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Safety and You by Dora W. Burke safer cars, safer drivers, highway safety. home safety, farm safety, industrial safetY- We read about it, talk about it, hear about it on the radio, see programs about it on the television, but are we personally doing any- thing about it? Actually, each one of us could do a great deal if we put our minds to it. If you have children, the example you set will be imitated. Are your practices around the house safe ones, or do you leave articles on steps and floors for someone to fall over? Do you put a flimsy chair on a loose rug and stand on it to reach a high shelf? When you are on the street with your children, do you cross at the corners with the light, or do you cross against the light or in the middle of the block? Don’t expect your children to be care- ful and follow the rules if you constantly ignore them. You could get your Women’s Institute or some other organization in your community to sponsor a safety program, A little booklet called “Who? Me? Yes . . . You!" from the Ontario Department of Transport. started me thinking along these lines. This booklet offers special program kits prepared for groups like Women‘s Institutes; others have suggestions for working with special categories such as Senior Citizens. Cyclists, Nursery School and Kinderâ€" garten. These kits are carefully prepared to help a group of women plan a good safety program. SAFETY is a popular topic these days â€" A New Spoon to Commemorate Expo 20 If you would like to help reduce the accs. m rate, you persorially can do a lot in your in home, and it often takes only one enthLis he person to get a whole group working, It “U could get your organization working for 4L er safety, the whole community would ht- ,. When I was talking to the Directo .11 Women‘s Activities, Highway Safety Br Ontario Department of Transport, she tot. nc an interesting story about the farâ€"reachin sults of one woman’s interest. This wom a small northern Ontario town made enquiries about the driver re-training prov m which is being offered by the Departmei ' Transport, and through her personal in‘ and enquiry a driver retraining class us ct up in her town. One hundred and tr- n women took advantage of this program. many women in that particular comm must have represented most of the to drivers in the vicinity. I’m sure her town now be a safer place to live in, because at .i the women drivers will be better than be This was all accomplished because one in had enough interest to make an enquiry. If you feel your community would be from better safety practices, why not your group do something constructive u :i it? The Director of Women‘s Activities. ‘1- tario Department of Transport, Parlin: 'Il Buildings, Toronto will be glad to give u help in planning an effective program. * i: * ISS PEARL CLARK, sales represi i» M tiva for the commemorative sp is which have been so popular h members of the Women‘s Institutes, has i- nounced that the newest addition to the iin ‘ commemorative spoons is one for Expo . It comes packaged sineg but is also inch d in the “Canada 67” set. It may be of interest to Women's Inst c members that all of the spoons are now a |- able in gold-plating. The cost is twice silver-plated spoons but they would maké‘ l interesting special gift. Individual silver plated spoons are price a a $1.50 each, sets of 3 are $4.50. Gold-Pla spoons are priced at $3.00 each and $9.00 a set of 3. Women’s Institute Branches get these spoons at the wholesale price i sell them at the retail price, thus adding to Women's Institute funds. Order forms, 3 CL l- plete list of spoons available and a price I may be obtained by writing to Miss 3. P‘ 'l Clark, 66 Rosedene Avenue, Hamilton, (7" term. I l r 1 1 HOME AND COUNTL {