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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-25


BY CAPT. MALCOLM BUCHANAN
The plane is on the runway ready
for the take-off. The student fliel
sits in the rear cockpit.
HIS instruments and controls are
exact duplicates of those in the in
structor's cockpit. Any movement
of a control in one cockpit moves
the corresponding control in the
other.
The plane gains speed and the
student feels the tail lift off the
ground. Then the plane moves even
faster, because the drag of the tail
skid has been eliminated.
Plane Takes OFF
The embryo pilots hand rests
lightly on the stick and he feels it
being pulled backward slowly. The
instructor is getting ready to take
off. The student sees the planes
nose lift in front of him and, glanc-
ing over the side, finds that the
plane is several feet off the ground
and still climbing.
He looks down again and finds
that the ground has fallen away a
hundred feet Now the plane tits
little to the left and the student
leans to the right, noticing as he
does so that the movable wing sur
faces in the wing tips are set at
an angle. These tips (or ailerons)
are brought into play by the pilot
pushing the stick from side to side.
The plane leans a bit more and
at the same time the rudder bar
forces the students right foot back,
the left going forward. The in
structor is at work. Then, slowly
the ship turns to the left until the
controls are brought back to neu-
trail, putting the craft on an even
course again.
Learns by Doing
After three or four easy turns the
instructor decides to give the stu
dent a rapid turn. He banks the
ship steeply, gives it more rudder.
All this time the pupil has his
hands on the control stick and his
feet on the rudder bar He notices
that every time the stick is moved
to the right the planes leans to the
right. The rudder bar and side
movement of the stick work in con-
junction upon the ailerons, the mo-
ton of the stick preventing skid.
When the instructor sees that
his pupil is beginning to feel at
home he cuts the motor down to
idling speed, putting the ship into
a normal gliding angle earthward.
All the student hears is the singing
of the wind in the wires and struts.
He knows that the forward speed
at such times could not be sur
passed. even if the motor was on.
The altimeter drops from 1000 to
1000 feet and then the instructor
signals landing and asks his pupil
to follow him through with the
controls.
Pupils Take Solo
This procedure of following
through is gradual until the day ar
rives when the instructor may safe
ly turn over the machine to the pu-
pill. The practise kept up until the
pilot is certain that the student
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Dial TzviSterS
Daylight Saving Time
Meters Given in ParentheseS

WFBM (275.D INDIANAPOLIS
indianapolis Power and Light Company
Saturday
800 Correct time, courtesy julius C.
Walk g. Son. Livestock markets,
indianapolis and Kansas City,
S:15-BaIdwin Piano Company popular
6:3o-"What'S Hapepning," Indianapolis
Times.
S:5O-"Care of the Hair and Scalp"
Hair-A-Gain Studios.
5:55-Baseball scores right off the bat.
Indianapolis Star.
6:00-Ruth NoIler on the Lyric Theater
organ.
6:20--Dinner music.
6;5O-MedicaI hygiene. Indiana Medical
7:Oo-concert trio with soloists.
5:45-Earle Howe Jones, staff pianist.
S:O0-The imperial PHILIPPINES.
s:3G-La Shelle Choral Club.
s:15-Jchnnie Robinson, and his Royal
io:1S"The CoIumnist,'' Indianapolis
1o:S0-LaTry Fly at the Baldwin.
wKBF (252) INDIANAPOLIS
Hoosier Athletic Club Station
Am.
io:Oo-Recipe exchange.
i0:ds-Brunswi;ck P Par. df ps;..orv cour.
tesy of Indianapolis public Ii
1o:so-WKBF shopping service.
ll:3O-LiveStock and grain market;
weather and shippers forecast.
5:O0-Late news bulletins and sports.
e:00-Dinner concert.
Sunday
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Chain Features
central Standard Time.)
SATURDAY
NRt,-WEAF SYSTEM

