Show - IRO 4 'I - - 4 ' '' lir '1 stt 4 I I V144!' q 4 b6 4 V ' ei: 41 IL t - a !' - ! s lift 4 t - - t a : 4 ! rot e A 666 :71411111'1:: N - f "IP ato 4110 o J 1 ::' O "'4 -I Co ' OP' - '''' t t' '''' t 3 ' el' ' ” - 7 p04 s t - ' -- 4' '41 4 - ''' lk sp 111111'5'411 N i N I - ''''' ' li A t - ve ii o 01 e L k' iti lb -r--4 - 4 kti pm 1 to '"1! ' I: 4I " gulyPt e I - 41 - 1 tzit' ''' (Z r 't : l 100obb'"' 16o:) 1 i I - ! DOWN He was hit at a crossing In Mineola NY It might hay been a different HEN MO HERS 'MITSUI IMMO story with a School Guard on duty GOO CO 8 's Berea the dramatic story of a movement that has spread to 122 cities lives It started'29 years ago when and saved hundreds a Cleveland lady totok over a policemans post at a school crossing 11111101t A- r- 1 By0scar Sehisgall Tim was 'particularly the case with school 'fbildren results : Ito - l The idea actually started 29 years ago in Cleveland At that time- automobiles were more numerous and street rapidly becoming accidents were on the rise Pedestrians of that day were less familiar with autos and therefore much less alert than we are today 01 t 4 good - : 14 A 0 I ' : It - v: à' c 1 1 10 4 04 tode:'45--e:''Ir"‘12- The problem is being met and licked in many cities with in adjunct to the regular — police force known as Women's School Cards — — Composed mostly of mothers this outfit takes over for the busy policemen and directs traffic at the school cmssings — with ikstonishingl- Y-- : Vr-l- tie rg 43Pv) schools gZtting set to open all over VT the country America's cities are again faced with the old and dangerous problem: how to make the school crossings safe for the youngstera-- - t - i:ii2:11t::::: its:::1: ' 'STRUCK Capt 'Arthur Roth of the Cleveland Police Department had the bright notim that special guards at school crossings rtitht be the imswertcrthe child enskof the problem Therefore he got Permission to hire a force of unemployed World War I veterans for duty at some of the most dangerous crossings 7 Wawa On Ditty in 1142 THE program Was so successful that it 'was 'gradually enlarged until 1942 when maiipower grew very short because of the war It was then that Cleveland started hiring women for replacement The women guards worked out so well that today 360 rno9er or about 90 per cent of J the total School Guard are on duty at the crossings They're well drilled wear caps and Sam Browne belts and work only at hours when children enter or leave school and draw wages of $80 a month - Quietly through the years the idea spread to other communities In fact it has spread that today — according to a survey made by Audrey M Davies of the Institute 122 American ofPublic Administration cities with populations of 50600 or more use 'these 'uniformed School Guards - Toady women As Police Chief Heustis of Louisville Ky wtth 75 women guards said: "The only Inexplicable part of the program is that ithasn't yet been adopted by every city in the U S 0 so far well-drill- Continued on pogo 13 GUARD She won't arrest you but most drivers won't tangle with her " ' : : 04:'-- 46 Wrini 7 'hi 47- 4 —e-'- 'Vit' 4 ' 1 a t: — |