The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-24
Get ENCOURAGEMENT from
Commercial Club.
WANT AVIATION FIELD
TRACT NORTH OF TOWN
Plan to Erect Hangar Large
Enough for Four Airplanes and
Expect to Buy Second Machine
Prospects for Business Flattering.

At the request of the promoters
of the Holly Aerial Transportation
company special meeting OF the
Holly Commercial club was held last
Saturday night for the purpose of
ascertaining the sentiment OF the
business men relative to the COM
pany establishing its headquarters
as an aerial school here and as to
what \ material encouragement
might be expected.
Messrs. Ray Brown, Ed. Jones,
Aviator George Puflea and Edward
and Joseph Leonard, the promoters
of the enterprise, were all present.
The meeting was not largely attend
ed, due to the fact that Saturday
night is difficult time for mer-
chants to get away. However it was
clearly apparent that those in at
tendance were highly favorable to
the enterprise.
Mr.. Brown, in behalf of the com
pany, stated that the Holly Aerial
Transportation Co. was capitalized
ior $4,000, would be incorporated as
soon as the legal process could be
completed and that the company
was making preparations for active
business. Mr.. Brown said that his
company did not appear before the
club to demand euy particular
thing or sum of money, but that
his company wanted an aviation
field of approximately sixty acres
OF land near town and that the COM
pany expected to erect hangar
large enough to accommodate the
housing of four airplanes the size
of the Curtis Cannuck machine
they now have. He said the COM
pany merely asked that the mer-
chants of the town and the Com
mercial club assist them as far as
they thought they ought to in get
ting established here.
Aviator George Puflea then brief
ly outlined what would be needed
in the shape of field and hangar
and presented data from the fed
eral government aerial service Of
ficials outlining standard specifica-
tions for fields, hangers, alighting
stations, ETC., asking that such in
formation be compiled and sent to
federal headquarters to be later
used in the mapping out of aerial
mail service lines.
Mr.. Puflea also emphasized some
of the great commercial possibilities
of aerial transportation and as
safe investment of money. he ex-
pressed the belief that Holly would
soon be on government mail line
across the continent and that the
establishment of a school mere
would more favorably advertise
Holly than anything else that could
be mentioned. He was confldent IL
would interest many new people IN
Holly and bring many here to To-
cate, while the proposed aerial
school would by no means depend
on the state for students. He said
the nation was the only limit and
that a good school here would bring
students from all over the country.
After deliberate discussion it was
the consensus of opinion. that the
Commercial club and the people OF
Holly generally would go the limit
to encourage the Holly Aerial
Transportation Co. in its enterprise
and motion prevailed that mem
bers of the company make an esti-
mate of what it wanted in dollars
and cents and present the matter
in concrete form to the club as soon
as the matter was in shape, and
the company was assured that its
requests would have the hearty and
earnest consideration of the club.
Mr.. Puflea left Saturday on a
brief business errand to st. Louis.
lie expects to return to Holly in a
couple of weeks, when the matter
of incorporation will be completed
and future plans of the company
formulated and active work on the
hangar begun.
The airplane, pending the choos-
ing of site which will probably
be just north of the golf links north
of town, and the erection of a hang
ar, is being housed in the ware
house of the Holly Broom Corn Co.
In the meantime Mr.. Brown, who
in all probability will be made
president Of the company, ia book.