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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
free WHEELING
\ friend to all,
BurriS Ward.

travelling at 80 miles per hour,
and you're going 10, you can
safely get ahead of him in $50
feet.
9. You are approaching an
eight-sIded traffic sign with
the lettering pbltcrated by
weather, but you are sure it
means caution.
10. State law requires you TO
dim your headlights for oncom-
ing traffic at night.
ANSWERS
l. False. Even though the av-
erage driver takes considerably
less than a second to react TO
danger. his car VIII still move
~ feet during that interval.
?. False. Leava the brake a.
lone and keep you- foot on the
acCclcratOr since little power
to the rear wheels will help
COnteraCt sideSway. Better still,
though. SLOW down before you
get yourself in this dangerous
prediCament.
g. True. And there were HOB
fatalities in 1856 and ll65 in
1855. Accident injuries APP
proach 10000 every year.
4. False You r.sk a blowout
and actually require a longed
distance TO stop by the wheels.
To stop in the shortest possible
distance, either alternately step
on and release the brake pedal
or apply maximum pressure
possible just short of locking
the wheels.
5. False. Posted speed limits
apply only under ideal condi-
tons. In threatening or rainy
weather, legal speed limits may
often be dangerous. Always
govern your driving speed by
weather. road ard traffic con-
ditiOnS.
6. False. State law requies a
re-cXamina,ion for operators
permits every four years
7. True. Also. i you are slid
ing into danger. you can brake
very gently. Don't panic and.
apply the orakc5 hard. You.
only worsen the situation.
3. False. You will need a
minimum OF 900 feet.
3. False. An C!ght-sided, or
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
BY-BLL CROWELL

QUIZ Everytime you get
into your car to drive any dist
anCe, you take d brutal exam
ination for life. In this examin-
alton. what you don't know can
hurt you since just one mis-
take, one decision based on
misinfOrmation may cost a life
perhaps your own
Do you know enough to OPP
crate your car safely?
You can ocSt answer that
question for yourself AS a start
in weighing your knowledge,
and that of the ether drivers
in your family, see how many
of the following questions you
can answer. Some are not easy
but neither IS the examina-
ton you take every time you
slide behind the wheel of your
car.
Mark each question true or
false, then check the end of
tn column for correct answers.
l. If your reaction time is av-
erage and you're driving at 40
miles per hour. your car will
travel some Is feet before you
can hit the brakes in an emery
ency.
2. II through error you find
yourself driving too fast in a
curve, you should take your
foot off the accelerator and
press the brakes gently
8. More than 1000 persons
died in North Carolina traffic
accidents last year.
4. At 40 miles Fer hour. on a
dry road, the best way TO make
an emergency stop is to press
the brake pedal hard enough
to lock the wheels and hold it
there.
5. Posted speed limits are US
ually safe limits regardless of
the weather.
6. Drivers licenses. once is
sued. are good for life in North
Carolina.
Recovery from a skid will
be made easier 4 you leave the
clutch alone and turn your
front wheels in the direction OF
the skid.
8. II a car you want to pass is
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26

Cheating on traffic laws is
lawbreaking and accident max
ing.
The North Carolina Depart
ment Of Motor Vehicles urges
parents to find out what traffic
safety education .keir children
are receiving in school and CO.
ordinate their own instruction
with it.
Know and obey traffic laws
says the North Carolina Depart
ment Of Motor Vehicles. Disobey
the law and you risk your life
savings. your reputation, and
your Life.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
editorials . . .
ATTITUDE IS IMPORTANT

The anything goes as long as you
can get away with it, attitude seems
prevalent among a great many Tar
Heel drivers when it comes to the OBJ
servance of traffic laws.
And it is this attitude that is posing
a grave problem to traffic safety peo-
pie. It's impossible to station a high
way trooper along every mile of black
top, but you can't trust people of this
type to obey the law when they're
not being watched.
The result is that these problem
children of the highways are causing
countless traffic accidents every day.
And just how serious a problem is
it? Well, most recent figures from
the North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles show this:
Right-of-way - - per cent of the
traffic accidents are caused by failure
TO yield the right of way.
Speeding - about Is per cent of
our mishaps are caused by excessive
speed.
Following too closely - IL per
cent are the result of following other
vehicles too closely for safety.
Wrong side of the road - 10 per
cent OF the accidents result from
driving on the wrong side of the road,
not in passing.
All are violations of the traffic
laws.
All are potential death-dealers.
mus the relationship between traf-
Tic law violations and traffic accidents
Is pretty clearly established.
IL anyone had an easy solution to
this problem, including the editors
OF TINS newspaper, our traffic accident
could be cut appreciably. But so far
there's no prospect of anyone coming
up with wonder drug that will
palnleSsly inject d sense of RESPONSE
bllty into drivers. What most drivers
cant seem to undertand is that no.
body gets away with anything in
definitely, traffic lawlessness includ
ed. And we might add. that if a traffic
officer doesn't eventually catch I'D
with them, the law of averages most
aSsuredly will.
Since We have seen there is a def
mite relationship between traffic law
violations and accidents, this fact -
lorcefully presented - is about the
only thing we can count on to convince
laWbreakers of the error of their
ways. If not they will always take
one chance too many and wind up in
a wreck OF their own making.
On the other hand if they can be
persuaded that they are likely to suf-
Ter because of their irresponsible con-
duct they will probably act more
lntelllgently behind the wheel.
Ideas like Goods
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
HELP-A-CLUB

