San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-27
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traffic regulation since the birth in |
this city of a vigilance committee |
composed of prominent men whose !
auty it will be to report violations |
VI the rule. The San Antonio and |
Bexar County Safety Council has |
brought into being a cooperative or
ganization that has no police powers |
81 arrest, but the Citizens Vigilante |
Committee will have the right and the !
.zluty TO report every violation Of a |
rule that has been made for public |
nfety.
a Vigilante committees are secret |
bodies, operating under numbers in
stead of names. When a member |
iees a misdemeanor that encroaches |
sn public safety laws, he must re-
port that violation of the law and
the number of the automobile, to the |
Bexar County Safety Council. The |
eouncil in turn sends the postcard in
almost duplicate form, TO Chief Van |
Ripper, who details an officer to find
sthe owner of the vehicle listed. When |
that is accomplished, the law-breaker
Is warned not to repeat his offense,
with promises of more definite punish |
nent with the repetition of the mis-
lemeanor. Upon the second or third
sffenses Of the same party, the mep-
Der of the committee whose report is
responsible for the arrest, must give
bis name and must serve as a witness
Turing the trial of the case.
e An Educational Body.
1T will be the aim of the vigilance
committee to cooperate with the po-
lice force of San Antonio. rather
than to usurp any of that body's pow
FRS of arrest" Captain h. Z. Henion,
acting manager of the Bexar County
Safety Council, stated Saturday, fol-
owing the application of 80 members
of the Lions Club of this city to
become members of the committee.
e'The vigilance committee is an edu-
rational body, strictly not law en-
lorcement body"
A successful campaign for mem
bership has resulted in the recent
drive conducted by the council, ac-
.ording to Captain Henion, and the
creation Of the vigilance committee
nas grown rapidly out of the funds
received from membership during the
r asst few weeks. Prior TO the estab-
a~ishment of the vigilance committee,
n broad and comprehensive safety
udu Dttll Inv
public schools of this city, where al
ready the course is being taught by
teachers Of 81 schools.
y Growing from little band Of pub
ic-spirited men to a membership in
,luding some of the largest business
houses in San Antonio, the Bexar
County Safety Council has weathered
It's worst storms and is emerging now
IN a career of public service. The
members are not men who are work
ng for their own good, for there is
30 reward to be gained except the
satisfaction that come to those who
lave done their best for the good of
their community.
Arthur Burnett organized the
Bexar County Safety Council in 1922
with the assistance of Frank Lewis,
md the presidents of luncheon clubs
lormed the first membership. From
less than 80 the council has grown
turing the last month to an organic
ition of nearly 100 members, and has
launched a program that brought
lorth telegram Of praise from Her
bert Hoover.
Program For Schools.
! Perhaps the most interesting phase
bf the work that is actually being
lone now by the council is school
training, conducted by teachers under
The direction of Captain Henion, that
teaches children to avoid breaking
Dafety laws. This course is applied
IN every subject taught in the ele-
hentary grades, and its influence, &C.
sording TO men who know, will be
lbove value in making the next gen.
sration safe and sane.
Instead of writing the old adages,
hny tots will write always be care
|iul," or safety First is Best" while
In arithmetic the little ones will do
problems about certain man who
crossed Houston street at st. Mary's
BY jay-walking, and how much space
he covered if the streets were at Ger
lain angles, and at what place the
: accident occurred that was caused
from the mans carelessness in walking
Improperly in the downtown district.
In arithmetic, countless problems will
De furnished by the Safety Council
: 'or use in the public schools among
The lower grades.
Playlets are another method of
reaching safety to children, and many
If them have been distributed among
county schools, several having been
acted by the classes wanting them.
One, the story of the Pied Piper, is
,leverly presented, and features a
.afety theme that is notably unique.
Children are named such things as
Il run in front of automobiles" and
pull chairs from under people. -
Il never look twice" II pick IN
wires" and other similar titles. while
list of good boys and girls includes
a cast named Il always wait. 81 am
clean" Il am not rough" Il am not
rareless.- and so forth. The Pied
Piper is Safety Week, while rats
and mice are carelessness, unclean.
illness and other suggestive titles. The
opening scene shows the mayor anC
his council in meeting bordering
oyer the question of Kidding them
selves of the rats, lust as the old
Lime story states, and the Pied Pipe
Puters to say that for $1,000 he car
rid the city of the plague. Havin.
performed his task, he returns fo
his pay. stating that how the chill
aren are clean, healthy and safe il
q San Antonio. The grateful mayo
md council give him his reward. n
b Y they are glad TO be rid Of the evil
that cause trouble and danger.
Posters in Schools.
Safety posters are being placed il
De schools, in order to show throug
4, pictures and slogans the value O
earning the codS,of safety. There ar
ZONE showing diS9strich with hea
buried under the Md. and with an
preaching dangers his path. BE