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men. Wilbur and Orville Wright.
aided by their sister Katherine, were
also concentra ting on this fascinating
science. Their exeriments at Kitty
Hawk, n. c., bore fruit in machine
they sold to the Government for
$50 ,00O-S25 900 actual price and q
$1,000 bonus because it made a speed
Of 40 miles an hour, exceeding that
specified in the contract.
Lieut.. Clayton .Bissell of the Army
Air Corps thus describes the Army's
first airplane, flown at Fort Myer, Va,
in 1908:
1T was a biplane with gap of
about feet and a wing spread Of 40
feet. Its wing area was about 500
square feet. The total weight was
about 500 pounds. Lateral control
was secured through Wrapping the
wings. In front of the main surfaces
was the horizontal rudder. 1t con.
sisted of two superimposed plane sur
faces about Is feet long and 8 feet
wide. Behind the main planes was q
vertical rlldder. This was also formed
of two surfaces trussed together.
Our first Army airplane was pow.
cred with a four-cylinder, water-cooled.
characterization engine designed
by the Wright brothers. 1t developed
4AOA oCPOWCI LAW ISNOiu'
tions per minute. 1t was placed in
the center of the lower wing and ener.
gized two 81 foot wooden propellers.
TO which it was connected by means
of chains"
The Wrights had delivered their
plane on contract time and tests be.
gan Immediately. On one of these
Lieut.. Selridge was killed and Orville
Wright badly hurt.
With such a background. colored
with tragedy and success, Washing
ton is launching its plans for an air.
port.
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Sxe FLEETWINc de luxe type, 4 OBLIGATION
OF WHICH WILL CARRY THE MAILS oNTHE
NEW YORK -ATLANTA ROUTE

coined the word "aerodrome." Greek
for "air runner" for his aircraft, but
this word has since lost the meaning
Langley gave it. ... - .
Battling in the face of skepticism
and criticism, Langley held to his
| course and on October Z, 1908, his
man-carrying machine was ready to
take the air from the Potomac River.
| Henry Lehman, member of the
Franklin Institute. has thus described
the attempted flight for a Smithonian
| Institution report:
1T was a little after noon that the
| machine glided down the launching
| track. The operator soon felt the
sensation of being free in the air
when he noted that he was plunging
downward at a very sharp angle and
instinctively grasped the wheel which
controlled the Penaud tail. intending
to throw it up so as to depress the
rear, but the effort failed, the ma
chine crashed into the water and it
was with some difficulty that the
operator was saved from drowning.
The machine was recovered from the
water and certain slight defects dis.
covered a s the cause of the mishap."
Another attempt was made ON De-
cember s, 1908, but the launching ap-
paratuS was again to blame for
failure. AS funds We're lacking from
The Government, Langley was forced
to suspend further experiments and
he died on the eve of development
of the science he had helped to foster.
In 1914 Glenn III. Curtiss, inventor
and airman, successfully flew the
Langley machine at Hammondsport,
| n. Y, and the Smithsonian scientists
work was vindicated.
X X X y
WHILE the savant Langley was
wrestling with aeronautical prob
lens in Washington, the bicycle store
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OpvILLE WRIGHT MAKING FLIGHT at Fl MYER i~1oos.

the carrying of passengers and
freight, as we'll as mail. Under the
contract, the Post Office Department
has reserved the right to increase or
decrease the number of intermediate
stops or the number of round trips
per week, and to change the termini
Of the route, by agreement with the
contractor.
With the acquiring of a suitable
airport and the Inauguration this
Fall of the air mail service to At
lanta. Washington will be carrying
forward a tradition in aviation. Not
only is the Capital, through the
Smithsonian Institution, the Gus
todian of many of the famous aircraft
that have written history beneath the
! Stars and Stripes, but the city and it's
envirOns have an aeranoutical back
ground all their own, fraught with
interest dating back to Civil War
days.
A. message to President Lincoln
from Prof. Loew's balloon. on the
grounds of the Smithsonian Institu-
! ton, in 1851, was the first sent by
| telegraph between aircraft and the
ground. Lowe co-operated with Gen.
, Mcclellan during the Civil War. The
| pioneer naval aircraft carrier was
| launched in 1862. and used by the
Army of the Potomac for its balloons.
On October Z, 1903, Langley made his
| first test of his man-carrying air.
| plane from a houseboat on the Po-
| tomac River. He had Charles M.
| Manly, now in New York, as pilot,
| but at the launching, the front guy
! post was hung on the launching car.
and eventually the machine dived
L. int thn tnt oh fnaf f,n f,.nv
of the launching track.
| The American Government. in 1907,
| was the first in the world to call for
! bids on flying craft. In September,
| 1908. Orville Wright flew from Fort
Myer to Alexandria, Va. and back,
| to show that a plane could be di-
rected at will. The Wright plane was
purchased in 1909 by the Govern
/ ment.
Thereafter, the Army took actively
to flying, and an airdrenas was Con
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+ BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN.

