Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-30
FORD CELEBRATES
65TH BIRTHDAY
WITH HIS FAMILY
Believes Past Year His
Best and Found it Most
Interesting"
By MARBEN GRAHAM
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

tOIlCeu IreSS SLa11 COTTSopoIucIlCJ
DETROIT, July 30.-Henry Ford,
having Just passed what he calls
"t the most interesting year i'll m.
life, - today is 50 years old.
The world S first billionaire was
up with the sun, had a meager
breakfast that consisted only of
fruit and took a long, brisk walk.
He stopped for half an hour at Il
woodpilc near his house and, shel-
tered from public view by heavy
trees well off the highway, he sawed
wood for exercise.
There will be no celebration.
Mrs. Ford confided that she may
bake a cake and members Of the
family will gather for a reunion i'll
the Ford home but it does not take
natal days to evoke such events.
Since his 9th birthday Ford has
introduced a new model car which
already is making automotive his
tory. He has, through their mutual
interest, been brought i'll closer and
closer contact with his son, Edsel.
And he has gone further into his
hobby of collecting relics Of past
generations. All in all there has
been much to make the year his
''moSt interesting.
Weighs 141 Pounds
"Thc man who is boss to 900
men is in excellent health although
he weighs only l41 pounds. On a
weighing machine you will find that
for his age and height Ford should
weigh l55 pounds.
81 d rather weigh about $50,
Ford told the United Press i'll an
interview, ''but for several years
| have been 10 pounds under that.
But Ford is well preserved.
Not long ago friend of the
motor manufacturer tried to inter
rest him i'll a pair of spectacles.
He had three sets and wanted Ford
to try out one and see the differ
encc.
Ford asked the man to produce a
penny.
:" could read the year the penny
was made. > Ford said, of the in
cident, standing off where | was
When he put on his glasses ht
couldn t do it,
Abstinence from coffee, smoking
and similar habits, Ford believes
keeps his eyes in trim, and his gen
cral health good.
He eats about anything he wants
but said he had found the ideal
diet was fruits, exclusively, for
breakfasts starch foods POTATOES,
bread, etc. for lunch, and proteins
(little meat or eggs for dinner.
Twenty years ago, Ford probably
knew less about what proteins were
than the average high school stu
dent today. He was busy making
automobiles. Eut since then he has
spent a good-sized fortune hav-
ing experts experiment with foods
as we'll as other things in which
he is interested.
New Car Greatest Interest
Ford S great interest today, of
course, is his new automobile. He
spends most of his time watching,
changing and testing its progress.
Ford is not especially interested
in politics aud it is not likely he
will take an active part in the Pre-
sidential campaign. He has not
changed his attitude, however, of
supporting Herbert Hoover which
was spoken on the afternoon Presi-
dent Coolidge announced he did not
choose to run.
The manufacturer believes the
country S progress is about normal
and sees better prosperity ahead.
Many of this summer 5 hot DAYS
were spent in motor trips, some
two or three hundred miles, inspect
ing new finds.
Near Newark, y. j., on an off
road which is hard to reach, Ford
made his prize recent discovery
the first dynamo room ever built.
Because people can t get to it easily
by road, plans are under way to
transfer it intact to the Ford
museum at Dearborn