The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 1959 Page: 6 of 24
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THE BELLAIRE TEXAN
Wednesday, February I I, 1959
Women's Civic Club Members
To Tour City Buildings
SAFETY ASSOCIATION MANAGER
DEFENDS DRIVER EDUCATION
The Bellaire Women’s Civic
Club will tour the city buildings
at their next meeting February
18 at 10 o’clock.
Starting point is the Bellaire
Fire House, at the corner of
Rice and Jessamine, where they
will have coffee. The ladies will
see what happens when a call
is received on the fire ‘phone,
and how quickly the fire trucks
are on their way.
Plans to rekindle the Keep
Bellaire Beautiful campaign will
be discussed at the meeting,
says Mrs. R. W. Patterson, 4629
Locust, president. In March the
club members and their guests
will take a boat trip down the
Ship Channel.
ATTEND
CHURCH SUNDAY
Condit PTA
Will Honor
Teachers
Condit teachers will be honor-
ed at the monthly Condit PTA
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19.
Plans will also be discussed
for the “Condit Capers of 1959.”
a talent show featuring Condit
pupils which will be held at 8
p.m. on March 6 at the Bellaire
Community Building. The pro-
gram is a PTA fund raising pro-
ject.
By J. O. MUSICK
General Manager
Texas Safety Association
What is Driver Education?
Does it really have a place in
the Texas’ High school curricula?
The strongest arguments used
against adopting state supported
DE courses for public schools
are: such courses waste student
and teacher time, because they
are, in actuality, frill or snap
courses whereby the lazy stu-
dent can pick up an easy grade;
they are too expensive; parents,
or other older members of the
family, can and should fill this
gap in a young person’s training.
Are these arguments valid?
Numerous persons and groups
of persons think they are not.
Not Qualified
The proponents of DE courses
answer these two charges in re-
verse order, with:
For the most: part, even the
best intentioned and educated
parents, today, are not qualified
driver-training teachers. This ar-
gument is drawn from the obvi-
ous fact that it has been the
overall incompetent driving hab-
its of adults which has brought
about our present high toll of
traffic deaths and injuries.
(Since January 1, 1950, near-
ly 23,000 persons have been
killed in Texas traffic accidents
and more than 925,000 injured,
according to TSA records.)
Proper Attitude
Too, when a parent teaches
a son or daughter to drive, all
faulty habits as well as good
habits are acquired by the
youngster. This includes the all-
important development of proper
attitudes, which is as necessary
as skill in training a safe driver.
Also, someone less than a
trained, objective teacher is sel-
dom capable of instilling the at-
titudes needed for survival in
our increasingly complex traffic.
As for costs, aside from hu-
mane values, DE advocates say
that such courses are justified
on this basis alone, because they
provide the best long-range
hope, in traffic accident preven-
tion, to lower the staggering ec-
onomic costs to Texans which
now exceed $270-million each
year.
In addition, pro-DEers say that
Texas in.sura.nce companies have
found the accident rate of
school-trained drivers is so much
below that of non-school trained
drivers as to make it possible
to give them a 10 to 15 percent
reduction in premium rates.
Is It A Frill?
The cry of “frill” course is
answered with the questions: Is
b a frill to attempt to save the
life or limb of every second,
pre-school child now in Texas?
If the present trend is uncheck-
ed. we can expect 50 percent of
this age group to be involved
in a traffic accident before he
or she has had a chance to fully
mature.
Is it a frill to reduce a state-
wide cost that runs to more than
a billion dollars every four
years?
Is it a frill to ask the only
state institution we have (our
schools), which has the capacity
to undertake this program for
survival and give it its proper
place and emphasis in a young-
ster’s training?
Advocates look on driver ed-
ucation as being basically a
modern science for keeping alive.
One that should provide a young
boy or girl with the knowledge,
attitude and skill with which
they can hope to compete with
what is, at best, a hazardous
environment. This is citizenship
training; of the highest order.
John Bennett. . .
Continued from page 1)
work of the city and the num-
erous topping and paving pro-
jects.
He also worked extensively on
right-of-way acquisitions and
condemnations and on the city-
county hospital and San Jacinto
Reservoir (L,/e Houston Proj-
ects.
Other responsibilities included
work on the appellate docket, an
civil service appeals, instructor
in the police training school, and
a prosecutor in the Corporation
Courts. He also served as tax
attorney for the city of Hous-
ton and edited the Building Code
of Houston.
Active in Bellaire civic affairs,
he has served as president of
the Bellaire Junior Chamber of
Commerce and is currently
president of the Houston Chap-
ter, Knights of the Round Table.
MEYERLAND PLAZA ONLY
POST OAK ROAD and BEECHNUT
Semi - Annual
Baby W eek
SALE
TAYLOR
TOT
Steel disk wheels, self
lubricating bearings,
shock absorbers, fold-
ing tubular push
handle, rubber cover-
ed bumpers front and
rear, play tray and Sale
foot rest. Turquoise
and white comb.
Reg. 12.99
10”
Auto Seats
Padded seat and
back, steering wheel,
beep horn and gear
shift. Sit or stand,
plaid prints. Reg. 4.99
Sale
3
99
Plastic Bath Tubs
L o m a , unbreakable
polyethylene, 2 8 'A "
long, 18” wide, 7”
deep, 30 qt. capacity.
Pink, blue and maize.
Reg. 4.99
3
Plastic Diaper Pails
*2”
Unbreakable Polyethy-
lene plastic, rustproof
handles, airtight cov-
er, holds 24 diapers—
white and pastels.
