,Q5J i-p ( FLTINIBIB IN FLORIDA

F. s. u. students stage fifth annual campus big top

By LYNN Ru ESTER IN THE CIRCUS that opens in Tallahassee, Florida, this April, the nerveless young lady on the flying trapeze could very weil be a chemistry major, and, just as logically, the clown getting most of the laughs might be a straight "A" student in bacteriology. "Flying High," the "big top" production of Florida State University, located at Tallahassee, has an all-student cast, from ringmaster to the lowliest roustabout. It is an unusual, exciting, and popular circus featuring pretty coeds and daring young men, and regardless of the station of the performers there is one thing the ushers have in common with the stars-none of them is paid. Opening day for the 1952 version of " Flying High" is April 30. After a four-day stand on the horne grounds of the F.S.U. campus, the circus will take to the road on week ends for about twenty-five performances. In addition, there will be numerous appearances of individual acts before civic clubs and various other organizations. In the five years of its existence, the Florida circus has become one of the most popular college hits in the country. Drawing most of its performers from astate weil known for its pretty girls, the F.S.U. circus is generously endowed with star per­ formers. Thirty-five acts, put on in five rings, make an evening of Break-away cas ting is included amonB fast-moving entertainment. Additional circus atmosphere is pro­ the darinB aerial acrobatic aets in the F.S . U. clrcus vided by a forty-piece band from the School of Music. The circus bill of fare includes such stellar items as "Sensations on the Web," the glamorous " Bevy of Beauties," " Sky High

Flying High in Florida ...... 3 This Month's Cover Rugged Capitol Reef...... 5 Chrissie (left) end Setty Roache, of Silvermine, Connecticut, ore show" with VOLUME 13 NUMBER 10 APRIL 1952 z Golden Vacation ...... 6 their brood of ducklings in th is charming photo by Ferenz Fedor, Photo.library, w Fun Galore in a Country Store ...... 8 Inc. Since the picture was taken, th e girls have undertoken to build 0 pond This magazine com.es to you os 0 friendly messen ger frorn Springtime in the Smokies ...... 10 for their pets. your Buick dealer. It provides an additional means of Pictures in 'his ;ssue-Pages 3, 4, z Buick Owner Picfures .. Floride Stote UniversitY i peges 5, 6, saying that you are a welcome member of the Buick family ...... 12 7, Josef M uench ; pages 8, 9, Marjorie and Grant Heilmani pages 10 , 11 , o Buick Forum ...... 14 North CaroHna N ews Burea u, Tenn essee Conservatio n Department, Gatlinburg C OPYRI G HT, 1952, BUI C K M OTOR D IVI S ION , GENERAL M OTOR S COR PORATI ON u At Your Service ...... 14 Cha mber of Commerce. Sextet," and "Human Pin Wheels D efying All L aws of Gravity"­ Mr. H askin has worked out aseries of simple tryout stunts a ll executed by amateur performers with professional ability. which give hirn an indication of the basic possibilities in each The idea of a college circus was taken to Florida five years ago person. Sometimes, through these tryouts, the coach is able to spot by Mr. l ack H askin, a former physical education instructor in the particular act the student sh ould attempt. However , the student Illinois and Wisconsin schools. H e began putting the acts together h as his ch oice of the act h e or sh e would like t o be in. in a corner of the university gymnasium in 1948, but the idea cau ght Timing and good coordination are just two of the valuable on so quickly that indoor quarters were soon outgrown. The circus things learned by F .S.U .'s circus performers. The circus skills now h as its own outdoor training grounds. acquired stand in good stead for dancing, swimming, diving, weight There are so me 200 performers' roles, open to students wh o try lifting, and many other physical activities. P erformers are urged t o out for the parts. M ost of the applicants h ave h ad no previous swim as much as possible, since this keeps them in t rim, stren gth ens experience, but Mr. H askin runs his circus on the theory that musc1es, and relaxes the body. anyone who can walk and h as a sense of showmanship can It t akes a lot of cooperation and months of strenuous practice qualify for something. Those wh o fall sh ort of showmansh ip can t o stage the show, 'but the results are worth the effort. The F.S.U. still get into the act as roustabouts, ushers, or ticket t akers. " big top" is now rat ed " big time" by " big timers" themselves.

