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THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1954 NEWBERRY SUN “W H. S. Davis Co. lowing New e Soto Today H. S. Davis Motor Co., De Soto- Plymouth dealer, yesterday dis^ played for the first time two com pletely new lines of De Soto auto mobiles for 1955. They are the Pireflite series of four-door sedans. Sportsman hard- tops and convertible coupes, all •wholly new in every detail and powered by the new Pireflite 200 horsepower hemispheric combus tion chamber V-8 engine, and the equally new Pi redome series with a new Pi redome V-8 engine rated at 185 horsepower. FteMone ■odalf tariode a four- door sedan, Sportsman hardtop. HITAKER "H"* ” ■’s FUNERAL HOME AMBULANCE PHONE 270 *sj Call ns for your dry cleaning needs. You will like our mod ern, supercareful methods that actually add months to the life of your clothes! You will like our prompt delivery.our cour tesy, and our reasonable prices. ROYAL DRY CLEANERS Phone 12 1107 Caldwell Newberry, S. C. ■ . y v. AT LOMINICK’S DRUG STORE / PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED DRUGGIST PRESCRIPTIONS ARE CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PHONE \981 convertible coupe, Special coupe, and station wagon. The eight new De Soto models for 1955 are dimensionally and statistically the longest, lowest, roomiest and most powerful in the history of the company (ex clusive of special purpose ve hicles). Built on a newly designed chassis with a wheelbase of 126 inches, the 1955 models have an overall length of 217.9 inches; height has been reduced In the four-door models to 60.6 inches and to 59.9 inches in the hardtops and convertibles; hip room and leg room has been substantially in creased in all models, with front seats ovdr 64 inches wide and driver leg room measuring more than 44 inches. , In announcing the new cars to day, L. I. Woolson, De Soto presi dent, declared that the 1955 De- Sotos contain more styling in novations and engineering ad vances new to the Industry than any new car since the advent of the first De Sotos In 1928. • Among the new exterior fea tures that distinguish the 1955 models, Woolson listed: “Ndw body lines — slim, clean, taut, expressive of great power and performance. “Massive grille integrated with bumper. “Recessed headlights with a dis tinct Continental flair. “Functional air scoop incorpo rating the De Soto emblem. Full wrap-around “New Hori zon” windshield that gives driver complete range of vision at qye level where It is needed. "Sun Cap visor of heavy chrome. “Colors—brilliant metallics and soft pastels, 13 solid colors and 42 two-tone combinations. “Tubeless tires.” The De Soto president said that for the first time the new De Soto models with Powerflite transmis sions jsrlll have a “Flite Control” selector lever mounted on the In strument panel directly in front of the driver. The panel affects a “gull wing” design, with divided, deeply inset faces suggestive of a modern air craft dual cockpit that is ex clusively De Soto. The frame has been redesigned and is heavier and sturdier than ever before. Windshield wipers are variable- speed electric; blades park off the glass when not in use. The brake pedal has been near- •V* 2 Local Dealers At Whitmire The 1955 Plymouth automobile line went on display yesterday at two Newberry dealer’s showrooms. The H. S. Davis Motor Company, De Soto-Plymouth deal e r, and Smith Motor Company, Dodge-Ply- mouth dealer, are showing the cars described- as “alive with power, aglow with beauty, designed for the young in heart.” Like other Chrysler motor lines, the Plymouth for 1956 is new from top to bottom and from front to rear. It incorporates many engin eering advances as well as style changes. Plymouth has made the Hy-Fire V8 engines available on all models. They are rated at 157-horsepower, and 167-horsepower. The latter is available with a special power package upping the horsepower to 177. The Powerflow six engine is standard on the Belvedere and is rated at 117 horsepower. All models are available with Power Flite fully automatic trans missions or the three speed manu al shift. Overdrive is optional equipment in the three-shift trans mission. On the PowerFlite, the shift lever is mounted on the con trol