Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 22 Nov 1934, p. 24

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November 22, 19341 1 q - v r SE, i' -rWE y y IR 1 24., WILMET.C E I LIAKter EUGENE Li. RAY...Recommends C/~rstmna.sfPotograp s- .nd p.rsonal gft for ffio». co»sto you. Our Photographs ère aà Iow as $8.00 a Dozn NOW Christmas Cards With Your Picture PRICEID RICHT If ugene L. Ray 1606 CHICAGO AVE., Evanston UNlversity 2238 AD»VERTJSJNG in WILMETTE LIFE bringg -home the turkey! AVIATION i%>ê Make:Tnrp to Dett and to Stinson Faectory C. W. "Slim", Freytag, Stinso n sales representative for the Chicago Avia- tion corporation, operators of Curtiss airport and Stinson distributors ini this] area, and Joe Fraccaro, mechanic at Curtiss field, flew to Detroit and Wayne, Mich., last week with Daniel ;Peterkin, Jr. Peterkin transacted business in Detroit, and Freytag and Fraccaro visited the Stinson factory at Wayne. Texaco Representatives Stop at Curtiss Field Aniong the.planes stopping at Cur- tiss field last wveek was one owned by the Texaco company and piloted by "Duke" jernigan. one of the comb- pany's aviation representatives. With jernigan was Pete Clausen. Texaco lubrication engineer. OFF TO KANSAS CITY C. Frank Williamts, who1 returned to Curtiss airport Tuesday of last week after a fiight to Fort Worth and Dallas, Tex., in- his Stinson, left last Thursday for Kansas City. F LIES TO SOUTH BENDI M. C. Meigs 'of the.Chicago Even- ing Americani flew Dean Owsley's Stinson to South Bend, Ind., on a business trip last Friday. Acrial Survey COMPany Charters Plane Friday The Chicago Aerial Survey com- paychartered a plane at Curtiss airport last Friday. The ship, a Stin- son. was used for a flight over Racine and Kenosha, Wis., where some aerial photographs were takenl. by Fred Sonne of the aerial survey .company. Herbert Anderson, vice presidenit of the, Chicago Aviation corporation, operators 'of Curtiss -air- port, piloted the plane. Post's Altitude Hop Is Postponed-Bad Weather Ramn and cloudv wvather carly this week force<l postpofleniviit oi Wilev Post's atteilpt to se~t a 'ieWaltitude mark for aîrplaiies. NI a- whîle Post's ship. 'le iîirI of OJklahomna,'* in which thc nguc t aviator mnade twvo rcrdI-lcrt-;kling roýtind-the-world iliglit>. , 111 u the Curtiss aîrport hangar M~iùi Post awaits favorale.W ahr Chinese Students Fly Wong's Mercury Chick Several Chinese youths bave been a't Curtiss airport recently flying the Mercury Chick owned by Don Wong. Wong is now fiying a Stinson for the Chinese National airWays..He-learned to fly at Sky Harbor and at Curtiss airports. WOMEN. END URA NCE FL YERSI jean La Rene (left) and Henri- etta Sutuners, womnen endurance fly- ers, who have lef t Curtiss airport and gone to Oklahoma City, where they expect to try franweueing en- durance flight record. The existing women's ýrecord is 240 hours. Pictured above is the "Lone Star," Curtiss Thrush monoplane, which the two wonien will use for the attempt at record. breaking. It is the same, 'plane in which Miss La Rene and'an-, other partner, Mary Owens, made several, unsuccessful attempts during the past summer to,,set a new.mark. Kenneth Hunter, wbo gained fame a few years ago at Sky Harbor airport as one of the Hunter brothers who set an endurance fligbt record for men, will pilot the refueling ship, a Stinson. Witb Hunter will be Earl Ortman, a racing pilot. A distinctivei ýl w-

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