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Show I ? viewpoint 1; CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor BUSY INTERSECTION IS SAFETY HAZARD 5. Since taking up residence in Roosevelt and assuming editorship of the Roosevelt Standard, I have carefully stud-. ied a number of community problems that, if solved, would U greatly enhance our fair city and make it more desirable i' as a place to establish a home and engage in business. I Several times I have made observations and comment ! about some of these . . . Some progress has been made, and I other projects are being considered, by those who have the I power and authority to act . . . There is still much to be . j done! ' In my opinion the most glaring safety hazard I have observed in the four months I have been here is the La-goon-Main street intersection. I'm not setting myself up as a prophet; neither am I making a prediction; but if this city c-ts by without a serious accident on that intersection as the traffic increases and no control is placed over pedes-j pedes-j trians or drivers of vehicles, then I will be thankful, and j all you people who walk or ride across and along these i two streets will be mighty lucky. ! The other night a discussion came up al a meeting I attended about demanding the Highway Traffic department of the Utah State Road Commission to place a semaphore light that could be used to slow down the stream of traffic that pounds along our city's main street, and at the same time give protection to you and me as we' cross the street. I talked this over with Mayor Homer Edwards the other night and he nd the council feel exactly as I do, and 1 as was expressed by the members of the Kiwanis club. ! It seems that attempts made in the past to have a ' light set up at this intersection have been taken very lightly by the State Road Commission, with some sort of a flimsy xcuse that there must be something like 550 cars every ,; !hour moving over a certain spot before they will consent , to assist a city with its traffic problems, i Sounds like double-talk to me. 1 There isn't a week passes without one to a dozen news releases and cartoons coming to my editorial desk urging 1 support of safety programs that will reduce traffic accidents 1 '. . . . Thai's as it should be, and no one is a more religious believer in these programs . . . You and I would go the limit to save a life, or to keep someone from getting - all s.nashed vp ir i car Teekv Is the price of saving a potential, life on the intersection intersec-tion of Lagoon and Main strees worth the price of a traffic light to the State Road Commission? ... I ask the ques- . lion now it's up to someone to make an intelligent and consistent answer to it. . . This paper, I promise, will fight to save the lives of the people who walk and ride the highways high-ways of this state, and will not relax until something .has been done to make this particular corner safe for all of us. If you are in agreement with this comment, .then do something about it. Write a letter to the powers that be in the State Road Commission and let them publicly give us the reasons why we aren't entitled to the same protection the people in the larger centers of the state are given. v E v BLOOD DONOR PROJECT DRAWS PRAISE FOR SECOND WARD .... Tuesday of this week 33 persons in Roosevelt and immediate im-mediate area responded to a call made by the leaders of the Roosevelt second ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Latter-Day Saints, and donated 33 pints of blood, which has been taken to the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City for storage. According to an announcement made by Ezra J. Nixon, Nix-on, bishop, the Second ward had drawn heavily on the LDS hospital for blood, used for its membership, who had been taken there for treatment. What is true of the Second ward is the case in the Roosevelt ward and perhaps other wards in this area. Reports coming from the local hospital where the blood . was taken from the 33 volunteers, indicate thai they came from other wards as well as the Second . . . And every donor made the contribution willingly, realizing that one never knows when he, or his family might be in need of blood. Bishop Nixon made it very clear' that just because his ward sponsored the project, it did not mean that the blood " would not be used when and wherever it was needed. I commend the Second ward leaders for conceiving such an important project, and especially do I compliment the 33 persons who voluntarily gave a pint of their blood that some unfortunate might be saved from death. v E v WILL STUDY POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING LAGOON STREET At a meeting of the Roosevelt city council last Monday night serious thought and consideration was given to the possibility of extending Lagoon street east across the Gulch with the idea of making another entrance to the area of the Union high school. The thinking of Mayor Edwards and the council, was not necessarily to acquire another street, but rather to eliminate a safety hazard that will develop the minute the new school is opened next fall, its always dangerous when youngsters have to use the highway as a sidewalk . . . And that's what will happen if another route is not conceived con-ceived to accommodate a portion of the kids who will go there. If you are in favor of the project, call Mayor Edwards or any member of the city council, or the recorder, and let them know your attitude. . . . By the same token, if you are against it, then let them know that as well. v E v TIME Is the Ultimate Commodity . . . SAVED It -Is The Most Valued Possession . . . LOST It Cannot Bt Recovered! 30 |