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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1939)
Fcrd Developing : Safety Features No Vood now Being Used, - Pointed out; .Top and : Body Rigid UnU ' ' 1 !-?---.'-.; - V ! The great Improvement la construction . of automobile bo dies within . the past few yean la the moat Important safety featuro developed by the? auto motive Industry, ' according to W. L. Phillips of Valley Motor company. '.' ' : . ; " - . Whereas some parts were, for merly made of wood, there Is pow not a penny's - worth of wood In ' the entire Ford body structure, ; the dealer said. .".-"All Ford V-8 bodies on the IMS closed ear models are built, with an ' all-steel structure; and .tides , and an -all-steel floor,: ' Wood is not even used for 'tacking ' the upholstery. tinto place. Instead .a, special .tack retaining, material has been de veloped In the laboratory at the Dearborn factory and is now be ing used with treat success; The ' steel top is a single . stamping -from cowl top to below the rear ; windows and' from, side to. side : downto ' the tops of the'. Joors. This results In greater strength without excess weight." 4 The top and body panels, in . ternal structure and 'floor are welded' into a- single" unit ' of tremendous strength . and rlgid- lty." Door -panels are welded to the-door frames, feature of the doors-being the one-piece" Inside framing which ; materially strengthens them. f j - Test of Richfield ! Motor Fuel Made According' ' to : authoritative sources, one of the most com prehensive . gasoline and motor car road tests ever made has just recently .been completed by Richfield engineers. For C5 days practically every type of antomobile was tested under all driving conditions. The Imperial Valley region, which is considered the toughest test on ; automobiles and gasoline In the United States, was used. Also, tests In below freeslng temper ature on ; mountain roads were recorded. According to 0. French, Rich field sales executive, the tests were made, to check their new Hi-Octane gasoline against labo ratory , test 'To get all-round performance In a gasoline is a laboratory duty, but to see if it I works out on the road Is the engineer's job," states French. Wetterman Is Speaker Townsend Rally Today SILVERTON HILLS Charles W. Wetterman, national repre sentative, ; is being announced as the speaker at the Townsend .rally to be held at the Stiver t Creek Falls state park Sunday, Townsendites from far-and wide are being invited to attend. The picnic dinner has been set for 1:30. The program will follow, NewEconocotd Set by Studebaher r:rA Fi2hton"Nudist": Way .J 'WudlstTlbTO'UhoW bare of safety tread are the object of a safety campaign launched by the ' Goodrich Silvertown stores at 198 South. Commercial street. "Unlike people, tires need ample covering in hot weather, Thin, worn tires encourage blowouts caused from heat gen erated within the tire," declared Walter Zosel, manager of the Goodrich Sllrertown stores. Blowout dsngers are reduced by two achievements In tire manufacture developed by Good rich engineers, " he pointed out. One is the famous . Goodrich Silvertown tire with the. Life Saver Golden Ply which reduces the hazard of blowouts. The ' other Is the - Seal-o-matle tube which gives protection against flat' tires caused by nails, screws and glass, closing breaks caused by such objects Instantly, he said. Civic Club Elects Mrs. Forbes Leader MONMOUTH Officers of the Civic club tor the coming year are: ' Mrs. L. E. Forbes, presi dent and Mrs. C. C. Powell, vice-president, both reelected; Mrs. M. R. Thompson, secretary; Mrs. H. M. Smith, treasurer. Playground and handicraft ac tivities are planned for local children this summer as a fed eral WPA project. E. A. Steb- bins, Dr. D. H. Searing and J. Alfred Cox are to work out de tail. Mrs. Bessie Bracken will have charge of the handicraft. The men's luncheon club and Civic dub have voted tot aid the project. ' :'.x;"v:-::;;v:.r vs. DeVaney School. Starts Vacation JEFFERSON Graduation ex ercises were held at the DeVaney school Wednesday night for Don ald Weinberg and Glen Struck- ineler. The closing day was Friday. Miss Helen Kins who taught the school this year, will teach in the Sodavllle school next year. Mrs. Bert Gates of .Corvallis who has purchased the A, J. De Vaney estate, is remodeling the house and plans to move to the place soon. The Jack DeVaney family who have been living there nave moved to their own place. The electric light line has been ex tended to the E. L. Jantsi and De Vaney farms near Greens bridge. 