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This year's dog days have a sharper bite than usual. Since July 3, the traditional start of the dog days, much of the United States has sweltered In continuous 90-plus and 100-degree temperatures, the National Geographic Society says. Instead of worrying about mad dogs and other odd legendary dangers of the season, present-day Americans are concerned about power failures caused by overloading from air conditioners. Those without air conditioning follow the advice given 2,800 years ago by the Greek poet Heslod: "When Slrius parches head and knees, and the body Is dried up by reason of the heat, then sit In the shade and drink." BRIGHT DOG STAR Slrljis Is the name of the brightest visible star--28 times brighter than the sun. Its clear blue-white light marks the constellation Canls Major, "the Greater Dog," so Dlrlus became known as the Dog Star. The Greeks and Romans noted that Slrlus rose with the sun at midsummer, the hottest time of the year. Thus the Romans called this period dies canl culares, or dog days. - The traditional season ran from July 3, 20 days before the simultaneous appearance of the sun and Slrlus, to August 11, 20 days after. Slrlus Is on a slightly different schedule now, but dog days still come In July and August. Mistakenly, the Greeks and Romans thought that Slrlus was adding Its heat to the sun's as they rose and set together. They blamed the brilliant star for fleld-wltherlng droughts, mid summer sickness, and the death of farm animals. To appease the Ini mical star, the Romans sacrificed red-haired puppies In the spring. One of the oldest and most per sistent superstitions holds that dog days cause dogs to go mad. Actually, medical reports show that rabies occurs more often In spring and fall than In summer. Another superstition says that a tree slashed during dog days will die, no matter how slight the Injury. Many trees are dying this summer?from drought, not Injuries. NO SWIMMING Not too long ago, many parents for bade children to go swimming In dog days, when lake water was thought to be polluted. It was a practical ban, for many lakes and ponds become covered with a decidedly unpleasant scum of green algae In midsummer. Though Sirlus makes no contribution to the heat, the dog days generally are more uncomfortable than the rest of the year because of an Infernal com* blnatlon of heat and humidity. By July and August, the earth Is well warmed; oceans have lost their winter chill. Days are still long, and the sun beats down fiercely from high In the sky. As temperatures rise, more mois ture evaporates. The air becomes muggy. From every pond, ocean, river, and stream, water Is drawn Into the air at the rate of some 16 million tons a second. Eventually, the moisture will return as rain, snow, or some other form of precipitation. Bit while moisture Is retained In the air It causes sticky misery and endless repetition of, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." Hobby Races Slated Another btg program of Hob by Class stock car racing Is on tap here Saturday night. All the drivers that provided one of the most closely con tested races yet seen last week will be back as well as a number of others. The all Hobby program proved popular with both fans and drivers and will be sche duled regularly on Saturday nights from I now on. In order to avoid disappointing some seven Late model drivers who showed up last week the pro moters, with the O. K. of the Hobby drivers, ran a special event for the Sportsman cars in place of the scheduled Hob by consolation event. For this Saturday nights pro gram, however, the Hobby consolation event will be run. This is a race that provides FRI -SAT THE NEW HEIGHT IN FRIGHT! WAR? 2&MB1ES Sunday ?? Tu*?aay (No Show Mon.) SIEtt EDWARD G ANIt McQUEEN- ROBINSON MARGRET Mil MALDENmsm* WELD THE CINCINNATI KID ? ?rrmMiM WEO -THUKS fi" t He's no A secret agent... *" he's a crook/ technicolor' TccHNi?cor>e* HORST BUCHOLZ "THAT MAN IN ISTANBUL" i the slower cars and newer drivers a chance to make some money. It Is open only to those cars who have failed to finish in the money In any of the heat races, this of course also proves to be a help to some of the drivers who have either spun out or suffered minor mechanical difficulties during the running of the heat races. Hobby cars as a name Is somewhat misleading. Per haps they should be called early models. A few years ago this class of racing was called limited Sportsman in order to distinguish them from the full modified division. What ever the name, some extremely fast cars run in these races with many drivers having $1200 to $1500 Invested In them. Qi hand for this weeks events will be the strong Ox ford delegation headed by such | speedsters as Dee Oakley, Pete Dease, Terry Redd and Leroy Beam. If all the after-dinner speak ing could be eliminated, the dinners would be Just as good. Job Corps Councelor Due Here Franklin County Welfare Director, Mrs. Jane M. York announced today that a State Job Corps representative will visit the county to accept ap plications for the federally sponsored training agency. Mr. Michael D. Busby, Job Corps Counselor, Stale Board of Public Welfare, will be In Franklin County on August 9, 1966, from one to five o'clock at the Welfare office for the purpose of Interviewing young men who are Interested In enlisting In the Job Corps. To be eligible for the program, a boy must be 16 years of age and not yet 21 years and 9 months old. The emphasis at camp Is an education and It Is not possible to enroll If one has been found guilty of any serious crimes or guilty of repeated minor offense. Ninety-three per cent of all. enrollers have not completed high school. The rural camps specialize lauitburq SUN -MON.