A December 10, 1925 article in the Alton Evening Telegraph announced that a “school traffic force” composed of older students at each city school would be created to handle automobile traffic near school buildings (and attempt to keep the younger students out of the street) under the terms of a resolution adopted the day before by the City Council. Alderman S.L. Moore of the Seventh Ward presented the resolution and stated that many cities have a similar system. For example, in Highland, the Boy Scouts handled traffic around the schools. Mayor Davis “expressed hearty approval of the plan,” and the City Council unanimously adopted it without debate.Following is the resolution providing for the formation of the School Traffic Force:"Whereas the matter of proper regulation of traffic in so fa

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