WAYNEBVII
MOUNTAINEER
DECEMBER 24. 1951
TIUUD SECTION
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inking Gives Vacation New Name - Alcoholidays
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"At ;i lime ul;,'i; uc at-tf ti'.uli- ' 1 m .ni to say," he comment
tionaliy at our gayest'. ; live coroners cuY.'that -there is a lot of truth
and (Joclors.. are : th'tV, busiest- aa to .liic. term." . . .
result of tialVic. n;a;..Ul,,." Mr I'omiias out t!.,l last year the
Harris asserted. 'W of the twin threc-dav eelebra-
: Mr. . Harris , said: the rciord ot lions of Christmas and New Year's
traffic accidents nil holidays-' ac- was 849 dead and more than 10.-
if , . iwiidays have be- cidents due in large part .to aicu-. 000 ', 'injured . on highways , and
l1 ..La naradox o the hoi had led saiety workers to stree'.s, Mr. Harris observed that
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The North Carolina Utilities Commission will hold a pub
lie hearing on the application of Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company, filed on November 27, 1951; for an in-
crease in its service rates in North Carolina, "in its hearing
room in Raleigh, February 2G3 1952, beginning at 10 a. m.
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while "few begrudge the nation its
annual fling, everyone is appalled
by the price tag on ihe aieoiiolidays,
especially those charged with pub
lic safety.' .
For uartv-givers Mr. Harris has
a 'suggestion which he feels will
reduce traffic accidents. He urges
that the last drink of the evening
the time-honored "one for the
road" be coffee or some other hot.
non-alcoholic beverage,
"if thoso who entertain would
feet their responsibilities to their
guests and serve coffee as the last
round. I am sure more of the guests
would stand a better chance of ar
riving home safely than if they
had one more of whatever they've
been drinking.
"Even if there are no excesses,
the idea is good." he said. "People
who attend Christmas and rew
Year's parties always stuy out for
beyond their usual bed-times, mey
start home over-fatigued and lacK
ing the alert reflexes necessary for
safe driving. I suggest they take
ViM-rt of the urofessionals of the
road, the long-haul bus and truck
.drivers.-who-. make frequent slops
because they've found it renews
their alertness."
Mr. Harris said that while casu
alties were usually heaviest among
nsitv-eoers. a second group of
celebrants contribute heavily to
the accident toll. ,
These are the people who start
at the last minute to drive dis
tances, sometimes hundreds 01
miles and often through me nigm,
tn sDend the holidays with rela
tives or friends. They not only
ct.irt their trlDs fatigued, but, alter
several davs of merrymaking begin
the trek home completely exnaust
ed For them the utmost oi cau
tion and frequent stops are a must
if dozing at the wheel and cleat n
deallng traffic crashes are to be
avoided."
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Iowa Dirt Isn't
Cheap These Days
AMES. la. (AIM An acre of
Iowa's good dark farm soil costs
more today than any time in the
last 30 years,
Not since the 1920-21 land boom
has the state's farm land command
ed sueh hmh prices.
I Iowa farms are now selling on
the average ot $212 an acre, W. -G.
Mnrrav. head of the department ef
economics and sociology, at
State College, reported today i
his annual survey of farm laid
! prices. -,
1 This is a $15 increase over last
year's average acre price of $117.
In u one more steo upward n the
1 steady climb of Iowa farm prices
1 which started from a low of $09 a
lacie in 1933
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Some 17 million U. S. families
'planted gardens this season.
Forty-nine per cent of all lalal
accidents in the U. S in 1949 in
volved persons in the 2.V44 age
'groups
PAIH KNOWS BEST , . And .lufnor must wait his turn to take
the controls ot that new eleclnc train,
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It's a sale bet that Pop is going lo be. the -first oite playing with
that new electric train on Christmas morning,
There's something about a train, say toy salesmen, that has-an ;
ii resistible appeal lor piailiculh all males, especially gi own-up
ones That's why so many lathers rush out to buy an elaborate .dec-,
trie train for Junior along with his first tattles.
This years liams hold moie UnilK than eer tor iailio.nl tans
young and old, sas salesmen ot one ot Ihe big eleitnc Ham
companies.
The toy trains are copied from blueprints- of real ones, and will
do Just about exciUhing a tull-iale Ham will do Latest models
pulT leal smoke, have heoimlic whisllis and diesel siicns, imiple
and uncouple automatically.
mong new gadgets to add to the. syslem is an automatic gate,
man to wai n motorists of approaching trains, a new ti anstoi mci
that'operates up to lour Irain sets .simultaneously on dilleienl
trsiks. dennks milk uiis and even a new Malum that announces
1 1 a) ns. .
So it looks like a merry Christmas lor all living roopi engin.-eis,
young and old.
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- The magnificent promise of the Christmas story has inspired
the dreams and prayers of men through thexenturics, Wherever mankind
'kept to the spirit of brotherly love, there the meaning,
', the" symboiir beauty -of Christmas remained.-
ItVour fervent hope that this Chrislnuts '.will bring us still closer"
to the full.liment of the promise of Peace and Good ill.
. . I . C'lirullll 1 t .ill.
ufal! lands. In this spirit we wisn a mu.y
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