AIR CORPS HELICOPTER ! = MAPPING SAFEST ROUTE TO SCHOOL is one of the most | constructive projects now awaiting grade schoolers on their return i to classes, Maps worked over under the guidance of teachers, as shown above, on the basis of a program developed by the American | Automobile Association, are for showing to parents wha then lend | a hand in charting the safest course for their children Tico willion Kids To Ride 3 Back To School On Bicycles More than 2,000,000 kids will, = be pedaling back to school as a §, laily practice this fall, includ- Ing thousands of beginners, it is estimated by the Bicycle In-| Jstitute of America. Ever increasing popularity of| bicycles as the highly person- alized mode of transportation | fs for youngsters, has been ac- :ompanied by a lowering of the umber of serious accidents suffered by the young cyclists, the Institute reports. | Child counselors are pretty much agreed that the earlier a youngster begins to ride a bike, the earlier he develops a sense )f responsibility. [ In some areas, through co- of parents, police and educational authorities licens- ER Fs Sel ee ing children to use their bikes psc 10 SCHOOL BIKE riders a been artanged, fo mst heed boulevard stop signs b iS Sense 0 > i gi ity. __ |with the same caution as does the | : 1s works well, jt is re- motorist, in the name of safety. = ported. Licenses are denied | youngsters who fail to keerjular among high school and their bikes in good safe condi- college students special park- tion or who are unable to passing provisions and rules for appropriate riding tests. regulating bike traffic are nec- | Given an opportunity to try essary on school grounds and again for a license, they work campuses. . to regain the right to ride and| Introduction of new type in the process learn more about/American made ‘‘middle traffic safety. |weight” bikes has vastly in- Bike riders, however, are by creased popularity of this type 10 means exclusively gradeof personalized transportation schoolers. Bicycles are so pop-lamong collegians. 1 HOOK AND LADDER FIRE ENGINE CLOWN SHOOT AND DART BASEBALL FERRIS WHEEL TRUCK FRICTION HOUSE TRAILER and CAR School Buses Setting Record Of Safe Travel for Children A graphic example of how gan, motorists must come to a successful school buses are in complete stop when they ap- transporting children is found proach a stopped school bus in a recent survey made in picking up or discharging pu- Pennsylvania where it was re-|pils. ported that the danger of a fa-| There is still considerable tality on a school bus was more variation among the different than 26 times as remote as in/state ‘laws on when motorists general automotive traffic. may resume movement, so Mr. According to Harry I. Kirk, Kirk suggests that when motor- president of the AAA, much of lists are in doubt they should ’ (% TOT GUIDAN 8) SHELL OIL TANKER _(C) SUBMARINE TT TTT rr ee A A RAN RO REC Sa RT ENE SINE (E] TOY TELEPHONE CLOWN XYLOPHONE ~ Nt (LO H S NEWCOMER & SON Inc the present safe operation of remain stationary until the bus THE SA osu . . ° . school buses can be attributed starts moving again. Ry to the high degree of uniform-| In most states, the buses are E. MAIN & BARBARA STS. PH. MOUNT JOY 3-3361 ity among state laws recognized. The majority to marking and operation of{follow the recommended prac- the buses, and the laws regu-|tice of having all school buses; |{lating other vehicle traffic ap-/painted bright yellow and proaching the buses. plainly marked in large black ® In every state except Michi- letters “School Bus.”
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