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I THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable ®hp Clinton Cljromrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume Lll Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 17,1951 Number 21 CLASSMATES ATTEND DR. DAVIS DINNER HERE DR. DICKSON DR. BAYNE STATISTICS REVEALED ON WOMEN DRIVERS VS. MEN DR. DAVIS DR. GIBBES DR. TOTE DR. PRES8LY Dr. J. W. Davis (left), of this city, was honored lasjt Thursday evening by 2W Clinton citizens and friends at a banquet given at Hotel Mary Musgrove, sponsored by the local Klwanls club. Dr. Davis has been a gen eral practitioner here far 55 years. Four classmates of 1855 of the South Carolina Medical college at ( harleston were present, and are shown above (left to right): Dr. Robert W. Gibbes of Columbia, Dr. George I* Dickson of Manning, Dr. Jenkins M. Pope of Edlsto Island, and Dr. James H. Hsyne of Columbia. Dr. W. L. Pressly of Due West, was one of the principal speakers. Gray Nominated Judge for New County Court Robert L. Gray, Jr., Laurens at torney, has been nominated by the Laurens Bar association for the post of judge of the recently cre ated domestic relations court for Laurens county. Homer S. Blackwell, president of the Bar association, said the nom ination would be forwarded to the county legislative delegation, which will certify the nomination in writing to Gov. James F. Byrnes. Under provisions of the act passed at the recent session of the Gen eral Assembly, the judge is to be commissioned by the governor. The court was established as the result of a bill introduced by Sen ator Ralph T. Wilson. The court will have jurisdiction over divorce cases, the person of minors and persons legally chargeable with support of wife or child. According to the bill, court will be held at least once in each month and at such other times as the judge deems necessary. The annual salary will be $2,100 to be paid by the county in month ly installmenti. The judge is au thorized to appoint a bailiff who will receive $300 per year, and a court stenographer to be paid $900 annually. Mr. Blackwell declared that court sessions will be held in the court house. The bill stipulates that the clerk of court will be ex officio clerk of the new court. The clerk’s costs and fees will be turned over monthly to the county treasurer. Under the act, the county sheriff will attend all sessions of court and execute orders, writs and mandates just as in the circuit court. His costs ahd fees will likewise be turned over to the treasurer. You might as well face it brother. The little woman is a safer driver than you are. Maybe she dents more fenders than you do, and makes a three-act mel odrama out of parking. But when serious automobile accidents occur, more than nine times out of ten a man is at the wheel. There is, of cpyrse, a male answer for this one — there are more men : drivers than women. But statistics of the American Au- ! tomobile Association show that there are not that many more. Although 27 per cent of the licensed drivers in the United States are women, men drivers were involved in 92.9 per cent of all fatal motor vehicle ac cidents last year, w'omen drivers in only 7.1 per cent. These are figures that the much- maligned woman driver might keep handy when friend huAand begins one of his jokes about widening the garage doors or installing a parking device that will make the wheels go sidewise. She needn’t mention it at the time, but of course these dramatic statis tics are slightly misleading, because as a rule men drive far greater dis tances than women do, and thus are exposed to more accidents. Authority for this statement is Dr. Irmagene Holloway of Pelham, N. Y., who set up the accident prevention program of the American Red Cross and at present is director of the school and college division of the j greater New York safety council. Says she: J "Women are short-haul drivers, for the most part. They take the car | downtown to shop, drive their chil- i dren to school or drive to the sta- 1 tion to meet their husbands. They ( take far fewer long motor trips than men do. ’‘But men make a profession of driving. We have very few women truck drivers, taxi drivers and bus drivers. Some women proved their ability in such jobs during World War II, but it’s not the rule. So you can’t quite trust the statistics.” Making all allowances, however, for the ratio of driving miles, Dr. Holloway feels that the safety bal ance is still on the side of the girls. Says she: “Women probably dent more fend ers and have more minor automo bile accidents man men do. But they are less inclined to speed and to take chances while driving. “Women are likely to be more timid than men. For instance, a woman usually passes one car at a time; a man passes three. He has the longer range perception, but she is more cautious." PC Second In State Track Meet Paced by versatile Bob Hudson, Clemson breezed to its 11th South Carolina Intercollegaite track championship here Saturday with 74 2-5 points. Hudson, a husky 210-pound foot ball end in the fall, was high point man of the 24th annual meet with 16. He won the shot put and dis cus throw and proved a big man can turn on the speed by taking seconds in the 100-yard and 220- yard dashes. Presbyterian’s sophomore Tom my Jordan from Bishopville, best ed Hudson in both dashes. He col lected 1H4 points to help boost ^ AAA psycho-physkal tests, which! Pr “ b y te , ri ? n mt0 s * cond P Uce • are given in connection with their Wlt “ w driving schools throughout the coun- The Citadel had 20 1-5 points try, show certain basic differences Wofford 17, and Funnan with between men and women drivers: on ^y on ® man .* n t “ e ^ na ~ ^ 0ne * _ , . — ., The University of South Caro- T 11 * *X er !!* “i 1 !!! lina, which won the 1950 meet, had no team this year. Presbyterian took seven firsts in per hour faster than the average woman. A woman is less likely to be color blind than is a man. 16 events to six for Clemson, but Clemson’s team depth piled up A man is a steadier driver, his re- j points all along the route, flexes are faster, and his grip on William Stanszeck of The Cita- the wheel stronger. del finished strong in the two- Dr. Holloway has some advice mil e run for his school’s only first which might improve the male opin-| pl ac *- Wofford was represented in ion of women drivers: winner s circle by little Wilhs 1. Don’t drive a car while wearing Woodham, who skimmed over the a hat tilted over one eye to that It low hurdles in 26 seconds. -cuts off half your vision. previous stat * n)*** records 2. Don’t wear flimsy or insecure, , , nUC V , )r >U 5 h F } T ' d * y * var * shoes which are likely to get caught and the finals. , in the accelerator or which inter^e\ >resbyter ‘i n * ° ne ^ ,1 T with Arm foot action. te * m . •» when Walter Gooch pulled a leg J. FZUZ 1 d 1 ^‘le hold- muscle But Barcliff took mg a baby in your Get him a over the No j t Saturday ani canvass seat that hooks over the helped glve ^ ho8t Blue Stock _ back of the seat ’ and i 16 *? 5 him j ngs ano ther first with Gooch on safely away from the steering wheel. the Adelines 4. Don’t try to window-shop while Jordan built up a healthy lead driving down Main street. on t be second lap of the relay, then Both men and women drivers, she j eft lt to Ken McCutcheon and says, are frequently guilty of for- George Fleming to put PC away getting to use the rear-view mirror, out in front with a time of 3 nun- failing to understand traffic regula- u tes 27 1 seconds, tions and ignoring road signs. 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