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VijV ITS Wcrfst Automobile REPRESENTATIVE Toll 1^ History In '52 IN COUNTY SECOND -TUESDAY OF MONTH tiurn two million casual- »*<%«** •orit autcinoi.ilc acrito# In the nation's history, *scord«d in 1952, according: released by leading insurance companies. I*»t year's traffic deaths total«d ST BOO, an increase of BOO <*?er the I95i mark. Tli« injury count soared to 2.090,000, more than 127,000 over 1951. The death and injury totals Me highlight statistics from "Who, Me?". nineteenth in ail anmi; 1 scries of • trrfffic acciden' data booklets published. Compfuiy statisticians collect and analyze accident facts from each state. 'The most dangerous' mistake in driving last ycdrwas' exoeesive speed. Speed 'Hilled" l",<ioP persons and injured neailv 600.- odo. according to ihc report. Drivers under 25 years old were involved in almost 2T> percent of the year's fatal accidents although they constitute only about 15 per cent of the total of all drivers. „ More than 15,000 perstrns \ve'( killed and nearly 750,000 hurt in weekend crashes in 1952. Forty per cent of .the deaths and '!6 per cent of the injuries occurred on Saturdays find Sundays last year. It was the second consecutive year of improvement in the pedestrian record. Figures from the booklet show that pedestrian asualties were reduced by more han 8 per cent in 1952. Crossing etween intersections, "jay walkng", still is the chief cause of estrian deaths and injuries. Other facts from "Who, Me?": Three out of four 1952 au*o accidents happened tor passenger cars driving in clear weather on dry roads. • » Eighty per cent of vehicles involved In fatal accidents were traveling straight ahead. Saturday was the most • dangerous day of the week to drive. 1952 was the third consecutive year of increase in the death toll. 4-H Winners To Receive Awards State winners in two national 4-H award programs relating to conservation and beautffication in rural areas will receive 17- ewel wrist watches tiii.' year. Both of these programs -ire imong those approved for Illinois 4-H Club members in- 1953. according to Miss * Anna Searl and E. I. Pilchard, stace' leader' if home economics and agricultural 4-H club respectively. Award donors, in .tH«» two; pt®- ~rams include .the Firestone Tire ind Rubber company 'or t"he 4-H -oil and water -conservation piorram, and Mrs. Charles.' R., Wf1'" ereen for ' the homo - ground: beautificafion program, ' Blue ribbons will a'warcTeil for the best records in these two projects; in each county Section- •il winners chosen from fnionj: the state winners will lejeive ,allexpense trips to the National 4-H r*lub Congress in Chicago ne>* November in the soil end wate' conservation program. Wig'it rational winners will receive ^ college scholarships.- •' There~afe no sectional awards > in the home grounds b^autifMi-f tion program, but national winners will get all-expuvse trips |o the 4-H Club Congress h cago. • * Additional. 3wards in ;qpi| and;, water conservation include a $25' savings bend to £taie winne'f# *fn the junior division &ri<l a fen pencil set to the state individual winner and the two members of the state winning team in the demonstration phace of the projrr& m. • Achievement^ figures for' 1952 show that 140,00d" boys and girl^ all over the country beautified their faimpteads and 192,000 club members received ti airing in soil and water conservation practices. In the interest of offering assistance to veterans in areas where Veteran^ - Administration offices are not located, the Rockford VA office conducts an "away from office program" a .number of towns within a fifty-mile radius of its location. VA's representatives comes td Woodstock every second Tuesday of the month as part of this program of service to McHeAry county veterans. Their representative will be on duty at the ;:.y THB McHHNR* » oItpir"t*l a*»:* U. S.. post office, second floor, Tuesday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and all VA benefits including compensation and pension for disability or death. Insurance, hospitalization, medical and dental care, education and training, guaranty of loans, burial allowance, etc., may be ap«, plied for or discussed with VA"*!! to 1 visiting representative. Veterans recently separated from service and interested in continuing their insurance protection should consult with the VA representative if they are uncertain about their status or desire fur\her information about the Insurance Coat Problem Modified swagger coats are being, hailed by women as the answer te the one coat problem. These will Bt over dress or suit easily because they have a modulated all-over flirf deep sleeve that give comfort and a bit of detail in their fur trimmed collar 4 id cuffs. SPEEDY": * McHENRY GARAGE I AlKTt^faT^^j6Y| h making good tea, it should be prepared quickly. And be sure the water is boiling in order to brinp out the flavor of *he tea. Allow one teaspoon of tea for each cup oif boiling water. Cover closely an{ let leaves steep from three to fivf minutes, then strain. Mb* rr was stopmin^- MV WINDSHIELD WIPES? WOULDN'T WORK I HAD TO DRIVE WITH HEAP OUT TH' WINDOW S° Lrs COulD SEE USHER GIVE HUH^ MCKMllERV IPHENRVOMlA6f COULD have checked OVER XOUC CAR IN A JIFFY AND SEEN THAT EVERYTHING WORKED PROPERLY. WHY DON'T YOU OCT WttE? 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