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BROWNWOOD BULLETIN, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1931
WILEY POST WAS
NEW SIR HERB
EAGER STUDENT IN FIELD OF AVIATION
♦------our ,
the-world High! 'o »n *> escape
inquisitive visitors. Hej; never was i
enthusiastic about WUeys flying. |
At the same time his mother, proud i
but not talkative, explained how
she “never did like to have her pic- j
ture in the paps" j : ’»
Family Very Practical
There was no rr sentipent on the
part of the me mb* rs of Wiley s fam-
ilv about the publicity which came
lA the wake of the :li#ht A brother
in Oklahoma City declined to pose
for a picture be.n> -ej he explained.
•Hie shcav belongs o Wiley. not me .
It was plain to see Uitfy fill are prac-
tical folks who do 1^*1* daily work
and expect no appctiae. Wiley ap-
-----
dry: difficult and cne-half miles, from Watterifrh*. |
I to Collin county line, fair if dry;;
I Paris. n;rth. wood
'if wet I
Highway 40. Denton county. 12 very difficult if wet
•miles, from Dallas county line north i Highway HI. Gonzales county, ten
fair if dry; difficult If wet. miles front Smiley to DeWitt county
Highway 51. Hardmian county. 101 line, fair if dry: difficult if w>-t.
miles, from Quanah. north, fair if Highway 02. DeWitt county, ten
dry. difficult ii wet
i Highway 57. Aransas county, nine
'.miles, irom Rockport to Live Oak
Point, good if wet or dTy.
1 Highway 58. Brazoria county. 8
miles. from Bernard river , to
t Matagorda couhty line, difficult lf
—<;pi— ldr\: very difficult If wet.
relative! ILghway 71. Wharton county. 15
miles.' from 14 miles south of El
south, fair if dry; very
condition was issued today by J B. (difficult if wet.
AUSTIN. Tex.. July -
The following information
to state highway detours and their
patently comes by \taclturnlty I"" ' f maintenance engineer Highway 75. Wheeler county. 18
ver>' naturally. He rlkade. a number j . h neuartment: miles, from Shamrock to Oklahoma
. c»^ ,o
Coast but he never vjould comment |COunties. 8.5 miles, from two mile* ^ miles, from one milt east of
on therii to any exUit. He was the|oast of Allamore to Van Horn. 8<»d,Throcknioitoh. east, good if.dry:' . nllirtP* v..ll
. . .tormina »« jj wet or dry difficult If wet | l, , ,^^^1 local citizens and sorne-
Htghway 2. Tarrant county. 15 Highway 80. Caldwell county, tenwU, probably tell what und
miles, from Fort Worth south, good n,,ies fr0m Hays-Caldw'ell county tt, Coleman i Recent iv a
to
__..______,____ . .’or Etl
...___ f rUk«.«M 1 AO T a^oAa AnunH' tiV « .u . -T* -. ••Ae.. A ... .
difficult
BY LEON H. DURST.
• Cop: right. 1931. By The Associated
Press •
The farm boy who used a cotton
patch to obtain funds for a mechani-
al education had graduated from a
garage mechanic to a wlhg-walker
and parachute jumper by prevailing
upon L. L »Petei Lewis barnstorm-
ing pilot, to give him a Job ...............
LeWfs, now a transport pilot, says in his bat Storming days,
that WUey wgs an avaricious ^ sometut-s he would
Student of aviation. He n?ver was rlde m ^ aut=n* ade alongside
satisfied until lie knew everything a fnends for nfl. miled or more with-
plaiie could do Between exhibitions . a word
Lo tinkered-with the controls and f vviley doesn't sav mtxh. but w hen J _
witS the moton. jfe does lhere ls a ccu.un dry humor cos river bridge, fair if dry
' Sinemb^ in his talk which wm> irtends and , lf wet.
