The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-30
COMECYS TELLS LIONS
HOW It FEELS TO FLY
FAR ABOVE OKLAHOMA
CLUB NAMES DELEGATES TO CHI
CAGO AND D.C.D AND hoy
SCOUTS COMMITTEES

How IL Feels TO Give Oklahoma the
Once over From an Alrplane" was not
exactly the title of the talk made by
Il. T.. Comegys AT the Lions club lunch
con today, but It might have been MI
Comegys was called upon to give I"
report ON his aerial voyage yesterday
afternoon from Gainesville. Texas 10
Ardmore, aboard one Of the sky'sh'ps
of the Fort Worth Aerial Transports
tion Co. Somebody Immediately yelled:
'How does il feel TO ride In "A plane'
The speaker described the ieollns III
detail. He said II felt much Ike rldlhs
In an automobile. There was no sense
of dizziness. Now and then the pane
goes up or down slightly, as motor
car when II negotates rough spots
but there Is no sense of peru and no
seasicky sensation. In coming DOWN
10 make the landing mt Ardmore, Mr
Comegys said. there was slight stoih
achic disturbance similar 10 mat cN
perienoed when one Is In an elevator
that takes n sudden downward shoot
Ardmore From the Air
Mr.. Comegys acted AZ guide for the
pilot, who never had travelled the route
lie recognized Marietta by the school
houes and railroad station and Ardmore
by the Confederate Home, the Country
Club and other landmarks. lie sald
the landing on the aviation station
marked by the big white cross was
done beautifully by the pilot, each OF
the three wheels taking the turf stimuli
taneously. That il known as a three
point landing.
The speaker made an appeal Tor
Ardmore citizens to invest In the aer
| ial transportation stock so that TINS
city may have a station on the AR
route from Fort Worth to ST. Louis.
| Lieutenant Neal, who is helping TO
work up the proposition here, also
made IA few remarks on the subject.
He stated that unleNs the required
amount of stock is subscribed forth
with Oklahoma City instead of Ard
more will get the station. as he has
instructions 10 that effect. Mr. Com
eggs said lac regarded aerial transpor'
tation as one of the big Industries OF
the future. and he felt that the Lions
Club, the Rotary club and the Cham
Der of Commerce should not let slip
this opportunity to put Ardmore at
Dnce upon the air map.
Delegates to Chicago
The Lions club elected as delegates
to the convention of the international
Association of Lions Clubs Ut Chicago,
July S, and 10. President j. +. Ham
ilton. Rev. II. T.. l.. Morgan, Secretary
o. c. Lasher and q. h Poulter. Alter
mates chosen are Ed Sandln, II. c.
Potterf. Col Sidney Suggs and j. IL
Carlock.
Col. Sidney Suggs suggested that a
reception committee from the club for
The DC-D highway convention in Ard
more June 10 and IL be named. COL
onel Suggs, Frank ketch, Russell
Brown and ID. J. Chids We're appointed
as the committee.
Colonel Suggs also called attention
10 a letter from William G.. McAdoo
asking cooperation with the boy
scouts movement. \ committee con
sisting of Ed Sandlin, q. L. POuter,
Arthur Kyle and Moss Patterson was
named. to work with Colonel Suggs in
this movement.
Special Lions Ardmoreite
Guests of the club at the luncheon
were Mayor Freeman Dr. Walter
Hardy, J. -. Morgan of the F'ordson
Tractor Co, Dearborn, Mich, Lieuten-
ant Neal Of the Fort Worth Aerial
Transportation Co, and Bert Love,
editor of The Ardmoreite.
Secretary Lasher brought up tenta- |
lively the matter Of a proposed Lions /
Club special edition of The Ardmore
ite. This will be taken up definitely /.
by the club shortly.
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