DTuHSWlCh CleCIIiC "SHiDSfSIiP
Corporation announced yesterday its
sponsorship of a "Help-a-Club" light
bulb promotion for the entire month
of March. The promotion will offer
a bargain" package of light bulbs
to electric users throughout the CO.
operatives service territory, and will
enable selling clubs to raise funds
for their various projects.
According to Hugh d. Vance, Elec-
triflcation Advisor, for Brunswick
Electric, the promotion will feature
the following:
Each bag of bulbs sold will contain
one Io-waIt, one loO-watt, and three
known brand, will be packaged III an
attractive plastic refrigerator bag.
Ordinary retail value OF the bulbs
and bag combined is $l.3l, but the
package Will sell for only SI.UU. The
net effect of this bargain price is
that brunswick Electric Is donating
the loU-watt bulb.
Vance said the bulbs will be sold
locally by members of the following
organizations: 1hs Bethel Home
Demonstration Club, Sandy Plains,
North Iatum, Wilnng W orkers, IN
ion Valley, hallsboro, Bolton, onllon,
smyrna, Antioch, Cerro Goruo, home
makers, Lebanon, Western Prong, and
ChadDourn ii. ID. CIuuS. AIsu Uulus
can be purchased from llr " ms
Marsh-ked nlIl CONTINUING De,r.vy-
ment group, LIE FRA L,rie.v-.., ..-.,.
A, Acme DeICU, 4u >u.,.--..-.
available to members III DrumswIcn
County by the nome DrIuUus,. -,.V.l
CLUBS and Community De.e.v,...cu,
groups. 1 ne names OF THESE CIuU, l.a,c
not yet been cOnIrIueu.
For each bag OF Du.us sO.., t..,
clubs VIII earn LJc 70 suppv., ......
various prOJectS. Vance a.,.u ,...., &c..
cooperative VIII not ca.4 ........
on the sales, Out Is un,.c. ,.....
whole promotion ana VIA I,,............
bulbs not SOFA uunne --...~-..
We feel UnaI IuIs - - 49,,
tunity Tor electrIc users no. ,..... e.,
improve their home ll.n,4..., -. .....
gam, out 10 neIp ...,..
aS we'll, Vance SaIu. lie s,...- -...
the bulbs Will be asaIiao4s :.
sons living in Brunswick Electric's
general service territory, whether
they be members of the cOoperali,o
or not. He also emphasized that there
will be no limit on the number -.
bulb packages a person may buy.
The "Help-a- Club" bulb promotion
is a feature of the cooperative's Tar
heel Plan for Rural Electric Living"
a broad improvement program spon-
sored by all electric cooperatives in
the state through Tarheel Electric
Membership Association in Raleigh
octagonal shaped sign, either COINS cut p
raJ .luayS rnpana - No
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
PLAIN
TALK
BY AL HARRISON
A CLASSIFIED AID

!helton Boyd was scratching for the words to
use in classified ad concerning the sale of his pure
bred chhauhau refuse to look up the correct spell
ing). He mentioned that the dog was housebrokep
and had good disposition.
why not add that he could be trained to carry
stove wood?" asked.
Come to think of it, that doesn't sound like morh
of chore. lot of husbands carry stove wood and
their life isn't much better than that of a purebred
chihauhau. In some cases it isn't as good
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
NO BETTER WAY

c. w. Mills, auctioneer, couldn't have found
better to the hearts of Tabor City folks than his
words of praise for Mrs. Mary Mary Todd in a recent
Tribune ad.
When you say nice things about someone t2vat
everybody likes you make enemies.
OF course everybody who has eaten at Mrs
Todds has passed along praise to others. Thus, her
dining room is never empty and those who grace her
table never complain.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26

