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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1936
Page
4
A preview of Ford models features the 60 hp V-8 engine and 85 hp option. Highlights include all steel body with new top and improved ventilation, fingertip steering, quieter operation, wide pillowed upholstery, and a modern instrument panel. Pistons use alloy steel for reduced wear and better oil life. Two high-capacity water pumps enhance cooling.
The 1937 Ford V-8 coupe showcases new front design with bar bumpers and a slanting V windshield. Offered with or without deluxe equipment, it is a single-seat closed body model with full width folding rear seat and a spare tire compartment behind the driver. Deep luggage space opens via rear deck or tilted seat back, plus finger-tip steering and easy action safety brakes. Two engine sizes available.
The article outlines the Ford V-8 redesign focusing on improved cooling with a new fan behind the radiator, rubber engine mounts, and a quieter easy-action braking system with self energizing action. Finger-tip steering is achieved via a higher steering ratio and worm and roller gear. Various body styles are offered with optional deluxe fittings and engines, with the V-8 shown at Ulrich Motor Co and at Detroit exposure. Also notes two births in town, a daughter to the Vander Haar and a daughter to the Swank families.
Godert Vander Hart died at the Home For the Aged last Friday at 12 30 PM aged 83 years seven months eight days after a long heart illness. Funeral services were held Monday at the Home For the Aged at 1 PM in Holland with Rev. Frank De Jong, then at 1 30 PM at the First Christian Reformed church, with De Jong again speaking in Holland and English.
For sale a few Duroc Jersey red male pigs and some good open gift hogs in lots of 5 or more at 11 cents per pound for a short time. Hogs are double treated for cholera and eligible for registry. Also a few yuck lambs. Verners Bros Cordova Iowa Pellaphone 666.
Vander Hart born March 29 1863 in Nykerk Gelderland Netherlands. He came to America at age two with his parents and farmed more than 20 years near Peoria. Retired seventeen years ago and moved to Pella. He lived at the Home For the Aged since December 1923. Survived by widow and 10 children Gerrit Chris Edward John Lillian Vander Linden Marinus Walter Thomas William Cornelius 38 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Interment at Oak Wood. He was blind for several years but kept faith and a radiant personality.
Two cars collided two miles west of Oskaloosa late Saturday night around 11 o clock. Driver Clifford Van Ekeren suffered a head cut while Kryn Beyert was not injured. Both cars were badly damaged as poor visibility from a heavy snowstorm was blamed for the accident.
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