Tight rope walk takes skill Hand-balancin A Bet and ho urs of practice h olds t h e tJudi ence speIIbound

One of the most ~larnorous aets is aballet number D e /eAation {rom "clown alJey" provides fun hiA,h on a si/ver moon throughout the show

4 BUICK MAGAZINE Coed per/arms on a twenty-five-foot perch pole h e ld by a fellow student In Capi tol G o rlle, Utah R o u te 24 cuts through s t eep sands t o n e fo rmatio n s

From the exil 01 Capito J GorAe, the vie w o p en s across a tre m endo us a rea with the Henry Mountains hulking o n the s k y line Rugged

This is The Ca s t/e , a fo rma tio n Capitol Reef of sands t o n e t o p p in A the c liffs in Ca pito J R eel Natio n a l M o nument By DON E. HALL

T HE WILD HORSES are gone from the can yons, the outlaws h a ve left R obbers Roost, a nd the Dirty D evil River h as been sed ately rena m ed Fremont, but the rugged region west of T orrey, in south central Utah , still h as m any things to interest v isito rs. In fact, it was set aside as C a pitol R eef N a tional Monument in 1937, and since then t ourist s h ave been coming in ever-increasing numbers. C apitol R eef N a tional Monument lies on the ed ge of the la rgest R eef. One tributa ry , Grand W ash, is so n arrow that in places its unfen ced and unexplored region still rem a ining in the United States. I ,OOO ·foot walls are only a few feet apa rt. Other unusu al features M any y ears b efore it ca me under the jurisdiction of the N ation al of this a rea a re the n atural "water t anks" which hold thousands of P a rk Service the a rea was a n atura l holing-up pI ace for colorful gall on s of ground wa t er. A man could die, a nd according t o legend characters whose wildness m a t ch ed the la ndscape and wh ose only m any h ave, w ithin sight of rocks con taining the " t ank," n ever interest in the sta rtling rock formation s was that they m ad e good knowing tha t wat er was elose at h and. hiding places. H erds of wild h orses also roamed the v ast a rea. C a pitol R eef N ation al M onument is open the year a rou nd, but The 37,OOO·acre tract of colorful sandst on e fo r ~a ti o n s can b e the best time t o visit is in spring or lat e fall , when the scen ery is at reached by Uta h Highway 24, which bra nch es off U . S. 89 at its b est . H ardy d esert wildAowers, ineluding several va rieties of cacti, Sigurd. The white N avaho sandst one d om es, t opping reddish a re in bloom in lat e April. M ay, and ]une. P etrified wood in the brown Wingat e sandstone , from a dist ance resemble the n a tiona l area, from sm all fragm ents t o seventy·fi ve-foot lengths, is estimat ed capitol, which prompted the n am e C a pitol R eef. to b e severa l million years old. Steep escarpments, weird ly sha ped rocks, carved pinnacles, and R ecreation ineludes hiking, elimbing, and riding. E xcellent deep gorges a bound throughout the m onument. C a p it o l R eef itself fi shing, hunting, a nd campin g facilities a re avail able in adjacent is an upthrust a rea with a eliff-like face, t wenty·miles lon g and na tion al forests. F or those accust om ed t o rou ghing it, p ack trips st anding high above its surroundings. The unusual rock formations ca n be arra n ged . were creat ed some seventy-fi ve million years ago, when a geo­ And, while you 're in the a rea, b e su re and see the panorama logica l disturbance h eaved the earth's crust u pward. from a ridge west of Fruita , the m onument h eadqua rters. The Chimney R ock , which towers ab ove the surrounding desert; cust odian will gladly give d irections ab out h ow t o reach it. From the Sp lit T ower , which looks as if it were formed by one st roke of a crest of this ridge on e get s a magnificent v iew of the en t ire colorful giant's axe; Broad Arch Bridge, a symmetrical st on e arch with a m onument area with the snowcapped H enry M ountain s, sixt y m il es spa n of 133 feet, a re among the results of this disturbance. to the east , serving as a b ackdrop . The v iew from this spot will b e a The Frem ont River cuts a thirteen·mile gorge through C a pitol spectacula r climax to your v isit.

A P RI L 1 952 5 In Coloma, a bronze figure poin t s toward OLDEN the tailrace of the new s awmiJ/ where f arnes W . Mars haJ/ A writer and her picture-taking husband discovered the first flakes oE gold in fanuary 1848 tour the Mother Lode Country

