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L. _ BM PAGE SPONSORED By THE ‘ â€"<«BThursday, Sentember £,. 1960 The Ontario Department Of Transport Launches A New Child Traffic Safety Program Last year, 200 Ontario chilâ€" dren 14 and under died in traffic accidents; 5.918 more 405 ARNOLD ST. KITCHENER VINCE‘S 1.G. A. FOOD MARKET 173 2722 KING ST. E. CHILDREN â€" ARE NOW â€" _ _ ~ _ _ _ \‘& . § m «WL Â¥s t CEB6 e 2 ABzxe 4 %kCK\Q fi@fi* f‘f K6 z2 1 ?___cé *_ _ C MAAA P PW9p RECREATION ROOMS KITCHENS Hâ€"K TILE CONTRACTOR‘S HIâ€"WAY MARKET LTD. f b)) lizdd :i? ... ... _ TQWING IS MY BUSINESS" SWAN CLEANERS "WHERE YOUR DOLLAR GOES FARTHER" were injured â€" many for These statistics are grim minders that children are "YOUR ONE STOP SHOPPING CENTRE" 24 HOUR TOWING SERVICE AROUND THE CLOCK FROM 12 TO 12 COMPLETE TILE INSTALLATION "THEIR SAFETY ISs IN OUR HANDS" FREE. PICKâ€"UP AND DELIVERY CURLY‘S SH 3â€"1867 SHIRT LAUNDERERS COURTESY OF FOR FREE ESTIMATES SH 3â€"4321 for life.| nocent victims of today‘s fastâ€" rim reâ€"| moving, motorized economy. are inâ€" The Ontario Department of COURTESY COURTESY "NO JOB TOO SMALL" " _ BUSINKESS FIRMS MENTIONED ABOVE BATH ROOMS Transport has launched a new program to help stem the tide of traffic accidents involving children. School teachers will be proâ€" vided with material to teach traffic safety to children. Parâ€" ents will be urged to assume their full responsibility in training children in the rules KITCHENER KITCHENER SH 3â€"2679 Traffic Safety For Kindergarten and Nursery School of safety. Motorists will be re minded that when they get beâ€" hind the wheel, the safety of Ontario‘s children is in their hands. The new program will be spearheaded by an outdoor poster by television and radio messages and by advertiseâ€" ments in newspapersâ€" Folders and posters are available for use in schools, homes and for A new ~traffic safety proâ€" â€"gram for children aged 4 and 5 is available to every nursery and kindecgarten teacher im seneral distribution. With evesy year that passes there are more motor vehicles on our streets. And with every year that passes, more and more children will die in trafâ€" fic accidents . : . unless everâ€" yone works together to protect This < special | traffic safety course was â€"developed by the Toronto ~Junior League, with the assistance af Ethel Mc Lettan, ~»Director of Women‘s Activities for the Department of Transport. it has been reâ€" viewed â€" and â€"endorsed by the Toronto and Ontario Nursory School Associateon and the Inâ€" Ontario. stitute for Child Study of the University â€" of Toronto, â€" and has been thoroughly tested im two Toronteo nursery schools. As a project, it won first place in the Carol Lane Awards competition, sponsored by the Canadiar Highway Safcety Council, ds the best traffie safety project developed by a women‘s â€"group anywhere in Canada in 1959. Initially, the program will be offered to the 325 nursery schools and 1537 kindergartens in Ontario. It is estimated that this will reach 100,000 youngsters. The â€"traffic safety â€" course consists of a teacher‘s manual of nine lessons built around five simple safety rules, rules which were developed to covâ€" er the main causes of acci dents to the four and five year old age group. The rules are basicaMy protective and do not in any way encourage selfâ€" reliance at this age level. They are as follows: 1. Safe places to play are where you will not be hutt. 2. If you drop anything on the road, do not go after it. Call a grown up. 3. Tricycles Relong on the sidewalk; cars belons on the road. 4. Hold your mother‘s hand when you cross the road and look both ways. will alwaps help us. (Continued om Page 10) are always very