Has anyone ever noticed how
nothing improves ones driving
like having a police car follow
ing.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26

.eamS cut perc 2ption distance
from IS TO 30 per cent, accord
ing to tests. Always dim your
headlights and slew down when
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26

octagonal shaped sign, eithe.
red or yellow, always means
tops. Nothing else.
10. True. The glare from hi
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26

Ideas are like seeds. After wears
OF lying dormant they may suddenly
spread like lightning rapidity.
-Gaetana Salyemini
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
ADVERTISING PAYS

Advertising is intangible. A merchant can't
always place true value. 1t often appears that it
does him not bit of good. He naturally often
hates to spend the money.
Last week | walked into Prince Brothers Furniture
Store to talk with Arthur about two things. The
results of his last weeks ad and his plans for this
weeks advertising.
"A man walked in on Thursday morning and said
he had the bedroom suite advertised in the
Tribune and bought it," Arthur commented.
similar story repeated by another adver
tiSer.
That's why it isn't difficult for to call -
other merchants every week and solicit their adver-
Using 1t pays dividends. Not every person will tell
you that he advertised in the Tribune but for
certain chances of selling merchandise better
when you let people know about it.
Show a who advertises regularly and
I'll show you a man who does business.
AND FROM THE FAN
Il admire you for saying what you think even
when what you think is kind of stupid" noted -
reader of mine in recent letter
Seems all / get from letters is insults and filler
materials for this column.
PREDICTION?
There's the next president of the United States"
he said he pointed at the man being interviewed
television.
The Harry S. Truman.
The driver who obeys all Has noticed how
highway signs and nothing improves ones driving
the driver Who lives like having police follow
er and travels farther. ing
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26

the other fellow won't dim his,
SUDDEN THAWT Even
small cars can rake big acct
dents.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
6. GARLAND SAYS:
Who Can Have A
Retirement Plan Through
Life Insurance?

l. Anyone who a small amount OF
their current earnings each month year.
2. Many people have the idea that a Retirement
Plan is only designed for the man with a
large income
3 You may be surprised to know how much
$500 week savings would give you ut
tirement age in addition to your Social
Security. male. age 80, earning $4,000 per
week, would get Approximately S115.00 per
month at age IS, including Social Security
1. How many people have you known to reach
retirement are with certain amount of cash
and were afraid 70 spend it because they
afraid they would outve the amount of
money that they had?
5. Retirement Plan guarantees specified
monthly income beginning at age so to 70 for
life in an income you not outlive.
g. See our ad next week for detailed expana-
ton.
G. Garland Fowler Life Insurance
Agency And Associates
Life Insurance Insured Saving. Plan Planning
Annuities . Retirement Plans Mortgage insurance
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
MERCHANTS MEET COMING UP

The annual merchants association meeting is only
a few days away. Election of officers will highlight
the affair. =
This years officers have done tremendous lob
Ruey Hewett has served ably as president. Being
president is thankess but important job. Ruey has
done fine job and much of the progress made this
past year be attributed directly to his efforts
believe the Merchants Association is the strongest
now that it has ever been.
mentioned the other day that I'd like get fired
so | could count on two weeks severance check.
was quickly informed by several in the group That
when a fellow fired he had no claim any kind
of severance pay and was not eligible for unemploy
ment benefits withdrew my idea of being fired after
being furnished the facts of life.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-02-26
AND FROM THE FAN
A PREDICTION?

The driver who obeys AL
highway signs, signals and mark
ers is the driver Who lives long
err and travels farther.
Evening star., 1958-07-13
FASHION TIPS
FOR SUMNER

When you wear your hair
in a French twist or chig-
non you can wear hats
with fitted crowns by PIN
ming up your hair in q
high, fiat twisted loop.
X Il r.
Don't risk q bad sunburn
when you are out in the
sun all day. To protect the
back of your neck. wear a
flattering wide brimmed
straw hat. 1t also will help
prevent squint lines around
the eyes.
Il ~
Flattering summer hats
of both organza and horse
hair give a definite feeling
and look of coolneSs, even
though the weather may be
"Steamy."
X 4 4 n
Newest trick for smart
shoppers: A two-way hat.
Hat No. /, a tie-under-the-
chin pixie hat for driving.
Hat No. 2, a romantic
crownless brim fitting over
the pixie hat or worn alone.
Evening star., 1958-07-13
Army Nurses
In AIQsko

