Evening star., 1940-06-15
Schoo|boy Patro|men
To GET To-Day Camp
Training Course
A.A.A. and Police WORKING
To Give Them d Stoy at
Boys Club Comp

Schoolboy safety patrol officers of
Washington and nearby Maryland
and Virginia will be eligible for
Today summer training course at
Camp Ernest w. Brown, Scotland
Beach, Md, site of the Police Boys
Club camp, Washington I. Cleve-
land, manager of the District di-
vision of the American Automobile
Association, announced last night at
a banquet for officials in the safety
patrol work.
The banquet was given at the
Willard Hotel by the District di-
vision of the A. A. A. in honor of
the police co-ordinators of school,
boy patrol work.
Mr.. Cleveland, master of cere-
monies at the affair, outlined plans
for the training camp Schoolboy
patrol officers, TO number approXi-
mately 100, will be transported to
the camp August 81. Mr.. Cleveland
said police co-ordinators from the
l3 District precincts and nearby
Maryland and Virginia communities
will be assigned as camp councillors.
Grant L. Clarke of the A. A. A.
safety education department will
be camp director, and will be as
sisted by Robert E. Eaves, chair
man of the School Safety Committee
of the District. Morris De Vol of
the A. A. A. safety and traffic engi-
neering department will be educa-
tional consultant.
Joint Sponsorship.
The camp which will be held
under joint sponsorship of the A.
A. A, the Police Department and
parent-teacher associations will
afford the boys plenty of fun besides
safety training, Sergt. Binswanger,
camp superintendent, promised
A nominal fee will be charged
and various civic organizations will
be asked to help send boys whose
parents are unable to pay.
Mr.. Cleveland read a letter sent
to the A. A. A. by Mrs. C. D. Lowe,
president of the Congress of Parents
and Teachers, saying the board of
managers of the congress Endorsed
the program and would help as
much as possible.
Mr.. Eaves suggested that CO.
ordlnators see school principals and
find out how many patrol officers
need money to send them to camp.
Then, he said, the co-ordinators
should contact parent-teacher as
sociations and other civic organ
izations to make sure that no bows
are left out.
A training camp for colored
schoolboy patrolmen will be held
August II through 10 at Camp LIGHT
man, Y. M. c. A. camp for colored
boys near Dumfries, Va.
Many Police Officials Attend.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, headed a group
OF officers at the banquet which in
cluded nearly all the departments
inspectors, precinct captains and
co-ordinators.
Out-of-town police officers in
cluded Chief of Police Harry Wood
yard and Sergt. James Scott OF
Arlington, Va; Sergt. Henry F..
Grimm of the Alexandria police and
Corpl. Roland Mullen of Alexandria.
Lavish praise was heaped upon
the co-ordinators by Mai. Brown,
Mr.. Cleveland, police inspectors and
precinct captains.
During this school year not one
child was killed going back and
forth to school," Inspector E. J.
Kelly reported. "and this record is
in great part due to the fine work
of the co-ordinators."
Precinct co-ordinators attending
the banquet were Pvts. P. j. Lynch
OF No. II w. l.. Greene of No. 2,
A. S Miskell of No 3, D. H. Mayo of
No. 4. F. w. Marple of No. S, FL.
Tyser of No. 6, H. A. Reed of No. 7,
c. c. Brown of No. 8, F. L Ach of
No 10, F. C. Pilkerton of No. IL,
H. w Kegebein of No IL and C. A.
Cartmill of No. 13. Pvt. Joseph
Junghens of No. 9 was unable to
attend.
Maj. Brown advocated opening
school Fairgrounds to children in
the summer to keep them off the
streets and away from danger.
Other speakers agreed.