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the imiit.i' KIlNANSViLLE, N0ST11 CAROLINA -V " V""" . i ill II ill Buick Announces Hew 1950 Line Flint, Mich., Dec. 28 Buick to day announced for 1050 its most comprehensive line of cars since the pre-war days, and fpr the first time offered models in a wide range from the newly-invaded low er price field to luxury custom models in the upper brackets. The cars are completely new from styl ing and engineering standpoints, i.nostini! more powerful engines, new and roomier bodies, greater comfort, and sweeping lender une3 carried through the length of the I, )Jy Altogether there arc 19 models in the line with seven in the Special Series and six models each in the Super and Roadmaster Series. Ba sically the cars are on three dif ferent chassis but one mod'.'l in both the Super and Roadmaster Series is on a lengthened chassis to accomodate a more spaciou", body. A now engir.e is offered in the Super Series while the Roadmaster and S'jcral engines have under gone change- to give increased per formance. llianlighting the style of the new cars are lower lines, the apparen' u" oi more :' is and Buick's char acteristic lull taier-ihroi''.h front fi'iilc-s flowing m smooth lines thro'ii t;v: cni:rc body lenjth. I est. i,.,e.- ;re accentuated in the livdiuin and iiiher priced niodolb hv a stairi'f-s molding running most tin Icmr.b f th" car. Two distinct boily styles are uti lized in til-' Special Series, the .Ictback anil Tourback desigi.s winch uie a.ai.ib'e in the four door six ,u-..-epger sedans. The Jet back, an ultra-streamlined body Buick Roadmaster for 1950 . . .... itT "T-V-- r ' v""'": " .-; J sedan. Inches Tops in &e Buick line for 1950 fa the tely Kowroer ete y new body and , -jo. thA mr has a more powerful engine, a completely , snorter uuui iu F - ---- ,- , tor,pr.throueh or Uie ironi leuucia, w.c features a one-piece curved windshield Note the Hperthr ter panel permitting the wrap-around bumpers, spacious trunk and the farrow rear qua y f tear window to come well around to the side providing better rear vision . with a sweep back, is available also on the two-door three passenger coupe and the two-door six passen ger sedanet. The Tourback styling, with its spacious trunk and generally room ier dimensions, is used in the four door models in the Super and Ukj Roadmaster Series cars, and the two-door models are Jetback. In ad dition these series each fill have a convertible, a Riviera and an Es tate Wagon. The Special Series is being in creased with introduction of de luxe models, the first time in the history of the Special that deluxe ir a a. USE & Till WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 2nd 2 Shows Mon. Thru Fri. Beginning 6:45 P MONDAY and TUESDAY South 01 St. Louis Starring Joel McCrea and Alexis Smith. M. WEDNESDAY John Loves Mary Starring Ronald Reagan and Jack Carson. THURSDAY and FRIDAY Rope Oi Sand Starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid. SATURDAY - Continuous 1 to 11 - DOUBLE FEATURE "Wild" Bill Elliott in Return 01 Daniel Boone -AND Biondie Hits The Jackpot With Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. wmme WARSAW, N.C. SUN. - MON. Jan. 1-2 Challange To Lassie TECHNICOLOR With Donald Crisp And Lassie. TUESDAY, Jan. 3 Father Was A Fullback StreetsOf San Francisco With Robert Armstrong. THURS. - FRI Jan. 5-6 MissGrant Takes Richmon With Lucille Ball And William Holden. With Fred MacMurray :And Maureen O'Uara. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 DOUBLE FEATURE .Vigilantes 01 Buick from Stem to Stern I W - . ' " r 1 - - y i tion of the latest type ckMMi . re- - flleh.way , gignai lnforcemenu, qouuic- . -.--- Ions and Sturay uua --- trucuon of the body frame wher- .tkH. ran be used, ine w ot the box section construcUon in the root rails wun mr iu n.rf.nt factor In strengin u u permitting narrower '-"" and center pillars. smaUer rear . nnt mrBHi lew quarter pauca - - . windows -- resuHuis - vision. v imnrovement? have been made in sound insulation. New ma terials have been adopted and used on the dash, the cowl panels, and the Iront and rear noor pans .m nn the underside of the hood. The instrument panel has been redesigned to place all dials and gauges more directly in front of the driver. The large speedometer is located above the steering col umn and keynotes the new design. The ignition lick and windshield wiper control are to tne rigm um if f th ntpprine column, just 1V1 " kiniv thp nluster of gauges and the horn ring op the steering wheel, formerly a semi-circle, has Deen in creased to a full circle. An important addition to the in strument panel is the installation of dual map lights. Located just underneath the radio controls, they serve to illuminate the controls and the light is focused downwar l from a rectangular shaped lens. Headlights, parking lights, in strument and map lights are all controlled from a single four-way light are standard equipment on the Super ana oaamier and optional on the Special. The front signals are nouseq i we -i-binff lnmns . recessed in the bumper guards and the rear sig nals are in the upper section of the rear reflector. Piioh-hTTtton door locks are used on ill models. The new chrome hanHlPs ' blend smoothly into the door panels and are stationary with pnrta The rear compart ment lock is incorporated in the decorative