May 12, 1938. _THE C ENTRE DEMOCRAT BELLEFONTE, PA. Page Thred EARLY AIR MAIL HISTORY a or a (Continued from page four, main news section) cause of alr mall was J. D. Charlton, ! Jenny which had never been flown who crashed at Long Valley, N. J. in For two years the local crew, In heavy weather on October 30, 1919. charge of Maurice J Kelley, of Belie- On March 10,1820, Clayton Stover, a | foute, worked without any bullding veteran fiver, was killed after hi mo- Finally two all-steel hangars were tor falled over New Paris, Ing erected to replace the one lost in the \ rp THREE DIE IN MONTH IN 1920 ith the inausuration of nit ] he Inauguration o wgnt September 1020 saw three more giving in 1925 the Beaver fleld was 5 pilots killed. Max Miller and Gus abandoned and a new feld about five . y 3 : Ta p 1 ; tave Riers were burned t death miles southeast of Bellefonte was % nr : . - Ty eX Ae wilh, 5 | ! oat ly iy Sata when their Junkers all-metal mono feased. New bulldings were erected . YRS iy n - en , A a | QUANTI plane fell near Morristown, N. J. radio and weather reporting equ p= ‘ v jon ; bi. ™ ’ bi A LIMITED * Wi T H EVE RY Walters Stevens, who succeeded Mil- | ment installed and a new era begat ; ' : \ g . 4 SS ent lstal id LAR b nn h J En 4 3 ALL GOODS ler as dean of the mall aces, met a for the Bellefonte airport : . - Ren : i : i for tl f¢ al t : ; ADVEIAY! S50 Situtlar death in han Jame kind of On July 1 1928 Paul Collins and 4 fg i 0 : 4 SUIT TO QURLITY airplane near emberville, Ohlo. the ill-fated Charles Ames made the » “ | Whe e was 1 7 Thirteen days later Fred Robinson ware na 10 Pilot Chas. H. Ames SRIGRAALS fafled * ¥S lal ! pul | first night Night from Cleveland to . ; Be 4 ‘a ‘ alled to clear a cable near Miller Ney Fert Wr mat Fit y ' : A aa a town. Pa. and fell to his death ir iy Bo od hee u i te ig «+» and Plane That Carried Him / | int} p )% : a ght #4 9 tsa cu \ ‘ to Death ; wt p } : or 1 / 0% the Susquehanna River Pennsylvania were searchin h mountains for Ames Ames Field at Kvlertoy nt n i t of AT TH (ESE AMAZING LY LOW PRICES BL AMES KILLED NEAR HERE CHRISTENSON IS HERO Pilot J T Christenson died a . 4 . hero's death at Cleveland in 1921 He left New York at 9:30 p The ploneer pilot was flying over the O¢tober 1, 1925 with enough gn suburbs of Cleveland when his motor ‘#5! four an hall hours {adled. A wide eet below present. ed a probable safe landing spot but : a entailed danger to any pedestriang Ports that his plane had been s who may have been on the treet Milles the previous night Rather than risk killing or injuring the Philipsburg anyone on the street, Christenson . 4 A he heard ‘ headed his ship into the lake and was A aw i. drop in Hame ol a " "1. Eu ff” 1 Rd : A drowned National Guard ordered out OX Cal rambled . i wal - : . ENTIRE The next pilot to lose his life in the | search for the ing pllot. On Oc- ee 4 ‘ison the sill fn Py LINE OF ho air mall was BE. G. Leonhart, who r 11 after a ten days’ search a 1 , t : tN ! 