By jOYCE ROCKWOOD MUENCH

"I WANT to see the tunnel where Joaquin Murietta hid from the Placerville, a gray-headed n ative assured us there were over a sheriff," declared my fifteen-year-old son, David, when we talked of hund red town sites within a day'!) drive- if you knew where to an E aster vacation jaunt into the M other Lode Country. His father look for them. was thinking of soft Iighting a nd different picture angles on vener­ All three of us have a better grasp of the region's geography, set able hundred-year-old buildings. And I hoped to see fields of wild­ snugly bet ween C alifornia's Central Valley and the snow-covered flo wers and fruit trees in blossom behind sagging fences that still heights of the Sierra N evada. guarded neglected orchards. Roads c1imb into the area from the towns of M erced, Modesto, That's just about the right combination of interests for any M anteca, Stockton, Lodi, and Sacramento and then go twisting up visitor to have when he sets o ut to explore the sun-washed foothills through passes in the mountains. Through the very center, the of the Sierra, where California started being the Golden State. M other Lode Highway wanders at will: touching upon the shadows One third of your mind should thrill to the la ndscape as spring of lost cities a nd sparking the vigorous and growing communities of peeps over green hills and streams whisper their secrets to dark Mariposa, Sonora, Angels Camp, San Andreas, J ackson, Placerville, forests. Another third ought to be young enough to see bearded and Grass Vall ey. miners panning gold in every river a nd creek or he ar the echo of All along the route, we gathered up odd tags of lore, fitting them six-shooters and of spades striking the rocks. And there should be into our private encyclopedias. each fragment fully documented by so me attention left for the rich patina of crumbling walls and the personal experience. The tunnel at Hornitos, made famous by the faded glory of tortuous streets. bandit Murietta, proved less exciting to David than finding glints D on't spare a thought for accommodations. Along properly of gold dust in a miner 's pa n at the Bret H arte Ca bin, or being able numbered State Highway 49 there are enough communities to to gather square, hand made nails for his collection of Americana. I "feed and sleep" you weIl. Roads, though keeping to the circuitous think he would h ave liked to take horne the ancient little engine at pattern of wagon tracks, are well surfaced. They won't take you Coulterville, with its rusted smokestack and tiny tender. Anyway, anywhere in a hurry, but who wants to rush through a journey into it spurred all of us to investigating how supplies could have been the golden days of yesterday? brought into this rugged gold country and the precious ore taken Our trip was like going back to school. Century-old buildings out over primitive roadways. lectured to us, and questions at the end of the chapter were posed We hunted the answer to those questions through yawning in vivid terms by tumbled-down ruins a nd faded signs. Our family, canyons where railroad beds, stripped even of their wooden ties, going hand in ha nd through the storied region, had all the fun of serpentined la boriously up one side and down the other. Moldy exploration, with each member enroll ed in a variety of "courses." freight wagons in the museum of Fort Sutter, at Stockton, enlight­ No urging was needed to do homework as we pored over guides ened us further, and so did a trip to the top of Jackass Hili, where and maps, gathering up first-hand info rmation which no text could packers long aga "parked" their mules during long hauls. possibly provide. Then we asked ourselves, if $55,000,000 in gold were weighed D avid may not have earned any credits toward high school on one dusty scale in the Wells F argo & Company office a t Columbia, graduation, but he a bsorbed a great d eal of knowledge about the how much m ore poured out of the country? And why don't they still Mother Lode Country and its place in California history . H e can find it here? tell you that the actual M other Lode runs in a vein for so me 120 This led us into asking questions about geology to find out about miles, from M ariposa to Auburn and is a scant mile wide. At the veins of gold, born in volcanic action and washed from their

The Wells FarAD Express office in Columbia. In its h eyday, some fifty­ Me/ones, o n the Stanislaus River, was nicknamed uSlumguJlion/ ' and was live million dolJars in Aold is said to h ave been weighed on its seales known as one 01 the roughes t mining towns in Mother Lode miningcountry Arno n g lhe p i nes at S econd Garrotte, in fh e Mothe r Lo d e Country, is this quaint cabin. f a mous as lhe scene o f " Te nnessee's Partn er," by Bre t Ha rte

birthplace into the streams. E very river bed, piled high with minia ture cones of coarse gravel, showed the violence of hydraulic mining. The scars of that now-outlawed activity are livid reminders of yesterday. It was easy to und ersta nd how, when the surface gold was gone, many Ii velihoods van ished to ma ke way for ha rd-rock mining. J ackson's present vigor a nd bright lights along the quaint streets prove that there still is gold , but it is now being extracted by less picturesque methods undergro und in the old Argona ut a nd K enned y mines, two of the world's deepest shafts. S till standing in Coulterville is the o ld But if the hil1s no Ion ger ring with pickax a nd shovel or the ] effrey Ho t e l, b uilt by rumble of m achinery , they a t least boast a roster of image-provoking Mexicans in 1851, and na mes-M ariposa, M elones, Squabbletown, D o gtown, Fiddletown, ac ross the s t reet is t his finy n a rrow-gauge P overty Flat, H el1 's Hollow. en 8 ine One fact which couldn't escape even a fifteen-year-old was the fin al sifting of history. The glitter of saloons, a nd the chaff of wild adventures have heen wash ed away. They made lusty stories a nd gave color t o those d ays, but didn't pan out for lasting values. B ut the W e l1 s F a rgo buildings, Iinking mines and camps to the outer world, stand in almost every town , their sturdy d oors defy ing time. Lovely old churches, t oo, were metal worth saving. Sonora's cha rming little red church is as bright as a new penny, and Cali­ fornia's first schoolhouse, in Columb ia, is a hil1side monument. W e decided that something unique was created here, which the last hundred years has only somewhat d immed. You could drop any one of us from a parachute into these t owns a nd we'd know imme­ diately we were in the Mother Lode Country. You can 't mistake the special pa ttern of na rrow , t wisting streets set in hil1s ... stone work wal1 s with iron doors ... and corruga ted or shingle roofs with great shade trees t o frame them . At the outskirts are fences made of rocks, piled careful1 y a nd now p ainted d elicate shades by moss and lichen, while a pple trees or cherry plum continue to bloom a nd bear. E ach of us found his own treasure along High way F orty-Nine. D avid was probably just as wel1 satisfied that no st age robbers M a ny famous legal stopped us as we went looping through t he canyons and made ba ft/es were fought in " dan gerous" river crossings. F or me, the M other L ode Country fhe M a riposa Coun ty Cour t h ouse, e rected in blossomed and smiled beyond my most shining expect a tions. And 1854 and s till in u se . our photographer col1 ected a wealth of pictures of the golden d ays Clock instalIed in 1860 of yesterday. stiJi c h imes lhe h our

