<VV> In the news - Two Articles

Scott Morehead moreheadscott at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 28 15:04:54 EDT 2009





http://www.albanyenterprise.com/articles/2009/09/26/melrose_beacon/news/bbits.txt

 









  



 
  
  Beacon Bits  (Created: Friday,
  September 25, 2009 12:55 PM CDT)
  
 


 


 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 


 


 
  
  50 Years Ago - Oct. 1, 1959

  

  Marthaler Chevrolet, Greenwald, and Nett Chevrolet, Freeport, announced that their
  1960 Chevrolet and the all new air cooled engine-in-the-rear Corvair will be
  on display at their business places starting Oct. 2.

  

  Mrs. Glen Robinson was elected president of the Melrose Hospital Auxiliary
  for the coming year. She succeeds Mrs. Robert Plant.
  A streak of vandalism in the city included street lamps,
  windows at the school and at Loxtercamp's bulk station building, along with
  the Maus Garage. Junker cars located west of the city were damaged.

  

  Melrose was chosen as a Cancer Survey Center by the Cancer Society. There
  were 255 volunteers being recruited. One of the objectives of the study is to
  investigate possible causes of cancer. Each researcher would be expected to
  trace about 10 households for the following six years.
   
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  Published: September 23, 2009

  

                 
  The Central Carolina Corvair Club will host an open classic car show on Oct.
  17 at Auddie Brown Chevrolet in Darlington. 

  

  A total of 72 awards will be given in 23 classes at the show. In

  addition, dozens of door prizes will be given to entrants. Awards will

  be given to the first three cars in each class.

  

  Auddie Brown Chevrolet
  is at the intersection of U.S. 52 and U.S. 52 Bypass between Florence and
  Darlington.

  

  While the show will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Chevrolet

  Corvair, only four of the 23 classes
  will be for Corvairs. All years

  and makes of classic cars are invited to participate, although to

  qualify as a classic car, entries have been built before 1985.

  

  “We want to recognize the engineering advances Chevrolet made with the

  Corvair,” Jerry Brown,
  club president said. “Although the Corvair was

  only made between 1960 and 1969, it was the first rear-engine

  American-made car, and it was supposed to be America’s answer to the

  German Porsche.”

  

  Four Corvairs belonging to club members will be on display in the Auddie
  Brown showroom the week preceding the show.

  

  “We have some great door prizes, including a three-day, two-night

  vacation for two in an oceanfront condo at Sea Mist Resort in Myrtle

  Beach,” show chairman Bob Bloodworth said. “Pepsi-Cola is providing

  their Pepsi Wagon for us to sell fountain drinks, and KJ’s IGA

  Supermarket on Pamplico Highway is
  providing hot dogs for us to sell.

  It’s going to be a carnival-like atmosphere.”

  

  The show begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 pm. Spectators are welcome, and there
  is no admission fee.

  

  Registration ends at noon, and judging begins at 12:30 p.m.

  

  For more information contact Bob Bloodworth at (843) 679-3339
  
 





      


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