I?THE CAROLINA TIMES Sat., Dec. t, 1972

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SPARKLING WORM drive clamps give the appearance ofcontemporary jewelry on Vicki Grant, and they won't turnher fingers preen. The stainless steel worm drives, originallydeveloped for use on aircraft in World War 11, are a newproduct being marketed by Dayco Corporation. Dayco isusing them as clamps on automotive hose since they arelightweight, non-corrosive, strong and easily installed.

Consider These PointsIn Selecting Yule Tree

By M. E. GardnerN. C. State University

What do you lookfor when selecting aChristmas tree? Whichspecies do you like best?Do you prefer a NorthCarolina grown tree oran imported one?

First, what do youlook for when selectinga tree? Perhaps the firstthing you should look foris freshness. Many treesare cut too soon andtransported long dis-tances to market. Fre-quently the leaves havedried out and are shed-ding before you buy it.Such handling lowers boththe quality and color ofthe plant. Fragrance isalso reduced.

Which species do youlike best? The Red Cedarhas been a favorite formany, many years andstill is. It can be grownfrom the Coastal Plainsthrough the Piedmont.Due to the natural com-pact habit of growth, itrequires little or noshearing. The fragranceis excellent. It shouldbe used fresh as it hasa tendency to dry quicklyafter cutting?probablybest adapted for localretail sales.

Other species adaptedto North Carolina are:Fraser Fir, White Pine,Scotch Pine, and NorwaySpruce. Of these species,Fraser Fir and WhitePine are presently the

most important forcommercial productionin the mountains ofWestern Carolina.

Fraser Fir has. goodcolor, pleasing fra-grance, strong branchesand excellent needleholding ability. It likesthe cool environmentprovided by the higherelevations and prefers amoist soil.

White Pine is a rapidgrower, has good shapeand flexible branches. Itrequires proper shearingto produce a compacttree. The color is goodand the popularity of thisspecies is on theincrease.

The growing ofChristmas trees in NorthCarolina has developedinto a full-fledged enter-prise backed by a livelyChristmas Tree Asso-ciation. While theIndustry is small, incomparison, it has anexcellent potential andwill grow as our peoplesupport it.

Approximately onemillion trees are used inNorth Carolina homeseach year, with about 75percent of this numberImported from Maine andother producing areas.

So you can see theopportunity we have tosupport a home industry.Ask for North Carolinagrown Christmas treesto brighten the Yule sea-son for you and yours.

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What Does

"Totalled"

Really Mean?By Larry Schwartz

The approaching car suddenly went out of control. Therewas nothing you could do toavoid the impending crash. Itwas a real "smash up", as theysay.

Your insurance company un-hesitantly declared the auto-mobile a total loss. Adjustorssaid it would cost entirely toomuch for repairs. Finally, thewreck was towed to the Junk-yard.

Is this the ignoble end ofyour blue beauty with shinyvinyl top. the one car youtruly loved? No not really.

Before the battered frameis lifted by crane and dumpedunfeelingly into hydraulicpresses, a salvage team ofmechanics will systematicallystrip the vehicle. Many basiccomponents are thus saved forfuture use. Water pumps,fuel pumps, brake shoes, car-buretor, clutch assembly, andthe electrical parts, such asalternator, starter, generator,voltage regulator and distribu-tor, can easily be remanu-factured. And, surprisinglyenough, remanufacturing ofthe componets is performedin conformity with the orig-inal manufacturer's specifica-tions.

Remanufac tured automobilereplacement parts are custom-arily recycled to large jobbersand warehouse distributorswho in turn sell to the localgarage and repair shop. Tin-ally, these remanufacturedparts once more resume thefunctions for which they weredesigned and first installed Innew factory built cars.

Today, the remanufactur-ing of automotive parts is anindustry that's growing larger

every year, with present man-ufacturing revenues exceedingSSOO million. Safeguard Auto-motive Corporation, head-quartered at King of Prussia,Pennsylvania, is one of theleaders in the industry. Thecompany remanufactures andrecycles more than 25 millionpounds of automotive partsannually.

