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The line at the convenience
store stretched across the
parking lot, and down the
street for almost a block. The
people had been waiting in line
for several minutes, but did
not seem to be angry or
disgruntled. Then out of the
store came the store manager,
who said, “Sorry, folks, we
just ran out. We don't have
any more to sell."
The quiet group quickly
became an unruly mob,
hurling epithets and bricks at
the store windows. The store
owner was wrestled to the
fHvemenl and ordered to
induce more of the suddenly
precious product. Frightened,
he muttered, “Search the
store. II you can find any, you
can have it.... lor $15.00
apiece.” Thereupon the mob
burst through the store into
the stockroom, but could find
n.o trace of the product.
Angrily (hey searched, then
shrged down the street to
probe other stores.
- The product suddenly worth
ils weight in g01d... AN
’ll IFRE EZ E ! Formed
chemically from ethyl and
glycerine to make ethylene
glycol, the once cheap
automotive necessity was now
scarce... a victim of modern
technology. Reason... the
(“.oleum based chemical is
also used to make polyester
liber clothing, which, of
course, is the hottest thing
going in clothing circles.
The above scenario is ad
mittedly melodramatic.
Antifreeze is not that scarce.
But it could become that hard
lb find if “hoard” buying
occurs. The supply is ad
mittedly diminished from
previous years. But the supply
should' still be adequate...
although at inflated prices.
At the Houston County
Board of Education meeting
Ipsl week in Perry, school
System Transportation
Director Herb St. John told the
school board members that
Idilifreeze right now is a big
problem.” SI. John said that
last year’s supplier, Davis Oil,
had guaranteed them a share,
but thus far had itself received
no antifreeze.
Davis Oil is the Shell Oil
supplier for this area. St. John
Sjiid that Davis Oil had no
iTport from Houston, Texas,
(ts a promised date of ship
ment.
St John told the board that
the school system had, at
present, 42 gallons of an
tifreeze in Warner Robins and
iff) gallons in Perry. In
response to a reporter's
question, St. John confirmed
that his men normally do not
drain antifreeze without
checking to determine if it has
lt»st its usefulness.
J: SCARCE AT PERRY
STORES...
jJDsurvey made last week of
Perry retailers shows a
scarcity of antifreeze. Only
two of six stores asked had
any antifreeze at all on hand.
At those two stores, price was
$45 (M) and over per gallon...
add the supply was very
limited
;!Scars store manager Bill
Nipper said he had sold his
laist 120 gallons of antifreeze
Iplsl Wednesday morning in a
thirty-five minute time span,
from 9:30 to 10:05 A.M. Nipper
further said that the Macon
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Langston Rites Held
iFuneral services for John D.
Langston, Sr., 82, of Hen
derson, who died Monday,
| Oct. 7th, were held Wednesday
lai 2:30 P.M. in the Henderson
United Methodist Church.
Ken Turner of Macon
officiated with burial in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Langston was born in
Jasper County but had resided
rrtosl of his life in Houston
Gpunty where he was engaged
in farming until his
retirement. He was a member
of the Henderson United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include two
daughters. Mrs. Luia Clark.
Perry Stores Report Growing
Shortage Os Antifreeze Here
area as a whole had been
allocated only 4,000 gallons, at
$3.99 per gallon. "I had one
guy who wanted all 4,000
gallons, and said we were
cheaper than wholesalers,”
added Nipper. And, Nipper
isn't expecting any more.
The Brooks Auto Parts
manager said he still had a
few gallons on hand, but was
not promised any more
arriving this winter. The
antifreeze on hand was selling
“around” six dollars per
gallon.
A spokesman at Perry Auto
Parts said he had been sold
out of antifreeze for six weeks.
He further said, “I have had
no promises of receiving any
more, either.” The spokesman
staled that Perry Auto Parts
had sold over a thousand
(1,000) gallons of antifreeze
since June.
Grant City salespersons
said they had “around” 200
gallons of antifreeze, on sale
at $0.99 per gallon. “It’s
selling pretty good -about 12 a
day,” one said. "Last year we
received one shipment and
that was it.”
At Western Auto, manager
Jim Hall was perplexed. He
had not received a single
gallon of antifreeze yet, "I
haven’t had any since March.
I’ve ordered from everybody.
They say maybe," related
Hall.
Hall could not say when his
antifreeze would arrive, or
what price would be charged.
"I know our last ordering
information was a cost to us of
$5,95 per gallon. The prices
quoted on new orders are
higher than the current selling
price.”
At Houston Automotive,
Larry Brannen related that he
too had been out of antifreeze
since February or March. He
ventured an opinion that
“most people are probably
hoarding their antifreeze until
the price goes up. They realize
antifreeze is a necessity.”
Brannen discussed why
antifreeze is necessary for
water-cooled engines. “If the
water freezes in the engine,
the engine block will crack.
That means an expenditure of
$(i(K) and up for a new block.
The only alternative to an
tifreeze is to drain a radiator
every night, then refill it when
the temperature rises above
freezing point” Brannen said
one gallon of antifreeze is
usually sufficient in Middle
Georgia autos,
Larry further said he sold
1,200 gallons of antifreeze last
year. He remarked, “I sell
more in summertime than
winter." Antifreeze is
popularly used as a coolant to
prevent overheating.
HOW TO STRETCH
ANTIFREEZE...
Antifreeze can be made to
last at least two years. Several
tips were offered by Larry
Brannen and by the American
Automobile Association
(AAA) that could save a
motorist several dollars, or
possibly up to S6OO (for a
cracked block).
Brannen says he offers on
sale a small antifreeze tester
for "about $1.85" that in
dicates the temperature at
which antifreeze in a radiator
will prevent the water
Ireezing at lowered outdoor
temperatures.
Brannen also sells a
Macon; Mrs. Anderson Reed,
Pinehurst; two sons, Rev.
James 0. Langston, Brun
swick; John D. Langston, Jr.,
Vienna; a brother, Fred W.
Langston, Sr., Henderson; two
nephews, Fred W, Langston.
Jr., and Steve Langston,
Henderson, and fourteen
grandchildren and seven
great grandchildren
Pallbearers were C.T.
Kersey, Sr., Marvin Ragan,
Abraham Tharpe, Charles
Cawthon, Paul Davis and C.R.
Whitworth, Jr.
Odom Funeral Home of
Unadilla was in charge of
arrangements.
recovery kit for about $4.00
that, in effect, makes a car
into a closed cooling system,
as are most new cars. The kit
lakes radiator overflows, and
turns it through a line into a
bottle that recycles the water
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A Home Journal Special Report
to the radiator - preventing
water and antifreeze loss.
Brannen and AAA caution
motorists to obtain antifreeze
with an ethyl glycol base. “It’s
good for 2-3 years," says
Brannen. Methyl alcohol is the
old, non-permanent type of
antifreeze, as opposed to ethyl
glycol base.
AAA advises car owners to
check heater and radiator
hoses for cracks and leaks.
Hoses tend to become brittle
and hard... when they do,
antifreeze leaks out.
AAA says that technical
experts of the Chemical
Specialties Manufacturing
Association recommend
mixing water and antifreeze
HOUSTON IIOMK JOURNAL THURS., OCT. 17, 1»74.
in a 50-50 ratio. Radiator
capacity is listed in car
manuals.
So the poor, beleagured
motorist, last winter
threatened by a gasoline
shortage, now faces another
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“supposed” shortage of an
tifreeze, As one driver com
mented recently, “If 1 can’t
get it, there is a shortage.
Whether or not it’s real or
manufactured, it is a shor
tage,"
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