4 } } TRES ONCALE crashed near Meadville on February ’ : f v ao : : + ) " pe —— ——— ata —————————————— Sp l SIZES WW STOCK 27, 1823. B. Hyde Pearso: » | ast landing near Cu ns ille in ae God = ith : { H ne BUTE. a ’ { ¥ y : i ! = y ~ WA blinding Snow storm n March pilot w ittin 11 the cockpit } Be : Bellel La A a CSM 1924 ge aa ed around $m g rol stick ov 4 : i : VIE MAIL BECOMES INDE STRY THERMOMETERS ig — FIRE DESTROYS HANGARS haBing: over the side of the akin ~~ boar : > es | ‘ , / 3 inv SCREW The Bellefonte fleld was handi- | I y had me instantl and his i ; bigs bo hi ! “ap, 1 \ Be FA y “ ok ; capped for two vea: all I & » dd ane was reduced 0 junk as it cut i ou HER y : : ot ov DRIVERS stroyed the original wooden gar. a wide swath through the trees be oe ns eatediy al : . of y E On November 15, 1019, a blaze ‘which fore crashing into the ground ] : i ‘ t bulls until cre 8 ’ Hea "i fie! Nd . | 4 HANDY BOR HO originated from an overheated stove October 18 1928 “Wild” Bill Hop- ; vo ‘ ‘Ppeq with 00a Mi — oR Ho KZ ais in the office at the corner of the son was found dead in hi plane hangar resulted in the blaze which which had hed into th ide of : hi ; - A TO of Bel . ’ ; . . oilnts ha ! . 8 razed the a together with six mountain at Bear Hollow. three mile %, ‘ ) ne fie a i { ‘ " . £4 po : 4 / DeHaviland planes and a brand new | west of Polk, Pa (OH . Ea | oirpiaues in fight H Departa aricul AS > IC CLOSEOUT CHTLY Hi oH ER FOR HY DF. Sac GE FO MACHINE & : A ND / 4 VY, Ck 7 £ ~ E 70 THE LOW PRC Pilot Max Miller PILOT HORRIBLY BURNED IL. M ' COMPARE WITH ANY 25¢ OIL YOU SAVE 72% WATER PROOF FISHING Above is a view of the first han- vs doomed fi wing © e NEWCO id fami : ; oa V ph yk y Ll NES II gars constr uted on . Beaver fokte flammahl y Rturre of it wi : 1 e A Apri ME . . " : . “ Fo 4 § " SOFT - farm field shortly alter alr mail i ‘ 7 = 4 ) ; * CEL & service was inst ttute xi between New York and Clevela: nd The hullding of frame construction. was erected by Gehret and Lambert. well known “ d Bellefonte my ru tors, and Was been in tl i bw 1 b \ a : , 4 ’ ] burned to the ground on November motor ol . : d | 1 = xe : . : ! I Too er. ple. Oihin oa | wore ti or BRE || ree ass | an apiicaTOR [| Ger Sn The fire occurred while Charle: *y es ( i eld strug : 4 fillet § : : : 1 A LASTING FINISH FOP SOF on BRING YOUR CONTAINER Fromm of Bellefonte night watch- gled along thout | r facili aft olied : # _ : Be 2 A AY AIL 2 , AND FRAME - EASILY APL BB GALLON LIMIT man at the building, was on duly for twe } Cte ud ; . i ry 25 EE _p- 3 along. He bad put more ¢ re stove in the office, Uk corner of the hangar to another part of hen he discovered the roof ablaze y the Hime ald arrived the building — - WEBSTER SURVIVES CRASH act wm ho ! flesh wns from 4 e cylinders on that side of Ms a Mountain Yt or a ; SEAT COVER SALE TRANSMISSION C. Y. WAGNER |. HE Pilot Good io pseu eco air ri se wens fe ct. W]e SUMMER WeicHT doth a, © TRA H LE circled i re & COMPANY trying to find a hole In the fog so h me—— Low 4, Afber remarking ent rane. i no io ies x a t £. cd eG | aad osant “ iit 4 t atic t tami he chin PE od contid land Finally he started for 3 i Bellefonte but failed to get enoug x altitude 10 clear the mountair WAGNER'S fell on the Rattiesnake Pike, north | rr be Ieaned ov | ber to ie - bia os : 1 \ FEES ror MOST ALL COACHES CoUREs w/sEomns Quality Flour of Uniomvil er Ta motor | PR AlsiGle tn mai ” the ar i“ BY EEE LARGEST SELECTION IN TOWN A Hasd Wheat Pat Flour fortunately found the time Inter and took him to a Hose pital, where he was under treatment WAGNER'S for three months for a broken leg and other injuries Qur Best Flour Jimmy Cleveland, one of the ol | A ’ Adi K 4 mis of 2 I's 56-50 Bend i ma i veter crashed into the | ; Yui 3 Among the notables © : ! 