What about recycled parts?Are they good as new? Can acar owner feel confident inthem when his mechanic sug-gests remanuf actured units?Or, should the owner pur-chase brand new unused partsat considerably more money?

According to Paul A. Lloyd,Safeguard Automotive presi-dent, the 'best buy', In hisopinion, would be remanu-factured parts.

"For one thing, a remanu-factured unit certainly costsmuch less and at no sacrificein quality. Our engineers havedeveloped special machines fortesting quality of Safeguard'sremanuf actured parts. For ex-ample, compressed air is usedto test remanuf actured waterpumps for water-tight integ-rity. We know that If our re-man ufacutred water pump willhold air, it certainly will holdwater."

Generally speaking, thissame quality control manu-facturing process is appliedto all other recycled parts pro-duced at any one of Safe-guard's several modern plantsacross the country.

"Take auto break shoes, forexample," Mr. Lloyd said. "Wemanufacture new linings forold shoes. There Is nothingwrong with the old shoes thata good cleaning wont cure.It's the lining that we&rs outand needs to be replaced. Whythrow away a good old shoe?Why not take advantage ofthe fact that it's a perfectlyusable part? Save and con-serve, in essence, is the wholepremise of the remanuf acturedautomobile parts Industry."

Sliby Sylvan Lumiere, GTE Sylvania

Lighting and Design DirectorNighttime Nursery MagicThere's no question that babies

see things differently fromadults. The mundane chain withits string of keys that means

©openingdoors

to us, becomesa magical toyin the eyes ofa baby. And inthe nursery,too, a baby's

I field of view isunlike ours.

At first, the baby's eyes are*usually fixed on the ceiling. In|consideration of this, lightingshould be from a center ceilingfixture that's well shielded. Apan fixture or an indirect per-forated metal fixture will donicely. Never use bare bulbs ordirectional fixtures aimed rightat the baby, since the glare willbe too uncomfortable for him.

The mother, too, needs to seewell in the nursery. Other thanadmiring the new member of thefamily, she has to change him,groom him and dress him, whilehe's constantly in motion. A use-ful addition to the center ceilingfixture is a valance bracketmounted low on the wall be-tween 44" and 54" from thefloor. With a gluss shelf on topof it, it become a storage anddisplay shelf for dolls or toys.The shield board should be 5" to0" deep and f>" from the wall.

A night light is also recom-mended to give the child a senseof security and let the mothersee her way around the room.Night lights that plug into a con-venience outlet arc practical.Small shielded GTE Sylvania 7watt or 7Mi watt bulbs cast asoft glow across the floor, l'anel-escent Nite Lites are unbreak-able and operate for pennies ayear they require no shield-ing and Supply a dependablesafe glow for years.

Special features like dimmercontrol can be used in the nurs-ery, too.

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'Plastic' PollutionFlowors In Hawaii

HONOLULU - Hawaii'sagriculture director, FrederickRrskine, says the state is suf-IsrlH frorn "plastic pollution."

He told an organ iration ofnurserymen that there is tooiSSchSy of "tough. 5£leas, artificial flowers andplants when our' areworld famous for an abundanceof fragrant blossoms a*4 forbright, vegetation."

India Adopt* TigdHAs National AnimalNEW DELHI, India ftP> -

The Indisn Board for Wildlifeadopted the titfer M Indian'sII»HOII«| JFRIA AUKXQCE^)a manive iftive to save £

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Santa's s«cr»f GiftSanta Claus is a man with

secrets and he has a giftmade for secrets to stuffinto Christmas stockings.

The surprise gift is"Ghost Writer", the invisi-ble ink pen-and-marker setmade by Santord of Bell-

wood. 111., for exciting funand games and make-believein the juvenile set.

The "Ghost Writer" penwrites an unseen messageand the marker brings outthe writing when strokedacross it. It costs 98< atyour local stationers.

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