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<br />This month Colorado Rural Electric
<br />News asked our teen-agel'S this ques-
<br />tion:
<br />"Insurance statistics show that a
<br />large percentage of young drivers are
<br />careless and cause an undue number
<br />of highway and street accidents. Why
<br />does this problem exist Ilnd is there any
<br />way the many l'esponsible teen-agars
<br />clln help prevent this needless waste
<br />of life and propelty?"
<br />Beginning' of school Interfered with
<br />responses but those taking the time to
<br />reply have stated the problem and pos-
<br />sible solutions quite well. Here lire
<br />their essays told in approximately 100
<br />worda as requested:
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<br />I believe the main reason this prob-
<br />lem exists, is because more and more
<br />teenagers are get'ing
<br />the "Show Off Bug,"
<br />that goes around about
<br />three hundred and
<br />sixty-five times a
<br />year. When It bites
<br />them they think the
<br />only thing to driving
<br />is to get behind - the
<br />wheel and show other
<br />boys and girls how
<br />well they have learned
<br />to drive.
<br />(But a better word
<br />than drive In this case is to herd.)
<br />The responsible teenagers can help
<br />prevent this waste of life, by talking
<br />with other teenagers that have the
<br />"Show. Off Bug" and convince them
<br />how unpopular and W1safe a person is
<br />when he puts the car Into second gear
<br />and tries to slide hall-way around a
<br />corner.
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<br />Ernest Plel'(:e
<br />Buena Vista, Colo,
<br />Age 18
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<br />I feel that the problem of careless
<br />and/or reckless teenage drivers is due
<br />to insecurity. Today's teenagers are
<br />brouJht in a world of tensi.on, and they
<br />are confused and feel inseCUre. They
<br />feel that they must prove to themselves
<br />and others that they aren't insecure
<br />and are able to control and drive this
<br />monster, the automobile, reckles'sly,
<br />carelessly, and at high rates of speed.
<br />Responsible teenagers could possibly
<br />help by forming a safe driver's club and
<br />giving periodic assemblies to the high
<br />school on the consequences of faulty
<br />driving.
<br />One must realize that a club such as
<br />this couldn't change such drivers, as
<br />they, themselves, are the only one wh'a
<br />could decide to change, but maybe a
<br />club 'and such programs would help
<br />them change their minds.
<br />By Carl Cranor
<br />Gunnison, Colo.
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<br />One of the principal reasons is In-
<br />sufficient training. Many teenagers
<br />learn to drive from
<br />friends who may have
<br />had driving habits
<br />which can pass on and
<br />develop other defec-
<br />tive habits. Although
<br />the statistics may rise,
<br />the ratio of accidents
<br />to drivers remains the
<br />same because of the
<br />population Increase. In
<br />many cities car clubs
<br />have been formed
<br />which stress safety
<br />with membership exclusive to safe
<br />dl'ivers. In school the Driver's Educa-
<br />tion program not only trains drivers,
<br />but also awards plaques to the school
<br />for a year of accident-free driving.
<br />Teenagers should train to drive, before
<br />obtaining a drivers license,
<br />Dick Fryrear
<br />HaxtWl, Colorado
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<br />Didn't Prevent Dorothy
<br />From Doing Great Things
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<br />When members of Dorothy Neb's family us€!d.to twit her about b€!-
<br />fng the "little one," she would warn them; ."Don't underestimate me
<br />just because I'm not very big."
<br />What has happened since those childhood days_ seems to, bear out
<br />Dorothy's confidence that she might be able to make a real contribution
<br />to the happiness and welfare of others.
<br />From establishing a record as one of . r
<br />Morgan county's all-time outstanding ~~~p~~!;"would end by all kilmg
<br />4-Hers, Dorothy has gone on to make a' .
<br />name for herself at Colorado Univer- Warsaw was 90 percent d~stroyed 111
<br />sity. During her junl.or year she was 1944. Dorothy thinks. it is amazing that
<br />an'advisor at one of the women'sdormi- the Poles have rebuilt as much of the
<br />tories. This fall she moves up the scale city as. ~ey have, after their buildings
<br />to the role of senior director. She will and spmts had been crushed. The peo-
<br />aloo be heading the very active pro- pie hate Germans with a passion, "so
<br />gram of the YWCA on the campus. The I have neglected to mention a few
<br />YMCA s'ponsors Facuity Fireside things about myself."
