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General Motors Builds 25-Millionth Unit "■■■ ' ' 1 | -,, - <■ \ja| v ' i ? r^Vi ’ w/Akr v' 's&r, a - g 1 1 - - >** ' > 'stti W £ i .. ifI*** 1 *** .. F ..•* : BgMr _LjJ%^k f *«%- jH' • . InF • •- 5 ’ ■Ks . »’ M Tw^W*. ■fe. ' '-'f: "W' 8 * |hh? .2 rPg^V^ '■ m's" Brief ceremonle* were held in the Chevrolet assembly plant at Flint, January 11, marking completion of this car, the 25-mllUonth unit built by General Motors. In behalf of the thousands of workers who had a hand in its manu facture, 75 members of the final assembly line crew handed M. E. Coyle, Chevrolet general manager, a commemora tive scroll for presentation to W. S. Knudsen, president of General Motors. Veteran Chevrolet employes, and execu tives of the Buick and AC Spark Plug divisions, were present as special guests. BURGIN PENNELL TO BE MANAGER Asheville Attorney Will Be State Director of Campaign Os A. J. Maxwell. Asheville, Jan. 17 Burgin Pennell, attorney, civic and re ligious leader, and past comman der of the American Legion, an nounced yesterday that he would manage the campaign for gover. nor of A. J. Maxwell. Confirming recent rumors, Mr. Pennell said: "I have agreed to manage Mr. Maxwell’s campaign for Gover nor. I have accepted the gratuit ous tender of this repsonsibility as a pleasure and privilege, with cut promise or request for poli tical preferment, because of my confidence in his sterling charac ter, his knowledge of the State and its governmental problems, his eminent qualifications and record as a public offical, his ab ility to secure a dollar of value, for each dollar expended in gov- emmental affairs, his long sup-i port and activity in behalf of the' Democratic party, and his balan-j ced program as outlined in the statement announcing his candi-j dacy. I believe he will make an efficient and trust-worthy Gov ernor of our State. “After a survey of the State, based upon the enthusiastic com mendation of Mr. Maxwell’s an nounced policies from citizens of all classes throughout the State, there is every indication that Mr. Maxwell will receive the nomin ation in the first primary.” State headquarters for the cam paign will be opened in Raleigh early in March. Mr. Pennell, who is a native of Asheville, is a graduate of Wake Forest college, class of 1917. ■ _j. fr Chevrolet Sales Reported Ahead In Past Month Detroit, Jan. 17 Chevrolet dealers’ sales of new cars and trucks in the final 10 days of December continued at the fast pace maintained ever since the 1940 model announcement, re sulting in a gain of 32.2 per cent, for the month, as against Decem ber 1938, W. E. Holler, general sales manager, announced today. Units sold totalled 27,432 for the period and 88,801 for the month, as compared with 22,697 and 66,832 respectively, in De cember of last year. December thus became Chevrolet’s third highest sales month since August 1937. Used car sales increased during the final 10 days of the month, In photo, left to right: C. E. Wetherald, general manu facturing manager, Chevrolet; Mr. Coyle; H. H. Curtice, general manager Buick Division; A. P. Sloan, Jr., chair man of the board, General Motors; Fred Brown, veteran Chevrolet employe; C. S. Mott, vice president, General Motors; C. E. Wilson, executive vice president, General Motors, and Mr. Knudsen. The car was taken at once to Detroit, to play a major part in the “March of Men and Motors” celebration staged that night in the Masonic Temple. 43,104 in the previous 10 days and 40,156 in the corresponding per iod last year. Used car sales for the entire month were 126,215 units, a gain of 17 per cent over the 107,223 total in December 1938. Auto Industry Has Grown Rapidly In Four Decades Like Gulliver in Lilliput, the automobile industry in Amerca has become giant-sized and the dawn of a new decade finds a nation on wheels. Carolina Motor Club statistics show one car for every four per sons in the United States—enough to make a bumper-to-bumper string extending three and a half Fresh Vegetables Daily String Beans, Spinach, Turnip Greens Kale, Etc. Oranges, Large Size Doz. 15c Grape Fruit Large 6 for 25c Tangerines Doz. 15c Swift’s Tomato Juice f» t 2sc June Peas No. 2 Can lOc Butter Beans No. 2 Can lOc Corn No. 2 Can lOc Fresh Meats of all \ Kinds In Our Meat Department We Buy Chickens and Eggs Sergeant & Clayton FINK GROCERIES PHONE 2281 ■ 1 PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C I times around the world. More than three million of these ve hicles are new models, sold dur ing 1939. During the year just ended, the average motorist drove his car 11,000 miles on 732 gallons of ga soline—a total fuel cost of $137.