APRil 1952 7 Vres t Orto n loves t o s it o n the s t o re porc h a nd ta l k t o p assers-by, but rare ly fi nds time for s uch re laxa tio n

Sto re fro nt is c / u tte red w ith every thin M fro m lamps to wove n b ask e t s. Building w as o rig ina lly built in 1828 as a n inn

Fun galore in a OUNTRY STORE

By MARJOR I E and GRANT HEILMAN

"OUR P H ILOSOPHY is this," mused V rest O rton as h e sat" o n a co mforta b le rocking cha ir on the fron t po rch o f h is Ve rmo n t Coun try St o re a nd ch a tted w ith us : " W e figure sh o pping sh ould b e fun. That 's wh at we've d o ne u p h ere." H e pa used t o suck on h is corncob p ipe. " W e've m a d e it fu n to b u y . O ur cust o m ers are ente rt ained w h ile t h ey look a round. O u r w a res a re in plain sigh t, a nd we d on't h urry folks int o buy ing. E veryone h as a good time-including us." W e fo und h ow righ t he was when we b ega n t o look a ro u nd t he Need apound o f c h eese t o go with t h ose c rack ers? sto re. "I t h as a ll the a tmosp h ere o f a real old· fash io n ed sm all town Fine. A who le c h eese w h eel, general st ore. I ce cream freezers, weil bucke t s , slaw cutt e rs , soap­ if you like. i n a ny o ne 0 1 m B. ny s izes sto ne grid dles, a nd o il lamps h a n g fro m t he ceiling. Prices a re scribbled o n school slates, a nd a real cracker ba rrel sit s o pen n ear t he cheese counter . As o ne elderly cust o m e r p u t it: " W h y , it's all so o ld t hat fo r m ost o f t he young fo lks it must b e bra nd n ew." B u t, in spite o f its a n t iquity, the st ore is n o museum. I t's a real st ore. Its unique product s go n ot o nly t o local v isitors b u t t h ro ugh a m ail-orde r cata log t o fascina t ed buyers in e very state. Ca ndy s h o wcase, comple t e with M ost often heard rem a rk a t t he Ve rmont C ountry Store is: cinnamon h earts, " G o lly , I h aven't seen these in y ea rs !" R em ember t h ose red licorice sticks, a nd cinna m on hearts, a nd those candies w ith the m ottos p rin t ed on candy c i ga re ttes, is popula r wit h t he m? W eil, we found t h em in t he candy counte r alongside t he this gen era t ion, t o o fa m o us lo ng, black sticks o f licorice, righ t next t o t h e ca ndy ci gar­ ettes" O r those old-t ime coffee mills, the on es you loved t o crank wh en you were a kid? The Ve rmo nt C o untry St ore st ocks them. O I"