-TUES -WED., JUL,Y 24-26-26-27 ?y Trapped in the I shock and suspense of a f stolen love! "Don't force me A we mustn't , it's A just loneliness, ? not love!" 1 - "Maybe you can i toss off what happened ( but I won't!" JEAN HONOR SEAN SEBERG ? BLACKMAN ? GARRISON Mervyn te Roy's production of TECHNICOLOR" THURS.-FRI.-SAT., JULY 28-29-30 i The motion picture the whole world 5^^ wants to see r AGAIN AND AGAIN! Julie Andrews Dick Van Dyke David Tomlinson Glynis Johns * TECHNICOLOR' SHOWS: 7:30 p. m. EACH NIGHT MATINEE SATURDAY ONLY - 1 p. mf. Directory (Continued from Page 1) this first city directory for the entire area," added Mullln KiUe officers. The Mullln Kllle Company enjoys the re putation of being one of the outstanding directory pub lishers In the country and la currently publishing books for approximately SO cities In North Carolina pione. The ConSurvey type directory of the Mullln-KUle Company has many exclusive and outstand ing features. Both the Loulsburg Business Association and The Franklln ton Chamber of Commerce will serve as co-sponsors In this worthwhile community project according to Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants of the Loulsburg Business Associa tion and Mr. W. L. Johnson, Jr., of the Franklinton Cham ber of Commerce. In teaching basic education and some trades. The larger urban centers teach trades such as automobile repair, welding, retailing, office oc cupations, photography, and commercial art. A low achiever will Improve his reading, arithmetic, and writing ability prior to taking up a trade. A boy who possesses some skill will begin his Job train ing shortly after arriving In a center. Both will be re quired to work while at camp. This work will earn these boys a spending allowance of $30 per month. A readjustment allowance of $50 for each month of satis factory service will be placed Recorder's Court The following cases were disposed of during a session of Recorder's Cburt on Tues day, July 19: , Pe.-cy (Perry) Foster, Jr., c/m/24, non support. Court finds that defendant has not compiled with rules and re gulations of probation and orders commitment to issue Joe Raymond Smith, c/m, assault with deadly weapon. 8 months in Jail, assigned to work on work release plan. Notice of appeal to Superior Court. Bond fixed at $500.00. Mike O'Neal, Jr., c/m/30, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. Bradley Dee Tart, w/m/38, speeding. Prayer for Judg ment continued on payment of costs. Clifford Ray Jeans, w/m/19, speeding. $18.00 fine and costs. Junloua Neal Edwards, w/m/ 27, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs, Howard Gene Barnes, w/m / 24, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. Laborn Banks, c/m, assault. $10.00 fine and costs. Larry Tabron, c/m/21, speeding. $30.00 fine and costs. George Darness Hazelwood, c/m/22, careless and reck less driving. $10.00 fine and costs. In a savings account to be given to each corps man upon completion of his Job Corps training. laycees, Police Lose The Frankllnton Teen* de feated the J. C.'a by a score of 7 to 5, Tuesday night. The J. C.'s led the teens until the bottom of the 6th. The Teens made four runs In the 8th to put them 2 points ahead. The J. C.'s didn't score any more runs. The leading hitters for the J. C.'s were Daniels 3 for 3, Read 3 for 4, Murray 2 for 3, and the leading hitters for the Teens were J. Williamson 3 for 3, Holmes 3 for 3, with one a Rome run. The i Frankllnton Inde pendants defeated the Louis - burg Police 12 to 5. The Independents held Loulsburg Police 12 to 0 un til the top of the 5th when the Police scored 3 runs, i, The Police scored 2 runs In the 6th. The leading hitters for the Independents were Ronnie Beckham 3 for 4, Jackson 3 for 4, Quick 3 for 4, Shellds 2 for 3 with one home run. Warnings Unheeded Americans have smoked about S34 billion cigarettes in the past fiscal year despite warnings printed on the pack ages . The Department of Agri culture reports Americans smoked two billion more this year than last. There was a slight decline In cigar and pipe smoking. ( Bloodshed Boxscore Raleigh - The Motor Ve hicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 a.m. Monday, July It: KILLED TO DATE 828 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 766 The Inspection DEADLINE for vehicles with license plates ending In SEVEN comes on July 31. Our own Idea Is that Wash ington, Jefferson and Lincoln would be surprised at some of things that some people say-they said. -? ??? 1 ' , ^ ' v.:' ^ i f PLAN.. TO GIT YOUR SHARE OF THE SAVINGS v "? * SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY * PRIZES - FAVORS - SPECIALS OF HKNDKUSON, N. C. 23lackburns-l 91 ST Anniversary STARTS THURSDAY , JULY 2? 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