The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-15


 philosophy placed him in the categ' the greatest debunker of stuffed shil And today marks the sixth annivers made such an impression on us that
 To perpetuate the memory of Will Rogers in . manner refiecting his own personality has been the aim of the "Will Rogers Memorial Com mission" and many other organiza- tions and individuals responsible for the establishment of fitting mem orials.
 Handicapped children of the na- ton are the principal beneficiaries of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund. This was decided November 21, 1895, at meeting of the memorial com- mittee of the fund commission.
 The directors Of the National Variety Artists Association in 1885 turned over the deed to its $l l,O0O,- 900 hospital at Saranac Lake, N. Y, to the memorial committee, and 1t has since been known as the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital. Major moving picture circuits of the colin- try agreed to contribute $500, 900 to- ward maintenance and operation of the hospital.
 The Los Angeles City Council voted December {, 1885, to change the name of Aliso street and Ra- mona Boulevard to Will Rogers Highway.
 The Will Rogers and Wiley Post Memorial Airport, Inc, of North Eiba, N. F., received 8 charter from the Secretary of State, December IT, 1885, for operation of an aviation field near Lake Placid.
 Highway Named After Him
 Visitors to the Texas Centennial in 1896, marking the hupdredth an- niversary of the States independ- ence, trayeresed 8 highway named in honor of Will Rogers. Highway 66, the Chicago to Los Angeles route A which crosses Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, was officially de- signated the Will Rogers Highway. The route passes through Clare more, the town that was home" to the noted humorist.
 A $2,000,00 PWA low-cost housing project at Oklahoma City was named Will Rogers Court.
 A statue of Will Rogers was un- yelled by his boyhood chum, Leon- ard Trainer. July IS, 1886, in Okla homA Day ceremonies at the Pacific International Exposition.
 An eight-foot monument to Rog- CTS, built of red native stone, with his portrait sealed under glass, was dedicated October 18, 1886, at Oolo- gah, Okla, by his home-folk, with kindly "reminiscences and homely homely phrase.
 A 22-foot ice bust of the late 5 humorist was unveiled at winter carnival at Hibbing, Minn.
 Portrait husts of Rogers and Post.( designed as gifts to the Okla homa Historical Society, were made by Herbert Adams, sculptor The bronEes were ordered by Frank Phillips, of Tulsa, Okla, the doner.
 A l2-foot granite obelisk was dedicated August IS, 1898, on the Arctic barrens near the spot where Will Rogers and Wiley Post crashed 4 to death.
 The Rogers Museum, atop 8 knoll overlook Claremore, was dedicated November 4, 1888. In the central hall is statue of the cowboy phils osopher.
 Beacon Dedicated To His
 Memory
 An airway beacon of 1,S00,000 can- dlepower, dedicated to the memory of VIII Rogers and Wiley Post, shies from atop the Manhattan tower of the George Washington Bridge. It was placed under the joint auspices Of the New York State Aviation Commission, the Bureau of Air Commerce and the Port of New York Authority.
 On Cheyenne MoutAin, near Col orado Springs, Colo, a 120-foot na- tive pink-gray granite tower will be a perpetual shrine to the philoso. pher. From the tower, visitors can look across the Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma range lands. At night sodium process light, the type used on the San Francisco Oakland Bridge, lights a beacon, which is visible for 100 miles. The tower con- tains hundreds of tons of native granite and concrete. Its base is at an elevation of 5000 feet. It is ac- a cessible by highway which spirals about tn eface of the mountain. This monument is the gift of Spen- cer PenroSe, a Colorado Springs business man, sportsman and per- sonal friend of the Rogers family. He has endowed the shrine for per- z petual upkeep.
 A memorial plaque to Rogers and Post was dedicated at the Newark Airport, October IT. 1885, as part of the National Air Navigation Week ' obServances.
 HolIywood's studies memorial Is a \ $6O0yOOO sound stage, dedicated N0- vember IA. 1895.
 $l0o,e00 Foundation
 On February 14, 19S9. 1t was an- nounced that $lO0.O0O was being do- mated to the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation by the VIII A Rogers Memorial Commission.
 A bronze memorial tablet to Will