The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1962 Page: 18 of 20
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THEHOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texan. Friday, July 27,1962.
o Veterans
Sales Field
i i
JACK STINSON
’ The biggest automobile lot
in the country is useless unless
there is someone to sell the
ears. .
• In this field, Beyls' Pontiac-
Olds-Cadillac can boast of Jack
Stinson and George Payne, two
fHendly and experienced sales-
men who have been in the car
Business for a total of 24 years.
' S t e n s o n, 34, was bom in
iGreenpond community and
graduated from Como School
in 1945. After serving in the
$avy for three years, he work-
ed at Gee Auto Glass and as a
postal clerk at Como before be-
coming a salesman at a local
motor company in
Skyland Trails
Attracts Many
Nature Lovers
Washington — A landscape
architect’s impossible dream, a
2,060-mile footpath from Maine
to Georgia, is 28 years old this
year.
The Appalachian Trail, call-
ed “ope of the seven wonders
of th e outdoorman’s world,’’
winds along the mountain back-
bone of the eastern United
States, says the Nation&k. Geo*'
GEORGE PAYNE
next year, Stinson became em-
ployed at Passons Oldsmobile
and then joined Bevis in Janu-
ary, 1955.
Pawne, 35, is a Saltillo na-
tive who was in the Army Air
Corps following his graduation
from high school there in 1944.
He went into the used car
business for ten years begin-
ning in 1947, started selling
new cars in 1957 and has been
employed by Bevis since 1960.
The Caspian Sea in the So-
viet Union, the largest lake
in the world, is nearly four
times the size of Lake Super-
1953. The ior, the second largest.
OUR
Best Wishes
RALPH BEVIS
And The Entire Staff of
Bevis Pontiac-Olds-Cadillac
As They Observe the Opening
Of Their Beautiful New Home
Morris Soper Market
SPRING STREET
Benton MacKaye, a New Eng-
lander, proposed the wilderness
trail in 1921 as a refuge from
urban life. Volunteer crews of
hikers and naturalists set to
work and completed the world’s
longest marked footpath in
1937.
Scenic Contrasts
Between its terminuses, mile-
high Mount Katahdin in Maine
and Georgia’s 3,290-feet Mount
Oglethorpe, the Appalachian
Trail threads through 14 States.
8 national forests, and 2 na-
tional parks. -
It its northern end, the “A.
T.” passes through a barren
and rockstrewn lanckthat seem-
ed to- Thoreau “as if some*
times it had rained rocks.*’
Summertime hikers may face
;snow blizzards and freezing
rain in New Hampshire's White
Mountains. Meanwhile, the Ten-
nessee portion of the Trail is
banked with pink rhododendron
and flaming azaleas.
The A. T. provides an easily
accessible laboratory for the
study of animals, plants, and
geology. In the G r e a t Smoky
Mountain alone, there are 26
kinds of orchids and mpre
species of trees than in all of
Europe. Deer flash through the
brush; bear and porcupine lum-
ber through the woods.
One hiker even encountered
an elephant blocking the Trail
in Virginia. The venturesome
pachyderm had escaped from a
nearby circus.
The Appalachain Trail lies
within half a day’s drive of
more than half the population
of the United States. The Na-
tional Park Service, hiking
clubs, and individual nature
lovers cooperate in keeping the
Trail clear and maintaining the
many lodges, s h e 11 e r s, and
camping grounds along the
route.
Trail Use* Private Land
Though the Trail cuts through
private property at various
points with the owners’ consent,
there have been occasional odd
problems.
Now and then, hikers com-
plaint that shy mountain folk
were chasing them with load-
ed shotguns for alleged tres-
passing.
A New Jersey nudist colony
once erected barricades where
the Trail cut across their camp.
After a local Trail club protest-
ed, the colony offered a com-
promise : Hikers could pass
through if they were uncloth-
ed. Unwilling to comply, the
club cleared a new path around
the camp.
The full length of the 2,050-
mile Trail has been covered by
a few determined individuals.
MODERN NEW SHOWROOM—An especially attractive feature of the new Bevis Pon-
tiac-Olds-Cadillac facilities on Shannon Ro^d is the spacious showroom, completely air-
conditioned. (Staff Photo by Cody Greer).
