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Our Senior Cifizens Can Be
Competent Drivers, Expert Says
Driving performance, not age,
should be the determining fac
tor in permitting our senior
citizens to drive, according to
E. R. Klamm, accident preven
tion director of Allstate Insur
ance Companies.
Klamm says senior citizens,
those past 60, can continue to
be competent drivers a n d
their need to drive can be as
great or greater than that of
younger people.
“Those who learn to com
pensate for the toll of the pass
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your patronage . .. warm wishes for your holiday
happiness and contentment.
“The Shop of Values”
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ing years need not be a prablem
just because of advancing age,”
he points out. “This means
those who have no serious dis
‘abilities, who restrict their driv
ing as to amount and time of
day, and who keep pace with
driving knowledge.”
After retirement, older peo
ple will probably do more driv
ing than ever before, Klamm
believes. |
“The average retired person
does most of his traveling by
car because it is inexpensivel
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Don’t deck the table Christmas tree
Only with baubles that shine prettily.
All that tinsel, though right gay,
Serves simply as a bright display.
Hang chocolate Santas on each limb,
And chocolate bells and balls as trim,
For such decor’s a double treat —
It's good to look at ... good to eat.
and more convenient,” he ex
plains, “He and his wife, more
than likely sharing the driving
chores, are able to visit their
children and friends who often
are located considerable dis
‘tances apart.”
~ Klamm advocates mandatory
re-examination of any driver
whose record indicates some
thing wrong. He says this is
the only way to detect and cor
rect the flaws in driver ability
that lead to most smashups.
Physical condition, knowledge
of traffic regulations and driv
ing technique, and willingness
to adjust to changes in driv
ing requirements are three
critical areas of driver perfor
mance which should be check
ed periodically in all drivers,
he adds.
“One difficulty with the ag
ing driver is that he resists ac
cepting his physical limitations
and changes in traffic rules
and situations,” he emphasizes.
“He may admit that he isn’t as
quick, firm or sharp-sighted as
he used to he, but not that it
interferes with his driving.”
On the other hand, the All
state spokesman thinks most
senior ecitizens would respond
favorably to learning new
techniques in driver training
courses, provided that the train
ing was convenient and not re
quired just for oldsters. He
also believes they would exert
legislative pressure against any
action directed at them if they
weren’t represented and con
sulted.
The Safety expert predicts a
substantial problem witl acci
dents involving elderly driversl
in the near future unless the
matter is treated intelligently
now by government and medi
cal agencies. Opportunities for
the senior driver to learn com
pensating techniques, keep up
to date and to check his perfor
mance record should be readily‘
accessible, he maintains. |
“Older drivers should have
more supervision conducted
under the driver licensing au
thority,” K 1a m m suggests.
“Closer tabs on their mental
and physical fitness should be
kept, particularly on vision
and competence - destroying
disorders or old age.” ‘
The big thing to remember,
Klamm reminds, is that senior“
citizens are entitled to drive
as much as anyone as long as’
thev are able. Where action is
needed is in the area of mak
ing -sure they are able a n d
providing for fair treatment in
the case of restriction or ter
mination of their licenses. |
“Other drivers should al
ways be willing to make al
lowances for the extra-cautious
older driver who may move
slower or make a wider turn
than ordinarily called for,” he
points out. “After all, one old
driver has paid more in tax
dollars toward building a n d
improving roads than a whole
car load of younger drivers.”
R s ieimer
slOl2-Million in
Road Bids Let
For Highways
A total apparent low bid of
$10,604,995.53 has been re
ceived by the Highway De
partment on the first contracts
under the second increment of
the Vandiver Administration’s
Highway Authority and roai
reconstruction program, ac
cording to Highway Board
Chairman Jim L. Gillis.
These 26 contracts, the first
to be let under the 35 million
‘dollars in bonds which were
' sold on November 16, will pro
‘vide for work along 607.58
miles of Primary, and 32.28
miles of Secondary routes in
THE COVINGTON NEWS
' Aiding Xmas
' Aiding Xmas
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Churches of all faiths
throughout Georgia observed
Christmas Seal Sunday on De
cember 10, as part of the 1961
| Christmas Se al Campaign
against tuberculosis.
