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WKWm ••.i.^ii Thursday, January ^ 1959 /%v\ ^ tT";r- :..i :;^;^."r v •WW&t. THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Five America's Traffic Tangle Cost Nation Thousands Of Dead, Maimed t America's traffic tangle, which costs the nation thousands of dead, millions of maimed and billions of property damage, was described today as a "masterpiece of misunderstanding" by Paul H.. Blaisdell, traffic safety director of the Association of Casualty and Surety companies. Speaking at a meeting in Kentucky, Mr. Blaisdell blamed the driving public, public officials, traffic administrators, automotive manufacturers and petroleum processors for a four-pointed misunderstanding of the traffic problem which "leads to daily highway disaster." "First," Mr. Blaisdell declared, "the nation is wrong in its belief in the infallibility of technology. It is not surprising that we, as a people, are certain that technology can solve all of our problems. We have built a way of life on our mechanized ability and the labor-saving efficiency of the machine. It's easy to expect t^e same application of science to rid us of the menace of highway traffic, because it relieves us of all personal responsibility. Our most popular answer to the problem is tihat if we built enough good roads and enough good vehicles for # those roads, our traffic woes would be over. So our technology has produced the 'super-horsepower sweepstakes.' "But into this technological paradise we inject the same old human being with the same old reactions, vision defects, emotional disturbances and intellectual capacity .which were his wihen the first Macadam suiface, two-wheel brakes and gas headlights represented the acme of out; highway and automotive progress. We have built a superman complex into the modern' driver, while God has yet to turn out a new model with a turbo-jet brain, comeatical-pow- ^ ered eyesight 6r a superpergas- •"* hiating nervous system. Through our own misunderstanding of . our human weaknesses, the technology which could give us better highways and traffic has built us a booby trap." Mr. Blaisdell listed "an exaggeiated sense of fair play" as the second element of misunderstanding leading to traffic trouble. "Many years ago," he said, "we created a police power to maintain the peace and dignity of the state. Then we started to handicap that police power with technical fetters which tended to give all the breaks •' to any alleged violator. No right I thintHng-^^fttizWr ^'of ' tUte Uhited States could believe in an uncurbed police power, but it's ludicrous to complain about the ti-affic law violator while refusing to give the police the machinery of enforcement! Speed control devices and driver license revocation are among the strong enforcement tools against which the false sense of fair play has been leveled. He called upon the courts to accept evidence gathered by the tests or by radar arid to resort more frequently to license revocation as a means of violation control. Third element of traffic misunderstanding listed by the speaker was what he called "statistical stupefaction." He pointed to confusion which arises in the mirfd of the average person when he hears, on the one hand, that total numbers of persons killed or injured on the highways are growing every year and, on the other hand, that the traffic deatih rate is getting lower. Other statistical shortcomings, Mr. Blaisdell said, lead to the false belief that a small percentage of the driving public causes the vast majority of accidents or that a "safe" speed limit can be left to the judgement of the individual driver. Mr. Blaisdell's fourth factor is "the supreme egotism of the individual." "Hospital beds are filled with the victims and morgues piled high with the bodies of those whose highway egomania proved to be too thin a thread to sustain life. When the moment arrives that individuals accept the responsibility for their own performance as highway users, safety on the roads will be • a reality instead of an objective." COOK'S CORNER by Marie Schaettgen Oysters Oysters are bi-valVe mollusks but who cares? Just so we remember to have them a few times during the "R" months. Many people like their oysters raw with a sharp sauce. Any good fish sauce will do. If you find the prepared sauces too hot, add chili sauce until of desired flavor. Blue Points are considered very fine oysters. They derive their name from Blue Point, Long Island, from which they originally came. They are small plump oysters. We always think of oysters in a sense of "freshness," which of course is exactly what they sihould be -- but we were amazed to find that oysters are five years old before they are fit to eat. Baked Oyster with Sauce Place oysters on a baking sheet and put in hot 450 degree oven until edges curl. This will take- only a few minutes. One pint will serve four as side dish cfrT,Wfsl cburfife. '}- In advance, prepare following sauce and keep it warm until used. Mix 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon Sauterne, few drops Tabasco, % teaspoon finely chopped parsley (the dried will do), salt and paprika. Rub bowl with a piece of garlic before mixing ingredients. Keep bowl in hot water until served. Farmers' OuHook List Good Buys For Good Eating By L. H. Simerl Dept. of Agricultural Economics Do you want some real good buys in real good eating? Not just bargains in sideline foods, but good buys for the main part "of every high-quality American meal' -- that's usually meat. You can get several exceptionally good buys now. And for every meal of the day--breakfast, dinner and supper (or lunch and dinner if you prefer these names for the noon and evening meals). For Breakfast--Eggs and Bacon. Let's start with breakfast. Choose eggB and bacon for resd wake-up aroma and pep-up energy that will stay with you 'til noon. Bacon is abundant now, and retail prices are around 15 cents a pound lower than they were last spring. How many strips for you, please? Eggs are very plentiful now too. And you can have them cooked irt any one of a dozen different ways to suit your taste. Our boy prefers his in angel food cake, but you will probably want yours fried, boiled, poached, or scrambled. There has been full employment in the laying houses during recent weeks. Egg production has been bigger than last year and about one-third above the ten-year average. In recent weeks retail prices in most markets have been around 15 cents a dozen lower than they Were