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8 Brookings-Harbor Pilot THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1954 New 1955 Buick On Display A t Mennings Friday and C entury Series and 188 in the Special. “We have m ade nearly as m any engineering and design changes this year as we did last,” said Ivan L. Wiles, general m anager of Buick and president of General Motors. “Yet we have retained the outstanding styling featu res th at made Buick the third best selling car in the nation. O ur new styling plus the spectacular increase in perform ance resulting from high er compression engines and our new varible pitch Dynaflow, m akes the 1955 Buick the g re a t est value we have ever offered the car-buying public.” The panoram ic windshield, pion eered by Buick last year, has been retained for 1955 along with the sloping doorbelt line and full rear wheel cutout on all two-door models. New tubeless tires, which offer g re a te r protection from blowouts, are standard on all models except those equipjted with wire wheels. Pow er brakes, offered as option al equipm ent on all models, have been redesigned for sm oother o p eration. A new a ir suspension principle gives fully adequate braking under all conditions. Im proved power steering is standard equipm ent on the Road- m aster and Super, and optional on all o th er models Previously power steering was stan d ard on the R oadm aster only. Buick today presented a com plete new-line of cars, featuring beautiful, all-new styling and m ore powerful V-8 engines, plus a revolutionary new variable pitch Dynaflow transm ission th at greatly increases perform ance. The new models will go on dis play in dealer showrooms Friday, Nov. 19. Style-wise the new Buicks fea tu re a new front end w ith a new wide-ssereen grille, new re a r fen ders that give the tru n k com part ment a longer, lower silhouette, new tail lights patterned a fte r those on the experim ental W ild cat If, and exquisite new interiors in m any color combinations of nylon, lea th er and cordaveen. Many bright new exterior colors have been developed for 1955 and will be offered in a ttra c tiv e two- tone and three-tone combinations. For the first tim e Buick is offer ing a two-tone combination under the sweepspear moulding. On two and four-door sedans the custom er will have a choice of one color underneath the sweepspear, a- nother above and a third color for the top. Subscribe to Horsepower has been increased Ilarb o r Pilot. to 236 in the R oadm aster, Super The Brookings- Lt. Hassett Arrives On Honshu Island L ieutenant Charles T. H assett, United S ta te s Air Force, husband of Mrs. C harles T. H assett, Brook ings, recently arrived in the far east and is stationed w ith the 20th w eath er squadron, a m ilitary air tra n sp o rt service organization. He is perform ing duty as a w eath er station on the island of Honshu, the m ajor Japanese island. FLORAS CREEK CLEARED OF DEBRIS charge of stream clearance for the game commission. The logs were removed to a point above the high w ater line and will be burned a t a late r date. The same contractor is moving to Bald M ountain creek, a trib u tary of Elk riven in C urry county, to clean the log jam s out of th at stream . F acts are more powerful than argum ents. SAVE $ $ $ $ ON IN S U R A N C E For Autos and Trucks An extensive stream clearance Low Annual & Semi-Annual Premiums project has recently been com io% Discount for Accident-Free Drivers pleted on Floras creek in C urry county according to the state gam e commission. This stream , although com paratively sm all in Seven O utstanding Companies, Including size, is one of the b e tte r fishing BADGER MUTUAL OF MILWAUKEE stream s on the southeast coast. Paying 15 to 20 per cent Dividends F o u r sizeable log jam s w ere re also moved from the stream , one a p LIABILITY - BONDS - GLASS - INLAND MARINE proxim ately 4 miles above high BURGLARY way 101 and the o th er three be low the highway. The jam s were removed under contract by the K erber Logging The Agency of Dependable Service BROOKINGS, ORE. Company of Langlois under the p PH ON E 3311 supervision of W alt Ryckm an, in For Fire PETE J. LESMEISTER AGENCY You’ll Like Greyhound’s "Your Call Makes Our Thanksgiving [Complete, Dear Your Travel Advisor, Merry Miles, is ready to serve you! Best routes to go . . . interesting features to look for . . . places to stop over . . . how to have more travel pleasure at lower travel cost. . . these are some of the ways she can help you. 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