The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-18
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Engineer Sunday School Superintendent
Can t Be CalIous About Highway Deaths
BY JOHN STICK

Highway deaths are so common
place most persons become callous
about them Not so William A..
Jones
Jones. an NIT and Harvard
trained engineer refused to look at
highway carnage as cold statistics.
Instead he maintains fighting
concerned interest of the whole
man he is. Christian. engineer. par
ent. American and determined citi-
zen.
How. asks this Sunday school
superintendent of many years. can
Christian view death. destruction
heartache and not be moved to
action?
William A Jones. engineer and
serious student Of good citizenship
Just isn't going to sit still while
10000 die a year; 400, 900 sustain
disabling injuries
Everywhere Opportunity
portunity there is 50 much Of
il for al yon e who looks s..
beckons. Here he was. an Omaha
Neb.. engineer visiting his son-in-
law and daughter the Rev and
Mrs. Nat Brummitt. OF Spring Greek
Church at Darlington Heights. He
managed few minutes for call
at the Herald
Jones hardly gets started talking
before one realizes this stocky.
pleasantly featured man Of So is a
crusader. This CORPS 0! Engineer
executive has funnelled working
lifetime Of safety emphasis into a
book let. Am l My Brother S
Keeper" He came to The Herald
TO tell about it.
Like him. this pamphlet is in
tense. pointed and thought-provok-
ing. Some years ago when he was
employed at Fort Worth. Texas. he
set down his ideas about safety
II became the booklet one. as il
states. for personal guidance.
Now it is in its 5th printing. with
500. 900 copies altogether in circula-
ton. On the surface. half million
copies sounds big. but this crusader
is also practical To reach the "
million American drivers at that
rate would take 3O8 years.
The years have taught William
A. Jones. not to expect miracles.
They have also taught him the
value of ceaseless plugging
Big Companies Want
The worth OF his booklet has been
discovered by some pretty highly
placed organizations. Recently he
has had reprinting requests from
Tidewater Oil Co.. at Tulsa. Okla
Aluminium Co of America. at Pitts
burgh. Pa. and the Seattle. Wash
Power and Light Co
The booklet offers guidance for
everyone wanting to do something
about the problem Suppose. ask
Jones. every employer required
drivers of his vehicles to digest 1t:
suppose every convention or vaca-
ton going person read ii after
all they must get there before en-
loving either event. suppose civic
groups made it required reading
for membership?
Getting such things into motion
is little enough to do and Jones
loses no opportunity to try. even in
Guiding getting newspapers to de
scribe his booklet
The neat. 2o-page booklet is
practical and precise. much as one
would expect from an engineer. IT
devotes section to driving rules
there is another on grim statistics.
another on how to start ones own
safety crusade.
Bible Called On
It also contains Ten Command
ments Of Good Driving. with mum
erous. Biblical references caution
ing and urging personal qualities
that make for safety: responsibility
to the home: zealousness: respect
for others, civic righteousness
forethought
The booklet is available in I'M
limited quantities without cost from