Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-07-25

and boardwalk 10 Witness the tnIlil1HB
fights of Marshall Earl Reid and
George A. Gray. aviators OF national
reputation. Not only on the ocean
front as a vantage ground, could the
flights be witnessed, but throughout
the length and breadth Of the Island.
The whlrring of the motors called at
tention to the fact that the aircraft
were flying high above the allied re-
sorts. People rushed to the beach
front, cottagers hastened to porches
and busy merchants and statesmen hur-
ried to the sidewalks to witness the
daring flights, downward dips, swift
turns and circling spirals Of the noted
~aviators.
George A. Gray is a newcomer to the
South Jersey coast. Marshall Reid
has been known to the public through
the news columns Of the press for sew
eral years. n~
eReid was the first aviator to carry u.
8. mail. A contract was made with
him to begin flights on July I. Gray
flew to Wildwood from Ocean City on
July 4, and gave an exhibition. Imme-
diately a purse WIS made up by certain
public spirited residents and visitors
and Gray was engaged to give flights
daily until the arrival of Marshall Reid.
Later, another contract was made by
the allied resorts with Gray and his
flights will continue until Sunday. On
Monday, Gray will fly to Union Lake,
near Millville, where he is engaged to
give exhibitions for a week.
The contract with Reid, who has
given wonderful exhibitions Of his skill,
expired Tuesday, but he expects to re-
MAN In Wild wood for q few weeks to
enjoy a vacation.
This week, though presenting the
last of the exhibitions, came as a cli-
max with flights that will long be re-
membered by our summer visitors.
On Sunday Reid gave a special ex-
hlbition of soaring, flying and sailing
In his hydroaeroplane for the benefit of
Speaker Champ Clark and Congress-
man j. Thompson Baker. On Tues
day, Reid showed the superiority of
his machine In flight owe that of Gray's
in q race northward from the Atlantic
Pier. 1t could scarcely be called a race.
The Reid machine with Its powerful
motors flew SO swiftly as to give the
idea Of an airship procession. On
Tuesday afternoon, Reid, who had
taken several passengers In his wonder
full craft, set a record by taking up six
ladies: Miss Frances Baker, daughter
of ]. Thompson Baker, Mrs. ]. III.
Glenn, wife of Commodore Glenn !;
Mrs. q. A. Norton, Mrs. ]. e. White
sell, Mrs. G. P. Wyrne, wife of the
president of the Aero Club, OF Pennsyl-
vania and Mrs. Harriet Graham,
daughter Of Mrs. Wynne.
Mrs. Norton said that the experience
was thrilling, e~xhilarating, glorious.
but that 1t denied a woman her inalien-
able right to talk.
AS a result OF tests made by Reid
and officers of the Aero club, of Penn
sylvania, 1t has been declared feasible
to fly Reid's craft or one of its type
across the Atlantic. Last Saturday,
his boat was put to severe tests in the
breakers and heavy seas for the pur-
pose of a%scertaining how the boat
would weather rough waters.
Last Monday, President Clarence p.
| Wynne and other officers of the Aero
club, held a long conference with Reid
to discuss the feasibility of equipping a
boat for a trip across the Atlantic. 1t
was thought best to install the newest
125 horse power motor. With his
present machine, Reid has repeatedly
made 20 miles against the wind and IS
miles with the wind.
Mrs. Carrie Wettstein, Of Burleigh,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Clunn, on Andrew avenue, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. O~penshaw, of
Philad elphia, spent the past week in
their Cedar avenue cottage.
George ADoott, president or the Alb
bolt milk diaries, was here Wednesday
inspecting the new plant for the first
time. Mr.. Abbott is past seventy years
of age. @. r.. Linbach is the resident
manager and commutes to Philadel-
phia every day.
Mrs. G. w. Saul and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Dorrell were offshore on We'd
nesday and gathered 40 quarts of
swamp h~uckleberries from Mrs. Saul's
land.
Messrs. John and William B. Har-
per, with their families, are sojourning
for the summe at the Dorsey. They
conduct the business Of Robert Har-
pers Sons, Philadelphia.
Vice President George N. Smith, Of
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