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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
AID Tells CD How It Came About That
 So Many Families Now Have Automobiles

ONE DAY CD went into ADS office at the factory. OD said Remember the time saw the horseless carriage at the farl Who would have believed that in 30 years almost every family would have an automobiles"
 AID said, It never would have been possible without advertising All the advances in manufacturing would have been futile without advertising tell the story As it helped sell and more cars able to make them still better and sell them lower prices As result, the advantages of an automobile now
 tcs, srsas s,s.. ss.vs i.r nu nal s.S Isss s,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
b SERIAL STORY
 LOVERS AWEIGH .!s,1 sx ss!y T. s!! M.Ae5 !!.9 x.

She had a wild impulse to laugh. But she checked it. Now Jack would know. He'd know she had lied to him. He'd know that every, thing he had said about Dwight Campbell was true.
 Dwight was hurrying on, "Oh, I'm crazy about her, have been for 8 long time. But she's so alarmed rich and sure of herself, and I thought a penniless duffer like me wouldn' t stand a chance" He laughed. "She liked the uniform, all right. And she let me date her steadily, the whole time I was at the Base in Norfolk. I asked her how she'd like to join the Navy, and she only laughed. But-but now she's taking it seriously. I can't believe it. She's got every thing, social position, money, and looks! Wait till you see her, Judy. She's a dream!"
 Judy was suddenly conscious of sounds. There must be signalmen and quartermasters up on the bridge. Then she said quickly, T wish you all the happiness everl Would you mind if we = if we went back now?"
 He did not seem to notice any, thing amiss, but kept on chattering happily about this girl he was go- ing to marry. Her name was Mar vel Hastings. She was redheaded. She was flying to the coast next week. He wanted Judy to meet her. He knew she'd like her.
 But Judy Alcott, walking be- side him toward the wardroom hatch, felt a little wind suddenly on her bare shoulders. She thought bleakly of the times she had danced in his arms; of how he had kissed her. This was why he had always seemed cautious and trif1e distant. Because he had never meant it He'd only been playing. Playing! She stumbled on the ladder, and his hand was on her elbow. She trembled.
 AS they entered the warm, lighted wardroom, she felt the unshed tears stinging her eyes. But she darted toward her mother, who was sitting in wicker chair talking to Jack Hanley, and she said brightly, ''Time to go home, isn't it? Mustn't keep the ladies aboard after midnight" (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08

Dr. David c. Rasmussen of Danbury,
 president of the association, presid- ed.
 About 50 chiropodists attended to
 hear talks and clinical demonstra-
 tions by Dr, Leslie Barrett of the
 Connecticut College of Pharmacy in New Haven; Dr. Samuel Atkins, Dr.
 E. J. Godfrey, health officer; Dr..
 Samuel Cohen of Hartford, Dr. San- ford Solomon, Dr. Eli M. Cohen of Hartford, Dr. Harold J. Parkinson
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
How AID Sold 10 Automobiles

AID had also spent nearly S3,OO0 in building his first He knew that only few people could afford so high price, and to find them he must show his car to great many. So he advertised that he would demonstrate his car the following Saturday after noon. People came from miles around. AID ran his car up and down the street. Afterward, ten men wanted it. AID told them that by making ten cars he could cut costs and reduce his price to 5OO So he hired several men, rented building, and started making more and better automobiles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08

enjoyed by people of small means just they are by the well-to-do."
 "But you spend millions for advertising" said OD.
 'Yes'' said AID. "But we sell many cars that our advertising only about SIS per That is not much when you remember that in 30 years the average price of has been reduced by than Sl ,sOO So advertising has really helped yedaee prices and year after year has helped make it possible for millions of people to have better cars for less money"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
IF YOU FEEL SUNK Read fhis and cheer up

Are you so blue that life is no longer worth living? Do you cry easily? Do you feel low, mean, depressed-just absolutely SUNK?
 Then here's good news for you in case you need good general system tonic-Just take famous Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. Let it's wholesome herbs and roots help Nature build up more physical resist ance and tone up your system, so that it can more easily throw of the "blues" and give more energy to enjoy life.
 MILLIONS of women have depended up- on this Compound and have passed the word along to friends and neighbors, and to their children.
 Why not take Pinkham's Compound and 90 "smiling thru?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
MEET LIEUT.. LEvENE

Sam Levene, who scored in the stage and screen versions of Three Men on a Horse" heads the cast supporting Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in RKO Radios "The Mad Miss Manton." Levene plays a hard-boiled ploice lieutenant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
50 CHIROPODETS
 AT PEDIC FARLEY

