Show THE OLD prospector SAYS dear editor I 1 d like to give a little advice to folks that may need it about going swimming it dont take much to drown a person a little trouble and one hard strangle when a feller is in deep water not close to the bank with no help nearby can mean a drown ing folks that say drowning is a easy death am ain t never drowned or come near it mighty good insurance agin bitting into trouble in water is the buddy system used by the boy scouts in addition to taking the usually pretty well known precautions scouts go swimming in pairs and each one must stay close to and keep a eye on his buddy close enough to shake hands with him in 10 seconds on a given signal it would be a good idea if all swimmers everywhere would div ide up in pairs or threes when necessary and use this buddy system on top of being careful all other ways yours truly THE OLD prospector |