Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1952 Page: 4 of 60
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American Ingenuity Broke
Bottleneck en instrument
ELGIN, 111.—How American pro-
duction ingenuity has perfected an
“insurance policy” for ships at sea
has been revealed by William H.
Samelius, director of the Elgin
Watchmakers College.
Samelius told how the U.S. jeweled
watch industry, which had never
made a marine chronometer prior to
1941, began production when Eu-
ropean sources were inadequate to
meet the demand during World War
'Wide-Open Spaces'
Are Thing of Past,
Instructor States
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Don’t look
now, men, but another psychological
block has been added to your daily
grind.
It seems that those “wide open
spaces” are a thing of the past and
'disgruntled Dad can no longer pad:
up the wife and kids and head for
new diggings.
Howard R. Lamar, Yale Univer-
sity History Instruct r, said that the
expended world frontier deprives
men of a good deal of their natural
independence. The man who wants
to '‘get away from it aU” has an in-
creasingly smaller area in which to
settle.
“The average man today,” Mr.
Lamar said, “feels that there is no
longer any place to escape to—a
place which will give him more
freedom than he has at the moment.
There are no frontiers which give a
man a second chance on life. The
alternative is to head for a large
city and become s allowed up in
the crowd.”
Mr. Lamar cited the example erf
the comparatively few Europeans
who emigrated to New-World loca-
tions such as America, Australia, or
South America. Though few did ac-
tually leave, the existence of such;
places presented a comforting
thought to the harassed family
breadwinner.
Speaking on the weekly radio pro-
gram "Yale Interprets the News,”
over Station WTIC, Hartford, Mr.
Lamar said many scholars are of
the opinion that the absence of a
frontier in the world presents many
grave economic, psychological, and
political implications.
Mr. Lamar described the former
frontiers as areas which had an av-
erage population of six persons per
square mile. The average population
for this same area today is 34 per-
sons per square mile.
“Economically,” Mr. Lamar said,
“supply seems to have caught up
with demand during the 400 years
from Columbus’ discovery of Amer-
ica until the 20th flAntn-v. Ba£os»
Not only did the industry tool up
from scratch for one of the world's
most complicated timing instru-
ments, Samelius explained, but it
also improved on European methods
by developing a new escapement
and balance unit that could be re-
placed quickly in case the original
unit was damaged.
Ship’s chroncmeters, considered
the most accurate timepieces manu-
factured, were developed in England
and have been used since 1781 to
provide an exact longitude check for
ocean vessels.
^ We realize more than ever,
at Christmas time, how much it means
to us to have the good will of our
friends and patrons. And so once
again we extend our sincerest wishes
for a Joyous Holiday Season to alL N
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Y»«ng Woman Secomts Bridt
And Widow of Same Instant
LaROCHELLE, France
At the
instant young Yolene Bardin became
a bride, she also became a widow.
Miss Bardin met Sgt Jacques
Guinau when he was an leave from j
Indochina. After he returned, they
decided to be married by mail^ a ;
procedure authorized for French •*
servicemen. The sergeant signed his
part of the contract and put it in the
malls.
Before the documents arrived in
France, however, he was killed by
s hand grenade. The girl’s parents
tried to have the absentee marriage
stopped then, but officials ruled it
could go ahead. So Yolene became
a bride and a widow before a mayor
and witnesses.
MACK TAYLOR, Owner
From 1795 to 1799 the exe-
cutive power of France was
held by “The Directory”, a
body of 5 men.
WI$H€$ M
To all our friends we wish
good cheer, not only for
Christmas, but for all of
»X the coming New Year*
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$£ and Family
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'w Christmas he one
jf of resounding joy
/ and good cheer for you
’ and all those dear to you.
and may your Holiday
happiness continue through
cry day of the New Year.
This Christmas may
yens haw happiness and fWft
good cheer in your home... /Wj
contentment and joy in your/
heart. And may die New Year
hold for you, a full share of
good health and good fortune.
MAGIC GAS CO., INC
Mr. and Mrs. Ha rice Childers and Glynn
W. H. Johnson and Employes
CENTER, TEXAS
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1952, newspaper, December 19, 1952; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth811585/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.