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• IS N E V E R A N IMPOSITION ON O C R T I M E . " O u r t i m e is your t i m e " should be our a t t i t u d e toward e v e r y c u s t o m e r , because t h a t is w h y we a r e he re . . . to se rve .

e IS N O T AN O U T S I D E R . T h e c u s t o m e r is t ru ly an " i n s i d e r " . . . our reason l o r ex i s t ence . . . . o u r " b o s s " . . . a h ighly i m p o r t a n t par t <>f o u r bank.

• IS N O T A F A V O R - S E E K E R . We do no t c o n f e r a f a v o r when we s e rve a c u s t o m e r . . . i n s t ead t h e c u s t o m e r does us a f a v o r by d o i n g bus iness wi th us.

• IS N O T D E P E N D E N T ON US. We depend on t h e c us tomer . Wi thout his suppor t t h e r e would be no depos i t s , no loans, no p r o f i t s . . . and no S p a r t a S t a t e Bank .

As our two local b a n k s consol ida te in to one much l a r g e r bank , it i* o u r des i re t h a t eve ry person in th i s c o m m u n i t y know o u r s t a n d a r d of b a n k -ing. It is o u r f i r m belief t h a t a bank c u s t o m e r is a f r i end whose c o n f i -dence and good will f o r m our most pr ice less a s s e t s . It is o u r aim t o Is1

f r iendly and t o j u s t i f y th i s conf idence by s e r v i n g th is c o m m u n i t y e f f i c -ient ly .

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t o s e t t h e m a t t e r s t r a i g h t .

A ha rd top is a car that looks l ike a Conve r t -ible wi th the top up—but has a solid steel root ove rhead — and no center posts in the side window areas.

U p until just r ecen t ly , it could be built in v o l u m e only with t w o doors — not more — b e c a u s e il would t a k e wholly new struc-tura l principles to hinge ano the r set o( door* w ithout floor-to-roof c e n t e r posts.

B u t Buick came u p wi th those new struc-tura l principles and is now b u i l d i n g - i n v o l u m e — hardtop* w ith four doors .

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You s e e o n e p i c t u r e d h e r e . I t ' s t h e 4-1 )oor Riv iera . A n d it's taking the c o u n t r y by storm . . .

because here, at long last, is an autotnohtle with the sleek and sporty styling of a true hardtop- but with separate doors for rear-seat passengers, plus the added room of a full-size Huick Sedan.

O n top of that , this beauty is all B u i c k -vtith the buoyan t ride of Buick 's all-coil springing the walloping might of Buick * record-high V 8 p o w e r - t h e w h i p - q u i c k

getaway and s i / ab le gas saving! of Buick 's spectacular Var iable Pitch IJynaflow.*

A n d it 's available in Buick 's two lowest-} priced Scr ies — the budget-tagged 188-hp SPECIAL, and the h igh-per formance 236-bp ClNTt 'KY, i l lustrated he re .

C o m e visit us for a first-hand meet ing with the 4 -Door R i v i e r a - a n d see how quickly and how ca*ily the last word in automobiles can be y ours .

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