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THE BATTALION
Thursday, December 28, 1954
Holiday Motorists Warned
To Drive With Extra Care
“Even a thousand Christmas
presents would be no substitute to
your family for YOUR presence.
For this reason, I urge everyone
planning to take a motor trip this
holiday season to drive with extra
care.”
R. B. Reaper of Houston, Presi
dent of the Texas Safety associa
tion, and chief safety engineer for
Humble Oil & Refining company,
made that comment on the holiday
Traffic Hazards program being
conducted by The Texas Safety
association, the Texas Department
of Public Safety, and the National
Safety council.
“In December, the weather man
throws his whole book of tricks at
drivers and walkers,” said Reaper.
“We can expect rain, snow, sleet,
ice and hail.
“And to add to the problem we
find more than half the day in
either dusk or darkness in Decem
ber. Putting all of these factors
together, it doesn’t make for easy
driving.”
Reaper said the best all-around
safety advice he could give motor
ists was “slow down—adjust your
speed to conditions.” But he add
ed these suggestions for motorists
planning holiday trips:
1. Plan your trip so that as
much of the driving as possible will
be accomplished during the light
hours of the day.
2. Postpone your trip entirely
when the weather is particularly
rainy, snowy, or when sleet and
hail are in the weather forecast.
Christmas
Takes On
By CARL HARTMAN
in France
Festive Air
PARIS— bP) —Christmas, which
used to be largely a religious occa
sion in France, is turning more
and more into the festive, tree
decorating and gift-exchanging hol
iday celebrated in the United
States.
The traditional practice of leav
ing gifts for children on New
Year’s Eve has become almost as
rare, at least in the cities, as the
No Plans To Make
Pageant Broadcast
The community Christmas pag-
enat will not be broadcast over the
radio as originally planned, accord
ing to Mrs. David H. Morgan.
The sponsors of the pageant,
held Dec. 12, had planned to broad
cast because many people were un
able to find seats at the perform
ance.
The broadcast-plans were can
celled because of the difficulty of
getting the 170-person cast togeth
er during the holidays and other
technical problems, Mrs. Morgan
said.
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wooden shoes in which the gifts
used to be placed. Christmas cards
and tree ornaments, once available
only in special shops patronized
largely by foreigners, are now sold
everywhere in Paris,
Some bewail all this as part of
the “Americanization” of France.
The younger set doesn’t seem to
mind, especially since there’s a
chance of collecting gifts on Christ
mas and New Year’s too.
World War II had something to
do with the change. Most means
of celebrating were scarce and ex
pensive during the German occu
pation, paiticularly the food for a
good “reveillon” — the big meal
that is supposed to follow Chi'ist-
mas midnight Mass — but treep
were available. Many Frenchmen
were impressed with the big ones
the Germans put up in their bar
racks.
The French have added some
gimmicks of their own. This year,
there are Christmas trees made
entirely of sugarcandy, edible dur
ing and after the season. There
are also chocolate tree ornaments,
wrapped in gaily colored paper.
Department stores put out a big
spread of toys, with elaborate mov
ing displays in their windows that
jam sidewalk traffic. One even has
a big sign stretched across its fa
cade “Santa Claus official Head
quarters.” Like the British, the
French call Santa Chius “Father
Christmas” Pere Noel,
When you put clothes in
our hands, you know
they’ll be returned clean,
well pressed and in top
form. Our reputation
rests on your satisfaction.
OVERS-FUR STORAOr HATTERS
Cash Gift Awarded
A&M Foundation
A gift of $5,()()() from the Hob-
litzelle Foundation, Dallas, to the
A&M Research Foundation was an
nounced this week by Archie M.
Kalian, director of the organization
with headquarters here.
The $5,()()() gift, Mr. Kahan said,
was made in recognition of the
tenth anniversary of the A&M Re
search Foundation, which was
chartered in November, 1944.
Kail Hoblitzelle, president of the
Texas Research Foundation, is one
of the councilors of the founda
tion.
Be sure to- consult a weather fore
cast for the area to Avhich you’re
driving.
3. Be certain your car is in tip
top mechanical condition before at
tempting to take any sort of a trip..
4. Use tire chains at all times
when the road is covered with snow
or ice.
5. Most important of all: Ad
just your speed to conditions.,
“Thousands of American homes
will be saddened by traffic deaths
at this time of year,” Reaper con
tinued. “Many of these traffic
deaths need not occur—will not
occur—if every citizen in Texas
gives some thought and effort to
safe driving.” *
Charles Wallmo
Selected For
Big Bend Study
A new study of the colorful Big
Bend area of Texas has been ap
proved by the State Board of Con
trol.
Board approval was granted re
cently for “An Ecological Survey
of the Big Bend Region of Texas,”
to be conducted by the A&M Wild-
if'e Management Department.
W. B. Davis, head of the depart
ment, said the study will begin
early in 1955. It is a joint effort
by the National Park Service, the
Texas Game and Fish Commission
and the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station (through Dr. Davis’
department).
Charles Wallmo of the depart
ment has been chosen to conduct
tl^e project, which will seek to de
termine relationships between plant
life, wildlife and predators. All
domestic grazing in the area has
been suspended for TO years, pend
ing a second study to determine
trends. Field work will be center
ed around the Game Commission’s
Black Gap Management Area and
the Big Bend National Park, Davis
said.
Jointly with the study, 25 Big
horn sheep from Arizona will be
released in the Black Gap area.
Wallmo is a native of Mason
City, la. He holds a BS degree
from Utah State Agricultural Col
lege at Logan; a master’s degree
in zoology from the University of
Wisconsin, and now is completing
research on the Scaled Quali in the
Alpine area for his Ph.D. from
A&M.
He was a biologist for the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service in 1947,
then was Game Biologist for the
Arizona Game & Fish Commission
until he entered A&M in 1951. He
is a veteran of World War 11.
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