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Show HELPER THE JOURTNAL Helper, Utah PAGE TWO MAY 20, 1M3 THURSDAY, -- OF VEST'S GREATEST PUBLISHERS C. 10 AL FIELD N. Meinraott and N. Joe Tulllus TIIE HIGHWAY GAMBLER By Dr. Walter A. Cutter -Administrative Assistant, Center for Safety Education, N'.Y. The University fI This is the third of a series of 10 articles on street and highway safety, written by nationally recognized accident prevention special ists and published by this newspaper in the Interests of greater traffic W AW, CMON AND TRY IT JUST i JLik H J&l 0HCl! P?f POISON. ONCE YOU TRY IT, IT'S TOO UTET0 BACK0UT-JS- &M mfc views By STEVE u: " . I J. DIAMANTI The Weather Bureau is being with applications for swamped jobs in its weather stations m Arctic. Even the fact that the thermometer often gets down to 40 below without any effort, does not chill the enthusiasm of the volunteers! Apparently there are plenty of people who want tn away from it aH"-- and there's no place like the Arctic for ,.. feeling: It's as quiet as a ihn,.. shadow. There's no niaro- w bo so you can save your money in no chunks, large telephones i. ens, month-en- d bills or rushing on iu i guess its pretty wonderful but it still leaves m.. cow. Death Is So Permanent wr of funds has ever Mrr bon hlph fiphnnl anil HarA haira been maHp. BYrpnt frvr inint nnlpi- - Prompt Applications and This week marks the end of and this comparatively financed their athletic teams dur-- takings, such as the newspaper, For Benefits insr thn naat ram att nn student dancng school fop over 5,000 young accurate Judgment can a,A linro' TTrcrol Kir fi fi ffflniw ui be only . . . , r i ..i made when the car il. joint ""isiuu peopie in oarDon county. Some ya; iuio ine approaches of a few was promptea uy action accounts Prompt application by qualified from directly ahead. to it means just a few months of Price business men who the number according persons for retirement or survivThere is always danger that took up a collection of $26 and enrolled in each division, vacation, and then back for the ors' benefits that have been earnTo to" sum, more teacher guidance and in. it turned whole over the high school; up the passing driver mav h affair, e and struction next September. It' to buy meals for rti hnaohaii there just wasn't enough monev ed under the Federal swing back t0 hfs or,ginal survivors was insurance t0 program on in a week of thrills for some 300 team suPPort full an all the varied "out of town" trip. ime oecause oncoming H. Sherman today by has made it unsaf tr. Since a resolution accompanying activities at the extreme costs urged Carbon college and high school the pass. Many times the the collection was in the form of encountered nowadays. There was Ruesch, manager of the Social who wll receive their students driver's a original position on the protest of the athletic committee and ls no other source of funds Security Administration office, 163 diplomas of graduation a piece highway has already been tma of paper that entitles them to . Dr. Jones felt he was justified in aval'able; so students have been West 1st North, Provo, Utah. Under this Federal family in l-8thl against this. seek higher education -. offering the following "Few Facts asike(1 at times to make some sac in a in order not to cut out surance program, workers in in About The Athletic chosen field. We congratulate (rifices Program:" ceanterhlHnVeh'?e Ver the or commerce build month- -' the 1948 (activities, as many schools have dustry a oat. graduating classes 1. The State of Utah and the done ly cash insurance benefits that are the rear of the vehicle from Carbon and wish them in front Carbon school district do not fin- to the insured worker and assure himself of President Dixon told me last payable well. enough diB. ance student (body activities; al- - Friday that Webe and qualified members of his fam tance ahead to 4u mQt rcollege could A Los Angeles woman shot hr though the district does (nrovlda not ily when the worker reaches age fn6 ,t'Ways 8Win back 65 and for because she was annoy. to the surand field scho1 retires, husband, teaiM. nlgh eligible line if necessarv r !1. competition because the . &tuae"t Body funds &re used to student body there was broke. vivors of tne insured worker when ed iby his grammar. Now he's prob clear open road of" ammrimT. thG driVers f the busses and President Glen Snow and Presi- - ne aies at any age. 1.000 feet and an ably annoyed by her punctuation An application must be filed for For real "straight 3 and 011 usedl dent Jara6s Nutta11 of Dixie and ' interval of 12 seconds ia shooting" serv. o 8 e A11 the money that is avail Snow colleges, respectively, said Benefits to be payable. Monthly ice, you can't go wrong at tie