Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
A|RPLANE FLIGHTS TO
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN HERE
Columbia, Missouri Boy, Former Army
Filler. Will Give Stunt Perform
ance Over the City
WILL VISIT AUDRAIN TOWNS
VIII Distribute Literature Explaining
Hardin Expansion Campaign
From His AirpIane.

The week of the intensive drive in
the Hardin College Half Million Dol
lar Expansion Campaign will start
off in the morning of Monday, August
II, at 8 o'clock with acrobatic aerial
stunts and expert exhibition of flying
over the City of Mexico by F. W. Med
ermeyer, Jr., Pilot, former lieutenant
United States Air Service as aero
batic flying instructor, in a 45-foot
wing Curtis plane.
This novel introduction of the big
campaign will be one of the most uni
que feature stunts ever pulled off in
Audrain County and should give Mex
leo, Vandalia and the County wide
spread favorable publicity locally as
well as through the Metropolitan dali
les. The big war plane will arrive
her the night before and suitable park
ing grounds are being arranged near
by the city. This machine is an s
cylinder motor, Curtis latest army
training model and the acrobatic
stunts from 8 to $3.50 over the City in
clude: Loops, Ronversements, Barrel
Rolls, Falling Leaf, Tail Spin, Yer
tical Spiral, Nose Dive, Side Slip,
Wing Over, Up-side-down, Flying.
1t is also being planned to have the
plane bomb the City and County with
literature, campaign literature and it
will possibly be voted to drop two
scholarships for period of one school
year in some one course to be decided
upon within the next few days so that
unusual interest and enthusiasm may
thereby be stimulated from the moth
ers and daughters Of Audrain County.
The big drive will start with the
Executive Committee acting as majors
and four or more team captains, one
in each ward, at $3.50 a. m, Monday
morning, August IL.
The city will be divided into districts
by wards, with Theo. j. Williams act
ing for the Executive Committee in
charge of ward 1; Messrs Phillip and
Pollock, ward 2; R. D. Worrell, ward 3;
and J. w. Dry ward 4. Each team
captain, who will be named soon, will
select his associates for the work. The
plane will then soar away on it's trip
bombing the County, covering all of
the towns between here and Vandalia,
as well as Thompson.
Imediately after lunch at Vandalia,
a repetition of the mornings exhibi-
tion at Mexico will be given in Van
dalia.
Already a considerable amount Of
money has been pledged to the fund
and more is Immediately in prospect
from representative local business
men and women.
If it should rain on the morning of
the 11th, it would be necessary to have
the big celebration and fight of the
airplane the following day.
Last evening the members of the
Executive Committee completed their
county organization and there will be
one man in each township. Mr.. Bush
will have charge Of the Sailing town.
ship in the West end Of the County,
and Joe Considine in charge of Wilson
township. These two will collaborate.
Salt River township in which Mexico
is located will be divided into two
equal parts. North Salt River will
have one or two competent men in
charge and South Salt River the same
number. Prairie township will have
one man in charge, and Linn township
one man. These men will be seen to-
day ,hy the Executive Committee. VIM.
Daniel will act as Executive Chair
man for Vandalia and the entire
township of Cuivre.