The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1946 Page: 2 of 10
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas.
Miss Ruby Williams of Pu
spent the week-end In Sham
with Miss Faye Robertson, who
here to visit her mother, Mrs. (
Robertson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jackson of
Denton, and Mrs. Gladys Littlejohn
and Mrs. Doris Marrs of Dallas,
were guests In the home of Mrs.
F. M. Stafford last week.
ma City, was a guest in the home
of Miss Janet Caperton last week.
Los Angeles, Calif., where they spent
a two-week vacation trip.
half of the defects.
Last year, according to the Na-
tional Conservation Bureau, 3.510
persons were killed In auto acci-
dents during August and 3.830 lost
their lives In September.Aan In-
crease of mo. \
The major reason for this is the
Increase In hour of darkness, the
Bureau's safety specialists say.
Drivers who during the Spring and
Summer go from office to home In
daylight often fall to realise that It
gets dark earlier with the approach
of Winter, and that with more night
driving the danger from lessened
visibility increases.
To make things worse, the Bureau
says, most of the additional night
driving during the autumn months
Is done between 5 and 7 p.m., when
traffic Is at a peak and motorists
are Impatient to reach home.
As an aid to motorists wishing to
avoid trouble during the next few
months the Conservation Bureau
offers the following suggestion:
Watch out particularly lor pedes-
trians. Deaths among pedes trains
In traffic make up more than 40
per cent of the traffic fatality to-
tal for all months combined. Like
vehicular traffic, pedestrian travel
Mr. and Mrs. dene Caperton of
College Station, are here this week
visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
E. K. Caperton and her mother.
Mrs, Harris Tilley.
Every Thursday by
& MONTGOMERY
St. Phone 180
Mr. and Mrs Alfred Fletcher of
Van Nuys, Calif., were Shamrock
visitors over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L McAlister of
Port Worth, were week-end guests
In the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. T.
Brown.
Mrs. J. J. Baird, who has spent
the summer In Ouymon, Okla., Al-
buquerque, N. M, and Dalhart, has
returned home. She will serve as
a substitute in high school this year.
Shamrock's Complete Drug 8tore
—Berten’s Drug. If It la available,
we have It 8-tfc
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sms spent
Sunday In McLean visiting In the
home of her mother, Mrs. J. A.
Brawley.
Monta Oossett, who has been 111
for the past two weeks, and spent
several days in the Wheeler Hos-
pital, Is at home and much Im-
proved. ft*
Miss Lenore Turney, MU* Gladys
Turney and Bill Turney of Dallas,
were week-end guests In the homes
of Mr. and Mrs. George Porch, and
Mr. and Mrs. Cedi Turney.
Qulllman Scott made a trip to
Kamay, Texas last week because of
the serious Illness of bis mother.
Mrs. R O. Scott.
Is heaviest during homeward-bound
hours, and pedestrians are Just as
anxious to get home as motorists.
Be especially careful at lntersec-
tlons.
Slow down at dusk. This will
compensate for reduced ability to
see and make stopping or maneu-
vering out of trouble easier. Re-
member also that accidents tend
to be leas severe at moderate than
at high speed/
Have your headlights inspected
and if necessary adjusted, for the
weeks ahead will call for Intensive
use of headlights. Turn on the
parking lights earlier, so that other
motorists will have no difficulty In
seeing your car.
Watch out for wet leaves and for
wet places that may have frosen
over with the coming of darkness.
If possible, plan to return home
a little earlier. With the quickly
descending nights of Pall and Win-
ter, 30 or 30 minutes often makes
the difference between driving
home In daylight or after dark.
Mr. and Mrs. L E. Oldham, Sr.,
visited In Seagraves, Texas last
week.
A. O. Spears of Amarillo, was a
guest of Miss Avalon Smith last
week-end.
The Pall season may bring with
It 13,000 deaths on our streets and
highways, warn safety specialists of
the National Conservation Bureau,
accident prevention division of the
Association of Casualty and Surety
Executives.
The months of September. Octo-
ber and November collectively net-
ted 11,558 deaths due to motor ve-
hicle accidents In 1M1, and this
year’s aoddent rate appears likely
to surpass the ‘41 mark, last year
only 9.300 deaths were reported for
the PW1 months, but the specialists
point out that now there are many
man on the roads and
a good proportion of them are In
poor operating condition.
Accident statistics show that a de-
fective vehicle was Involved In 17
per cent of the fatal accidents, with
defective brakes. Improper light,
and poor tires constituting nearly
Mrs. R. C. Harrington of Hum-
bolt. Tenn., and Edwin Draper Tay-
lor of Trenton. Tenn.. were guests
last week In the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Shirley Draper. They were
here to attend the Draper-Wllllams
wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Ell Smith and
daughters, visited in Crowell Thurs-
day and Friday.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1946, newspaper, September 5, 1946; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528184/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shamrock Public Library.