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I Christmas come to us from the
blessing of giving, we gather
our humble share by giving our
1 1 service to this community and
our cordial and heartfelt wishes
' for your happiness. May the
Spirit of the Nativity go with
you throughout the coming
year, and may your share of joy
1 be brightened by the acknowl
' edgment of our appreciation of
gyour past favors.
“Nmmgs
AMD BEST WISHES FOR
THE MEW YEAR
BILL’S PLACE
PUROL PRODUCTS
Opposite Boy Scout Cabin Edenton, N. C.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C.,
Don’t Let Death
Take Your Holiday
Nationwide Effort to
Check Huge Annual
Christmas Toll
“Don’t Let Death Take Your Holi
day!”
With that slogan as a keynote, the
National Safety Council has announc
ed a nation-wide campaign to check
the huge annual Christmas holiday
toll.
The Christmas-New Year holiday
season is the most hazardous single
period of the year, according to
Council statistics. In traffic accidents
alone, three times as many persons
are killed during a Christmas holiday
period than on the same days of the
preceding two weeks.
Heavier travel and the festive spirit
of the holiday season increase the nor
mal winter hazards, such as bad
weather, slippery roads and more
hours of darkness.
More than 130 national organiza
tions, city and state officials, safety
councils and civic leaders have joined
forces with the Counail in the year
end campaign. Together they seek
to create in the public mind an aware
ness of the special holiday hazards,
and to enlist voluntary cooperation on
the part of every individual to hold
accidents to a minimum this Christ
mas.
The Council emphasized that the
campaign is the final effort of the
year to hold the 1947 traffic death toll
below the 1946 total of 33,700. At the
end of the first nine months of this
year, there was a small reduction in
traffic deaths—4 per cent —from the
same period of 1946. But the final
quarter of the year always is the one
with the most traffic deaths.
“Christmastime is family time, the
season of reunion, of joy in one’s chil
dren, of drawing even closer the most
fundamental ties that bind us to
gether—truly a season to be merry,”
said Ned H. Dearborn, president of
the Council.
“But it is a season to be wary, as
well. The tragedy of an accident be
comes even more poignant during the
Yule season. It takes only a little
forethought, a little extra care and,
often, just a little extra courtesy to
make certain a Christmas celebration
of joy and festivity unshadowed by
accidents.
“Remember —don’t let death take
jyour holiday.”
Little Time Left For
A-B Auto Drivers to
Have License Issued
Spot Checks Planned to
Catch Delinquent
Motorists
Persons whfcse last names begin
with Aor B have only a few days
l left in which to renew their driving
licenses without fear of penally.
The Motor Vehicles Department an
nounced today that out of the es
timated 150,000 A and B drivers in
North Carolina, only around 100,-
1 000 had thus far obtained new lic
| enses.
Time is drawing short, and per
sons whose surnames begin with A
or B who are caught driving after
January 1 on an old license will he
found guilty of a misdemeanor and
will be fined not less than $25.
Col. H. J. Hatcher, Commander of
the State Highway Patrol, has an
' nounced that he plans to have patrol
| men make spot' checks along the
i highways after the first of the year
| for the purpose of catching delin
j quent A and B motorists.
I Only a week remains for these driv
ers to renew their licenses, due to the
fact that Christmas holidays for State
employees will begin at 1 P. M. on
Wednesday, December 24, and con
tinue through December 28. In some
areas of the State where an exam
iner goes only one or two days a
week, the time is much more press
ing.
The A’s and B’s were given the
period beginning last January 1 and
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action *
Modern tis. with its harry u>d worry,
imiular lubiu, impropar sating »nd
drinking—it* rick of wtpoaara nnd Infec
tion—throw. heavy .train on th« work
of the kidney*. They are apt to become
over-taxed and fall to filter exetos acid
andotkar imparities front th* life-fivfnr
Toe may suffer nagging backache,
hfudirhi dtotuML setting up night*.
leSpSas, swetUni—feel* emmtantly
tired, nervoiu, all worn out. Other signs
of kidney or bladder disorder are some
times burning, .canty or too frequent
continuing through December $1 to |
take a re-examination and obtain new I
licenses. And 104 license examiners
were placed on duty throughout
' North Carolina to take care of the re
examination program.
Beginning January 1 and continu
ing through'June 30, 1948, persons .
whose last names begin with C and J
D will be re-examined. The Motor
Vehicles Department is urging these
persons to report to their examining
stations early in the year, so as to
avoid the last minute rush that is
now prevalent with A and B drivers. \
All licenses being issued under the <
re-examination program will expire j
on the birthday of the license in the j
fourth year following issuance. Li- ]
censes will not be renewed without a
complete and thorough examination i
each time. In this way, the Depart- ’
ment hopes to weed out the poor and ]
inefficient drivers that are likely to i
cause accidents on our highways.
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Car inspection Law :
Effective imuary 1 j
Necessary For All Cars ‘
To Be Inspected Once .
During: 1948 i
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The new autompbile inspection law
which was passed at the last session ,
of the General Assembly and goes i
into effect January 1, has been caus- \
ing a good deal of confusion lately— i
but it’s really not so bad as it seems. \
Under the law all automobiles have \
to be inspected one time during 1948.
That means anytime during 1948. ,
Beginning in 1949 cars must be in- ,
s pec ted every six months.
Forty inspection stations will be ]
set up throughout the State—dn the
basis of one station for each 20,000
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BUNCH’S GARAGE
W. H. BUNCH, Prop.
Phone 196-W / 4 Edenton, N. C.
automobiles. It is likely that one J
machinery and following the inspS
tion each automobile driver wtHs®
given a card showing how closdH
perfect the car canlb. HB
in driving will occupy the moqt attel
tion from the inspectors. ’"*k I
The most important J&nit for*#)
era to know is that they do not
to have their cars inspected in oriH
to drive during 1948, although t»
must have their cars inspected befcfl
the end of the year. .The exanrilß
Highway officials point out ( tlfl
Registrations cards for automoblfl
are more important this year .(9
ever before, since no inspections
be made before the registration csfl
is first presented.'