the men aboir '^’rts ttlitlgs don? ' ! Runnels Cougty Road
^nei'mtl^f iJEr?** ! w%n the "Winn**‘ Mae was; Highway 4. Runnels county. 12
:LmZiv after poised at Rooseveit Dele. waiting for miles, from Ballinger fo Concho
>JVa^^^wiS^2£lacquire j favorable weather to nop around ;caunty line, good if wet or dry
h ITidv ot a t** w-crld, a slew leak developed ini Highway 4. Jones county. 13.3
f^e^ indt5 mygto»ftJ^ cne of her Uns- The cident was mile*, from six miles west of Anson
t0 ^ Ht> *?ad donp very! to Hamlin, gooo .i do : uilficult it
k i£ « kte talking and seJmed to be
™rf^ses bThev would stunt! fee I completely free of wot it i Highway 5.. Childress county, one
\nfSSed ->taines n«tch tL; the ^ of “le tires cn the/Winnie ; mllp from Kirkland, east, fair if
l^ ^th' ^thlirSat would Marthas gone soft. Mr Post ' a dry; difficult it wet. ,
-Sw and Stwrde the unfamiliar m^nic reported _ i Highway »J Potter county. 13
fnuntrv folk with thekr exhibitions I a 1***^ L-ng Island tnjjpg from 12 miles north ol Ama-
SK& iaS £3, ^Schute ; jjr . T 1 bn,lg lt Ttn°- north, fair if dry : very difficult
Jupipwc. It was tn mch a group “ v,^' . i Pns.----
*rsr *‘'p
ong off the ground with the most “P ln ** ■vtoMn" ',or,d•,
dartnc- i 1 - —«—
p • - Bays Pint Plane • i ___
The accident which coat Wiley ,
the sight 01 one eye brought him
miles, from YorktoWn to Nordheim.
good if dry. difficul' if wet.
Kewaha Quarter To
Broadcast Sunday
COLEMAN.fTex.. July 4 -<SP
hard surfaced road for Coleman and -rrmnv
j county, connecting i«»s ritv with!eliminated
tin hard 3urtuced rend at the Tn.v
'lore the court and tjnged the im-
' po^tnnee of prompt net ion.
1 Tthe greatest ob-^tarfe. api)aren»ly.
Itorrses from 'recommendations lor a
wide caul** underpass on the O
William Bak< r ‘arm .iear this city
w ynt} perhap1 second underpay
^Otlirr knots have b.*en unraveled
— jTh4 right-of-way will b** widened
u e crooks and turns
Coleman Club At'
Sal Ross College
COLEMAN. Texas. July 4- <Spi —
A Coleman .County Club has been
formed at 8ul Ross College at Alpine.
It has just been organized and at
the first meeting twenty-two from
this count? were in attendance. ^
1 J H. Kellett. former county school
, JLh Ki-iwn superintendent of Coleman county. <
III wet weather the road bt^een electert president; MLss Mary-
ihM city and Novice is almost un- j T “ Smlth vice president ;
)lor county line beyond Novi-e. aeems , pjLWe. . Beyond Noyioe the road ' 0f‘BurStf*secretdry-
• i,f ured now that the CcUmum coun- jhas been improved m-Taylor coun- trrMurer and Agn»s Toorr^e
COLEMAN. Texas-. JuW 4-<Spi - , commissioners court has agreed | ’V AbilcjV■. L rumiina 'of Valera, reporter. A series M
The Kewaha Quartet of this city. J- ,urnl,h „ ,r.rht-of-wav *.m« wifl mg hmain.arter/ 4T [ entertainments wlU be Jurranted by
composrd of Arthur Kelley. Gene ^et requirements of thr state high- lioih Colemail hat is still tin ' a committee appointed by Mr v*'-
jtv ccmnus
i t > furnish a )i
composed Of Armu: nnirv. v.e.*.- , ,ne(,t r^iuiretr,.............. , , .
Hatcher and Andrew and Ji:mr.i'« commis4cn. Tic mut:cr lias proyeo
« -r»: rnmeu,. tf “’’,Sy is Z%,'T"*nMK rS*!f4m, »Ueir*-<«S5 -
lie station in that city ciu irmait W. R Ely of Abilene ! he i neighborhood of k20.000
i from' 130 to 2 30 Hie members |f.f J»,0 hinh4*ay department war- Hj'd the erturt not acud av_____
good tf dry; • of the quarlrt v..11 be arceinpanied-tl‘otltl, c] 0l if,,, court's action 11 fear o - iu
difficult if wet ’ '
Highway 80. Caldwell county, ten
miles, from Hays-Caldwell county
If wet or dry , - , ■ line, south, good If dry; difficult if iauartft from Santa Anna w-nt
Hlghwav 3-A. Guadalupe c0'*nt^,iwet. ! • Dublin to broadcast and Mayor Etl had be^n advised by
15 miles, from Seguln to SanMtr- Highway 109, Lavaca county, six Baxter t f .that city deli vend m ad- > , ftni.« answer ir.ri
Tj>e~ cost, tf the road to Coleman | Tett and a memberahlp wlU solicit
miles, from 8hlneif to highway 72 !diess on the Mountain City
others in the college &> loin lf they
are from Coleman county.