panel with other instruments. Power features available are power steering, power brakes, power window lifts and power seat For Expert Repair Bring Your Radio and Television —To— GEO. N. MARTIN Radio and Television SALES and SERVICE 1309 MAIN STREET 24 HOUR SERVICE Telephone S11 \ Countians Report To Armed Forces Reporting for Induction Into the Army on Friday, November 12th were the following. William Oliver Odell, 1307 Kin- ard St., Newberry. Bobby Malloy Morris, 402 Rodel- sperger St., Newberry. Robert Warren Eptlng, Rt. 1, Newberry. Reporting also on Friday for pre-induction physical examination were five registrants from New berry County and one transfer from Baltimore, Md. ly doubled in width and is su spended from above for easier act ion and readier accessibility from accelerator. Fireflite models have a new four-barrel carburetor which em ploys two barrels for economical cruising and all four for high speeds or a burst of acceleration. Firedome two-barrel carburetors have been redesigned for maxi mum efficiency. Available optionally are; De- Soto Powerflite transmission, Full- Time power steering, power brakes, four-way power seat con trol, electric window lifts, Airtemp ak^ conditioning, search - tuning radio, and poorer operated anten na. The Livingston-Wise Auxiliary to VFW Post 5968 held its meet ing Monday night, November 8th at the home of Mrs. W. C. Arm- field in Whitmire, with Sue In- abinett as associate hostess dur ing the social hour. Delicious re freshments were served. The meeting was called to order by the President, Ora Lee Gilliam. The Chaplain, Lera Duncan, gave the opening prayer. It was reported that a case of cigarettes had been sent to the Veterans Hospital from the Auxili ary. A letter was read from Mr. John C. Billingsley expressing apprecia tion to the Auxiliary for two vol unteers for Civil Air Defence work. RuJ>y Trice, Poppy Chairman, re ported three thousand poppies sold November 6th by the Brownies and Girl Scouts. Ann Bowers sold the most poppies and won the first prize. Dianne Hunter won second prize. Troop Number 4 won the weenie roast. Doris Jean Armfield acted as chairman for poppy sales in Whitmire. The Brownies and Cub Scouts sold poppies there and did a fine job. The* will also be given a weenie roast by the auxiliary. Thp auxiliary voted to send one dollar per member to The National Home for the Health and Hap piness Fund. i 1 A joint meeting of the Auxiliary and VFW Post 6968 was held at the hut Wednesday night Novem ber 10thi to complete plans for the Fall Festival Dance to be held at the National Guard Armory Friday night, November 26th. T. A. Har grove, Chairman of the Post Com mittee, presided over the meeting. Ida Underwood, Chairman of the Auxiliary Committee, will work with the Post. The next meeting of the Auxili ary will be held at the VtFW Hut. This will be the Christmas Party meeting. At this time a covered dish supper will he given. ,. y . Purcell Attending Finance Conference The American Finance' Confer ence, of which Keitt Purcell, vice- president of Purcells is a member, hold its 1954 Annual Convention, November 16 and 17, at the Hotel Commodore, New York City. The Contention was attended by more than a thousand sales credit com pany executives from all parts of the United- States and Canada, representing more than 375 organi zations with some 1,750 offices. These sales credit companies fi nance automobiles and other dura ble goods purchased by working people who need and want person al transportation, as well as com mercial cars for individuals and small businesses. Discussions at the convention centered around ways and means to increase the efficiency of member organizations in servicing the installment needs of many people of mederate means. Mrs. Purcell accompanied her husband on this trip. m Fant Dies inviUe ■ Subscribe to The Newberry Sun r-: ■ ' ■JlVW’. - on display today-the big new with new size! new power! new styling! l NATIONAL BOOK WEEK BEING CELEBRATED NOV. 14-20 The Newberry-Saluda Regional Library, Newberry College Li brary, Newberry High School li brary, and all elementary schools in the city and county are all cele brating National Book Week with special displays. Miss Mary Tim- berlake of the Newberry College Library has an interesting