Parson Moss’s friends, in and out of his congregation, sprang a surprise on him Easter Day by presenting him with a Ford coupe.
He went through with the Sunday morning service and sermon, all unsuspecting of what was in store for him. While he was giving his flock good counsel from the pulpit, those who were in on the secret, pleased though they were by his talk, were probably getting more pleasure still in anticipating the presentation shortly to take place.
When he arrived in front of the Kennett home, where he lives, there stood the coupe, gaily decorated with pink-and white streamers, with a big white rabbit seated on the radiator. The vehicle had all the latest accessories, such as automatic windshield wiper, ceiling light, and so on. The only thing that had been delayed with the shock absorber, and this was what the Parson needed most at the moment. He went pale from astonishment, and it looked for a moment as though he were going to flee from the two or three dozen friends who stood about. In fact, he was so overcome that when he went to dinner at the bachelors’ club he forgot to use the coupe and walked as usual.
From the front page of the Chapel Hill Weekly, April 16, 1925
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