Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-30
Winning Cities
Announced In
Safety Contest

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Contest for 1949 were announced
in Columbus following a meet
ing of the judges. London was
among cities given honorable men,
ton for no reported traffic fatali-
ties in 1948.
The population classes into
which the contest was divided, the
winning cities and runners-up in
each are: Grand Award Winner,
Cleveland. 250,00O to 100000; Gin
cinnati, first; Columbus, second.
100000 to 25O,00O. Canton, first;
Akron, second. $4,000 to 100000,
Lakewood, first; Springfield, Sec
ond. 25,000 to $4,000, Marion, first;
Portsmouth, second. 10000 to 25,-
600, Wooster, first; Shaker
Heights, second. 5000 to 10000,
Berea, first; Jackson, second.
1000 to 5000, Oberlin, first; Fair
view Park (Cuyahoga County,, !,
second.
The Ohio Traffic Safety Con-
test is conducted by the Ohio Traf-
fic Safety Council in cooperation
with the Ohio Department of
Highways. Because of the diff
Guilty of obtaining reliable esti-
mates on population growth
among Ohio Cities during the war
and postwar years, the 1949 con-
test was continued on the basis
of the last official federal census.
The 1850 census now being taken
will be used in regrouping the
cities by population in future
judging of the contest.
Cities were judged on a point
system which recognized credits
for the traffic death record, traffic
engineering, accident reporting
keeping, traffic law enforcement,
child safety and public safety in
formation.
Judges in the contest were D.
K. Finley, Vice Chairman of the
Ohio Traffic Safety Council,
Chairman; T. ]. Kauer, Director,
Ohio Department of Highways;
Col. George Mingle, Superinten-
dent, Ohio State Highway Patrol;
r. E. Foley, Acting Registrar,
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles; j.
Russell Lloyd, Secretary, Ohio
State Automobile Association; and
Paul E. Lands, Supervisor of
Health, Physical Education, Re-
creation and Safety, Ohio Depart
ment of Education.
Plaques will be presented each
of the winning cities and each of
the runners-up.
Honorable mention awards were
made by the judges to the cities
which reduced traffic fatalities or
made records of no traffic deaths
at all as we'll as to cities which
had outstanding activity records
in one or more traffic safety act
ivities.
Cities which were accorded hon
orable mention for reducing traf-
fic deaths during 1949 compared
with 1948 are as the follows:
Toledo, Dayton, Lorain, Steub-
enville, GAINESVILLE, Euclid, San
dusky, Bedford, Girard, Kent,
Miamisburg, Rocky River, st. Ber-
nard, Troy, Washington Court
House.
The following cities were given
honorable mention for having had
no reported traffic deaths in 1948:
Campbell, Athens, Barnesville,
Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Bexley,
Bowling Green, Bryan, Cheviot,
Conneaut, East Palestine, CALI
polls, Logan, Mingo Junction, Oak
wood Montgomery county, Shell
by, South Euclid, Toronto, Univer-
sity Heights, Urbana, Van Vert,
Wadsworth, Wilmington, Green
field, Hillsboro, Hubbard, Lon
don, Maumee, Newburgh Heights,
Shadyside, Willard, Willoughby.
Honorable mention was voted
these cities for outstanding acti-
witty records in one or more traf-
fic safety activities.
East Cleveland, Mansfield,
MiddletoWn, FindIay. Xenia. Bu-