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THOSE MELANCHOLIA DAYS
HAVE COhAE TO LADS
L\KE THIS ONE WHO
FINDS IT HARD TO
LEAVE HIS FAITHFUL
FRIEND AND RETURK
TO SCHOOL. THERE AdAY
BE SADDER DAYS IF
traffic REGULATIONS
REGARDING SCHOOL
BU9SES AND SCHOOL
CVA\LDREt^ are not
CAREFULLY OBSERVED.
Dear Motor Vehicle Operators:
For thousands of six-year olds, September will
be a month to remember. Yes sir, there will be a
lot of ’em making tracks for the school room.
They’ll be excited and thrilled at the prospects of
their first day at school. They may be a little care
less or absent minded when they cross the streets
and highways, so here is where you can get into
the act!
The 1954 edition of the National Safety Coun
cil’s "Accident Facts” tells us that more than 40%
of all fatal accidents to children between jive and
fourteen, involve motor vehicles. In plain words,
this means that motor vehicle accidents will snatch
the opportunity to finish school from a lot of
youngsters during the next nine months. The
above figures certainly prove that we must always
look out for children and use extra caution when
driving near schools and residential districts. While
we don’t enjoy the thought any more than you do,
it is our plain duty to remind you that any one of
the deaths represented by the above statistics could
be your child or mine.
If you are still not convinced, talk to any motor
vehicle operator who has injured or killed a child
in a motor vehicle accident. Ask him whether his
mind was completely relieved after the judge or
jury declared him not guilty. Any person unfor-
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