NBC-WEAF SYSTEM
Observation-Disclosures music to WRC.
WEEI. WCAE. KOA, WWJ. ,,
VITO, WAR. WGY. WGR. WCAE,
wDAF, WFAA, WV. WsAI. WCCO.
WTMJ, VOC. KSD. WOW. KOA,
re. webb, WEBC.
e:2o-Palsia Dor Orchestra to WEI.
WSAI, KsD. WHO. WOW. WRC,
WCCO. WCAE WSB.
e:o0-Park Central Orchestra to WHO,
WOW VINO
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NBC-wJz SYSTEM

ROXY stroll to XIV. KDKA. wJR,
WBz. WBzA, WRC. WEBC.
hour to WHAM. KDKA.
reveries to WHAM. KDKA,
WLW, KYW, WJR, WREN.
Anglo Persians to WBZ. WBZA,
WHAM, VIDAL. KYW. WJR. KWK,
WREN. KOA. KDKA. WLW, WTMJ,
WRHM WHAM
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going higher. Finally, as the flying
speed is lost the nose of the plane
is well above the horizon and the
tail is on level with the wheels.
At this juncture the weight of the
craft has become greater than the
weight OF the air against the wing
surfaces and the plane settles down
on the ground on three points-two
wheels and the tail skid.
Landings are often more thrilling
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Is. 1923

send a man to a wheat field reac
the city to fix a puncture. when
the man got to the appointed spot
he was confronted by an aviator
who explained that a tire had been
punctured in landing. The flyer
said he was enroute to indianapolis
and had landed to avoid a storm
when the tire blew out.
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- Learning How to Fy-No. 5
Tyro Pilot Is Taught BY Double
Controls, Then Comes Solo Hop

This is the fifth of series of articles
in which Capt. Malcolm j. Buchanan,
writer for The Times and NEA Service,
explains the use of the airplane and how
to operate it.
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can consistently make good take
offs and landings.
There is a big thrill coming for
the aspiring flier when he is told
for the first time that the ship is
his to fly; when he is told to take
'er off"-alone.
He pulls back the joystick and the
planes nose rises. Still nothing I'M
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SUNDAY
NBC-WEAF SYSTEM

=. M.
:00-Sixty musical minutes to WAR.
WCSH, WGR. WRC. WCAE, WSAI,
KSD, WRHM, woo, WHO. WSB,
WSosAd1, W T9z1 WTMJ' wFAA. WIT
2:oo-Soprano. pianist to WEAF. WRC.
KOA. WHAS, KSD.
2:30-String. orchestra to WRC, KOA,
3 :3o-BaIlad singers to WRC, WGY. KOA
WCAE, WSAI. WHAS.
4:Oo-Ams5iq@n Lsgi9p v Band wtt to WEI WEI
WTAG, KsD. WAR. VITO: WCsH.
WTAM. WIFI. WSAI, WWJ, WRC.
5 :00-String quartet to VITO. WIFI. WRC,
WGY. WCAE. WSAI. KSD. KOA.
B;30-Major Bowes family to WAR. WRC.
WCAE, WWJ. KSD. WHO. WHAS,
KOA, WSM. WSB. VINO. WOW,
WGY, VITO, WTAM.
7 0o-"Our Government to VITO, WAR,
WFAA. VINO, WSB, WTAG, WCSH,
WRC. WGY. WGR. WCAE. WSAI,
WTMJ. KSD, woo. WHO, WOW,
WHAS. WSM.
WV. WSAI. WON. WcEE, KSD,
NGy, WGR, WCCO. voc.
T:45-nible drama to WRC. WGY. WIFI.
THO. WGC. WOW. KVOO. WFAA.
MSAL KsO. WHAs, WWJ. WEEI,
s1s-orsssn1 to KsD. WHO. wsB, WOW,
WDAF. WFAA. WRO.
B:45-South Sea Islanders to KSD, WHO,
WSB. WFAA.
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COLUMBIA NETWORK

i:O0@symphOnie hour to woR. wNAo2,
WAS. WALDO. WQJ. KMBC. WA1U.
WKRC. WGHP. KOHL. WCAO,
WOWO, KNOX, WSPD. WMAF.
9:oo-Ca thedral hour to same network.
7:00-"Come to the Fair" to same net
work.
f:30-Moran and Mack--TWo Black Crows.
to same network.
e:oo-United Military Band to same net
work.
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FORMER Sheriff Dies

