Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-31
7 Maryland Counties.
Map Driver Courses
For High Schools

TlNC MOht6OAAiCiy SVuilty AASl
school instructors and six from
Frederick County today were re.
viewing what they learned this week
at entertaining course at the
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, in preparation for the
establishment next month of sim.
liar courses in all high schools in
the two counties.
The II were among II graduates
6 of whom were employees of the
American Automobile Association
sponsor of the course, who received
their certificates at luncheon yes
terday at the All States Inn neal
Rockville.
Keneipp Endorses Plan.
Meanwhile. George E. Keneipp
District traffic director, said he
thoroughly Endorsed such a program
for the District, but as far as hi
knows there is no immediate plan tc
put 1t in effect in the Washington
Schools.
He said two dual-control cars have
been provided for in the current
District budget for use only in voca
tional schools.
The five Montgomery County
graduates, who will pass on theil
knowledge of safe driving to Other
county high school teachers priol
to the opening of school Septembe,
is, are:
Henry c. Gregory. Sherwood High
School; G. William Simonds, Mont.
gomery Blair High; Harry C
Rhodes, Gaithersburg High; N. E
Lowe, Richard Montgomery High
and Harry U. Stipe, Damascus High
Instruction also will be given the
teachers by Mrs. Eileen Wilkinson
Board Of Education supervisor, anc
Hillary C. Rockwell, an instructor
at the Silver Spring intermediate
School. Both obtained driver train
ing teacher certificates last May al
Columbia University and aided ir
teaching this weeks course III
Montgomery County
Working Out Schedule.
DR.. Edwin w. Broome said 9
teaching schedule will be worked
out shortly and expressed the hope
that driver training courses will be
part of the curriculum at all county
high schools during the coming
term.
Although no teacher from Be.
esda-Chevy Chase High Schoo
was among yesterdays graduatea
DR.. Broome said he expected to as.
sign member of the schools facul.
ty to take the course from one o.
the seven accredited instructors.
Frederick County high schoo
teachers who received certificate.
are:
w. Walter Cutler, jr., Thurmont
High; George Remsberg, Walkers.
Vile High; Warren c. Smith, Fred.
erlck High: l.. F. Ahalt, Middletowr
High; F. c. Donovan and John H
O'Connor, both of Brunswick High
The following American Automo.
bile Association employees also com.
pleted the course:
Dick w. Arnold of the Tidewatel
Automobile Association, Norfolk
Va: c. E. Henley, Gordon A. Var
Camp, Floyd A. Suttles, George H
Goetting and Richmond w. Saksa
all of the District Office of the mo.
tor club.
Praises Foresight.
Praising DR.. Broome for his fore.
sight In proposing such a course ir
Montgomery County, Burton w
Marsh, national director of the
traftic engineering and safety de.
partment, American Automobile AS.
ISOLATION, predicted the establish
ment of similar courses in every high
school in the country.
He emphasized that the youth Of
America. must be educated for driv-
ing safely, adding that at present
16-year-old drivers have nine times
as many accidents as those in the
safest group, As to so years of age
according to a recent survey.
Washington I. Cleveland, man.
ager Of the District of Columbis
division, AAA, who distributed the
certificates, recalled that a driver
training course was in operation a,
the Richard Montgomery High
School before the war, but was sus.
pended after hoStilities started.