Closing sessions of the sixth an- nual convention of the Connecticut Pedic society were held yesterday af- ternoon and evening in The Elton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
MAD MISS BARBARA

"The Mad Miss Manton," new RKO Radios film co-starring Bar bara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda, presents Miss Stanwyck as a so- ciety girl who becomes an amateur detective with startling results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08
CAST OF CHARACTERS

JUDY ALCOTT admiraPs daughter. She faced a choice between two navy suitOrs. DWIGHT CAMPBELL - ambi- tious lieutenant. He faced 2 choice between his wife and duty.
 JACK HANLEY = flying sailor. He faced a test of a patient love. MARVEL HASTINGS - navy wife. She faced the test of be- ing a good sailor.
 
 Yesterday: Jack warns Judy against Dwight and in blaze of humiliation and anger she re- plies, 'He has asked me to mar ry him, so how do you like that?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08

and Dr. Barney wichman of Man. chester.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08

OD invited all his friends and neighbors to his house. He drove his automobile around the block and gave them a ride. They were thrilled. They wanted to buy it. But when they learned that it cost S3,OO0, not one of ops friends could pay such a high price.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-08

OD heard that AID had sold ten cars, so he decided to try again. When his second car was finished, it had cost him almost as much as the first. He showed
 it to as many people as he could
 see and after a long time sold it for just about what it had cost him. In the next five years OD built several more automobiles, but always by the time his cars were finished AID was making better cars for lower prices.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

car and first set foot upon the
soil that formed the terminus TO
his railroad which. after nearly
eight years of construction devot-
ed TO the Extension. represented
a total in elapsed time of %
years from the southwark start
AT Saint Augustine
Other Trains Bring Guests
Besides trains behind the .irSt
one. bringing guests from Now
York and back along the line.
many excursion boats had come
down the coast ON both sides OF
the State 10 participate in .hc
occasion Mr. Flagler'S FIRST Sec
ton was afterwards 10 bc dc-
mated as The Key West In
press II reached The CITY at III
o'clock in the morning ul tnat
eventful Monday Across Tho
marl-fillS and the viaducts ana
bridges which joined the coral
keys, the train had steamed south
10 this half foreign paradise boz
America bearing officials cl state
concluded ON Next Page
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the momentous order Go 10
Key West"
Eighth Wonder Of the World
But the newspapers PAID scdnt
attention outside of Florida IN
the North press association dis
patch of $50 words covered the
event while at the same time its
phraseology must have teased the
readers who would gladly have
read more about The Eighth
Wonder of the World" Under d
Key West dateline II spoke Of an
unusual achievement in railroad
construction being turned over
to the world today A paSsen-
ger tram seemingly supported by
frail masonry started across seas
to Key West For great dis
tauc,& between the KEYS the rails
are supported by stretches u
steel and masonry
Mr. Flaglcr Of New York was
one Of the foremost figures here
among the many public men To
ham is given credit for the cngI-
uecrng feat. over coming nnan-
ctaI and phyS.ca. Instructions.
forcing inc railway ross the lue
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

of the coral Keys from the main
land to Key West"
Mr.. Flagler of New York;. ..
The book is yet to be written
which shall set down in extenso
for poSterity the drama of this
mid-Swamp and mid-Seas epic in
railroad building: a poem in blank
verse OF the courage OF man.
News OF the opening was all
but lost In the press OF what was
happening around the world 1t
was but q drop in the bucket of
national ana International events.
and Scant record of il Is eXtant.
Key West observed the occaS-
ion with a celebration that lasted
three gala days. The Bulletin OF
the Pan-American Union for
February, 1912. said This re-
markable achievement deserves a
great deal more attention than
has been given II by tins busy
world. and is bound 10 have a de
cidedly important influence ON
international relationships.
Mr.. Flagler Was 81
Mr. Flagler was ~ when he
gave the order 10 build the EN-
tension. He was 80 when he rode
into Key West. ms objective at
tanned. He lived only 10 months
after that passing away IN May.
1913-but ms dream had not been
a phantasy The date OF opening
Of 'FlagIcr'S Folly was go years
and three days from January 70.
1922. when John ". Simonton
bought Key West Island from
he Spaniard, Juan Pablo Salas
for $4,000 Two weeks less than
three years after the railroad was
opened, the last link in the now
departed flnanCier's well-planned
chain was welded when the larg-
est car ferry then in existence
anywhere in the world steamed
away from the Kew West docks
for Havana This was January g.
1918.
II was a day without parallel IN
Key West when Flagler and his
party arrived The entire popula-
ton OF the island. and from up
along the Keys. and from COM
munItIes still further away. turn
ed out to welcome the seer in ms
attainment of the long sought
goal The concentrated crowd that
packed every vantage point on
Trumbo" lsland-named for the
engineer who built II from the
bottom of the ea-spread also
far over the adjacent fiat lands.
Many took boats To better view
the spectacle.
Five thousand school children
waving American flags greeted
the master builder They were
masscd at a large stadium near
the station where an elaborate .e-
cCption was held Whistles reared
a wild welcome as the venture
some overseas pioneer appeared
on the platform Of his private
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

