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Thursday, January 8, 1953
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Five
Social Drinking
(Prepared by the staff of Fair-
view, Inc., Ridgeway, S. C., a Chris
tian Center dedicated to the rehab
ilitation of alcoholics.)
Out of the seventy million adults
in the United States who drink, the
vast bulk are known as social drink
ers. Social drinking is a very broad
term, which may include cocktail
parties; before-dinner drinking;
drinking at meals; drinking with
friends. It is done in bars, hotel
rooms, homes, or wherever people
gather. Social drinkers are disting
uished from alcoholics, for they have
not yet become out-of-control drink
ers even though they may on occa
sion become intoxicated.
There are few claimed assets to
social drinking. The biggest claim is
that it prevents one from becoming
marked as “different”; it keeps one
a member of the gang. The liabil
ities of social drinking are numer
ous.
Every alcoholic was once a social
drinker, or began by trying to be a
social drinker.
The drunk causes few highway ac
cidents. He is somewhere sleeping it
off. Narrowed vision, lowered re
action time, less efficient hearing,
all causd by a few drinks, cause a
multitude of highway accidents and
industrial accidents as well.
Social drinking to the extent of
lowered inhibitions often leads to
sexual indiscretions.
Social drinking may lead to less
efficient professional or business ac
tivity.
Social drinking is a luxury. Legal
liquors cost many families as much
as food. Illegal liquor costs, in addi
tion, the corruption of our society,
If you are a social drinker, we dare
you to. take this test. Remember, if
you are a social drinker, you MAY
become an alcoholic.
1. Do you ever drive after taking
one drink?
2. Does your drinking make others
unhappy?
3. Does drinking make you irri
table?
4. Do you always accept a drink
when it is offered?
5. Do you enjoy drinking at par
ties?
6. Do you regularly drink to re
lax? i
7. Do you regularly drink to get a
lift?
8. Do you regularly drink before
meals?
9. Do you need a drink to help you
go to sleep?
10. Do you drink to make yourself
feel at ease witlro^ers?
11. Do you drink to keep from be-
~ing lonely? * - ---- ^ — ^
12. Does drinking affect your bus
iness or work adversely?
Unless your answer to every ques
tion is NO, you are in danger of be
coming an alcoholic.
(Write: Director, Fairview, Inc.,
Ridgeway, S. C., if you have a prob
lem or question connected with al
coholism. AH inquiries cortfidential.)
This feature made possible by The
Chronicle. v , .
As Washington Sees It...
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Special To The Chronicle.
Washington, Dec. 22.—Farm and
cooperative leaders over the nation
generally expressed approval of the
selection of Ezra Taft Benson of Salt
Lake City to be secretary of agricul
ture.
A native of Idaho, Benson has
been closely identified with agricul
tural marketing, including coopera
tive marketing, for a number of
years. A former extension economist
and marketing specialist for the
University of Idaho, he also has
served as secretary of the Idaho Co
operative Council. He was elected
executive secretary of the National
Council of Farmer Cooperatives in
1939, and served in that capacity un
til he resigned in 1943 when he was
named a member of the Quorum of
Twelve Apostles of the Church of
Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. He
currently is chairman of the board
of trustees of the American Insti
tute of Cooperation
In a statement issued immediately
following announcement of Benson’s
selection, D. W. Brooks, president of
the National Council, declared the
appointment “is to be commended
. by all of agriculture, including far
mer cooperatives.” He added: “Mr.
Benson has a sound agricultural
background and training. A man of
wide vision and thorough under
standing of and experience with the
problems of farmers, he is willing at
all times to face up to the day-to-day
developments which confront Amer
ican agriculture.”
At Chicago, Allan B. Kline, presi
dent of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, termed Benson’s selec
tion “a top-notch appointment.” He
said: “Mr. Benson has an excellent
background in agricultural econom
ics, in farm marketing, and- in ac
tual farming, coupled with adminis
trative ability of a, high order ... I
have every confidence that Mr. Ben
son will prove thoroughly capable of^
the exceedingly important position
of Secretary of Agriculture.”
In a telegram of congratulations
to Mr. Benson, Herschel D. New
som, master of the National Grange,
said: “President-elect Eisenhower is
to be commended in his choice of a
man of your caliber, integrity, cap
abilities, interests, and experience
for the post of Secretary of Agricul
ture.”
Pasadena’s world famous Tourn
ament of Roses started out in 1888
as an informal procession of car
riages bedecked with the blossoms
at hand and driven over a pre
arranged route.
