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oReglster-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Wed., Apr. 13, 1955 6C M L J SAND & GRAVEL TP f "j XOVV A EXCAVATING & PAVING V A READY MIX CONCRETE iWV -itf ftssssg U7iL( zszz. t ' ! 'A L K T ? V;j I IT ' l 'rl Q' r. '.W . - - ., -ftaL?. Yrrrrr ' i -.ksj- v h hi v DECALCOIVIANIA You see them everywhere. They're called dccals by folks who can't pronounce the larger word. Surprising thing is, a lot of the nation's dccals are made in Eugene. These shots show some of the process. Upper left, Wallace Potter is surrounded by sev eral styles and sizes of dccals. They- can be made any size but the larger ones must be made in several pieces, llppr right, photographer Maurice Gleeson adjusts his copy board. The line-drawing on the board will be copied for reduction. Lower left, Quintin Barton letters a decal. Barton does much of the original art work. And, lower right, Else Elgaard, left, and Marcella Davis do some silk screen printing. The sheets will be dried and then more color will be added. When the final clear coat is dried, the process is finished. This is another of Eugene's smaller industries. "Show Stopper" of the Auto Show ' W'l'HTA)..iJ fun ye Soto Fircflite Sportsman V, $ w color sweep. It ; .- -'.; - -i- i --nrtliitfrT- Till II I II Til ti - - 'J-- . -- Yoxill stop ihe show wherever you go 1955 de Soto CptCSt Of the ihlQht C$h This year an entirely new creation in cars is causing terrific stir of excitement wherever it's scen-the stylish nd beautiful 1955 DeSoto! Here, imaginatively fashioned in metal, fabric and glass, is r fresh, newborn thought in automobiles a bold, forward step in looks . . . power . . . and under-hood performance. You sec it outside in slim, taut lines . . magnificently long, yet barely five feet high. You see it inside, too, in luxurious fabrics . . . glorious colors in fascinating moods .... a modern, stylish "Dual-Cockpit" instrument panel. And one turn liehind the wheel reveals the thrill of bossing a DeSto with surging V-8 power and such wonderful power assists as PowerMac Automatic Trans emission, Power Steering and Power Brakes. Today, see then drive the new DeSoto with the Forward Look. O WALTER HOEY MOTOItf INC. , . ' 1030 Olive St., Eugene, Ore.. etUGErft-INGlElD NEW CAR ond TRUCK DEALERS' AUK? SHOW m April 14, lSnd 16 Lone County Fair Ground? IB, Modern Americans Still Able to Hoof It cWgIG Equipment For Rent Plenty of.rR! Prklnr r.i Rill Grn Stamp. FRWIE DANNER O SPORTING GOODS Carburetor Service Cars, Tracks, Tracton CLARK BATTEEY Ic ELECTRIC CO. 1641 W. 6th Ave. Ph. 4-3319 The modern American, the world's greatest rider, sometimes proves he still can walk for fun. Recently a Navy' fficer stepped off 13 miles from one end of Man hattan to the other, the final lap in a 502-mile jaunt over every street on the island. . Other Americans have per formed more prodigious feats with their feet. But it doesn't happen very often, says the Na tional Geographic Society. For foot experts point nut that no American generation has walked less than the present on; and has paid less heed to Thomas Jeffer son's dictum that "Of all exer cises walking is the best" or to Walt Whitman s famous lines: "Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, 'Healthy, free, the world be fore me." I TO 10 MILES A DAY According to one study, the American man, 21 through 65, averages nine miles a day, the woman 10 miles. The high, school student hoofs 16 miles, the police man pads 18, and a waiter 13. Probably the outstanding walk ers are the English. Hundreds of years ago their walking excur sions over the placid countryside Downpour Ruins Churchill Plans S1RACUSA, Sicily U?i April 13 brought bad luck Wednesday to eager amateur artist Sir Winston Churchill, who came here search ing a sunny painter's paradise. During the former British Prime Minister's first night in Villa Politi, overlooking 2,400- year-old Siracusa'i historic har bor, t terrific thunder and rain storm burst down from snow capped Mt. Etna. . . , Intermittent rain continued Wednesday and skies were gun metal gray. The forecast: No im provement within 24 hours. A spokesman said that besides a lot of painting," Churchill planned to spend some time edit ing "The History of the English Speaking People)" which he be gan writing before World War II. devclrped into pedestrian con-j tests. ngiisn ueei-uiiu-iue ayecu-j stcrs set the world pacj. with a formidable array of long-standing records. Eventually Americans took up Ithe sport. In his 70s Edward P. ; Weston sped from Los Angeles to New York, 3,483 miles in 77 days.j I In 1912 Mrs. David Beach strode from New York to Chicago, 1,007. miles, in 42 days, 12 hours. In 1946 George Howe, a spry 92,! made 504 miles in 60 days. James H. Hocking, one of the sport's! unforgettable figures, marked up 270,000 miles in a long career and philosophized! "A superb health builder ... I always averaged about 40 inches to the stride . . . really moving along. The whole trick is stepping off the big toe of one foot, for ward with the other, landing on the heel, knees locked, arms swinging." A number of Americans have journeyed afoot coast-to-coast in informal odysscys. John F. (Iron Legs) Stahl "a frustrated mail man" trudged 10,000 miles over Central America, Mexico and the United States as a hobby. He did 13 miles a day usually, once 32, ROLLS WHEELBARROW In 1950-51 a woman pushed her son, 9, and a cat in a wheelbar row from Jacksonville, Fla., to Los Angeles in 13 months. One n an. 52, pulled a 350-pound wag on through 44 states while wear ing out 19 pairs of shoes. In 1953 a California woman tipped the scale at 265 pounds. Eying his wife, her husband said: "Let's take a walk." They hit the trail from Fresno to the Cali fornia-Mexico border. She lost 110 pounds. Possibly the best publicized hike was Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas' lS9-mile, 8 day tramp along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Cumberland, Md., to Washington with eight companions last year. The greatest hike of all time? That's impossible to pin down. Bui late in 1937 Julio Berrlsber tla, 19, a Venezuelan Boy Scout, left home and plodded over northern South America, Central America, Mexico and 47 states of the United States. At the end of four years he had covered 20,000 miles and had walked through 50 pairs of boots. Some people think that's the record. t&r vo 4 ,. in . .W' Sep" 11 KLW, WAJMWMTOMP Zm..m. INSURANCE THE SPOTLIGHT'S ON AUTOS IN OREGON! Enjoy the of a new car! A 7 It's as easy as this ' See your auto dealer, or look over . Ipll , . 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