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r.MayiE-lSSe THE M4HENHY PLAINDEALER Whether the young lady is his daughter, a favorite niece, or the baby next door, a serviceman would like to see a picture like this. Send a Snapshot MRECENT issue of a popular magazin4r fb'f^^cKing women reported results %ti6L poll of servicemen on what .they like in the way o: gifts-'.fnnnil family and t friends A number of acceptable articles were listed, but the conclusion was that the most appreciated thing of -<£il ite< mail--and that the best kiwi oi mail is a letter with one or more snapshots enclosed! Along the same lines, I recently j?efld a letter in a "Letter to the Editor" column of a national magazine from a sergeant who had just returned from Korea. It was a plea to the folks at home to write letters to the soldiers, sailors and, • airmen overseas--and to send pic- ; tures in the letters. ' So you can take a cue from those statements and get busy with your cameras to make the pictures you *know your friends and relatives in service would like to have. And , 'take a little time one day to go over some of your old pictures to , see if there aren't some that would recall pleasant memories for someone in uniform. Even though the picture may have been made five years ago, a print of a snapshot made on a high school picnic would be a bright spot in the day for a serviceman who is far from home. The other clay I heard a .woman remark that she didn't want to send her son pictures of the current family doings because they would show that life was going on as usual--with the members of the family and their friends having fun together I can't think of anything that would make a serviceman feel better than to have snapshot evidence that things are at home as he remembers them. So, if picnics have always been popular with your family, make some pictures the next time you have one. Send him a shot of Dad building the fire, of mother taking the pickles out of the jar, of little sister biting into a juicy hot dog. Such pictures will make your letters even more welcome. --John van Guilder THROTTLE. BOTTLE BIG FACTOR IN ACCIDENT TOLL "the throttle and the bottle were the big reasons why a record 609 persons were killed in traffic accidents last Christmas. That was the conclusion of the National Safety Council after a detailed study of 501 of the fatal Christmas holiday accidents, • in which 564 persons died. The Council, which wants to find out why holidays are becoming horror days, said similar studies of other holidays would be made in the future. Speed and drinking had an effect during the Christma'si weekend almost three times greater than normal, the Council said. Driving too fast for conditions op in excess of the speeel limit was a factor in 85 per cent of the fatal accidents compared' with an annual average of 35 per cent. Drinking drivers were involved in 55 per cent of the fatal mishaps,, although normally they are involved in less'than 20 per cent. The above percentages are based on reports which definitely stated whether or not speed and drinking were factors. Despite the heavy influence of speed and drinking, chiefly to blame for boosting the Christmas toll 50 per cent higher than on other December weekends, the Council found that accident types and people involved were much the same as usual. The Council said it was surmised, however, by when the accidents happen&r Fifty-eight per cent of the accidents occurred in the. first thirty hours of the 78- hour weekend, which began at^ 6 p.m. Friday and ended at midnight Monday. In fact, as"-, many accidents took place in the first six hours (6 p.m. to midnight Friday) as happened all day Monday (the final 24 hours of the holiday period). For pedestrian accidents alone, 70 per cent occurred in the first thirty hours, according to the Council. More pedestrians were killed in the six hours Friday night (21 per cent) than all day Sunday (18 per cent) or all day Monday (13 per cent). NEW APPOINTMENTS Gov. William G. Stratton has announced the appointment of Newton C. Farr of- Chicago and Dr. Raymond N. Dooley, presi. dent of Lincoln college at Lincoln, as trustees of the Illinois State Historical library. The third member of the board of trustees is Dr. Clarence P. McClelland of Jacksonville, president emeritus of MacMurray college. The governor also announced appointment by the Board of Natural Resources' and Conservation of William C. Ackermann as chiefs of the State Water Survey, to succeed vDr. Arthur M. Buswell. recently retired. Lend Uncle Sam Your Dollars It Pays to Advertise In The McHenry Plaindealei t ' XI <+v; , i ~ - <1 , * Convenient Hours F@r Depositing Your Springs Two Above-Average Uividehds Pai6f Yearly Fridays 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. 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