Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 1 · column 5 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
in order that the public may have the best service available. Colonel Woodson pointed out, approved stations must have established reputations, sufficient and prescribed equipment and must be promary repair shops. Mechanics who perform inspection work also must be approved by the State Police and must undergo a training period of lectures and visual aids. The number of approved stations in a community is held to' a reasonable minimum in order that the Department of State Police may render maximo-m supervision and assistance.
Stations not meeting qualifications, he said, are rejected and this figure runs to about 20 per cent of total applications. Any irregularities or complaints are carefully investigated, and if sub^ stantiated, inspection privileges are suspended as were those of 36 stations during 1949.
In asking public co-operation. Colonel Woodson stated further that no one is under obligation te accept the repair estimate of a particular station, but can request a rejection sticker which will enable the owner to. take his vehicle to any station of his choice, whether approved or not, but after repairs are effected the vehicle must pass an official inspection.
Owners are requested to report any obvious unfairness, discourtesy or inefficiency on the part of stations or mechai-ics and a careful investigation is promised. However, Colonel Woodson asked that it be borne in mind that in any business work estimates will vary considerably.
This program, according to Colonel Woodson, provides one certain means whereby a particular type of accident can be prevented. Each driver, he said, is not always at fault in an accident, but there can be no excuse for driving an unsafe car whteir is-a menace-netonly to the operator, but to other people.
The value of preventive maintenance is reflected in national figures which showed vehicles in need of repair to have participated in 13 per cent of 1943’s fatal accidents. For Virginia, the comparable figure was 7.8.
In closing, Colonel Woodson recommended strongly voluntary inspection between official periods as the cheapest and most effective type of accident insurance available.
V.F.W. AuxiliaryOfficers
Installed Monday
The Ladies Auxiliary to the V.F.W. met at the auxiliary room in Sperryville Monday, May 1, at 8 p.m. The following new officers were installed: President, Mrs. Frances Thornton; \ice-president, Mrs. Eleanor Brown, Jr.; vicepresident, Mrs. J. Rodes Brown, Jr.; treasurer, Mrs. J. B. Atkins; secretary, Mrs. A. Paul Thompson; conductress, Mrs. B. F. Miller, and guard, Mrs. Catherine Trescott.
70.9%