8 BUICK MAGAZINE maybe a miniature kerosene lamp, the small-sized ones that don't give much light-used t o be called "courtin' lamps." Vrest Orton is a n ative Vermonter wh o left the state in his youth and h ad a long speil of city Iife, working as a writer and m agazine editor. B ack in the middle thirties, h e got tired of the EverylhinA's out problems of city living, bou ght a lovely old brick h ouse facing the in plain s i Aht, tree· lined village green in W eston, and settled down to a rustic and cus tomers ca n wande r a ro und the place existence among Vermont's scenie beauty. to their heart's content N ostalgie memories of the country store which his father had operated in northern Vermont when Vrest was a youngst er prompted hirn to set up the present store in W eston. The building in which the store operates was originally built in 1828 as a n inn. One of Orton's biggest problems wh en h e set up the store was to of many a good cook. Dissatisfied with the recipes available for locate the old-fashioned products he wanted to seIl. Although so me whole-grain cooking, Vrest and his wife sat down and wrote their of his a rticles come from craftsmen in near-by areas, others co me own cookbook. from far off spots all over the world-just as they did fifty or a Customers and friends h ave h elped Vrest decorate the store hundred years ago. Unable t o find certain N ew England foods of a with old-time items. When a cash register company h eard about quality wh ich suited hirn, Vrest d ecided to h ave them made up the place, they donated an 1883 model cash register, removed from according to his own recipe, a nd canned. H e now seils such mouth­ their own museum. " Rings up sales just as weil t oday as it did back wate ring foods as " Old Time Indian Pudding," " R eal W ay D own when it was new," chuckles Vrest . E ast Clam Chowder," and " Brick O ven Brown Bread," all under Right in ch a racter with the rest of the store is the gigantic pot­ the label of the Vermont C ountry Store. bellied stove, which occupies the place of honor in the middle of the A believer in the value of wh ole-grain cereals and flo urs, Vrest floor. It heats the entire place during the winter, a nd provides h as the fl ours and grains he seils stone ground by water power only invaluable atmosphere during the summer. Beside the stove are a few hund red yards from the store. W e walked over to the mill and two ch a irs and a checkerboard. Summers, the place is usua lly too watched t he process. These flours and cereals are the baking secret busy for checker playing; but winters, there's often a game in progress. The store is open all year, although its busiest time is naturally during the summer, wh en curious tourists flock in like pilgrims to M ecca. M ail-order trade keeps Vrest busy during the winter mQnths, and h e spends his spa re time thinking up clever pa ragraphs for his folksy catalog, or working with his wife on the development of n ew recipes. Although the Vermont Country Store is the center of interest in W eston, we found plenty of other things to see in the pIe asant little village. The W eston Playhouse, a summer theater, brings excell ent performances to the community during its season. The W eston Exchange, locat ed in a pleasant rambling building near the south end of town, has a number of shops in which crafts­ m en actually produce the articles they seil. You'lI find. as we did, that Sy lvester Brown, who teaches high school during the winter months, turns out d electable old-fashioned molasses popcorn ba lls at his Excha nge shop during the summer. N ext door, h is wife, H azel, produces ceramies. Upstairs, David and Anne Seeley weave woolens on a renovated eighteenth-century 100m. An antique shop is also part of the Exchange. W eston is located forty-five miles northwest of Brattleboro, t wenty-five miles southeast of Rutland, and about twenty miles east of M a nchester. W e found the roads to it were d elightfully scenic-but not m eant for high speeds. They seemed suitable, someh ow, for the a pproach to the easy-going atmosphere of Weston and t he Vermont Country Store.

Pot-beJ/ied s tove 'in cente r of st o re heats the p/ace in the w inter a nd remains to l e nd atmospll e re durinA the summer 1l1onths

Even the ceiling is used to dis play the s tore's nlany wares

APRIL 1952 9 Three natives of the Smokies ~o forth Riders Jeave Cata looch ee Ranch, for a Chow time brings smiles to the faces to greet their guests t en-day trip into the Smokies of thes e trail riders pringtime in the SM 0KIES National park expects 2,000,000 visitors this year

By BART LEIPER F ISH a re biting, birds a re singing, fl owers schedule, b rings free t o visitors aseries of are blooming, a nd b ears with their cubs are n ature hikes an d motorcades in the park. sunning themselves. Springtime h as co me N aturalist activities run through October , again to the Great Smoky M ountains. when C olor C aravans wind u p the season . Aft er a winter 's inactivity, stirred only Springtime in t h e Smokies, wh ich brings by the winds sweepin g through the ever­ out the b est in flowers, a lso brings out the green s, the Smokies t his month sh ake o ff animal kingdom. The app earan ce of a their leth argy and throw out their m ost mother b ear with h er cubs is the signal for inv iting we1come. Spring ushers in a wealth immediate traffic jams along the highways. of beauty . The forest is taking on a fresh P ark officials warn against feeding or green look, its floor carpet ed by wildflowers. molesting t he bears. Even though they may H ere, in t he little mountain town of act t ame, they can turn with deadly ferocity G a tlinburg, T ennessee, where we h ave upon the unwary. drowsed through the colder m onths, t hings Fish ing is especially good in the sprin!! are astir, and we are getting ready t o receive b efore the spawning of young fish makes tr ~ the earliest of this year's v isitors. W e're food supply so bountiful that the anglers' expecting over two million in 1952. lures lose t heir appeal. T rout and b ass fish­ Among the first events on this year's ing in the 600 m iles of park streams is calendar are a number of field trips sch eduled permitted from m id-M ay to the end of by the Wilson Ornithological Club from Augu st. A stat e permit is required. All-year April 24 t o 27. This club, wh ich is the oldest game fishing is permitted in TVA lakes. of its kind in the United States, opens its "Roamin' in the S mokies" via a uto­ trips to anyone interested in bird life. mobile is an other popular spring and T wo hund red varieties of wildflowers summer pastime. B y reason of its location n ormally a re in bloom in April and M ay. as a gateway t o the park, G atlinburg, T aking advantage of this forest spectacle, T ennessee, is a popular starting place for the Nation al P a rk Serv ice will hold its these trips, wh ich can be made in private second annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage auto or in open -top sight-seeing cars. Within from M ay 1 to 3. The tours are conducted the resort town of G atlinburg, there a re by botanists of the University of T ennessee accommodation s for 4,000 · gu ests in resort working in cooperation wit h the n aturalist h otels, motor courts, lodges, and h omes. staff at Smoky M ountain N ational P a rk From lune 28 through L abor D ay, a n h eadqu arters. added attraction is the historical drama, Seen from a dist an ce, the fringed phacelia " Unto These Hills," presented by the seem to blanket the forest floor. In M ay, Cherokee Historical Association. The story mountain laurel, fl ame azalea range in color of h ow a once-great Cherokee nation was from pale lemon to fiery orange and red, and robbed of its lands played to 151,000 persons the intensity of their colors sets the wh ole last summer. forest ablaze. The purpIe rhododendron The N ational P ark Service maintains reach the per iod of full bloom around the h eadquarters, where visitors are we1comed, middle of lune. in a magnificent stone building just south of The Sp ring Wildflower Pilgrimage, which G atlinburg, at t h e junction of U. S . High way launch es t he P ark N aturalist Service 441 and T ennessee R oute 73. A nature

