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Variable Pitch
Dynaflow Gives
Better Performance
For 1955 Buick .presents a
completely new line of cars in
four series, featuring all new
styling, higher compression V-8
engines, and a revolutionary
new variable pitch Dynaflow
transmission which greatly im
proves performance. They are on
display at Skinner's Garage, 143
South Riverside ave.
Advanced new styling fea
tures a new. front end with a
new wide screen grille, new rear
fenders with long, flowing lines
give the trunk compartment
a longer, lower look, new wheel
discs with locomotive hubs and
massive new taillights combined
in a single bezel with the back
up lights. Interiors also havje
been improved with many color
combinations in luxurious new
fabrics of nylon and cordaveen.
Performance Improved
The new Twin Turbine -Dynaflow
with variable pitch stator
blades improves performance on
on the low end and in passing.
The new Dynaflow operates
on the same principle as the
variable pitch propeller in an
airplane. 'Just as an airplane
pilot sets the propeller pitch for
increased engine performance on
take-off, the driver, by pressing
the accelerator to the floor, can
change the angle of the vanes in
the stator to a high pitch for
fast acceleration, either from a
standing start or for passing.
The new device works silently
and smoothly, with no jerks or
Interruptions of power from the
engine to the rear axle.
; For all normal operation the
new Dynaflow works the same
as before. Only when the driver
wants the increased performance
and presses the accelerator clear
to the floor does the pitch of the
stator blades change.
15 Body Styles
The new Buicks come in 15
six-passenger body styles, mount
ed on two wheelbases with two
horsepower ratings. The horse
power in the Roadmaser, Super
and Century Series has been in
creased to 236. In the Special
Series it has been boosted to 188.
Both the Roadmaster and Su
per Series are mounted on a 127
inch wheelbase, and the Century
and Special utilize a 122-inch
wheelbase, the same as last year.
Overall length remains the
same, 216.8 inches for the Road
master and Super and 206.3
inches for the Century and Spe
cial. The compression ratio has
been increased to 9-to-l on the
Roadmaster, Super and Century
Series, and 8.4-to-l in the Spe
cial. Tubeless tires are standard
equipment on all models, except
those equipped r with wire
wheels.
Mew Bumpers, Headlights
In addition to the new grille,
the front end styling for 1955
includes a new bumper, new
headlights and a new hood orna
ment. The new grille and the
new, wider bumper give the
front end a more sturdy appear
ance, yet retains the Buick iden
tity. The grille itself is of a honey
comb design set in a curving
grille frame. Bumper bombs are
located on top of the bumper
near the outer edge of the grille.
Leading from each of the bombs
is a bumper rail which wraps
ground the outside edge of the
front fender, parallel with the
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Buick General Manager Ivan L Wiles poses proudly beside the automobile industry's latest style
sensation, a four-door "hardtop" sedan. Like the two-door Riviera "hardtop" coupe Buick pioneered six!
years ago, the four-door model eliminates the center posts between the doors, combining the trim, racy .
lines of a four-door convertible with the comfort and roominess of a sedan. Buick will offer the new,
Riviera sedan in both the Century and Special Series. Production will begin early next year.
top of the bumper. A new em
blem, icorporating the Buick tri
color is set in the center of the
grille with wings extending hori
zontally toward the bumper
bombs. Two air scoopers jre lo
cated in the bumper directly be
neath the bumper bombs. The
license plate frame is mounted
on the bumper directly beneath
the grille.
Hood Lowered Slightly
The hood on the 1955 Buick
has been lowered slightly by re
cessing the center section. This
improves appearance and gives
the hood added rigidity. The
hood ornament consists of four
concentric rings with a "V" pas
sing through them.
Front fenders feature a wheel
cutout with the lower portion
behind the wheel swept back
slightly. Ventiports have been
restyled with four ports on the
Roadmaster, Super and Century,
which use the 236 horsepower
engine, and three on the Special
with the 188 horsepower engine.
Previously four ventiports were
reserved for the Roadmaster
only.
Buick's new rear fenders,
with their long, flowing design,
give the rear compartment a
longer, lower look without ad
ding any length to the car. The
top fender line flows straight
back to the rear wheel where it
is capped by a chrome tail and
backup light housing.
Circular Housing
The top half of this housing,
in which is set a combination,
tail, stop and directional signal
light, is swept back with the
backup light in a circular hous
ing in the center. A reflector is
Red Barn, Symbol of U.S.
