Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
I'm OUR
VALLEY
"ZIMMERLEY made It'll"

ABOUT town about p. m. Sunday
Harry Num-, manager of Hotel
Ell Jardin, had just received a tele-
gram from the flier who took off
from the airfield here at 2:45 a. m.
Sunday.
After a nonstop flight, he landed
at Winnipeg, Canada, 17OO miles
away, at GAS p. m, exactly 16 hours
later.
And thus he established a world
record for distance of a continuous
flight in plane of the type he was
flying, that is, machines weighing
less than TIL pounds.
1t was world record and It
started from Brownsville, Texas.
Barney Zimmerley, quiet, unas-
suming and highly reticent-to the
despair of newSpapermen seeking a
story-is the type who are making
aviation history.
While here he won the friend
ship of every person he met and
the best wishes of all of them flew
with him.
II don't want too much publicity
now" he said. wait until I have
done something"
He was confident that he would
be successful. He insisted he would
not start until weather conditions
were right and that when he did
start he would go through.
"ThQt THING mO11't f1xyO - ev>oo
tator said Of his queer little craft
in the presence of the flier one
afternoon at the local field.
Wait until it gets going in this
test and then say that" zim-
merly replied
Already holder of the altitude
record for planes of this type, this
30-year-old veteran of the air now
holds another world record-and
his bride of ten months at Mar
shall, Mo-, awaiting his return has
reason to be proud of him.
EARLY SUNDAY morning as a
small crowd stood in the glare Of
spotlight playing on Barney zim-
merley'S plane just before the take
off on his successful hop to Winni-
peg, a colored youth supplied the
crowd with chuckles with his OBJ
servationS on aviation.
WSure is a funny looking ship"
he said as he cast critical eve
over the tiny, low-winged mono
plane.
why I don even see no stabilizer
On It'll" he expostulated. The crowd
laughed. Determined to vindicate
himself and prove that he knew
something about it the dusky lad
rushed on to add: "Oh, you know
what I'm talking about. That thing
what the man pushes down to
make the back end strut"
Zimmerly himself, supervising the
installation of a barograph in his
plane, got hearty laugh out of
this.
IKE BOLLACK is qualified to
teach school.
| And he has certificate to that
affect.
The certificate came to light last
week In the office of the McAllen
Monitor.
Let that paper tell about it:
Ike Bollack, Brownsville ner-
chant, can teach school again now
II he wants to. We have sent him
his teachers certificate. In a catch
all corner of the Monitor office the
other day, which one Of the BOYS
inadvertently disturbed while
sweeping the floor, we found Mr..
Bollack's teachers certificate which
was issued to him in 1892, 81 years
ago, from the Sam Houston Normal
Institute. The certificate bears the
signature of ]. S. Hogg, governor,
and ex-officio member of the board
of the normal. We sent the Ger,
tificate to Mr.. Bollack and have
learned from him that it had been
something like IS years since he
saw it the last time"
ATLEE B. AYERS, San Antonio
architect who has designed some of
the Valleys most imposing struc-
lures, likes the electric fountain
which has been installed in Wash
ington Park here.
The following is from the San
Antonio Light:
brownsville, beautiful Rio Grande
dW, sets an example in civic pride
and Identification for all south
Texas cities, reports Atlee B. Ayres,
architect, who has just returned
from a short visit there. Under the
supervision of Ben Proctor, the city
of Brownsville has constructed a
beautiful electric fountain in its
city park which is among the most
attractive of its kind in this sec
ton Of the country, Mr.. Ayres said.
The fountain, about Is feet in
diameter, spoutS water so to so feet
in the air over profusion of many
hued lights, resembling the foun-
tains of world fairs, Mr.. Ayres said.
1T was built at cost of only Sl6.-
O00," said Mr.. Ayres, "and is one
of the Valleys biggest attractions.
San Antonio could well afford to
follow the example.
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