Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-18


% recognition with medals. emblems
and certificates at countrywide
safety meeting held in the Vance
county court house Friday evening
The awards were furnished by the
Carolina Motor Club.
The program of the evening also
included a rousing, interesting and
highly instructive address on highway
safety by w. Y. Hosier, safety di-
rector of the club, also the showing
Of a talking picture entitled, 1--WE
Drivers"
But for a severe thunderstorm that
broke over the community just at the
time for the crowd to gather, it was
believed that the court room would
have been filled for the meeting. AS
il was, estimates placed the crowd at
something over 100, consisting of men.
women and children who braved the
elements to attend
Awards Presented.
Gold star driver emSlems, each
bearing six stars, and each star re-
presenting five years of safe driving.
were presented to B. Frank Harris,
with a record of 81 years. and Mrs.
Harris. with record of 20 years, as
the man and woman in the county
wit hthe longest records to their
credit as shown in the applications
received in the recent poll conduct
ed by the Henderson Daily Dispatch
These two awards also carried men,
bership in the Gold Star Drivers of
America, an organization fostered by
the American Automobile Association
Next highest safe driving records
for a man and a woman, went to S.
S. Stevenson, with 90 years to his
credit, and Mrs. Clara d. Toepleman.
with a record of 25 years.
Framed certificates for the next ten
highest went to JAG. r. Biller, 27
years. W. c. Gates, c. E. Page, Will
liam c. Stainback, Asa A. Hardee, c.
s. Harris. j. c. Gardner, Claude T.
Duke, ]. t. Pegram and j. B. Gee, all
with % years to their credit.
In addition to these, certificates
were presented to eleven others to
round out the IS. these being Latt
wilkinson, Mrs. Roy W. Morris, Stan
ley W. Powell, c. c. Gupton and
Joseph L. Hoyle each with a safety
record of "a years; M. w. Wester,
Thomas Skinner Kittrell, William
Lewis Long, Mrs. J. x. Plummer and
Sheriff Jesse Edward Famlet+, each
with a record of % years, and Mrs. w.
c. Gates, ST., with a record of %
years.
Nearly 60 application blanks for
awards were sent in to the Daily Dis
patch as a result of the campaign con-
Quoted two weeks ago. They were
from the city and various parts of
the county. Only the IS highest rec
ords were recognized however, in the
presentation of awards.
Local People Participate.
Mayor Henry T. Powell presided at
the meeting and presented Mr..
Hcsier The awards were presented
by T. P. Gholson. Arrangements for
TIC meeting here were made by A.
Nj Higgins, safety director of the
Carolina Motor Club, with W.. C.
Ca.es, local manager of the club. The
awards committee was announced as
I p. Gholson, c. o. Seifert and Henry
A Dennis.
During the meeting pamphlets were
distributed to all children present.
These deal with safety in driving, and
in each pamphlet was a blank that
could &c filled out after reading the
pamphlet, and sent in for a Junior
Gold Star Drivers badge. There were
MANY children in the audience.
The talking picture exhibited safe
and dangerous habits of driving, and
showed the consequences of the cor
duct of careless and drunken driv-
crs.
Hosier's Talk Gripping.
Nj. Hosier's talk was on the theme,
What Will Man Give for His Life 2"
He centered his thought on the three
Els" = Education, Engineering and
Enforcement - as solution of the
murder on the highways" in Amer
lea. He advocated education of chill
dren in the schools in the rudiments
of motor driving, and said the motor
club organizations were ready to fur
nish the training free if the schools
would but accept it. He declared road
engineers know how and were ready
and anxious to build safer highways
il the public would provide the money
And then the duty of enforcement was
that of the public officials, but esual-
ly as important is the backing of the
public itself in support of that en-
forcement.
Mr. Hosier analysed statistics on
fatal and non-fatal highway accidents,
showing only small proportion OF
them were due to mechanical failure
of the cars, or to bus or taxicab driv