Show T TWENTY MILLIONTH FORD FOKD TO PASS THROUGH THIS CITY charles 13 petty of 0 the petty motor co cedar city ford dealer announced today that thai the twenty all ford car which left dearborn michigan april on a na tion wide tour will pass through parowan carowan at p m next friday september ath en cit route to cedar city this twenty millionth car symbolic ot of one mans contribution to world history and the development ot of american industry was assembled in the presence ot of henry arid and edsel ford and following brief ceremonies at the final assembly line was driven with henry at the to his home several miles awa where its meeting with the ford produced in 1893 was record ta to back page TWENTY MILLIONTH FORD TO PASS THROUGH THIS CITY continued from first page rd ed for future generations in motion pictures now expected to pass through here about the hour mentioned this car with a fleet of fifteen or twenty other late type fords will be met at tile the north entrance to cedar city and escorted to the petty motor companas Comp anys show room where it will be placed on exhibition over night before resuming its tour I 1 sir mr petty is arranging tor for suitable ceremonies to mark the visit as announced in an advertisement elsewhere in this issue its tour of the country completed the twenty millionth ford will return to greenfield village tor for preservation near the first ford the gasoline buggy in which henry astounded his neighbors and demoralized horse traffic when he chug ged noisily through oits cobbled streets at the dizzy speed of nearly 20 miles an hour the first ford built in 1893 and one of the first three automobiles the world has even seen odd indeed by comparison with its 1931 descendent was mounted on bicycle wheels and its wheezing little two cylinder engine boasted tour four horsepower its gasoline tank held all of three gallons and its uncomfortable seat accommodated two people in order to drive it mr ford was given a verbal permit by the mayor thus becoming it would seem the first licensed such was the precursor of the long line of fords that have ance revolutionized the automotive industry made the automobile a cornmon commonplace mon place within the reach of almost every family and tremendously t aided the development of good rood systems |