- 18, some 29 per cent of which went for state and national tax es. In four decades, registrations in the United States have grown from 8,000 to 30,710,000 and the figure is steadily increasing. One reason: Today’s motorists can buy three cars for what a single in ferior one would have cost in 1920. It’s truly a gigantic industry and last year was a record mak er. o SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN ROXBORO. Big Razor Shaves Sonja Henie Rink The machine age has come to the ice rink, thanks to the in genious prop men at 20th Cen tury-Fox. Their brain-child came out of the production of Sonja Henie’s latest picture, ‘‘Every thing Happens at Night,” now at the Palace theatre with Ray Mil land and Robert Cummings fea tured. Up to now one of the chief problems in filming Sonja’s skat ing numbers hag been keeping the ice smooth and clean. After Son ja and her chorus had gone through their paces the ice us ually was all cut and chopped up and a crew of men on skates, wielding huge, bulky instruments, had to spend several hours skat ing up and down the rink scrap ing the ice smooth again. This operation consumed a great deal of valuable time, until that one morning when one of the prop men, shaving before his mirror, got his bright idea. Fash oned after a safety razor, a huge 111 * • I j Renew Now! If your Subscription I to the TIMES has ex- | pired we would ap- j preciate your renewal at an early date. { We cannot carry un paid subscriptions this year. Look at your -.label and see when your subscription expires. TIMES |:| 111 : ..Jaß Un . 11l 11 lip , » __ duplicate was built which is pro pelled around the rink by means of cables, pulleys and tackle oper ated by a motor on the sidelines. The scraping job can now be done more efficiently and in a tenth of the usual time. o PHOTOGRAPHERS PLAN PICTURES ANDTHENSOME General Fun-Session To Be Held In Raleigh By State News Cameramen. Raleigh, Jan. 17 The first State Gridiron dinner will fur nish at least one superlative for North Carolina. It will be the most photographed affair ever held in Tar Heelia. Thirty members of the Caro linas' Press Photographers asso ciation will be on hand with cameras and bulbs to see that their own little shindig is amply covered. An especially large and ancient camera will be secured, with which, the camera boys say, 1 i they are are going to compel Governor Hoey to make their pic ture. As the most-often pictured governor in the state’s history, the governor will be asked to re turn the favor and make a pic ture of the lensmen. The gridiron dinner will be held in Raleigh, February 4, with about 200 “most photographed” public figures of the state pre sent. Jack Houston, of the Char lotte Observer, is president of the association. o RAINY RIMMER PASSES AT HOME Well Known Hurdle Mills Resident Dies Sunday Morning. Services Held At Berry’s Grove. Funeral services for Rainey Thomas Rimmer, 64, whose death occurred early Sunday morning at his home at Hurdle Mills, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Berry’s Grove Bap tist church, with Elders Floyd * Adams and Lex Chandler in THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 194(T . charge of the rites. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Death was attributed to a para lytic stroke which occurred two weeks ago. Pallbearers and flow erbearers were nephews and neices of the deceased. Survivors included, his wife, who was Miss Luna Dunn prior to her marriage to Mr. Rimmer; six daughters; Mrs. rial Scott, of Hurdle Mills; Mrs. Estie Wrenn, of Roxboro; Mrs. Wayne Moore, of Greensboro; Mrs. Thaddeus Bowers, of Hurdle Mills and Misses Vera and Rosa Rimmer, of the home; one son, David Rim mer, of Hurdle Mills, and seven grandchildren. o CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sin cere thanks and most grateful appreciation to our many friends and neighbors for their mar y kind and helpful acts, their thoughtful consideration, and ex pressions of sympathy, during the illness and death of our father and husband. Mrs. Ellen Newton Day and family
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