emblem on the trunk lid. The lid is mounted on counter balanced springs and permits easy access. Doors on all models 'are Dr. H. W. Colwell OPTOMBTRI8T Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted. Next Door To Cavenaugh Chevrolet Company Permanent Office In WALLACE. N. C. easier to open and a more- secure hold-open device has been install ed. - The A. & F. Motor Company in Wallace is your Buick Dealer In this section. , MODEL THEATRE BEULAVIIXE. N. C. - WEEK OF JANUARY 1st ' Sunday and Monday 1 MAN FROM COLORADO With GLEN FORD. Tuesday and Wednesday LARSON With JOHN PAYNE. - Thursday - Double Feature CAUGHT With JAMES MASON. AND OOMA A Jungle Special Friday -i J . THE SUN COMES UP With LASSIE '. . . a mwiWm Mmhinatian rraces the front Tills sturdy lowons Dumper - ,. ., ,, . endthe JUe Une - lZl indicators M - J plates on Uie ironi ienoera. - ' . uj , tVlH L an,l more nowerful engine is under the grateful boo of the new Super sedan shown above. Speight's AND Coker's TOBACCO SEED A LIMITED STOCK OF GOLDEN HARVEST SEED Saturday ..- ' TRIGGER TRAIL With ROD CAMERON. -. FARM E R S Hardware Co. .INARSAW 1950 NOW IN STOCK 1950 CoHr's Pedigreed Tobacco Seed ,. WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES: GOLDEN HARVEST GOLDEN WILT MAMMOTH GOLD COKER'S 402 GOLD DOLLAR YELLOW MAMMOTH YELLOW SPECIAL - BONANZA VA. BRIGHT LEAF BOTTOM SPECIAL JAMAICA WRAPPER A. C. HALL HARDWARE COMPANY WALLACE, N. C SATURDAY, Jau 7 ' noiTRLE FEATURE . Western Renegades Witb Jobjiny MacBrown. Trdl01ThYr'.::i models have been offered. Buick's. exclusive Dynaflow transmission continues to be stan dard equipment on all Roadma;.' r models and optional in the S iper and Special Series. Nearly 350,000 of these torque converter transmis sions have been installed on Buick Dvnaflow was introduc ed in 1948, and during 1949 approx imately 70 per cent of all Buicks were equipped with Dynaflow. Many"- refinements have been made on the device which has been credited by engineers with being the outstanding contribution to mo toring comfort in the last quarter century. An outstanding feature of the entire line is adoption of the unique and widely- acclaimed rront-ena first offered on the Special Series in Aucnist The new front-end is a sturdy grille and bumper combina tion which has proved nigniy suc noccfiii cinrp it was brought out on the Special. With the combination grille and bumper it nas Deen pos sible to shorten the Super S 3-8 innhia In over-all lengtn witnoui shortening the wheelbase, and the Roadmaster 5 1-3 inches over-au. Super models now are 204 inches over-all, except for the one long wheelbase model which is 208 in ches, and the Roadmasters are 208.8 inches except for the long wheelbase model in this series, which is 212.8 inches. The new Super engine, designa ted the F-263, hss Buick's valve-in-head. Fireball design but it de velops 128 brake horsepower with Dynaflow at 3,600 RPM compared with the 128 horsepower of its pre decessor. It has a compression ratio of 7.2 to 1 as against 6.9 previously, W'th svnehro-mesh transmission the engine has 124 horsepower and a compression ratio oro.H..to 1- " has been deslened specially to take greater advantage of the new and higher octane fuels recently made available by the petroleum indus try ' : " The new F-263 has a piston stroke nf 4 1-8. a bore of 3 3-16 Inches as against of 3 3-32 formerly, and a displacement of 263.3 cubic inches fnntrBKled to 248.1 previously. The compression ratio oi ail en gines in the Roadmaster and Spec ial SpHps with Dvnaflow also has been increased to 7 2 to 1, with -a onrresDondlna increase in power. Rrase horsenower of the Special with Dynaflow now has 122 and on the Roadmaster 152. - v Rveral lmnroveirients have been made in the chassis of the new cars Including additional frame strengui and reinforced side roils extending forward for a st onger mounting to accomodate the bumper grille com bination. Buick's frames now are inches in the rear seat of the Super four-door sedan. Riding comfort for ... coot nasscneers has been im proved with relocation of the seat o r,r.in further ahead of the rear i nnrmittine more head room I aftic, v . tn 'tho Tratrback models and the lowering of the roof lines on jll models. Btmotiiral streneth and rigidity of the all-welded bodies by Fisher have been increased by incorpora- MOTOR PARK DRIVE III THEATRE PINK HILL, N. C. "A Happy New Year To Ail" cfiimiV Jan. 1st SUrt The New Sear Happy - See Father Was A Starring Fred MacMurray And Maureen O'Hara Also fiolor Cartoon Shorts MON. & TUES. It's A Great Life The Life 01 Riley Starring William Bendix Anil James Gleason. Also Color Cartoon sTWkX vViJ n . ' . IS! IS? i r.'.i i , f Mi turn, the oaae Ofl JtQ, " ornrhf w f itt; I . ornrW Vil' Your Eleeiricervonl and start ink) 1Q50 - - Ttlay all the year he happy, r t WED. & THURS. ' The Western That Tops 'Em All The Paleface . With Jane "Outlaw" Russel And Bob Hope. Also Shorts 1 1 FRI. SAT urn nniTRLE FEATURE Homicide For Three With Warren Douglas And Jane Frazee. v ALSO Tb C:y fcrj 7.:'i Ci :3i:: progressive, full and thrifty. Qur wish for , you is lots" 6j joy,1 t:' i Uood cheer ana- nappmass wu., (Prosperity, health and all the test J (ZtiappyUew 1J ear to all of you! ' ,y l . V 1 ' .' ' , I. .'f : t. ' TIDE J- ! , J ( .- vlrm"y 6'1-v i ' ' 1. - n
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