The idea was the brain-child of
Charles Frederick Holder who, as
the new zoology teacher from the
east, was impressed by the abun
dance and beauty of flowers bloom
ing in mid-winter. Mr. Hunter’s
suggestion that the Valley Hunt
club of Pasadena sponsor an in
formal display thereof was re
ceived enthusiastically and New
Year’s Day was selected as ap
propriate and convenient.
So, what developed into the
Tournament of Roses began as
“an informal procession of car
riages’’ on January 1, 1886. It was
such a success that preparations
and formalities increased. Floral
floats made their debut and the
order of the day—the parade, com
petitive sports, climaxed by the
grand ball in the evening—was es
tablished.
Dedicated in 1023, the original
seating capacity of the Rose Bowl
Stadium (85,000) exceeded the to
tal permanent population of Pasa
dena and recent enlargement per
mitted a paid attendance of 100,234
for the football classic January 1,
1950.
Likewise, the Tournament of
Roses has attained world renown
as a floral festival, with literally
millions of blossoms bedecking an
ever-increasing number of floats,
annually thrilling hundreds of thou
sands of spectators along a parade
route seven miles long.
Unusual New Year's
Customs Are Still
Observed by Scots
Neither gaiety nor giddiness
quite describe some of the odd and
ancient customs that color the
New Year season in Scotland.
On January 12 at Burghead, Mor
ayshire, they preserve'the pagan
Yule-fires with “The Burning of
&h< r Clavie.”- The “Clavier is. a tar-
filled barrel, wKicKTs TIT' With a
flaming brand and carried round
the town. It is jthqn rolled down a
local hillside where villagers
scramble for the burning embers
as luck-bringerit.
The men of Stonehaven, Kin
cardineshire, march through the
streets swinging Fireballs of tal
lowed rope and, all over Scotland,
-ble*er--btw«i«g“-the Old
Year out.
But you have to take the trip to
the remote Shetland Islands to see
what is perhaps the finest Fire Fes
tival of all. It’s called “Uphelly-
a’ ” and takes place at the end of
January in Lerwick. Here a replica
HELLO 1953 . . . This young
man, decked out In » paper hat
and streamers, is ready for a
little private celebrating as he
welcomes the New Tear. He
doesn’t look exactly happy at
the moment, but he Is looking
forward to a year of peace and
prosperity for himself and the
nation.
Responsibility
Law In Effect
Columbia, Jan. 6.—State drivers
involved in wrecks face possible sus
pension of their drivers’ licences and
vehicle registration under a new
South Carolina law which went into
effect January L
The motor vehicle safety respon
sibility statute requires drivers to
meet' new security requirements “to
promote safety on the highways and
protect those suffering loss due to
death, injury or property destruction
due to accidents.”
The law comes into force where
there has been death, injury or prop
erty loss of more than $50.
But the security requirements do
not apply to the owner or operator if
there is no injury or damage except
to himself or his vehicle.
the requirements break down to
establishing sufficient financial, re
sponsibility to satisfy judgments or
damages.
Responsibility can be met in one
of -three ways:
_ a
Possession of an approved liability
policy; a bond providing the same
liability as a policy; and a deposit of
$11,000 cash or securities with the
state treasurer.
An approved liability policy must
provide for $5,000 for death or in
jury to one person, $10,000 for
death or injury to two or more per
sons, and $1,000 for property loss.
Suspension of licenses and regis
trations is automatic where one of
these responsibility means can’t be
established. ^
A driver with an approved auto
liability on his vehicle at the time
of an accident is not affected by the
suspension provisions.
; ^
of a Norse galley is towed to the
pierhead complete with crew of
Vikings in helmets and mail, carry
ing flaming torches. A gun is fired
from the fort, rockets soar from
the ships in harbor and at the sig
nal of a bugle call, four- or five-
hundred spark-trails arc down the
night, as the torches are tossed in
to the galley.
Good Citizen of
Your Town
Have you ever thought about the part your Telephooo
Company plays in the life of this Community, the
State and the Nation? Here are some things it does:
1. Pays good wages to its employees—money
that is spent largely in the employee’s home
town.
2. Pays large amounts in taxes that 90 to sup
port" government, education and public
institutions. '
3. Takes part, both as a Company and as in-
. dividuals, in many worthwhile civic en
deavors.
4. Provides the best possible telephone serv
ice at the lowest possible cost.
Accepting the responsibilities of citizenship, wn
believe, is an important part of good telephone
service to this community.
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