The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-19
Dean Brown
Will Pilot
Air Mail
Selected To Make
Special Flight
From City Today
LEAVES CITY II A. M.
Of Special Value
To Stamp Collectors
Sixty-Six Flights

Dean Brown, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Brown, Of this city, has been
selected to pilot the first air mail
from Sank Centre to Minneapolis
on Thursday, May 10th. The plane
win leave this city at 11:00 a. m.
this Thursday morning, and all out
going mail will have to be in the
Office at ten o'clock.
During the forepart Of the week
local people mailed many letters for
the special air mail flight, which is
q part Of air~mail week, May Is to
%, staged for the purpose Of call
ing attention to that branch Of the
postal service.
This flight will be Of value to
stamp collectors, as 1t will he the
only special flight out Of Sank Gen.
ire. Mail on this flight can be sent
to any city in the United States re-
CARELESS of whether they have air
service or not.
Mail on this plane addressed to
the sender will be carried to Min
neapolis by the special plane and
returned to Sank Centre for your
collection. All outgoing mail will
bear the special Sank Centre cachet
which was printed in the Herald
sometime ago.
Sixty-six of these flights will be
made in Minnesota, while 100 towns
and cities of the state have special
air mail week cachets.
The selection of Dean Brown as
the pilot Is Of more than passing
interest as he is one Of the local
boys. He was born in Sank Centre
and now makes his home in Man
kato.
Dean Brown landed here this
morning at 500 a. m. three hours
before flight time. Captain Roy
Scott dispatched a squad Of Nation
al Guardsmen to keep close watch
over the plane.
The model airplane contest, con-
Quoted by the local postoffice de-
partment, in which the Postmaster
has hung up number of cash priz-
es, has four entries. All Of these
will receive prizes, and are now on
exhibit at the postoffice
The mother Of the man who will
carry the mail" in this first air.
mail. flight out Of Sank Centre this
morning has never been up in his
plane, but she's with him one hum
dred per cent in his chosen hobby.
Hes never asked me yet" was the
way Mrs. Brown explained the fact
she had never been up with him.
But I think I'd CO." she added.
Pleased was Mrs. Brown when a
Herald representative told her def
mite confirmation had been made
that her son would make the flight
out Of Sank Centre today. She at
once set about planning to send let
tiers which Dean would carry to her
sons, daughters, and relatives in
Minneapolis, Mankato, Baton Rouge
in louisiana, and other points.
Licensed last October as a quail
fled pilot, Dean is one Of three for
mer Sank Centreites who hold pill
OTIS licenses. Others are "Red"
Fowler, Minneapolis, and Leon Dab
lem, on the west coast.
I'VE didn't know about his fly
ing at first" Mrs. Brown said. He
trained in Mankato, did his solo
work there, now it's his hobby.
Ills girl friend and his pleasure"
Mrs. Brown termed it. He has one
Of the youngest pupils in the state
training under him, nine year old
Mankato lad, who already has 4S
solo hours in Deans Taylocraft
cabin coupe.
To all purposes he has practically
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