Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-13
AUTOMOBILES
NEE! TOMORROW
Important Gathering at Playhouse
as First Of Series of Safety
Activities.


est and value to every automob bile owner
ard driver in Delaware, but of especial
interest to Wilmington drivers, will be
held tomorrow night III The Playhouse,
the use Of which has been rendered Ivy
James y. Ginns. -Four Thousand tickets
have been distributed TO automobile own
crs and drivers
Judge Daniel O. Hastings OF the MUM
cipal Court will have rs his subject,
"1rati'c aw Enforcement On the sub
icct nf reckless driving, Judge Hastings
reccntly made the following statement:
Il would say & hat ] am heartily IN sym
pathv with the efforts To yet nd OF the
reckless driver. He is n menace to the
community II it takes severe punishment
10 teach him the required lesson; the soon.-
CT he gets such punishment, the safer the
community will be In his address,
Judge Hastings will elaborate on this. He
will tell whnt the Nun icipal Court and
the Police Department intend dong to
check reckless driving and the necessity for
the proposed action.
George Bacher OF the l.. x G. Motor Go.
will speak on "Cnr Cpkeep and Safety
This address will deal with the mechanical
equipment ofap automobile and its relation
% safety This meeting is the first of "A
series Of activities planned by the Dela-
ware Safety Council, m organization of
prominent men and women formed tor the
PURPOSE OF reducing accidents IN this
State. THIS series OF activities will intro
d,,cc the program Of the council for the
coming year
L. A DcBlois. president of the Della
ware Safety Council, will address tomor-
row nights Meeting. Next Tue sday,
November l6 the Chamber Of Commerce
I Will hold luncheon 10 which will bc IN
vitcd members Of the Rotary Club the
Kiwanis Club and the Manufacturers
ASSOCIATION A. this meeting 6 " Prco,
general manager of the National Safety
Council who is making special trip IN
Wilmington for the purpose Of discussing
safetv topics. will make mn address. On
TUESDAY aitrrnoon AZ . clock prominent
/ citiycns throughout tho state have been
invited ~ attend Al executive committee
meeting uf thu Delaware Safety Council.
10 be held IN the du pont building,
which viii further he attended hv mem
bcrs Of all the active committees oi the
Delaware Sa(etv Council
ON Tuesday night the forcmcn safety
/, course viii hc opcred hv meeting "a tho
High school This safety course ls one ot
The most successful activities conducted hy
;hC Delaware Safety Council and last
wear enrolled ~ members, toremcu from
rcarlN all the principal Industries N the
CITY who received course on safety and
were graduated The course this year will
! have features which Will make i evca
! better than that Of last year
The chauffcurs' school will also be
established bv the Delaware Safety
Cour cl. ard courses in safe driving and
the reed Of safety on tho road will lpe dis
CuSsod ly prominent speakers
In connection with other activities, the
| Delaware Safety Council has received let
tcrs OF support and cooperation from all
the rircipal State officials ard posters
/ contaiti these letters callirg atteution
+ 70 reckless driving will bc distributed ard
pfaced in promiacnt positions at al
garages 81 the city Fri cIpal merchants
alo Market street will display for a
period of ten days. other posters Of the
/ Delaware Safety Council in their win
7 dows
Plans have also been made TO have
safety taught III the public, private and
parochiA schools durr the comm year.
and the support of school authorities has
hcen heartily rendered III behalf Of this
project
The Delaware Safety Council recently
had made motion picture shown the
dangers on the public streets, in industries
and IN the home. and this picture Will be
shown 20 gafhcring~ throughout the city
ard State.
During The last year an intensive cam
paigu TO reduce accidents has been carried
On by the Delaware Safety Council, and
+ among other thlrgs vigilance commit
tee OF some 800 persons. both men and
! women from ali walks Of life has been ap-
pointed. who report violation OF traffic
/ ordinances 10 the Delaware Safety Coun-
i ell. No member OF the vigilance commit
! tee knows the identity Of any other mem
Der, and their reports are made by mum
/ Der The violations are then taken up by
I The Delaware Safety Council and the laws
( are filed with the clerk Of the city court
for use when the vioiator appears before
rhe Judge on charges OF violating the drlv-
ing ordinances.
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