display of Pulitzer prize-winning novels from 1918 through 1953. At the public library children’s books are being featured. Each year at the American Library Association meeting two awards are given: the Newberry award for the best chil dren’s book written during the year, and the Caldecott award for the best illustrated children’s book of the year. An attractive display of some of these prize-winning children’s books has been mdde at the public library with the 1954 Book Week poster in the hack ground. The slogan of Book Week this year is “Let’s Read,” and all the elementary schools in Newber ry and Newberry County are dis playing these colorful posters and bringing the attention to all stu dents of the importance of read- ing. As a special feature of Book Week, the Newberry-Saluda Reg ional Library is starting a' chil dren’s story hour to be conducted by Miss Mary Timberlake of the Newberfy College Library and sponsored by the Pre-School Moth ers Club. Elsewhere in the paper you will see the announcement and time. Bring your children to enjoy a story hour and get acquainted with the library. Noted Britisl Evangelist To N Make S. C. Tour COLUMBIA—The noted British preacher, the Rev. Bryan Green, will soon come to South Carolina to conduct missions in Rock Hill, Columbia and Greenville. Canon Green’s missions will be under the auspices of the Upper Diocese of South Carolina of the Bpisscopal Church. The mission in Rock Hill will begin on Dec. 1; that in Columbia, on Dec. 5 and that in Greenville on Dec. 12. And in the same period he will preach and counsel at Winthrop, Converse and Clemson Colleges and at the University of South Carolina. Already the Diocese has been organized for the advance prepara tions for the missions, and thou sands are expected to hear the eminent evangelist, who is canon oT the Anglican Cathedral at Bir mingham, ’ England, but who con ducted missions in many parts of the world. Only recently he re turned from missions In the Far East. In the United States he has held missions in Boston, Phila delphia, Richmond, Houston, Char leston and other cities. Tn Rock Hill, St. John’s Metho dist Church wil be used for the mission there. In Columbia, Can on Green will preach in Township Auditorium and at Gteenville, In Textile Hall Annex. Never before has the Upper Diocese undertaken preaching mis sions on such a scale. The plans are under the direction of the Rt. Rev. C. \Alfred Cole, Bishop of the diocese, and the Rev. William A. Thompson, of Columbia, general chairman. Every parisk in the diocese is being organized to sup port the missions. Francis Edgar Fant, 59, died Fri day morning, November 12, in the St. Francis HSspital, Greenville, following a serious illness of 10 days. He was born in Whitmire, the son of the late Mary Metts and John Perry Fant. He spent his boy hood days in Newberry. He at tended^ Newberry College and 'the University of Maryland Schbd! of Pharmacy. He was connected with several drug firms in the state be fore moving to Greenville where he resided for the past 35 years. He operated the Main Street Pharmacy, but 'due to his physical condition he was forced to re tire in 1951. He was a member of the Metho dist Church, a veteran of World War I, and Greenville Lodge No. 858, Elks. Mr. Fant was a charter member of American Legion Post 24, Newberry. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alton Greene Fant; one brother and three sisters, P. Metts Fant, Mrs. Robert McC. Holmes, Mrs. /Seth A. Meek of Newberry and Mrs. Oliver W. Holmes of Fayetteville, N. C.;-2 nephews and 4 nieces also survive. Funeral services, were conduct ed at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon fi-om the Mackey Mortuary by the Rev. C. F. Pittman and the Rev. R. Bryce Herbert. Interment was in Woodlavn Memorial Park. WLOKf This X... • W.ii. MBS: *35™ ^ rtfSTr • /** i LY MAOISM 21 J«w«ts S3 A 1 w m NEWBERRIAN8 ATTEND UNCLES FUNERAL Mrs. Vernon Carlton* and Mrs. Fitzhugh Cox attended the funeral services of their uncle, John P. Havird at Beaufort which was held on Wednesday, November 10th. Mr. Havird, a native of Newber ry will be remembered here as the son of the late, Mrs. Rosana Hav ird and brother of the late Ben Havird, and sister, Mrs. J. B. Haiglen Subscribe to The Newberry Sun -J % RESERVES ■ANY BULOVA 'TIL CHRISTMAS! 