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THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1960 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE THREE ' THAT NEW CAR OP M3URS IS A BEAUTY, PRED, BUT I’LL HAVE TO MAKE MINE PO< SAY, SPEAKING OP GROWING EXPENSES.. / ^ ..HOW'S YOUR TEEN —A.GE PAUGHTER? Research Holds Hope For MD Victims •••.Ay ii^ ill One little girl, and one big com* plicated scientific machine. What do they have In common? The little girl has muscular dystrophy, si disease than defies analysis; the big machine is an electron micro scope, capable of magnifying mus cle tissue 160,000 times. The microscope is installed at the Institute for Muscle Disease, New York City, the modem re search center built at a cost of more than 96,000,000 by Muscular Dystrophy Associations of Amer ica, Inc., with funds raised in the annual Murch for Muscular Dystrophy. Robin Balnis, MDAA’s 1960 IVational Poster Child, asked, while on a recent wheel chair tour of the Institute, “Will that machine help me walk?” In time it may, because it en ables scientists to explore the rays* terious processes by which normal and diseased muscle develops and functions—or, as in Robin’s case, ceases to function. In time. In time for Robin? In time for the thousands of other children suffering from muscular dystrophy? Their only hope for recovery lies in the kind of re search being done at the Institute, and in nearly one hundred scien tific institutions across the world under MDAA’s grant-in-aid pro gram AMERICANA Places To See Alaska—Big, Exciting Slate ALASKAN FARMERS in the Matanuska Valley look over the potato crop with an eye to choosing entries in the annual Mata nuska Fair held at Palmer the end of August. Alaska—the 49th State—is a vast area which represents the last American frontier. Probably one of the greatest “bargains” of all time was realized in March 1867 when William H. Seward, U. S. Secretary of State, purchased Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 in gold. What some critics of the time referred to as “Seward’s Icebox” and “Seward’s Folly” was—and is—actually a great storehouse of minerals, timber and oil. Although much of Alaska’s food supply is imported from the United States, truck farms in the fertile Matanuska and Tanana valleys and the Kenai Peninsula produce gigantic vegetables dur ing the short growing season. Cucumbers may grow two and a half feet long; cabbages up to 30 pounds are average. Alaskans travel mostly by air— because of rugged terrain and because of Alaska’s vastness. However, the Alaska Highway, a marvel of engineering, connects Alaska through Canada with the road system of the United States. A war-time achievement, the highway was completed in just over six months, by 10,000 sol diers—1,423 miles from Dawson Creek, B. C. to Buffalo Center. It was not too many years after the purchase from Russia that the magic word “gold” became indelibly associated with Alaska. The first great strike was made in the Klondike in 1898. The Klondike is in Canada, but the access route lay through south eastern Alaska. Before the strike subsided, gold was discovered at Nome. In 1902, a discovery at Fair banks brought another surge. The gold-rush days are over, fore- ever, but gold is still ka’s top mineral. Alaska’s greatest industry—the processing of fish and seafood products—employs thousands of workers. Five species of salmon abound in Alaskan waters, as well as halibut, herring, sablefish, clams, crabs, shrimp and cod. 'IK HUBY FAMLY BY LLOYD BMOKIKAM ARE IN MVFUL SHAPE KffiP CUR HUNT BRUSMBSINSCOP CDNDmONWTHB FUTURE MADE A PAINT BRUSH TRAY.. BRUSHES ARE KEPT IN UNSEED Oil. MOTOR OiLCAN^ ! L —"" • •'V, ‘ IVi' T BEND DOWN Cur DOWN OIL CAN TO MAKE TRAV 7he. 'IfJeek'Q MSERY HOURS 7-00-8:30 SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY . . . Franciscan Friar Leo Is restor ing a fountain built In California 150 years ago. It was part of a “lavenderia,” used for washing clothes. by IS Tom Dorr “He’s from a long line off troupers.” WHO WAS IT THAT FOUGHT SO VEHEMENTLY.. I' II . AGAINST ■'TAXATION 1 REPRESENTATlON*?| [ CAN VOU TELL ME HIS J NAME CANDY? GIANT LAMPSHADE . . . Two workmen team up to carry this huge lampshade past the Foro Italico swimming pool in Rome. The shade will top one of 25 lamps being installed for tne ’60 Olympics opening. I'.- f- ■ vM « L - TV IT WAS PATRICK HENRY BUT FATHER SAYS. ~rr- mj/J J Si ©oQfte —ME WITH TRAFFIC JAM STUDY? No, this superhighway tie-up cars is being analysed by tfeo of the judges in the 1960 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild model car competition. Judging of hundreds of these scale miniature cars is now in progress to determine teen-age winners of $117,000 in cash awards and university scholarships. toor-sow cute! LETS CATCH THEM. 9 N] K L ; v ' % V \ : "v ■? v ♦ December 31st ',v V / jT MAW>M»y Ojf *lUe tyJeeh^ ji . . . And don’t forget to call me when it rains—we’ll have lots of fun with our toy boats in the cellar.” Isnt You still have time to make an investment and draw a Dividend as will thousands of others at Newberry Federal on December 31. That’s Dividend Time again. Ask your neigh bor how fast his account grows with Dividends at 4% per annum. When you leave the divi- dend on your account, it confounds, adding extra dollars. Every Dollar you place with us is Insured against every possible loss up to $10,000.00. C J§§- ■ *+*'***-«-*■, fey ■ xjvjyLfc.wMii - DIP.£CT REDUCTION home loans. avijvgs and Loan Association A S AV INGS INSTITUTION FOUNDED 1935 1223 COLLEGETHEETrNBYTB15R®T # S. <£> Branch Office: Batesburg*, S. C. Directors J. F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER G. K. DOMINICK J. K. WILLINGHAM S. & PURCELL W. C HUFFMAN HBKi