#Smokey the bear free

#Smokey the bear free

Department of Agriculture helps establish Junior Ranger Clubs and sends free membership cards and badges to those who request them. MORE: Wonder horses! See vintage ride-on spring horse toys from the ’50s to the ’80s The list includes President Eisenhower, former President Truman, the governors of most of the states, and a most industrious fire prevention worker and “personal friend” of Smokey, a cowpoke named Hopalong Cassidy. The list of adult members who are selected on the basis of outstanding fire prevention work, reads like a page from “Who’s Who.” About one half-billion children are now members. They sleep with a big Smokey teddy bear wear Smokey shirts, dungarees and belts eat Smokey cookies read Smokey comics and even take a Smokey bubble bath.Įach of these products carries a fire prevention message, including an invitation to join the Smokey Junior Forest Rangers.

Many of these youngsters know more about fire safety than their elders. The kids will lecture for an hour if you get careless with matches or cigarettes, today’s youngsters will tell you exactly what that ashtray is for, and what car windows are not for.

Smokey, that cinnamon-colored bear that looks down from the poster and says, “Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires,” is the most powerful force in stopping forest fires in the U.S. Born of an ad man’s imagination, Smokey the Bear becomes #1 force for stopping forest fires (1955)īy William Grigg, Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) October 2, 1955