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Our town and civic duty

Chapter 115: OUR SAFETY-FIRST MEN
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About This Book

A school reader for elementary pupils offers short stories, adapted tales, and practical lessons that introduce civic virtues such as courage, self-control, thrift, perseverance, kindness to animals, and patriotism. It then profiles public servants—police, mail carriers, firemen, street cleaners, and sanitation workers—to illustrate dependence, interdependence, and community cooperation. Subsequent sections address personal and public safety, sanitation, and insect control, and conclude with guidance on Junior Red Cross activities and patriotic service. Teacher notes recommend dramatization, discussion, and hands-on projects to connect classroom learning with daily civic habits and to encourage respect for public institutions and duties.

OUR SAFETY-FIRST MEN

Did you ever stop to think how many brave men are employed to look after our safety and protect us from danger?

Soldiers and sailors are safety-first men who look out for the safety of all the people of the nation. Can you tell how?

The policemen are safety-first men, as all children know. Can you tell something about some safety-first work that they do?

The railroad engineer thinks only of the safety of his passengers. He knows safety first through and through.


The Policeman is a Safety-First Man. Can You Tell Why?

Why is the Fireman a Safety-First Man?

The crossing watchman’s motto is safety first for the careless people who drive and walk across the tracks where he stands guard.


The Street Cleaner is a Safety-First Man because he
protects our health by keeping the streets clean

The building watchman walks from room to room of the great store or manufacturing plant all night long. If fire breaks out or thieves break in, he knows just what to do. The track-walker is the special guardian of the railroad tracks. His watchword, like the engineer’s, is safety first.

These are only a few of the brave men who believe in safety first and who often risk their lives in serving us. Can you name others?


The Garbage Collector is a Safety-First Man. Can you tell why?

Tell a Safety-First Story about this Picture.