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The Roanoke Beacon AND WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS Published Every Thursday in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina The ^ Roanoke Beacon is Washington County’s only newspaper. It was estab lished in 1889, consolidated with the Washmgton County News in 1929 and with The Sun in 1937. Winner of North Carolina Press Association Awards for General Excellence in 1940, 1941, 1940 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Strictly Cash in Advance) In Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Beaufort, Bertie and Martin Counties: One Year ---$2.00 Six Months_$1.25 Single Copies, 5 cents I Outside Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Beau fort, Bertie and Martin Counties: One Year---$2.50 Six Months___$1.50 Special To Men in the Armed Services of the United States: One Year-- $1.50 No Subscriptions Less Than Six Months Advertising Rates Furnished on Request (Entered at the post office in Plymouth, N. C., as second-class matter, under pro visions of the act of Congress of March 8 1879. Thursday, July 26, 1956 Auto Industry Test The real test for the automobile industry, at least during the year 1956, will come in a few weeks. Traditionally sales begin to pick up in the spring, as a sensonal factor, and they should also pick up this year. It is almost imperative that sales increase, since the in ventory situation has not improved much since January 1st. On that date, it was estimated that there were some 800.000 new automobiles in the showrooms of dealers across the country. One of the factors in recent years which has accounted for the high sales picture in the low priced field is the hot battle between Ford and Chevrolet for first place in the nation’s automobile sales. When Ford failed to out-sell Chevrolet in 1954, another major effort was made in 1955, but Ford missed its mark again by about 75,000 units. This battle, between the two largest sell ing cars in the country, is expected to con tinue and will pare the automobile industry again this year. Whether the industry will make a creditable showing or not—though down considerably from 1955—or whether it will have a really rough year will be decided in the next few weeks—in part when sales begin to pick up and the trend will become more visible. A n Extra Lion Walter Ekola recently complained to the police in Long Beach, California. He was starting out to work one morning, but found that a lion was in the way. Not that there were any lions in his neigh borhood, but, this particular morning, Ekola found a lion cub in the front seat of a car parked in his driveway. Naturally, he did not care to stick his head in the window and ask the lion to move, or drive away. Ekola took the easy way out. He complain ed to police. Police responded to his call and came to investigate. They found the lion waking up on the front seat of a car owned by John Shinners. Shinners, it seems, had also been asleep in the car and was the owner of the lion cub. Police asked Shinners where he lived and he said he lived no place in particular, espec ially since the I.os Angeles Ainmal Regulation Commission had asked him to keep the cub out of their city. He honred Long Beach with his and his lion cub's company. He decided to drive into Ekola's driveway and take a snooze. Two thoughts come to mind in appraising this unusual evnt. Shinners is a brave man, and probably a poor insurance risk. As the lion cub grows up, he runs a great danger of being disconnected at the joints, unexpect ed—especially if the cub. after it becomes a lion, wakes up hungry first one morning. We also wonder if Sninners can teach the lion to drive. In this connection, we wonder what Shinners would do if the lion suddenly decided to become playful while he was travel ing through downtown traffic at rush hour. There are all sorts of posiblities involved in this story, and none of them are good. About The Moon If you, dear reader, have ever wondered why, occasionally, there are two full moons in a month, it is because the average time from perigee to perigee is twenty-seven days, thirteen hours, eighteen minutes and twenty three seconds. This time is known as the anomalistic month. In simple terms, this means it would take twenty-seven days, plus, for the moon to complete a circuit around the earth’s circum ference. Because both the moon and earth are in rotation around the sun, the duration of the lunar month is actually twenty-nine days, twelve hours, forty four minutes. This period is called the moon's synodical period. Since there are thirty or thirty-one days ip eleven months of the year, it will be seen that the full moon arrives a little earlier each month, with the exception of the month of February, and, therefore, it is possible to oc casionally have a full moon at the very first of the month and another at the very last. This year no month features two full moons. However, July will see two last quarter moons and December two new moons. In 1955, a rare month occurred when two full moons were seen in one month. 1. When was gold first discovered in Cali fornia? 2. What is Mickey Rooney’s real name? 3. How old is General Douglas MacArthur? 4. Which of England’s queens was known as “Bloody Mary?” 5. For what is the Alakan island of Kodiak known? 6. Where is Dartmouth College located? 7. When was the state of Kansas admitted to the Union? 8. Who wrote, “Twenty-Thousands League under the Sea? 9. What well known song did Julia Ward Howe write? 