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Page Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1949 *= STYLE CHANGES AT WINTHROP COLLEGE New Dodge Cars Oh Display February 25 Lynn VV. Cooper, owner of Cooper Motor Co., attended a dealer preview of the completely new-styled Dodge c*rs in Columbia last week, the first models of which will be publicly dis- 1 played in his dealership on Friday, i February 25. Mr. Cooper was accom- I panied by P. D. Adair, sales mana- i ger, T. Russell Cooper, service mana ger, and Lvnn Cooper, Jr. | Mr. Cooper said that although de tailed information of the appearance 1 and many engineering and mechani cal improvements introduced in the new Dodge could not be revealed prior to the public showing, there are certain' general facts concerning the comfort-engineering story behind the new Dodge styling that can be dis closed at this time. “The primary considerations that influenced the design of the new Dodge were army statistics which show’ed that the G. I.s of World War II w r ere taller, bigger, and more ac tive than their predecessors of World War I,” Mr. Cooper said. “As a re sult, it was apparent that more pass enger room, not less, was required in the modem automobile to com fortably accommodate our physically larger generation.” Mr. Cooper pointed out that the challenge to Dodge engineers was to design a car with more interior space and still reduce exterior dimensions to eliminate difficulties of handling in traffic, parking, and garaging. To learn how Dodge succeeded in meeting this challenge and at the same time produced a car with an entirely new and attractive styling, Mr. Cooper invites everybody to his gala open house on February 25. 18S8 1^07 IS 13 W23 mR m\ ms The above cartoon, drawn by Lu- lege, as found in old editions of The dress through the years have under cia Harrison, exf Greenville, senior Tatler. the college yearbook. Though gone t h e changes of time. Old photo student, illustrates the style trends m women the, colors of navy blue and white graphs reflect from one decade to have been required since the college another the evolution of the skirt, in clothing at Winthrop col- was founded in 1886, the styles of a cycle of long to short to long again. -1/ W Will MU fr, i A SHORT-SHORT STORY By RICHARD H. WILKINSON KAY AY WAS NOT without her; dock went a»ay. He went away be lling $2,706,114.53. Mr. Sloan points out that this figure is on a level with the high monthly average for 1948 and predicts another highly success- I ful year in savings bonds sales in South Carolina. K dreams. She dreamed of a cause he had fallen in love with Ka> knight on a white charger coming to Bronson and he couldn't have hei take her away. Figuratively, of and it was easier being away, course. She had dreamed thus for It was the night before he left years. Since the last year of grade that it happened. During the inter school. It was then that she began vening time Kay had learned many hill, things about Don and to wonder what lay beyond the about the world outside. She had. of course, a sweetheart. No girl as beautiful as Kay living in such a tiny hamlet so far away from things could be without one. His name was Lee Franklin. He worked for his father in their apple orchard. He was a good boy. He had graduated frbm the state university. Some day he would inherit his fa ther's vast acres. I*ve known a lot of women,” he said. “An awful lot—bat yon, you're different I tove yon, Kay.” Kay knew she was envied and knew she was lucky. She hated her self for not being satisfied, for not being completely happy, for not yielding to Lee's plea for an imme diate marriage. She marveled at his patience. She decided he must real- ire she was not wholly contented. He knew that something was wrong, yet was unable to identify it. So time went on. Kay continued to dream her dream, to wonder and hope and yearn for so t "'" couldn't explain, son;: hi be;ond her reach. Folks at began to wonder and whisper r z themselves, and Kay realized i a sort of desperat.on that the . ‘C was soon coming when she would have to make her decision. And then suddenly one day Kay's knight appeared. He did not. of course nde in on a white charger, nor yet did he wear a suit of mail. Yet Kay knew it was he the minute she heard abejt the young artist who was boarding at Ma Plumber's. She raw him the next day in the post office. Byrant B r ’ach-wood, the postal clerk, introduced them. His name v.as Don Craddock, and he was tall and handsome and fair. Looking at him, Kay^s heart skipped a beat. She heard him asking about the countryside, and heard him sug gest that he call for her that after noon so she could show it to him. She nodded dumbly. She was in a daze. He was her knighk. He came from beyond the hills. Nothing