The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 13, 1957, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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MEN AND THINGS
What about the new continen
tal highways: Are they designed
primarily,. for example, to run
from Dillon to Savannah? Why
Savannah*’ Is there any immu
table law prescribing that a great
highway shall run a straight line
to Savannah? I have nothing
against Savannah, or Jackson
ville. If there are hiilitary con
siderations of supreme import
ance why not consider Tampa
Fla .
It sometimes is desirable to
have direct connections, but what
connections?
The effect on towns has been
<*
carefully studied so I quote an
exploratory' article: First what
California says;
“Highway traffic through this
rural, sun-drenched community
usually quickens with the Cali
fornia spring into a week-end
stream of impatient, honking mo
torists.
But this year, complains a mo
tel keeper, 'You could fire a shot
gun down Main Street and not hit
anyone.
The reason? Petaluma, a chick
en and egg center 38 miles north
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H. F. Ooodrich Dealer
Ot San FYandaco, wmi by-pawed
five months ago. U. S. Route 101,
California’s scenic Redwood high
way, a major north-south artery,
once split the town with a shim
mering wall of autos and trucks.
Now a $3.7 million by-pass carries
through traffic over rolling farm
land to the east—barren of cafes,
filling stations and motels.
The by-pass at first produced
anguished squawks only from
chicken fanners who fretted that
zooming traffic would diminish
the output of nervous hens. But
now, some merchants on the old
route, in rickety one-room diners
and alongside dusty gas pumps,
are bitter—and worried, too.
The proprietress of the Casa
Frande Motel, balefully predicts
that Petaluma, with four banks
and 13,506 inhabitants, is on the
skids. ‘We’ll have 14 to 16 empty
buildings in the next 30 to 60
days,’ she says grimly. ‘Petaluma
is only a ghost town.’
This city’s plight, whether real
or imagined, soon will be faced
by growing numbers of small
towns across the nation. Strict
engineering standards under the
giant Federal road building pro
gram mean high speed highways
will be routed around many ttuall
communities and their businesses
which cater to travelers. It’s too
early to estimate the exact num
ber of by-passes because many
stretches of the 41,000-hdle in
ter-state system remain to be
precisely located. But they will
be numbered in the hundreds,
says die Bureau of Public Works.
We think our studies show that
the tremendous traffic congestion
relief will be more beneficial than
the through traffic ever was,’
states Frank C. Balfour, chief
right-of-way agent for Califor
nia’s Division of Highways. In
stead of hurting a community,
contends Mr. Balfour, by-passes
usually bring a healthy boost in
retail sales. His reasoning: Lo
cal trade picks up after street
congestion is relieved and park
ing facilities are improved.
The California officials get an
argument, however, from high
way engineers in neighboring Or
egon. Researchers at the Univer
sity of Oregon put eight by-pass
ed Oregon communities under the
microscope. Their finding: None
greatly benefited because of the
by-pass and some businesses ca
tering to traffic unquestionably
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Stroll the street* of Petaluma,
including Main Street* formerly
U. & 101, and you’ll get the same
mixture at views from the com
munity's merchants. Main Street
is a quoit street now; local traf
fic flows leisurely past service
stations, drug stortrs and feed
dealers.
Parking space is easy to find.
Other downtown businessmen
agree. ‘Traffic going to the Rus
sian River resorts during the
summer used to be terrific,’ ex
claims Claude Bradford, Chamber
of Commerce manager, and a by
pass advocate. ‘Now, generally
speaking, you’ll find people fa
vor the by-pass.’
But bitter statements tumble
from the lips of the town’s two
motel operators. Their claim,
relatively modem establishments
are geared for heavy tourist
trade.
Few states have studied eco
nomic effetes of urban by-passes
and none with the thoroughness
of California. However, research
ers at the University of Oregon
insist that by-pass benefits hold
true in .CalifomifiL-Only because
of the state’s tremendous rate of
growth and its particularly heavy
traffic.
It is the fear of lost business,
of course, which sparks many of
the often vociferous complaints
when a by-pass is proposed. To
help overcome this fear, the Cali
fornia Highway Commission re
lies on public hearings, also a
part of the Federal highway act.
While the commission isn’t le
gally required to follow advice
offered by these sessions, by pol
icy it delays a by-pass until it
reaches agreement with local of
ficials.’’
Atomic power stirs our imag
ination. One of the nation’s stu
dents of the general theme writes
so suggestively that I quote him
in part:
“It is a plain fact that Ameri
cans are more interested in their
future than in their past. Stun
ned by the horror of atomic
bombs, we have created an eco
nomic myth of nuclear energy.
Too much of our economic ana
lysis in this field has dwelt iiDonU._
the marvelous future, and too lit
tle upon the present and the past.
Most analysts have directed their
forecasts at the potentialities of
nuclear energy as a producer of
electric current. These prospects
—along with the demonstrated
medical and industrial uses of
radioactive isotopes — are unde
niably important. But they are
by no means the only aspects of
the new wonder deserving of ex
amination. -
And so we have our myth. It
is not a rich mythology yet: all
we have is a very expensive
horse, but it could take us any
where if we only know how to
bridle it. Will the hero who finds
the golden bit be a free enter
priser named Westinghouse Elec
tric, a desperate British state*
gambler staking its uranium pile
on Calder Hall reactors, or an
infant giant named Euratom?
The first decade of nuclear
technology has shown it to be
not a producer but the fnost in
satiable consumer of electric pow
er in history. And perfectly well
known facts indicate that it will
continue a consumer, not Chly of
electricity but also of billions of
dollars worth of industrial equip
ment, for decades to come.