9 JOHNSTON VISITS lack Van Sana above), drfre of the MOTd.hiaHm RHufefoto 1 1AUBU1 Henry jonnsion 01 tm with a. r phiiiv. rinn,i tUr-ntnm r aaa imtHt Ixuni. I berry grower, Tisited bis cousin. after completing the first U of round trip from Los Angeles to C F Johnston nd UmU7 Wed the San Francisco world's fair la which the car averaged 30.8 miles ne8dy per gallon of Gumore Bed Uon gasoline. Greeting the Champion J Oievrolet . Sales Graph Stows Gain , 9 ' i - . - Increase of 23 per , Cent ; lor April Over Last , Year 'Announced - DETROIT The steady- gala over 111, that has marked the Chevrolet sales1 graph . in 1931 held to Its course through April, Hgures released here today dis closed. Final .- tabulations for April 4 indicate - an --. Increase of 23.3 per cent for new, passenger car and truck deliveries .over April of 1938. . Total sales for the: jnoath. were 7f ,891. . i-: j - j :For the r 10-day period end ing - April .30; Chevrolet - sold 29,883 passenger cars-and trucks at retail,' an Increase of '.68 units -.over: .the- 25.195 . ears and trucks soldi in .the preceding 10 days. The final 10-day period rose 26.4. per .cent Above the figure for the same dates . In 1938. . : Chevrolet truck sales followed their -1939 upward trend, C.66I units being retailed during the final 10' days to boost the month's total to 18.133, which is 22.7 per cent over the figure for April, 1938. The final 10 days revealed a gain of 28.4 per cent over the similar period In 1938. ... 10 Independence High Boys Going ; -j To WorId Fair i INDEPENDENCE -Ten h 1 g h school boys . from the Indepen dence Smith-Hughes class, will leave. June 4 with Howard Ben nett, .Instructor,! to attend the world's fair la Saa Francisco. ,. Tho boys.wtU spend six days and five nights on Treasure Island and the total cost of their trip Is not expected to exceed 822.; ; The, boys who had made their reservations include -Kenneth Oberson, , Alva, Dickinson, Bill Short, Orvllle Cllne. Jay MItona, Donald -Rowland. Elton Rogers, Virgil Haener, Don Wells and Har- Boosters Choose 14 WOODBURN Fourteen girls chosen to represent the next year's Girls' Booster club of Woodbura high school were ini tiated Friday at the final as sembly. These girls are: Alleen Bentley, Elsie Toder, Jeanne Lee, Shirley Seely, Wilma BrasseL (left to right) are Mark Butterworth of Gilmore, V. C. Winters I merly of Turner, the June 9.1 Ada Claire Renn, Laurine Jones, and Harry B. Liggett of Stadebaker. (Below), Fraak Hood and I silver tea will be held at theJ Mabel Lacy, lone Anderson, Pat A. C Plllsbary, AAA officials, carefully measure gasollae msed la the raa as Jack Vaa 8aat looks oa. Hadley home la Albany. The afternoon closed with a social hour. 23 to Graduate, Monmouth School Tnomas H. Gentle to Give Senior Class Address on Jime 1 MONMOUTH Monmouth high school, will graduate a class of 20 June 1. Thomas H. Gentle will be the speaker. , . ' Rev. W. A. Elklns will deliver the Invocation. Music will be 'fur nished by the high school orches tra, djrtcted by Roy Miller. James Gentle, cnairman : or tne scnooi board." will present diplomas. Ar- leen Bllaland, president .of . the class. H. K. Skkaf oos wQI give the benediction. - , j Class -i roll: Roy Aebl. Merl Crow, VevaCrow,Arleen Bilsland, Marian Bowman, Elisabeth Cald well, Margaret Gentle, Dale Goss man, Morton .Howard, Margaret Carmkhael. Violet Landwing, Mary, Kelly, Beverly Morlan, Dale McLean, Constance Rlddell and Twila Severns. Mid-year graduates were Lois. E. Jongward and Elva Lindeman Rlddell. ' Cleanup Week Slated SILVERTON ! Mayor Zetta Schlador has declared Silrerton's annual cleanup week from May J2 to 27 Inclusive. She is urg ing all citizens' to make- a