More Than Two Million
Live in Mobile Homes
Mare than two million families
are now living in mobile homes
trailers. Yoa can buy a stream
lined modern dwelling of this type,
complete with radiant heating, pic
ture windows, indirect lighting,
built-in television, automatic wash
ing machine, plus three rooms of
furniture, for about 16,000 or teas
Because approximately 95 per
cent of the owners of such homes
use them for permanent dwellings
the manufactures' organization re
cently changed its name from the
Trailer Coach Manufacturers As
sociation to the Mobile Homes Man
ufacturers Association. It seems
that most of the buyers seldom
travel. They just plant their homes
In a trailer park and stay put
even removing the wheels and set
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ting up bouse on block*. .
These homes are marvels at
space savins. Dinettes convert
into double beds. A lounge chair
unfolds to form a dining table
seating eight. A corner cabinet
becomes a table merely by an
extension of the front and insert
ing leaves stored in a special com
partment. A desk expands into
a 52-inch dining table with leaves
stored in a top drawer. Bottoms
of large chairs are provided with
storage compartments. Beds con
vert into sofas.
One model mobile home boast
five closets and 27 drawers. Living
rooms run about 8 by 18 or 20 feet.
The average length of these homes
today is 30 feet, with some run
ning 40 to 45 feet. Kitchens include
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Windshield wiper blades are han
dy for scraping away the sludge
from wet sanding or paint removal
from flat surfaces. The blade also
helps to show up any unevenness in
the surface.
automatic dishwashers, automatic
garbage disposal units and auto
matic washing machines.
Blower fans distribute heat in win
ter and cool air in summer. Fiber
glass insulation, double insulated
floors and leakproof construction
are standard features.
You can even have a fireplace
in a mobile home.
Aluminum sheathes most mobile
homes, not only because of its com
bined lightness and strength, but
also because of its insulating qual
ity. This is making aluminum in
creasingly popular for roofing per
manent houses.
Since aluminum reflects up to 95
per cent of the radiant heat of
the sun, it is rated as keeping a
home as much as 15 degrees cooler
in summer. This is especially im
portant in connection with air con
ditioning.
You'd think that aluminum,
being such a fast conductor of heat
when used for cooking utensils,
would get pretty hot under the
sun. Fact is, it stays cooler than
dark colored roofing. When the un
derside of the roof is adequately
ventilated, as any roof should be,
an aluminum roof really insulates.
Proper installation is a must for
aluminum roofing. Sheets, wheth
er corrugated or in flat panels with
V-crimped edges, should be over
lapped in the direction of the pre
vailing wind.
Only aluminum nails, fitted with
neophrane washers, should be used.
These nails arc not driven in too
tightly. They are driven only un
til the washer flattens against the
nail head and into the hole in the
roofing.
Copper nails should never be
used with aluminum to avoid elec
rochemictal action. Frank Nichols,
president of the Nichols Wire &
Aluminum Co of Davenport, Iowa,
tells us that virtually all complaints
leveled against early aluminum ,
roofs were due to misapplication
and the lack of modern accessories.
Complete and extensively illus
trated instructions are provided by
manufacturers of aluminum roof
ing. About the only way you can
go wrong, as with any other build
ing materials or equipment, is to
fail to read instructions? a habit
lots of people indulge in, to their
sorrow.
Drug Addiction Is Rife
Among Jap Students
Tokyo (AP) ? A drug which
Kamikaze pilots used during World
War II to keep from falling asleep
on long-range suicide flights has
caused a juvenile drug addiction
problem in Japan.
The Welfare Ministry estimates
there now are 1,500,000 addicts of
"philopon," the trade name for
phenyl dimethyl aminopropane. Af
ter the war, university students
used the drug to keep awake dur
ing examinations after a sleepless
night of cramming.
Then the addiction spread rapid
ly. Three recent murders were
committed by youths under the in
fluence of the drug.
Careless Cyclist
Modesto, Calif. (AP) ? Police
cited a 13-year-old high school boy
for driving through a red traffic
light ? on his bicycle. The bike
collided with an automobile, but
the boy escaped injury.
Cigarette Box, Matching
Tray Made in Jig Time
Inexpensive plastic is used for
making this cigarette box and
matching ash tray, designed by the
Delta power tool division of the
Rockwell Manufacturing Co., as a
one-evening project for the home
workshop.
