Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1953 — Page 8

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Traffic Accidents Laid To Poor Driving Habits

By JACK SCHREIBMAN (Daily Democrat Reporter) Two hundred years of life and more than $85,000 have gone down the drain in Adams eonnty and Decatur since the beginning of ‘ the year, byway of the great, modern miracle, the car. , That may sound like a diatribe against the car, but it really isn’t, ft’s only that convention permits one to take out indignation against a twisted "blob of rubble that was once a car, rather than against the bloodless, sightless mass of flesh that was one a man or woman. This may come as something of a shock to readers who have blamed their misfortunes on the road --how lucky that you may utter any word at all —to ards or the other guy . . . but in Decatur at least there are very few physical hazards-, if any. Thumbing through the 125-odd accidents investigated by city police so far this year, in hopes of finding one place where more accidents happened than in other places, it suddenly dawned upon this reporter that it couldn't be done. Oh, probably, there are spots in the state where hazards exist —but there aren’t many in Decatnr. Step by step let’s take a look at the kind of tangles folks in Decatur get into with their ears. It isn’t a very funny subject but there are some people who will recognize themselves and murmur: “huh, how in the world < auld I have done that”? r \ There- were no fatalities in the city so far this year, but cars were damaged to the tune of more than $15,000, and something like 20 people either received treatment for injuries or spent some time at the Adams county memorial hospital. * Second street leads the pack in accidents with 13 to its credit. The rest are spread over the city, leaving a scant two or three streets without a nut, a bolt or some rubbier as a memento. Can you remember the time you A »acked up without observing care- . fully where you were going? If you can’t then you’re a very lucky man. because about 35 drivers in the city can. They can’t forget it, it cost them money. ’ records show that indiscriminate backing, not looking, is the bane of existence here. And there doesn't seem to be a favorite for it, either, any old place will do; an alley: an intersection; you pick it, the records have it. A driver who trusts to luck, when backing his car, that no one is around, is inviting the undertaker. Next time you back up your car. why not look out of the window as well as in the miror. For shorter folks, who aren’t in the proper driving position a

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pillow might help. Could save you a dented fender, maybe even your life. Next we have the mere frustrating type of accident, the front to tear jobs. What, readers, appears to be the reason one car will smash headlong into a car ahead of it that is not moving? The driver's eyes were not where they should have been. Anybody else got a better suggestion? For no apparent reason it happens. And in one case it cost the life of a man this year. Driving calls for the undivided attention of the driver. py prepare to take the conser quefrces. Sometimes it’s death. Anybody j-eady? " (The signs religious groups put up along the road asking, “are you: prepared to meet your Maker," are very much to the point, it stems.) Npw we approach violations of one kind or another that cannot be made to stick in the courts. (Thit will come later, and how.) The confident driver approaches an intersection clearly marked with the yellow hexagon proclaiming' “Stop.” Does our man stop? Almost, but not quite, and he finds himself surveying the damage to his door. Here now we come to the lazy ones; the* lazier ones, shall we say. They refuse to turn their necks to see what’s coming up. And here’s where- the real innocents pdy the piner. These folks are parked to begin with, and wish to enter the stream of traffic. Cqmmon sense commands one to turn around and see what is behind, but. alas, it has flown the coop-and a body and fender man pays his rent for another month. Oddly, women are the most to blame for these accidents. Seems to be some aversion to turning around. It , may be that they hold too much stock in rear-view mirrors. Let it be understood that only so much scope is covered by the mirror — the rest, the blind spot, is where the trouble lies. Next ori the hit parade comes the Class of drivers who consider themselves whizzes at the wheel. This has been found to be open roaditis. A curious mixture of ov-er-confidence. a heavy foot, and an inferiority complex. These are the hoys w-ho misjudge spaces. There's a lot of them. They think there's enough room to squeeze in between a double-parked car and la single parked car. Next stop, the instibance man. This misplaced confidence comes through the effects Os speed. A man hurtling his car down the road at 80 gets to feel powerful, if he lives, and thinks he can flex his muscles in city traffic. Says our hero: “Why, I can ge^ 1 through that itty-bitty space without slowing. There goes oUr impatient Hercules . . . anyone want to buy a tall, thin, hotrod eight, with straight pipes, no less? (This man is not a good driver, not any better than the drivers who think it is the height of fashion to screech tires going around corners or “lay down rubber.” as it is known in the trade. They are nuisances, cop-bait and payers of fines.) The parade follows apparently in endless measure. The drivers who make wide turns and strike parked cars p'arked at the curb. There' is no excuse. A car out of control might as well knock down a man as make a dent in a car. Accidents at uncontrolled intersections are a big thing in Detatur. One man refuses to yield the right of way and an accident fol-

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lows. Just because an intersection hasn’t a signal or a sign doesn’t mean one of the cars isn’t > bound to stop. The car to the right has the! right of way at these intersections, but you wouldn’t know it from the record. i ! It takes a split second for a bad wreck. And even a smaller fraction of time to cause it. On the Memorial day weekend a car loaded with youngsters buzzed down Third street. The driver turned around to the back seat for a moment. possibly to exchange a gag with one of .the girls sitting there —two ears and a light post were hit and who is to say how lucky they are they got away with fheir lives. That drivers have too much confidence in themselves and their cars is proven each day everytime a wreck happens. At 60 miles an hour a driver goes three times the distance during the interim of placing the foot from .the floor on the brake than the actual braking. You may fancy yourself a hot-shot driver but you must deal with the limitations of your body, if you won’t face up to the limitations of our hiind. Is it a sensible chap who follows a car at 10 ffeet on the open highway at the rate of 55 miles an hour? When a man gets up to speak before an audience. He goes slow, no matter how experienced he may be. This way he has tithe to avoid errors and think out a future) approach, gestures, accents, and so forth. The same goes for the driver. He must project himself. Be wary, suspicious of dangers ahead. A man on the road is actually driving three cars: his own, the one coming from the opposite direction and the one behind him. The truth of this lies in the number of good drivers who are victims of those not-so-good drivers. Recently a young lad was killed just outside of Decatur. He was known as a neat, personable boy, even quiet, some said. But when he got’into a car he was a maniac, heedless of other drivers, irresponsible, a boy, people said for' years, a good risk for the iinder- 1 taker. He died a horrible death. But he left his mark on the world. It was said, with backing from years of police records, that more than: $35,009 in property damage to cars, his own and others, was sustained because of his negligence. Next: A view of the others who have died on Adams county roads. Democrat Want Ads Brlhg Results

