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Friday, January 9, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N, C.
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Free Wh^ieling
By BILL CRdWELL
DtpK of Motor VohkfoB# Stoto of North Carolina
VERSE . . . I can’t recall the
origin of thW feeini but iiheh ileftH-
«t eouitt J. I*. Btiildy Of tile Ji’rtafc
^ In Etees, in whose wedil'y news
paper coluihn it recentlji,: appear
ed:'^ ■ • ' ■ '
“Mantihad; CiatU lamb; - ■ ^
’J«Wf AWjfHlJlijr dwm, and so, ;r,;
Nor which was stop and go. “
••"•r«tor-|»#rt#r„,fod Pfauli
RieSIrt
Rebdrileini ina
SxIdS tfiUSriill
l•ter.
(rTi:
1SS Craven Strcnt
A silly thing to do,
Was oaiigHt between the red anict
.'gtwn, ,
And nowrit’S miitton stev,’’ '
TO fhere'are‘at-iea^t
41 •woyR.td>®Bt yousaeU knocked; OK
i-r” * *'T^# f****d»-»v
at a railroad crosSitig.-^cOoi'diiig tn
Uatiol^^de studies cbttdUcted"i.by
rnummtm
IN THE WORLD IS AT
0!wenO.ITunnm
yao^ oSaodidySwa oed |
■ dondord e|^ 1
l-MOMta^iieN
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C«MhadtamalllQ«di^4Miij^ At
PER WEEk
;ee$T traue-im an& aoboET
TERMS IN TOWN
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OFFICE SUPPLIES
printing
Here’s how: , , |
i. niotorist Sees the t^ain ap
proaching but misjudges his speed
and.distance. He Uiinks he can' get.
acrossi but fails,. . .
3. .The thotOrist races the train
to the etUsslng and misjudges both
his own speed and distance anp
tbpseipf, the; train-, .j,. • 1
r The, mbtorjst waits for one
train to clear the crossing, thep
without taking proper precaution
immediately starts across the cross
ing. anp either strikes or is struck
by a train approaching from the op
posite direction on an adjacent
track.
iwOtoBI MUiPa
Saf^i Roads
DodgePafcty Consultant
: -hiklnrayE .m ’ the Auest tdAdk
oUv-xidticb 'tei . tikTOl, -A reeetit
. eiudyrec(iala .that 'Bvek .roads
fcan'ae-f
4. The motorist is so familiar
with the crossing, having passed
over it hundreds of times, that he
uses no caution whatever. , -
. 5. The motorist fails to observe
and obey warning signs and signals.
6. The motorist has defective eye
sight, defective hearing, or both.
Or he is otherwise deficient mental
ly or physically and should not be
licensed to drive. -
7. The motorist has too much al
cohol in his system and is incapa
ble of determining what should or
should not be done when approach
ing a crossing. ^
8. The, motorist, driving at night
in an, unfamiliar location, drives
at a sp^ed too, great in such cir
cumstances. Consequently, he can-
hot stop in time wheii a railroad
crossing appears ahead.
,f,^^|;bb^^iri|tdrp^2acarwPb
7 payw a iweeKri
SjUp^ly^Vour Table
vifith the Best.
Town 'N Country
Service Center
ly hajlard«UB
v-^\itilM>tney>
hky-eL con-.
;pi®lfd;«:c-'.
" sutv^
■ by the-Sfieh-
iffan State-
Highway -per
pSrtmenI: isp-
t a b I i.s h e a
that f.bqr-
lahe diTided
Miss Smith
highways without access control
are among the most dangerous
: reads to travel. ; ,
, j On the- other hand, four-lane
divided highways, with control
of entrance and exit, are four
times as safe as other high
ways, the study, shows.
. John C. Mndfie, Michigan
state highway commissioner,
says the study indicates that
four-lane divided highways,
without -access control, give
the motorist a false sense of
security.
“Such roads,” he points out,
“encourage travel at high speeds
because 'they separate traffic
and provide additional room for
maneuverability. However, they
still subject the motorist to fric
tion from vehicles or pedestrians
moving in and out of roadside
services, business establishments
and residences.
“They require stop lights at
mrtjor intersections which vastly
increase -rear-end collision po
tential They also require left-
turning in the face of oncoming
high--speed traffic.. --
. “In- short,” Mackie says,
-'lalthiiugh they_ dje Capable -of
Carrying a greater volume of ,
traffic • thaw a two-Iane Kigh-
wa'y,'- ,mOjr '''stUi. ekPose -ttrk -
'hibtdi^ M the santfrJi^kiMtai
a# a W^es- rate of speCtL-.tw '
the obsolete bWo-Iane - hijdi-
■ way they-were designed to im*
prove upon or replace.”
Mackie believes that the pres
ent contrdTled access highway
system in. Michigan, along with
the 900'miles of -propo^d sim
ilar hi.ghnraysv will save more
than 50 lives the first year, and
nnmg
its
“Careful planning is the bestA
way for families to get the, things
thcsy need and want iiidst frotn their'
available financial resources,” shys
Miss Mamie. Wblstiaitt, Home man
agement specialist fbi: the N. C.
Agriculture Extension Service.
Because of the great iacrease in
consumed-eredit, -many - observers
f^T^at in^tgllmept.buying has re
duced ihtere^ iii'family budgeting.
HbwCvor,.dii8y availability of con
sumer credit does hot reduce the
. LONG /MEMORIES
The memories that seCm, last
the longest with a eertain type of
people are the shortcomings, of
their acquaintanees.— -
nee.d j^ fltidnciai .planning in order
ake the family dollar stretch
to ma
at-a$ possible,-points out Miss
'Sfiaht. In fact, budgeting helps
families to understand how much
4Hey can' afford to undertake in
the way of credit purchases or to
lay, aside sums -for future needs.
To help families plan for large,
^penditures studies based on act
ual family experiences of the use
ful life of various household fur
nishings arid equipment have been
iiidde.
These studies indicate that wash
ing machines used by one owner
last about nine years. Electric te-
frigerators, electric or gas ranges;
last about. 15 years. Wool rugs can
be’ expected to serve one owner
about 14 years. All used items last
about half as long as new ones.
Individual care and upkeep giv
en a particular item also causes va
riations in the length of use. The
lure of new models and ecqnomic
circumstances also influence the
length of time these items are kept.
Dixdi^ Btos. NURSERY
'^MAklNG thiE biirdi
LaND^CAP
RS /MORE
PLAhitl
.EAUTIFUL"
m
Producers,of ^li^e Nursery Stock
bl.MDuri^lS, ^ofw Station WRNB
IT f>AYS TO
bE WEli. ckooMED.
haApHAsize your
Loveliness at
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faulty; brakes or other defects and
is Unable to stop in time.
iO. The motorist fails to take in
to consideration prevailing weather
conditions and does not exercise
care to avoid skidding onto rail
road tracks.
11. The motorist allows distrac
tions of one kind or the other to
-take his mind from the important
business of driving;
SUDDEN THAWT ... He who
drives at excessive rates sets the
pace that exterminates.
NIX . . . Anyone who has ever
written a story frir publication has
at one time or the other got a re
jection slip. Here’s one a Chinese
editor sends writers whose stuff he
can’t use: “Illustrious brother of
the son and mOon — thy honored
manuscript has deigned to cast the
light of its august visage upori me.
Never have I encountered such wit,
pathos arid lofty thought. With fear
and U-embling I return -it. Were I
to'publish such a treasure, the em
peror would order that nothing in
ferior to it should appear hereaft
er, and the publishing business of
all China would be dormant at least
10,000 years.”
L. R. Thomas & Sons
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