else mattered now. He was here. She didn’t'care what people thought or said or did. It lasted a week. Then Don Crad- r.bout the world where he came from. “I’ve known a lot of women,” he said. “An awful lot—but you, you're different. I love you, Kay.” “Did you love the ethers?” He gestured aimlessly’. “Who knows? Perhaps. At least I did for Ore. moment. But an artist—v.c're temperamental. Wo take our fun and move on.” lie saw her locking at him. and realised with sudden des- Shc was tire envy of every girl in 1 perstion what he had clone. “I don town. The older folks shid she was feel that way towari you, Kay! Be- , lucky. Yet they admitted it was asjlieve me I don't! This is the first it should be. Kay and Lee were time. There's n.-rer b en ancth-' suited. like you. Ilrere never will bo for a. time.” He looked at her pleadingly. knew he was sincere, that he me r. * what he said, that he did love h-~, but she withdrew her hand from his grasp. “I understand. Don. And I believe you. too. Only—I’m not used to peo ple like you. For a minute you err- ried me away. I'm used to—to a dif ferent sort of life, to having some- ing to cling to. It's born in me, ani I can never get away from it, I guess We're so far apart, so differ ent. Don't you see? We could never ’ be happy together.” Bat Don didn't see, arJ there wa* no good trying to explain, though she tried, for she owed him mach. He had given her more than she could ever repay, the value of which he could nevefr realize. " It hurt her because he went away without understanding. She won dered if all men were ‘like that. It was selfish, when you came right down to it, because men never tried to understand. Men only thought of themselves and of getting what they wanted. They didn't have much feel ing, or the ability to see a thing from someone else's point of view. She was feeling thus the next evening when Lee Franklin drove Into the yard. He came up the steps to the porch where she sat alone, she,and si vem ..r that she hadn't• ^een ) • i f. a week. She wondered how he felt, and curiously the an swer to this question was important. “Hello, Kay,” he said. He sat down beside her, and looked off across the lawn toward his father's orchards on the side of the hill. “He’s gone. Of course you know. He left town late iast night.” “Yes,” said Kay, “I know.” He turned to her, and suddenly she saw what she had done, saw the watching people and heard their wagging tongues and understood the hurt in Lee Franklin’s heart. The picture filled her with horror. “Well, look.” Lee said. “That's over now. You sent him away. There’s only one answer to that. You sent him because of me. Well, I still love you, Kay. I know'how it was—how it is for a girl like you, cooped up in a small town like this. But now you know—we do have some things here—will you mary me now?” Kay turned up her face to him. It was radiant, yet there were tears in her eyes. “Oh, dear, Lee, you do understand. I thought no man did, but now I know differently. How could I help being happy with you?” Vandenberg Calls HST Most Famous Political One-Man Tornado Yet to the with a complete confession contrary. “His first official sentence was ‘I am happy to report that the state of the union is good.’ When I recall how r. , * r . . 7" „ ^ bad he said we were at every whis- 6 r01 ’ ^ u-j i re f S1 ent i, Tr K" tie-stop on the map, my conclusion man was described last week by, is L inco in. s a3Suran ’ e that'you can't Michigan s Senator Vandenberg as (ool . em „ the time ... “the unpredictable gentleman from * Missouri—the most famous one man! tornado in the history of political hurricanes.” Vandenberg said in a Lincoln day dinner speech here: "... I present my compliments to the unpredictable gentleman from $19,281, according to D. F. Patterson, Missouri—the most famous one man chairman of the savings bonds di tornado in the history of political; vision for the county. > hurricanes. As President of the Unit-j Burnell Sloan, recently appointed ed States I wish him luck. . jjy ^he secretary of the treasury to “But here is a significant fact. This serve as chairman of the volunteer same President whp spent six soap-, state advisory committee of the sav- box months telling the American i ings bonds division for South Caro- people how the Republicans ruined lina, reports savings bonds purchases them, opened his address to congress in South Carolina for January total- Savings Bonds Sales Reported for Month During January U-S. savings bonds purchased in Laurens county totalled ■VRAILWAYS <3ki THRU BUSTS DIRECT To Charlotte Via Chester, Rock Hill. Lv. Clinton: 8:30 AM, 12:15 PM. 2:55 PM, 6:24 PM. AI GCSTA THRt Bl S leaves 4:20 PM. Lv. for ANDERSON 10:15 AM. 5:00 PM. Direct route to Atlanta. 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