Ministers, rabbis and priests
are cooperating with local TB
associations to bring to t h e
attention of their congregations
facts about the disease that has
plagued persons of all races and
creeds since earliest times. To
day in the United States a new
| case is discovered every seven
| minutes and a death occurs
‘l|from it every fifty ‘minutes.
| During a normal one-hour wor
| ship service, there will be eight |
| new cases and one fatality from
.| the disease somewhere in the
|U. s.
1 In Georgia alone last year,
t-laccording to Furman Bisher,
|| sports editor of the Atlanta
'lJournal and 1961 Honorary
| Christmas Seal chairman, 209
'!persons died of TB and 1,336
| new victims were discovered.
, “For this reason,” Mr. Bish
er said, “We are urging ever‘v‘
church and community group
to alert their members to the
facts about TB and join us
in the fight against this deadly
foe.”
| Some church groups planned
| visits on Christmas Seal Sun
day to members confined at
Battey State Hospital for tu
berculosis in Rome. Others
| adopted TB patients at the in
stitution and are sending pa
| jamas, newspapers, magazines,
and church periodicals to them
regularly. Projects of this type
can be arranged through local
| TB associations or by contact
|ing the Director of Social Ser
| vices at the hospital, Mr, Bish
ler said.
Special church bulletins and
| selected TB leaflets were dis
| tributed in the worship ser
| vices of participating churches.
!Coloring sheets, especially de
!signed for the observance, were
'[also used during Sunday School
" by the elementary groups.
| “We wish to emphasize, how
| ever, that no collections or of
ferings were to be made,” Mr.
| Bisher said. “Chrstmas Seals
I mailed into the home of Geor
| gia citizens is the main method
used by the voluntary TB as
sociations to carry on their
| work. I, therefore, am asking
| every person to symbolize their
| interest in the fight against TB
;by buying and using Christmas
| Seals during the holiday sea
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| 51 Georgia counties, Mr. Gillis
said.
A total of 1,287 miles of Pri
mary, and 912 miles of Sec
ondarv mileage, located in 113
counties, will be improved un
der the second increment of
reconstruction bonds. Projects
_gnot included in today’s letting
{ will be let to contract in Feb
| rnary and March.
' Also in March, the third and
'; final increment of Highway
| Authority bonds will be sold
| All work under the 100-million
| dollar program will have been
| placed under contract by the
| end of 1962.
Upon completion, the pro
| gram will have brougsht im
| provements to over 6300 miles
| of the state’s major hichwavs:
| the highways over which some
| 66.5 per cent of Georgia’s total
| annual vehicular mileage is
| driven.
Look Into Future
Os Agriculture
Set for WGTV
A look into the future of ag
riculture will be attempted by
George H. King, director of re
search for the University of
Georgia College of Agricul
ture, on the Growing South
Program, Channel 8, at 7 p. m.
December 27. |
Director King says that
m any seemingly impossible’
things are now probable in the
field of agriculture. New techno
logical and scientific discover
ies not only reveal answers to
problems, but open up entirely
new fields for exploration. He
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you will have a Christmas that you will long remember for
5 ¥y, . its hearty cheer and outstanding joy.
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# COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State)
will discuss some of these here
tofore unexplored fields.
Other programs during the
week will include one on the
production of blueberries by
'Dr. Tom Brightwell, horticul
| turist of the Toastal Plain Ex
periment Station on December
28th, and one on the use and
care of small electric motors by
| Dr. R. H. Brown, agricultural
engineer on December 29th.
The Growing South is pre
| sented each weekday on Chan
| nel 8, the University of Geor
| gia’s educational television Sta
tion at 7 p. m. It is produced
by the Center for Continuing
Education in cooperation with
the College of Agriculture,
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PORTERDALE ROAD COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Thursday, December 21 1961