• Free Wheeling
Kveryimc the starter whirls,
the motorist assumes n*sp Visi
bilities vastly beyond those of
everyday livin" At the wheel his
slightest actio:; is magnified a
thousandfold through the power
ful machine he controls.
It’s been said a person's driv
ing behavior is much the same as
his behavior anywhere else. Like
if he’s thoughtful and courteous
to his friends, he'll extend the
same i>ene\ ok t*-e to follow mo
torists.
Hut if he's rude ami aggressive ;
he'll probably show lit lie regar I,
for others in traffic.
It follows thr*f if all people !
were thoughtful and considerate,
traffic accuktots would dwindle
Lives would *>c spared The dis
couraging fact, however is that
most people perhaps ore not as
thoughtful and courteous as they
should be. Perhaps most drivers
are good drivers most of the
time, liut the problem is in the
word "most”. We can't afford to
he kindly in traJfic most of the
time it must be all the time!
Laws help os decide what we
ran and cannot do when driving
and there are state troopers to
make sun* we odby them. And
when motorists accept responsi
bility to observe the spirit and
letter of the regulations there
‘ will he. as Motor Vehicle* Com
missioner Kdward Scheldt says,
, little viced for enforcement offi
cers.
Moral responsibility isn't sim
ply a matter ol doing the tight
thing only when it's convenient or
when someone's watching. It's do
ing the right thing all the time
because it's the right thing to do.
It's part of sharing in society.
SUDDEN THAWT i>n the
road of life don't worry about a
voiding temptation after you
pass .V> that's when it starts to
avoid you.
THIS IS YOt'R (CRASH* LIFE
--The insurance people have
•ome up wih ;• startling preriic
ion of a .Vi-year driving career
•f today's young male. Based on
’**62 accident rates. it goes lik ■
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this:
Ho beg.ns dnving at age 16
By the time he gets married at
the age of 23. he has had three
or four Occident* one probably
involving an injury.
His ;»ride is elso 23 and she.
too. has been driv&ig since she
was 16 and h*»r had one or two
wrecks.
They start a family and have
thns» children. By the time the
parents are 10, he has had nine
mishaps and she has had three. ■
Among the 12 accidents, probabl>
four people injured.
By the time Mom and Dad are
66. the v.hoie n.miiy will have
run up the following score; Fa
ther. 13 accident*. four Injuries.
Mother, six accidents, two injur
ies.
The three children liiow with
kids of their own* have had a
total of 19 wrecks, six injuries.
The lifetime total for one man's
family; 3s tec dents involving a j
dozen injuries.
If they wer.- lucky none of the
injuries were fatal.
POINTS ‘.V PLUGS — ‘ Your
highway tare-; at work” is new 1
sign message .-een along high- j
>• av« ein" built with Federal aid
drought Georgia is the 21st state
to set up a me- hanica! inspection
program for aotos "orisext ratio
dv”. in case yot -re wondering s
the art of keeping one's foot out
of one's moytii. according to a
Denver professor every 90 see
onds last year a car was stolen
somewhere in the United States
your auto engine gulps seven
(winds of air an hour to produce
iusl one homepower yellow
l '.tes first apoeared on Tar Heel
highways in 1931 wise motorists,
missing a key. look in their trou
ser cuff one million Americans
had been kill*-.* in auto accidents
bv the end of 1931 T. Boddie
Ward was North Carolina's first
commissioner of motor vehicles
''psiama wagon” that's a truck
with a sleeping compartment a
good oil filte>- traps two pounds
of sludge in 3TOO miles of ordi
nary driving.
WAY OIT Some more Brit
ish road sirns with their Ameri
can equivalents:
Way Out - Exit: Loose Clip
pings Watch for fallen rock:
Dural Carriageway Divided
h'ghwav: Flyover Overpass;
Dead Slow Danger: Verge -
Koad shoulder; Road UP—Under
repair.
Rfcv«« Ik Member
Of “Springboard"
ROOSEVEL” ROADS. P. R.
tFHTNO William S. Rhvnc.
aviation electncian's mate second
class. USN. son of Mrs. Nettie L.
Hope of 616 'Mauney Ave., Kings
Mountain. N. C.. is participating
in an exercise called "Operation
Springboard" while serving with
Patrol Squadron 36 in the Carib
bean.
The opera tun. conducted an
nually by units of the Atlantic
Fleet, takes advantage of the
favorable Caribbean weather to
conduct sea assault landings and
flight training operations.
The squadron normally oper
ates out of the Naval Air Sta
tion. Norfolk. Va.
f ARD OF THANKS
We would liki to express our
appreciation to our many friends.1
to Shelby ho- ,-ital and Dr. H. C.
Thompson fo-- their many Kind
nesse.; ami care rendered during
the ilfciess of "rs. Llovd Wright.
