Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], November 30, 1939, SECTION B, Page 3, Image 11

About Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1931-1948

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LOCAL ANNUAL MEET
ON DEC. 5; HALIFAX
MEETING DEC. 6TH
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With a constitution adopted, the
actual forming of a Roanoke Rap
ids Safety Council will take place
at a meeting on Tuesday night, De
cember 5th, at the Municipal Build
ing, set by chairman A. N. Martin
yesterday after the constitution
committee report had been sub
mitted by F. M. Sherry.
It was also decided to sponsor a
county-wide safety program which
will be held in all the county
schools on Dec. 4, 5 and 6 to end
with a rally at Halifax on the night
of Dec. 6th. Details will appear
in the newspapers next week.
A part of the constitution of the
local chapter as adopted is printed
below.
The name of this organization
shall be the Roanoke Rapids Safe
ty Council.
The purpose of this organization
shall be to promote safety on our
streets and highways, in our
schools and homes, and in our in
dustrial plants, and to assist in
fire prevention work; cooperating
with national, state and local gov
ernment. The scope of this work
shall be conducted in the Town of
Roanoke Rapids and its suburban
areas.
The Board of Directors shall con
sist of the following: one member
each from the local Ministerial U
nion, the local organization of Fire
Insurance agents, the local Doctors,
the Nurses’ Alumni Association,
the local Red Cross chapter, the
Lions Club, the Parent-Teachers
Association, the Kiwanis Club, the
Woman’s Club, the Rosemary Mfg.
Co., the Roanoke Mills No. 1
plant, the Roanoke Mills No. 2
plant, the Patterson Mills Co., Hal
ifax Paper Co., Manchester Board
and Paper Co., Virginia Electric
and Power Co., the City Police De
partment, the City Fire Depart
ment, the Executive Branch of the
City Government, the State High
way Patrol, Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, one member from each of
the five schools, the Merchants
Association, the Veterans of the
Foreign Wars and the American
Legion.
At its annual meeting of the
Board of Directors there shall also
be elected the following Committee
Chairmen who shall serve for a
term of one year or until their
successors are appointed or elect
ed: Statistics, Traffic Engineering,
Public Education, School and. Child
Safety, Commercial Vehicle, Traf
fic Law Enforcement, Home Safe
ty, Industrial Safety and Fire Pre
vention. In electing the Commit
tee Chairmen the Board of Direc
tors at their discretion may elect
persons from the town at large
who are not members of the
Board. A vacancy of a chairman
of any Activity Committee shall be
filled by the President of the
Board of Directors for the un
expired term.
The duties and powers of the
various Activity Committees are as
follows:
1. statistics
a. Work for installation of up
to-date accident reporting systems
(see National Safety Council Stan
dard Systems) in the Police De
partment, health department, and
schools.
b. Encourage filing of accident
reports in police department by lo
cation, cross-indexed by name of
driver.
c. Compile monthly totals and
interpret available information for
the public through newspaper and
other media.
d. Study and use statistical in
formation for engineering, educa
tional, and enforcement purposes.
2. Traffic Engineering
a. Revise traffic ordinances in
line with the Model Traffic Ordi
nances of the National Conference
on Street and Highway Safety.
b. Promote a traffic engineering
department or place this responsi
bility for traffic engineering on the
city engineer.
c. If possible, arrange for a city
traffic survey by a competent traf
fic engineer.
d. Promote studies for purposes
of routing or regulating street traf
fic: parking and view obstruction
surveys; collision diagrams of high
accident locations and condition di
agrams showing conditions at high
accident locations.
e. Encourage use of accident spot
maps and recommend action on
physical hazards and engineering
problems.
f. Promote standardization of
signs and signals—in conformance
to standards of National Confer
ence on Street and Highway Safe
ty.
3. Public Education
a. Develop a regular program of
newspaper publicity which de
scribes the council’s current activ
ities and includes statistical re
ports and similar information.
b. Enter your city in the Na
tional Traffic Safety Contest, an
nually sponsored by the National
Safety Council for the reduction of
motor vehicle accidents.
c. Conduct safety meetings and
develop a bureau to provide speak
ers for meetings of all kinds. U
tilize existing community programs
for presentation of accident preven
tion addresses.
a. uispiay sarety posters—eitner
large billboard posters or the 25x38
inch “one sheet” size—on street
poster boards and in other public
places.
e. Show safety films.
f. Conduct special safety educa
tion campaigns, brake inspection
campaigns and the like.
4. School and Child Safety
a. Encourage supervision of safe
ty instruction in all schools by a
responsible school official in the
respective school systems.
b. Encourage schools to develop
a program of classroom instruc
tion using-SAFETY EDUCATION
magazine and other National Safe
ty Council or equivalent standard
material.
c. Organize Junior Safety Coun
cils in elementary schools—public,
parochial and private.
d. Use National Safety Council or
other classroom posters and lesson
outlines.
e. Develop safety activity in high
schools, including instruction in
and the development of proper at
titudes toward safe driving.
f. Carry out a program of play
ground and water safety.
