SAFETY COMMITTEE of the Canada Creosote Company Limited, New Westminster. H. House, Plant Manager; Doug Phillips, Jim Goral, Irving. Back row, left: Bill Arnott, Larry Knutson, Arne Carlson. Arnold Carlson, AI. 5 From feft, front row: Gauthier, Dick Thompson, Bert Teen-Agers Cause Most Road Deaths Teen-age drivers cause one out of every eight fatal high- way mishaps. On rural roads, they spin off into smashups six times oftener than all other drivers. They cause 12.5 per cent of all auto mishaps. How then, and when, do you know if your boy is ready to accept the responsibility that goes with the handing of the keys to the family sedan to him? Dr. John Bauer, Ph.D., psycho. logicah adviser to the Drivers’ Safety Service of New York, has prepared a set of eight questions to ask yourself about your teen-age son or daughter. They seem to make sense, and will likely help you to assess the situation carefully. 1. Has your son or daugh- ter proven to be a responsible person—careful of your prop- erty and his own? 2. Has he learned properly the intricacies of good driving and proven himself compe- tent? 3. Is he emotionally stable, rather than rebellious? 4. Have you, as a parent, obeyed traffic laws to the letter and set a good example? (Surveys prove that when parents break rules, their chil- dren do, too). 5. Does he think quickly, instead of day-dreaming? 6. Has he a firm self- respect, rather than an ado- lescent ego? 7. Is he sufficiently strong- willed to resist the urgings of other youngsters who might discard reason and become automotive show-offs? 8. Has he shown good faith by saving or earning money to help pay for, or maintain, the car? If some of the answers are ‘no,” a worried parent would do well to re-examine his posi- tion toward the youthful car- borrower, says Dr, Bauer, but if the answers are all “yes,”.a parent should be comforted to know his teenager is a better risk than the average slow- reflex adult driver. - 1B.C. Road |Deaths Up lin 1959 © é Traffic accidents killed | 3,201 persons In Canada in ; 1959, an increase of one per cent compared with 3,118 deaths the previous year. The bureau of statistics | said fatalities on streets and | highways in Decerhber in- creased to 281 from 243 in the ‘ corresponding month of 1958. The year’s toll was higher od than the previous tow provinces except diand, Nova Scotia, the year in 8 egeet | Valentines For Safety Roses are red Violets are blue Work Safely, chum, Or it’s lilies for you os * * A bold, reckless lover named Fred On Valentine’s Day was to wed. But his gal’s broken hearted, For he has departed— The bold, reckless worker named Fred. * * * Violets are blue Roses are red Guards out of place promt sraphle ahead! * he aes Lilies are, too. i aes er ecine Will don you! — 16-6348." Time Qut On a sight-seeing tour through the Timpanogos Cave in Utah there was a spot where the guide turned off all the lights. After we Stood there a moment in the overwhelming blackness, he announced: “Is everyone ready for the lights to come on? I’ve found it’s always beiter to ask.” x = a From the Edinburgh Scots- man: ‘“Ship-in-Bottle-Makers! Free Service! Young man accepts full bottles of Duff Gordon Sherry, returns them empty ready for insertion of ship. Prompt conscientious work guaranteed.” In New York City, while a man perched high on a girder of the Manhattan Bridge, Patrol-|‘} man Joseph Piotrowski climbed toward him, pleaded successfully with him to come down. Later |’ the patrolman asked, “Why did you do it?” “Because it’s my job damn it,” the man replied. “I’m an inspec- tor in the Department of Public Works.” - 2 a * A small boy debunked the talk about a painless dentist in his neighborhood. “He’s not painless at all,” said the youngster. “He put his finger in my mouth and I bit it and he yelled just like anybody else.” * % = Two Hollywood producers were watching the star of a Las Vegas show. “I wonder who made her dress,’’ said one of them admiringly. “It’s hard to say,” said the other. ‘Probably the police.” cd *% % Our plane, flying at about 16,000 feet suddently began to descend rapidly. A Canadian soldier sitting next to me turned and said: “I beg your pardon — does the ringing in my ears annoy you?” 2 % % In New York the Olivetti folks have set up one of their typewriters outside their Fifth Avenue office so the curious may test a machine without the bother of stepping inside. Passers-by are invited to bang away and one of the more in- vigorating messages left on paper the hunt~’n’-peck brigade was: “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of Trudi Gravers, PLaza Canada _ Creosote One of the most enviable ‘safety records in an IWA certified operation is being achieved at the Canada Creo- sote Plant, New Westminster. The Company, a branch plant of the Dominion Tar and Chemical Company Limited, employs between 40 and 50 em- ployees, who are now in their third accident-free year. The last accident occurred January 19, 1958. Since that time the Plant has been com- pletely accident-free. In 1954, the Plant won the New Westminster Plant Setting New Record Company and National - ste, Council Award for the first plant in Canada and the United States, to go accident-free in the Wood Preserving Division. The amazing fact about their safety feat is that the majority of the work done by the crew could be described as hazardous. Their work calls for the constant handling of pce timbers from great heights. House, the Plant Manager, a aerabtttee the lack of accidents in the Plant to the genuine safety interest of the crew. If a driveway, used as a walk, gets slippery when wet, it’s wise to roughen the sur- face. Scrubbing the surface with a solution of one part muri- will remove enough of the concrete to roughen it. Apply the solution over a small area and after 10 min- utes, scrub with a fibre brush. |} Then rinse with clear water. Mix the solution in a glass or atic acid in 10 parts of water © Slippery Driveways Easily Made Safe wooden container. Since this acid is highly corrosive, care should be tak- en to wear old clothes while working, rubber gloves to protect the hands and goggies to protect the eyes. Rubbers should be worn over the shoes, j If this treatment isn’t ef- fective, roughen the- surface with a_ stone-cutter’s brush hammer; or have a monu- Ever stop to: think of ment man do it for you. the things youd miss if you lost your Wear eye protection where -there is likeli- hood of foreign bodies entering your eyes. BRITISH COLUMBIA WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION BOARD