Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1958
ROME’S DIXIE CORP. PLANS SHUTDOWN MOVE
Rome’s Dixie Corp. today announced plans for a temporary shutdown in operations pending “an inventory readjustment and appraisal.”
A company spokesman said the plant was operating today but closing down operations would come within the next few days. The company statement said, “Due to an unexpected drop in company orders, the plant is temporarily shutting down, pending inventory readjustments and appraisal. The company expects its position to be clarified within the next few days.”
Dixie Corp. currently employees about 150 people at its Rome plant. A Hattiesburg, Miss., plant has been inoperative during the summer. The company manufactures aluminum extrusion products.
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1958
VAGRANT PIG, PET COLLIE TUSSLE FOR YARD DOMINANCE
The Archie Daudelins, 204 E. Fourth St., have a new “pet” which took up with them late yesterday and their collie dog is just about to go crazy.
When they let “Butch,” the dog, into the backyard just before dark, a big white pig drove him back into the house, hair on end and shaking. Butch had never seen a pig before, and he was badly frightened.
All night long Butch worried about that strange animal on his property, and decided if it was still there this morning he would just have to be brave and do something about it. Sure enough, when Butch was let out bright and early, the pig was still lounging beside the back door. Butch made a plunge at Porky, and the duo went rolling over the backyard in mighty combat.
Finally the Daudelins were able to get the dog back into the house, and no real harm seemed to have come of the tussle. The police were called, but Porky ran away from them, only to return to the Daudelin’s yard after they left.
The family would like very much for the owner of the pig, which appears to weight about 75 pounds, to come and get it. After all, pigs aren’t supposed to roam the backyards of downtown Rome.
If Porky hangs around very long, the Daudelins say they’ll have to plan a barbecue.
Thursday, Sept. 4, 1958
FOOTBALL GAMES CHANGE DRAGON’S DEN NIGHTS
Because of the Pepperell High School football games this Friday night and next Friday night, the Dragon’s Den, Lindale’s teen-age center, will not be open its regularly scheduled nights, according to Eugene Covington, adult advisor.
However, the Den will be open on Saturday night this week and next week in lieu of Friday nights. Throughout football season, it will be open either on Friday or Saturday night, whenever a game is not scheduled.
This week marks the beginning of the third year since the Den was organized as a youth center. Young people gather in the Lindale Auditorium twice a week, on Tuesday nights and either Friday or Saturday nights, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., for dancing, games, billiards, swimming and other forms of recreation.
Much interest and enthusiasm in the center is shown by the youth of the community, who are planning a dance around the first of October.
Friday, Sept. 5, 1958
‘NORTHERN LIGHTS’ STAGE VIVID DISPLAY OVER ROME
A vivid display which was apparently the aurora borealis, or “Northern Lights,” was seen by many Romans Thursday night. Although the lights have been seen here from time to time in the past, last night’s display was one of the most brilliant.
It ranged from a greenish-gray near the horizon to a deep red high in the sky, said Marvin Small, Rome Kraft Co. executive, who watched the phenomenon for over half an hour. Beams of light almost as bright as a searchlight, varying in width from time to time, shot upward in the red sky, he said. Mr. Smith, who has seen the lights before in Ohio, said he and his wife had started to a football game when they noticed the blaze in the northern sky. Several other Romans also reported seeing the unusual display.
The Weather Bureau was not open at the time, Meteorologist Lucius P. Spicer said, and neither he nor any member of his staff saw the celestial display. However, from descriptions given, he said it must have been the aurora borealis. The lights have been spotted here from time to time in the past, he said, and have even been seen as far south as the Gulf.
The aurora is caused by rays of electrically charged particles shot from the sun, which are affected by the earth’s magnetism and may collide with gases in the atmosphere. The light appears within a few hours after a magnetic storm on earth. The aurora is especially common during years of sunspot activity and is rare in other years. A sunspot is a storm on the sun.
No other sightings in this area last night were reported.
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