thorough- job of Silverton's spring senior class, will Introduce the ' cleaning. Brooks 8th Grade Receives Diplomas BROOKS The eighth grade graduation program was presented Friday night in the school house before a large crowd. Harry Kaneko was salutatorlan and Ronald Jones, jr., valedictor ian. Guest speaker was Rex Put-1 nam, state superintendent of pub lic Instruction, who spoke on "The Pririlege of Being aa American Boy or Girl"; Ronald Jones, school board chairman, presented diplo mas to Harry Kaneko, Etta : Mae Fleck, Ronald Jones, Jr., Ernie Morioka, Dan Perkins, Martha Imagawa, Alfred McCoy,- Ruth Sidebottom, Leslie Lowery, and Bertha Loomis. Benediction, Rev. Pogue; recessional, Cleo Ramp. Teacher Resigns At Scotts Mills SCOTTS MILLS Mrs. Ethel Frasler, Scotts Mills teacher, has resigned after teaching here for seren years without missing a day. Mabel Ballard, who has been teaching at Evens Valley, will teach here next year. v i ? Mrs. Pauline Swartout la dele gate from the local Rebekah lodge at the state assembly in Klamath Falls this week. Smith. Ines Hermanson, Frances Shoenlcker . Edith Pelto and 'Gladys Fletcher. 86 u93 0 &D C3B 0 trfS0 If you're thinking about a low-priced car this spring, youll find Olds your smartest buy. It's a .big, handaome,. fast-stepping car that's quality built throughout the car that has everything! Sobjeef to change without notice. Price lachdet safefj glaaa, hamper, bmmpmr gmmrdm, spare tire awf tab. Stttm mmd toeml tune, optiotuu oqmpmwit mad MeeiMriM extra. . OmamrmI motor Iathnent Plan. Vallocc H. Donectcclc, lac. Padfle Highway, Just North of raderpass Joint Graduation Event at Lyons LYONS Graduation exercises for the Lyons and Fox Valley grade schools were1 held at the Rebekah hall Wednesday ; night The class will for Lyons was read by Pearl Dove;, for Fox Valley, Duane Downing. ' Class I wvywXwwKinfjb'.rtarjj " ' : see now , r.'ucu r.ortE you get in a inn LiJ 0 THAU HI AUY 07 THE "OTHER THREE f & ; ai:d hudsoh puces start IOiVZST .. , . deSVcrad ia Detroit, equipped to drire; irMim Fedenl turn. m iadadias MM md local IBM, it nr. Low tin pjyum Uin,withcwHndo C.I T. Plaa. Price abfect to chaos withoat : aotk. WbMMM( ffesh Air aad Ust Control iraiUbl ia all soacb U 7 1 ; Cr Frc4 t Cscsl Cor B . . , 52 in. I CCKT C - '- " ' V : "t k J53!n.5 BMinsilstswisriiiMia) A CA 50 In, s Cor B t V - SVi in. XsfC V V. ; SIHln. !:U3SON,56;ln. Cm a ; v i -IS co. ft Car B " i - 14cu.fi iCorC ; 7Hcv.n. I HUDSON 20H cu.ft. lowest rricecJ Hudson IsV 2453tiEtTiafcrl 2:ljC2JTSatet im IIU9SON IACH H.PV. PUIS ...... 31 J Bs. In Car A . . . . 3t9 lbs. In Cor B . . . . 34.2 lbs. In Cor C... .35 Em. Handy Shift, np at the steer ing wbeeL is standard, at NO EXTRA COST ia all Hodsoa passenger cars. Only Car C has anything like it as standard. . . ., .. DocttoSsfo lroEScst Cfsanssd). 0 i t.n-sst J iH!aii t wwt'lrew'saw? S. fsasastnssseadwsts, : . The rerolationary snechanical safety iseatkta that kelps keep wheels oa their ' true coarse, errs if DttVtocklns Safety lioodl No"wId aa blow it open aaditkcksrom krer inside car. Titk a locked car, ao one caa tooda anythiag aadet the hood. 1 Owners report 29 so 24 snfles . per gallon o gas prorad better thaa the "other three" in hnadreds of sideby-side . tests, And me ofl added be tween Kgnlu changes, ; f Uzzr Ccj! Owners cjiangfpi Hodsoo art aaased at the biaredno tioa ia their upkeep costs. Reports show teas of tho ' ssadsoftsikiwaoatSoacB ktg the motor and with no repairs of any kino, 4 wa 1 BMssSaWasasi i aHs aal f Carl wka festqres ahead of . . ; their time bring top prices ia -; trade. That's why ased cars baik by Uadioo 2, 3 and 4 i years ago conunand aborf ' average resale prices today. ? Aad that's why roar 1939 Ilodsoo wiib ; many ; snore.; new Jestores not toond in tocher can will be a re-r ftrrwd emJme at mala tune.' prophecy for Lyons, Bill Rich ardson. Fox Valley, Johnle Mc- Rae and class history of Fox Valley, Richardson Darldson. Lois Stevens of the Fox Valley school played a piano solo. Mrs. Frank Bennett, superintendent of Albany schools, gave the ad dress on "You Can't Go Forward on Some One Else's Reputation Build