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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, June 25, 1970—PAGE 3 Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Altman of Newbrry announce the en gagement of their daughter, Barbara Charlyn, to Hubert Daniel Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas of Clinton. The wedding is to be held in Aveleigh Presbyter ian Church, Newberry, on July 2, at 7 p.m. All friends are invited to attend. No invitations will be sent. Patrol gears for holiday The South Carolina Highway Patrol is gearing its patrolmen to top strength for the long Fourth of July weekend. Col. P. F. Thompson, director of the S. C. Highway Depart ment’s Traffic Law Enforce ment Division and Patrol Head, has issued instructions for every available patrolman to be on duty from Friday, July 3 thru' Monday, Ju’y 6. He also plans for all unmarked cars and radar units to be in use continuously during the holiday period in an effort to keep South Carolina highways safe for travel. “Strict enforcement is essen tial in order to prevent need less accidents,’’ Col. Thompson said. “I have asked patrolmen to give special attention to speed violations, reckless driving and driving while intoxicated. Of course they understand that all traffic laws should be properly enforced in the interest of traf fic safety,” he said. ONE YEAR OLD: Terri Lynn Shaver celebrated her first birthday June 16, 1970. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry C. Shaver. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bedenbaugh of Newberry. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Shaver of Newberry. Maternal great-grandmother is Mrs. J. R. (Maude) Be denbaugh of Prosperity. Mrs. Shaver is the former Miss Alice Bedenbaugh of Newberry. With holiday and vacation travelers on highways during this period, roadways will be carrying the heaviest traffic load of the summer, according to Col. Thompson. “This means more potential traffic accident situations are likely to develop and there will be more acci dents unless motorists exercise safe driving techniques.” The official warned against driving while sleepy or tired. “Don’t drive too far before rest ing. A good general guide is to stop and stretch or get a cup of coffee every two hours or 100 miles,” Col. Thompson said. Other important safe driving rules suggested are, Drive with special care when traveling on roads loaded with an unusual amount of traffic. Keep a safe distance between your car and the car ahead. Slow down when the sun goes down and it gets dark. Your sight distance is restricted considerably at night time. Never pass on a hill or curve or when approaching an inter section. The more traffic on highways, the greater chance you have of meeting another vehicle head-on. It’s about the same as playing Russian Rou lette. The yellow lines that mark “no passing” zones on South Carolina’s highways are for driver’s safety. It is unlaw ful to pass when a yellow line is in your lane because it is dangerous. These lines were not placed haphazardly but only af ter careful engineering studies had been made to determine their location. Official Highway Department records show that 13 persons died on South Carolina high ways during the 1969 Indepen dence Holiday weekend. Ten of these occurred on July 4. Final census check underway One of the final steps in the 1970 census in rural and small city areas of the southern States—a check by mailmen— is now underway, according to the U. S. Department of Com merce’s Bureau of the Census. The ’70 census was taken by two methods: by mail-out and mail-back of questionnaries in most major metropolitan areas and by census takers in the rest of the United States. The latter procedure entailed the mailing out of questionnaires, and subsequent visits by census takers who would pick up fill ed in forms, or, lacking this, interview families while follow ing a house-to-house route. Canvassing in the metropol itan areas required checking of addresses by postal employees before the mailout. A similar step is now being taken by mail men following the visits by cen sus takers. This is the procedure: When census district offices complet ed their preliminary counts, they turned over to the post office a set of white cards list ing every address canvassed. The mailmen, in turn, check these addresses against t h e households on their routes. If the mailman discovers what he considers a “missed” address, he fills out a blue card noting this fact. The blue cards are referred to the Census Bureau which will check them against the census records. ’T BE SWINDLED... Here are some clues on how confidence men and women operate. 1. A friendly stranger makes your acquaintance and shows you a bundle of cash he has just found. He would like to divide it with you, but first, to show your yood faith, you must put up a substantial amount of your own funds. In the process of handling your money the stranger excuses himself for a moment and you are left holding* a package of worthless pa per. 2. You receive a telephone call from a man who says he is a bank examiner and requests your help in trapping a teller believed to be tampering with your account. You are asked to withdraw your savings to help in the canture and in the process the examin er disappears with your money. 3. A stranger offers to give you money on some pre text but requires you to put up some of your own funds to show good faith. Again, after you have withdrawn your savings he or she disappears with your money. Youi’ sm'oicions should be aroused whenever a strang er asks von to withdraw savings for any purpose. You should immediately call your local police department. AVJNGS AND Loan ASSOCIATION LUliliUlsD