The desire to travel is one
of the reasons many nurses
: join the United States Army
Medical Service.
But seven Army nurses
currently stationed in Alaska
didn't know they would have
a sort of bonus in the form
of an on-the-Spot chance to
see a new State come into
being.
The seven, who come from
practically every section of
the country, are assigned at
four military installations
Fort Richardson, Anchorage:
Fort Greely, Wildwood Sta
ton. Kenai, and Whittier, ac-
cording to a release from the
Technical Liaison Office, Sur
geon General Of the Army.
Evening star., 1958-07-13
By MARY L. VAUGHAN
star star writer

When Phyllis Koberg sits
at her ONCE desk thinking Of
far-on Hawaii, the Caribbean
or Greece, she isn't Just day
dreaming.
For eight hours a day. the
blue-eyed blond lives and
thinks travel-planning trips
on and of the worlds beaten
paths for other people.
Miss Koberg is a travel
counselor in the American
Automobile Associations In
, ternational Travel Depart
ment.
For a girl who likes to
travel, she thinks she has
found the perfect niche.
After graduation from
Washington-Lee High School
In Arlington, she attended
Madison College in Har-
risonburg. Va, for two years.
Then she left school to
take a job in reservations
with q local airline.
II became interested in
more extensive travel" she
says, "and decided a travel
agency would offer more
variety in transportation
and the planning Of trips"
10 Phone Lines
Each day finds 20-year-old
Phyllis at her desk, where
10 phone lines ring con-
stantly with travellers and
would-be travellers posing
problems of tour arrange
ments, puzzling questions or
international queries.
In addition to planning
trips for people," she ex-
plains. "our Office also issues
international documents,
passports for automobiles,
international drivers per-
mits and European insur-
ance."
The stream Of daily calls
have their funny side, she
confides. "One man called
one day to ask how much it
would cost to send a thermos
jug of tropical fish to the
Fiji Islands. She referred
him to the freight forward
ing associations.
Miss Koberg says her trip
planning job must be taken
seriously with no allowance
for mistakes. when you
know some people give us
$4,000 to $4,000 worth of
Evening star., 1958-07-13

tical nursing school was in
stalled last faH and the
course is accredited by the
National Association for
Practical Nurse Education.
The first II weeks are de-
voted to pre-clinical train
ing at the school and for the
next 80 weeks students work
at the Georgetown University
Hospital under supervision of
the schools nursing in
structor.
Students may be from 18 to
SO years of age and it is pre-
ferTed that they hold a high
school diploma. Good phys
ical and mental health is a
requirement.
Personal Interviews
Applicants are accepted
only after personal inter-
views arranged by the school
and a pre-entrance test is
given to each woman who
meets initial qualifications.
Students are required to
live at the school and, while
there is no charge for room
or meals, they assist in cer-
tain duties such as operat-
ing the switchboard, waiting
on the table. turning out the
lights and locking the house
at night. They also are ex-
pected to take care Of their
rooms.
Every State but Utah has
been represented among the
400 graduates of Hannah
Harrison since it was opened
in 1850. Foreign students
also have been included. The
present class of six taking
Evening star., 1958-07-13
AND IT'S WORK. TOO
Phyllis Koberg
Likes to TrQVeI

business to handle and that
some have saved all their
lives, for years and years to
take a planned trip, then, II
we make any big mistakes in
the handling. 1t can be q
tragedy"
Fortunately. she says,
there are very few mistakes
made. She recalled when
she was new at the job, she
started of with air travel,
making reservations. routing
one man TO his proper desti-
nations. Il was not familiar
with writing tickets and I
put the wrong time on his
departure. When he got to
the airport, the plane was
gone"
In that particular case, the
man caught another plane
almost Immediately, Miss
Koberg said. But. If he had
missed his plane to Europe
it could have been tragic.
There is a great responsible
ity in planning travels"
She Travels, Too
Miss Koberg personally has
toured a great part of the
United States and hopes to
visit in Europe IN the futures
Last spring her trayelirlg
urge was fulfilled when she
placed second in a national
auto club contest, winning
Evening star., 1958-07-13


the practical nursing course
includes enc young woman
from the Netherlands.
The serious need for
licensed practical nurses
prompted the school to add
the nursing course last year.
Miss Poole said Georgetown
Hospital officials have said
they would be happy to keep
all Of this years class.
Students who enroll for
institutional housekeeping
may be from l8 to SIS years
old.
Evening star., 1958-07-13
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Free Training Offered
In Practical Nursing