they would 90, the dam ~as f4l-
cd to tide level with cement and
when 1T had hardened tire plae
was sawed off and the form for
the pier put into position
Arches Dovetailed
After arches had hCer uoao0
into forms above thu piers. the
arches were connected by dove
failing methods which uIIot. .ur
expansion and contraction in the
heat of the sun. Each arch thprc-
fore is a separate mass Of con
crete and cannot pull is neigh
bors. Slcepers on cross-llcs used
on the bridges were Oh >aN.I
oak II feet long and l0 -
inches I'm cross sections They
were set SIX inches apart
clampcd to the bridge qlr3ere ~
hook bolts.
An extensive repair plant was
maintained at Marathon Key. and
many men were Quartcrcd n
floating bunk houses there. re-
mains Of some Of which can be-
seen to TINS day Filling for much
Of the grade was secured by arlt-
ing piHng into occ.a a.t '.t t
tom and extending spur TRACKS
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Metamorphosis From Railroad To Highway
(CDntInued1

cal1cd - carry out his bidding.
ltrst ~ae Parrotl fresh from law
ecta.. Yale. who had Joined the
F+zIe. legal staff Then William
+ Krone who led the surveyors
q. Capc Sable and later to Kcy
West. End third was j. c. Mere
o.-. .n-Ineer Of great ability
unoH FaeIcr found building
a.. Iaup.c5 Harnor IcEI-
t.
III Meredith was made chief
construction engineer. began work
I.F e. l9g4. laid all ms plans
aaths ID advance. and died
trll 20 1909. from a disorder
.a-eat on by the demands upon
f trength Almost every detail
90 me undertaking had been put
paper Above Mr.. Mercdith's
grave n q Miami cemetery is a
granite monolth bearing q
irauze tablet on which appears
~ MEMORY OF JOSEPH
CARROLL MEREDITH.
CHEF ENGINEER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE
KEY WEST EXTENSION
DF TIE FLORIDA EAST
COAST RAILWAY. WHO
DIED AT HIS POST or
DUTY APRIL 70. 1909 THIS
MEMORIAL IS ERECTED
by THE RAILWAY COM
PhNY IN APPRECIATION
OF HIS SKILL. FIDELITY
AND DEVOTION IN THIS
LAST AND GREATEST
WORK OF HIS LIFE"
Mr. Krone was named i'm
tnediately to take up the torch
which Mr.. Meredith had dropped.
and assumed the burden with his
predecessors courage and with
his own added skill and dctcrmi-
nation He passed away in 1892
~ Homestead
Mastery leaders Of the Flaeicr
clan fought ON and on To the
cr.Ice were summoned men Of
- almost every natIon on the globe.
- and those men were welded into
ng.c quick acting human ma
chine Three and four thousand
were employed months at a time.
After The Extension first was be
p gun all attempts to use negro
labor were given up. Women and
liquor made them Inefficient and
BE- Insufficient Spsniards from Cuba
* proved the best type Of labor and
formed 20 Of the sea going
Keys army The balance was
composed Of mixed labor secured
% the north.
There were ali sorts Of charges
ol peonage; trials and hearings.
bot the Flagler High Command
was honored with a directed YER
dict for acquttal. The Judge said
Inc allegations "manlfestly had
ro foundation in fact"
Every man employed was paid
an apreed salary in addition 70
board and lodging. Hospitals
2cre maintained in each import
AMT camp and all such service was
entirely free The men who labor
ed ION the grade" were better
led. better housed and better paid
Than most Of them ever had been
before The was some loss Of life.
bat little Water was the foremost
consideration and had to be car
lled IN tank cars more than 100
miles from the mainland Borlnes
un the Keys produced no sign of
potable water.
Work Below Homestead
When construction began a,
Homestead there were me- stand
ards for much Of the work. Leap
1873 the waste lands this railway
must touch life again at Key
N'si Every foot of the project
1895 done by Flaglcr's army none
hE contract There was ready for
t.c workers only the arr they
treathed" Mr. Meredith once
SOD And Mr. Krone who fol-
owed him said w put uh.nss
through because we had 10
Dredees of "a peculiar type had
t' nc devised % eoucc canals
"ng the right Of way and float
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millions Of dollars and set the
completion Of TIE Extension back
some years
Much Of the dykcd embark
mont along the middle KEYS With
stood the raragcs Of the Labor
Day storm. but Al miles Of it was
washed away revealing a erotcs-
que skeleton Of stout timber into
and around which unbelievable
quantities Of rock fill had been
placed long years beforc-rack
brought in many cases from the
hills Flaglcr knew IN boyhood
around CanandaIgua. New York
From the beginning Of the epic
endeavOr it was evident the single
line Of the railroad must be laid
above the crest Of the highest
waves This was a problem IN
hydraulics. The height Of wave
is determined in large degree by
the depth Of the water over which
il rolls plus the uninterrupted
rush Of the wind that breeds 1t
This meant that the deeper the
water the higher the bridge to
span it
Here was a financial problem
Cement arch bridges are more
costly than steel girder structures
laid On concrete pIcrs. yet con
crete yandc feu- rep1trc and stool
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
High School Style Show
Delights Large Audience

