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"Speed ra yT flflllFl I li . ,i . tan. fefe;?L.lMmiJ IN MEMORIAL A hooded ghost was present at this acci dent scene at Sioux Falls, S.D., as it looks over the already . standing signs in memory of four persons who were killed at the corner previously. Let's not have a sign in your memory on Memorial Day! (UPI) Memorial Day Start of Deadly Summer Pleasure Driving When Casualties Mount Editor's note: This week be gini the grim annual count of vacation bloodshed on the na tion's highways. If the past Is any guide, Memorial Day will be a deadly beginning to three months of summor pleasure during which more than 10,000 Americans will lose their lives needlessly. Here is a message to drivers from Bradford M. Crittenden, commissioner of the Cali fornia Highway Patrol, writ ten for United Press International. Dear Driver: You probably have read predictions on the number of traffic deaths expected during most of our major holidays. They are part of a standard appeal to drivers to be extra cautious through these pe riods when accident totals "climb". Unfortunately, the TDredio tions too often are true. Even more unfortunate is the fact that on many so-called aver age week ends-when no pre dictions are issued and no fa tality totals publicized-deaths run as high or higher than during holiday periods. And week days are no ex ception. Traffic deaths occur on week days, too. They mount up monotonously, day after day, week after week, until by the end -of a month there are several thousand. During the three summer months which are about to begin, for instance, there will be 10,500 traffic deaths in the Unitad States. Today that's a prediction. A little over three months from now it will be a reality. The frightening part of this statement is that 10,500 lives have been committed as traf fic fataltiies. These people aren't dead yet. Is there no way in which they can be saved? Point to Police About this time, the accus ing finger points at me, and police officers all over the na tion. "What are you doing about this, Mr. Enforcement Officer?" The citizens' ques tions usually add up to that. What is enforcement, what is engineering, what is some body else doing? Frankly, we have done much, all of the agencies, both public and private. And we will do more. But I don't want to talk about officialdom to day. I want to turn the finger of accusation upon the one group which really can do something about traffic acci dents, America's drivers. I think it is time they answered their own question. What are you doing to make our highways safer, Mr. and Mrs. Driver? Not nearly enough, in my opinion. Own Contribution Important I'm not talking about the support you could provide law enforcement, or the stern demands you could make for stricter punishment of viola tions, or the backing you could provide private safety organizations. These are all important, but not as important as your in dividual and very personal contributions as drivers. Let me ask you another question. If you can answer it in the affirmative, you will have made a sizeable contri bution toward reducing acci dents. Do you, as a driver, want traffic safety strongly enough to drive at all times as if a Medford Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, MA 2D, l&Z PAGES 1 to 8 Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Reetttei and Tribune SynditJtt 19621 Fog Causes Delay In Search for Plane Ronton, Wash. - lUPIUHeavy fog today delayed the resump tion of a search for three men in a light plane missing on a flight from Renton to We?l porl. Aboard the missing aircraft were the pilot, Leon Coles, Renton: Clinton Julson, Se attle, and Harold Manifold, Renton. PARTY DAMPER San Dieso, Calif.- OJPP -Six police cars and a paddy wag on put a damper on an al ready damp party during the week end. The law routed some 300 revelers from San Diego Stale college who were hurling water-filled bags and balloons. traffic officer were looking over your shoulder? Have you ever noticed traf fic when a patrol car comes into view? Everyone "gets legal" and stays legal. In Cali fornia we call it visual en forcement. . Drivers trim their motor ing sails in a hurry, and for a very practical reason - to avoid a citation. In the process, they automatically begin to achieve the goal we have, in mind-safer driving because drivers who comply with the law arc far less like ly to be involved in accidents. Self-Enforcement But what about those times when no traffic officer is around to "remind" you of your obligations? Are you willing to accept, the respon sibility to drive legally even when no officer is present? Are you willing to follow a policy of self-enforcement. Only you can answer the question. The correct response can do more than all the en forcement agencies, Highway builders, and safety groups combined . to enhance your motoring safely. It could make that figure of 10.500 deaths this summer nothing more than an exag gerated prediction. Yours sincerely, Bradford M. Crittenden Commissioner, California Highway Patrol Sacramento, Calif. May 26, 1962 Those