EIOHT MID? ORB (OKEQON) MAIL TMBTJNI
Friday, April it. 1131
Colorful lisplay of lldsmobiles , Will Be Shown Visitors W Mo
Stow
Redesigned Front
Features Changes
In 1955 Models
A colorful display of 1955
Oldsmobiles that accentuate the
restyled appearance and low
silhouette will be exhibited by
Darrell Miller Co., in the Med
ford Automobile Show, April 23
at the Medford City Park. Olds
mobile's bright and attractive
colors shown to advantage in the
latest concept of the famou;
two-tone styling that Oldsmo
bjle pioneered last year, ''will be
weil represented in the display.
Show visitors will see a com
"pletely redesigned front end on
Lie 1955 Oldsmobiles, with the
Oidsmobile name spelled out in
chrome block letters across the
upper bumper bar. Recessed
headlights with chrome caps
that extend well over the lens at
the top and new bumper con
tour both front and rear are
other distinguishing marks of
the 1955 Oldsmobiles.
Slainless Steel Moulding
Color separation for Oldsmo
bile's famous flying colors two-
tone styling is achieved with a
stainless steel side moulding that
forms an attractive design on
the front and rear doors and the
rear quarter panel. The body
above and below this panel and
the trunk are painted one color,
while the roof, hood, front fen
ders and space within the
moulding are finished in a con
trasting color. Nineteen body
colors in various shades of bril
liance are offered in the 1955
Oidsmobile.
Inside, the 1955 Oldsmobiles
also offer a wide variety of
color and upholstery fabric se
lections. There are 57 different
upholstery choices in Oldsmo
. bile's three lines of 1955 cars
the "98", Super "88" and "88
Genuine leather, nylon pattern
cloth, covert cloth and Moroc-
ceen all are offered in attractive
designs and colors to harmonize
with the particular body design
and color of the car.
Important Improvement
Engineering improvements in
the 1955 Oidsmobile are less
visible to the eye but they play
an important part in the car's
popularity and performance, ae
cording to Oidsmobile officials
"Rocket" engine horsepower has
been raised to 202 in the "98
and Super "88", and the com
pression ratio is lifted to 8.5 to
1. Other engine improvements
include a newly designed com
bustion chamber, higher lift
camshaft and cooler operating
sparkplugs. A new and more ef
ficient fuel pump has been in
stalled. Direct-acting shock ab
sorbers mounted vertically with
in the springs further enhance
the riding qualities of the 1955
Oidsmobile. Tubeless tires 1 are
standard equipment on all mod
els.
Exterior styling is given
new look on the Super "88" and
"88" series through adoption of
the sweep-cut front fender. The
panoramic windshield, which
Oidsmobile helped to pioneer in
1954, provides wide angle for
ward vision through the set-back
corner posts. The wrap-around
rear window supplies similar
rear visibility. .
Accessories Available
Many effort-saving and com
fort-promoting accessories ' are
available as optional equipment
at extra cost on the 1955 Olds
mobiles. Hydra - Matic Super'
Drive, the most proven of auto
matic transmissions, is even
more efficient and smoother in
operation in its 1955 version. GM
power steering, which increases
in popularity every year, reduces
steering effort by as much as 80
per cent and makes parking a
pleasure rather than a chore.
Pedal-ease power brakes re
duce the pedal effort of the foot
on the brake through use of
hydraulic power to actuate the
brake mechanism. A larger re
serve tank in 1955 also makes
three to five additional brake
applications possible after the
engine has stopped.
- .power windows and power
front seat, also offered as op
tional extras on the Oidsmobile,
ace actuated by electric power
on the 1955 model. A two-way
fore-and-aft power seat, includ
ing vertical adjustment, is avail
able at extra cost on all models
Electric front window and four-
window lifts are offered as op
tional equipment at extra cost
on various 1955 models.
University of Miami
Attitude Confusing
Coral Gables, Fla. (U.R)
University of Miami students
and officials are quick to criti
cize anyone who calls their in
stitution "Miami U." They don't
like to have it confused with
the Miami, O., university.
But the most popular "football
song played by the college band
is "Hail to the Spirit of Miami
U." To make matters more con
fusing, the university is not
located in Miami, but in Coral
Gables, an incorporated suburb.!
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Unobstructed side vision, with no door-pillars to bar
the way, is the outstanding feature of this brand
new body type, the four-door Deluxe Holiday sedan,
as presented in the 1955 Oidsmobile "98" series.
