The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-05-25

tion in the NC. Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
TAKE EN- The DEM
ocrats' new platform adopted
here Thursday won't cause any
sleepless nights for liberals or
conservatives in the party.
That is probably as it should be
for right now the Democrats
are more or less in the middle
of the road trying to decide
which way to lean two years. l..
hence.
This wag said he'd had too
much of the rigid, iron-clad
platforms, said he used to be
like this:
Man walking down the road
saw a friend he hadn't run up
with for a spell. While they
talked, he noticed his old buddy
seemed to be in pain. 1t develop
ed that his friends feet hurt be-
cause his shoes were too little.
Asked why he didn't get larg-
er shoes, he said his wife had
just run off with another man,
his son had run off and joined
the Army, his teen-aged daugh-
ter had quit school, and he had
MT had a drop of rain on his
farm in six weeks. He said the
only really pleasure he was gett-
ing out of life was taking those
tight shoes off and wiggling his
toes when he got in home at
night.
| STILL THREE. Writing of
rain reminds me:
! On Saturday before Easter,
we put 100 pounds Of fertilizer
pellets on the bare places of our
lawn here. AS of this past Sat
urday noon they were still there
and if anything looked just a
little dryer than when put
there a month ago.
/ NO INTEREST. w k e
County, second home to most
politicians in the State, may be
losing out. Our State Senator
John Jordan, has no opposition
| in the Democratic Primary or
MAY. 26.. We have three seats
in the House-and sometimes
have as many as Is running fol
those three places. This time we
have only four men in the race.
/ HALF OF THEM. The cur.
rent issue of Time Magazine
shows how General Motors i:
capturing this year one-half o1
the new car market, with Fore
I next, and then Chrysler pro
Il ducts, Rambler, and Studebakel
\ lin that order.
Il 1t is a several-page story or
General Motors, with front
1 cover devoted to it, and makes
for interesting reading.
Il Here in North Carolina we
seem to be following the ma
tional trend right along. We got
our new car sales for this Stats
for January through April ant
found that of the 41,754 new
cars sold in North Carolina ii
that time, 2O,933 were Buick
Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile
Pontiac, and Corvair.
1. HOW THEY RUN. IL
April, Chevrolet had 1866 sale
in this State, while Ford RAJ
second at 2,O72, and Pontia'
was third with 814. Falcon, th'
little Ford, was next with 601
Buick, which has some reall!
small cars in it's line this year
was fifth with $40.
Incidentally, we sold in thi
State 1O,O86 new cars thi
April as against only 8,O65 fo
April a year ago. You can't flint
any better indication of goo'
times.
And, again, of the 10,086 car
of all Understanding for
eign, etc.-sold in North Caro-
lima last month, Sill Of then
were made by General Motor
II. .and 3,157 by Ford.
But my sons and husband sa.
to keep an eye on Chrysler, sa,
that company has "stolen" tn
best designer from anothe
company and will "soon" com
UP with the most beautiful car
on the road.
Well. l drive a 1868 Pontia
and it is still in good condi
ftion and treated like a dog. Th
males here tell me it hasn't ha'
4 its oil changed in $4,000 miles