BIT ItT-eS HpectJI
GREENSBURG, Ind, Aug. 25.-
Funeral services were held today
for John w. De Moss. 70, former
Decatur County sheriff, who died
suddenly Thursday of heart disease.
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to some pilots than the take-offs.
Next: Landings.
Repairs Plane Tire

BIZ United Press
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 25.--A
service station here has taken to
patching fiat tires on airplanes. The
station was asked by telephone TO
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toward occurs. The pilot makes a
turn-a bank. Still nothing alarm
ing comes to pass.
He pushes the stick to one side;
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The Location of LITTLE RANCHES

ideal distance for people who work in indianapolis Only fifteen
family Give them the
country the
evenings
build yourself later
first small made will be entitled
all present and privileges of Little Ranches
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15

| TYPTsT IN the offirsl nf EAEllnm Ab-
stract Co.
We have b@nn unable TO fiji tie
calls for high grade otfiem hap. w
from San Benito. aud the ether fF=m
Point Isabel
We are ~expsetinE eondafiena 90
gradually imprr~ VI ln thm Valley
which mea each HucresdimM HHmnth
more calls for competent ErMauateH.
We thank the employers 81 effira
help for giving Us mn oppmrtumify Aa
supply their needs. CALL on EM
FIRST-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
I. W.CRECORY
VISITS here
Former u. S. Attorney
General Here On
Health Search

7. w. Gregory. Of Houston. for
mer United States attorney general
under the Wilson administration, ar
rived in Brownsville Saturday morn
ing for a visit in the Valley that
may last for a week, he said.
He came here for the health OF
his wife, who has been suffering
from bronchitis in the damp Hcus-
ton climate. She will probably re-
main over after he returns, the for
mer official declared.
Mr.. Gregory returned to private
life three years ago. and has been
looking after his business interests
in Houston since that time.
He was q frequent visitor IN this
section in years gone By. but this
is his first trip in more than Is
years. he declared He said he was
prepared for many surprises in the
way of growth and development since
his last visit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
|. HEARING
HERE MONDAY
Local Men Apply For
Lower Rate on Seed
Potatoes

A hearing on "A application filed
by w. z McDavitt, Tandy & Sons
and Fred Ruesteberg Of Brownsville
to secure reparations on seed po-
tato shipments into the Valley for
the past three seasons, including
1928, land TO fix q reasonable rate
On seed potatoes, will be held at
the federal court room in Browns
vile Monday morning. starting at
10 o'clock.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will be represented by Exam
iner j. a. Griffin Of Washington, and
A. T. Witcher, Washington attor-
ney. will represent the applicants.
Those who inaugurated the action
contended that the present rates on
seed potatoes from western Nebraska
and Wyoming are unreasonable. The
average rate is S1.04 and the speci-
fled shipping distance approximately
1900 miles.
The applicants have specified no
definite r~eparations, merely request
ing the Interstate Commerce Com
mission TO find the existing rate un-
reasonable, to fix a reasonable rate,
and grant r~eparations on such rate
for the past three seasons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Circus Story at
Texas lheater

