for a safety check-u- p schools and colleges. the schools open. Make sure A marked increase also has been recorded in the number of younger folk who ire using scooters and motorcycles as well as bicycles, as their personal means of transportation. There is a special urgency this year in advice to all of these as well as to the adult drivers and the truckmen who are piloting their heavy vehicles over the highways and the byways, to take their vehicles into the service station they are perfectly responsive to operation under any emergency condition. Brakes, tires, motor, steering and windshield wiper operation all should be checked. Worn parts should be replaced. Determination of servicing needs should be left to the experts, the officials say. Importance of the responsiveness of the automobile or truck to emergency situations is needed basically because of Adult Education Enrollment To Rise Once Again Last year's officially and authorities contend number to be enrolled in class-thwhen the adults who will es for adult education arises conservatively estimated enll rollment of be returning to learning this from the vast number of approximately 30 are added to school andcial classes set up indepen-colleg- e million is expected to surge enrollments, nearly dently by individual industrial considerably this fall. Theres half of the population may be and business organizations lot hardly a community in the counted. retraining employees to fit land that will not have some Difficulty in estimating the them for new types of Jobs. classes in adult education. Some at spe-fa- the understandable irrespon- - on duty at public schools visibility of the very young, de- -' tually everywhere, but It must spite the' careful schooling they are given in school safety classes. Those in the lower grades of elementary school do sometimes dart out between parked cars in the middle of a block. Driver training for teenagers has helped their traffic safety record also, yet they are hardly beyond the experience of occasional lapses. Parental observation can help here. School safety patrols will be remembered that these youths operate normally only on the curb side of the thoroughfares. Official protection at school crossings will be provided most everywhere by traffic guards, mostly mature women in uniform, whose authority to halt the traffic flow must be heeded. Watch for and obey all 'Schools Open Drive Carefully posters which are placed at strategic points. be well-train- ed Parents Can Help Beginner Take That First Big Step Helping the very little child to take The First Big Step into the world of education is considered even more important than preparing him for the "second big step, which would take him to college. A It is at the beginning that learning to learn, on which all education is based, actually starts. And thanks to a new booklet made available for the first time this year, parents of children who instinctively want to give their youngsters as much of a head start as possible, some well organized advice is available. Its really a handbook for pre-scho- ol "parents that the National School Public Relations Asso- ciation has produced in some 38 illustrated pages and it is appropriately titled The First Big Step. A sampling of some of the things parents can do while the child is yet at home, and before he takes that first big step is to make sure he knows: His age and birthday; colors and shades of colors; the a circle, a shapes of things square, a triangle; What It means to go up, down, behind and inside; How to count to 10 fingers e and toes are for teaching this; How to hold a pencil or a fat ones are easier crayon for them to use. The booklet is available from the National School Public Relations Association, at 60 cents for a single copy. The address is 1201 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. ready-mad- Back To School SPECIALS Cotton 100 Canvas Prints 45 $1.49 Denim 13 2 off NOW 2 Is $2 100 Quilted Cottons Largest Selection in Town $I.59K9S Corduroy Pinwaleto big Wale $ .98-S2.- 8 9 Woolens Special Group $1.98 FASHION SHOES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY V COTTONWOOD MALL SOUTH GATE SUGAR HOUSE liWintf FABRICS COTTONWOOD GRANGER Alia Downtown irgi f I & MALI Sugaitouse |