The sports flair of the Holiday coupe is combined
with the comfort and roominess of a four-door sedan
in this new model. Conventional center posts are
A Nichol's Worth of . .
Comment On
By HARMAN
United Pratt
Washington (U.R) Horns
economists in the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor have been exam
ining the lot
of the trod-
den-d own
behind the
Red curtain.
They have
d i s covered a
serious short
age of work
cloth ing
among the gal
lus, or over
all, set in Rus
sia. As a mat
Harman Micnois
ter of fact, there is a frightful
crisis in consumer goods in the
Soviet and its occupied areas.
Some of the Russian editors
must not have had the proper in
structions from higher up. At
least, the Soviet Trade Union
Daily Trud, according to the
Labor Department, printed a
letter a f ew days ago from - a
housewife, one V. Svistunova.
She wrote from the Soviet city
of Kishinev, hard by the Russian-Romanian
frontier.
The housewife wrote that she
had a problem, she and her .old
man. They had done some major
and necessary remodeling of
their home. Mr. S. thought it
was time to buy some new furni
ture. -"I went to the central furni
ture store of the Kishinev City
Consumer Goods Trade Organi
zation," she said.
All she wanted for a start,
she told the trade paper, was
some, cupboards and kitchen
tables.
The clerk ' looked at me in
amazement," Mrs. S. said. "It
was clear that the clerks in the
On The Side
(Distributed by King
To think of dreit In every
Hlht.
Tis woman' chlefest duty,
Neglecting that, ourselves we
slight,
- And undervalue heanty.
Dress allures the lover's eye
And graces every action.
Besides, when not a creature's
by
Tis inward satisfaction.
. Gay..
Our countrywomen continue
to complain bitterly as to the
wearing quality of the nresent
day nylons as compared to those
of the yesteryear. Their indigna
tion is so great that a nylon re;
bellion may break out any min
ute. One youne business wom
an of Manhattan says she has
been, compelled to buy twentv-
one pairs of nylon stockings in
twenty-eight days! She savs she
has tried all kinds- of allegedly
neiptul hints as to hosiery pre
servation and practically every
type of nylon stockines on the
market but always with the
same results. A run in two davs
or less.
Boy or Girl
Do you know any Barents of
aU girl families? How about, all
boy families? It has been
claimed that an all daughter
family is a sign the . husband
is a great lover. However, Mark
Handley, one of the world's
most successful exoerts on ore-
dieting the sex of an unborn
cinid, once said, "Girls are most
likely to be born if the husband
is henpecked: boys, if the wife
is dominated." f.
Test --i
To be considered comijetent.
a London bartender must be able
to mix at least thirty-two dif
ferent cocktails from memory.
Ask the bartender at your favor
ite place how many , different
cocktails he can mix without
looking at the book.-1 -have
heard that a New "York City
bartender who can mix over
twenty-five cocktails from mem
ory is a rarity.
Sidelights
Now I have a reader in Cono-
auenessing. Pa. She haDDilv says
she is 69 and still has all of her
original teeth! . A New York
er with over fifty years' exper
w 1
.
This and That
W. NICHOLS
faahir Wrir
store had forgotten the last time
such and similar indispensable
ihings for every family were
sold."
Mrs. S. went from store to
store, wearing thin the only pair
of shoes she owned. '
"The answer," she said, "al
ways was the same."
"The answer," she said, "al
ways was the same."
.The clerks told her that cup
boards and kitchen tables were
not for sale. One darkened an
already dark afternoon by sug
gesting there was "nothing bet
ter than the kitchen floor for
eating off of."
The woman said in her letter
that she found the Ministry of
Local Industrial Production " in
Moldevis, headed by VComrade
Atemenenko, does not consider
the need of consumers." ,
The U. S. Labor Department
learned from other sources that
the Kishinev, woodworking fac
tory received a lot of orders
from the City Trade Organiza
tion during the last half-year.
People desperately needed
things like, kitchen cabinets,
cupboards, -clothes - .hangers,
shelves, : and other household
furniture.
! The orders weren't answered.
Other factories, the Labor De
partment found out, had orders
to produce .hatchet handles,
clothes-pins?, rolling pins, stools,
bed stands, and other things.
None of the orders were being
filled. .
Mrs.' S. concluded in her letter
to Trud that the Soviet doesn't
want to bother with "trifles."
