Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-17
BLACKREET ENROLLEES SAFETY MEET

The. first enrollee Safety meeting
to be held on the Rlackfeet Reserva.
ton was held in the Community
hall on Jan. 81. 1889 at $3.50 p. m.
with approximately one hundred
and fifty enrollees present.
After few preliminary remarks
by Art Fields the meeting was turn
ed over to acting chairman, enrollee
Albert Racine, who stressed the
value of Safety and the purpose of
these Safety meetings, which was
to make each and every enrollee
Safety conscious.
The first topic was THE value Of
keeping tools in good shape,
and its relation to Safety" by Ray
Blevins. recently in charge of Two
Medicine camp. He related his ex
periences and methods employed in
keeping the tools in first class shape
thereby reducing accidents to a
minimum.
The next subject to be covered
was Safety in the transportation
of enrollees to and from work pro.
jects' by George Pamburn. First,
ne discussed the common careless
practices of enrolIees while riding
in trucks, a few of which were
wrestling, pushing. throwing rocks
at passing cars, etc. These prac.
tices being strictly against Safety
rules are to be stopped. AS step
toward eliminating this type of
carelessness, besides having a leader
in charge of the men riding in
trucks, any enrollee violating Safety
rules hereafter will he compelled to
lay off of the work project for a
certain length of time depending on
the seriousness Of the violation. The
plan is still to be submitted to the
Project Manager for approval. A
driver OF truck hauling men is TO
blow the horn before moving his
truck.
Amedee Juneau, mechanic, was
called on to discuss keeping auto
motive equipment in repair and its
relation to Safety. He mentioned
the four fundamental factors in car
repair: operation. fabrication, re-
pairing, adjustments. He urged
cooperation of drivers with the
fabrication man. reporting of need
ed repairs to the mechanics prompt
ly rather than neglecting them and
taking chances.
Art Fields summarized and cor
related the talks already made to
Safety, placing special emphasis on
the Importance of watching the
brakes. head. tail and clearance
lights, and gave an illustration of
what might happen to a truck haul
ing enroIlees with faulty brakes.
He then made the announce
menl that First Aid classes would
begin Monday evening, Jan. 81. in
the Community ball. He urged en-
rollees who are not on the manda-
tory list to make every effort TO
take advantage of the First Aid
course, because of its everyday
practical value.
Fields also brought up the fact
that more injury reports have been
turned in this month than any
other time; mentioned most OF these
reports are from the Starr School
group. He said all men in charge
of a group of men are responsible
for the welfare of his particular
group it is his responsibility to see
that each enrollee is familiarzed
with the work being done and the
safest way to do the work, to give
practical demonstration il neces-
sary.
Safety practiced diligently by
every enrollee will not only make
the CCC-ID better and more eff
ficient organization hut is a safe.
guard against possible permanent
injury and lifetime handicap.
Therefore, practicing Safety at all
times is for the personal good of
each enrollee.
After announcing effort would
he made to get other speakers for
the weekly Safety meetings and
calling for questions, the meeting
was turned over TO the Acting
Chairman. In the election of a
permanent Chairman and Secretary
the enrollees elected by reclamation,
! Albert r cine and Hil,legarde Ham
ilton, to continue as Chairman and
Secretary, respectively.