5. Commercial Vehicle
a. Hold regular meetings of fleet
superintendents.
b. Conduct an inter-fleet contest
for best accident records.
c. Conduct drivers’ meetings an
nually or more often.
6. Traffic Law Enforcement
a. Develop a general program of
cooperation with the police depart
ment and courts.
b. Urge establishment of a traf
fic division and a bureau of acci
dent prevention in the police de
partment.
c. Promote proper investigation
of accidents by the police depart
ment for convicting violators.
d. Encourage training of traffic
officers in selective enforcement.
c. Determine how much “ticket
fixing” there is and plan for its
elimination.
f. Encourage the separation of
traffic court functions from other
municipal court duties.
7. Home Safety
a. Carry on a home inspection
campaign through children.
b. Develop a plan and campaign
for parent-teacher associations and
women’s clubs.
c. Promote home safety educa
tion through visiting nurses and
other home visitors.
8. Industrial Safety
a. Form a plant representatives’
group—one man from each plant,
meeting regularly to discuss plant
safety problems.
b. Conduct an inter-plan contest
for best accident records.
c. Conduct inspirational mass
meetings periodically.
9. Fire Prevention
a. Carry out a Fire Prevention
Week program.
b. Conduct an educational cam
paign to include school, industrial
and home programs.
Enfield U. D. C.
Installs Officers
Mrs. W. F. Dickens, Mrs. F. M.
Dickens, Miss Sallie Dickens and
Mrs. Lloyd Matthews were joint
hostesses to the U.D.C. Chapter in
the home of Mrs. W. F. Dickens
Thursday afternoon, with twenty
one members and two visitors. Mrs.
K. W. Ballentine, of Middlesex, and
Mrs. A. C. Nichols, Jr., present. The
retiring president, Mrs. Egbert
Barnhill, made fitting remarks in
bidding the chapter adieu as its
president, and tutned the chair and
gavel over to the new president,
Mrs. W. F. Dickens. Miss Katie
Riddick presented to Mrs. Barn
hill a U.D.C. pin from the chapter
in appreciation of her loyalty, love
and untiring efforts in the U.D.C.
work. Mrs. H. M. Lynch read an
interesting paper she prepared on
the city of Norfolk. The Decem
ber meeting will be held in the
home of Mrs. Robert Kimball on
the 14th instead of the 21st, at
which time the annual Christmas
tree will be held. The hostesses
served a sweet course.
Weldon Jr.
Womans Club To
Sponsor Dance
The Junior Woman’s Club of
Weldon is sponsoring a dance on
Friday night, December 1, at the
Chockoyotte Country Club between
Weldon and Roanoke Rapids.
Music will be furnished by Bill
Vanden Dries and his Wake Forest
College Orchestra. The orchestra
has been enlarged and has played
engagements at the Ambassador
Theatre in Raleigh and has broad
cast from WDNC and WRAL. Dur
ing the Christmas holidays they
are going on a planned tour
through South Carolina and Geor
gia. Ray Whitley is the featured
saxophonist and vocalist, Walt
Wadsworth is featured ride man
on the trumpet and Bobby Harrell
is featured on the drums. Pro
ceeds of the dance will be used for
buying milk for the underprivileg
ed children and furnishing a coo!
for the lunch room at the publii
school. Be sure to attend, heai
good music and give support to a
worthy cause. Advance tickets can
be purchased from arty Club mem
ber. Tickets at door will be sold
at advanced prices.
Misses Rachel Moon and Patsy
Moon spent the week-end in Dur
ham.
Modern Forestry
Taught In Schools
Instruction regarding modern
methods of forestry will be given
Dy the agricultural departments of
410 high schools located in 89
counties during the 1939-40 school
term, announced Roy H. Thomas,
state Supervisor of Vocational Ag
riculture.
The forestry program of instruc
tion consists of two phases: the
class room instruction and the
field of practical work.
Each department will acquire a
tract of land of not less than ten
acres on which demonstrations
will be presented. Instructors will
attempt to secure land with a
growth of timber and with a por
tion of it barren. The land may
be secured in a community by a
farmer permitting the class to use
the land or by leasing or renting.
Emphasis will be placed upon the
following subjects: timber stand
improvement, cutting methods,
planting, preparation for planting,
timber cutting, improvement cut
tings, and reforesting idle land.
Missionary Society
Circle No. 2, of the Woman’s
Missionary Society, of the Rose
mary Methodist Church, will meet
on Monday, December 4th, at 7:30
p.m. in the church. All members
are urged to be present.
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