With its first class in prac-
tical nursing scheduled to
graduate In August, the Han
nah Harrison School of the
YWCA is accepting applica-
tions for the 1958-59 term
which begins in September.
The unique residential vo-
cational school for women is
preparing for an enrolment
Of between Is and 20 for the
course which was added to
the curriculum last fall.
Students attend free Of
charge on a scholarship"
basis--the scholarships in
cluding room and board plus
instruction. Miss Genevieve
Poole, director of the school.
estimates the practical nurse
course would cost close to
$4,000 if the students had
to pay the expenses it covers.
A nine-month institutional
housekeeping course also will
be offered next year.
On Macarthur Boulevard
The school, which is To-
Gated at 4470 Macarthur
boulevard NV. was endowed
by the late Julius Garfnckel-
who left the major part of
his estate to the Young
Women's Christian Associa-
ton of the District for the
purpose of establishing a vo-
cational school as a memorial
to his mother, Hannah Har-
rison. Eventually it will be
able to take care of about As
students. though accommo-
dationS at present are lin
tied to about 30.
Equipment for the prac-
Evening star., 1958-07-13
THE SUNDAY STARD-11
Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, July ~, 1888

sociation is still a favorite.
"The thing ! like about it
is the contact with the pub
lic." she maintains" ] never
could begin TO imagine there
are so many kinds Of people
all interesting"
Evening star., 1958-07-13

area more realistic. Nov I
can tell travellers Of the
sights from irst-hand knowl-
edge"
Miss Koberg lives in Ar
lington with her parents and
in her spare time collects
records. swims. plays tennis
or goes dancing.
But her Job with the AS
Evening star., 1958-07-13

an all-expense-paid week In
Jamaica. courtesy Of the Ja-
maica Tourist Bureau.
Miss Koberg added a weeks
vacation and toured Puerto
Rico and Haiti where she
found the scenery spectacu-
lar.
The trip, she thinks, makes
her tour planning in that
Evening star., 1958-07-13
2 -o- 1925

Sotin lostex panels, power net Sides woist-cinct
bonded top. Small, medium and large.
Corsets and Bras-3rd Floor Washington:
End Floor, Silver Spring and PARKtHgtOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-23
c. 7. Shropshire
Renamed Head Of
Electric Institute

Charles r. Shropshire, vice
president Of General Electric
Supply Co.. was reelected
president Of the Electric In
stitute Of Washington ct the
annual business meeting yes
terday.
Other institute officers. who
also win be installed at the 2tth
annual dinner and dance Of
the institute at the Shoreham
Hotel on February 10. follow:
Allan r. Dresner. vice presi-
dent Of Douglas Distributing
Corp. vice president: James H.
Crawford. owner Of General
Electronics. secretary: John r.
Hanlon, assistant manager Of
Washington Branch. Westing-
house Electric. treasurer.
New directors include: d. r.
Hahn. assistant to the presi-
dent. Potomac Electric Power
Co.: s. r. Hill. Sears Roebuck:
Nathan L. Whitecotton. vice
president. General Electric: H.
Z. Yields. commercial manager,
Potomac Electric.
More than 800 members Of
the institute. their wives and
guests are expected to attend
the annual dinner. according to
Chairman Dick Haas. The din
ner will launch National Elec-
trical Week in memory Of
Thomas A. Edison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-23
BANKS TO THWART
EMBEZZLERS WITH
FORCED LEAVES

RALEIGH. N. c.. Jan.
% R.-The North Caro-
lima State Banking Com
mission adopted q plan
yesterday 70 thwart EN-
bezzlers by requiring all
bank employees to take an
nual vacations.
Commissioner Ben r.
Roberts. who proposed the
plan. explained that In
studying two recent bank
embellishments, investiga-
tors found that both en-
bezzlers had not taken Q
vacation for several years.
When Q man Is run
ming q shortage" Mr.. Rob-
erts said. I'VE feel II he gets
out Of the bank for at least
six days he will be discov-
cred by the man who takes
his place.
"A man can't manipulate
those shortages unless he
Is right there on the job"
Mr.. Roberts proposal.
quickly adopted by the
commission. requires an
nual vacations Of six con-
secutive days for employees
Of banks which operate six
days q week and five con-
secutive days for employees
Of banks which operate i've
days o week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-23
Postwar Job Peak

GROTON. Conn. Jan. % LF1.
Employment at General Dy-
namics Corps Electric Boat
Division is at q postwar peak
Of 7.4T8 as the shipyard moves
ahead to speed production Of
nuclear submarines.