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Southern Pines, N. C., Sunday, May 12, 1946.
TEN CENTS
CAR DEALERS HERE 600 STRONG
Dealers And Wives Offered
Full And Varied Three Days
In Program Of Entertainment
Delegates Get Key
To Sffiious Resort
For Fun And Sport
Through efforts of the local
Committee for Arrangements,
headed by O. Leon Seymour of
Aberdeen, an exJtensive entCT-
tainment program - which in
cludes informal parties, bridge,
dancing, golf, and many other
• features - has been planned to
supplement the more serious
phases of the convention.
The program for the 11th ann
ual convention is as follows:
PROGRAM
SUNDAY. MAY 12
REGISTRATION — Lobby of
Carolina Hotel, 2:00 o’clock.
GOLF—All desiring to play
golf Sunday afternoon may arrive
early. While room will not be
available until after 2:00 o’clock,
golfers may dress at the Country
Club; or better still, come dress
ed for golf. Those desiring to be
gin playing immediately upon ar
rival should write Mr. T. L.
Black, Pinehurst Garage, Inc.,
Pinehurst, who will make the
proper arrangements. Green fees
are $2.50 per day.
GYMKHANA — The show
grounds near the hotel will be
alive with horses and riders
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock.
The event will include jumping,
potato races, a mule polo game
and other feats.
INFORMAL RECEPTION —
5:30 o’clock. Pine Room.
SHORT MEETING BOARD OF
DIRECTORS—4:00 o’clock, Large
Card Room.
GET-TOGETHER SUPPER —
7:00 o’clock. Dining Room.
STORK CLUB SCANDALS—
Presented by L. DeWoKe, 9:00
o’clock. Ballroom.
“AFTER-'THE SHOW” SUP-
PERy-10:30 o’clock. Large Card
Roorn.
MONDAY, MAY 13
BOARD O F DIRECTORS
BREAKFAST — 9:00 o’clock,
Crystal Room.
OPENING SESSION — 10:00
o’clock. Ballroom.
LUNCHEON — 12:30 o’clock.
Dining Room.
AFTERNOON SESSION—2:30
o’clock. Ballroom.
INFORMAL PARTIES—5:30 to
ARRANGEMENTS
O. Leon Seymour, above, of the
Mid South Motors, Inc., of Aber
deen, heads the committee on lo
cal arrangements, whose efforts
are in large measure responsible
for making the 11th convention a
pleasant and highly successful
occasion.
6:30 o’clock.
BANQUET—7:00 o’clock. Din
ing Room-
DANCE—10:00 o’clock. Ball
room.
INTERMISSION SUPPER —
11:30 o’clock. Pine Room.
TUESDAY, MAY 14
MORNING SESSION — 10:00
o’clock. Ballroom.
LUNCHEON—12:30 o’clock.
SPEAKERS
Honorable R. Gregg Cherry,
Governor of North Carolina, Ral
eigh.
W. L. Mallon, President, Nation
al Automobile Dealers Associa
tion, Washington.
Henry Grady (Buck) Weaver,
Director, Research Staff, General
Motors Corp., Detroit.
L. J. Bd'ckland, Editor, “Buck
Sez,” New York.
Lloyd Griffin, Executive Vice-
President and Secretary, N. C.
Citizens Assn., Raleigh.
H. L. Wynegar, President,
Commercial Credit Corporation,
New York.
T. Bodie Ward, Commissioner,
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Convention Delegates Throng These Grounds
PINEHURST’S CAROLINA HOTEL . . . where more than six hundred automobile dealers of Tar-
heelia, and their wives, with many notables and guest speakers frmn the automotive and allied in
dustries, are now gathering for the 11th annual convention of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers
Association, May 12-14.
• •••
To N. C. Auto'Dealers* Association
BUICK—Martin Motor Col'., Aberdeen, N. C.
CHEVROLET—^Mid-South Motors, Inc., Aberdeen, N. C.
CHRYSLER — Taylor-Bobbitt Motors, Aberdeen, N. C.
DESOTO—^Page Motor Co., Southern Pines, N. C.
DODGE — Phillips Brothers, Carthage, N. C.
FORD^—^Moore Motor Co., Aberdeen, N. C.
NASH—Robinson Motor Sales, Southern Pines, N. C.
Governor Cherry Heads
LiislOf Noted Speakers
MONDAY SPEAKER
Pictured above is the Honor
able R. Gregg Cherry, Governor
of the State of North Carolina,
who, at the luncheon on Monday,
May 13, will speak on “A High
way Safety Program For North
Carolina.”
O. A. Miller Heads
Delegation For
Universal C. I. T.
O. A. Miller of Charlotte, Vice
President of Universal C. I. T.
Credit Corporation, who directs
the company’s activities in North
Carolina as well as in the Atlan
ta and Birmingham areas
will head the list of executives
from the automobile financing
company attending the North
Carolina Automobile Dealers As
sociation meeting at Pinehurst on
May 12, 13, and 14.
Also from Charlotte for Uni
versal C. I. T. will be R. C. Bar
rett, E. L. Comely, T. F. Moore
and T. C. Clute, Jr. The other
representatives include Mr. W.
N. Gause of Florence, J. A. Bur
ner of Kingston, R. G. Walker of
Hickory, M. B. Rose of Greens
boro, M. L. Weeks of Raleigh, A.
J. Parker of Salisbury and E. N.
Jackson of Fayetteville. Those at
tending from Norfolk will be L.
C. Einwick assistant vice-presi
dent, C. G- Walker and Martin
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Industry Chiefs To
Collaborate Here
On Postwar Snags
As the 11th annual convention
of the North Carolina Automobile
Dealers Association gets under
way today, May 12, with Pine-
hurst’s spacious Carolina Hotel as
a background, more than 600 au
tomobile dealers and their wives
are expected to arrive for regis
tration in the hotel lobby after
2;00 o’clock this afternoon. The
convention this year, meeting
through May 12-14, will be the
first held by the association since
1944. President of the State As
sociation is W. H. Wray of Gas
tonia.
Ms. Bessie Ballentine of Raleigh,
executive secretary of the Assoc
iation, recently announced a num
ber of additions to a full and var
ied program including an add
ress by Governor Gregg R. Cher
ry on “A Highway Safety Pro
gram for North Carolina.” A saf
ety message will also be brought
by Commissioner T. Boddie Ward
of the State Motor Vehicles,
whose topic will be “Motor Ve
hicle Accidents.”
The sessions will open this
evening. May 12, with a get-to
gether supper at which the prin
cipal speaker will be Henry G.
“Buck” Weaver of Detroit, Di
rector of the General Motors
consumer research staff. His top
ic will be. “Is the Customer al
ways Right?”
The program for tomorrow.
May 13, will include an address
by W. L. Mallon of‘Newark, N.
J., president of the National Au
tomobile Dealers Association, who
will discuss the Association’s ac
tivities on current legislation in
Congress.
Emphasis at the 11th annual
convention will be on the postwar
problems of the automobile deal
er, which topic will be discussed
by numerous outstanding author-
itiels.
Atalong prominent represent
atives of the automobile and all
ied industries who will address the
convention will be Lyman W.
Slack, Detroit, vice president and
general manager of the Packard
Motor Car Company, whose sub
ject will be “Whats wrong with
a Seller’s Market”; and H. L-
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ROBINSON’S MOTOR SALES
Southern Pines. North Carolina
You’U Be Ahead With
VEICOKI
N. C. Auto Dealers Association