Standard channel shape Trafford
plastic, \ by 3 by 6 inches, is used
for the box. The risers are trimmed
to % inch so the cigarettes will
(it. A continuoui chrome hinge
fasten* the cover to the box, being
screwed to Vinch plastic rods at
each end ol the box. The channel
block should be red or some other
bright color. The cover is trans
parent.
For a matching tray, a 3-inch
square of channel plastic is hol
lowed out in the center to hold a
metal ash tray.
Home Demonstration News
Recreation School Will
Begin Here This Weekend
By MARTHA BARNETT
Home Demonstration Agent
There will be a Recreation Train
ing School in the Scout Building,
Pollock street, Beaufort Friday,
Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Lon
nie Powell of the North Carolina
State Recreation Commission con
ducting the program.
These meetings are sponsored by
the Extension Service of Carteret
County and are designed to help
rural men, women, boys and girls
learn to lead recreation in club
meetings, church, school and other
community gatherings. Home Dem
onstration women, their husbands,
Senior 4-H Club members and oth
er interested persona are being in
vited.
Folk games, relays, singing
games, active games and recreation
designed for all ages and many
groups will be included in Mr. Pow
ell s program. Mr. Powell is em
ployed by the North Carolina Rec
reation Commission to work with
rural recreation and has conduct
ed many schools in the state.
In 1952, Mr. Powell conducted
here a similar school to the one
scheduled this week. Those who at
tended had a wonderful time as
well as receiving many valuable
suggestions for leading recreation.
We have many beautiful roses
grown in Carteret County, but we
still find people who ask why can't
1 grow roses? Most of the time
the answer is, "You fail to control
diseases." Other things are im
portant, of course, but controlling
diseases is a must.
The Pathology Department of
N. C. State College recommends
Ferbam, sold as Fennate. Apply
this material about every ten days,
starting when growth starts and
con'inuing until frost. It can be
applied as a spray (2 level table
sponnfuls plus spreader-sticker, ac
cording to manufacturer's direc
tions, to one gallon of water), or as
.a dust <V4 lb. mixed with lb.
talc dust). You may occasionally
need to add sulphur to control mil
dew. Some companies put out
combination materials that control
both disease and insects. These ma
I terlals are usually available from
I your seed dealer.
I The above information was given
to us by Mr. John Harris, in
charge of Horticultural Extension,
N. C. State College. Mr. Harris
also says that he has 36 bushes and
has averaged SO blossoms per week
for the summer. This supplies
his needs as well as some of his
neighbors.
The plants should be located in
a well drained, iunny area and fer
tilized four times in April and con
tinuing at 30-day Intervals, with 2
lb. of 6-8-6 fertilizer per 100 square
feet, mulched with leaves and
sprayed regularly.
The March Home Demonstration
Club programs will be a discussion
of Better Living for rural Carteret
County. Club women are niviting
their husbands and children,, as
home and community improvement
is a family affair. Most of these
meetings are being scheduled at
night, and the program will be
presented jointly by an agricultur
ist and the home agent. All club
women will receive a notice, in
cluding the time and names of peo
ple appearing on their club pro
gram.
This prognm presents a real
challenge to make your home and
community a better place. Some
of the things which will be dis
cussed are improvements for the
home, suggestions for home pro
duction of food, and ways to In
crease farm incomc; and commun
ity improvements.
In non-farming communities, ad
justments will be made to fit com
munity needs.
Loct, One Raft
Superior, Wis. (AP) ? Some
where in Lake Superior's 31,820
square miles of water there is a
S by 12 foot liferaft afloat and the
513th Air Defense Group wants it
back. Lost from an aircraft, about
92 miles northeast of the city of
Superior, Wis., the Air Corps has
asked Mariners to be on the look
out for the raft and to report its
position if it is spotted.
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first questions they ask an: "Will
he get over this? Will he always
be this way? Will he improve?"
To get an answer to this, many
points have to be considered: How
severe is his cerebral palsy? Is be
under medical care? How about his
opportunities for learning ? at
home and in school? Is he show
ing progress' How does HE feel
about his condition? How does his
family feel about it?
Taking all of this into account,
it can be said that large numbers
of children who have cerebral pal- 1
sy DO improve. Others do not im
prove so much. Still others, not at
all. Because of severe mental or
physical disability, some may have
to have care in an institution for
years. In cerebral palsy the best
results are gotten when parents,
doctors and teachers work hand in
hand.
A child with cerebral palsy
should be under general medical
care and have opportunities for ed
ucation just as any child should.