A y airport in the Nations Capt.
~ tai within a quarter of a cen
n fury, with pilots Of the purple
twilight" dropping down with
the mails, was scarcely san
guine thought in the mind of Samuel
Pierpont Langley, third secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, when he
aided substantially in laying the
foundation for aviation with his re-
search and various experiments hire.
He died in 1906. yet Largley--just
dreamer in the old red castlelike build
ing on the Mall, to most folk---loolied
ahead to that future for flying which
has now arrived, and the forces he
set in motion are focusing activity in
the direction of placing Washington
on the commercial air map and MAX
ing it the capital of airdOm.
Dipping into the future, enthusiasts
foresee a large air center in Wash
ington, with planes riding the four
winds Of heaven. freighted down with
mail, passengers and high-class
freight, with all points of the compass
their destinations, and the Washing
ton Monument and the dome of the
Capitol already lighted at night as a
prophetic landmark TO airmen--
standing as white beacons TO Dec6on
the way toward the most up-to-date
municipal airport in all the Nation.
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AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS.

ranging according to the size Of the
building. About 8 or 10 thermopiles
may if it is so desired. be connected
up in series TO form one circuit of the
whole.
Immediately the hot air arising
from a fire strikes one of the thermo-
piles a current of electricity is gen.
Grated by the metals contained there
in. This current flows through the
circuit and defects the corresponding
galvanometer pointer. When the latter
/ defects more than a certain degree,
the magnetic adjusting screw attracts
the piece of iron on the pointer, thus
completing the relay circuit that actu-
ates the alarm bell for the system.
| One of the most important features
of this system is it's being entirely un.
affected by dust and vibrations, which
makes the business of it's maintenance
an especially easy natter for the user.
! 1t furnishes an added means of pro.
lection. always welcome thing.
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land tortoises and some fresh water
tortoises they are covered with long
papillae.
The saurians form a group whose
tongues are extremely variable in
shape. In the chameleons the tongue
is truly extraordinary. In the state
OF rest 1t is kept in the mouth: when
thrust out 1t may be extended to a
distance OF six to eight inches. When
it is in the mouth, this tongue forms
a mass of whitish flesh of tough con.
sistency. it is sustained. by a bony
stylet which is an attachment of the
hyoid process and ends, at its free
extremity, in a sort of tubercule,
covered with mucous membrane in
folds, constantly fabricated with a
viscous fluid secreted by several
glands. 1t has two sets Of muscles
one 'longitudinally disposed, and the
others circuiarly. By the sudden,
rapid and energetic contraction Of
these muscles, the tongue slides over
the bony stylet, surrounded with its
humid membrane. and is thrust
forward by precisely the same mech.
anism as a cherry-pit is snapped be.
tween the fingers. The action of the
powerful muscles that attach 1t to the
hyoid process serves to return the
tongue to the mouth.
Snakes tongues are slender and
forked; they may thrust forward with
a speed to which lightning Is nothing
in comparison. and, in the case OF
some species, the bigger snakes, they
have almost the force OF a pile-driver.
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IN order to protect building against
the danger of fire it is often found
desirable to provide its various rooms
with automatic fire alarms. viz: with
apparatus that as soon as the temper.
allure rises above a certain, degree,
will actuate an alarm bell advising
the men on guard and thus allowing
an incipent fire to be tackled in time.
AN Ingenious device of this sort is
based entirely on a novel principle,
that Of thermo-electricity. an electric
current being generated by the direct
application of heat to certain metals.
AS there are no moving parts to get
out Of order, the alarm is as suitable
for ships holds as for warehouses
and Offices
This apparatus is fixed on the cell
ing of the room it is desired TO protect
and is connected by insulated wires to
an indicator board on which are
mounted a number Of indicators.
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LANcLET MACHINE ON Housg BOAT OPPOSITE VA
Just before its Trial October = 1909.

