The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1955 Page: 2 of 8
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Calculate the Risks
Bill Vukovich, t^vice victorious in the 500-mile
■ace at Indianapolis, died in a tragic accident on
Memorial Day week-end trying for an unprece-
dented third win in a row.
The news of Vukovich's fatal crash on the
speedway filled radio listeners with horror. They
mourned a popular hero.
Several hours later came the news of 368
deaths in other fatal auto crashes on the high-
way. But the absence of drama in these acci-
dents — and the anonymity of the victims —
produced no comparable sense of loss to the
nation as a whole.
Bill Vukovich took a calculated risk when he
Stepped into his high-speed car. He was an ex-
pert driver and he knew the odds.
You and I might say he was foolish to take
Such chances. But just what chances did he
take, as compared to those many so-called
"pleasure" drivers take?
First, he was a fine driver. He had passed a
rigorous examination of his skill and his physi-
cal condition before he was allowed on the
track. His reflexes and coordination probably
Were far above average.
His car was tuned like a fine watch. Every
mechanical part had been checked and re-check-
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
Canadian (Hemphill County) Texas
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TESS WILKINSON - Society Editor
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Entered as second class matter December 20, 1945,
at the Postoffice at Canadian, Texas, under the
act of March 3, 1879. Published each Thursday
afternoon at Canadian, Texas, by the Lockhart
Publishing Company, a Texas corporation.
Be Nice to Bums*. . .
. . . Soys Rolls Editor
(From The Ralls Banner)
A bum, down on his luck, taps you for 50
cents for a hot meal. You dig down for it, glad
to help somebody less fortunate than yourself.
For you have a home, with only a slight
mortgage left. You have a car. a television set,
money in the bank—and a good job. You're sit-
ting on top of the world, just about ready to
turn Republican and proclaim yourself a self-
made success in life.
If such is your case, take another look at your
hole card. You're in worse shape than the bum
you just gave half a buck! Sen. Harry F. Byrd,
a man not given to financial untruths, recently
told the U. S. Chamber of Commerce annual
meeting:
"Today the federal debt is equivalent to the
full value of all the land, all the buildings, all
the mines, all the machinery, all the livestock
—everything of tangible value in the United
States." *
This is another way of saying that if you were
called upon today to pay for the government
spending you have been demanding and getting,
you would have to sell your house, land, car
television set and fork over every dime you have
in your pockets. You wouldn't have a nickel lef".
But the bum would be 50 cents to the good,
and chances are he'd share that hot meal with
you! The moral of which is. if you can't be a
bum yourself, at least be nice to bums.
♦ ♦
The largest ranch in the United States is the
King Ranch, in Texas, with 970,000 acres.
ed. He would have changed tires twice had he
finished the race.
The car was reinforced with rollover bars. He
wore a crash helmet and safety belt.
His fellow drivers also were experts. They
were all going one way. There was no cross
traffic, no pedestrians, no narrow bridges, no
turns, hills, no blinding lights and countless oth-
er hazards met in almost every mile of ordinary
roadway.
And a glancing crash into a retaining wall at
120 m.p.h. does not develop the lethal force that
a head-on collision does of two cars traveling 60.
How many highway drivers know as well as
Vukovich did the hazards they may encounter?
How many are as well equipped to cope with
them?
So when you drive your car on the Fourth of
July, think of Vukovich — not as a fast driver,
but as a man who knew what he was up
against and took calculated risks..Make sure you
know what you are up against on the highway
this week-end — and drive accordingly.
# * •
The Fireworks Show . . .
. . .Means a Soler Fourth
Monday night's free Fireworks show, which is
to be staged by the City of Canadian at City
Park, may set a pattern for saner . . . and safer
. . . Fourth of July's for the youngsters.
The fireworks show, which will be a far bigger
and more spectacular show than any of us could
afford on a backyard scale, will also eliminate
a lot of the hazards from "the rockets' red glare."
The kids . . . and that includes a lot of us of
the grown-up variety, too . . . can enjoy a really
gaudy Fourth of July spectacle without running
the risk of losing eyes and fingers.
This year's free show is the city's way of ex-
pressing appreciation to the town's youngsters
for observing the local ordinances prohibiting the
shooting of fireworks within the city limits. It's
a good idea . . . and we hope that it gets the
enthusiastic reception which it deserves.
