Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-19
CALDWELL JOURNAL TELLS
OF WM. c. HAfNES

William G. Haines. who was borr
and reared in Sharon township. No
Die county, approximately 500 wards
from the Morgan county line. Feb
l, 1897. is another in the long list
from this county who has won fame
and prominence in the outside
world He is perhaps better known
as the meteorOlogist who accomna-
MED Admiral Byrd s polar expedi-
tions in 1926, the Antarctic eypedi-
uon, 1928-3O. and the second eypa-
dition from 1933to1935.
Halnes is a son Of Jasper D. and
Mary F. Haines and looks back with
pride to the small community of
Relnersyille as his native commun-
lty. His early schooling was OBJ
tanned in the public schools of Cen
ter township. The school house was
located about two miles from his
home
His early training and graphic
description Of the three expeditions
IS told in the following by William
Haines, as written to the eminent
Vic Walters of Peinersville:
The training received at Earley's
school, together with two terms of
Teachers Normal at McConnelsville,
Ohio. during the summers of 1905
and 1906, enabled me to pass the
state teachers examination for
teaching in the public schools of
Ohio. | taught school for six years,
two years at Green's school and
four years at Earley's school, both
located in Center township.
Other educational facilities: Geo.
Washington University, Washington,
D. c., approximately two years cred
its in mathematics and physics OBJ
tanned in the night classes of the
university between 1922 and 1925.
Also a number of courses in scien-
tific subjects taken at the United
States Bureau of Standards.
| completed the course in meteor
ology given by the School of Me
teorology. signal corps, L. S. army,
at the Texas A. & NJ. College, Col
lege Station, Texas, during the sum-
mer of 1918.
| passed the United States civil
service examination and received an
appointment as assistant observer IN
the weather bureau at Houston,
Texas, in June, 1912. A few months
later | was transferred to Calves
ton, Texas, as first assistant and
served in that capacity until the
summer of 1915, when | was trans
ferred to the weather bureau in
Jacksonville, Florida, and served
there until February, 1918, when I
enlisted in the army.
On February 10, 1918, | entered
the military service as a private III
the Army Balloon School at Fort
Omaha, Nebraska A few weeks Of
meteOrology conducted by the army
at the Texas A. q NJ College. After
completing the course Of training.
was transferred to the science and
research division of the army in
Washington, d. c., and remained
there until discharged from the
army as sergeant first class Oh Feb
II, 1919.
After receiving my discharge
from the army ! re-entered the
weather bureau at Washington. d.
c., and shortly thereafter was as
signed as first assistant in the
weather bureau at San Juan, Puerto
Rico Besides the usual duties at 4
weather bureau station, the work
fh2Fe included the organization of
the hurricane service and the eli
m&tological service Of the West
Indies. After two years in the
troTics | returned to the central
office in Washington to take charge
OF the pilot balloon section of the
weather bureau where / remained.
evaept fer short assignment to the
Iyrd North Pole expedition in 1925.
until I was assigned to the Byrd
Antarctic expedition in the fall Of
1923 After returning from the eX-
iition in 1880, I was placed in
tho charge Of the weather bureau
airl OFT station, Washington airport,
Arlington Va. where / served until
assigned to the second Byrd Ant
arctic expedition in 1888 After the
expedition returned to the states, T.
was again assigned to the weather
bureau airport station.
At the present time | am engag-
ed in upper air Investigations and
research work for the bureau. Re-
Gently Admiral Byrd has placed me
on committee to organize the me-
neurological work of the U. S. Ant
arctic expedition which he is lead
ing to the Antarctic. The eXpedi-
tion plans to sail about Nov. /,
1889.
North Polar Expedition 1925
In the spring of 1925, Admiral