George W. Peavy remained active after his retirement from Oregon State College and was elected mayor of Corvallis in 1947. This Dodge was a congratulatory gift from the Fernhoppers. Peavy continued as mayor until his death in 1951.
Bugs collecting on the windshield gave entomologists at Oregon State College an idea that they turned to scientific advantage. J. C. Chamberlin, federal entomologist, rigged up the funnel shaped screen to his official car and attached a little bag on the back of it. After driving a few miles he could collect enough bugs to tell which field pests had emerged and were flying at the time in any given district. Kenneth Gray, state experiment station entomologist, is shown examining the device.