She quoted the Red leaders
as saying that such was "incon
venient. It would prevent the
fulfillment of the state plan."
By E. V. Durling
Features Syndicate, Inc.)
ience as a theatergoer says he
rales the Twentieth Century
musical comedy composers as
follows: lVictor Herbert. 2
Qlto Harbach. 3 George Ger
shwin. 4 Jerome Kern. 5
Richard Rodgers. 6 Cole Por
ter. Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Ts
Mrs. O. O. Mclntyre's-first name
Mabel or Maybelle? A. It is May
belle. The full maiden name of
the widow of the much beloved
columnist was Maybelle Hope
Small ... Q. Will you please
quote the maiden's prayer once
more? A. Well, just once more.
This is the five star final on
quoting the Prayer to St.: Cath
erine, patron saint of spinsters:
St. Catherine,. St. Catherine,
Oh, lend me thine aid,
And grant that I never
May die an old maid.
A husband, St. Catherine,
A good one, St. Catherine,
But anyone better than
No one, St. Catherine.
A husband, St. Catherine, v.
Rich, St. Catherine,
Handsome, S,t. Catherine,
Kind, St. Catherine,
Soon! St. Catherine.
Get it Right
"As a corset manufacturer
and a student of the history of
that garment," writes a New
Yorker, "I have noticed several
erroneous statements made re
garding the origin of the same.
Get it right! The first corset was
originated by Catherine de
Medici, wife of Henry II of
France. Queen Elizabeth of Eng
land introduced whalebone in
corsets. Marie Antoinette was
first to use lacers. Sarah Bern
hardt introduced the straight
front corset. Lillian Russell the
straight hips.
Se They Say ; ,
Virgo (August 23-September
22) women make the best sec
retaries. That's because they are
intelligent, diplomatic, methodi
cal, energetic, painstaking,
shrewd and never mix love with
business.: Or,- so say. the star-,
gazers. - - .
eliminated through reinforcing the pillars upon
which the doors are hinged. Inside and outside, the
new Holiday sedan embodies the utmost in glamor
and luxury. Richly appointed custom upholstery is
offered exclusively in the "98" and Super "88" series
of this mode, representing a further advance in
interior automotive design.
Belgium Friends Meet
At Navy Training Station
Great Lakes, 111. (U.R) Two
youths who grew up in the
same neighborhood in Brussels,
Belgium, met at the Great Lakes
Naval Training station here after
joining the U. S. Navy.
They are Marcel A. Opden
berg and Jacques F. Deneef,
each 18.
Opdenberg came to the United
States in 1952, joining his par
ents in St. Louis. Deneef ar
rived with his family in 1948
and settled in Detroit.
They had not seen each other
since their days in Brussels un
til they met in recruit training
here.
Como and soo the
You're invited! See the newest new ideas on wheels ; :
waiting for you in Oidsmobile for '55! There's style
setting beauty ... in massive grille and hooded head
lights ... in panoramic windshield ... sweep-cut styling
. . and the unmistakably exclusive Oidsmobile color
toning! It all adds up to the bold new "Go-Ahead" look I
Drug Store in New York's Bovery Nov
150 Years Old; Leeches Still Available
New York (U.R), Arnica
flowers, scammony root, St.
John's bread, juniper berries,
sassafras, and leeches (squirm-ing-fresh
at $2 apiece) can be
had at Olliffe's Pharmacy, the
same as they could at the same
store when Thomas Jefferson
was president.
Next month the drug store at
No. 6 on the Bowery will be 150
years old. It's in the same frame
building, with the same marble
topped counters, the same black
walnut prescription counter, the
same rows of huge, hand-blown
specie jars, -the same red and
green apothecary show globes.
Still going strong, and promi
nently displayed in the windows,
is Olliffe's most famous product,
once sold the world over "Dr.
Jacob Becker's Celebrated Eye
Balsam; ; Brings Instant Relief;
Price 50 Cents."
No Extras
The store interior is quiet," dig
nified, immaculate. No soda
fountain. No book stands, maga
zines. No phone booth. Custom
ers may sit in four heavy-wood,
highly-polished armchairs ' which
according to store legend were
taken from the tavern from
which Washington started his in
augural march to Federal Hall
down in Wall Street.
Outside, above the windows,
is the firm sign: "Wm. M. Olliffe,
Chemist and Druggist. Est.