* * *
The Power & Light Boys . . .
... Do o Big Public lob
The unsung heroes of every electrical storm are
the city power and light company employees who
work through the night, through rain, hail and
flashing lightning, to keep the power lines in
service.
Theirs is a difficult and frequently dangerous
job and they do it quietly and well.
We who are inclined to take the modern con
veniences of electric lights and power too much
for granted should take a look at these men,
working in the beams of their spotlights during
the height of a storm.
We should appreciate the job they do for us
. . . and it wouldn't hurt any of us to tell 'em
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A Vote oi Thanks . . .
... To the Palace Theatre
We think that Palace Theatre manager Leo
Lance deserves a little special praise for the
series of weekly free movies which are being
staged for Canadian youngsters as a part of this
summer's Youth Recreation Program.
These shows are being staged on a strict cost-
of-operation basis for the Youth Program. There
is no profit whatever for the theatre manage-
ment.
That is to say that there is no immediate
monetary profit . . . but we hope that Leo Lance
and his theatre will be repaid for this generous
cooperation in the coin of 'good will and com-
munity support for the local theatre enterprise.
* * *
A Marion, 111., dairy has replaced milk trucks
with horses, claiming that horses are cheaper
and behave in traffic better than most truck
drivers.
Due to a rio* at Western State Penitentiary,
Pittsburgh, some 200.000 Pennsylvania motorists
were tpmporarily without 1953 license plates on
the 1952 expiration date.
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The only community circus in the world is the
Gainesville (Texas) Community Circus.
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DARBERS have nothing to fear
from automation, says Cori-
hecticut's labor commissioner,
Renato E. Ricciuti. His reason-
ing: Machines can't talk. Trouble
is, commissioner, they also don't
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■Lady in Boston, Mass., seeking
é divorce, told the judge that,
when trying to wake her hus-
band, he said, "Go away, Mar-
ion." Lady's name is "Mary."
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would have been on trial for
murder, instead of asking for a
divorce. > v
The Misses Faithful Love,
Lovely Peace and Glorious Love
had their harmony ' fractured
.when their ear hit a highway
Island and overturned in Prince-
ton, tfJ. Miss Peace is on (he
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Canadian isn't the only Pan-
handle locality which never
manages to make the Amaril-
lo weather broadcasts with
anything short of a tornado.
We picked up the following
paragraph from Editor Des-
kins Wells' column in the Wel-
lington Leader last week:
"Wonder if there is not some
way we could get Wellington
mentioned in the Amarillo wea-
ther reports," wonders Editor
Wells. "You hear mention of
rainfall at Foilett, Stratford,
Vega, and a lot of Utile towns,
but you never hear Wellington
mentioned. Mr. Williams says
that he is not supposed to phone
in the reports. There was no
mention of Wellington before the
tornado . . . the nearest town
mentioned was Shamrock. Per-
haps the Chamber of Commerce,
city and county officials, and
others should start writing Con-
gressman Walter Rogers and
Senators Johnson and Daniel and
see if we can't get a full govern-
ment weather station here in-
stead of just a rain gauge."
* *
We wish the folks at Well-
ington luck, but Canadian has
long had a government weath-
er reporting station . . . cur-
rently manned by County Ag-
ent Warren Pickens ■ - . and
we continue to get complaints
from local people every time it
rains about the total lack of
reports from Canadian on the
Amarillo weather broadcast.
* * *
We personally don't care a
hoot one way or another whether
the Amarillo radio stations rec-
ognize our existence or not . . .
except that we get a little irri-
tated occasionally when they try
to blow us away with non-exis-
tent tornadoes . . . but appar-
ently a lot of people hereabouts
do care. However, we don't know
anything to do about it that
hasn't already been done.
* *
The matter has been brought
up repeatedly at Chamber of
Commerce meetings here, and
the Chamber of Commerce,
many months ago. authorized
County Agent Pickens to tele-
phone weather reports to the
KGNC weather department at
Chamber of Commerce expense
any time it rained in Canadi-
an. We know of several occa-
sions of late when such re-
ports have been telephoned in
. . . without any audible re-
sults from KGNC ... so may-
be somebody has a better
idea?
♦ * ♦
"Keep an open mind," advises
the Second Street Philosopher.