"Not even the most imaginative
individual can have any idea Of the
amount of executive ability it takes
10 run a circus these days." declares
VIM. James Craft. director of The
Clown" Columbia's drama OF the
big tops. which comes TO the Texas
theater Sunday and Monday. Mr..
Craft ought to know. for though he
is a motion picture director now. he
was at one time a circus manager.
People who just go to see the
circus have no conception OF what
running such an organization means.
A circus j. really a tented city, be
III a small affair such as tours the
small towns and villages Of the
country. or the huge Rineling-Bar-
mum show whose coming il 4 big
event even in New York City.
To keep such a city going there
are hosts Of departments that de-
mand expert manaEcment-stars and
talent. transportation, housing. COM
missary. personnel, paymaster-in
short. practically every phase Of a
municipalities administration - and
more, too-and all must function
easily and without friction to give
the smoothly running performance
that the public pays 70 see and
I logically expects.
The problem or performers alone
is a big one-1ud must he in the
hands Of a person Of wide expert
ence, Mr.. Craft states. Circus
people are recruited from an over
the world. Though the United
States IS comparatively an infant
when II comcs to contribution *
the Sawdust ring, some of the great
est ground and lofty tumblers the
world has known have conn from
our Middle Western states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Underworld Play
Here at Dittlaann

How a quGrtette az three men and
n beautiful girl e~xtricated them
selves from the tolls Of an unscru-
pHlous underworld character. is the
theme of the Tiffany production.
~Cheaters." which viii be here
for the first time TO-DAY ~ the
pittmann theater.
The work az the east Is beyond
reprOach and the interest Of the
production is not allowed to lapse
for an instant. The work also Of
Alphonr Either. rs the detective. il
an excellent piece Of histrionic art
while Claire Mcdowell. Helen Lynch
and Max Davidson add 70 the round
ing out az the story as presented.
~ChcaterS. viii be the feature
attraction at the Dittmann theater
for tvs DAYS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
San Benito Buys
An Extra Purnper
(Snecial TO The Heraldl


SAN BENITO. Jan. I4-To enable
the San Benito fire department 10
he Of direct assistance to the sur
rounding territory in the event Of
fire. the S~n Benito city commission
az its me,/ng this week ordered the
purchase NJ an additional auxiliary
pumper which Will be used in max
ing rural runs thus obviating the ne
cessity of calling out the large truck
on country runs.
The CITY commission also ordered
the installation Of 136 additional
street lights in the residence district,
thus providing the entire city with
new ornamental standards such as
were put in last year to supplant the
older type OF posts.
Authorization was given the Cen
trail Power end Light company to ex-
pertinent n the Stenger street with
a view Of changing the present 100
watt white wsy" lamps I o 260-wat;
lamps under a new arrangement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Movie Calendar
Sunday-Monday

Sunday-Monday
Texas--~Ihe Clown" featuring
Johnny Walker in q picture with Al
G.. Barnes Circus pictured. A Column
biz production. ALSO International
news and q comedy, Scrambled
Honeymoon"
Dittman-"CheateEs." with Pat
O,Malley and Helen Ferguson. A Tif-
fanny picture. Also Educational COM
edy and Felix the Cat.
Queen--"Besu Sabreur," showing
Gary Cooper, Evelyn Brent, Noah
Beery and William Powell. Also a
Christie comedy. ooh, Nanny"
Aesops Fables and MGM news.
Tuesday Wednesday
Texas-"The Scarlet Letter." fea-
turing Lillian Gish. Also comedy,
Broke in China"
Dittmann-"By Whose Hand" John
Gilbert, lead. A Columbia picture.
Also Fox news.
Queen-"American Beauty" with
Billy Dove and Lloyd Hughes. Also
comedy, "Call OF the Cuckoo. Tues
day only. vaudeville. "Colleta and her
Jazz Mania Revue"
Thursday-Friday
Taxas-"Slide. Kelly. Slide" with
William Haines, Sally Omen, and
Harry Carey. Also international
news and comedy, Showing Off,
Dittmann--Chain Lightning" fea-
turing Buck Jones. A Fox produc-
tion. Also a comedy, "An Balled
Up"
Queen-'Buttons," staring Jackie
Coogan. A Lloyd Hamilton comedy,
GOOSE Flesh"
Saturday
Texas-"Border Cavalier" with
Fred Humes. A Universal picture.
Also last episode Of the series,
"Blake of Scotland Yard
Dittmann-"The Kentucky Handi-
cap" an Enterprise production. AL
so an Educational comedy.
Queen-'The Bandits Son." with
Bob Steele. Also Felix the Cat and
comedy, Hawk of the Hills"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
San Benito Telephone
Exchange Improved

