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Five New Models Of Boat Trailers
Equipped With Firestone Airide
Firestom Wesleyan Troop
Observed Boy Scout Month
Special activilies among troops of the Pied
mont Council marked February as the founding
anniversary month of the Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca. Troop 28 at Firestone Wesleyan Methodist
Church is typical of those observing the 49th
anniversary of the Scouting movement. Troop 28
members demonstrated pitching of tents and
types of camp fires, alongside the church build
ing on West Second avenue. In picture, from left
kneeling: Reggie Cunningham, Jimmy Saunders,
Gary Roland, Johnnie Lowery. Second row, from
left: Jerry Short, Donald Kimray, Steve Thomas,
Jerry Alford, J. W. Lyles, David Aim, Richard
Liles, Johnny Still. Back row: Bob Posey,
Maurice Jacobs, Larry Deaton, Jimmy Lucas, and
scoutmaster Jesse Liles. Mr. Liles is a loom fix
er in Weaving (cotton).
Five models of boat trailers
equipped with Airide by Fire
stone air springs are now avail
able through independent ma
rine dealers. These trailers, call
ed Air-buoy, contain all the best
refinements suggested by marine
dealers, distributors and individ
ual boat owners, according to
J. C. Myers, sales manager of
the boat trailer division of Elec
tric Wheel Company, a Firestone
subsidiary.
Mr. Myers recalls that the
Electric Wheel Company of
Quincey, 111., has been turning
out transportation equipment for
more than 100 years. Because of
this long experience, the Quin
cey factory has been able to de
velop an effective and func
tionally-designed boat trailer, he
points out.
The air spring suspension sys
tem on this new line of boat
trailers is similar to the Airide
system on trucks, buses and
some of the new cars.
The life of any boat carried on
this form of suspension is great
ly prolonged because shocks en
countered on rough roads and
fields are absorbed by the air
springs and are not transmitted
to the boat as they would be
with an ordinary suspension sys
tem.
Because of the versatility of
Airide, any trailer in the line can
be adjusted to carry loads of
various weights up to its rated
capacity by changing the air
pressure of the spring, thereby
meeting the exact requirements
of the boat and load.
All surfaces of Air-buoy trail
ers are dip-enameled inside and
out to prevent rusting. Self-lock
ing stop-nuts hold all parts in
place, making for easy assembly
and eliminating lock washers—
easily lost in transit.
The wheels, which are made at
the Quincey plant, are demount
able. They have tapered roller
bearings sealed against water
and dirt.
Airide by Firestone systems
are manufactured at the com
pany's Noblesville, Ind., plant.
They contain nylon fabric such
as that produced at the Gastonia
plant for tire construction.
Four Ways To Save
Natural Resources
This is your America. Her
future as a nation depends up
on how her citizens use wisely,
and conserve her natural re
sources. The National Wildlife
Foundation here suggests four
ways the average citizen can
contribute to the conservation
of America’s natural resources.
1. Find out if conservation is
being taught in the grade and
high schools of your community.
Inquire if children in your
schools have opportunity to take
part in outdoor conservation
projects or camp programs
where they can learn about con
servation by practicing it on the
land.
2. Start educational and pub
licity campaigns to show people
the need for teaching conserva
tion in their schools. Demon
strate how abuse of lands results
in soil erosion, water pollution,
depletion of farms and forests,
destruction of wildlife living
places, and outdoor recreation
THE THREE R’S AND RESOURCES
Procrastination is the art of
keeping up with yesterday.
—Don Marquis
More than 4 in 5 households in the United States have television
sets, according to results of a sample survey by the bureau of the
census.
The survey showed that 83 per cent of all households had tele
vision sets as compared with 80 per cent in April, 1957; 73 per cent
in February, 1956; and 12 per cent in April, 1950.
About 7 per cent of all households had two or more sets in
January, 1958, compared with 5 per cent in April, 1957; and 4 per
cent in February, 1956. Of all households, 17 per cent had no
television sets.
A SNEAKY
TRICK
Stealing a parking space from
another motorist who found it
first and is hacking into the spot
is not only unfair hut dangerous.
This lack of fair play can easily
lead to violent displays of tem
per and “accidents” start hap
pening. Courtesy costs so little
and is so contagious.
© AMERICAN MUTUAL LIAB. INS. CO
does your school teach
CONSERVATION?
n.ilioiui mUli/i- mrL i\ nriy \iiir h\
the NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION and its State Affiliates
areas. Help people see how mis
treatment of natural resources
directly affects them and their
communities.
3. Set up a conservation-edu-
cation committee in your com
munity. Ask representatives of
as many civic and agency groups
as possible to serve — teachers
and school administrators, par-
ent-teacher associations, wom
en’s clubs, service and farm
groups, sportsmen-conservation
clubs, youth groups, churches
and conservation agencies. Help
the committees study ways and
means of getting adequate con
servation training into school
programs.
4. Help get money to support
conservation - education activi
ties. Materials for teaching con
servation are often in short sup
ply. Make funds available for
your schools to provide approved
teaching aids, leaflets, and
books, demonstration and proj
ect materials on conservation
for use in classrooms and by
youth organizations. In some
cases, funds for these materials
can be contributed by people,
local organizations, or public
conservation agencies. But in
many cases, public funds must
be obtained for this purpose
through city, county and state
governments.
Jim Hughes Serving Aboard
Aircraft Carrier Saratoga
From aboard the USS Saratoga during his
more than two years in the Navy, Jim Hughes
has seen much of the wide world go by. The
electrician, 3rd class, returned in February to his
ship, after a 26-day leave with his parents, Walter
Hughes of Twisting and Mrs. Hughes, a respooler-
tender, who live at 307 South Vance street.
The former Ashley High school student attend
ed the communications school at Great Lakes
(111.) Naval Training Center. Most of the time
since, he has been assigned as a communications
operator on the Saratoga, an aircraft carrier.
During the first eight months of last year he
was in the Mediterranean area. For a few weeks
he was off the shore of Lebanon in Southwest
Asia, and then for a time, on duty in the Adriatic,
Ionian and Aegean seas off Greece.
On shore leaves, Jim has explored the Old-
World cultures of Spain, Italy, France, Greece,
Portugal and Monaco—to name a few countries.
Whether Naples, Rome, Athens, Genoa, Monte
Carlo, Cannes, Barcelona, Rhodes,—or any other
place—the sailor records the sights with his
camera.
When he returned from his home leave, he
Jim Hughes brought
home some glimpses of
the world he had visit
ed, when he showed
his collection of color
photo slides to his
family and neighbors.
Here, he holds a sou
venir bovine from Bar
celona, representative
of bullfighting — na
tional sport of Spain.
expected to go to the Caribbean area. By next
October he will be back in the Mediterranean
for a six-month stay.
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