The basis of power in Europe
has changed deeply in the last
twelve years. Iq 1945, Western
Germany was a defeated power;
France, by some sort of reasoning
or sentiment, was a victorious
power. In 1957, France has re
verted to something like its 1938
condition; Western Germany has
demonstrated that the roots of
its industrial power were not
destroyed by military defeat. •
Events of the last ten years in
dicate that industrial Europe may
be building up pressures which
will result in a new grouping. The
rate of Europe’s.industrial growth
has now surpassed the rate of
growth in the United States. The
United Kingdom is developing
nuclear technology on a large
scale—not only with its make-or-
break reactor building but also
in the sale of isotopes and in the
manufacture of equipment. Since
1M1, the Netherlands and Nor
way have been partners to nu
clear retard* and development.
All the Western industrial powers
have aoone individual equivalent
of our Atomic Energy Commis
sion. Since the Geneva Confer
ence, there has been little skep
ticism concerning Soviet ability
in basic atomic'research. West
ern Germany’s Industrialists
swiftly announced plans for nu
clear cooperation when they were
permitted to do do.”
# • #
Lord Montgomery of the Brit
ish army seems to be willing to
offend everybody. He criticized
General Robert E. Lee who com
manded Confederate at Gettys
burg and General Meade who
Commanded the Union Army.
Lord Montgomery, striking a
particularly offensive note said
that he would have removed both
General Lee and General Meade
for bungling at the Battle of Get
tysburg. Maybe «x
Mow Who ti Lord Montgomery?
He comtouded British troop* in
th« daecrta of Africa. His cam
paign there ended successfully
but he owed something to that
great soldier, General Patton, one
of the greatest field generals in
the entile war.
Lord Montgomery must have
had a part to the Battle of the
Bulge which was far from an ad
mirable military exploit. Gen
eral Patton saved the day there,
too.
General Lee had no HmKlets
stores of food qr munitions; he
fought under severe handicaps,
but brilliantly, notwithstanding.
General Robert E. Lee will be
studied and admired and revered
when Lord Montgomery will so
long have been forgotten that he
will have just four or five lines in
some encyclopedia.
General Meade was a, respec
table officer of more than ordi
nary ability, but is not rated by
anybody wfih General Leo.
I have aSwiys hdd a warn*
in my heart for General
. He was a cadet aft Wert
I think, whan General Lae
was superintendent; and he prob
ably fought under Lee in Mexico.
At any rate, General Meade, as
I recall, mounted his horpe and
rode out to meet General Lee fol
lowing Lee’s surrender at Appo-
matox. He remenibered with re
spect and admiration Us former
commander and removed his hat
as Lee approached and said,
‘^General Lee, I am ' George
Meade.”
I cant think of General Meade
except as a modest, lovable gen
tleman.
You will recall that General
Grant, and many other high-
ranking Union officers had been
at West Point under Lee, or had
served under him in the Mexican
War.
# If yon have doctor’s
prescriptions—and can’t
conveniently bring them
in —call os. Oar mes
senger will pick-up the
prescriptions and deliver
the medicines. Yon pay
only the rtptlar prescrip
tion price.
Keep in mind, too, that
we wi A gladly deliver any
item in oar stock to your
home or office. There is
no extra charge. We hope
you’ll call us—often.
HOWARD’S
PHARMACY
“Your Rexall Store’*
PHONE 101
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tip-
'51
Today’s athlete wants to win fairly ac
cording to the rules. Primitive man had
no rules, no sense of fair play.
In the intervening centuries man learned
more of God. He began to apply basic
religious principles of honesty and integ
rity to all the activities of life. Finally, he
decided that even his games ought to be
played by such standards.
Sometimes we say that sports build
character. We really mean that fair play
—the religious principle we have tried to
incorporate in our games—turns mere
competitive effort into a character-mold
ing experience.
But life is more than a game . . . and
Christian character is more than sports
manship.
The Church teaches all of us the prin
ciples of moral and spiritual living. It
brings us into a reverent relationship with
God himself. Its truths not only inspire
fair play .. . but victorious living.
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This Series of Messages Is Being Published Each Week by the Following Clinton
Firms in the Interest of Increasing Church Attendance
BANK OF CLINTON
,—————t-~- Phone 121
Bank of Clinton
Phone 121
Howard’s Pharmacy
Phone 101
Clinton Tire & Recap. Co.
Phone 1206
Carolina Service Station
Phone 61,4
C and L Concrete Co.
Phone 538
Mary Musgrove Coffee
Shoppe — Phone 1000 -
Todd Grocery Co., Inc.
Phone 8
Gault’s Esso Station
Phone 880-W
Young’s Pharmacy
Phone 19
1 Yarborough Oil Co. _
Phone 440
Lawson Furniture Co.
Joanna — Phone 3111
Irby’s Meat Market
Phono 489
McGee’s Drug Store
Phone 1
Gulf Oil Corporation
Phone 21
Cooper Motor Co., Inc.
Phone 515
Sunshine Cleaners
Phone 436
McMillan Service Station
M and W Auto Sales
Phone 2
A
Johnson Bros. Super Mkt.
Phone 239
i Industrial Supply Co.
Phone 111
Chronicle Publishing Co.
Phone 74
Clyde’s Body Works
Chai UmJ Gun — Phono 880
Citizens Federal Savings
& Loan Association
Phono 6
Joanna Stores
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