Third Party In
Safety Triangle
The "eternal" romantie triangle i
has long been a favorite theme J
od movie thrillers and popular ,
novels. The so-called "other man i
and "other woman" have caused j
millions of heart throbs in A
merican life
But this is a more serious story
p.bout another kind of triangle ? j
about the "other man" who dis
rupts traffic safety instead ol
homes, who causes auto accidents |
instead of broken hearts.
The "other man" is seldom in
volved in an accident himself. But
his carelessness and negligence
cause tragedy to others One night
a North Carolina motorist was
driving along the highway Per
haps he was on his way home. We
will never know ? because no one ,
can tell who he was or where lie '
lives. Maybe That Motorist Was
You.
Chances are, this motorist was
not a cruel man As he drove along
the highway, he harbored no evil j
intentions toward his fellow man | 4
It was perhaps just forgetfulness ' "
that caused him to neglect to dim j
his lights as he approached an on
coming car Perhaps he remember
ed and was sorry the very minute
he met the other car. As he pass
ed he heard nothing unusual ? he
ww nothing strange He drove on
into the night toward his unknown ^
destination.
But behind him. tragedy had I
(truck swiftly. The driver of the j !>
jther car. blinded by bright head- !>
lights, failed to see a pedestrian
)n the roadway in time He did
lis best to stop, but it was too
ate.
As the frightened driver stepp
ed out of his car and stood over j "
he crumpled figure of the pedes- 1 a
rian. the "other man" drive :
?wiftly away, completely unconsei- ; I:
:us of his part in the tragedy I -v"
Sometimes, however, the third
party" is present to witness the I il
horror which he causes Such wa> I j
the case with the driver who en- j 1
tered a well-traveled highway
without stopping He had entered
the highway in that very place a
thousand times before. \t first he
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had stopped. But as he grew more
accustomed to the entersection h?
satisfied himself by making so
called -rolling stops." On that
particular day he made no stop
whatever.
How was he to know that on
that day of all days a hurried
businessman would be driving
past!
As he entered the highway, he
saw ? and stopped. But he was al
ready half-way across the road!
The businessman saw the ve
hicle blocking the right lane in
front 01 him. He swerved sharply
to the left, and his driving skill
was >u?. i that he passed the ob
struct it successfully. But coming
up from the other direction was a
large truck rhe businessman tri
ed his best to turn back into his
own la: ? in time but he failed
He died in the resulting collision
As we have said the third man
in this safe?> triangle" is not
necessa:-i:> cruel or vicious ? just
careless Each one of us has in
himself the potentiality of be
coming a gui!t> third party to a
raff it mishap.
Take 'or example, the truck
.'river who parked on the crest of
i small incline without applying
he handbrake He was gone for
ust a moment but while he was
way. another car accidentally
ludued the truck and started it
oiling The rolling truck hit a
mall boy inflicting painful in
uries It's safe to say that truck
river will use his emergency
rake after this
\ more vicious type of " third
arty is the driver who itches to
ass other motorists, even when
here isn't space enough to pass
afely Such a driver seems to ex
ect other drivers to slow down
nd stop for his own personal
ratification. It isn't always so
unple as that, however, for many
n innocent motorist has been
j reed off the road because of the
gnorance and bad judgment of
omeone else.
But you don't have to be a
[river to become a shady third
>arty i a traffic safety triangle,
lecords ? ?t the Highway Safety
... <;on of the X C Department
>i Mote; Vehicles show that main
"llisioiis have been caused when
Iriwi - swerved to avoid hitting
U'd.'MriatH and bicycle riders who
i ere 1 iolatinu traffic regulations
^i.*" nobilr p.i?M'nuers. too. can
v -u :*\ ?! iistracting driver*
? ith .1 ?asteroiis results
Operators of slow-moving ve
; t - " i ! d " be careful lest
. I) - sori t ? "s ' > motor
? I'.'i the hiizhwa\
'he sh i H>k ut for car-, and
?
t possible ? or el st
> or reflectors
warn ipproachitm cars
Mo- 1 ( ?i all uuilty third
?artii ?? ar the fellows who break
raffie tc-iila'ions and "get away
i ith it They never stop for
thur" streets unless they have
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SPL'LCHRE ? Pictured above is (
the sepulchre in Fields of the
Wood which typifies the empty
tomb in which Christ was placed I
to They speed whenever they get 1
the ehance. They always are on
the lookout for the traffic police
man. and when he isn't in sight, j
anything goes.
