Thomas Barnes, vice presi
dent of the Carolina Casualty
Co, congratulates three drivers
for Herr’s Motor Express for
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Truck Drivers
In Herr Eitfploy
Receive Awards
By LF Staff Reporter
Twenty-two truck drivers em
ployed by Herr’s Motor Express,
Quarryville, Friday night re
ceived citations for being mem
bers of the Driver’s Honor Roll
ioi the period ending July 31,
1956.
Awards were made at a
dinner meeting in the parl
ors of, Memorial Methodist
Church, where the program
featured talks by Lt. William
R. Engle, , from Troop B
Headquarters, Pennsylvania
State Police at Lancaster,
and Dr. Andrew S. Besfaore,
state safety coordinator,
Bureau of Highway Safety,
Harrisburg.
Presenting citations was T M.
Barnes, an official of Carolina
Casualty Insurance Company,
Builington, N. C.
Receiving five-year Safe Driver
Awards were: James Bleacher,
William Crawford, and Norman
Todd; four-year awards: Paul
Chapman and David McAllister;
three-year awards, Charles
Howett, Earl Knickerbocker,
William Kowal, Charles Latch
ford, Carl McVey, Richard
Rohrer, and J. Earl Roland;
two-year awards, Horace Heald,
John L. Luttrell, Jr, Melvin
Rmeer, and Robert Shissler;
one-year awards; Harry E. D.
Bleacher, Kenneth H. Brown,
John F. Clanton, Jr., George
Cox, Paul Trout and Robert
Weiss.
Lt. Engle stressed driving
safety, adding that ‘Tv»
always considered the truck
driver my friend. They have
never failed to offer’ assist
ance when I needed it.”
Yet today there are two
Paramount problems, 1, ju
venile delinquency, and 2,
the traffic accident problem
that brings death, suffering,
waste.
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‘Autos destroy more than all
Qnme activities and fire com
bined,” the state trooper told,
casualties in war are paid to
die > if necessary, for a cause,
excluding bombed, yet
one-third of those killed on our
highways are women—boys and
gnls under 15'years of age.”
Last year’s highway toll, he
continued,—33,ooo kffled. one
an d one-half million injured,
$4O billion property damage.
“Nn ti, our drivers
Realize * the seriousness at our
traffic the cesponsi-
Herr Truckers Honors
receiving safe driving awards
for five years The drivers, left
to right, after Barnes, are
James Bleacher, William Craw-
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bility of the driver. Horse
power was a great deal safer
when only horses had it,” Lt.
Engle said. There are 80 million
drivers in the United States,
but only 10 per cent are in
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cent of the accidents are caused
by speeding, failure to yield the
right of way, reckless driving.
“The reason for auto accidents
is not in lack of knowledge of
traffic laws; it must lie in the
makeup of the individual driver,
his shortcomings, drinking,
physical limitations, mental at
titudes/’ he elaborated.
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Friday Sept. 14, 1956
en driver but the drinking dri
ver who causes a great many of
our accidents. Unless we walk
and drive safely, accidents /will
happen,” he concluded.
Mr. Barnes emphasazetbrithe
marked increase in three types
of accidents during the past six
months, 1, striking vehicles in
the rear, 2, accidents while
backing, and 3, meeting side
swipes or overtaking sideswipes.
Ladies of the church served
a delicious roast beef dinner.
Three top drivers have cover
ed more than one million miles.
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