Smyrna times., 1954-11-04
YOUTH
SAFETY MEET
Delaware's First Youth Con-
ference on Highway Safety
Set For November 6
AT DOVER SCHOOL

I
Field House, Dover. Extension
plans for the Conference, now
nearing completion, have been in
progress for months. All senior
high schools have been requested
to participate including private,
parochial and public. The fea-
tured speaker will be Miss Pa
tricia Priest, teen-age daughter of
the Treasurer of the United Stat
es. Miss Priest is recognized ma
tionally for her outstanding con-
tributions to safer driving among
young Americans. The teen-agers
are an important part of our
traffic problem. They constitute
about 20 percent of Delaware's
total fatalities each year. This is
their chance to improve this de-
plorable record and demonstrate
their ability to solve their traffic
problems. The High School repre-
sentatives will conduct their own
Conference free of adult interfer-
ence. 1t is hoped their answers
will show ways of improving the
overall picture. M. R. Darling
ton, Jr., Managing Director of the
Inter-Industry Highway Safety
Committee, Washington, D. c.,
has accepted an invitation to act
as moderator at the Conference.
Mr.. Darlington has had consider
able experience in this capacity
throughout the country. His or
ganization, together with the Ma
tional Safety Council, have CO.
sponsored number of Youth
Safety Conferences throughout
the country, The Youth Confer
ence has been studied and the
various program recommends
tions made by the following COM
mittee: John D. Reeder, Director
of Safety, Joseph Bancroft &
Sons Co., Chairman; Reynolds du-
Pont, Area Supervisor, Edge
Moor Plant of the Du Pont Co.,
and President of the Delaware
Safety Council; DR.. zenas R.
Clark, Administrative Assistant
Wilmington Board of Education;
George w. Ayars, Supervisor of
Health and Welfare and Director
of Driver Education, State De-
partment of Public Instruction;
James H. Snowden, President of
the Delaware State Teach
er Association; J. Sharp Queener,
Manager of the Safety & Fire
Protection Division, Du Pont Co.;
c. T. Foster, Jr., Manager of the
Delaware Coach Company, and
Vice President for Public Safety,
Delaware Safety Council; T. War
rem McCafferty, of the Du Ponr
Company; c. e. Mag, Safety
Chairman for the Delaware State
Parent-Teacher Association; M. L.
Vehslage, Principal of the Dover
High School; Rev. T. A. Lawless,
Principal of Salesianum High
Mrs. William N. Cam,
Vice President for Home Safety,
Delaware Safety Council; Hon.
Thomas Herlihy, Jr., Wilmington
City Judge; A. ]. Kavanaugh, Su-
perintendent of the Wilmington
of Public Safety;
Harold Johnson, faculty represent
ative, Conrad High School; Rev.
w. Brooke Stabler, Headmaster,
Tower Hill School; William r.
Frank, staff representative of the
News-Journal Company; Harvey
Smith, Manager, Radio Station
WDEL; Thomas Dew, staff repre-
sentative of the News-Journal
Company; w. r. MARYLAND, Jr.,
Manager, Delaware Motor Club,
AAA; Charles w. Lawson, Execu-
tive Secretary, Delaware Auto
mobile Association; w. B. Nc
Kendrick, Jr., Chairman of the
Governors Highway Safety Com
mittee; Capt. Preston Poore, in
charge of the Driver Licensing |
Bureau, Motor Vehicle Depart /
ment; Col. Harry S. Shew, Com
manding Officer of the Delaware
State Police; Thomas w. Null
roony, Director of Child Develop
ment and Guidance, Wilmington |
Board of Education; Harvey Spic-
er, Delaware Motor Vehicle Com
missioner; ]. James Ashton, Man
ager of the Delaware Safety
Council; F. j. Jamison, Assistant
Manager, Delaware Safety Coun-
Gil; and e. I. LeKites, Field Rep
resentative of the Delaware Safe
ty Council.