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"Wow-ee, what a rod!" is what 10-year-old Noel DeLapp .whistled when he saw this coupe-conyertihle
sports car (a Jaguar) parked on a Salem street The current U. S. vogue of sports cars has brought
several models to Salem. Typical sports car lines are exaggerated, for effect, by the Statesman
camera for above photo by Staff Photographer John Ericksen. The admiring bike rider is son of
Mr. and Mrs. Merle DeLapp, 410 Tryon Ave.
Woman Aided
By Bed Cross
In Long Flight
Statesman News Service
HAZEL GREEN To the Red
Cross for assistance in time of
need went the plaudits of Mrs.
Wayne Gregg who, with her small
son, Michael, recently flew to
Japan to be with her husband,
MSgt Wayne Gregg.
Mrs. Gregg had originally
planned to fly by way of Hawaii
but processing wasn't completed
in time for that flight, so at the
last minute she was placed on a
plane going by way of Alaska.
The plane, which carried 92
passengers, of which 54 were
children, was five hours late in
arriving in Tokyo. That was still
150 miles from her destination,
Nara, which is near Osaka.
Since she had obtained plane
passage at the last moment, no
arrangements had been made for
that last leg of the journey. She
found that it would be impossible
to book rail passage sooner than
two weeks.
Then Mrs. Gregg contacted a
Red Cross field director who ar
ranged hotel accommodations for
her but; she had not been there
more than a naif hour until the
field director had managed to
book plane passage for the
Greggs on a plane to Osaka. At
last 20-months old Michael and
"his mother were reunited with
the "Daddy in Japan" he had
been talking about
Turner Notes
Two Reunions
Installation
Statesman News Service
TURNER A family reunion
was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Wipper recently. It
was the first time the family
had been together in 12 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mitchell of
Gfayland, Wash., visited the
Robert Mitchells over the week
' end and all attended a family
reunion at. Dayton City Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peterson,
who were married in Stevenson,
Wash., July 1 are visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Peterson.
Members of the Theta Rho
Club have installed the follow
ing officers: Rita Phillips, pres
ident, Alice Graves, vice presi
dent Roberta Campbell, past
president Cora Beaumont sec
retary, Martha Pierce, treasurer
Natalie Hatfield, chaplain.
Right and left supporter of the
president are Sandra DeRosia
and Margaret Taylor. Mrs. Al
bert Robertson is advisor and
Mrs. James Versteeg is assistant
Mrs. Tom Wolf who was in
the Salem Memorial Hospital is
now home but will return to the
hospital to undergo major surg
ery Thursday. Mrs. Bert Waller
is in Salem Memorial Hospital
for treatment
Mr. and Mrs.. Buddie Klokstad
and Rodney has purchased the
Tinknell residence on Turner
Heights.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Webb have
rented an apartment in Port
land for the summer months.
They have several horses to race
at Portland Meadows this racing
season. Others who have horses
there are Norbert Norton and
Buddie Klokstad.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Taylor of
Coos Bay have been recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Phillips.
Union Hill Holds
Grange Supper
Statesman New Service
UNION HILL The Union
Hill grange members held a
picnic supper at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James Gilham Wed
nesday evening. Hamburgers
were cooked and served to the
group on the outdoor grill in
their yard. Mrs. A. N. Doerfler
and Mrs. Byron McElhaney
served on the supper committee.
Later in the evening the
grange home economics group
decided that the club would hold
a rummage sale in the near fu
ture to help defray the expens
es of installing the furnace in
the grange halL
Sports Cars Draw Interest
But Only Few Sold in Salem
By JAMES BURR MILLER
Staff Writer, The Statesman
A growing national desire lior
sports cars the long, low, sletk;
hopped-up, racy variety as
clicked with a few local enthusi
asts. And American car manufac
turers are developing more and
more models which resemble this
exclusive "sports" class.
Just what is a, so-named, sports
car and who are the people that
buy them?
Car dealers define a true
sports-car owner as one who buys
the cars with-right-hand drive-i-for
purposes of road racing. The
advantage of the European drive
is that road races are run clock
wise, thusputting the driver on
the inside of the track. And it
follows that a number of road
racing drivers purchase foreign
cars such as the Jaguar and the
MG (with special request for
right-hand drive.)
Who Buys Sport Jobs?
But, disregarding racing driv
ers, who purchase the sports cars
and what are they looking for?