SAN BENITO, Jan. L.-Installa-
tion Of a new rectifier which will
carry 5000 telephones has been COM
pleted in San Benito by the Rio
Grande Valley Telephone company.
A set Of new batteries have been
placed with the rectifier. An addi-
tional room vas built az the ex-
change to accommodate the equip
ment.
A lounge roc for operators has
also been added.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
SHIPPERS OF
VALLEY PLAN
ORGANIZATION
IL Tentative Plans Out
lined at Preliminary
Meeting In Mercedes
Friday Night
Especial to The Hersld)

[ 4AG AEL2AQt
MERCEDES Jan. 14.-Plans for .
saiiey~wide organization Of shipper.
Q the purpose Of improving mar
keting conditions throughout the
Valley were discussed here Friday
nlgnt at q meeting called by Ben
alto.
Practically all major shipping
points IN the Valley were represent
60, out organization was deferred
nnul Tuesday night, January II,
~nen q mass meeting Of shippers,
growers and others interested in
marketing the Valley vegetable crop
VIII be held at the grammar school
in Mercedes.
Following q general discussion
which eentered around the necessity
OF organization, q committee was ap-
pointed to formulate organization
plans and to set forth specifically the
purposes Of the organization. This
committee, which consists OF W. +.
McDavitt Of Brownsville, chairman;
Ben We'll Of San Benito, ex-officio
chairman; W. T. Hodge, Harrington;
< Lawler. La Feria; Davis Wade,
San Benito; /. r. Stahl, Wesiaco;
7. A. Boyce. Donna; A. o. Kohlberg,
McAllen, Dick Watson, Edcouch; d.
ID Smith, Mercedes. Joe Byrnes, Elsa:
and & V. Sprowl. Mission, will meet
At the office Of W. T. Hodge at Har-
lngen at 10 a. m. Monday, for the
purpose of preparing the report to
submit to the general meeting.
No Price Fixing
The object Of TIE organization, as
tentatively outlined. VIII be to or
ganize the shippers into four zones,
each zone TO hold daily meetings for
the purpose of discussing market con
diti0ns and all other matters of in
terest- IL Vas the general opinion
expressed by shippers that no effort
should be made to fix prices. Efforts
viii be made TO secure better freight
and refrigeration rates. pack stand
a~rdization, and Inspection. and "a
create for the Valley a stabilized de-
mand and market for its products.
+. L Hall, representative of the
California Vegetable Union. market.
ire agency for the Valley Vegetable
Growers Exchange. stated that his
organization could not join any
movement which had price fixing
for its object. j. r. Brothers. presi-
cent and T. O. Fleuriet. secretary OF
the Exchange. declared that the CO.
operative would not be interested in
the movement further than 70 aid II
freight reduction. pack standardiza-
ton and the correction Of shipping
practices which have proved injuriou,
70 the Valley.
Exrharve Presents View
Ren We'll Of San Benito was select.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Seven Seized Cars
Sold AT Auction

Seven ears. seized by federal CT
ficcrs In conjunction with arrests il
liquor eases were sold 1T public
auction hy tire government at TIE
rSar of the p~ost0ffice Saturday ~
ternoon. Harold Jefferis. deputy L.
$. MARSHAL acted ~ &~Gcti0nccr-
A large crowd collected Ter TIRE
a1ctioa and mos. 81 the cars sold
at seed prices. Tie sale src-G6e5
two Chev-01e-s. u Dodge, and fear
F0rtS or various -rr<.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Sabreur' Is
Playing In City

intrigue. love and adventures On
the vast Saharah Desert offer
thing spectacular and attractive in
the line Of motion entertainment at
the Queen theatcr. where Para
mounts newest production. Beau
Sahreur,S Is now geing shown.
Gary Cooper plays the role Of
Henri de BeaujolaiS. the dashing
and virile young Frenchman who
vows that he viii never look at \
woman-and then meets one. Cooper
is ideal in the part. and gives n fine
performance az the soldier-sheik Of
the burning sands.
~su It0SSu
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Bank at San Benito
Reflects Officials