ISOLATION, over which Mrs. H. L. Cand-
Ter, vice-president, presided. Mrs. w.
G. Stainback read the devotionals and
Mrs. r. G. S. Davis gave a history
of the association and of schools
events of the school year 1936-37, adj
ding that the record for 1898 will
be added after the end of the term
as a part Of the permanent history
of the association and the school.
Miss Lassiter read a paper on Bet
ter Homes Week." and Miss Frances
Furqueron called Miss Temple to the
front of the rostrum and presented
her a gift from the girls of the class
Some 50 to Is girls participated in the
style show.
Patrons and visitors commente1
generously on the high quality of the
entire program of the evening, and
especially the work of the girls in the
domestic science department.
1t was announced that the High
School Parent-Teacher Association
had recently been awarded a certi-
ficate showing it to be a standard as
ISOLATION. It was the first time in
the history of the group that this dis
tinction has been attained.
Mrs. S. P. Cooper, president of The
association the past year, ard who
has been reelected for another year
was unable TO attend the meeting on
account of illness.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

could grow up and compete with 9th
ers IN making a living We have pro-
weed help through clinics for those
with cripple and crooked bones. but
because those crippled by diseased
tonsils or half blind eyes are not spec.
tacular or parade their neglected con-
dition before our eyes. we provide no
care or take no thought for them. The
people OF Henderson and Vance coun-
" nave given ample proof of their
generous kind-hearts to those in need
and | am sure if they could see these
children, as we public health work.
ers and school teachers see them. such
wave of generous sympathy fer
these neglected children would rise
up in our hearts and something would
oe done
IF our taxpayers could realize the
savings to the future expense of our
welfare institutions and the expense
OF caring for those who because Of
hese handicaps will become physical
v or mentally feeble and object of
public care; we taxpayers would de.
mand that something be DONE If the
school authorities could realize the
great amount of money to be saved
in the future years by Is to 25 dol
lars per child spent now on these chill
lren to prevent the cost of so many
reporters, they would make tonsilec-
tonnes in selected cases compulsory
at public school expense. For example
we have children II to IA years of
age now in third and fourth grades,
and probably can go no higher. Re-
peat three 20 four years ut approx
mately $50 per year as cost 10 she
State per pupil, and that is around
5000 spent in trying 20 educate these
children who are so blind or mentally
handicapped rs 70 receive practically
nothing from the money so spent.
When SIS to S25 spent in physically
fitting the child for school would IN
Inany cases save the fruitless expense
and also save the overworked :ec cheers
many gray hairs. A program IS this
carried on by the State: l would not
advocate as it borders too near to
5 tate medicine and God forbid II at
GIL State should evc~ be cur sed ty
''G:ate medicine"
But such things I have mentioned
as these neglected children are the
conditions that excite the people to
State medicine, and unless we
care for our poor lite citiZecs We
car lay the blame M only O., 'salves
if the Federal gj,crnment through
the Childrens Bureau, steps II. and
says 1T shall be done.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