Salesmen at the Brown-Fox
British Car Sales, Broadway and
Market Streets, explain these as
some of the- things customers ask
for most: A good "hot" engine-r
usually 8-to-l ratio head, higher
lift cam, dual-carburetors and
about 150 to 180 horsepower;
long and "ground-hugging" with
a low center of gravity and top
performance in safety and sus
pension; usually about 102-inch
wheelbase; around 50-inches over
all height, and usually a conver
tible, but not necessarily.
Price is no object to the sports
car fan, dealers say, nor is gas
economy a particular factor.
"A person who wants a sports
car wants the auto for the body
lines, precision drive and power
ful engine and cost is immaterial
if they want the car, they buy
it," a salesman explained. Since
the opening of Brown-Fox Sales
in Salem -two months ago there
have been six sports cars sold
here two MG's and four Jaguars.
Everyone Buys
And there has been no corner
on the market of buyers. A sales
man said cars have been sold to
a logger, roofing contractor, a
postal employe, a city employe,
a librarian and one racing en
thusiast The buyers themselves
are all sizes and shapes, the size
of the small cars, notwithstand
ing. The British model car has come
to be looked upon as a typical
example of the sports automo
bile and a ride in a typical sports
car revals relative comfort, even
though one's legs are almost
straight in front of him. Nearness
to the road makes the rider "road
conscious." There is the feel of
quick power and lots of it and
the four speed transmission, typi
cal of sports models means a
graduated rise to constantly in
creasing speeds.
At first glance one might feel
that a prime consideration is
economy of travel, but this does
n't follow true to form with sports
car owners, though the MG, One
of the most popular sports cars
(salesmen say) boasts 30 miles to
the gallon.
Small Cars Not 'Sports'
If it's a small car that the buy
ing public wants and rising
gasoline costs indicate this might
be true a number of American
car manufacturers are providing
them. But these are not to be
confused with sport cars. The
sports auto is just what the name
implies strictly for fun. More
often than not the car is a fam
ly'$ "second car purchased just
for pleasure.
The conventional sport car is
either a coupe or, is some cases,
wide enough for three passen
gers. Price range of the now ex
isting sports cars is (approxi
mately) $2J200 to about $9,000.
One of the first strictly sport
American-made antos to come
to Oregon is the. Nash-Healey.
The model in Salem, retailing at
$6,700, is believed to be the only
one in the state. j
And, at this writing, there are
no ether American sport can be
ing sold in Salem. Even though
the American manufacturers are
proposing to build sport models
to meet the national demand, lo
cal agencies, for the most part.
say they're not too interested in
stocking them.
One such auto now in produc
tion is the Packard Caribbean re
tailing at about $7,000. The lo
cal agency explained that there
just isn't a market in Sale mfor
such a high priced car.
Chevy Buys Model
One of the first sport cars to
be put into production at a little
lesser cost than those already
described is the Chevrolet Cor
vette. The auto boasts a plastic
fibre body construction (though
next year dealers believe this will
be changed to steel) and is
priced at about $3,500. So far
none has reached Salem.
About the closest counterpart
in a conventional auto and a
sport line is the 1953 Studebaker.
The -uto has the "European"
look.
Other American manufacturers
have proposed custom models
that all fit into what sports car
drivers apparently want, includ
ing what would seem, to the av
erage car owner, as restrictive
prices.
Some of the models aren't ev
en named yet and some haven't
reached the pricing stage yet but
those checked on include Cadil
lac's El Dorado, $8,300; Chrys
ler's C-300; Buick's Wildcat; Pon
tiac's Parisian; Hudson (unnamed
yet); Oldsmobile's Starfire, and
undoubtedly others not yet heard
of.
SP's Cascade
To Provide
Phone Service
Starting next Tuesday, passen
gers on Southern Pacific's "Cas
cade", night train between Port
land and San Francisco, will be
able to talk by radio-telephone
with any part of the world, the
railroad has announced.
Cost will be about the same
as that of daytime person-to-person
calls on office or home tele
phones, according to the Pacific
Telephone Company, into whose
communication network the radio
telephone service will be tied.
Radio-telephone booths have
been installed in the dining cars
of the trains. The phones will be
coin operated.
The train calls will be handled
through the telephone company's
radio stations in Portland, Eu
gene, Salem, Oakland and Sacramento.
Eugene Soldier
Killed in Korea
WASHINGTON The Defense
Department Saturday announced
these Oregon casualties in the Ko
rean war:
Died of wounds:
Army Pvt. Charles R. Perkey,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L.
Perkey, 2599 Onyx St., Eugene.
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