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Some Indiana Corn Must Be Replanted Good WeAther Is . Boon To Farmers ’ . r INDIANAPOLIS' UP — Hoosier farmers cashed in on favorable crop weather lass week after a long siege of excess fnoisture abd hordes of plant-eaiing worms. The U.S, agriculture department’s weekly ctbp bulletin sqid the period was “very favorable” for farm work, willy corn planting about completed. Some corn must be replanted because of attacks of army worms and crusted ground. Soybean planting wfts 80 per cent finished and cuttirig of alfalfa was nearly finished ini the south apd 10 per cent complete in the north. Clover hay was 35 jrer cent cut in the south, with lep done upstate. Corn and soybeans were reported standing at 85 percent. Nearly all winter wheat was headed, and blooming was reported almost completed in the soutjijand in progress in the north. Spring pats was nearly all headed in the Southern third of Indiana, with many heads showing iln the middle section. Dry weather reduced pasture growth. ,1

Annual Convention Os Church Os God Anderson Site Os Annual Convention The Rev. and Mrs. Dwight R. McCurdy and family will head the Decatur Church of;God delegation (which will attend the 65th international convention pf the Church of God June 15 through Jun« 21 at the An de r Bon ‘convention grounds. * Believed to the largest annual Religious gathering conducted in America, the objective and policies of the church fop the forthcoming year will be planned and determined by the’ general ministerial assembly, opepO to, each minister of the church/ Accompanying various assembly," instijtutional and workshop interests for lay leaders, important inspirational services will be conducted daily. An Important highlight of the convention will be the traditional observance of Christ's world service day; June 21. Op this day gifts for the program of the church will be received. It is anticipated that over $1,000,000 for; wxrrld service will be contributed by the close of the church year, June 30. in addition to this 4 program, the Church of God is now engaged In a $2,000,000 mid-cqptury building fund campaign. - The Church of 1 God, founded piore than 73 years ago, is widely

known as one of the nation’s most evangelistic groups. During the past quarter-century, the national growth of the church shows: membership gain of 377 percent; Sunday school attendance gain 338 percent; congregations’ increase, 301 percent. Th? Church of God has established, an average of one hew congregation every 4*4 days over the past 10 years. Today, over 2,000 congregations are registered with the membership in the United States of 113,000 persons. Mission projects are maintained in 26 foreign countries, where there are approximately 61,000 adherents. National headquarters are, located in Amerson. , Reds In Indochina Increase Supplies HANOI, Inochina UP —A stepup in heavy arms supplies from Red China has given Communist Viet Minh forces in Indochina their greatest concentration of firepower since the beginning of the aeven-year-war, Erench headquarters repotted today. '••Communist' arms supplies have Increased sharply since the end of the recent Laos invasion campaign. the French-coirimand said.

Trace In a Good Town —Decaturl L > i I BIRTHDAYS get to be a habit when you can look back on 101 of them, says Mrs. Eda J. Billings as she munches an apple in Los Angeles, Calif. Born in Woodstock, Vt, in 1852, she went to California in 1006, but still is a New Englander at heart. She says “for my next birthday I’ll visit the folks In Woodstock, for excitement.” (International)

Hamlet Bank Robbed Os $3,652 Tuesday i' . ' ; ; Handsome Gunman Robs Indiana Bank HAM'DET, Ind. UP,— Federal agents and police from two states today joined the search for a tall handsome gunman who robbed Lho Hamlet State Bank of an estimated $3,652 after locking three/employes in a restroom. JI Authorities believed |he bandit, who used’a eawod-off shotgun to terrorize bank personnel, met a 1 confederate after ditch%ig his ear about two miles sou'h Os here lute Tuesday. Officers said they found the getaway car hidden !in a grove hear the road. Witnesses told police the bandit stopped at The edge of.town Shortly after the robbery and spoke to a man id a car with Ohio license plates. A Mate polices car was: forced off find. IQS and U.' S. ,21 by a car carrying two men who answered the description 0f tha suspects. Police alerted Ohio authorities -on the theory the pair •was headed that way.

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The gunman, webring nhn glasses, entered the bank near closing time and'told the cashier: | “This is a stick-up: I Want motley!” Cashier Harold Short! who also is Vice-president of the bank, told state police he scooped the money in coips and mutilated bills from : J his cash drawer. Then Sliort and , ■ Mrs, June Swanson and IMrs. Joan ; Wicks were herded Into a rest- ; room. • ' ? , I The bandit permitted a customerlM. |I. ’Edison, and his to remain outside and they turned in th € alarm. I The gueman did not attempt to > open the vault where most of the money was kept. THOUSANDS (X'ontinnrd Froip P.Ke One) parents seeking children. husbands seeking wives,,, the living identifying the deajd. # . J ' : • Liidwig van Beethpvenfcomposed his Ninth Symphony, one of the ■ few/such works cofnbining a chorale with the orchestra; while totally deaf. If -you have something to sell or i , roonis for rent, try a Democrat . Ad. It brings results.