Minnesota Highways, August 1952

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VOL. 1, NO. 10
1246 University Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn.
AUGUST, 1952
Visit Highway Exhibit While at State Fair
Hiwaymen To Head
Safety Conference
Members of the Department of
Highways will have leading roles
in the seventh annual Governor's
Traffic Safety Conference which
has been called by Gov. C. Elmer
jrson for Friday, August 22,
a^fe Hotel Duluth'
The conference will have allied
with it meetings of the St. Louis
County Safety Council, the Northwest Chapter of American Society
of Safety Engineers and the Electrical Accident Prevention Committee.
It will be opened at ten in the
morning by Commissioner M. J.
Hoffmann who has been named
chairman. After remarks bv A. V.
Rohweder, President of the Minnesota Safety Council, N. H. Dearborn, president of the National
Safety Council, and Governor
Anderson, the sessions will begin
with a report of the Law Enforcement Committee. This will be
presented by Earl M. Larimer,
vice-chairman of the committee.
The report of the Traffic Engineering Section toill follow, led
by its chairman, }. E. P. Darrell.
fce conference will close with
liquet at which Governor Anderson will be the principal speaker.
National awards will be made to
the state and many of its cities for
their outstanding achievements in
traffic safety.
In addition to the above committee chairmen, other Hiwaymen
working with the safety council include: O. L. Kipp, chairman, and
George A. Larson, secretary, of
Pedestrian Safety Committee; William Klett, secretary of Bicycle
Safety Committee; and E. P. Lee,
secretary of the Enforcement Section.
Five entries in the 1952 State Employes, Inc., picnic bathing
beauty contest were made through the Hiwayan Club, with Elmer
Erkkila promoting the entries. Shortly before the contest the girls
gathered on the shores of Lake Minnetonka to have their group
photo made by Wally Jiracek. From L to R they are Patt Crom-
mett, Marguerite Jensen and Barbara Lobstein, all of 1094 Plans;
Barbara Hutton, Steno Pool, and Betty Bock, Traffic and Safety.
We  Wuz Robbed
Five representatives of the beauty that abounds within the Highway Department were among the
contestants for the title of "Miss
State Employee" at the recent
fifth annual picnic of State Employes,  Inc.
From 1094, the Central Office
and Traffic and Safety, these girls
made the long trek out to Excelsior
riding on the tops of open convertibles.   Then  came  the  long hikes
across a stage before a group of
impartial judges who had but one
thought—to find the eye-filling
proud be-ooty who would become
queen of the bathing beauty contest.
Rest assured, the interests of the
Highway Department were followed closely by ye editors and
photographers STRICTLY to see
that justice would prevail and the
ROBBED (Con't on page 3)
State Building
Near Central Shop
On Angust 23, the gates will
open at the Minnesota State
Fair Grounds for the beginning of the 91st Fall Fair,
which will run through Labor
Day, Sept. 1. One of the
oldest continuing institutions
in the state, the fair was
launched in 1854.
At the fail there will again
be the splendid exhibit of the
Minnesota Department of
Highways which will occupy
its usual spot in the State Exhibit Building just inside the
fence from the Central Shop
on Snelling Avenue.
Right now Elmer Erkkila and
Elmer Dahl are
hard at work preparing the exhibit, painting
and lettering the
panels, cleaning
up the booths
and getting ahead
on the many details which must be completed be-
lore the opening. The exhibit
material and information had been
selected by joint action of C. D.
Johnston, Director of Public Information, Earl Larimer, Chief of
Highway Patrol, and J. E. P.
Darrell,  Traffic Engineer.
Here's   What   You'll   See
Do you think you're a good
driver? You'll have a chance to
check yourself at the fair with a
multi-purpose driver-testing device
which is being featured in the
Highway exhibit. It's the Aetna
Roadometer, designed to subject
your driving technique to a thorough operational test in simulated
highway emergencies.
The Roadometer will have the
central spot of the three panels on
the north wall.
In the section devoted to Traffic
and    Safety,    emphasis    is    being
FAIR (Con't on page 3)