preaching in and out Of season since
he took office that a well equippd air.
port will prove a magnet of air bust
ness in the immediate future. He
thinks an airport is not only a good
commercial venture, but q recreation
center as well. Generally speaking, he
lays down these oardinal points for an
airport: Easy and safe approach from
four directions, available to all meth
DDS of ordinary transportation, serv-
icing facilities for the planes, room
for expansion with the rapid growth
of aviation and as large an initial
field as possible.
Projecting present lines of develop
ment into the future, the Washington
airport of 1885 will properly be great
central station for incoming and out
goiNg mail, PASSENGERS and freight. AT
i larger field on the outskirts IT the
city, as business increases, planes VIII
be able to obtain fuel, oil, repairs and
other needed services, the airport be-
ing used only for actual flying opera
.ions This field, if it Ice q model for
, the Nation, will not only be equipped
with the latest adequate slare-pro-
| footed lights to welcome visitors from
| the air at any hour Of the night, hut
will also be equipped with illuminated
! pilots TO be advised of landing condi-
lions.
In line with progressive trend,
Washngton's airport will have to
lave well equipped iunchroom, news
stand and waiting room on the heid
! An up-tothe-minute weather service
will have to be available for Lilots
contemplating taking off, and tkls
means radio facilities as well. And,
| grim reminder that flying is but q
human endeavor, a modern first aid
station may be found necessary.
! If Washington is to build its arr
! porC to surpass those of other COM
munities, il must not neglect accom-
modations for the hydroplane, ana
consequently, the site should adJoin
water. Illustrative Of the activity IN
pushing airport plans, Oakland. Cailr.'
is now launching an ambitious pro-
gram, which Washington must eX'
coed, if it is to have the model air
port in the land.
Oakland claims for its airport thdt
it is comparatively free of fog. Pres
ence of fog at times determined Post
Office Department officials to place the
eastern terminus o. the transcnntinen-
tai air mail service at IIadley Field.
New Brunswick. y. j.. rather than IN
the New York Harhor area. Oakland
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structed and hangers were erected at
College Park, Md. After receiving in
structions from the Wright brothers.
officers opened an Army aviation
school there, and in July, 1911, active
training was in full play. Expert
mental work went forward. Aerial
photography and radio from aircraft.
as we'll as ordnance tests from air
planes, were investigated, and this
field continued to operate until 1913,
when activities were centered at
North Island, San Diego. Calf. The
first airway established by the con-
struction Of an auxiliary landing field
was tried out at Washington Bar
racks.
THE first air mail route was estab-
lished between Washington and
New York, May Is. 1918. but the story
is told that the Army airman who in
augurated the service lost his way in
the first two attempts-once landing
in southern Maryland and the second
time going down to earth in the cape
Charles area. This was rectified, how
ever. and the service was placed on
satisfactory basis and continued until
May 81, 1921.
Far earlier than that day. however,
a Washingtonian was working for the
success of aviation. Back in 1898, DIR.
Charles D. Walcott, later Langleys
successor as secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, urged President
Mckinley to investigate the theory OF
his fellow scientist concerning aero
nautics. DR.. Walcott spent many
hours in the Langley aeronautcal
laboratory and library, and his in
terest in flying earned for him one
of its honored posts-chairman of the
national advisory committee for aero
nautics. DR. Walcott's assistance was
instrumental in having 900 appro-
priated by Congress for the Langley
experiments.
Langley started his Investigations
in 1887. He began his first power
driven machine in November. 1891. and
In 1894, after various alterations, the
model few successfully without man
N IT. Cariously enough. the scientist
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boasts that 700 acres Is it's first step
in a 1900 acre project; that it is 6
miles, II minutes Dy auto, from the
Oakland l'ost Office to the airport
that the field is FREQ from had air
currents and sheltered from the wind;
that there are no distractions, and
that it will have a mooripg mast to
permit dirigibles to tie up. 1t asserts
that "all forms of aircraft will be ac-
commodated." This is a municipal un-
dertaking that has been sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce. Such are
the aims that Washington will have
to surpass.
While Washington is busying itself
with the question of an airport and
it's equipping, other agencies are nos
ing ahead with material progress to
get the New York Atlanta air mail
line in running order in a few months.
July /, the birth of another fiscal
year. has unlocked about 81, 500, 900 in
appropriations for a general fund for
lighting and maintaining the Nation $
airways. Out of this sum will come
expenditures for erecting beacons
every 10 miles along the New York
Atlanta route, stretching for 744
miles.
Donald F. Rose of Pitcairn Avia =
ZION, lIlC., OIL WIitu tId :
the contract for operating the new
air mail line, states that the first OF
the eight airplanes that will carry
the mail nightly by air between New
York and Atlanta had its first flight
test a few days ago and made a
splendid showing" The mail will
leave the terminals nightly at 9, ar
irving at the opposite terminals at 6
the following morning. The planes
are to be a modified flleetwing type,
with Wright whirlwind engines of
200 horsepower and speed of Ito
miles an hour.
n X X
WHILE the transcontinental air
w mail service first started out by
| flying by day, the New York Atlanta
| route will create an innovation by
beginning with night service. Later
! it Is expected that this will be ex-
banded TO include q day service and
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Excavations at Ur, the home town
of Abraham, show that 1t was custo-
mary to bury a dead man under The
house in which he lived.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-02-08