"Something might drop into it."
* * *
Perryton's classy weekly
newspaper, the Ochiltree Coun-
ty Herald, has just been rated
tops in the nation in its class.
The Herald last week was
awarded the National Editor-
ial Association's top prize, first
place in "General Excellence,"
for newspapers published in
towns of similar size. The NEA
contests are nationwide, with
thousands of newspapers en- >
tered, and a top prize is a
high honor.
* * *
The Panhandle of Texas has
some of the best weekly news-
papers in the country ... a cir-
cumstance of considerable credit
to the wide awake Panhandle
towns an 1 cities which support
them. We offer our sincere con-
gratulations to The Herald for
the newest and biggest in a long
series of high honors.
* ♦ ♦
Over at Hereford prepara-
tions are being made to go
ahead with a murder trial
which has been held up for
months because of the consti-
tutional amendment voted by
Texans last Fall permitting
women to serve on juries.
Judge Harry Schultz had or-
dered the trial postponed in-
definitely because of a much
older law requiring Jurors in
criminal cases to be kept to-
gether constantly for the dur-
ation of the triaL
* « *
The Texas Legislature has Just
got around to special legislation
to correct this situation with an
emergency bill to permit men
and women jurors to occupy
separate quarters when not in
the jury box. For some reason,
this enactment was a great re-
lief for Judge Schultz, and the
trial will go on. Probably it was
a great relief, also, to the Here-
ton
"Character" Is Bible's Second
Greatest Theme
What the Bible has to say
about character is not to be
found in one place; it permeates
the great Book, from Genesis to
Revelation.
After its supreme theme—the
message concerning the charac-
ter of God, and the glorious Gos-
pel of His grace—it is the Bi-
ble's greatest theme of man's
relationship to God and to his!
fellow man. ¡
Nor are these greatest themes!
of the Bible in any sense sepa-j
rate or unrelated. Jesus said to.
His disciples: "Be ye perfect,
even as your Father in heaven
is perfect." It is in being godly,
like God, that man attains his'
highest and best. j
This clpse linking of man and
his God is the distinctive qual-'
ity of Judaism and Christianity, i
Most other religions have been '
characterized by fear, not in the 1
sense of awe and veneration in
the presence of a Perfect Being, |
but in abject, appeasing fear i
and humiliation.
When that ancient Hebrew
writer declared that God had
made man in His own image, it
might equally have been said
that man was conceiving of God
in his human image; but either
way it was a profound concep-
tion.
With such a conception of
God as the supreme perfection of
all that man saw in the prompt-
ings of his own soul, man's as-
piration toward that Perfect Be-
ing became, at least in the truly
saintly, the one great goal of
life and character.
The power of that self-disci-
pline, as the fundamental ele-
ment in character, became ex-
pressed in a spiritual daring the
like of which has seldom been
equaled elsewhere in religious
experience.
IRANIA
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Protection
PURCELL —
PHONE 62
C. V. ALLEN
GENERAL INSURANCE
AGENCY
Representing
Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
Dallas, Texas
ford housewife who was the lone
woman, among eleven men, se-
lected on the trial jury.
* * *
Now if the Supreme Court
doesn't declare this type of
"segregation?' unconstitution-
al. Texas will be all set to get
back to the business of trying
its criminals.
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From where I sit... 6t/ Joe Marsh
If You Can't
Lick 'em-Join 'em
Just back from visiting with my
daughter's family—and playing
Grandpop to two of the cutest
kids you ever saw. While there I
picked up a couple of new ideas
on child raising:
If your child's learning to use
a pen, provide an old fountain
pen—filled with bluing. Looks
and writes like ink, but won't
stain clothes or furniture.
Maybe you have a boy, like my
grandson, who thinks he's too
old for a bib-but isn't. A big
cowboy bandana works just as
well, and looks he-man to boot.
From where I sit, getting along t
with children is like getting along
with grownups—it requires an
effort to see things from the other
person's point of view. At any
age, there's no accounting for
tastes. Take my neighbor who
keeps a parakeet and drinks hot
coffee in the summertime. That
seems strange to me ... a man
who's partial to hound dogs and a 1
cooling glass of beer. But Td be !
"childish" to say it was wrong.
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1955, newspaper, June 30, 1955; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183754/m1/2/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.