<br />Chats at the university and serves the There is an aclive cultural life--
<br />Bouldel' community by volunteering piano concerts at Chopin's l:?irth-
<br />tor many welfare activities. place, folk dancing and singing,
<br />This summer Dorothy .Iived opera. Ii is possible to visit
<br />wi:lh a family in Poland, as one of churches, al!hough "uBually the
<br />a ~elect group of young people from government plans things' so con_
<br />the United Slates-who have been ven1enHy on Sunday thai- people
<br />chosen to lake pari in the experi. will have alllhe exc~ses they need
<br />ment in International Living; which not. 10 go to churqh,
<br />has headquarters in Putney, Ver- It IS, however, the people in whom
<br />mont. Dorothy is most interested. Her own
<br />. . "family" includes the mother and
<br />Dorot~ recelved one bf the, ~e.w father and a 21-year-old daughter who
<br />s~olarshlPS awarded by th.e orgamza- has studied English for two years but
<br />tlOn to students they conSider excep- . '
<br />tionally well fitted for the job of pro- had never had an opportumty to speak
<br />mating international understanding.
<br />Her assignment is one of the most diffi-
<br />cult, since Poland' is behind the Iron
<br />Curtain and this is only the second
<br />year that Poland has taken part in the
<br />program which has been in operation
<br />29 years.
<br />Dorotl)y has already - gained some
<br />strong impressions of the couritr:r.
<br />"The young people never have
<br />known stability, and the older genera,
<br />tion knew it only in the distant past.
<br />They try to keep a semMance of rn-
<br />ternal peace, so the USSR will not
<br />intervene as they did in Hungary. This
<br />is -why the people gratefully accept
<br />their rationed freedoms."
<br />The food is good, especially huge
<br />slices of rye bread with butter, and
<br />surprising concoctions like a soup made
<br />of strawberry juice and noodles. There
<br />are two meatless days-Friday, if you
<br />are a Catholic, and Monday, by state
<br />order.
<br />Dorothy writes, "I have eaten every-
<br />thing so far except calves' brains. They
<br />would have been all right, I'm sure,
<br />if my family didn't insist on translat-
<br />ing everything into Englishl"
<br />There are not many cars, but when
<br />you have one you are a King, and can
<br />drive anywhere on the street that you
<br />wish. "If ther~ were any more cars,
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<br />S'tA'tEMl'lN't nEq,UIRlCD BY 'l'H1iI AO't
<br />01' ",-UGUS'l' JH, 11l1~, AS A)[l!jNDED
<br />BY 'i'HE A0'1'S OF MAROH 3, ltlS3,
<br />JUI,Y :t, 11146 ANI) ,TUNE 11, 'Uloo ('1"4
<br />S'1'A't. 20S) SnOWING THE OWNE_Rw
<br />SHIP, ~IANAGj;lMENT, AND ()IR(l1]LA_
<br />'1'10-:01 0:"" Colorado Rural Electric Newa,
<br />publl.Mdmonlblyat Denvar, COlorada,
<br />lar Octaber, 1961.
<br />l\a\ie,~he"drt~~e;;':~~J;,~~r~.Jtt~r~l ::3 ,\'.'t.t
<br />lneas m..nager. ..ra: puhllsher, Colorado
<br />Rural Elaotrlo Aasn.; Editor, Haward Iil.
<br />Scott: Managing editor, L. 1.. Marlnar.
<br />2..'{'ha owner Is, (If owne<1 hy a cor_
<br />poraUon, lis name a.nd addr.s" must ha
<br />:~~t"nda~~"d ..':.1,j'0 "JT..'~'.",,~~atciJY 9t~~Uh'a'\'8~~~
<br />owning or holding 1 percant or 'more of
<br />tol,,1 amount ol otock. It not awned hy
<br />~t et":r{naJI~rdu~reo;~::s '::sdt t:d~l~~~~
<br />It owned by.. partnerehlp or olh.runln-
<br />~vn:lro~~t~~.Hr~l ~~c~a:::~I~rd~:ld':,;~~b:r~
<br />must be given.): Colorado nur..l Jillectrlc
<br />~~~~".!:,Ud~fo. 802 Farmers Union Bldg.,
<br />S. 1'h<ll<nown hondhqldera. mortgagees,
<br />and-other security holde.. ownln@' or
<br />holding 1 percent nr mQre ol tatBlamount
<br />or bonds, mortgages, or other .ecurltlea
<br />"re,Nono.
<br />4. Parll@'raphs 2 IInd 8 Include, In ca60s
<br />where the stockhoJaer "r secUrlly holder
<br />appea,.. upan the hook. oflhe company
<br />s.strusteoorlnanyotherflduclaryrela-
<br />lion, the nllme of the parson or corpora_
<br />~~oen ~~~t~~~::'ts"u~h t~;;':t"t~\.~ ~Oi:.~~~:J~~
<br />show tho affiant's full .l<nowledgs and
<br />helleflls to thaclrcumetanca"Il,ndMndl-
<br />Ilona under which "lockholdeu "nd Bee.
<br />",.lty holders who do not appear upon
<br />~~ld b;~~1t ~;\r:oci.';.'(tfe".n'ln lL~ ~';..'J,"i.i11j
<br />other thlln th"t of a bona fldo awner.