BUICK M A GAZ I NE "Dry-rock" trout IishinA is possibJe in many Hikers come upon an enchantinA cascade Great Smokies streams in the back country exhibit and graphie relief maps of the park visitor season, staff members of the P ark one visits these lofty heights, the landscape area are on display. Service are on hand to explain the exhibits. seems never twice the same, so frequently On the N orth C arolina side of the The highest point in the park is Cling­ does nature alter the blending of light and Smokies, at Ravensford, on N orth Carolina mans Dome, reached by the Skyway road. shade, change the seasons, or redesign the R oute 107, the P ark Service h as its chief Views of distant mountains and immediate skies. Clouds dipping to touch the mountain ranger station and a pioneer museum. Inter­ deep gorges form a continual pattern along peaks are a never-to-be-forgotten spectacle. esting articles of mountain farm and horne this Skyway, which touches T ennessee and The Smokies are always beautiful, but use are displayed. During the height of the North Carolina. N o matter how frequently in the springtime they're magnificent.

O ver 600 mi/es of foot and saddJe trails take visitors to the

U Land Back of Beyond" in the Smokies

11 o D Family Album

THESE FIVE MEMBERS of the Opti­ Mrs. Club, of M obile, Alabama, picked a new Buick Super convertible for their appearance in the opening pa rade of the city's annual Community Chest drive. The decision to ride in a Buick was easily arrived at, since three of the group are enthusiastic Buick owners. In the front se at (!eft to right) a re Mrs. Gladys Cobb, Mrs. Li! Enger, and Mrs. John Sheldt. Waving is Mrs. Frances D . Stevenson ; standing, Mrs. Alice S. F agerston.

SEVEN BUICKS IN TfIE FAMTLY M rs. Roxie Thomas, of Pompano Beach, Florida, and her sons have been Buick enthusiasts for many years. When the family gathers at Mrs. Thomas' house for Sunday dinner, the front yard looks some­ thing like this. There are seven Buicks in the family. Mrs. Thomas is shown a t right, and with her are three of her sons, F . M . M cD avid, Jr., A. F . McDavid, and Dan Thomas, and three grandchildren.

TROUBLE-FREE PERFORMANCE " W e real1y put our Buick t hrough its paces," wrote Mr. and Mrs. A. T . D el1plain, of T acoma, W ashington, after a 14,380-mile trip. " On mountain roads, which often reached altitudes of 10,000 feet, our Buick c1 imbed easily and did not labor at all. In the tropics, we were often driving through torrential rainstorms. We crossed the Arizona deserts with temperatures reaching 11 5 degrees, and we didn't even have a flat t ire on t he entire trip." Mr. D ellplain, who drove a new Special, added, " D ynaflow Drive made handling the car very simple and easy, and I can in al1 honesty say I have never enjoyed a better performing or a more comfortable car than a Buick."

12 BUI CK MAGAZINE TllIS BUICI( IS A SClIOOLIIOUSE ON WlIEELS fi elds, mines, and the like. His teaching-b y-travel t echnique h as set a pattern which m any others a re following. Mr. Arthur W. Silliman, head of the Ardsley, N ew York, schoo! A long-time Buick owner, Mr. Sill iman h as been t aking pupils syst em, uses a Buick as well as a blackboa rd in his favorite system on trips for fifteen years. In that time, h e h as accumulated nearly of teaching, which h e describes as the "adventure approach to 500,000 miles of traveling in so me thirty st at es. The adventure­ education." education trips, wh ich are enthusiastically received b y pupils and "There is nothing like a visit to such historie places as Valley pa rents, are carried on a fter school, on week ends and during Forge and G ettysburg to m ake a youngster understand the real v acation periods. On m any overnight trips, the pupils sleep in t ents background of our way of life," Mr. Sill iman d ec1 ares. And nature and cook their own meals to keep travel costs to a minimum. They itself becom es a textbook on trips to forests, pa rks, caves, lakes, all know their instructor as "Unc1e Art."

