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I Thursday, August SI, 1950 THE CUNTON CHRONICLE Page Firt I i ) Traffic Count On Two County Roads Shows increase’ • i ’ ♦——— Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, Aug. 30—The State Hghwajr Department this week re ported an increase in traffic during the first six months of the present year, ks compared to the first six months of last year, on the two roads in Laurens county where periodic traffic vehicle county surveys are conducted. Traffic counts of one week dura tion during each season are made at approximately 110 stations on rural and suburban roads throughout the state as part Of the highway depart ment’s traffic survey program. Two of these periodic count stations are situated in Laurens county, one on U. S. Route 76, 4.5 miles east of Lau rens, and the other on S. C. Route 30, one-half mile east of U. S. Route 221. On Route 76 an average traffic volume ol 3,244 vehicles were count ed during the first six .-months of 1950, as compared to 2,690 vehicles in the same period of 1949, an in crease of 20.6 percent. On Route 30 an average of 729 vehicles was the traffic volume for January to June, 1950, as compared to 711 ve- hcles in the aaxne'period of 1949, an Increase of 2.5 percent. An average increase in traffic vol ume of 13.2 percent, or from 130,- 972 to 148,230 vehicles, was recorded for these periodic county rural sta tions as a whole. There was an ov erall increase of total state traffic of 9.5 percent, with no sizable fluc tuation in any of the different types of vehicles except on U. S. Route 301, where out-of-state passenger cars increased considerably in num ber. CALL 74 FOR YOUR PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY NEEDS CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Unemployment Claims Filed in County Shows Big Increase Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, Aug. 30—Unemploy ment compensation initial claims and total weeks claimed increased in the Clinton office of the Employment Security Commission in July, as compared to June. James Julien Bush, executive di r rector of the state Employment Se curity Commission, announced this week that initial unemployment com pensation claims in the Clinton of fice, which covers Laurens county, rose from 151 in June to 305 in July Total weeks of compensation claim ed in Laurens county increased from 2,313 in June to 2,402 in July. In the state last month 15,599 in itial unemployment compensation claims were filed, and 69,647 weeks of compensation claimed. Director Bush stated that the num ber of initial claims filed for unem ployment compensation in July in creased 72 percent over the number field in June, but was about 10 per cent below the July, 1949 level. Tem porary closing down of plants, par ticularly in the textile industry, for vacation periods was one reason at tributed for the increase, a consid erable number of claims being filed by -workers ineligible for vacation pay or bonuses. most of the food that can be dis lodged. Stack the same sized, dishes together. * ✓ You’ll save ooin time and energy washing silverware if you have a small pan of hot water and suds sit ting in the kitchen sink when these are removed. They can be placed right in the pan to soak and almost clean themselves. 'Place dishes at the side of the sink in the order they’re going to be washed, and your dishwashing will zip along at a fast pace. Glass es and silverware are nearest to you, plates and cups next, then pots and pans. If your sink is low so that you have Cut trips from dining room to the : kitchen by using trays or carts for ! bringing in dishes as well as carry- ;ing them out. Dishes should be scraped as soon as they’re cleared from the table and I rinsed right after scraping to remove to stoop to get at the dishes, fix a j rack at the bottom to cut down stoop- | ing. If you’re right handed, keep-wash- the dish thoroughly and can put it in a rack to dry in a very brief*time. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Halibut Bake (Serves 4) l 2 pound salt pork, sliced thin 1 small onion, sliced 1 bay leaf 3-4 halibut steaks 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 3-4 cup finely crushed cracker crumbs 1 tablespoon paprika Cut half of salt pork in small piece* and arrange in baking pain. Cover with on:on slices. Place soxpa . bay leaf on each onion slice. Place halibut steaks on top of salt pork and onion, then sprinkle fish with lemon juice. Top with cracker crumbs and sprinkle with paprika. Lay re ing water at the right, rinsing water (ma i n i n g pork strips over top. Bake to left. You can then wash with right hand while left hand rinses. 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