Tour Own." Ruth Moel of Mehama sang a solo. George Berry, chairman, of school board from Fox Valley, presented diplomas to the fol lowing: Dorothy Basse tt. : Duane Downing. Johnie McRae and Richard Davidson. Clyde ! Breas- ler, chairman of the Lyons school board, presented diplomas to the following: Pearl Dove, Avis Hellemn, Betty Jean Bodeker, Henrietta Lyons. Ruth Briles, Donald Haber, Bobby Brassfleld, Bill Richardson, Stanley and Harvey Weitman. Mrs. Stevens presented Dor othy Bassett, Duane Downing, Johnle McRae and. Richard Dav idson with writing certificates and Dorothy Bassett with a read ing certificate. Betty Jean Bodeker presented David Staley and Maxine Huber I with a gift from the Lyons pu pils. . . The Lyons PTA held their last, meeting at the Schoolhouse Thursday night. Mrs. John Neal. president, was in charge of the meeting. The following new of ficers were elected: President, Mrst.Roy Haber: vice oresidenL Mrs, Frank .Richardson;' secre tary-treasurer, Mrs- Albert Bass. Mr. Paul Johnston Installed the I new officers. After the business meeting a party was held at the community club rooms hon oring the teachers. IIIGn kt CHESIEKETA. FIIONE Former Resident ! Revisits Tiirner TURNER- Mrs. Frances Belle Delsell is here front , a year's stay in .California after ,28 years residenee near. Turner. - she is calling on friends and seeing the old home.- ; After 1 the close of schools her daughter. Miss Thel ma. i teacher at Corvallis, will accompany her mother back to the home of a. daughter, Mrs. D." E. Fehlen, -of Anaheim . aad Mrs. R. R. Hughes, another daaghter, of I Fnllerton. Calif. Achievement day win be Wed nesday. May 24. A "plenle din ner. wlir j be served oa:? rthe grounds ? at aoon. In which the PTA will participate with all patrons and friends invited - for the day. . . r. V: w , j . . Programs and awards will oc csny the forenoon with the high school progrsm beginning' at t o clock, - ' - - The grade school will ' open Its program at ! o'clock feat- nrlng a number of health plays.. Mrs. Camellia 'Weddle will com plete ' the Judging la time for the : announcement of the ? 4H summer school scholarships. ' School closes Trfday. May "21. J The : Methodist Aid society held ' Its monthly business meet- ng j Thursday : afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. Douglas., Of ficers for ttfie new conference -ear; were elected r ' President. Mrs. L. IV SmaU: f I ri t vice resident. . Mrs. Mollie " Spiers: COM -vice president. Mrs. ; W. . s Hoesed; t treasurer. TvMrs. I C. K. Bear. " The budget for the ear wr reported paid, and "orae oarsoaage repairs were t tv ranged torrf A'Tnlasionarv aklt was eat on bv Mrs.; John flicker and Mrs. F. C Ounninr. -who in tbe retiring treiident. ' TToon in- vltatlon-of Mrs. Iran Hadley for- "' " " " : ..J IKS : ' TTN le thaa ihre months after ! For inaUnce, compare, these i;- powerfoV economicaL . Easy XX Its Introduction the Ford-baflt " Mereary 8 fearnres wUh yonr idea riding ll64neh wheelhase, Uereaxy 6 elimhed from scratch ,! ol motor eir Tablet Style leader-' -' wiA pasaesert cxadied between to ninth place in the nomher of ship smart atrrm!lnfa rad lgx aoft transverse sprin SKtuallj iiew ean rctetfarns - arions intor appIntnMnU that 5 'i 1ZI laehee apart! . UiinsttaDy: nationa Uwajt. . whet yonr scat for the open road, easy steering and gear shifting. And that, according to the best EXg, wido roomy bodies Vowtrfid hydrmtUc brakes! available figure, is a record! For added inches of elbow room and i Small wonder, then that never before In modern time baa eztra-large concealed luzzugo ' owner insist on taking their new ear met with each instant compartment. .i New 95Jtp. frienda f or a whirl aronnd , the and complete approval of the engine S-crlinder. V-type, block in the new Mercury 8. and want them to efriee it. ' Tour Mercsuy ( - motoring public An heroes why tTnet nea M ercury 8 is the ear all America has '! - been asking for. I - dealer wCl be glad teTarrange a longer ; ride for yon. ' i t - i o,MMimQMM CO. CENTER and LIBERTY STREET SALEM, OREGON AMiffnnt'ie ' Wr k " s as I T. m iwV Va .3 a wm t linCftAL DtlDCIfflSI' TERMS
