Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-05

pensive and convenient, and
it can be safe. Before starting
on your trip, have you car
thoroughly ch e c k e d over.
When you drive to your va
cation destination, don't rush.
If more than one person can
dlive, take turns so that no
body gets overtired. A sleepy
driver is a dangerous driver.
One moments doing at the
wheel may result in tragedy.
Pull off the road if necessary
and take a nap. Remember,
you're on a trip, not hurrying
to work. It's no disgrace to
have other cars pass you. Re-
lax and enjoy yourself =
that's what vacation is for.
And here's something else to
keep in mind. Not all the cars
on the highway are shiny 1949
models. The number of fatal &C
cidents involving unsafe vehicles
rose alarmingly during and after
the last war. Recent figures
show a break in this trend as
more and more new cars appear
the road, but just the same
~ wise to remember that many
cars on the highway may not be
safe.
And don't forget to Watch
out for children" With school
over for the summer, many of
them may be playing along the
highway.
When you reach your vacation
spot, don't try to cram two
weeks recreation into the first
day or. two. A good slogan for
all vacationerS is take it easy"
We often say that to our friends
starting out on a trip, but how
many of us are willing to accept
our own advice? Maybe the
teen-agerS really like to get up
at dawn, go swimming, play sew
eral sets of tennis, ride horse
bAck all afternoon, and dance
ali evening-but that's no pro-
gram for the tired business man
or the overworked housewife.
Overexertion can be really dan
gerous for older people-and by
that don't mean just the grand
parents in the family. l mean
people in their forties, who
sometimes find it particularly
difficult to accept the fact that
they're no longer in their twen-
ties. Our hearts and bodies gen.
orally lose some of their youth
full pep and bounce as the years
pass, and there's no sense pre-
tending it isn't so-especially on
a vacation.
Moderation, the keynote for
q successful vacation, applies to
eating and drinking. too. No
one really enjoys a vacation that
Al lust series of hilarious eve
flmgs followed by days of hang
overs. Although everyone should
know that drinking and driving
Just don't mix, the National
Safety Council reports that in
1916 drivers who had been
drinking were involved in ap-
prorimately 20 per cent of all
fatal motor vehicle accidents. In
Toledo your Safety Council, a
Red Feather service, is ever ac-
tive in helping to keep the acci-
dent record low.
Apart from alcohol, there are
other precautions to be observed
about drinking on vacations.
When people speak of drink
ing," they usually refer just to
alcoholic beverages, but there
may be real danger in an inno-
cent-looking glass of milk or
even water that you drink when
VIu're on your vacation. PreW-
ously we spoke about vacation
few, r." To refresh your memoir
les on that point, vacation fe-
yer" is a name that is sometimes
applied to a disease that is all
too common in Ohio-brucello-
sis or undulant fever. Why the
name vacation fever?" Many
people pick up the disease while
they're on their vacations-from
drinking raw milk. Unfortu-
nately there are still places in
our state where raw milk is sold.
It's good idea, when you're eat
ing and drinking places you
don't know about, to ask If the
milk is pasteurized. If it isn't,
you'd better not drink it. OF
course, if there are children in
the family, it's important that
you have milk for them. And if
fu're not sure about the milk
pply the best thing is to take
along canned milk. All the pop
ular brands are pure and whole
some. If you wish, you can ask
your doctor to recommend one.
If there's any doubt about the
purity of the drinking water,
that too should be boiled, espe-
cially if the supply comes direct
ly from a lake, river, or stream.
A water supply may be danger
Gus, even though nobody had
ever been known to become ill /
from using it. Contamination
may have entered the water sup
ply very recently, and you may
he the first tn suffer froy,n II Ifl