Members already enrolled are
h., if a os feared tnut state money l Mlnnl* Dial. Margaret Wyilt^ Mrs.
...... . , , a<;Uon bv u R«r a “ ■ woull N D wj-ife. Edith. Agnes and Evelyn
F< cr’tary Pidi O Neal of the Cfiani-. . ‘ countv willing Tocmbs. Farest Parker. Miss O.
Ur Of Commerce, and it is believed x f JV orope-^provS- for rtaiJ 1 Casey. Vesta. Viola and Leonard
1 erdiv th5t Work cm *h;- h*h£a • }. 'Wlk( ^rcp ^ WKUMS. lQr ; May. Mrs. Harding. Ruby May Dial,
•ull not be kind delayed Mr ONeul • w’airmls thft( W1„ b(f for | Mary Lou Smith Clara MwkJ.V.
•jriswer ir .ni Coleman ihe rwniy s. part ol the money will1 Lounger. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peath-
■Sj
it -t re-
good if dry: diffk-u
It if wet
Highway 160. Grayson county, six
ley , !■*■■■■ J over highway
lS I Radio Day by Day I
his first plane. He was injured
a machlna shop at Holdenville and
received 12.000 in compensation He ,
bought a Canuk plane and took up
passengers usually for whatever they z
.would pay. If the required ••pot'] f*EW YORK. July
was riot collected Wiley frequehtly series of four weekly talk*
made jup the difference and flew can citizenship is to be
anyway, so eager was Ije to go into air starting Jaiy1 10. with James W
the air a' every opportunity.
Time is Ontral Standard
Throughout j
4—,-P)—
'if wet .
i Highway 6. Grayson county, ttfur l|
miles from Red river to Denison,
good if wei or dry
i Highway 6 Hilt county., arourtd
White Rock creek bridge. paa«en«»r
vehicles only Tiucks should detour
highway 2 at Hillsboro via
over Highway 34 at
Waxaliachie to Midlothian, good if.
wet or dry.
Highway Seven
Highway 7. Brown countv. 13 mile*,
from Brownwood to Zephyr, good if
drjR difficult if wet
Highway 7. Freestone county, ten
A
on Ameri- , _____ _____,___________
put on the , mtlfs. from Fairfield to Teague, good
______________ Ties W '(1f ttiet oy dr>’
Gerard, former ambas^dor to Ger- 1 Highway 9, Sterling. Coke and^
Earl Witten, Paul Valley. Okla.. man^. as the firs; speaker. They xom Green counties. 26 miles, from!
aviator, who used to do stunt fly- | will be carried by WJZ-NBC at 1 15 , sterling. City to Carlsbad good if]
ing with Post, says that -whenever p. m. 1 j dry; difficult if wet.
he* heard of any new stunt in the j- --_ ! Highway 9. Concho county , around j
rjry WUey would always try it in his I Although it had beeh announceff" Kickapoo creek bridge, good if dry;
old Curtiss Canuk." -- . that whos behind the name, con- j difficult if wet*
Soon after WUey bought his first ’ducted by Edwin Alter j would go off . Highway 9. Lubbock county. 13
biplane he landed the old crate in WEAF-NBC. a change m mind was miiP« from Abernathy south, good
his fatherXaifalfa patch and crash- effected, and it Ls to continue. A lf d^y. difficult if wet.
ed into a hay rake A wing fcam scheduled NBC broadcast from * Highway 10. Brown county/ si*
was broken and Wiley patched it up" Poland this afternoon in • a nlch mljes. fro
with a piece of two-by-four and Ignaee Paderewski was to speak was r- jrnwood to Blanket
took off with a couple of flat tires, cancelled. , or dn
Whether that incident had any Try Thebe on your radio toniiht:; j Highway 10 Tarrant county, four
■rearing or not. Wiley's father dldn t . Program by Lee Morse croon-r. and miles, from Fort Worth1
•ake tnuch to his stunt flying. He WEAF-NBCt 5:00. norTh good if WPt or dry
hid WUeys parachute one day so 1 Independence day program, dra- j, Highway 10. Comanche