Creek, called on Miss Anna and
Josephine Smith, Friday.
Mrs. Emma Steelman and Miss
Anna Braun are spending a few
days at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Soey of Ocean City.
The Community club of ScullYille
and English Creek will hold it's
monthly meeting Monday evening
February Z in the public school
building
Mrs. Arelda Lloyd spend Friday
as the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Charles H. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Somers, OF
English Creek, Earl Steelman and
Richard Somers attended the party
given for Mrs. Alberta Hurtz, or
Somers Point.
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Raymond
Ireland are recovering from the
grippe =,
The Pleasantville press., 1927-02-08
CLUB HOPES FOR
MAIL DELIVERY
Women Entertain NOrthfield
and LinwOOd Clubs in
Their Headquarters

The Civic club met Thursday
night at their headquarters in the
Fire hall and had as their quests
the Northfield and Linwood Civic
clubs. The club is planning to have
houses in the Point numbered and
mail delivery installed.
A musical program arranged by
Mrs. G. $iddleton was as follows:
Piano SOLO, Mrs. G.. Middleton;
humorous reading Mrs. b. Nc
Curdy; vocal duet. Miss S. Thur
low and Miss NJ Haufler; solo,
Miss Z. Ralston; monologue, Mrs.
L. Cannon and Mrs. W. Megronigle.
Dancing followed the musical. The
following new members were ad-
mitted: Mrs. II. Oliver, Mrs. J.
Oliver, Mrs. O. Lingo. and Mrs II.
Freek The next meeting will be
held Thursday evening, February
II.
Those who attended were; Mrs.
c. Wolfbrandt Mrs NJ. Wilson,
Mrs. c. Johnson, Mrs. c. Lee, Mrs
e. Smber. Mrs. J. Pedriek. Mrs.
G. Smith Mrs. f. James. Mrs. F.
Grant. Mrs. c. Kears. Mrs. S.
Wright, Mrs J. Pratt Mrs. A..
Walker, Mrs. c. Seitz. Mrs. w
Sander Mrs. A. Risley, Mrs NJ.
Gayilier Mrs L. Candy, Mrs. J
Malsbury Mrs. f. Steeman, of Lin
wood; Mrs Fl. H. Smith, il, Mrs.
". L. Carney. Mrs. J. Schoppy. Jr..
Mrs z. ingalls,, Mrs. T. Swlkey,
Mrs II. Tallmm, Mrs. ". Relycr,
Mrs w H. Mcfarland. Mrs. Victor
Keller. Mrs. c. Williams, Mrs. E.
Gale. Mrs. G. Banning, Mrs. A.
Cratic, Mrs. II. Smith, Mrs. A.
Littlefield, Mrs A. B. Risley. Mrs.
George Isaac of Mortified: Mrs.
A Thompson, Mrs. II. Adams, Mrs.
W. Megronisle, Mrs. F. Gilyey,
Mrs. E. B. Hooper Mrs. H. Endriss.
Mrs. II. Kerr. Mrs f. Drake. Mr..
L. Cannon. Mrs. E. Pratt, Mrs. II.
L. Peterman, Mrs. G. Middleton,
Mrs. c. Shade, Mrs. G. Leonard.
Mrs. G. McCurdy. Mrs. Y. Lingo.
Mrs. J. Strang, Mrs. F. Birch, Mrs.
Ella Hart, Mrs Anna Hera, Miss
sylvia Thurlow and Miss Mildred
Hauflcr of Somers Point
The Pleasantville press., 1927-02-08

Il didn't believe youu rA3aember
me. MiIlie,' he said contentedIy.
Remember you? How ridicu-
lous 80 She blushed warmly. but
her blue eyes were dancing with
pure delight. "lust imagine. see
ing you here -
Imagine meeting the only girl
I ever loved out here in my lone
IineSs," muttered jim III a low.
tense tone.
For moment the girl stared at
him, unbelievingly oh, Jim Blake
ham, do you really mean thatY'
she whispered softly.
"Ah, Millie Gray, Mile Gray, my
heart has ached for you ever since
/ left Leadenyille--I mailed YOU il
letter. and YOU never answered II.
and 50. ] lust pulled stakes and
came out here's 1t Erue-that you
carer He was holding her hands
now. and his hungry eyes asked
questions.
Mllie hung her head. Presently
she nodded gently, and added SO
that only his ears heard in that
vast prairie, Would l be here to-
day. Jim, if | did not? Last spring
II read in the paper something
about you and the ranch here and
that night | applied for the office
Of school teacher / never received
your letter-and my heart was
broken"
Surely it is quite all right now
sweetheart" asked Jim as he TOOK
her into his arms.
CCOpyright1
The Pleasantville press., 1927-02-08
SCULLVILLE