Space Exploration Opens
Way to Improved Living
Welcome Neighbor
It I« With A Great
Deal of Pleasure that
We At Merrell Chevrolet
Welcome RALPH BEVIS
And His Entire Personel to
“AUTOMOBILE ROW”
Our Sincere Congratulations
RALPH BEVIS
Your Modem New
Building Is A Credit
To Our City
Mack Merrell — Joe Gober
r - i
mmsm
ILL CHEVROLET CO.
„_
Washington — Though t h e
space age is less than five years
old, it already is producing tools
and teachniques of practical
value to earthlings.
Since October, 1957, the
Russians launched- the first
manmade satellite, more than
90 research and exploration
vehicles have been shot into
orbit around the earth, By ear-
ly June, 1962, the United
States had put up 72, in con-
trast to the kown Soviet score
of 21. Thirty-four American
spacecraft were still in orbit,
to five of the U. S. S. R.
The Russians’ development of
greater rocket thrust has made
it possible for them to send up
heavier space vehicles. But
America’s initial" handicap in
weight-lifing power proved a
blessing in disguise. It forced
her scientists to turn to the
art of miniaturization.
<• Small Package, Big Job
By making tiny "Versions of
scientific instruments, the Unit-
ed States has been able to pack
complex research equipment
into small satellites and launch
them by dozens, says the Na-
tional Geographic Society.
Spinning and beeping around
the earth, the electronic mes-
sengers send back information
on space phenomena that is
opening new horizons in weath-
er forecasting, world communi-
cations, and sea and air naviga-
tion.
The Tiros series of weather
.satellites ’transmits television
pictures of cloud patterns and
other atmospheric data that
help meteorologists discover
and track dangerous storms.
Advance warnings of hurricanes
and typhoons so traced already I possible because of pin-point-
have saved lived and yntold sized ball bearings developed
A Pennsylvanian named Earl
V. Shaffer made the first such
trek on record in 1948. His
boots were tattered at the end
of the four-month journey.
In 1955, a 67-year-old grand-
mother made the same trip,
wearing out seven pairs of
shoes. Two years and several
great-grandchildren later, she
repeated the feat.
The sue c e s s qf America’s
favorite public path has borne
out the fonejest dreams of Ben-
ton MacKaye. As one hiker
wrote, “Remote for detach-
ment, narrow for chosen com-
pany, winding for leisure, lone-
ly for contemplation, the Trail
leads not merely north and
south but upward to the body,
mind, and soul of man.”
millions of dollars in property
damage.
Even modest advances in
more accurate long-range
weather predictions, will bring
obvious benefits to farmers,
resort owners, vacationists^
builders, sponsors of fairs,
sports events, and similar com-
munity gatherings.
No less exciting are the com-
munications satellites. T'h e s e
are coming into being just in
time to relieve growing traffic
on conventional channels.
America’s ballpon-type pio-
neer, Echo I, proved that space-
based stations can send trans-
missions over vast ocean bar-
riers. With launching scheduled
soon for Echo II—plus Telstar,
Relay, and other “active” sa-
tellites t h at amplify and re-
trans signals—the old-dream
of a global communications net-
work approaches reality.
In ten years, say space en-
thusiasts, satellites will relay
intercontinental telephone and
telegraph messages, extend ra-
dio and TV. In time they may
transmit “instant mail” and
daily newspapers.
Navigating by Satellite
Transmit satellites are being
harnessed to improve naviga-
tion, the National Geographic
says. To learn his position, a
navigator can tune in on a
Transit orbiting 400 miles up,
beyond weather caprice. Since
the orbit path is known, the
relationship between the satel-
lite and ship, submarine, or
plane can be quickly computed.
* Several successful launches
have shown what Transit can
do. In five years, it is predict-
ed, navigators everywhere will
have at their disposal the most
precise location-finder in his-
tory.
Medical equipment for hos-
pitals, tools for industry, con-
veniences in the home—these
and many other indirect bene-
fits from space research are
now either in actual' use or
considered within reach.
Delicate sensor systems, such
as monitor astronauts’ heart-
beats in flight, have been in-
stalled in several hospitals to
alert nurses to changes in criti-
cally ill patients.
