Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1951 — Page 55

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More ‘Middle Aged’ Cars Now On Nation’s Highways

tala. ta PP : ti sportation. More than pleted, it is expected the month il Vehicles in Eight to 10-Year Bracket x Nash Motors has set up a new|tial transpo p . 2

Lo BULL ULB ALAA LB ll |mobile service training school for|52 per cent of all a Estimated to Total Eight Million “Taealers services managers. The Utage=isstor: : "By The Times Auto Editor

, k ing a lving, A LOT OF America’s automobile owners are still hanging on Mult €arties 1n(o' (he Held (Matine: stated, to that tired old “bus” which served them through the war years, tional phases of training in engine po vived Engine There are more oldsters on the road than at any time in his- Work, transmission and overdrive, op 0" 00 Plot (mes a re-|ulated in 30 states which normally tory, and scrappage rates are not holding to pre-war levels. {rear axle, brakes, front BUSPEN“' ¢ that a truck engine sub-account for 41 per cent of the naR. L. Polk & Co., automotivé Industry statisticians, report that'sion and body service. \merged in Darwin, Australia, {tional total. the number of “middle age” cars, those eight to 10 years old, has) word, too, has expanded its harbor for eight and a half years| climbed from 3,100,000 before the Seb, TTT service program. . There are 33/was salvaged and started with

war to eight million on the road Service permanent division training only replacement of the spark Sava pg to Head schools set up across the nation/plugs and wiring necessary for

last year. More than half the operating MEANWHILE, names in the to agsist mechanics in 6400 Ford operation.

_ passenger cars are pore than auto field are looking ahead in| dealerships. : A salvage company pulled the . eight years old, and the average service lines to keep the wheels ~ And the family car is becoming truck and engine from a Arans- | ¢ er five

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The estimates for the month were made on registrations tab-

pre-war car has traveled about rolling. more and more important to the port sunk during World War II. | 79,000 miles, the firm stated Mote than 200 dealer service wage earner, It 1s losing its . . 1 Reasons cited for the increase managers from throughout the status as a luxury item and 1s Registrations 19 In oldsters and drep in the scrap- nation enrolled in Buick's .ad- settling into a niche of necessity.! NEW PASSENGER CAR reg- yi & page rate were these vanced ‘service management The National Automobile Deal- {strations for the month of Feb-| ..

Old models have low trade in training program. The course.erS ASsociation reports that 71 ruary: will total about 435,000 values, and th€ Industry has been covers the training of staff mem- per cent .of the families in the vehicles; according to national unable to produce as many cars bers for improvement in service United States own cars and are surveys.

ind customer relations, dependent upon them for essen-'- When the figures are com-

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Russell L. Savage

31 South Meridian ‘ MArket 7331 Sears Manager Named

Chairman for '51

Russell L. Savage, manager of the Indianapolis store of Sears,| Roebuck & Co., has been named] chairman of the Indianapolis Community Chest's 1951 fall drive. > | G. R. Redding, chest president, | announced Mr. Savage's acceptance as head of the next Red Feather campaign. { Mr. Savage came to Indianap-| olis in 1949 and has -been ac-| tive in chest work ever since.| In 1949 he was section chairman] in the Mercantile Division and ‘last year he was co-chairman of the same division. | Before coming to Indianapo-| lis Mr. Savage ‘was manager of the Sears store in Chicago and director of the South Side Mer-| chants Division of the Chicago! Community Fund. { Currently ‘he is a director of the Indiana Chain Store Coun-! cil, a member of the Boy Scout | Board, chairman of the personnel study committee of the In-| dianapolis Merchants Assn. and| a director of the association. Mr. Savage pledges his all-out effort to-match last year’s drive, which set a new peace-time record of $1,402,877. . Mr. Savage lives at 5801 Washington Blvd. with his wife and two sons, Lee and Terry.

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Conclave Dates Set By Knights Templar |

Times State Service BLOOMINGTON, Mar. 31—The! 97th annual conclave of - the Grand Commandery Knights! Templar will be held here May] 10-11 in the Masonic Temple with | Brazil Commandery 47 in charge of the ceremonies.

Following a luncheon, the uniformed Knights Templar will parade through the business section to the IU Stadium where drill competition will be held. Religious services also will be held | in the stadium. { The first day's program will be| climaxed by a banquet, theater party and dance. { Officers will be installed May] 11. Don P. Carpenter of Brazil is the retiring grand commander.

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