a year earltetf.Thlsia the season of best quality eggs too. How will you have yours ? For Noon Luifeh--Fried Chicken. Not so many years ago fried chicken was a delicacy obtainable mostly on fanns--and only ; on Sundays from the Fourth of July until school began ^Jn September. Now you can buy fryers and broilers every day in good food stores, and at prices that make them more economical than most other-meats. The production of broilers and fryers has doubled since 1917 and has been at a record high in recent months. Retail prices have been around ten cents a pound lower than they were a year ago. Get some chicken now and then reach for your favorite piece. Evening jfceal--Pork Chops, or Ham. The supply of pork was below average last winter and spring. But farmers have stepped up their production of hogs. They are putting 15 to 20 percent more hogs on the market now than they marketed a year ago. jand this is the season of largest sufrply. Prices of pork should be considerably lower this winter than they were, a year earlier, and they will probably be lower than those of next summer. Pork comes in several shapes and flavors to suit almost every taste. You can have pork chops, genuine "hind-leg" ham, or one of the lower priced shoulder, cuts. Enjoy pork often this winter. That's your list of real good buys in real good eating. Perhaps never before has so much good food been available at such low cost. McHenry County Through The Yean by Marie Schaettgen Chapter 36 Dunham Township This township, . which joins Chemung on the north was thought to be better adapted to stock raising than it was to grain farming. John Diggins was the first settler in the township. He made his claim in 1836. Several members of the Diggins family came soon after. J. N. Jerome came next to file his claim but he did not move here until about 1838. Next came two bachelors, Baker and Dunham. The first church built in the township was the Methodist. It was built in 1845. Its cost was $2,000 and it seated 150 people. The first ^elected officers of the township were Jacob Talbot, assessor; John Luseden, collator; 'C. "Allen; supervisor; and Abram Carmack, "Overseer of the Poor." Industry came to Dunham township via the cheese factory. The fii st of three cheese and butter factories was built by Mr. Munger in 1898. Disaster overtook Dunham in 1883 when a eyclone hit and left ruin and desolation in its wake. The cyclone struck with full fury first on the Richard Downs place. The schoolhouses were completely destroyed. At the farm of N. A. Clark the water in the pond was blown out and deposited in a cellar neart>y. The people of " Harvard had seen the dark clouds hovering over their neighbors but had no inkling that the storm had struck there with such violence until D. R. Wyant came flying into town on horsdback, hia- face covered with blood and dirt. The people of Harvard immediately rushed to the stricken area with their assistance. Among the recorded names in the history of this township are those of Dexter Barrows and Abram Carmack. Mr. Barrows claimed 320 acres of land from the government and here he successfully raised a family and made a good farm despite th& handicaps and hardships of-pt<£i neer life. Mr. Carmack added to his original claim until he owned 880 acres, 700 of which were in one tract. M. A. Hubbell came to McHenry county in 1853 and in 1857 he bought 100 acres of land which he farmed until he joined the Armed Forces during the Civil War. , By State Senator Robert McClory The 69th Illinois General Assembly promises to be a session packed full of politics. In thus describing the current session, the term "politics" has little connection with the law-making processes of our legislature, or the statesmanship qualities we like to associate with our state senators and representatives. The Republican state administration, in promoting a legislative program for the public good, is making the record upon which the Republican governor and other officials will wage a political campaign in 1956. The Democratic legislators will deem it good "politics" to block the administration program. The Senate Republican majority of 32 to 19 is sufficient to push through the governor's "must" bills, but the House majority of one vote is both narrow and deceptive. The nominally Republican members of the socalled "West-Side Bloc," will desei t their Republican colleagues whenever it serves their purpose so to do. They have been personae non grata in the governor's office, and he will have little influence in securing their votes. The political tensions and jealousies between the governor and most of the other Republican legislators will be resolved out of sheer necessity. The governor is a cordial and friendly man and conciliatory where his own party is concerned. But there will be no compromising with the Democrats. They will have to accept the consequences of blocking a Republican-sponsored legislative program. Politics was overplayed by the Democrats^ on the opening day. Democrat office seekers swarmed to Springfield in great numbers. Supporters of Former Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett engaged a special car advertising his candidacy for governor in 1956. Cook County Clerk Richard J. Daly trying to unseat Mayor Kennelley of Chicago, was introduced in the State Senate with a flowery speech by his law partner and the Senate minority leader, William Lynch. No sooner had the members been sworn in than a series of Democrat - sponsored measures were introduced. Four Democrat senators proposed that the Toll Highway Commission should be "investigated." A similar Democrat- sponsored "pretest" of the Toll Highway law was filed in the House. Thus, local concern about the "route" of the proposed toll road hi Lake county, which has received ths attention of Gov. Stratton and of the writer, is transformed into political fodder. Chicago "politics" ia even determining the dates for holding, legislative sessions. For instance, there will be a two-week adjournment in February to accommodate the Chicago mayoralty primary. Again in April our lawmakers will take a protracted holiday in order to participate in the municipal elections. Predictions indicating that the 69th General Assembly will be unproductive are probably well grounded. With politics playing, a cont: oiling part m the major legislative proposals, the 'opportunities for constructive lawmaking and genuijie statesmanship will be quite limited. 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