6. and hout the many sale ry, [ENUIRE LEATHER er \ Tee = NEAVY DUTY 3 Of jttans ¥ tain, about one | EE uu i § he Bellefonte field wore BY He ik sardds that have developod | ’ aS 1 -7<k ] ADE ~ j ; wile from the Bel jefonte airport, and - 2% : } enbacker. Col Seid vere Lindberg" vast two decades, and the moun at OH. 7 STADE J 20 1025 1ZE 34 WAGNER'S not far from the point where Ames [EEE J . Mis. Franklin D Roosevell Paul D¢ tains i ts would apa « : FEE BY MA Yo 3 Rom NEL SW STOCK met his death. Cleveland was in- A d i Kredf. and scores of other . Very Best Flour stantly killed : Winter Wheat, hy Johnson _asiother veteran i pe : " « : a " . d ia 0 BMNSel @ frst class J ‘ 2 : " Christmas present that year. He Sy Wiley Post, J. R. Turner, Harold Gatty te A007 : s was flying at an altitude of 14.1 00 f i, il Wagner 8 32% Dairy Feed feet on Christmas eve when a wing | F i on i WwW ws ONE bakes. 3B fell off his plane. the resulting jar ners 20 ys Ra h : ag o Dairy Feed rendering the pilot unconscious Wagner's Horse Feed His plane fell 12.000 feet before the pilot regained consciousness, crawled Wagner's Pig Meal out of the cockpit, and made a safe Good was one of the numerous y . . | parachute jump pilots in the early days of the air Wagner's Egg Mash ! On September 26, 1932 Paul Reeder mail here and will be remembered by; pany Beliefonte residents who Wagner's Chick Starter Piles Food Raia ly oy i heat sha and Grower. Pilot Fred Robinggn | melo kiow him ai. the Brockes Wagner's Turkey Starter fli i ali ? 1 a RE ILAR A . . «is Hr 4 GT SNe found to have been burned from his ; : ; ov 's 9 3 dias y Fi : and Grower. % on hl we CELT Mens {4 lege. bands and arm and after un- PRICE Wagner's Scratch Feed oT 5s » §8 88 dergoing treatment in the local hos- i i 9s a : : a 4 # pital for three HONths he was sent 3 Zed Wagner 8 Medium Scratch ‘ 1 to an Army Hospital in Buffalo. He 4 Feed. oh : eventually recovered. All that was “iv . 3 left of the plane was the motor and Wagner's Chick Feed A H Ea few other metal parts ; Employes at the field that day de- po 3 i : : : ; = clared that Murphy, who was a pr X 4 i : Rydes Cream Calf M ” ] ; i ¢ 3 seasened pilot. seemed to have a pres i i t ’ CHROME PLATED \ Meal, monition of disaster, for he appear. ] {2% 8 TELESCOPE HINGE IPE | i ed nervous just before he stepped & ; % § , : : ei 4 into the ill-ated ship or Eshelman’s Dog Feed LEWES PILOTS “DIZZY DEAN” g a Slim Lewis was the Dizzy Dean of 3 ; is % 1 ER the early alr mall, according to le- All kinds of hig h protein i Lhd gends about him which have lost feeds for mixing with your § & i nothing in the vears which have own feed. - ’ elapsed since he used to scoot up AR Ban High Btreet just above the house. - " EE Ea ODs to make the fish weather vane 2 . . . : 4 1 Pealérsii in All Kinds ST PS atop the Court House swing in the EN ——" ; 14 WEST HIGH STREFT ) : breeze from his propelior of Grains aia : . Many tales are told about Slim's: This photograph was snapped in seen in the background In the i daring exploits .n the air. On oc~| the latter days of air mail history center is former Corporal John R ——— Robinson was killed in October, casion. i Is said, he tised to religve | when Post and Gatt ped over | LUDer. once stationed with the . oss BELLEFONTE PA BELLEFONTE, PA 1920. near Millerstown when he fall- the monotony of a Samer day's | al ¥. stopped O¥er- | grate Highway Patrol in Bellefonte, niin gy gps | WF v . . {ed to clear a cable and his plane mall Sight roaring over freight Might In Bellefonte while on anvalr hy now © biel of Police of Lock | plunged nto the Susquehanna River. trains 50. low that brekemen atop | tour of the country, Their plane is | Haven. |
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