MAY 18, 1961 REE THURSDAY, SAFETY PLAQUES to be awarded to the five Ogden area high schools are inspected by John Ross, American Legion, and Ron Patterson, Llo yd Melling, Gene Pontius, Roger Wise and Paul Oberley, student safety chairmen from the five schools (left to right). Following awarding of the plaques at the close of the schools’ safe driving campaign, an over-all safety trophy will go to the school with the best safe driving record. Five Schools to Get Safety Plaques; Trophy Due for Best Driving Record As the , ‘proaches t end of the school year ap- when the plan went into effect. the Weber County-Ogden The committee which will go to/|. City Safety Council is preparing to the five schools to award. the award traffic safety piaques to the plaques includes Mrs. Jack Wheelfive area high schools. wright, president, and Mary Wool-. | Later this month the counc:l will sey, secretary of the safety counSive an engraved trophy to the cil; Sgt. Fred Gill of the police deSchool whose drivers have had the | partment; _ Cecil Fisher, Weber Safest traffic record since Jan. 1, | County deputy sheriif; Sheriff LeRoy Hadley and Police Chief Gold. en Jensen. The plaques are on display in a window of the Buehler-Bingham store on Washington. Each plaque carries the name of a sponsoring organization. The committee will give a plaque to Ogden High School on May 19. Sponsor of the campaign there is the Footprinters Association. The presentation will be made May 23rd at Bonneville High School, sponsored by the Ogden Rotary Club. On May 24 the South Ogden Kiwanis plaque will be given at Ben Lomond High School. On May 25 Weber High’s plaque sponsored by the American Legion Baker-Merrill Post 9, will be} awarded. On May 26 the St. Joseph High| plaque, sponsored by the Ogden Eagles Club, will be awarded. Each sponsoring organization | bought the safety flag flown at the| high schools where good safety rec- |’ ords were made each week since |. the program started. | John F. Ross Jr., of the Utah Highway Patrol and chairman of the Utah American Legion Department’s safety program, said today | the trophy to be given the school with the best safety record will be awarded just before the school term | nd Ss. This award will be given by Sherman Lowman of Salt Lake. City, chairman of the American Automobile Association’s drivers’ education committee. ce