Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), February 12, 1959, p. 12

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model t time the model t is a half century old this year to commemorate the anniver sary the ford motor company recently produced the last model t ever to be assembled in its modern luahwah n j plant back in those days the model t sold for s850 but present worth is 5000 the new 1909 model is slated for display at the edison institute in dearborn mich in its nearly 19 years span there were 15 million cars turned out there are an estimated 40 thousand still in existence avid collectors scour the countryside looking for cars and prowl the junkyards searching for usable parts during its lifetime the model t had many uses it was a portable power plant for the farmer with attachments he could work his plow cut wood pump water and run butter churns several railroads fitted the cars with flanged wheels for tracks the model t was quite a buggy f vyv wm i v h more power for civil defense thomas korn takes care of a tall order as he adjusts the light on a 152foothigh transmitting antenna atop the first u s nuclearage civil defense control center near wheaton 111 the center located west of chicago will flash disaster alerts and orders in event of attack souvenir of the past despina theoharis examines a shellencrusted jar which her grandmother brought back to silver spring md from the greek island of samos the souvenir turned out to be a jug dating back to 300 bc a texan and his wife built this station wagon shortly after world war i a study in symmetrical beauty high school students put on a mass gymnastic demonstration in seoul korea under the eyes of their leader the mass gymnastics followed the opening of the seventh athletic meeting sponsored by korean students national defense corps distributed by king features syndicate this it the final model t to bo aucmbled on a modern production line

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