21 iwc; 1505 Main N< <’* - r ■•.>. *£ *>■ C ’•, > ; -/ » i rt ' It 9 8 got a “V” in Its bonnet— or your choice of two new sixes! x is : -m? * rest-' ’ Im;, .1: mm ■fM. "i i I Mrs. Elliott Speaks To Literary Group At Prosperity Meet Mrs. F. Scott Elliott was guest speaker at the Literary Sorosis Club of Prosperity on Friday after noon, November 12. She discussed the poetry of Carl Sandburg. Mrs. Elliott is the chairman of the Epsilon Sigma Omicron Divi sion of the SOFWC. The Library Extension Division of the Univer sity of South Carolina is the ad ministrative agency for the ESO Reading For a Purpose Courses upon which membership in the E S O Sorority is based. The pro gram on Carl Sandburg is one of those which have grown out of these reading courses. M}i£% VV.'V.'X'' STATE-WIDE RECEPTION TO BE HELD FRIDAY FOR THURMOND A state-wide reception for Sena tor-elect Strom Thurmond will be held at the new Aiken High school auditorinm Friday, November 19th. The event will be held between the hours of 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. 1 It is sponsored by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce, of which Mr. Thurmond is a director. This is a non-partison effort to allow the interested persons of South Carolina to meet their new Wash ington representative. Robert E. Penland, President of the Chamber of Commerce stated that he “would like to extend a cordial invitation to the people of , The new Plymouth ’55 is here, right now, in our showroom and we want all our friends and neighbors to see it! Look over its sleek new lines; lower, wider, 10 inches longer. Take your choice of the new Hy- Fire V-8 or the PowerFlow 6 engines. Drive it, and enjoy the smoothest ride ever built into a low-price car. Stop in and see us today; let us demon strate the greatest of all Plymouths—the Plymouth ’55. This year of all years, look at all 3—you’ll be glad you did! I fill IP-' Spiv-: Smith Motor Company 1309 COLLEGE ST. PHONES 777 - 172 DR. BAKER ATTENDS ' AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS Dr. Ralph P. Baker left by plane from Columbia Monday for At lantic City, N. J. where he at tended the American College of Surgeons, which was held there through Thursday. Dr. Baker re turned to Columbia by plane to day (Thursday), where he was met by his family. South Carolina to attend the re ception.” Although there are no formal in vitations being issued, according to present plans the Sports City of the South will be overflowing with well-wishing visitors. Great new -s> ‘ \. ■ It’s the valve-in-Zhead Y8 as the valve-in-head leader can Chevrolet's new “Turbo-Fire V8” puts a brand-new of excitement under your foot. The excitenu horsepower! The excitement of an v 8 to 1 ultra pression ratio! The new “Turbo-Fire V8” is so that it requires only four quarts of oil instead of the usual five or more. And it has the shortest piston stroke in the low-price field, for longer engine life. Come in and let the new “Turbo-Fire VS” speak for itself! b# ■ • A!* 'IwW- -sr-x- t! ' si new v-Av * m tm With enough new advances to fill a book! There’s the new “Blue-Flame 136” (teamed with Power- \ glide as an extra-cost option) and the new “Blue-Flame 123.” Both bring you new, high-rated power—the zippy, thrifty high-compression kind. Both have new, more efficient cooling and lubrication systems ... new engine mounts that result in almost unbelievable smoothness. And, like the new ‘’Turbo-Fire V8,” both are sparked by a new 12-volt electrical system. They’re the liveliest, smoothest sixes Chevrolet ever put into a passenger car! iSS Tam v-V-sA'ISf . .v.v.'.y.sv.vv mmm vx<«x^c>> l! L ii&g ■ Tgsfe v Ik. M Air 2-Door Sodom More than a new car • • • a new CONCEPT of low-cost motoring (and mucli — . ' " i' J - 1 'A (and much too good to miss driving!) KEMPERCH ‘11 1515-1517 Mam St ROLET COM PAN Newberry, S. C. SMOKEY 31 mmB ... BUT, THERE’S NO FOREST HERE, SMOKEY/ Xfl ■ PREVEI FOREST \ f«r* •i’*' ail* j NOT NOW... BUT SOME DAY •THIS WILL BE A B16 FOREST/ A m LOOK - 5 V RRES CAN BE PREVENTED! PS •* k ■V V: MILLIONS OF TINY TREES HIDDEN IN THE GRASS CAN SbOWMIO PRODUCTIVE ..WE MUST KEEP FIRE AWAY FROM THEM TOAHOKKOWSIKBSS IK HELP PREVENT ■« y.A •FORGSr'FIRES/ mm *» jHUr |