I haven't been in any accidents j
yet That's what they say But |
such boasting displays thoughtless- j
ness How about the son and i
daughter learning to drive? How j
; bout others who may be influenc- ^
ed by this careless disregard for1
regulations' How about the grim
possibility of contributory negli
gence in a serious accident in
volving these loved ones?
No one has been more generally j
disliked than the "other man" and ?
the "other woman in the roman- j
tic melodrama Hut in the more
serious realm of real life it be- 1
hooves all ol us to be safe drivers 1
;?nd pedestrians ? to avoid becom- '
ing guilty third parties to the tra- 1
gic and destructive motor vehicle
traffic accidents which prey upon
our friends and countrymen.
SI BSC RIBF TO THE SCOl'T
and from which He arose con
queror over death and is alive
forever more
Upper Peachtree
The Rev Leonard MeClure
preached at this church Sunday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Abernathy
and Miss Mae Sudderth of Mar
ble and Mr and Mrs. George
Hayes were visitors of C. W
Thorn masson Sunday.
Calvin Lunsford was the dinner
guest Sunday of B A. Breedlove
Mr and Mrs. Dewey Loyd spent
Sunday with Mr and Mrs. J. W.
Curtis.
Mr. and Mrs l W. Curtis and
Mrs. Laura Barker visited Mrs.
Lawerenee Anderson of Andrews
this week.
Mr. and Mrs Dewell Curtis and
small daughter. Margret, spent
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs
Fred Brendle of Fires Creek
MP. and Mrs .1 D, Galloway ?
and children of Copperhill spent !
the week with her parents, Mr
and Mrs. Marison Moore.
Ward Derrcbcrry of Andrews
Gives Hints To
Homemakers
By KITH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent j o
A large market basket provides c
a handy container in which to i e
keep cleaning supplies. Soap j v
powfa r, polishes, dtMiif cloths. i
small brushes, and other articles!
are conveniently stored in one ;
place.
To keep tools and nails from j|
rolling off the top of a stepladder,
simply nail a strip of inner tube |
around it in such a manner that
it will form a shallow tray.
It is always a shock to look at
the calendar and realize that some
friend's birthday or anniversary
has just passed and you have neg
lected to send a gift or a card.
Here then is the solution: Be- ,
fore tacking up a new calendar |
at the first of each year, go
through and encircle in red the j
dates for all the special birthdays j
and anniversaries. Then as the I
days and weeks and months pass. I
the red circles will serve as re- 1
minders and no friends will have |
forgotten.
For semi-annual freshening up. |
feather pillows should be aired (?
on a cloudy, windy day ratlin- 1
than allowed to hang in the sun ; |
The sun draws the natural oil out j
of the feathers and destroys their
was the dinner guest of his sister. j|
Mrs. Bill Barker, Sunday.
Bill Leatherwood of Andrews 1
visited friends and relatives here
Sunday.
The Rev. James Truett will
hold services here Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mrs. Grover Walsh and daugh
ter. Dorothy, visited Mrs. Math
Leatherwood Sunday afternoon.
esiuency.
The bottom of the scouring
owder can will not leave rust
narks on bathroom fixtures if it
s dipped in hot parrafin.
A yearly weeding out of worn- ,
ut kitchen utensils, and other
dds and ends, will get rid of dust
ollectors. save extra work and
aluable storage space.
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January 1 were reported at 3o
million bushels as against about
27 millions on January 1, 1947
While apples are grown in nearly
all sections of the United States
and distribution is general, the in
crease in apple holding over last
year is largely on the west coast,
the LSD A has reported.
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