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A Page Twelt# _JL THE Richmond Community NeWs By Phyllis Carlson Uniform Traffic Tickets Now In Use By State Police Officers , Another milestone in Governor viction report, police record and William (2. Stratton's campaign, violator's ticket. We hope, the new year has started to be a good one for you. Happy New Year to you. Life -seems to be ?more nearly normal again with the kids in school once more and the teachers, in- , stead of the mothers, are the^ haggard ones with 'problems. 1 (Rotary News Service above self is practiced in Richmond besides in^the Ro- Here is a letter that ex- *"plains this, as written to our town druggist, Freddie. "Deal- Freddie, "Do you remember when you took the boys to Rockford for the Shrine Circuit giving each youngster $1.00? I want you to know a little boy saved his dollar to. buy his beautiful mother dia- , monds for Christmas (which we gjot in a pair of earrings). How far your thoughtfulness went to make happiness, yours in the giving, his in the sharing and his mother's in . the realization that he loves her. Best (holiday wishes " to you, Betty and vimmy. "Sincerely. "Wanda Todd" The little boy in the letter is Jimmy Hoffman, Wanda Todd's grandson. We have nothing to worry about, especially our future generation in Richmond, if service above self is applied like this little boy applied it. r At our last meeting of Rotary, impromptu talks were given first by Bob Lindbloom, who passed "the buck for program to Frank May. Frank May talked himself -out of the milk pail fund and Joe Justen saved the day by talking of- his experiences and about convoy ships leaving New York harbor. Thanks, Joe, for coming to the rescue. Harry Anderson is still at Memorial hospital. He is coming along nicely after having had several blood transfusions. Freddie Schroeder and Pastor Carlson called on him last week. Monday night the church council of Grace church will meet. Sunday night the Senior Youth Fellowship will meet at the Community church. IP.T.A. The January P.T.A. night will be given over to an evening of open house at the Richmond grade school. Come and meet your son or daughter's teachers. There will be no children at this open, house, just a night when parents and teachers can get to know each other better. Plan to attend. Refreshments will be served too. Richmond Xews i - Lars and Lief Anderson have just gotten over the chicken pox. They, were well, just in time for the holidays. Elaine Speaker also has had the chicken pox. Miss Gladys Hobbs from Minneapolis, Minn., spent Christmas | with the Wittmayers. Miss Hobbs { is Mrs. Wittmayer's cousin. Fri- ! day afternoon, Mrs. Wittmayer had a few friends ift for a visit with Miss Hobbs. Little Ruth Carlson lost her two front teeth just in time for ' tells ' him exactly what he for traffiq safety was reached <?n Jan. I \ylven the state highway police began using the new uniform traffic ticket. Traffic safety experts say it is an important step in improving highway safety. Illinois is the fifth state in the nation to adopt the ticket. According to Phil M. Brotffti, chief of the state highway police, "It's the keystone of a whole program of traffic safety improvement." Brown see^ these benefits " in' the new form? Better and more uniform 'enforcement of traffic laws. The form is designed to help officers decide exactly which of the .most common offenses was committed and to what degree. Better and more uniform court action. Information called for on the form gives the judge a better idea of what happened. Savings in clerical work and a more reliable system of violation reports. The form unifies all paper work for a. traffic case into one operation. Better education of the public. The violator's copy of the form did Christmas. Holiday Visitors Edna speaker, who w for the holidays, spent" share of the time indoors and part of it in bed with a very bad cold. She and Myra had Christmas dinner anyway for about twelve relatives. John Schnier from Chicago spent several days last week with the Harold Carlsons. John is a cousin to David, Ruth and Paul Carlson. (Organizations Meet , The Mothers club met Monday evening at the high school. / -The Lutheran Women's guild iqet Tuesday evening in the church basement. The program /featured a movie, "A Home for Jimmy," telling of thq Nachuso Children's home which Grace church helps to support. The Brownies met again yesterday after Christmas vacation. They planned a nature hike. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cairns of Burlington, Wis., recently called on the Arthur Bells. Mrs. C. H. Carlson of Genoa City called on the Arthur Bells and the Henry Bergholzes last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bell had several callers on New Year's day. They were Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Green and famify of Clarendon Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pretzman of Oak Park, and Mrs. Bess Elfers of Woodstock. New Year's day was an especially big day at the Arthur Bell house for IT" was Mrsr-Bgll's birthday. Be- [ STREET wrong and shows other common ways of getting into trouble which he should avoid. / The ticket itself is a set of four nearfy identical forms each of a different color and alternated with carbon paper. When an officer writes the ticket, he simultaneously records information for thfe court complaint, con- Special feature of the ticket is the space provided for describing the violation. Listed are six top violations that, cause accidents. They need only be checked by the officer. Other check marks can be used to specify degree of violation. A blank space is provided for other violations. "All the pertinent information is there," Brown said. "And one copy goes to the violator so he knows exactly what the charges Another copy, the. complaint, goes before the' judge. If there is a finding of guilty, a copy is sent to the secretary of state's office to become a permanent part of the driver's record. If he gets too many convictions, a driver may lose his license. A fourth copy goes to local police files. The great virtue of the form, which has been urged by the American Bar association for several yeors, is its specific, nia-. ture and the fact that the same information goes to all* parties concerned, Brown said.' "It's the first step in what we hope will be a whole series of uniformities to improve traffice enforcement that is sure to affect the more than four and one-half million Illinois drivers," he said. The state is urging every ladv enforcement agency within the state to adopt the uniform traf.- fic ticket for its own use as sojyjy as possible. . ILLINOIS UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET AND COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY -- DIVISION OF STATE HIGHWAY P0UC£ CASE H. nnnrrr PAr.r N* ' STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF .. TOWNSHIP OF ,S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 11 POLICE MAGISTRATE B :} No. COMPLAINT COURT 0F_ lated Jwrthda^j^reetings. Mr. and Mrs. "Paul Pretzman of Oak Park also called on the Chester Osborns of Solon Mills. Richard VEiRs had his sixth birthday Tuesday. He will be a first grader this year. Dinner guests on Monday at the home of the Harold Carlsons were Mr. and Mi's. Harry_Shaw of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs?' James of DeKalb, 111. E. STATE TEEN-AGERS PLAN PROJECTS FOR MARCH OF DIMES In the HUH tnd by the tuthorily of the peoplt of th« Suit of lUinoU. comea lhc Iindtrfigned, «h» bring duly iworn. upon oath, drpoMi «nd ttyi: r DAY 0E_ .. W AT. NAME. ADDRESS_i_ BIRTH DATE. r.H UC, No. OP. UC No _ .OCCUPATION- . DID UNLAWFULLY OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLE (*EC No ! MAKE. . TYPE VEHICLE. .YEAR. .YEAR. f Thursday, January 5, THOSE wpRE THE DAYS By ART y£S- GIVE ME *JO- -- I NEED AJslOtMEfc JAK OF THI*MU*J NAUGHTY Momma/ Little, eczema USED -PO GET SPANJKED FOR Pi-AYIN© IN THE MUb --SHE FOR THE PRIVILEGE/ HOSSFACE HANK By FRANK THOMAS Rilcwfj bf Smhh Stfrkt Dcaarut. N. L UJL Fat. OC - T H U M P , i \\ \ THU^P- J Y- THU/H/A WHERE'S YORE MEET Up SON? .HE USUXILY PLAVS THE TOMTOMS WITH YOU. DOESN'T ( H E ? MY, SON GET NEVN DRUM ..HIM NOIN DISGRACE TO. HIS OLO FATHER.! CHIEF BEARCAT ROCKAI.OMC* SONNY SOUTH By COURTNEY ALDEKSON "me WITH A HUNDRED DOLLAR ROD AND THEY GET TENTIMES BIGGER FISH WITH A WILLOW POLE.' OVERSTOCKED FREE FISH TO ALL VOUNGSTERS ' TODAY JOES TISH MART Hz MILE wv>Y •dnxd bf teab RURAL DELIVERY By AL SMITH S3 WF-UHS'LL NEl/ER GIT WORTH OF MAIL IN ALL. OUR BORNEO DAYS/ " U HOWOV,COUSIN ROMEO VOL) LIKE OUR NEW MAIL-BOX IT ONLY COST *435, MAW.' SHES A BEAUTY' WASTE I THINK ILL STAY MONEY ON HERE IN THE HILLS A WHILE LONGER I FAMB^y FAKlM. CLUCK FAfWBLV Hlllf 'iilnlH a k UPON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY, NAMELY AT (LOCATION): LOCATED IN THET0WN5HIP, COUNTY AND STATE AFORE&fe THERE COMMIT THE FOLLOWING OFFENSE: (Mr. (Miller j&t (Home Mr. Miller is home from the hospital in Rockford and is recuperating at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eilts. Baby Baptised Richard Michael Kotzian was baptized Sunday at Grace church. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kotzian of Genoa City. Church News Last Sunday the Community church celebrated Holy Communion. Next Sunday, the first Sunday in Epiphany, will be Communion Sunday at Grace church. Tomorrow is Epiphany, the day when the wise men visited the Christ Child in*the manger. Did you know that this Christmas was hard on some of the church choirs? The choir of St. Joseph's church sang at midnight mass on Christmas Eve and on Christmas morning at 7:30 a.m.v The choir of Grace church sang at 11 p.m. service on Christmas Eve and at the 9:30 a.m. service Christmas morning. They all looked in fairly good shape too in spite of Santa claus. Gov. William G. Stratton supported the Illinois March of Dimes by "shelling out" to 'teenagers in Springfield for their "peanuts for polio" sale held in the state capital Friday and Saturday, Dec. 30 and 31. The saie, sponsored by high school student councils in Springfield, is one of many projects to be conducted this month for the March of Dimes, annual drive of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The 102 county chapters in Illinois, with about 80,000 volunteers, will seek to raise $3,500,000 as the state's share of the nation's battle against polio. The National Foundation's goal for the country is $47,600,000. Asking every citizen in Elinois to contribute to the March of Dimes, William E. Fay, Joliet, state chairman, stressed that this is a decisive year for the National Foundation. "We fear that, in the excitement over the Salk vacine, the public may feel the fight against polio is already won," he said. "This is far from the tyuth." The vaccine is only a stejl toward conquering the disease and is still not a hundred per cent effective. An even more effective vaccine is being sought. "About 68,000 polio victims of past years must be remembered and cared for, as well as the thousands of new cases in 1955. The research and professional education programs of the Foundation need millions of dollars before we can say polio is * whipped." H DIST. No T> DID THEN'JWtT" SPEEDING foter himi) ( m.ph. in Improper LEFT TURN Improper RIGHT TURN Dttobeye<j SIGNAL i QUO m.p.K. m pii. tone) • No MfM) 0 No sif nil Dtaobeyed TRAFFIC (When light turned red) Diiobeyed STOP SIGN Improper PASSING AND LANE USAGE Q PMI middle intersection n Wroag pUctf O Al inlerteclNUI Q Between Traffic • Une S<r»ddliag OTHER VIOLATIONS <de«cnbe>'. {' 0 1 I IS f""l Cut comer O Into wroag taw & a Middle or intersection 8W»lk nprt# Cut in • On right O Wrong Use Q over 15 m.p.k. QFm« « wrong MM 0 From wrong IUM Q Not reached interaction Fatter Wroag tide of pavcmeM O On hill 0 On cw*« 8 IN VIOLATION OF SECTION. .OFTHf C3U. A.K.T 0 ILLINOIS MOTOR VEHICLE LAW FC) DRIVERS LICENSE ACT Q LOCAL ORDINANCE SLIPPERY /BSL PAVEMENT \A»» DARKNESS fa»>m IBS. OTHER TRAFFIC i n CTOM PRESENT ID**** AREA: •«•»»«• HIGHWAY TYPE: QTIWI Couted Penon To Dodfe Qhln>wi D Ormt Ju« Mined Accident m timt €*•«! Oa L Q«i jaii The undersigned further stfttet thtt be bu ju»t and reasonable stoundMO believe, aod'doea belitvt, that the person n*med above committed the offense herein set tonh, contrary to law and agai&fl the peace ai)d digmt) of the people of the St/Uc^>r Illinois. SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED Bl THIS DAY OF JUDGE OR CLERK TITLE (Signature and identification of offirer or other complainant.) YOU ARE DIRECTED TO REPORT TO. STREET .C1TV. ON THE. .DAY OF. ..19. .AT. DAIRYMEN NEED GOOD RECORDS, SAY EXPERT If you are the kind of dairyman who doesn't keep records, you are the kind of person who could drive a car while blindfolded. With a blindfold over your eyes, you can't see the road or the signs that tell you when to turn. Dairy specialists at the1 College of Agriculture declare that, when you don't keep dairy records, you likewise can't see where you're going or how to get there. In both cases you're free to steer, but you can't know which way to turn. G. W. Harpestad, extension dairy specialist, points out that you need accurate records in order to cull individual cows from the herd. Your breeding progr; depends upon your keeping records and analyzing them properly. You don't need to worry about complicated records, though, Harpeatad says. Some of the records you might keep in order to positively identify your animals include photographs or color markings, tattoos, chains on the neck or around the horns, eartagging and branding. You need accurate breeding records so that you can bp sure that cows get an adequate dry period -- which is a must, if they are to produce at their I best -- and also so that you can judge your breeding program on the basis of the sire of each calf and Watch the breeding health of the herd. You have a wide choice of production records, ranging from daily milk weights to Weigh-a- Day-a-Month plans, to private testing and Owner-Sampler records, to Dairy Herd Improvement Association and to official testing by breed associations. Your farm adviser has details. MARCH OF DIMES Gov. William G. Stratton has proclaimed January as March of Dimes Month throughout Illinois. As in previous years, the period will be featured by the annual^ fund-raising campaign of the Na™ tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Buy U.S. savings bonds -- keep our country free. LOST Hundreds of dollars each week by people with used things to sell who do not use the Plaindealer Classified Ads. LETS GET AC We're Charles and Bonnie Smith and we've just opened a beautiful new furniture store in Hillview Shopping Center ... We'd lik£+o have you drop in and look around ... 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