Tlte LLOYD WRIGHT Familv,
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WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE j
Diving Bird
HORIZONTAL
1 Depicted
feathered
creature
9 It ia a ——
bird
13 Come
14 Reviser
15 No (Scot.)
IS Girl's name
IS Greek letter
IS Preposition
30 Made creamy
22 Heredity unit
23 Place
23 Contest at
speed
27 Injure
23 Greek sod at
war
2S Whirlwind
SS Depart
31 Atop
32 Chaos
33 Entranced
33 Domestic slave
33 Otherwise
33 Rip
40 Indian
mulberry
41 Shapes again
47 Tantalum
(symbol)
43 Owing
SO Bristles
31 Pronoun
32 Printing
mistakes
34 Take from
34 Be sorry for
37 Eats away
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Denmark
2 Astronomy
muse
3 Anger
4 Kings (ub )
5 Always
• Network
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t Unoccupied
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intransitive
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11 Observe
12 Rates
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sound
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asffizij
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55 Artitinal
language
Drive Safely
Daring Holiday
The North Carolina State Mo
tort’lub warne dmotorists today
that Hidden death will mar the
Kaster weekend for at least IS
victims vho will die ip traffic
accidents on North Carolina's
streets and highways.
Highway fatuities for the holi
day period will be officially
counted front 6 p.r*. r d y.
March 27, through midnight Mon
day, Ma.i-h J),.» spait of <S hours.
The state's traffic toll for the
same period last year added up
to 12 killed and 4ss injured in 771
accidents.
The motor cluh said ;ts estimate
is based on past experience of
motorists during the holiday per
iod coupled with current driving
patterns.
"The number of fatalities over
the weekend will be reduced to
the extent that fnotorists observe
the basic safe driving rides." Tho
mas B. Watkins, president 6/ the
flub and the National Automobile
Association, n)'«). "IVwafe driv
ing practices <ould cause fatali
ties to approa< h a higher figure,
so allow plentv of time for trips:
adjust speed to traffie. t- id and
weather condit' ins; o >-y iraffi
laws and sig's: don't drink he
fore driving!; and he alert for
mistakes of other drivers which
could result in collision.''
Of ?<33 driver violations report -
ed on the 1963 Easier holiday, the
leadin-; causes of accidents were:
speeding, isi: failure to yield
right of way, 133; driving on the
wrong side of road. Phi; f illow
ing too closely. 91; an l rei-kless i
driving, ns. Speeding was involv :
ed in five of thi 12 fatalities and1
driv ing on the v rone side in foui j
"Easter should In- ■ time o
solemn rejoicing." Watkins said
"Let's keep it that wa; hv usin
extra caution and courtesy whe
we are bchiind the wheel."
iKinng the fust nine months •
1963 there were over 1.7 bill
broiler chick.; hatched in the l
SL
For Best Results
Lacquer Bookbinding
Do you havi* any valuable* old
book vou inherited or bought at
auction? I>i they have leather
bindings that are slowly disinte
grating?
If so, take a tip from the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and
give theetn a lacquer treatment,
i^acqucr will improve their ap
pearance and post|H>ne, prenaps
indctinitely, the necessity for re
binding.
Here"* how — from leather
specialists of liSIU’s Agrieulturi*
kesearch Service:
Gently rub the leather smooth
with a fine emery cloth, giving
s|*vial at tent.on to sculled pol
Ing of powdery places. If vou
want to oil the leatner. apply
the oil next; oil can't ue applied
after leather is lacquered. Touch
up light-colored areas with a
i< ather dye if necessary.
Heady-made lacquers are on
the market in aerosol bomb anti
liquid forms. The aerosol spray
is easier to us*. He sure the lac
[|Uer in recommended lor leather,
•loth, or other flexible material,
spray or brush on thin etiat, let
itry, apply a second coat.
Lacquer protects leatner bind
ings very well. However, it does
•hange the natural leather ap
pearanee, giving it a rather shiny
tinish. !
Handle lacquers with caution.
They give* ..ft vapors and fumes
which ignite easily .mil burn
freely. Anply them in the open or
where fr**sh air circulates free
y. Keep away from lire, anti
Jon t smoke while using them.
In the 1850's Fayetteville, at the,
head of navigation on the Cape
Fear Kiver, was a tenter for plank
roads, such roads radiated in
all directions. Numerous photo
graphs in tin* collection of the
Department of Archives and His
tory show some of these roads.
Hambright
Bites Conducted
Funeral riles for Wade Hamp
ton Hambright, 88. were held
Friday at 3 p.m. from the Chapel
of Harris Funeral Home, inter*
ment following in Smyrna ARP
church cemetery.
Mr. Hambright died Thursday
morning following illness of sev
eral years.
A native of York County. South
Carolina, he was a son of the
late Dr. and Mrs. John P. Ham*
bright He was a direct deeendant
of Colonel Frederick Hambright.
Revolutionary War hero at the
Battle of Kings Mountain.
T number of nieces and nep
hews survive.
Baumgardner
Member Of
"'Springboard"
NORFOLK. Va. IFHTNO —
Charles R Baumgardner, aviation
machinist s mate first class USN.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Haskell
Baumgardner of Route 2, Kings
Mountain. N. (’., recently partici
pated in an exercise called "Op
eration Springboard'* while swv.
ing with Fl***-t Tactical Support
Squadron 40 in Caribbean.
The operation. conducted an
nually by units of the Atlantic
Fleet, takes advantage of the
favorable Caribbean weather to
conduct sea assault landings and
flight training exercises.
He had the opportunity to vis
it San Juan. Puerto Rico and St.
Thomas in the Virgin Islands
while in the Caribbean.
The medical staff of the S. S.
HOPE is i-omprised of five doc
tors, 36 nurses and 30 paramedi
cal personnel who make up the
permanent staff as well as a ro
tating staff ol 30 doctors.
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MONDAY FOR A BIG NEW 6, USED
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