traditional showers that occur in April help to bring forth the wildflowers of May, and some of the most important ones are the "wake robins." Snugly and silently they sleep in the frozen forest floor during the winter months. The beating rain, lashing unhindered through the leaf less trees drives the frost from the earth, saturates it, turns it wet and soggy and alerts the seeds, roots, bulbs, and rhizomes. May comes and with it the awakening wood land floor. There are many kinds of trilliums, commonly called "wake-robin;" all members of the lily family and all seem ing to prefer to grow in moist, shady woodlands, or along side stream banks. Favorites of All Among the favorites of children and adults who search the spring woods for wildflowers, are the dwarf, painted, nodding, and large flowered trilliums. The pur ple variety has a repulsive odor slightly similar to putrid meat. This one is avoided by small children as well as by nectar loving bees. It is vis ited by small carrion flies at tracted by the odor. Looked at closely the colors somewhat resemble a piece of over-ripe beefsteak. Another variety of trillium is called the Toadshade by some folks because of an old legend that claimed toads sought the three-cornered shade of the wake-robin when the spring sun shone brightly through the bare limbs of the woodland trees. However, no actual record can be found where any toad ever sought the shade of this plant. Another name used in some areas was birthroot; per haps because the leaves lie curled in the roots during the winter, waiting to be born in the spring. The trilliums arc interest ing from many standpoints, one of which would seem to be the arrangement of the flower parts, always in threes. Three petals, three sepals, three leaves and three stig mas. The flower itself is al ways solitay, a single blos som nodding above the whorl of pointed leaves. Gregarious Plants Usually the trilliums grow in colonies, seldom is one found growing alone. ! Some dwarf trilliums push I their heads up through mcll i ing snow. These early risers i contradict the meaning of their name, since someone, whose chronological sense was a little off balance, nam ed them wake-robin because he thought the first robin awakened the flower, causing it to rear out of the ground, knowing that spring had come. Actually, the wake-robin is awake and in blossom before the first robin arrives from its winter vacation. Perhaps the name implies the flower is wide awake and ready to greet the early arriving bird. A little inconsistency should be allowed any plant hardy enough to spring from an al most frozen floor. Korea Veterans Reminded Of Benefit Termination Many Oregon State Korea i in 1063. A veteran discharg veterans, in night school or led in 1956 has a termination part-time training under the i date in 1965. Korean GI bill, should accel erate their training if they wish to complete all their courses before their GI ben efits terminate, R. J. Novot ny, manager of the Portland Veterans administration re gional office, warned today. Novotny suggests that all veterans taking Korean GI Bill training check their own individual termination dates. If the-termination is in 1963 or. 1964, they may consider accelerating their program by taking additional courses or Under the law. a Korea 1 by attending summer school, veteran's termination date is j , Veterans who attend school eight years from the date of at night after working at his discharge or release from their regular employment dur active duty. In no event may ; ing the day. should give this he take GI training beyond ! problem careful considera Jan. 31, 1965. j tion, Novotny, advised, be- Veterans may not be paid j cause their training of neces- Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mall Tribune in Medford. phone 772-6141; Ash land call at 1224 Iowa it. or phone 482-3002: Montague and Yreka."phone Globe 8-3171. be lore 6:45 pan. daily and 10:30 a.n Sunday If resular delivery arrives ihortly afier you call please notify office, thus eliminating speclBl metei?ger aervlce. GI educational allowances after their termination dates have passed, Novotny ex plained. , . As an example, Novotny cited the fact that a veteran discharged in 1955 faces a termination date next year, rity is slower and extends over a longer period of time. They should make every ef fort to complete their most essential courses before their deadline. Beaverton Man Trapped in Hopper Portland - HOT - Hugh Car ter, 42, Beaverton, was trapped for about 90 minutes in a sand and gravel hopper Monday but apparently es caped serious injury. Firemen, harbor police and I fellow employees freed Car ter, whose head was said to be covered for a time. RURAL TRAFFIC GAINS Salem - lUPIl - The Oregon Highway Department said Monday that rural traffic on non-interstate routes in the state gained 4.8 per cent in March over March, 1961. POCKET MONEY... can make for a trunkful of good times this summer. Wherever your vacation takes you, take enough money. One-visit service. IDCAL IOAM 535 E. JACKSON IIVD. 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