The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 23, 1965, Image 7
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Dept, urges
extra care
for holidays
In an effort to lower the
death rate on the hig-hways, of
ficials of the State Highway
Department are asking motor
ists to use extra caution dur
ing the dangerous Christmas
holiday period which is drawing
near.
During the holidays the High
way patrol will be trying to
keep people from getting killed
or injured in traffic accidents.
Arrests is not our goal; it is
safety, officials pointed out.
In, reminding the public that
all available patrolmen will be
cruising the state’s highways,
spokesmen brought out that the
Highway Department receives
none of the fines that are col
lected as a result of arrests.
Kinard named
to safety post
C. L. Kinard of Senn Truck
ing Company, Newbeny, was
elected chairman of the South
Carolina Council of Safety Sup
ervisors for 1966.
The Safety Council concerns
itself with safety of truck trav
el and among other things,
holds road checks and reports
defects to owners, writes road
patrol reports on moving equip
ment, advising owners the man
ner in which trucks are oper
ated; sponsors the Truck Driv
er of the Month and Driver of
The Year contests, truck safe
ty contest, reports traffic vio
lations to truck owners. For
the past two years, the Coun
cil has won national recogni
tion for its safety activities.
The South Carolina Council
of Safety Supervisors is the
Safety Arm of the Motor Trans
portation Association of South
Carolina.
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Trim Tree
Trimming the tree is fun,
but there are some rules that
should be followed. First, in
spect carefully for frayed
cords, exposed wires, and bro
ken ^ sockets. Check bulbs in
dividually. Begin by placing
lights at the top and working
down and around, placing
lights on boughs nearest the
trunk and working outward to
tips of branches. Wait until
all lights are in place before
hanging other decorations.
The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, December 23, 1965 SEC. A—PAGE 7
Neither does the individual pa
trolman have a quota of ar
rests ,nor does it mean a thing
to him financially if he makes
one arrest or a hundred during
the month.
Several violations are much
more common during the holi
day periods, and patrolmen
have been instructed to keep a
sharp eye out for driving under
the influence of intoxicants,
speeding, improper passing,
failure to yield right-of-way,
and any other hazardous form
of driving.
The Department is asking the
cooperation and understanding
of the public to make safety
pay off.
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FARM TALK .... Children’s
recognition of the sounds made
by farm animals is the key to fun
with this new game. When a
player lands on a square which
permits him to pull the talking
barn’s string, he hears any one
of 12 authentic sounds made by
farm animals.
FORBIDDEN TREE
One version of how the Christ
mas tree came indoors may stem
from the days of medieval Ger
man drama. In their plays, the
Germans used decked-out fir trees
as the “tree of Paradise,” repre
senting the Garden of Eden.
When authorities frowned on pub
lic displays of this sort, the trees
were used in homes, and a cus
tom gradually evolved of decorat
ing it at Christmas time with
cookies, fruit and, eventually,
candles.
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