Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29
Shell Puppet Show At
Post Office Viewed
By Large Crowds;
Crusader Car Patrols
Streets; Officials Are
Photographed.

Yesterdays war against screw
driving and traffic bonerS was
ended in a complete victory for the
police department, Chief of Police
J. H. Langston announced this NOR
ming. Screwdriving, the scourge of
the economy-minded motorist, has
been wiped right off the streets of
Henderson-for good, Chief Langs-
ton hopes.
Chief LangSton has been handling
the local Share-the-rOad campaign,
sponsored by the police department,
in cooperation with the local Shell
dealers, and endorsed last week Dy
Mayor Henry T. Powell and other
city officials.
Features of the war against
screwdriving were the appearance
of unique puppet show, and a
courtesy crusader sound car, which
patrolled the most heavily travelled
streets all day Friday, pointing out
the necessity for good manners on
the streets as a means Of reducing
traffic congestion.
The puppet show, which wound
up it's brief stay in Henderson with
a farewell appearance late yesterday
afternoon in front Of the Post Office,
showed to an estimated attendance
of 5000 people during the day.
The star actress of the puppet
heroes and heroines was unanimous
ly conceded to be Lucille. nifty
brunette with large brown eyes and
shapely legs Under the gentle guild
ing fingers of one of the two pro-
fesSional manipulatorS working on
the bridge above stage, Lucille
nobly spurned the efforts of Screw
driver Oscar to talk her into taking
a ride with him.
And a fortunate thing it was,
too, for shortly afterwards Oscar,
gaily engaged IN practicing the art
of driving without hands on the
wheel, did neat flip-flop onto the
concrete highway, and nearly met
with disaster.
The puppets preached against the
sins of screwdriving, showing just
what should and what should not
be done behind the wheel.
The courtesy crusader police car,
loaned to the police department by
the local Shell dealers, also demon
strated to motorists that beating
traffic lights, double parking,
making wrong turns, and other
examples of bad traffic manners, are
directly responsible for at least Is
per cent of the traffic congestion on
Garnett street and the other
heavily-travelled streets of Hender-
son.
The crusader car announcer
pointed out that traffic congestion
hits motorists right in their. pocket
books, because il causes so much
stop-and-go driving and shifting of
gears. This type of driving, he said,
is three times as expensive as drlv-
ing on the open road.
The purpose of the entire share
the-road campaign is to encourage
motorists to respect the rights Of
their fellow drivers, just as they re-
spect the rights Of guests in their
homes.
All the Shell station dealers in
and near Henderson are cooperating
in the courtesy campaign, which
will extend through the rest of the
summer. These dealers have estab-
lished share e-the-road headquarters
at their stations, where campaign
emblems are available and where
all motorists are invited to join.
The Puppet show pleased large
audiences at each performance, and,
at the same time, taught the moral
of courtesy driving.
George E. Hughes, safety director
of Shell Oil Company, Inc, manned
the microphone of the Courtesy
Crusader car, which was chauffered
by Police Sergeant C. c. Harris, and
pointed out to motorists "screw-
driving" Mayor Henry T. Powell