10. What famous movie actress wrote a book entitled: “Why Not Try God?” (See “Answers’ at Bottom of Column) -o — ■ _ 1A FewSMILES I ---1 mi i ,-^t? * T -8-- ■ Lesson Learned “What happens when we cast our bread upon the waters?” a Sunday school teacher hopefully asked her class. “It get soggy,” piped up a bright little girl. Good for the Soul A politician was being interviewed by a re porter. “Do you feel you have influenced pub lic opinion, sir?” asked the member of the fourth estate. “No,” was the politico’s reply. “Public opin ion is something like a mule I once owned. In order to keep up the appearance of being the driver, I had to watch the way he was go ing and follow colsely.” High Overhead A newspaper reporter had been sent to in terview a rancher who was reputed to own a talking horse. During the interview, the ranch er explained that the horse was not only cap able of talking but was also a first rate co median. “That horse has a wonderful collect ion of jokes,” said the rancher, “and I value him at $5,000. However, I own a mule that is worth twice as much. ’ “Why is the mule so valuable?” asked the reporter. “Who do you think writes the horse’s material?” the rancher answered. Once Too Often In a village election in Republican Vermont, one Democratis vote was discovered before the tabulation had been completed. Election of ficials stopped to ponder this marvel, then de cided to complete the count. Another Demo cratic vote turned up. “That settles it,” said one official. “That dad-burned food voted twice.” llTheANSWERS 6= ^ aBHnaggniBmagi ■aamammunammcnw 1. January 24, 1848. 2. Joe Yule, Jr. 3. He celebrated his 76th birthday on Jan uary 26th. 4. Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. 5. Its huge bears. 6. Hanover, N. H. 7. On January 29, 1861. 8. Jules Verne. 9 The Battle Hymne of the Republic. 10. Mary Pickford. Only franchised Chevrolet dealers y CHEVROLET display this famous trademark BOUSE CHEVROLET CO- Inc. Tolopboae 279-1 Franchise Dealer License No. 1728 W. Water SL, Plymouth, N. C. TWO CHAMPIONS OF THE ROAD... both Chevrolets! AJR CONDITIONING — To the eye, the new Corvette and the new Chevrolet are far different. But these two champions have one superb quality in common—both were born to cling to the road as though they were part of it! Chevrolet’s astonishing roadability is a big reason why it’s America’s short track stock car racing cham pion. It can and does out-run and out-handle cars with 100 more horsepower. When you wed rock solid stability to superb engines such as the 225-h.p. V8 that flashed the Corvette to a new American sports car record—then you get a real championship combination. America's largest selling car— 2 million more owners than any other make. OPENING THOUGHT — None think the great unhappy but the great.—Edward Young. JUST A PIKER — Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who said, “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute,” was ob viously a piker. He couldn’t think in billions. — Richmond Times-Dispatch. SIGN OF THE TIMES — Letter ed on the back of an automobile the words: “Dimit Damit!” This brings to mind a facet of the courtesy of the road which is often overlooked. It can really be annoy ing while driving along the high way at night to have some thought less driver close behind in the line of traffic remain on your heels and keep his headlights on the high beam. I recall a bus trip I took to Florida some years ago during which an inconsiderate night driver stayed on the heels of the bus for a long stretch with high beams on. The bus driver experienced con siderable difficulty because the lights from the rear were being reflected in the large rear-view mirror on the left of the driver. Such can be practically blinding if kept up for any length of time. Consideration for others is a mark of gentility which makes it self known on the highways as well as in all other avenues of life. You can spot a boor by his manners anywhere, anytime. Next time you are out driving at night, remember that it is just as much a part of the code of the road to dim your headlights for the fellow you are closely follow ing as it is to dim them for on coming traffic. TODAY’S CHUCKLE — The following story is making the rounds in Aberdeen, Scotland: An Aberdonian who tossed a bad shilling into the cap of a pave ment artist was reprimanded sharply by his wife. She scolded, "A bad sixpence would ha’ been enough.” MULE TROUBLE — “I have had that ornery mule you sold me for less than a week now, and already I’ve found two things wrong with him.” “What?” “Well, when he gets out you can’t catch him. . .” “And what’s the other thing?” “. . . He ain’t worth catching.” RESPONSIBLE — “For this job,” said the employer, “we need a responsible man.” “I’m your man,” cried the applicant. “In all my other jobs when any thing went wrong I was always held responsible.” -® Stevenson excelled in tales of ad venture. 'DANIEL WEBSTER STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY Completes Course Fort Bliss, Texas —•— Fort Bliss, Texas.—Pvt. Lue G. Clifton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clifton, Route 1, Creswell, N. C., recently completed eight weeks of training with automatic antiair craft artillery weapons at Fort Bliss, Texas. Clifton was trained as a can noneer on the M-42 tank, the M-16 halftrack and the Army’s self-pro pelled 40 mm. antiaircraft gun. Clifton entered the Army last February and completed basis training at Fort Jackson, S. C. Ke attended Creswell High School. -- The Dutch have overcome the problem of storing surplus butter by freezing cream and making but ter from it when needed. They re port it tastes like fresh butter and surpasses it in vitamin A content. SAVE iy2% BY PBEPAYIHG YOUR 1956 TOWN TAXES DURING JULY A discount of 11% will be allowed for pre-payment of 1956 Town of Plym outh taxes during the month of July, based on the new tax rate of $1.80 per $100 worth of property valuation. The rate of discount drops each month. See me during the month of July for maximum savings on your tax bill. P. W. BROWN TAX COLLECTOR TOWN OF PLYMOUTH PER WEEK after small down payment NEW 18-CU.-FT. GENERAL ELECTRIC Book-shelf” Freezer • Stores 640 pounds o Compact—only 30Vi Inches wide o 8 fully refrigerated surfaces • Huge storage deer holds 88 pounds e New juice-can dispenser; holds 20 cans e Straight-line design for built-in Ieoh e In lovely G-E "Mix-or-Match" colors • Dependable G-E sealed-in mechanism e Ice cream conditioner; holds 4 half-gallon packages Why buy a chest freezer when the G-E “BOOK-SHELF” UPRIGHT costs so little? TELEVISION CENTER Inc. JIMMY KITCHENGS
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