1805.." Actually, according to
the present proprietor, Herbert
M. Wilks, there is some indica
tion, that the store was founded
27 years earlier, just two years
after the Declaration of Inde
pendence. At any rate, it was moved in
On Special OispDsiif sitt fllfci
8th and Ivy - SATURDAY,
19S5 OMmebtt Supw 'If.
DARRELL niLLER GOnPAny, 415 S. Riverside
May, 1805, to its present spot
on the Bowery, a street which
at that time was way ug town
and tree-shaded.' Wilks, who has
been with the store since 1922,
when he started as a clerk, is
a hustler who wants it known
Olliffe's never intends to live
in the stale past. He runs a mod
ern, efficient prescription busi
ness. .,' ' .
Old-Time Remedies
It pains him no end when old
herb customers. come in and ask
for such old-time remedies as
juniper berries, lemon balm, or
gelatin rubber. But he keeps
such things in stock and makes
infrequent sales.
"I have to be nice to such cus
tomers, but I let them know that
I don't believe in catering to sen
timentalists," he said. "I get a
lot of tourists in here too. I tell
them that we're proud to have
preserved physically such a
piece of history but that we are
a modern store."
Olliffe's is one of the biggest
retail leech dealers in the coun
try, selling several hundred a
year, Wilks said. He buys the
leeches from an importer (Span
ish and Italian varieties) and
keeps them in a jar in the refrig
erator. A few summers back a
rookie from the Boston Braves
entered Olliffe's sporting an aw
ful closed-eye shiner which med
ical science had been unable to
open. He asked about leeches.
Wilks applied one to the eye.
Before long it was open and de
shined enough to allow the rook
ie to play against the Giants.
Own Medicines
. Olliffe's still makes about 10
of its own medicines "proprie
HefiAqr Covp&
"Go-Ahead1'
In power and performance, too, Oidsmobile steps far.
ahead with the greatest "Rocket" Engine on record!
It's Oldsmobile's new "Rocket" 202 . V. now delivering
202 horsepower with an ultra-high, 8.5-to-l compression
ratio! Don't miss the Show ... and don't miss the big
stars . . . Oldsmobile's "Rocket" Engine cars for 1955!
Also on Special Display at
YOUR OLDOr.lODILE DEALER
PHONE 26209
taries" they're- called. Such
things as Olliffe's cough" mix
ture, Olliffe's old fashioned lini
ment, and that celebrated bal
sam of Dr. Becker's the formul
la a deep, dark secret purchased
from Dr. Becker's 70-year-old
son in 1874. Such things as Dr.
Barrett's St. Vitus Dance rem
edy and Dr. Olliffe's epileptic
mixture can no longer be ad-,
vertised as such. :i
Joe Schenck, the movie mo
gul, once-clerked at Olliffe's, as
did a man najjied Mike Sween
ey. Mike, who worked at night
and patched up local dandies'
eyes and noses damaged during
discussions in nearby barrooms,
gave his name to the ages-
legend has it by being the man
who . inspired a single phrase:
"Tell it to Sweeney."
SCHOOLING BY PHONE '
Ansley, Neb (U.R) Two
grade school girls, both stricken
with polio, are continuing les
sons via telephone. Darlene
Rookstool, 12, and Connie John
son, 10, have telephones in their
homes which are direct lines to
their school rooms.
9 Slabs and Rough Blox Green
9 Dandy to Burn with Dry Wood
Big Double Load or Single Load
MEDFORD FUEL CO.
Tel. 2-2111
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Alcoholism Study
Encouraged in Contest
Chicago (U.R) An inter
collegiate oratorical contest,
with state and national awards,
will be sponsored by the Nation
al Christian Temperance Union
to encourage young people to
study alcoholism.
Mrs. Glenn C. Hays, president,
said state contests will be spon
sored by state branches of th
WCTU in interested colleges and
universities. State winners,
she said, will be eligible to enter
the national competition.
The contests are to promote
research among young people on
the harmful effects of drink in
all spheres of life, she said.
The national winner will be
awarded $150, with $100 and
$50 going to second and third
place winners.
r
Kent, O. (U.R The boxelder
is the chameleon of treedom. It
is really a member of the maple
family, but it has' a strong re
semblance to the ash, according
to Martin L. Davey, tree expert.
For many years, it was not gen;
erally accepted as a maple: How
ever, it will produce a sap from
which sugar can be made.
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