SAN BENITO, Jan. 14.-Officers
and directors OF the San Benito Bank
and Trust company were reelected
at the annual meeting here this
week as follows: r. III. Downs. pres
ident; NJ. r. Benson, vice president;
Fl. G.. Marshall. vice president: K. c.
Breedlove. cashier; T. W Moore, as
s~istant cashier
The board Of directors Is comnos-
ed Of the officers and II. G.. Ballen-
ger. W. p. Drake and Guy Trent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Rivoi Theater
Has Double Bill

The Rivcs theate- AZ San BeHito
offers q big SeGAle hal today ana
tomorrow in r~Setsrss and vaudeville.
On the screen l. ske great laughing
mystery. ~TAe Gorilla" ore Of the
outstanding feSsa-es ~ tho season.
ard On the stage The Three Kit
tens consisting ~ some remark
able and taleateS singing girls, who
also are tepaotehers N piano, violin
and 0kelele.
The vaudeville act has been re-
ceiVcd most Eraeiensly since its
appearance in the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
VALLEY


Glasses will he started I'm Book
keeping. Shorthand and Typewriting
IN order 70 accommodate new stu
dents from time TO time.
Joe Connor has accepted "a Book
keeping-stenographic position IN thu
office Of the Gulf Refining Co.
Nolan Willis is dninR general Of
flee work for the Rio GEande nod
and Gun Club.
Marie johnson has accepted a posi-
ton in the office CT the Frontier
Lumber GO.
Seraphine Wedmann has become a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
FRIENDS

Voiney w. Taylor. Jr.. entertained
about 25 OF his friends az q party
Friday evening 1t his home on Le-
wee street. The time was spent IN
games, buneo. and dancing. A book.
prize for making the best score IN
bunco, went 20 Malcolm niller. and
a vanity. another high score prize,
was given 10 Shirley Slower.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-17
Famous Boston Surgeon
Dies at Age of "a Years

Boston, Aug. II P>-Dr. Georc.
W. Calvin. founder and for IL years
chief surgeon of the old Boston
Emergency hospital. and for years
prominent In the affairs of the So
eialist party. died at his Back Bay
home early today.
He was "a years old. a native of
Somerville and lifelong resident of
Boston. He was a graduate of Bos-
ton College and the Harvard Medical
school.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-17
His Career

Rev. James Roy Wilkerson al
though still young man, has had
a varied experience as farmer. army
medical man. high school principal
grocer, and minister. He was born
on April 20. 1894, on farm IL
smiles from Wilson, Wilson county
North Carolina. the son of Henry
Roscoe and Rosa Boyette Wilkerson.
He was the oldest of seven children,
there being five boys and two girls,
although one If his sisters died in
infancy Both parents were native
North Carolinans. Mrs. Wilkcrson
died in February. 1917, but the new
pastors father is still living. a re-
tired farmer and merchant.
Mr.. Wilkerson was reared on his
fathers Wilson county farm. At
the age Of 10 he entered Trinity
college (now Duke university at
Durham. n. c. While at college he
was a member of the Trinity Park
School club and the Hesperian
Literary society. In 1917 he gradu-
ated with the degree of bachelor of
arts.
During 1917 and 1918 he taught
in the Greensboro Sigh school, but
with the outbreak of the world war
he returned to Wilson and enlisted
in the army on April 10. 1918. He
was assigned to Base Hospital SIS
OF the medical corps with the rank
of medical sergeant. first class. After
training at Fort Mcpherson Atlanta,
Ga. he sailed from New York on
August 80 and landed at Brest.
France. on September 10. serving at
the kerhoun hospital center. He
was discharged from the service at
Camp Lee. Va. on September 3.
1919. retaining his rank as a first
class medical sergeant on the re-
serve list.
He Immediately became connected
with the Wilson county school
board. serving through the summer