Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-24
Will STICK TO MINISTRY
Flying Parsenl 10 Obey The Gall Of
II ,s Duty.
MAYNARD WELCOMED BY his FAMILY

Children Were Interested in Their
& Father Of Course; But Were More
Concerned About Their Pet Dog
Trixie, Which Made the, Wonderful
Trip Across the Continent and Re-
turn. ~
Ifta man feels that he Is cut out to
be an aviator and IL Providence SO di-
rects he ought to be an aviator and
not a doctor, lawyer or preacher,
whether he is married and has a
family or Is single. This is tho firm
conviction of Lieut.. B. w. Maynard,
parson aviator, first to make the
round trip fight in the ,transcontinenr
tai aerial race. Conversely Maynard
Is determined to resume his study for
the ministry at Wake Forest College.
North Carolina, next fall. and II the
hyphen pursues him he is content to
be the aviator -parson.
"Of course If there should be another
war I'd enlist right or" declared the
parson without hesitation. but I feel
called to the pulpit, 80 aviation has to
take second place. I'll always be in
terested in 1t, but religious work comes
first. Every man should follow his
own calling, and preaching is mine"
A deaf ear will be turned to the
voice OF temptation once Lieut.. May
nard comes down out Of the clouds and
begins to browse through the divine
science again, and no matter how
strong the desire may be 10 return to
the old game in the air, the student-
minister asserts that he viii not
abandon his theological work.
a "Hard to Give Up Flying"
i"I know it's going to be hard to
give up flying and to go back to books,
but I'm going to stick it out, and have
never had any idea Of re-enlisting as
long as America is at peace. just
met one fellow in California-an old
war time friend of mine-who went
back to school and only stayed week.
He couldn't stand quiet life, so he
went back to aviation again. But 1t
won't be that way with me-"
Mrs. Maynard disagrees with her
husband In one respect. She believes
that a man who has "a wife and a
bunch Of young ones" should stay on
the ground until air navigation be-
comes Ssafer.gt And althoughs ,she v
proud of her husband, she believes
that it Is the wisest plan for him to
60 back to the little Carolina town and
prepare himself to be big city pastor.
I'm mighty proud of my husband
and never was so glad to see him
come home in my life as was when
he finished this trip" declared Mrs.
Maynard, shortly after her husband
landed Saturday. Dressed in plan
blue serge suit, black beaver sailor hat
and veil the 'aviator's wife motored
to the landing field in the Maynard
car with her two little daughters,
Evelyn and Roselyn. She explained
that she was always her own chauf-
feur.
But in the midst of the honors and
the applause that were accorded Lieut..
Maynard at the end Of his unprece-
dented race across the continent and
back, Mrs. Maynard, true to her
housewifely instincts. became prac-
tically. minded and expressed con-
siderable concern over the fact that
he had arrived half hour before she
expected him, and that she had been
unable to finish preparing the boun-
teous dinner that was in store for
him as her contribution to the cele-
bration of his triumph.
Children Worried Over Trixie.
"I thought he wouldn't get in until
8 o'clock, so l gave the children a
lunch, and was getting ready some-
thing extra for him, for / thought we
could have dinner together as soon
as he landed" she said. while Lieut..
Maynard was being interviewed.
"They all seem to have some kind vi
special party on though, so | guess
we won't be able to have, our quiet
meal together. / didn't have any idea
that it would take so long to get away
from here, and thought we could drive
right home as soon as he landed.
"The cildren have been eager to
have their daddy come home again.
but guess they don't realize what 1t
means. And they were more anxious
about Trix!e, the dog that my hus-
band took with him, than their father.
They thought Trixie was the most i'm
portant feature on the trip. l don't
know why my husband took the dos'
for the children have missed 1t SO
much. But Trixie is crazy about
Belvin, so that was why it got to take
the trip"
The two little fair haired girls, one
of whom sat on each side OF their
mother in the tent while Lieut.. May
ard told his story to the circle OF
eager newspaper men. listened in
tently at the sound of their fathers
voice for the first few minutes, and
then continued to nibble the big red
apples they held, wisgling and
squirming restlessly. After gazing
for some time at the crowds of men
and women, including officers, pri-
r,+a, civiliaps richly dressed women