Some of the work of the domestic
science department of Henderson
high school was exhibited to parents
and patrons of the school in a style
show and a visit to the department
in the new high school building Mon
day evening. The style show was Of
fered in a presentation from the large
stage of the auditorium, viewed Ly
several hundred persons.
The program was under the gen
eral direction of Miss Ruby Temple,
home economics teacher. The style
show was divided into ten chapters"
including school dresses, sports ap-
parel, evening gowns, pajamas, shop
ping attire, afternoon tea dresses,
travel costumes and other designs all
made by the girls in the department,
who wore their own creations.
After the program, the entire as
semblage was invited to the domestic
science rooms where the entire set-,lp
was in full view, showing other ex-
hibits of the work of the girls. Punch
and waters were served to all. The
visitors were then directed to the
other end of the building for an in
spection of the science department,
showing the work of both boys and
girls.
The program in the auditorium
was interspersed with a meeting of
the High School Parent-Teacher As
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
VISITORS AT
r. H. CRAIG FUNERAL

Among those from out of the city
who attended the funeral of Robert
III. Craig here Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock were Mr.. and Mrs. Coy Sykes,
Miss Rachel Frye, Mrs. Mary Wiler-
son, of Statesville; Mr.. and Mrs. G. c..
Fleming, Mr.. and Mrs. John Sinclair
and son, Robert, and Wallace Ezelle,
all of Victoria, Va, Mr.. and Mrs. c..
l.. Clark, of Roanoke, Va, L. Hen
derson, j. Henry Craig, Ben Craig,
Jr., Charlie Craig, Buck Craig. all Of
Gastonia. James and Tom Frye of
States; L. L. Wilkinson Riverdale,
Md: Henry Craig and son, Robert, of
Greensboro; Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Hecht, of Durham; Mr.. and Mrs. P.
P. Pernell and George Gillian, of
Franklinton; T. w. Honeycutt, Frank
linton; Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Sanders
and children, Roanoke Rapids; Mrs.
Ozella Worley, Miss Marion Worley
and Tracy Worley, all of Raleigh.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
". c. POE ANNOUNCE
AYCOCk EXERCISES
Series of Events Leading to
Closing Begin Sunday
Evening

The twelfth annual commencement
exercises for Charles B. Aycock high
school will get under way Sunday
evening at o'clock at the school
with the commencement address be-
ing made by Prof. H. Leslie Campbell,
it was announced tdoay by Prof. w.
c. Poe, principal Of the school. The
events will be brought to close Fri
day evening, May 6, with graduating
exercises at 8 o'clock.
B. H. Perry, member of the Hen
derson bar, will award diplomas to
graduates Friday evening.
An attractive closing program has
been announced by Prof. Poe, de-
tails of which will be announced later.
There are 81 members of the grad
uating class. They are as follows:
Dorothy Abbott, Ruth Boyd, Elmus
Boyd, Andrew Edwards, Elsie Ed
wards Grace Falkner, Linda Hicks
Rosa Hope, Mary Young Hoyle, Billie
Hoyle, E. C. Moss, James OVERLY, Els
sic Pegram, Virginia Poythress, Hilda
Pickett, Roy Pickett, Thomas Rob
erston, Ruth Rogers, Mary Helen Saw
age, Waverly Shaw and Elaine Stain
back.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
ROUTINE MEETING
BY CITY COUNCIL
Session Short and Little
Business Up for Consid-
Grafton at Time

Monday nights monthly meeting of
the Henderson City Council for April
was an unusually drab affair so far
as general interest goes and the meet
ing was brief and little done
A taxicab insurance policy from G.
G.. Loughlin, Jr., was received, approx
ed and filed, in keeping with a city
ordnance.
A street light on Hargrove street
was ordered moved to a more central
location with respect to residences in
the neighborhood of Belle street.
Repairs to an air compressor owned
by the city were ordered.
w. S. Strange's petition for laying
of a sidewalk on North William
street was received and filed.
Another request came to the Coun-
ell from Mr. Strange, J. H. Bridgers
of pavement on North William street
above Rock Spring.
AL Riggan asked permission to op-
crate an additional taxicab and the
request was granted.
Claims for damages to F. B
Powells property by reason of under
pass construction work were received
in a communication from T. P. Ghol-
son, was not allowed.
Monthly bills were read and ap
proved for payment.
And that was the extent of the bus
mess transacted at the meeting. Il
was the last regular session of the
Council before the annual municipal
oloo+;o,, on naxt TueSdaV Nav g when
four members of the Council will seek
an additional tnyo-year term. Only
one is thus far opposed.