Victims of strokes have been
gble to walk and work again
by wearing space-type pressure
suits designed to keep blood
circulation normal under stress.
Ultra-fast dental drilling is
Congratulations
and Best Wishes to
BEVIS
Pontiac - Olds - Cadillac
On the Formal
Opening of their
New Home.
We am happy to have hVd
the opportunity of installing
the Hifi Amplifying system
in this modern,New build-
ing.
TV Cable System
MACK MERRELL
Phone 5*2101 ,
• •»» Phone -r- I: i
for satellites.
Hearing has been restored to
doaf persons by surgical im-
plant of a tiny electronic de-
vice from space minaturization
research. An artificial larynx
adapted from small satellite
batteries helps people regain
speech.
For Heeling or “Death Ray”
The magic of laser—short for
“light amplification by stimu-
lated emissions of radiation”
—offers surgeons a beam of
light sharper and stronger than
any scalpel. It already has been
successfully used in eye opera-
tions.
Laser light is straight out
of science fiction. The fierce,
narrow beam is a million times
brighter than the sun, power-
ful enough to cut diamonds.
Flashed to the moon experi-
mentally, it may some day car-
ry sound and TV. It is called
a potential “death r a y” for
war. As a defense weapon, it is
believed capable of destroying
oncoming intercontinental bal-
listics missiles.
But pleasanter tasks for las-
er and other marvels loom in
mundane industry, the National
Geographic Society points out.
New" customer goods and tech-
nologies will owe much to space
needs for light, resistant ma-
terials and small, efficient
power systems.
Household pots and pans are
now made in Pyroceram, a ma-
terial developed for nose cones, j
Compact power packages may
lead to home heating, cooling,
and lighting facilities based on
space-tried sources of energy.
Autos may run on new fuels*
with power plants little larger (
than a hand.
Many of the 9,000 American j
firms actively participating in
the space program are discov-
ering unexpected by-products
for earthly u s e. Economists
believe that a whole new era,
comparable to the 19th-century
J*,
ing for humanity.
At the recent Seattle con-
ference held by the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, a prominent speaker
quoted a conversation between
Queen Victoria and Michael
Faraday, the English physicist
whose experiments formed the
basis of the modern electric
power industry. In answer to
her question regarding the use
of his w'ork, Faraday replied,
“Why, Madam, what is the use
of a newborn baby?”
LENS CONFUSION
Miami (J*l — A state trooper
who stopped a woman driver
for speeding afcked to see her
driver’s license.
Noting the license specified
the driver must be wearing
glasses, he asked, “Where are
they?” and was told by the
woman that she was wearing
contact lenses.
SEA MAIDEN — Tony
Kosadnar places a flower in
her hair while kneeling in
the salt grass and sea oats
on beach at South Padre Is-
land, Tex. (NEA).
TREE IN COVERED WAGON
Jerseyville, 111. Wl—The old-
est fruit tree in Jersey Coun-
ty, a 132-year-old pear tree, is
bearing friut again this year.
The famous tree was brought
. . , here in 1830 from New Jersey
tek,n^.a ® °®er by Dr. Ralph "tfan Pelt by cov-
ered wagon.
Ttip tree has attracted wide
attention. Several years ago
the Department of Agriculture
and several state departments
of agriculture cut scions from
it for propaganda.
the trooper noticed the wom-
an’s eyes were brown but the
license said blue and demanded
an explanation.
The woman used her finger
to slide aside her tinted lens,
revealing a blue eye. The
trooper was so flabbergasted
he let the woman go without
writing a ticket.
Try a Want Ad for Results
Congratulations
Bevis Pontiac-Olds-Cadillac
We Are Proud To Have
Been Selected To. Install
Portions of the Sheet
Metal in Their New Home
Main Street Supply Co.
313 Main St.
Phone 5-2815
OUR SINCERE
Congratulations
AND
Best Wishes To
AND THE ENTIRE STAFF
AS THEY CELEBRATE THE
FORMAL OPENING OF
THEIR BEAUTIFUL NEW
AUTOMOBILE SALES AND
SERVICE CENTER.
Faxworth-Galbraith
LUMBER COMPANY
143 Collage Street ____
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1962, newspaper, July 27, 1962; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826642/m1/18/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.