margin. stuaent activities comes, that their student funds were more Denents can be paid retroactively DIAMANTI MOTOR In addition. MHnt Company, mum 7 .nas Ior sev"al years, from than exhausted and that some de- ior Only three months hefnrA tha 27S N Main Strpofl authorities recommend 6Dt aCtiVlty fees and fr0m re- - sirable 8Pe" activities have had to be date of the application and delay our Ford Experts are pledged to dal precautions. es aaa 6 actmotner 1. A ellminatea. Several high schools iur longer man mat time, after keep YOU on the Road of Safety 7, . v standing stroot fl. 18 madeCR&rse in tne becoming eligible, will result in and that's why we urge you to same conditions. on iare . or dischar taking Sen" StUdent CUnCll DOt th6; In my judgment- - il 1b better to a loss of earned benefits. have the Wheels of your car Kers should never oe passed on college president, makfts thav h, Mr. Ruesch, of checked w the NOW for balance and al- manager C the right unless the 11 ,rtiiti UUU, continn w m.r Cll IklCi), landing area get for student affairs. Of course, Participants have to Social Security Administration, ignment! When wheels are not is protected by a sacrifice a the budget is safety zone. 2. Vehicles should by the little, than for us to eliminate the will be in Price on Tuesday May .balanced the effect is the same not pass on r.iuCui. ui uie approved - -- i.j . couege. activities. When our bands a il u 11, 1S4S. He can be reanhert at as hoatinov. 0 jtrniis. i v i Willii. t aicuge approaching curves, crests of hills 4 c u v,, .vw ana a.m. Hems serv. nammer: irum went to RTIOfircri1 Vernal And "uae this "es that's railroad grade crossings or at to 12:00 noon. any ices were higher than nntipinoti sDrins-- . tho Phone 283 and arrange to have intersections. , ran. As an example, football ony last 3. Never transportation. The cost for attempt to pass vehicles shoes cost Typewriter Ribbons, all makes ' for wheels checked SOON do it Safety's Sake! that are travelling at top speed or pair. A few from $16 to $18 per ma's for each must have ranged at the Journal nfiw years ago $7 was a frm $3 to $6, yet not one com-hig- h at maximum safe speed, and never price for shoes. plained or asked for aooita attempt to pass when the required several years. lney were satisfied to pay their passing speed is greater than al there has been neither money nor .way for the and joys lowed by the local speed law. available equipment for uniform- - they received experience from such activities 4. Indicate well in advance the ""wuiuk our teams. As 1 wl admit that all activities desire to passt either-- by shifting - wuocuuomu ... x we wmh f- - j snoniri ho icyuiicuj iu sacruice tms year to buy and we should see that all enough to make'" " we C0UId not,lne avaname funds are not spent 'on purchase in Dast vmr. .. v thing we purchased had to be had sho"ll e more active in raising ""olBU PrKes. Even "'onai runds, and this we shall official mo Biunes are now uave l ao next year Paid at least $10 each ue to the fact that our and travel! r baI1 and basketball We once teams are now for tho on,. Btrrv.i vprv 07011 wiiB unarorms icft, C8tS telephone buildings, CM poles, (billboards iuuu EVE? ENJOY GUARANTEED EYE i ! old-ag- L&TJ PROTECTION WITH STANDARD JrVARANTEED SUN . MASSES m ww i aElf17 T I j I Jf' v, 7" STANOARD GUARANTEED SUN - GLASSES"ARE OPTICALLY CORRECT SCENTffCAUY PERFECT. . 4 atAto 'Jo In Price at 31 E.Main St. Lawn iui, Furniture foot-tvlT- 7 wrhave T w"ichand Ver "'Pment, the future years long 88 we B""ulu e less of a problem for 7., nlav C,l3S8 A hIgh spools us- - We fiha11 have to purchase 6. Por only the Tn&r year years the Pro!'a" to keep us up grams nas .. itm, ' Mt,- . h. lutai or, nave to almost th be. a?Propriated from teams lees .and from gate rZ scratch as we did this year. rnlnto i . i van w, li iiHiir.11 . v mis deficit Aaron E. Jones, wrestling cards, which have Pres., Carbon College been generally very profitable. . V IZot '"V ... IIL?" DELUXE was othlr ba Was $269 75 $249.95 AFFOnD TO I IIURRY mi now DEMONSTRATION! mC0M UrnDx Iha equiprnunte" . tor our - continuec - , gh v.n ... feol-R'd- e Uy Tr ... "'ma,w T U'See WnUrtl ketball budget poo & Appliance Co. tht ha9 W"I 10' ,i . ' n Th llelper S ath etic ?tAfn 'or bas. 8Ure! Jy1001 &m,n m Utahi "AITERIES And Up Each Piece No' ?0K TIIE FACT THAT Lubricate- State Oil, ire repairing and Vulcanizing P,n.. MAT ithVlUt -'rt: lies of the first water. - THE MIDLAND wh,cl C8ts w,th ours. "H..,.;. P"-- e C08t Seat Covers Us for Expert Penxoll A Quaker li VIII . ,L no other . lD.e $.95 ' CONOCO PRODUCTS game OtW Aatemalk A FINE ASSORTMENT OF METAL LAWN FURNITURE in several Colors America's Newest, Most Modern Tire eXept eu" ropple small a.wanro t1V" the Ik,. .