<br />0. The average number ol caples of
<br />enchlsauoolthIB)luhllcIlUon.aldordl"-
<br />trlhuted, through the mall. or otherwlso,
<br />to paid suhBcrlhors during Ihe 12monlhs
<br />preceding tho date shown above wo.s,
<br />(TIlls Information Is renulred hy the act
<br />ol-TuneU, 1%0 ta he Inoludod In all etllte-
<br />menta regardless ot r,.equency ot Issue.);
<br />84.000.
<br />
<br />L. L. Mariner, Managing ,Editor
<br />Sworn to and ""hsrdhad helara m. thi.
<br />6tl1 <lay ol Octoher, 1.961.
<br />Mar",a.ratK.Starr
<br />(SM'1'i.)coOlmlsalon expIres -Tilly 11, 19Sa)
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<br />D(lrothY,Neb, in Poland fhis sum-
<br />mer under the Experiment in Inter-
<br />national Living progrom, h the
<br />doughter of Mr, and Mrs, David Neb,
<br />Jr, of Fort Morgan.
<br />
<br />September Winner
<br />
<br />Young people taking part in our
<br />September panel on the topic, "Why
<br />are too m!lny young
<br />people leaving rural
<br />areas for the cities,
<br />and is there any means
<br />or reason to halt the
<br />t:rend?'>"had a difficult
<br />subject to cover inap-
<br />proximately 100
<br />words.
<br />Some overlooked the
<br />word ":rural" and ap-
<br />plied their reasoning
<br />only to farming. How-
<br />ever, the five taking
<br />part covered the field very well with
<br />judges selecting Trudy Kay Roelle of
<br />Peetz as the winner, for which. she
<br />received a $5.00 check.
<br />Trudy lives with _her parents, Mr.
<br />and- Mrs. William C. Roelle, on a wheat
<br />farm 6 miles east of Peeb. She is a
<br />junior at Peetz High School.
<br />Her most prized honOI.' to date,
<br />Trudy, says came last year when she
<br />won a mp to New York as a member
<br />of the Odd Feilows Uhited Nations Pil-
<br />grimage. Trip winners were judged on
<br />three, points: character evaluation, tests
<br />covering knowledge of the U.N. and a
<br />prepared speech.
<br />Trudy holds the office of Represen-
<br />tative .in her Future Homemakers of
<br />America group and is secretary-treas-
<br />urer of the Student Council. She is
<br />organist for her church and active in
<br />other church activities.
<br />She plays flute and saxaphone in
<br />the Peetz High School band and also
<br />in the school swing band. She will
<br />major in music when she attends 'col-
<br />lege. .
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<br />
<br />it. There is the maId, Sophia, whom
<br />Dorothy has laken to her heart;
<br />There is an aunt who speaks English
<br />quite well; and. who has spent a good
<br />deal of time with - the family since
<br />Dorothy's arrival. An uncle plays the
<br />piano beautifully, and -has, observed,
<br />"Opt,imists -le81'n the.,English, language;
<br />pessimists learn Russian."
<br />One girl Dorothy has met is study-
<br />ing to be a doctor, but looks more like
<br />a movie star. She is nervous over the
<br />prospects of going to the United States
<br />for three months. Dorothy hopes she
<br />will be accepted as generously as she
<br />has been in_ Poland.
<br />There is a professor from the Uni.
<br />versity of Warsaw, one of the few Jews
<br />who survived in World War II, and
<br />who is an active communist. Some~
<br />times he says such thiniS as ''The
<br />world is not a creation of God, but the
<br />mlstake of the devil"- or "Hell is right
<br />here on earth" or "In times of war,
<br />which side could a god be on?"
<br />"But," writes Dorothy, "he has done
<br />some "WonderfuJ. things for people here
<br />in Warsaw, Heo is extremely clever and
<br />intelligent, but nervous. His life has
<br />been one trouble after another."
<br />What has Dorothy found in Poland to
<br />remind her of home?
<br />American movies, which give the
<br />people all kinds of wierd ideas about
<br />the United States. "When people find
<br />out I am from Colorado they are es--
<br />pecially excited and always ask me <if
<br />I carry pistols on my hips at home.!'
<br />American music is heard everywhere.
<br />and the present rage with the students
<br />.is rock and roll and the Charleston..
<br />Because Poland is .. "pioneer.
<br />country" in :the E:xperimen:t In In.
<br />ternational Living program, D03:o-
<br />thykndw&:that she will be watched,
<br />criiiclz.ed, and o<:_casionally copied.
<br />The impact of just one vIsitor_ from
<br />the United Slates is great. The
<br />presllge of the United S:llIIes is Ilt
<br />slake, and the challenge and oppo~'
<br />tunily are -great.
<br />It's a safe guess that_ Dorothy Neb
<br />will make the most of seeing a new
<br />and unfamiliar country from the inw
<br />side of a home, looking out . and
<br />that she will be what her sponsors
<br />earnestly desire-"a good ambassador."
<br />
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