<VV> In the news - Two Articles
Scott Morehead
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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.
Contributed
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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