The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-26
TEACH SAFETY
BY BOOKLETS
Kenosha Motor Club in
Move to Teach Safety
to Children.
TAUGHT RY PICTURES
TAUGHT BY PICTURES
Will Distribute to Children in
Schools Books to Teach
Safety Lessons.

Kenosha Motor club, affiliated with the
! Wisconsin State Motorists association
and the American Automobile assocla-
| ton, according to announcements
made here today by officers OF the
local and state organization. The
movement will find expression in a
safety week observance under the aus
pices of the motor club which will be
featured by the distribution among
the school children of the city OF more
than 5000 booklets teaching safety
lessons for both young and old IN a
most novel way.
w. z. Nedden, manager of the Safe
ty campaign, for the Wisconsin State
Mortorist association, was in Keno
! sha today making plans for the cam
paign. The plan has received the en-
| dorsement of Dan O. Head, president
| of the Kenosha Motor club, who said
regarding it:
Everything that will educate the
children in a safety-frst movement is
a fine thing. The plan outlined by
Mr.. Nedden to be put into effect IN
Kenosha is exceptionally good and
with distribution through the schools
as outlined should do much good IN
Kenosha."
officials Join In Move.
superintendent G. F. Loomis of the
-Kenosha schools has also endorsed the
project and has joined with the Motor
club in distribution of the pamphlets.
City and county officials, church heads
and various local organizations Will
/ cooperate in this important move
ment, sponsored by the Kenosha Motor
club and prominent leaders in the in
dustrial, professional and business life
of the city.
It is realized that teaching the child
of today is educating the adult OF to-
m orrow. Accidents are avoidable. The
public must be taught the lesson of
safety. Motorist and pedestrian must
each do their part to- cut down the
rapidly climbing toll of death. and in
jury resulting from accidents. Some
thing must be done. Accidents are
increasing at an appalling rate 1t
resolves itself into a educational cam
paign to teach everyone that "the
A. B. C. of safety is Always Be Care
full"
Children do not realize what causes
accidents. To tell child to be care
full without showing the reason for
not doing those things which make
for accidents, is to accomplish little.
No child wants to get hurt, no auto
mobile or truck driver wants to hurt a
little child. Children must be shown
| by picture what causes injuries and
taught that they must not play in
streets and alleys. Automobiles cam
not travel on sidewalks or in play
grounds. Parents must interest them
selves in this problem and teach their
children lessons of safety.
To Distribute Books.
To make a lasting impression on the
child mind and to aid parents in
graphically showing the children what
| causes accidents, the Motor club will
distribute through the schools to each
child a Children's Safety First Draw
ling Book. Pictures showing accidents
and their causes are to be colored by
the child and the footnote read and
explained by the parent These books
will be ready for free distribution in
| few days.
| In addition, it is planned to or
ganize the children into School
Safety PATROL and several other edu-
cational activities will be put into eff
feet by the Kenosha Motor club.
The school authorities throughout the
state are cooperating in this great
children safety movement being in
augurated in practically all cities and
towns by the Motor clubs affiliated
with the Wisconsin State Motorists
association, the state division OF the
American Automobile association.
officials Shows Need.
One official in commenting on the
plan gave the following statement re-
garding the need of concerted move
ment to educate children and grown
nps" along safety lines:
az am of the opinion that great
deal of good can come out of setting
one week aside as safety week for
our children and citizens. 1t will be
a means of a greater cooperation by
the motor drivers and also by the
parents and our children.
"The United States Department of
! Commerce announces that the returns
| show that during the year of 1923,
14.412 deaths resulted from accidents
caused by automobiles and other mot
or vehicles excluding motorcycles. Ac-
cidents causing death by automobiles
/ and motor vehicles have increased
from 1918 to 1928, being 90 to 15-4.
| Now these figures are astounding,
and we should begin to realize that
traffic problems are becoming seri-
Gus and as citizens we should realize
these facts. / would Suggest some
safety precautions which have been
tried out. in other cities and have
proved to work out satisfactorily, such
as:
81. Children, be alert every sec
ond in crossing streets. Remember
to cross only at regular crossings.
Look both ways. Wait, watch out for
automobiles. Play only in safe places,
on the sidewalks or in regular play
grounds.
/ 20. Parents, you are primarily re-
.sponsible for the safety of your chill
dren. Remember that safety, like
charity, begins at home. Train your
children to be careful at all times.
Warn them that danger turks in the
roadway. Teach them that it is al
ways foolish, often fatal, to take a
chance.
20. Pedestrians, stop jay-walking;
this alone causes a large number of
accidents. Cross only at street cross
ings. Go straight across, not diagon-
ally. Don't take a chance, be care
full and you will be safe.