The border vidette., 1931-05-23
AIRPORT HANGAR OPENING BIG
SUCCESS-22P PLANES HERE
Mondays ) Herald)

the formal dedication of the In
ternaGiouai airport's new hangai
and the inauguration Of the Ia
ternationa Flying Service be
tween the border and Tucson.
The gathering was the largest
ever neld IN Santa Cruz county
and at the same time brought
the biggest array of airplanes
ever congregated at the airport
at one time. Planes numbering
% we're III the line, orousut net.
from all parts of the state.
The ceremonies and gathering
here of the planes was the result
of the activities Of Thomas Griffin
young millionaire rancher" avia.
tor enthusiast, at whose expense
the big hangar was constructed
and the NogaIes airport equipped
with night land facilities. putting
it on par with most of the air
ports in the state.
Griffin, with the assistance of
G.. r. Michaels, secretary of the
chamber of commerce. and Fl r.
Sisk, president of the chant Der,
supervised the affairs of the day
which included a program Of
speaking. stunt flying, balloon
busting, aerial races and para
chute jump.
AIR LINE STARTED
Paul T. Adams, chief pilot of
the international Air Service,
piloted the first plane of the ser.
vice to Tucson and return. He
brought back with him from
Tucson the first passengers of
the line. The service was start
ed after the big tri-motored plane
was christened Greater No
gales" by Anita Donnadieu, rep
resenting Mexico, and Madeline
Noon. of Nogales, Arizona, who
broke bottle on the hub of the
planes center propeller while
movie cameras ground out pic
lures and professional and anna
teur photographers snapped
away.
Following the christening Mr..
Griffin was the recipient of con
Rratulations from Ted Lewis,
operating manager of the Ameri
can Airways service, western
division, and officials of ambos
Nogales.
Included among those present
were:
Mayor n. ]. Karns of Nogales,
Mayor g.. K. Smith of Tucson,
B.. F. Yost, American consul at
Nogales, N. Diaz. Mexican vice
consul at Nogales; F.. w. Han
nah, chairman of the Santa Cruz
county board of super visors; Ted
Lewis, assistant general man
ager at Dallas; r. G.. McClurg.
traffic agent at Phoenix and w.
D. Young, traffic agent at Tue
son, all three representing the
American Airways; G.. Fl. Ben
efiel, state governor of the Ma
tional Aeronautical association !;
Bert Cosgrove, manager of the
Tucson airport.
The visiting pilots and their
Dlanos inc)ndad.
Clark Scholey, Aronca; r. T.:
Vaughn, Air Transport; Dale
Meyers, Speed wing Travelair;
Joe Bray, Aerosport; w. E.
Clapp. 1Eaglerock; Clyde W:Wal.
lace, Waco; Charles w. Mayse,
Waco; E. M. Morse, watlow;
Arthur G. Anderson, Monocoupe;
Paul Gustine, Great Lakes; c..
G. Kizer, Aronca; Olin Coulter,
Waco; J. a. Benner. Monosport;
Cecil Sberwin. Monocoupe; Bill
Stone, Waco; Charles Goldtrap,
Monocoupe; sherwood Johnson,
Curtis Robin; Bill Owens, Mono
coupe, and Marie Graham. only
woman commercial pilot of Ari
zona and formerly of Nogales,
MOnocOupe
A DIPLOMATIC AID
Conduct of the speaking pro
gram was in charge Of President
Sisk, who acted as master of
ceremonies and introduced the
speakers. Frank II. Hitchcock,
former postmaster general, was
the chief speaker of the day.
The inauration Of h7ing SER
vice at Nogales, Hitchcock de
clared, will be material benefit
not only to commerce between
Mexico and the Uoited States
but will assist greatly in diplo
matte negotiations between the
two nations. High praise for