This wagon was driven by American Red Cross worker Helen Corken. It was featured in the December 1955 issue of Willys News.
Jeep-Willys-News Research Archives
Santa Fireplace Display
This December 1955 Willys News article shows a jeep exiting a fireplace in a Florida Jeep dealership. It looks too big for Santa to bring down the chimney, but a flat fender would have fit 🙂
June 1958 Booster News **SOLD**
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was eBay.
This has some great information.
“Original 1958 Willys Newspaper “Booster News” With Expiermental Millitary Mule”
Bosemer Plumbing and Their Trenchers
This article from the December 1955 Jeep News shares the growth of Bosemer Plumbing and its use of two different Jeep-A-Trenches. Note the serial number of the very early trencher: 11C-915. I never would have guess that was one of the first ones ever built!
Carl Baklaar, Signalman w/ a Jeep
Carl Baklaar was a veteran signalman for Pere Marquette Railroad. He used a CJ-2A as his maintenance vehicle. Looks like a Kemco cab?
Circus Ice Cream Company’s CJ-5 Jeeps
This December 1955 Willys News article described the purchase of forty CJ-5s by the Circus Ice Cream Company of Houston, Texas. Do those hub caps look unusual?
Special Florida Hunting Jeep
This December 1955 article in Willys News shared the news of this specially equipped hunting jeep for “famous sportsman” F. Trubee Davison.
Eisenhower’s Jeep Horn at his Gettysburg Farm
No photos with this article, but it’s an odd bit of jeep news about former President Eisenhower. It was published i the December 1955 issue of Willys News.
1966 Boy Scout Trip
The Smoky Mountain Jeep Club’s annual Boy Scout trip was reported on by Jeep News in 1966 through these three photos.
Dutch Couple Drives from India to Lebanon
In 1966 the Jeep News Magazine reported on a 14,000 mile trip by Mr. And Mrs. J. Th. van Reijsen of the Netherlands.
A-Bomb Tests & Willys Vehicles
This was one of several articles published about atomic tests and Willys vehicles. This article was published in the April 1955 issue of Willys News.
1955 Jeepcade From Hemet to Borrego Springs
The April 1955 issue of Willys News featured this report in the April 1955 issue of Willys News.






















