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Brookings-Harbor Pilot
T hursday , feb 11. 1951
HIGHWAY LIFESAVERS SCHEDULE
TRAFFIC CLINIC IN PORTLAND
VIC A N D ELSIE
V A N Q U ISH O W L
Motor Club Urges
Brake "Know-How*
W hen Vic and Elsie R eynolds
kept losing th eir big six and seven
jMnind hens, they s ta rte d o u t to
find w hat w as ta k in g th pm, as
they live in a very law -abiding
neighborhood and d idn’t th in k
th a t any of th eir neighbors would
! do such a thing to them . They
finally decided th a t it m ust be an
owl doing the dam ag e but had no
idea how to go about decreasin g
th e owl .population by one. Louis
S to ller and o th e r friends told them
th at if they would put up a tall
pole w ith a tra p on the top of
it n a r w here the chickens ro o st­
ed, th ey would ca tc h th e varm in t.
'They d id n ’t see how th at would
do it, but they erected a 15-foot
Oregon S ta te M otor A ssociation
in a w in ter seasonal bulletin su g ­
g ests m any
perilous skidding
“th
rills
”
o
r
accidents
could be
An «ill-day T raffic S afe ty clinic lic response to th e c itizen ’s e f­
avoided if m ore d riv ers would
forts.
T
h
e
clinic
will
en
deavor
to
will be held in P o rtlan d F e b ru a ry
learn how to handle th e ir b rak es
22, to advance the state-w id e c iti­ fu rth e r im prove the situ atio n w ith
c
r slippery pavem ent.
zens m ovem ent to reduce tra ffic a second y e a r’s activ e program of
T he n o tic'\ “S lippery W hen Wet
education
and
in
su
p
p
o
rt
of
stric
t
fa ta litie s and th e ir re su ltin g eco­
or
F ro sty ,” is not a casual sign
law enforcem ent.
nom ic losses.
to the seasoned driver. He slows
Sam m ons said th a t in 1952 Or« - do’”n ¡mm d iately w hen o u tsid e
T h e clinic will be held in th e
board of d irec to rs room on the gon had 460 fa ta litie s and w as w e a th e r conditions m ak e th e s gn
second floor of the U. S. N ational the 13th w orst s ta te in th e Union m eaningful.
bank. S ix th and S ta rk stre e t, lor such accidents T he econom ic
T he experienced d riv e r also has
P o rtla n d . It will he an all-day loss to th e s ta te w as $43,000,000 learned the a rt of “ fan n in g ” o r
in th at year. By co n tra st, and in­ “fe a th e rin g ” the b ra k e s when
session s ta rtin g at 10 a.m.
T he announcem ent w as m ade d ic a tin g a quick public response, slow ing down so as to avoid lock­
jo in tly by E. C. Sam m ons and C. the tra ffic fa ta litie s in O regon in ing the w heels on slipfiery p av e­
B. S tephenson, p resid en ts respec­ 1953 w ere reduced to 386, a 17 m ent and th ereb y th ro w in g th e
tively of th e U. S. N ational and 1 p r cent reduction. F or several vehicle into th e Inevitable skid,
th e F irst N ational banks of P o r t­ years O reg o n ’s tra ffic fa ta litie s | I reads th e m otor association b u lle­
land who a re heading the H igh­ had been increasing from 7 to 12 tin.
w ay L ifesav ers co m m ittee of O re­ per cent each year, Sam m ons said. 1 T he “ fan n in g ” technique, em ­
gon ('itizen s, Inc., organized ea rly Also, th e first reduction in insur- ployed by experienced drivers, is
in 1953 to aw ak en public in tere st a n te ra te s in y e a rs has been a n ­ a series of quick applicatiot
in th e need to check the in creas­ nounced for 1954 on the basis of ¡ “F e a th e rin g ,” a n o th e r m ethod, r e ­
ing toll of hum an life on the high­ the im proved situation.
quires “ feeling” for a point at
The O regon H ighw ay L ifesav ­ which the b rak es begin to lock,
w ay s of Oregon, «and th e econom ic
loss anil high in surance ra te s re ­ ers com m ittee was organized F e b ­ then releasing them slightly.
ruary, 1953, w ith its principal p u r­
su ltin g from th at toll.
E x p erts w arn , th a t the hand * 1
In anno u n cin g the clinic S im ­ pose being to help bring about a b ra k e w hich g ves little o r no
m ons [m inted to the im proved s it­ changed a ttitu d e of d riv ers and “le e l” of co n tact, even though a n .
th ro u g h
education
u atio n in O regon in 1953 over ’ p edestrians
plied gently w hile going down h i l , 1
1952, in d icatin g a w idespread p u b ­ and publicity, and to get citizen ’s
is alm ost c e rta in to lock th e re a r
w heels and send th e c a r into a
skid w hile th e d riv e r has bu t one
hand on th e wheel. It is well to
avoid use of the hand brake, som e­
tim es re ferred to erro n eo u sly as
an “em ergency b ra k e .”
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G R A N D D A U G H TER H E R E
R uth Ann Bolz, g ra n d d a u g h te r
will a tte n d B rookings High school
of th e E rsk in e M illers, is here and
this sem ester. S he is from B a lti­
m ore, and cam e to S an F ran cisco
via plane last w eek, w here she
was m et by th e M illers.
support for s tric t tra ffic law e n ­
forcem ent. At th a t tim e a u to m o ­
bile insurance la te s w ere the high
cat in history and som e u n d e r­
w rite rs w ere leaving th e s ta te b e­
cause th e ir claim s o u tra n th e ir
prem ium s. The reduction of ra te s
announced for 1954 m ay save up
to $2,000,000 for O regon au to m o ­
bile ow ners.
“W hile m any facto rs com bined
♦o im prove t i n O regon situ a tio n
in one y ea r," S am m ons said, it is
ap p aren t th at this sta te -w id e c iti­
zen’s m ovem ent has helped c re a te
a highway safety consciousness
such as we have not had before.
In callin g the clinic, o u r purnose
is to plan a second ye.-fr of activ -
1 ity. see now we can help ali o th e
official and v o lu n teer safety a g e n ­
cies. and m ain tain th e am azin g
public interest we have found m
the m ovem ent. Law enforcem ent
agencies need increased citizen
support and we a re now convinced
th at a fu rth e r red u ctio n of h ig h ­
way accidents can he m ade w ith
a su stain ed public in te re st. The
saving of hum an life is the im ­
p o rtan t goal hut the im proved s it­
uation in one y e a r has brought a
s u b s ta n tia ’ econom ic gain to all of
us who drive autom obiles.
G overnor P aul L. P a tte rs o n and
S ecretary of S ta te E a rl Newhry
will p a rtic ip a te in th e clinic as
will the s ta te police, tra ffic co u rt
judges, new spaper and radio ex ec­
u tives and
re p re se n ta tiv e s of
many safety organizations. W h e th ­
e r the s ta te needs additional t r a f ­
fic legislation will be discussed,
as will he the need for m ore
quickly suspending o r revoking
d riv e r’s licenses for h ab itu al re c k ­
less or crim inal driving.
A fe a tu re of th e clinic will also
be a rejHirt by O regon deleg ates
on P resid en t E 'se n h o w e r’s T ra f­
fic Safety C onference in W a sh ­
ington. D. C . F e b ru a ry 17 to 19
The clinic is open to th e public.
F acilities for handling a t least 1(0
being provided in th e d ire c to r’s
ioom of the I' S N atio n al bank
for th e purpose.
pole, w ith a sm all p la tfo rm and
about a 6-inch tra p on it, n e a r
th e barn w here th e hens roosted.
T h at w as on S a tu rd a y night and
sh o rtly a fte r m idnight
(12:30
a.m .) M onday m orning th ey h e a rd
a te rrib le clam o r out n e a r the
barn, and here, su re enough, w as
a huge owl caught by liqth feet in
th e tra p . A fte r d isp atch in g th e
owl to owl heaven, Vic and E lsie
m easured th e wing spread, w hich
they found to be six feet. Now
they can go fishing w ith o u t w o rry ­
ing about th eir chickens.
TOBIN T W IN S F IN E
D r P aul R onnigcr r p o rts th a t
th e tw in d au g h ters of Mr. and
M rs. Jo e Tobin now w eigh th re e
pounds, nine ounces, and a re de-
ing very well.
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From where I sit... ¿t/ Jo e M arsh
Wish I'd Said That
You know Miss Perkins. WeP
she’s been driving her own car
around our town for a little more
than 30 years.
T he o th e r day she had a b it of
tro u b le p a rk in g down on Main
S tre e t. D idn’t q u ite m ake it the
firs t tr y , so she pulled o u t to
s ta r t over w hen a fellow w a itin g
to p a ss s ta rte d to o tin g his horn
im p a tie n tly .
On th e second try , she was still
h a v in g a little difficulty and so
th is sm a rt aleck hollered, “ L ady,
do you know how to d riv e ? ” “ Yes,
young m an ,” M iss P e rk in s a n ­
swered, “ I do. B u t I don’t have
time to teach you now.”
From w here I sit, it’s not a l­
ways easy to have a good an sw er
ready when you need it. But w hen
somebody in sists th a t I vote for
his candidate, fo r in stance, or
choose tea instead of a te m p e ra te
glass of beer w ith d inner, I know
the answ er. I t ’s all a m a tte r of
personal preference . . . and none
of g,- like “backseat d riving" from
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