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two-medtoto tosrcoHiHAn. THIBinfr- MondT. October 17. 1955 A Nichol't Worth of . . . Comment On This and That ly HARMAN W. NICHOLS UrnHU Pm ! Wriest Washington (U.R) J don't want to hear any more yak from the folks in the back seat about 'my driving. Here I am to tell you all that, if I had th e right union card and -and was press ed by the right concern, I could drive one of , those 10-ton trucks. Fact is I Hums HiehaU did. It happen ed on the concrete apron that flanks the National Guard Arm ory. Sort of a test of newsmen in advance of the championship finals by the drivers at the American Trucking Association's annual rodeo. The newsmen were a motley crew. Fire chasers mostly. Peo ple who don't follow the rules. Like Harry Gabbett, the -witty little man from the Washington Post and Times-Herald. There , was Art Edson of the Associated ' Press, who preferred to watch rather than drive, although he did pilot for a few seconds. And Frank Sartwell of the Washing ton Star, who doesn't even own a drivers license to steer a pri vate vehicle. Woman Driver Included Not to mention Mary Britton, a cute little chick from the to ternational News Service, who had curves in her favor, acted like a woman driver, if Mary will pardon me. Although, heaven knows she tried and didn't do too bad. There were others who chose to sit in the cab of a $25,000 trailer truck for pictures rather than try the obstacle courses. My particular truck was a White. .-; My instructor was a bright young trucker from Washington, Dave Luening. He is studying transportation at the University of Tennessee. Dave was pretty fancy. He raced across the area with nothing be hind his cab, wheeled about and backed it into the trailer. Back ed it square, too. There was a click. We were tied and locked to the some 30 feet of storage apace behind. All in a nonce. AUTO HITS ."BOAT" Trenton, Neb.-U.PJ A little Council Bluffs, la.1, boy received only bruises when his "boa" was hit by an auto here. 'The "boat" was a log Sidney Porter, 2, was floating on in. Swahson Lake. The log was hit by a run away car that ran into the lake. Milk cows on North Dakota farms in June, 1955, numbered 370,000 head down 10,000 head from June,' 1954. Dave said: "Take her over." Others Fail Course Everybody else had knocked over the rubber balls placed on tees over what looked like a straight course. Ahead of me Gabbett had knocked over a couple of props while trying to back and park. Frank Sartwell bruised a couple of curbs and the lovely Mary Britton scored a near-miss on the big armory itself. - She said she was sorry. No damage done. This tough one, with the rub ber balls, leaves you about four inches on cither side of the big tires. You start out straight. Knock over a ball and you are out. Dave warned that it Isn't really a straight course. 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DRIVING to country for week end meeting with Princess Margaret, Capt. Peter Towa gend is in happy mood as Eng land assumes he is to marry Queen's sister. (International) Grange Phoenix Grange Regular meeting of the Phoe- nex Grange was held Oct. 11, Master Lottie presiding. Visitors were present from Roxy Ann, Upper Applegate, Central Point and Gold Hill. Third and fourth degrees were conferred on John and Mary Moffitt and Frank and Dorothy Perl by .Roy Bolz and the degree team. During the initiation, autumn tableaux were shown by Christine Dens- more and Myrtle Ferns. Reports were given by Charles Hockersmith . agricultural chair man and Dee Hendrickson on horticulture. Jane Ham was reported a sur gery patient at the Community hospital. - During the lecture hour a musical quiz was conducted by Lecturer Olive Floyd and Doro thy Loffer, musician. Grangers are again reminded of the booster night Nov. 4, also the next Grange meeting will be preceded by a covered dish dinner at 7 p.m. followed by a juvenile program presented by Maude House. HEC will meet Oct. 19 at the home of Ora Smith with Ethel Carr as co-hostess. Refreshments were served by the Johnsons; Grochockis and Bowdishs. Use Tribune Want Ads Reservists May Become Eligible For Commissions Young men entering the Army reserve and completing six months of active duty may be come eligible to apply for a com mission in the reserve, the Army has anounced. Personnel must attain the grade of sergeant while partici pating in reserve training after completing- their initial six months training period. Men seeking appointment as second lieutenants will be required to complete appropriate Army ex tension courses. Recommendations Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 28 and be physically, morally and profes sionally qualified for the ap pointment. 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