Reg. 3.99
Diaper Shirts
ST ha",ine c ?e9' 79=
count bastiste, as- bale 2 TOT v/*/
sorted styles, de-
tailed trims, some
tucked, embroid-
r„yd p'altSl?. wh,,< Reg. 1.29
99(
Dresses and Gowns
Philippine handmedes _ 1 A. Cl
Fine count bastite, Reg. 1.29 IiAV
F i n e count bastite,
detailed trims, bey
and girl styles—white
and assorted pastels.
Sale Q(V
Reg. 1.99
T-SHIRTS—famous name, first quality, infants and tod-
dlers, cotton knit, long sleeves, assorted patterns and
colors, infants S, M, L, toddlers I to 4 years.
Originally 1.29 ............Sale 89c 1 CQ
Originally 1.99 .......Sale ■ '
DIAPER BAG—famous name, hard wearing plastic
shoulder strap, zipper closing . . . some solid, some
two-tone.
assorted pastels and dark colors.
Reg. 2.99 ..................................................... Sale
INFANTS' ORION SWEATERS—limited quantity, 100% FOLDING BABY WALKER—chrome tuDular steel, yellow
Orion, ^cardigan ^styles, easy washing, quick drying, or aqua duck seats. y
9 to 18 months/ dSS f6 pdS 6 S| eq...... ae *
Rug. 1.99...... Sale 1 .00 SALE 0F INFANTS' ^^ITURE-
Reg. 2.49-3.99 Sale 2.00 ,
I Some only one of a kind .
1.79
COTTON QUILTED PADS—highly absorbent, first quali-
ty, poly wrapped, completely washable, quick drying
. . . white only. :
37c
y3 off
CRIBS—usually 34.95 ................................. Sale 23.30
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PRODUCTS- usually 39.95 ......Sale 26.63
Made specially for Baby Skin usaallyV 59.95 ..................Sale 39.97
OIL — Reg. 53c........ Sale 3 for I *UU usually 79.95 .......................... Sale 53.30
LOTION — Reg. 53c Sale 3 for 1 «C0 CHESTS—usually 45.00
] usually 59.95
17x18 usually 79c
27x34 usually 1.79
18x24 usually 1.29
34x52 usually 2.99
HOT PLATE—special purchase .
colored base, suction cup on ba.
Giftboxed, blue, pink, maize.
Reg. 2.99 ......................................
..... Sale
..... Sale 99c
.. . Sale 69c
Sale 1.99
transparent top,
Sale 1.99
POWDER — Reg. 59c ...................... Sale 3 for
<1
COVI
in plastic.
Sale 30.00
Sale 39.97
Sale 46.63
EVENFLO NURSER—complete unit all in one, bottle,
nipple, ------- A "
Plastic — Reg. 39c............ Sale 4 for 1 .00
usually 69.95 ..................
omplete unit all in one, bottle,
er, 4 oz. or 8 oz clear glass, assorted pastels HI-CHAIRS—usually 16.99 . Sale 11.33
usually 19.99 .................... Sale 13.33
MATTRESSES—usually 12 99 ................. Sale 8.66
Glass — Reg. !5c Sale 6 for 1.00 '«•'* Sal6,0'0°
INFANTS' DRESS ond SLIP SET—handmade tine batiste, P0RTA CRIB—usually 29.9? Sale 20.00
boy and girl styles, finely detailed trims, white and PLASTIC MATTRESS COVER—Kgroseal waterproof plas-
assorted pastels. tic mattress covers, famous name, zipper closing fits
Reg. 2.99-Sal, 1.9? Reg. 4.99-Sale 3.99 ° 2.29
Infanseats
Featherweight plastic
construction-the safe,
he a Ithly chair-crib for
babies from 2 to 12
months. Removable
cushion — pink, blue,
maize . . . Reg. 8.99
Sale
7
99
All Around Bumper
99
Solid pastel colors—
plastic finish, hard
wearing, tuffed frill... Sale
fits any standard size
crib or play pen. Pas-
tels.
2
Play Pen Pads
Standard size, tuffed
filled—washable plas-
tic, print and solid Sale
color combinations ...
199
color com
Pastels.
Infants Orion Knit
Shawls
Completely washable-
quick drying assorted Sale
patterns . . . pastels
and white. . .Reg. 2.99
229
Infants Sweater
Sets
00% Orion sweater,
cap and bootie set— q .
completely washable- idle
boys and girls styles-
quick drying. Reg.
3.99.
299
Cuirity Diapers
Highly absorbent
gauze— snug fitting,
no roll, finest quality Sale
. . . white only . . .
Reg. 3.49
KIRBURY INFANT GARMENTS ...
No. 171—SLIPOVER SHIRT—expansion neck, non-binding short sleeves, ad- o i o jt nn
justable diaper tapes, white only, sizes 6 mo. to 2 yrs. Reg. 2 tor 1.35.............. OaiC Z lOF 99C
No. 141 SIDE SNAP SHIRT-—non-binding short sleeves, adjustable diaper tapes, o i r> X . .n
white only, size 3 mo. to \ \k yrs. Reg. 2 for 1.75 ................................................ oalC Z tOF 1.1 'J
No. 102—GOV/N—snap closure, mitten sleeves, drawstring botton, white, pink,
blue and maize. Reg. j .39 ....................................................................................
No. 124—KIMONA—snap closure, pink, blue, maize. Reg. 1.39..
Sale 99c
Sale 99c
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Norton, Mary. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 1959, newspaper, February 11, 1959; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521239/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.