Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
GLEN ECHO SCHOOL
PATROL IS STARTED
Boy PatroImen Chosen and
Instructed in Duties on
Conduit Road.
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
CABIN JOHN PARK. Md, November
9.-Singled out for their leadership and
ability to command the respect of their
classmates, six young men OF the Glen
Echo-Cabin John Elementary School
were picked from the scores in attend
ance to watch and guard over their
school chums while going to and from
school. and to guide them safely across
the trafic-infested highways in the
territory in which they live. 4.
Each of the youngsters was marched
before his fellow pupils yesterday after
noon at formal exercises held IN the
school and presented with the broad
white Sam Brown belts, accompanied
by the badge Of authority, which dis
tinguishes them as members Of the
schoolboy patrol.
School PatroImen.
The patrolmen Of this school are
headed by Capt. Edward Deebo, who
has as his lieutenant Hugh Davis. with
the following patrolmen: Ellsworth
Shannon, Robert Oxenham, Robert
Brodie and Albie Auderback. They are
said to be the pioneer Schoolboy patrol
men of Montgomery County, and their
appointment grew out of the unfortu-
nate injuring of a member Of the school
body, who was seriously hurt soon after
the session started earlier in the Fall
when struck by an automobile after
ahghting from one Of the school buses.
Some of the children attending this
school have to use one of the most
dangerous passages for the pedestrians
in this section of the country. 1t Is the
crossing of Cabin John Bridge, the
structure which carries the washington
water conduit, and 1t is topped by a
vehicular passage barely wide enough
for two automobiles to pass. There is
no walkway for pedestrians. To guard
the children who must use this Struc-
t,lre in going to and from school, two
Of the schoolboy patrolmen will be spec
cially detailed morning and afternoon
and during the midday recess to keep
a constant vigil on the lives of their
little charges. Others will be placed on
the school buses and will Alight at
each stop to make sure that the chill
dren reach place of safety before the
bus departs.
Chosen for Leadership.
J. E. Thornton, principal of the
school, who presided at the presentation
of the belts and badges, and the for
NAL mastering in of the patrol, said
that the young men had been selected
from the entire school group because
u QudlltICS VI WhACAA bAACJ
displayed He introduced to the as
semblage w. M. Ogden of the American
Automobile Association, sponsor of the
schoolboy patrol system to guard the
lives of the young ones.
Mr.. Ogden pointed out to the chill
dren that the service Of their classmates
to protect them from the dangers OF
preSent-day traffic was volunteer one
and that the service must have the APP
proval of the parents of the boys who
agree to serve. He told the patrolmen
that they could be relieved at any time
upon request.
He also impressed upon them certain
rules of safety, pointing out to them
that they must only cross highways at
intersections; that they must look f1rst
to the left and then 10 the right before
crossing, and that they must never at
tempt TO cross at run, because they
might fall and BE- unable to get up be-
fore some approaching vehicle. over"
takes and Injuries them.
AS each of the candidates were called
forward and presented with his belt and
badge he received an ovation from the
pupils and the meeting closed with
three rousing cheers for the patrolmsn: