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THE PILOT—SottHiera Pines, Iforih Casolina
THURSDAY, Tf^RIL 18, 1957
Local YDCers Meet
With Mrs. Ives
For Tea and Talk
A gathering of Young Demo
crats of Southern Pines was held
at the Paint Hill Farm home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives Sat
urday, with the guest of honor
Miss Kitty Clark of Abingdon,
Va., a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Ives.
Miss Clark, who is political
secretary to Rep. Pat Jennings of
Virginia’s Ninth District, was a
strong Stevenson worker during
the 1956 campaign. She first
came to Moore County at the
time of one of the Democratic
presidential candidate’s visits to
his sister, Mrs. Ives.
Those attending the informal
gathering, called by James W.
Causey and E. O. Brogden, Jr.,
who headed the local 1956 YDC
effort, heard with interest Miss
Clark describe some of her ex
periences in Virginia politics, Mr.
Brogden replied for the local
group, assuring the visitor of the
unabated enthusiasm of Sbuth-
em Pines Democrats and pledg
ing continued, effort. Sherwood
Brockwell Jr. spoke from the
floor, seconding the YDC chair
man’s words.
In the US, there is one motor
vehicle for every 2.6 persons,
while in China the ratio is one
vehicle per 5000 people.
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Worldwide there are approxi
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operating on 9,800,000 miles of
road.
CXJUNCIL GIVES OK
Installation Of Natural Gas Here
Seen &)mpleted By First Of Year
Natural gas for Southern Pines, North Carolina Natural Gas Cor-
subject of nearly two years of on-
again, off-again discussion by the
Town Council, cleared its final
barrier Tuesday night of last
week when the Council unsini-
mously approved, on a first read
ing, to grant a franchise to the
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Granting of the franchise re
quires two readings in successive
meetings by the Council. No
hitches sdfem likely to develop be
fore the next reading.
Council had been told by the
gas corporation, which is main
taining headquarters in Fayette
ville, that completion of lines and
start of service could be expected
by the first of 1958. Southern
Pines will be served, the company
said, by a spur line which will be
built off the main line between
Rockingham and Raeford. Aber
deen is als6 on the line.
The company said installation
of the lines in town would require
some ditch digging but the incon
veniences should be held to a min
imum since the resort business is
at its lowest ebb when 'the height
of the installation will be taking
place.
The company could give no def-
nite commitment as to the exact
length of time the installation
would take place.
The company, it was pointed
out by Mayor Gilmore, is policed
by Federal and State laws and
will maintain sufficient insurance
to cover any damage suits brought
on “in the unlikely event of an
explosion.”
The franchise would be for a
term of 20 years.
Mayor Gilmore said the com
pany had agreed to conform to the
town’s policy of beautification and
would replant any shrubs or trees
that had to be removed to make
Way for the pipe lines. He said
the compemy had informed the
Council it would, as far as pos
sible, use alleyways for pipe loca
tions.
He said, also, that the company
had agreed to furnish gas to cus
tomers who weren’t on the line
providing certain requirements
were met.
Harold Fowler, chief of the vol
unteer fire department, said he
had some reservations about the
new system, pointing to the possi
bilities of leakages or small ex
plosions. “We see kerosene stoves
,blow up almost every week and it
’won’t be too long before they’re
all gone. I hope the new gas sys
tem won’t present the same old
problems.”
It was brought out at the meet
ing that natural gas in Southern
Pines probably would not be
widely used for five to 10 years
but the fact that it was available
would probably do much towards
attracting new industry.
- Car owners spend an average
of $325 a year to operate their
automobiles.
The average car on the road to
day is 5.9 years old. The models
new car buyers trade in are a
little more &an three years old.
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Once in a long, long while a car comes
along that people remember and talk
about for years after its introduction.
The first model “A” Ford was such a car...
The first Ford V-8 was such a car...
The first Ford Thunderbird was such a car.
Today Ford Division is proud to an
nounce stfll another car that many say
is destined to become the most famous
Ford of all: The Skyliner—world’s only
hide-away hardtop.
If you plan to buy a new Ford, or al
ready own one, the fact that Ford cre
ated this car is important to you. For
all the exhaustive research, planning
and testing that went into' the Skyliner
is evidence of the engineering skill you
get in every Ford model.
The Ford SKYLINER, the duly all-steel
hide-away hardtop, is a car for history.
This is an old dream of Detroit, a
dream of two generations of motorists.
And today Ford has made that dream
come true—in steel.
But the story behind this dream is a
story of men who refused to accept “no”
for an answer. In the Ford tradition they
kept striving toward the goal long after
others had given up the chase.
To understand this Ford spirit you
must go back to 1908. That was the year
when many Detroiters smiled smugly as
Henry Ford announced, “We will build
a motor car for the great multitude . . .
so low in price that no man making a
good salary will be unable to own one.”
And they did.
Today, nearly a half century later.
Ford continues to cause the “experts” to
change their tune. When you see this
all-steel hardtop that retracts into a con
vertible, you’ll be seeing a car that many
said would never be mass-produced.
But Ford did it.
It was December 1956 — after eight
years of research, planning, experiment
ing and testing—when Ford unveiled this
masterpiece . . . unveiled it amid aU the
pomp and splendor of the New York
Automobile Show.
And now this history-making car, this
prototype of a whole future generation
of cars, is ready for your own personal
inspection in the showrooms of many
Fosd Dealers.
Plan to see it soon. And ask your Dealer
to show you the exciting advances in all
models of the new Ford line for ’57.
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