Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

year."3ESYOUNG PEOPLE'SSECRETARYoung PeopleLadies'Wear1 pair sandals, brown, size 9, with brokenstrap1 blue-white Olympic bathing cap, largesize1 green rubber bathing cap, medium orsmall1 white Turkish-towel, swimming trunksor shortsfound in James' cottage1 black cloth dress glove for the righthand1 white sock, found in Haines, Room 4311 blue coat sweater, faded, summerweight1 costume brooch, with either emeraldsor sapphires the color is wearing verythin and some very doubtful diamonds. Appraised value, not over 25c1 handkerchief with wide lace border1 handkerchief with green tatted borderTowels1 orange and white turkish towel, medium size1 white turkish bath towel1 blue turkish bath towel1 blue washcloth1 salmon colored washcloth1 diaper, embroidered "Baby"Miscellaneous1 pair dark glasses with pink rabbitframes1 white comb1 pocket knife, two blades, one of thembroken1 black ball point pen1 red and "gold" ball point pen1 "cigarette holder" flash-light "gold"and white1 "gold" mechanical pencil1 blue and white "Washburn High"mechanical pencil1 heavy chain heavy enough to holda dog, but short enough to hold a key1 yellow pencil with red lead1 excellent baseball glove1 red plastic garment bag1 large enamel wash basinIf these articles are unclaimed beyondJanuary 1,1955, it is my intention tosend them to the Southern Mission UsedClothes Fund.SAD TO SAYMuch on the other side of the ledger,is the story of towels taken from Grinnell.I am sorry to report this, but it was partofour settlingNovember 17, 1954with Grinnell College.Here's the way the report reads:"Towel ShortageEast Campus30 hand towels @ 75 $22.5033 bath towels @ $1.50 49.50West Campus.75 15.7521 hand towels @14 bath towels @ 1.50 21.00Total cost of towel shortage$72.0036.75after Grinnell $108.75Please, PLEASE, don't ever let thishappen again.NATIONAL S-D (SAFE DRIVING)DAY, WITH GOAL OF NO TRAFFICACCIDENTS, TO BE OBSERVEDON DECEMBER 15.December 15 is S-D Dayperiod when everytrian in the country is beinga 24-hourmotorist and pedesasked to putthe Golden Rule to work on our streetsand highways with the objective of eliminating all traffic accidents.Governors and public officials of allstates are issuing Safe Driving Day proclamations in cooperating with the President's Action Committee for TrafficSafety, a volunteer group of citizens appointed by President Eisenhower to helpcut the toll of traffic accidents anddeaths.On S-D Day every driver and walkerin the country is beingurged to acceptfull personal responsibility in doingthese three basic things:1. Observe the letter and the spirit ofall traffic regulations.2. Be courteous to every driver andpedestrianpractice sportsmanship.3. Give full attention to driving andwalking."S-D Daywill demonstrate that theplace to attack the traffic safety problemis in the community, and that the responsibility rests upon each individual,"the President's Action Committee declared."It will implant in the minds of allmotorists and .pedestrians the realizationthat if they can greatly reduce accidentson S-D Day, they can do it every day intheChairman of the President's ActionCommittee is Harlow H. Curtice, president of General Motors Corporation.Other members are Raymond F. Leheney,American Federation of Labor; CharlesF. McCahill, American Newspaper Publishers Association; Mrs. Raymond Sayre,Associated Countrywomen of the World;Charles B. Shuman, Illinois AgriculturalAssociation; Robert R. Snodgrass, Atlanta (Ga.) Chamber of Commerce, andGovernor Dan Thornton of Colorado."The traffic problem is a national one,a community one, and one that concernseach individual," the Committee asserted.In 1953 there were nearly 10 milliontraffic accidents. One person was killedin traffic accidents on the average ofevery 14 minutes, around the clock andthroughout the year. The total death tolllast year was 38,300. Injuries in trafficoccurred approximately every 23 seconds,with a total of 1,350,000 persons beingdisabled beyond the day of the accident.For every fatality, one or more persons was totally and permanently disabled, thereby becoming a financial burden either to his family, or to the community, or both.The price of traffic accidents in 1953in terms of money is estimated to havebeen $4 billion, includingmedical expense, property loss and other costs.PEOPLE OF MANY NATIONS WILLREAD THE BIBLE TOGETHERPeople in forty countries will be reading the same passages of Scripture on November 25, Thanksgiving Day, in following the 11th annual observance of aWorldwide Bible Reading program,sponsored each year by the American Bible Society.The theme for the program, whichruns from Thanksgiving to Christmas,is "Faith for our Day." As a part ofWorldwide Bible Reading the AmericanBible Society publishes and provides,free of charge, a bookmark listing Scripture passages for the daily readings. Forthe second year, the Society has alsoprepared the passages in Braille, that theblind may join their sighted friends infollowing the readings.President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in hisendorsement of the program said :(Continued on page319)313