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Mr. W. A. Esterquest, Jr., of "We are thrilled with thc comfort, Mr. Oscar Schnaser. of Big Stone "There are so ffiany good t hings Mr. and Mn. O gden M arshall Chicago, Illinois, sums up his service, a nd smartness of OUT new City, South D akota, says he to say about Buicks-their beauty, are among the ardent Buick recent 6,OOO -mile trip to Buick RivierB. " These w ards o f expects always to be a Buick the way they ride, the way they boosters o f P ortland , Oregon. CaEfornia by saying: " My Buick preise com e from Mn. R . E. owner. He writes that his new drive. I just don't think they can " W e are very proud of our Buick was wonderful I" Johns, of Summerville, Pa. Roadmaster, his seventh Buick, be excelled ," says Miss Snooky R oadmaster sedan," they write is tops Reiley , of Sonora, Texas

"In rny opinion, Dynaflow " I'm pleased with thc gasoline Drive is the greatest auto­ mileage my Buick is giving, but motive invention since thc what I especially like is that self-starter," declares MT. D ynaflow Drive makes thc cer so " It's fun learning to drive F. E . Dero uen, o f Lake easy to handle ," says Mn. Mary Mr. Willia m Ayers, of Okmulgee, "I think no cer surpasses a Buick when you have a Buick with Charles, Louisiana. MT. M c Cardwell , o f Crestwood, Ken­ Okla homa, is delighted with his R oadmaster," says Dr. H . B. D y naflow," says M iss Jackie Derouen, shown with his ·two tucky. Her new convertible is her first Buick , a Super R iviera with H olmes, o f Conway, South Caro­ H owarth , of Swedesboro, N ew children, drives a Special third Buick D y naflow Drive tina, a Buick owner for many y ears Jersey AT ~~ SERVICE Sy E. J. KRAUSE Service Manager, Buick Molar Division A meeting p/oce for the friendly discussion of topics Further Improving Buick Service thot concern the Buick owner ond GEN ER "'L M A N AG ER , S U IC t< M OTOR D IVI S IO N YOUR BUICK DEALER is embarking on oll of Buick' s other friends G EN ERAL MOTORS CORPORAT IO N a new and important program that will further improve his service to you. It is a training program, using films prepared under the supervision of the Buick Service A New Crusade lor Better Boads Department at the factory in Flint, to give Buick dealer service personnel a new and I T IS a pleasure to see that civic clubs, industrial firms, highway user effective me ans of learning the best ways to service Buick automobiles. organizations, and individual motorists are beginning to join hands in Aseries of training films, each devoted to a large-scale crusade for better roads. a specific service job-Dynaflow diagnosis The need for such concerted action is truly urgent, for we now have and repair, proper care of brakes, and so on nearly forty-nine million motor vehicles registered in the Uni ted- States, -is being made available to your dealer for traveling weIl over a billion miles per day-and our present highway showing to the men in his service depart­ ment. The movies explain, step by step, just system is far from equal to the task of carrying this gigantic burden. how each job should be done for best results For one thing, most of our roads and streets, built twenty or more years and maximum satisfaction to the customer. aga when travel was compa ratively light, are not designed for today's The importance of " know how" in volume and kind of traffic. Moreover, many of our roads are wo rn out. servlcmg automobiles cannot be over­ emphasized. And training films like those we Deficiencies that were hardly noticed in the bri~k road-building boom have prepared constitute one of the best of the 1920s have remained to plague us with dangers and congestion­ possible ways to impart this " know how" such defects as restricted visibility, sharp curves, narrow lanes, steep to a great many people in a comparatively grades, soft or narrow shoulders, dangerous intersections, cramped under­ short time. New service personnel quickly passes, narrow or low-capacity bridges, no separation between opposing learn correct, factory-approved procedures, and experienced personnel improve their traffic, lack of necessary railroad grade separations, and too many technique and skill. The films can be entrances to main highways from roadside establishments. repeated as often as desired, so every point To meet our minimum road needs, authorities estimate it would cost is perfectly c1ear. nearly six billion dollars a year for the next fifteen years-and that is Ten of these such specialized films are now available; others are in preparation. More­ indeed a great deal of money. But crowded, outmoded, crumbling roads over, we will supply movies of any addi­ cost even more. They take a heavy toll in accidents, fuel waste, vehicle tional service operations that Buick dealers wear, and lost time. They impa ir the general efficiency of essential trans­ request . We want to make the fullest pos­ portation services, and handicap the entire economy. sible use of these modern visual education techniques in our program to further Yes, action is sorely needed-and this means action by individuals in improve our service to you. all corners of the land in support of an intelligent program of highway Of course, our other training methods improvement. The best approach, I think, is for all of us to familiarize will continue: (1) Classes at the factory and ourselves with what is required in our own communities and states, then in the fi eld for dealer service personnei; (2) make our infiuence as citizens feIt in the proper quarters. With teamwork, monthly training sessions for dealer service managers; (3) weekly service meetings in we can have the modern street and highway system we need. most dealerships; (4) twice-monthly service Naturally, all of us at Buick are enthusiastically behind this movement bulletins from the factory; (5) general shop for better roads, and as an extra stimulus to action at the locallevel, Buick manuals; (6) special manuals on major units. dea lers have been showing to interested groups in their communities the Only in a Buick dealership do service new General Motors sound motion picture, "Let's Get Out of The Muddle." personnel receive such complete and up-to­ date training in how to service Buick The film, in color, deals with the serious condition of Uni ted States automobiles. That is one of the big reasons highways and the need for concerted community action. These showings why your Buick dealer is the best possible have been strengthening immensely this very worth-while crusade. pl ace to take your Buick for service. Remember, our objective is to make Buick service the best service in the land.