He does, of course, also need spe
cial care and training. Some health
and education departments and
crippled children's agencies have
special services for children with
cerebral palsy. Among the things
that children are helped to learn
in such programs are to walk, bal
ance, relax, control hand move
ments, talk, drool less and reduce
abnormal movements. They also
learn many of the thngs other chil
dren do at school.
Just because your child has cere
bral palsy does not always mean
that he will not be able to attend
school. He might be able to at- i
tend a regular class, only needing
some special help in that class. He
may need to attend a special class,
or even have a teacher come to his
home.
Parents can help a great deal in
both the education and physical j
training of their child. They should
have good guidance though. They i
must learn WHEN and HOW to 1
give exercise at home, when to help
the child to talk. If this care at
home does not go along with the
care given and advised in school,
or in the clinic, or by the doctor,
it may not always be helpful.
What else about the home life of
a child with cerebral palsy? Just
how should he be treated? People
who know about the care and treat
ment of children with cerebral pal
sy will answer this question this
way: Always keep in mind that
he IS a CHILD ? like most any
other child ? except that he has a
handicap.
What Child Needs
He needs everything that ANY
child needs. So, as nearly as possi
ble, treat him as you would any
other child. Let him do what he
can. For if you always treat him
as a baby ? an invalid ? and do
everything for him, things he can
learn to do himself, you will only
make it worse for him. Encourage
him to try new things. It is good
for him to be on his own, as much
as possible. Let him do EVERY
THING that his condition allows.
He will be much happier when
he does things for himself. En
courage him to think and speak
and act for himself as much as he
can. Help him to grow up in that
way.
some parents may una uid i ini-ir
other children are over protective
or resentful of their handicapped
brother or sister. If this is so per
haps those parents should look
closer to their own feelings, since
children tend to reflect the atti
tudes and behavior of their par
ents. As the children see differ
ences, they r.ay need help in un
derstanding each other. Parents
can perhaps help all those who are
close to the handicapped child,
(brothers and sisters, neighbors,
and others), to be honest in recog
nizing his strengths and limita
tions.
If your harfdicapped child has
brothers and sisters, let him have
his place in the group. Do not kefep
him apart ? or shut him away ?
from the other children, or from
outside life, for that matter. Be
ing with other children is good for
him and good for them too. He
may not always be able to do every
thing they do in their play. But
just seeing others doing things he
wants to do will make him want
to try to do them. He will learn a
great deal from other children. Be
sure and give him that chance.
If he is the only child, invite
other children in. Let him visit
tbem. Sometimes other children?
and even their parents ? may need
to be told something about cere
bral palsy. That will help children
understand when he may not be
able to do everything they can do.
Do not put off starting your
plana for him ? his medical care,
hi* schooling, hi* being witli other
people, especially children of his
age. Some parents find it aaay to
delay. They say, "He is too young.
He is not ready right now." As
time goes by, he will be even less
ready. Then he may want to hold
back. He will be older, know more,
and It may seem strange to him.
So get him started as you would
any other child.
There may be other children
with cerebral palsy in your com
munity. Or, there may be children
otherwise crippled. lUke it a point
to get to know their parents. All
of you will profit Maybe they have
solved a problem tat the care of
their children that faces YOU.
YOUR talks with them will help
yon In your own problems.
You may find that already your
community has started aoae ser
vices for cerebral palsy children,
fietfc ad?ko from agenciee
m ?wmw tm mum* i*
tome conuntiniuet, parents and
jther lay ctttaena have formed
clubs and snmrtliwia belong to na
tiooal organisations that give spe
cial attention to the needa of chil
dren with cerebral palsy.
II your state or community haa
been unable to provide the services
your child needa, perhaps you can
help in getting them started. In
doing this some parents have work
ed to strengthen the general health
and education programa for all
children and for all types of handi
capped children. They have Work
ed to help strengthen ALL crip
pled children's services, not only
those for the child with cerebral
palsy. In the past the picture of
cerebral palsy was dark. Cerebral
palsy was looked upon as hopeless.
That is not any longer true. Each
month now, somewhere in the
country, new services are being
started. And services already of
fered are being improved. The
years ahead look much brighter.
Four Drivers of This
Area Lose Licenses
Four drivers of this area have
had their licenses suspended, ac
cording to the State Highway
Safety Division at Raleigh.
They are John M. Aiepl, Cherry
Poin, New Bern Recorder's Court;
Maurice Gate Edwards, Cherry
Point, Beaufort Recorder's Court;
Julian Moore, Cherry Point, New
Bern Recorder' Court; and Floyd
Lathern Morris, Havelock, New
Bern Recorder's Court.
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