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Reputable manufacturers test
the cans, after being filled, by
exposing them to temperatures
above 130 degrees. Even so,
keep them away from heat
sources. And above all, never
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It Is empty. It can become
a bomb.
Exactly 164 years ago today
the Library of Congress was
established In Washington. Mil
lions upon millions of publish
ed and unpublished Items are on
file there. Including some of
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The NEW BERN
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EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA
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VOLUME 7
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1964
NUMBER 4
New Bernlans attending the
New York World’s Fair won’t
necessarily have to be loaded
with money. You can make It
expensive If you go whole hog,
but 75 percent of the sights
are free.
What this editor remembers
most about the other New York
World’s Fair—25 years ago—
Is the 7-mllllon dollar Russian
exhibit. Joe Stalin used It for
Impressive propaganda. This
time the Soviet Union and Us
satelltes aren’t participating.
Draw your own conclusions.
Folks In New Orleans seem
to be more sentimental about
their streetcars than New
Bern was. Citizens In the Deep
South city want the trollies—
In operation for 70 years —
to continue. Our town gave Its
streetcars up without a whim
per many years ago, and didn’t
bother to preserve Just one of
the things as a possible museum
piece.
Goethe, the German poet and
philosopher, gave these rules
for contentment; 1, Health en
ough to make work a pleasure.
2. Wealth enough to support
your needs. 3. Strength enough
to battle difficulties and be able
to overcome them. 4. Grace
enought to confess your sins
and forsake them. 5. Patience
enopgh to>j^l some ^ood
is accomplished. 6. Charity
enough to see some good In
your neighbor. 7. Love enough
to move you to be useful and
helpful to others. 8. Faith
enough to make real the things
of God. 9. Hope enough to re
move all anxious fears concern
ing the future.
Elmer Brock’s reminder in
a Mount Olive Tribune editor
ial that aerosol-type cans are
dangerous if handled careless
ly deserves further comment.
As he says, the popular dispen
ser of everything from aromas
to zinnia spray has become a
right hand to householders.
Liquid gas in the top of the
can expands into vapor, which
pushes the product toward the
bottom of the can, into a tube
which leads to the outlet. As
the product is used, more of the
gas vaporizes and expands,
keeping constant pressure on
the material until the can is
emptied—and there is still
pressure to spare.
Like Elmer says. It works
beautifully, but there Is some
thing else that will make It ex
pand, and violently. That some
thing is heat. One of the cans
exploded in an automobile when
the summer sun reached where
it lay In the seat, and literally
tore up the car’s interior.
In a test, a full can tossed
Into a bonfire exploded with
enough force to cause rocks or
metal debris to pierce the tail
gate of a pickup truck 150 feet
away. A woman was killed after
she put a can of hair spray on
a radiant heater in her bath
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FIGHTING THE SEA—Man’s effort to prevent further contrivance now being used to trap wind-blown sand
erosion by the relentless Atlantic, and his hope for The accumulation back of the barrier proves the
restoration of vamshed sands along our Outer Banks, method works. Later grass will be sown.—Photo by
are embodied here. This scene within view of the Billy Benners. ^
fishing pier at Emerald Isle shows the unique portable
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WHAT A CHAMP—New Bern’s Francoise Silver Satan,
owned by Florence E. Hanff and Frances McD. Ful-
ford, is continuing his winning ways. Latest conquest
for the 15-month old toy poodle was the Hanover
Kennel Club Show at Wilmington where he copped
honors in four classifications. He has competed success
fully at Charleston, Columbia, Norfolk, Raleigh. Salis-
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bury and High Point. Who can blame him if he appears
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slightly vain?—Photo by Wooten-Moulton Studio.