The Daughters of America held
their weekly meeting in the U. b.
hall Wednesday evening. Those
present were: Mrs. Anna NJ. Lee,
Mrs. Ethel Giberson, Mrs. Amanda
Lee. Mrs. Edythe Nicholas, Mrs.
Mamie Smith, Mrs. Emma Zellner,
Mrs. Anna W Lee, Mrs. Anna
Maria Lee, Mrs. Swift, Mrs. Arelda
NJ. Lloyd. Mrs. Jennie Hill, Mrs.
Lima Harvey, Mrs. Margaret
Shields, Mrs. Lizzie Lee, Mrs. Alma
Barrett, Mrs. Caddie Lee, Mrs. Reba
Fennen, Mrs. Hannah Godfrey
Mrs. Lizzie Dennis. Mrs. Dora
Smith. Mrs. Anna Somers, Mrs.
Sallie Dennis, Mrs. Lizzie Force,
Mrs. Mamie Steelman Mrs. Emily
Madden. Mrs. Eliza Bailey Miss
Hannah Godfrey, Miss Sylvia Lee,
and Miss Elizabeth Scull.
A Valentine social is being plan
ned by the World Service com
mittee of Asbury NJ. e. church Of
English Creek to be held in the
Asbury hall February IA.
Nj and Mrs Harry Soey, of
Ocean City, called on Mrs. Emma
Steelman and Miss Anna Braun
Thursday.
Miss Gertrude Godfrey, of Phila-
delpha, has been spending a few
days as the guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Godfrey.
Mrs, Jennie tSeelman is i'll at
rer home in English Creek.
Miss Eliza Collins. of Atlantic
City. was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
John Wolfe of English Creek, Fri
day.
Edwin Albertson spent the week
end at the guest of his brother In
Philadelphia
Miss Eunice Wolfe, of English
The Pleasantville press., 1927-02-08

brero to polished DrOWn UO0Is, any
one would have had 10 admit that
jim was good looking.
All the windows in the school
house were wide open when Jim ar
rived. Outside, III The moonii ghI.
many couples strolled under the
cottOnwoods, so that when Jim
bent his head to enter the school
house door, his appearance was an
event. The voices OF his friends
greeted him. and some one started
Il little applause Jim bowed grace
fully and rhe whole thing was get
ting along splendidly when some
one exclaimed:
Look at the school ma 'm-she's
faintingr
Jim Brakeman saw big Dick For
EST awkwardly supporting very
small figure-there was cloud
Of rich red hair tumbled over her
shoulder.
IT'S Mulie-my Mille !" thought
Jim as he pushed his way forward.
but by the time he reached Dick
Forest the girl had been borne
away by ministering women.
"That spoils your dance with the
school teacher tainted Dick For
est Believe me. boy, she is some
dancer too"
The next morning all the men
went rushing off TO long days rid
ing, quite forgetting about the new
school taacher. Jim Blakeham him
self was the only one who actually
had her on his mind that morning
as he rode toward Red Gulf post
| office. He had made up mis- mind
that If Mile Gray appeared cold
and Indifferent, ne would not be
the one 10 try TO arouse her inter
est.
Dreaming thus as his white pony
ambled along the trail, Jim sud
denly heard a horses hoofs. and
then, turning, saw the girl OF his
! heart riding closely behind him.
She did not glance up at his face
at first Ii was only when he
whirled his pony out of the trail
and gave her free passage that
she looked up gratefully.
oh thank you-I was just bit
afraid of an Indian | met yonder-
why. Jim-Jim Blakehaml Is 1t
I.really you?'' She was radiant with
delight, and Jim rode up TO her, hat
ia hand.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-02-08
STEELMANs ENTERTAIN

Mr.. and Mrs, Calvin Steelman
gave party al their home IN
honor of Mrs. Alberta Hurtz. i
musical program and cards were
enjoyed. Large bouquets of fresh
cut flowers decorated the tables.
supper was served at a late hour
The guests were; Mr.. and M:s
Forest Conover, Mr. and Mrs
Claude Somers, Mr.. and Mrs. David
L. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs Morris
Palmer. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Tally Chester Conover, Richard
Somers. Earl Steelman. Herbert
Rose, Merlyn Rose, Dorothy Smith,
and Kathryn Stcelman.