The Buick MBAazin e ia pubtished m onthly by tbe Buick M otor Division, Flint, Michigan, in cooperation with its dealers in the interests of Buick owners and other motorists everywhere. Editor : I . L . Wiles, general manager, Buick M otor D ivision. Associate Editors: A. H. B ettie, general sales manager, Buick Motor Division; J. H. S cudder, d irector of merchandisin g, Buick Motor D ivision. The B uick MaAazine is fully protected by copyright, a nd not hing that appears in it may be reprinted without special permission. The Buick Motor Division and its dealers ass urne n o responsibility ror unsolicited contributions to the Buick M agazine, except to accord them courteous attention end ordinary care. All correspondence relating directly to the Buick M agazine should be add ressed to the Buick MaAazine, Buick Motor Division , General M otors C orporation, Flint, Michigan. Buick Motor Division, G en era l M otors Co rporatio n, reserves the right to make c h a n ges, at any t ifTl e, without notice, in prices, colors, materials, eq uipment, specifications and fTlode ls, a nd a lso to discontinue nl0d eJs. White sidewalJ tires at extra cost w h en availabJe

14 BUICK MAGAZINE Give your Buick a

Car brand new? Then you'll want to keep its sparkle of newness. If it' s coated with the lOad film of a winter' s driving, you will want to restore its original luster. And here are two ways to give it the springtime beauty treatment it needs:

WITH PORCELAINIZE There's no work for you at all if you let our skilled technicians give your Buick a Power-Buffer Porcelainize beauty treatment. And you'lllike the glittering results. Porcelainize produces a tough, dry finish of mirlOr­ like clarity ... imparts a long-Iasting luster ... keeps new cars looking new . . . restores the original sparkle to older models.

WITH BUICK GLAZE Owners who like to polish their own cars are high in their praise of Buick Glaze. H's a liquid polish which you work lightly into the surface, then simply wipe dry with a clean, soft cloth. No hard rubbing. Buick Glaze brings out all the richness of your car' s original color . . . gives its finish a lasting shine. Months of showroom beauty in every generous bottle.

'... :. ::.::::::::::::::::::.: PLUS BUICK CHROME PRESERVA TIVE '" Whichever beauty treatment you choose for your car ' '"...... -Porcelainize or Buick Glaze-complete the job ' ...... ' .. by coating all chrome surfaces with transparent, colorless . '. ' ... . Buick Chrome Preservative to protect them from '" ~ .. excessive corrosion. One twelve-ounce can suffices .. for two or three applications.

APRil 1952 15 " . ~ ~ / / ~~ :@: ~J . S]p)mg and your JB3millcc]k h ; .

"", ' w~~ ~ IM ~ ~ lfs tiro~ ~o drain old winter-thln oil ~;nd refill with ~surnmer-protective lubricant! ~ Time also für the expe%,'~ super-thoTOllgh , ~ ~ Lubrlcare we glve .. ~ For one low cost,we v ~ \~.J- / carefully cover each luhrication point,:, ~,,~ 1@1. ' 1 @ ' using Buick-preSCribe~ Specia11qbricants- . then we InSpec· ~® your car from ·bllmper -~>G= . to backup l~ghtS. ~ Wodt you drive in~ this week, ~~~et se: t~r summer's _~'0-;1"" {l,..!f. '1Q -0 - fu n-on-the-run? -? ~ ~ / , ~-r-.:, • -:-~e~ ----- 9 ~ ---~z~-

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