Evening star., 1955-09-17
New Safety
Project Set
For CIVIC
By FRANCIS LIDE

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A. Scroll for Safety" will be
the major 1866 safety prof.
ect of the General Federation
Of Women's Clubs.
The plan was disclosed by
Mrs. J. Howard Hodge Of Mid
land, Tex, national CIVIC
safety chairman, TO safety
leaders In this region at an
informal luncheon yesterday
at the Dupont Plaza Hotel.
Presidents Of all the 1880
federated clubs win be asked
to pledge their organisations
support Of q safe living CAM
paign" by putting their sigma
lures 70 q scroll which viii be
presented to the Presidents
Committee for TrafIic Safety.
Individual clubs also will re-
ceive scrolls for the signatures
of members supporting the
federation project.
Trafie Toll Deplored
The scrolls will point out
that "the impact Of carelessness
resulting in death and injury
In traffic has become Of great
concern" to the clubs.
To curb this needless kill
ing and manning Of our citi-
zenry." the women win pledge
their full support to the Presi-
dents crusade for safety" In
addition, they win promise to
devote at least one meeting
during the year to Q traffic
safety program and TO spon-
sor q community educational
program for safety"
Details Of the new project
will be sent out immediately
to safety chairmen Of the
State organizations 50 the plan
can be presented at the fall
board meetings, Mrs. Hodge
said.
Now in Washington en- route
to Boston for q conference Of
the New England clubs. Mrs.
Hodge also is making plans
for federation participation in
this years IS. D. Day" tsafe-
driving day. to be sponsored
by the Presidents Committee
for Trafiic Safety on Decem-
Der /.
Full of ideas for federation
sponsored safety programs,
she said one Of the projects
will be brochures on how clubs
can put on adult driver
clinics"
Urges Concentration
Women are just now be-
ginning to hit their stride in
the safety fleld." she COM
mented. I'm the past we've
been talking too much in gen.
eralities. What we need to
do now is pick one field and
concentrate in that. For in
stance. one campaign could be
devoted to pedestrian safety,
another to bicycle safety,
There's practically no limit to
possibilities. once you start
thinking about it."
Mrs. Hodge is still compiling
her report on the GFWC cal
for the living" telephone cru.
SADIE for safe driving over the
Fourth Of July week end. The
response to that campaign was
overwhelming.
"One woman told me you
have to work on safety cam
paigns these days because It's
the fashionable thing to do
she said. And that's the way
to put it over, of course.
Mrs. Agnes Beaton. director
Of women's activities for the
Automotive Safety Foundation
was one of the luncheon guest,
yesterday.
State Leaders Present
Others included Mrs. Joseph
w. Dennis Of Smyrna, Del.
safety chairman for the Della.
ware Federation; Mrs. william
A. Douglas of Cumberland
president Of the Maryland Fed
Grafton. and the Maryland
safety chairman: Mrs. Mari,
Gardiner Of Baltimore: Mis-
Dorothea Healy of Baltimore
chairman Of the Women
Committee Of the Marylant
Traffic Safety Commission
Mrs. John J. Tamborelle. safet.
chairman, Of the District Fed
Grafton; Mrs. Randall w. Ever
EFT. jr.. Of Arlington. safet,
chairman of the Virginia Fed
Grafton: Mrs. Jesse T. Price o
Bethesda. public affairs chair
man Of the Maryland Fedora
ton, and Miss Janet Meyer
A.,Anrn AZ Ina ca fn&,. Hsniinda fi0rs