Rural Life, Being Changed
Washington The big red
barns, bulging symbols of
America's rural abundance, are
heading for some changes.
Long adorning the landscape,
many picturesque barns stand
outmoded by . present-day effi
ciency farming. When they burn
or deteriorate beyond use, small
er barns will likely take their
place.
Several reasons have been
given. Baled hay needs less
space than hay mows. The trend
now is against a stall for every
cow and toward "roaming" quar
ters instead. Compact mechaniz
ed equipment,1 housed in a shed,
replaces work horses.
Mulii-Purpose Barn
Already ' some ultramodern
barns have developed, including
highly , functional aluminum
ones. One new-type structure
was spotted by an airplane pilot
about 20 miles west of Montreal,
Canada. He mistook its glinting
surface for a flying saucer. Sil
very fiber glass sections were
fixed in a wooden framework,
forming a 32-foot-high dome 83
feet across. Beneath it the dairy
man sheltered 23 Ayrshire cattle,
a year-round feeding lot, milking
stalls, several score chickens and
turkeys, and his farm imple
ments.
The red barn is no more a
standard type of American build
ing now than the little red school
house. Red as a predominant
color seems definitely passing'
Green and white barns are fre
quently seen sometimes gray
barns. Many farmers strive to
make barn and house colors
harmonize.
Red barns long ago became an
American habit. One explana
tion is that early upstate New
Yorkers painted barns red,
houses white and left Nature to
hang a blue sky to form a patri
otic color combination.
Thrifty New Englanders re
putedly used a wild red berry
as a cheap and handy pigment
so they could spend . more on
white house paint.
Whatever interior rearrange
ments modern farm techniques
bring, the huge barn that orna
mented America's 18th and 19th
century countryside will have a
lasting place on artists' canvases
and history pages. "Large as
palaces," one foreigner wrote of
Pennsylvania Dutch barns in the
1750s. An early 19th century
visitor described barns of stone,
a hundred feet long and 40 feet
wide, with two floors, and raised
roads up to them . . . Below are
stables, stalls, pens and all sorts
of conveniences.
The Dutch LJke Decorations
In contrast to ,the strictly
utilitarian design of barns
farther west, Pennsylvania struc
tures offer some, highly imagine
tive painted decorations. A six
petal flower motif may have
been a pre-Christian symbol of
immortality. The spinning
whorl, notable in Lehigh coun
ty, is traceable to ancient Troy
and Crete. The star or lily pat
tern, possibly a" Cretan symbol
of the sun, may date from 1300
B.C.
Thrifty tillers of Pennsylvania
earth deny that .these decora
tions were conceived to ward off
evil. Rather, the so-called "hex
signs" "indicate a pride in build
ings that reflect prosperity flow
ing from a bountiful land,
OUT OF POLITICS
Cedar Springs, Mich. (U.B
Miss Ella Beardslee's name was
missing from the Kent county
Republican ticket for the first
time since 1922 in Michigan's
spring election this year. Miss
Beardslee, who is 83, decided to
retire undefeated after 33 years
as clerk of Solon township.
" MAKES A
JOHN DEERE TRACTOR
YOUR BEST BUY!
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Look tender Am hood et John
Deere's modem, common-sens
engineering and you'll under
stand why a John Deere "50,"
"60," or "70" offers you more of
everything you want in your next
sow-crop tractor., .
TouH find there's more get-up
end-go with these great tractors
... greater economy, thanks to
Duplex Carburetion, Cyclonic Fuel
Intake and All-Weather Manifold.
There's greater lugging power,
due in part to the greater driving
force -built up by heavier two
cylinder engine parts . . . greater
comfort and convenience with
"live" hydraulic Powr-TroL "live"
power shaft and many other fea
tures. Yes, you get more in a
John Deere. See us for complete
details and a demonstration,
HUBBARD 47RAY CO., Inc.
25 South Riverside Avenue
Phone 2-4011
located below the backup light
just above the rear bumper.
The taillight assembly, togeth
er with the new rear bumper
which is tailored to the contours
of the rear end, gives an appear
ance of grace and beauty un
equalled in Buick styling.
4-H Club
Applegai Club
The Applegate Sewing Susans
met at the home of Anita Rose
mus, April 20. President Betty
Jean Nielsen called the meeting
to order and the minutes of the
last meeting were read by Sec
retary Dona Brown.
Karen Newman and Mary Sue
Freemantle gave a demonstra
tion cn how to pull a thread in
material.
On May 17, our club will have
dinner and spend the afternoon
with the Antelope Sewing club.
Our leader told us that the
Sacred Heart and Community
hospitals were very glad to get
the Easter baskets, which we
made at our last meeting. The
baskets were to be put on the
breakfast trays Easter morning.
The meeting adjourned and
refreshments were served.
Gwen Krouse
Gwen Krouse
'Turboprop1 Engines Open
New Chapter in Aviation
Washington Bridging past
and future, a quiet new giant of
the skies is opening a chapter
in North American commercial
aviation.
Nicknamed "turboprop, " the
aircraft sucks in air like a super
sonic jet but uses the powerful
blast of hot gases to spin a pro
peller. Compared to the piston
engine with myriad parts churn
ing up and down, the hybrid
motor has neither vibration nor
deafening sound.
. Trans-Canada Air Lines re
cently inaugurated service be
tween New York and Toronto in
British-made turboprops, the
first to span commercial sky
ways in the United States. Capi
tal Airlines awaits delivery of
the first of 60 turboprops on
order and plans to give travelers
a taste of such flight in early
summer.
New Life in an Old Body
In appearance the turboprop
fits into the family of familiar
streamlined transports. Its de
sign is a cousin of the pet plane
that bulleted military fighters
and bombers into a new era of
aviation. -
, "The turboprop is 80 per cent
propeller and 20 per cent jet,''
aviation engineers say.
Inside the engine, compressed
gas fires onto blades around a
large wheel, the turbine. .High
speed rotation of its shaft turns
the propeller that pulls the
plane. Unused exhaust gases
shoot from the engine's tail,
giving the craft an extra push.
The propellerless jet plane,
by contrast, depends entirely on
the thrust of escaping gases, op
erates best at high speeds and
high altitude, and eats fuel
voraciously. Widespread com
mercial use of jets still lies in
the future. ,
. Designers claim these advant
ages for the turboprop as a prac
tical, everyday work horse: fas
ter, quieter, smoother flight
than a piston plane offers; quick
take-offs; . easy maintenance. It
uses more fuel than conventional
planes, a disadvantage said to
be offset by its speed and abili
ty to lift heavier cargoes.
An American Accent
The turboprop destined to
speed passengers between Amer
ican cities is a product of Vick-ers-Armstrongs,
a British firm
that built the famous .wartime
Spitfire. The new skyliner packs
four long, slim Rolls-Royce en
gines that develop 1,400 horse
power each, with an extra 365,
pound jetthrust. Other features
are its range, 1,700 miles; aver
age speed, 320 miles an hour;
passenger load, 40 or more per
sons "
Although British-made, the
imported turboprops have a
strong American accent. Gor
don R. McGregor, T-CA presi
dent, says: "We put our ideas to
Vickers, and they flew a Euro
pean model to Canada. We flew
it all one winter out of subzero
Churchill (northeast Manitoba).
The engines performed wonder
fully. The airframe and cabin
were something else. We wanted
better heating; improvements in
the fueling, and modifications to
use gssoline instead-of kerosene,
as was being burned in Britain."
The advent of turboprops, in
the jet age,, kicks new life into
the time - honored propeller.
However, it's the jet age's whirl
ing turbine that bosses the
blades.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
"South Bend, . Ind. U.R) One
of Mrs. Cecil Van Dusseldorp's
one-year-old twin daughters
swallowed several aspirin tab
lets, so she rushed them to a
hospital. When she got there,
she couldn't remember which
twin needed the treatment. Both
got their stomachs pumped out.
Dead line for Sunday Classified tr
t noon Saturday.'
Phoenix
an-
. Phoenix Mrs. John Q.Stewart
Jr. and new baby son, Joel
David, came home from a Med-
ford hospital this week and both
are doing nicely. The Stewarts'
have two other children,
other boy and a girl.
Avis Bisseger, a senior tt
Rogue River Academy, is going
with the senior class of the
Academy, to spend the week at
Walla .-Walla College, College
Place, Wash. There will be nine
in the class making the trip.
Avis is seventeen and will grad
uate at the end of the school
semester. ....
Mrs. A. Bisseger has been sub
stituting at Rogue River Acad
emy . in the grades this week
and will also be there the first
of next week.
Mrs Florence Drake went to
Portland the first of the week
to enter Providence hospital
there for medical care.
Phoenix Garden club held its
flower show Sunday, April. 17.
A good turnout and a plentiful
supply of flowers, considering
the weather, were reported.
Mrs. Kathryn Stancliffe is to
leave April 22 for Portland to
attend a state convention of
Delta Kappa Gamma, teachers'
honorary society. Mrs. Stancliffe
is president of Epsilen chapter
of the society in Jackson county.
While in Portland she plans to
visit Mrs. Florence Drake, who
is at Providence hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Furry
left the first of the week to
visit friends in Sacramento,
Calif. . .
Lieut, and Mrs. Gary A. Den
zer arc parents, of a daughter,
Patricia Jeanne, born April 20.
This is the Denzers' first child.
Lieut. Denzer is a pilot in the
79th Air Rescue Squadron sta
tioned at Anderson Air Force
Base in Guam and will not be
home until in September. He is
the son of Mrs. Kathryn Stan
cliffe and Frank W. Denzer of
16 Western Ave. in Medford.
Tripod' Fish Found
To Hove Apendagpes
Washington Until recently
scientists were wrong about the
use of appendages on the "tripod
fish" , or Benthosaurus. Two
spines trailing from the fish's
flanks and its long wirelike tail
were hitherto thought to be fila
ments floating behind the fish.
However, National Geographic
Society photographs now show
them to be almost legs certain
ly props or crutches. The fish
"jumps" on these props along
the bottom 7,000 feet under the
surface of the Mediterranean
Sea.
"THANK YOU" NOTE
Westport, Conn. U.R) . A
Bronxville, N. Y., woman sent a
letter to state police thanking
them for arresting her son on a
speed charge. "The summons
to court was worth more than
all the preaching I could ever
do," she explained..
TIME TO ACT
Chenoa, 111. 0J.R5 Mayor
elect Theodore Hoselton told his
police force today "we've got to
do something about this crime
in Chenoa" after his roofing
firm was burglarized for the sec
ond time in four months.
Zoologists in Alberta, Canada,
use helicopters to trace migra
tory habits of buffalo. Hovering
low over the herds, aircraft crew
members "brand" the animals
with squirts of paint from a gun.
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Want to do what a pilot does
when he clears for take-off?
Want to feel the pulse-quickening
thrill that comes of giving the gun
to a high-powered automobile with
the world's first airplane-inspired
transmission?
Want to try Buick's Variable Pitch
Dynaflow the spectacular new
wonder drive that's the talk of car
makers and car buyers alike and
the drive that's sending Buick sales
soaring to new record-breaking
highs?
Well , sir be our test-pilot guest at
the wheel of a "55 Buick and let
today's Dynaflow do the honors.
.When you press the pedal as you
normally would, you move ahead in
velvety smoothness, getting plenty
of miles from each gallon of gas ...
Because twenty propeller-like
blades inside the Dynaflow unit,
spinning in oil, have' an angle of
"pitch" for top economy like the
modern plane's propellers when
cruising in the air.
But comes the need for emergency
acceleration, and like a pilot does
for quick take-off and climb you
switch the pitch of those Dynaflow
propellers for action, just by press
ing the pedal all the way down.
Instantly, you get full-power tx$rcostmotbsmt.
response for split-second getaway,
or fofia sudden safety-surge to get
out of a tight spot on the highway
It's a response thrilling beyond all
previous . experience because -there's
never been anything like it
before jn any car.
And we'd like you to try it along
with the walloping new V8 power,
the cruiser-steady ride, the fine
handling ease, and the true big-car
roominess that are all part and
parcel of every Buick.
Can you come in today mis week,
for sure and test pilot the hottest
Buick yet built?
Dynsfiow Driv is stmuUri o SLodimdSttr, optiond .
Local Dellvermd Price
of the 1955 Buick SPECIAL
S-Door, 6-FatMflfw Man, Model 4S (illustrated) k
$266900
Optional equipment, accessories, state and local taxes. If any,
additional. Prices may vary slightly in adjoining communities.
Even the factory-Installed extras vou may wont ere bargains,
such ast Heater & Defroster $1170; Radio & Antenna $92.50.
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SEE THE 1955 BUICKS
Including the 4-Door Riviera at the Auto Shew In City Park April 23
SKINNER'S GARAGE
143 SOUTH RIVERSIDE
PHONE 2-6265