- Phone 170 h.4- wnh. CtH Urtt$WUif IN T0DAYI Ask about new Palace Furniture RDDE" U. S. ROYAL TERES of . with reba MISS THIS BARGAIN '7 eend"res actTvTt a jaw .... "Am r baseball ouits enh team has l"" YOU CAI1T and Steam CLEANING of Chassis & Motor ;r8-.- nd f "MR ET Cub n Summer Is Practically Here, and With its Coming is a Desire to Spend a Lot of Time in the Evenings Enjoying the Coolness of Your Lawn. You Can't Afford to Take Your Living Room Furniture Outside, Therefore, We Have the Solution A New Service CAR WASHING tf'..80 rn. no funds have urce. The Elks LCIITED QUANTITY . ' -- STANDARD n?? City. j HUfTT YOUR comn Lake pipeline r ! X-r- SUNLIGHT l.l e June 1, contractor. . nounce. At this time work I are 'being located and final cw' made of the route which win Salt Lake City via the Wolf Pass and Kamas. The carry crude oil from the Ran. Colorado oil fields to the neJ 7 " refinery now being const three miles north of Salt t , then-way- A Standard Oil Rangely-Sa- lt started It is hard to imagine a gambler so desperate to win a very small safety. ' prize that he would stake his own life, his family's or some other The latest available figures in. position of the car into the correct idicate that more than ten percent lane or person's. by the use of hand sig.; lne mtorists involved in all nals, or both. Unfortunate! v. it is not at .11 h.rA to pass ,.l?r. fatal accidents were driving on every vehicle Thean urge indication of is the same thing on the highway. Reckless passing, of which gambling the wrong side of the road. On emotional emmaturity and has no Is the prime ingredient, causes 49,000 accidents a about 13 out of Place in the year in which some rural highways, mind of the expert, 100 fatal accidents can be driver; and the driver who makes every one is killed or injured; according to accident reports;. That Is a lot attributed to too fast ' inn it as difficult as for other, too much gambling with life, and it does not include the thousands of soon, too .latepassing or with too little' cars to pass him possible is equally child chance-takethought. who have won the toss thus far. Unless ish and they mend Nearly everyine inherent risk involved in one has dangerous. and soon, they or their victims will be next at some time been the year's statistics. is the unknown. passing Vertical near victim of the "Eager, beaver" The psychology of improper passing seems to be a blind optimism curves, hills or a roadway may who, due to some psychological on the part of the driver that cannot bear nothing is coming around the curve or restrict vision and hide vehicles quirk in his make-up- , just heyond the area of vision; to stay behind the car ahead; over the hill to catch him while he is on the or, wrong side of the road. Horizontal curves often conceal the "road hog" who straddles the The fact that he has no possible knowledge of whether or what lies ahead, and approaching center not the way line, refusing to share the' vehicles frequently Mend is clear no aecond sight, no decep. highway with anyone not commv.i eye and no radar equipment to witn the background. lng with his prescribed rate of, guide him does not enter into his calculations at all. He is tired of uveiy t assing on the wrong side is speed. The rule "keep to the right poking along In line, it makes him feel superior to the other fellow to orten an accident cause. The saf. except when nassine" should he practice, and generally the adhered to by all motorists, wheth go whizzing past, and he feels pretty smug when he makes it safely. oniy lawful one, is to pass on the er they are moving at 30 or at 50 "Smart driving." he tells himself. "I knew left. Multlpleane express nothing was coming!" highways miles an hour. What if he fails? Have you ever seen a bad accident? Do and street cars sometimes provide you reexceptions to this rule. member the grinding of metal, the shattering glass, the screaming Misjudging the speed of other PUBLIC FORUM passengers; the (blazing gas and oil, the blood on the cars is another cause of highway? mishaps About the only way the Shocking? Of course. But so is our annual toll of criminal speed and EDITOR'S NOTE: Last week distance of an oncoming v,v,i,.i iui, preventable death and injury. Don't gamble with lives! .. : . T a nr rW can be judged is the with rapidity which it passes such landmarks such mixing as few thoughts relative to how Car-rs Start Ran9ely. Salt Oil Line Soon WAY AMERICAN "iTHE OF ROAD, MAIN CAUSES FOR TRAFFIC DEATHS lasuio Eviht Thursday B THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY i Uut. CENTER Will RRECKLESS PASSING, DRIVING ON WRONG SIDE ! Phone 307 HOME npl?,!01110 FOR THE ALWAYS m?S:.Y0U'LL Mutual Furniture & Hdw. ON JOHN SKERL, Manager 2 PnONE 37 iWt pim |