In a literal “sign of the times,“ the old Springfield Ford signs are coming down and Effingham Auto Sales signs are taking their places.

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. sales at Ford and Chrysler last month offered sharply different views on the downtrodden U.S. market for cars and trucks, while General Motors Corp. held its own even though it entered bankruptcy protection.

Shares will be used to pay health care obligations to retired autoworkers

Richmond Hill resident Dick Kent said he remains vigilant in his quest to get the city of Richmond Hill to alter or remove the line on their welcome signs that read “A Henry Ford City.“  Kent said he will remove his billboard, located in Florida on I-95 telling travelers “Don’t Stop In Richmond Hill…Why Honor An Anti-Semitic…,“ and also pay for the sign change if the city were willing to remove the line about Ford.  He said a compromise would be to acknowledge Richmond Hill as the winter home of Ford, as opposed to a full endorsement of a man Kent said is anti-Semitic.  Kent is Jewish.