"he cowkln t jump. 1 1 matic > narrative by Edgar Wl.ite ■ ^
WUey s father left the home fkrxn BurriU, WE^AF-NBC. 5:30
near Maysvllle several days before j Stephen ]Mater music m.u birih-
V.is famous sbn brought his rourid- ; day program in his honor* WEAF-
- a_:__■ NBC. 6:00
| District Columbia Fourth of
! July cclehn lion, WABC-CB8. e 30
Clos.' of lie National Radio For
um lor the summer, spakt-r WiUuiji
3 / ! S. Doak. *4-rotary of labhr. WABC-
15*5)7 30
Tne B t . Rolfe dance orcht
WEAF-NBC. 8 00
Sengs an i stories of the stag* by I
James Thofntcn. WEAF-NBC
orchestra
We’ll Fix It
> * ‘ " g rT f -
at Low Cost
Something wrong with
your car? Don^t'worry,
for when you bring it
here youTl feel certain
that the job | will be
done right.. ./
WE GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION
Wood and Scott
Aato Repairing
W. Baker at Clark St.
miles north ofl
good if wet 1|
county, j
good If
i around Leon river bridge,
wet or dry
Highway 12. Bee and San Patricio
counties. 10 miles, from Skidmore
1 to MathLs. Rood lf dry; very dlfflcult
if wet. ,
| Highway 14. Ellis county. ,sevefi
land one-half miles, from 'Ennis to
Navarro county line, good tf wet or
lanr.
1 Hlghwav 16. Wilson county. 12
mires, Irom Floresville to near
Karnes cdunty line, good if dry.
•difficult if ket
• :r: iiKS
nor Albers C. Ritchie of Maryland north' 8<XH1
WABC-CB3. 9:45. ! ’
Sunday l, to bring
Broadcas; from liner Europa a'
j dock in Brooklyn of a •Qemian 8un-
I day Greeting: 'ehoral and orchestr t
I selectioas. WEAF-NBC. 8 a ni
If dry; difficult if wet.
Highway 18. Hall county. 13 miles,
from 12 miles west of Estelline west,
good if dry; difficult if wet l
Highway 21. Madison county. 1JJ
miles, from three miles west of
Madisonrtlle to North Zulch. lair if
diy; impassable tn jirolonged wet
—-----—,—.— -----________1 weather. *i '
! Highway 24. Baylor county. 13
NOTICE mile*, from two miles east of 8ey-
To BOYS and GIRLS and (“r “ drT- 4l,"*uB “
EVERYONE, you get a free ' Hwh««> ». H.L. counn m mil-..
from Plainvlew tq Lamb county line,
soda pop with each ham-
burger purchased on the 4th
of July at Winn Bros. Stand,
508 Center Avenue, an old
establishment starting over
anew in the same old place,
Was at one time “The Green
Frog.” Every customer must
be pleased.
HAYS WINN 224p
INCREASED EFFICIENCY
in onr shops has madr « po^lblr lor von to get a
Complete Service
k For the Automobile
> automobile repairing
WASHING and GREASING
BATTERIES
SALES - SERVICE
Generator. Starter. Ignition
and Electrical Repairing of
ail kind*.
Drive in today and get our
• I ’
price*.
W Baker
,Y MORGAN
BATTERY »nd ELECTRIC
phone 593
Brownwood
v)od tf dry; veryfu*ult lf wel .,1
High* ay 28. Cottle county. 13
ir.-.les. from four pillex east or
»• iducah. east, fair tf dry. difficult ^
w**t. ! " .
Highway 28. Foard county. 12:
n l£*. from Crowell west, fair u.
drv; difficult if wet.
Highway 29 Caldwell county, one)
and one-half mile*, from GoMaH*
county Ime to Highway 3>-A. fair if|
drv. difficult if wet | _ „
u ,hWIV 29 Victoria county.! 22
miles, from Victoria to
hinction. fair if dry: difficult if wet.
Ilaakril C ounty ,
Highway 30. Haskell county. 16
miles, from Haskell north, good if
drk; difficult if wet
iirhway 30 Haskell county.
milet. from 1 5 miles north of.
wjeinert, north, good if dry. dlfflcuL:
if jweT. 1 • 'j •
Hie 11 way 30. Haskell county, six
nile< from seven miles north of
itamiord to Haskell, good lf dry;
ukficult if wet. •
|Highway 30. Haskell and Jones
c]unties.' one mile, from Stamford,
north, godd tf dry: difficult If wet.
Highway 32, Freestone county. 24
it)lie: from Leon county line to
highway 7 at Teague; fair if dry.
difficult it wet. 4
Highway 32. Leon county. 44 miles,
mi Buffalo to Cross Roads, lair If
in [rassable in prolonged wet
ray 33. Randall county, eight
from Canyon west, good tf
ficult If wet
1 I Highway 35. Harris county.
1 mile*, from Humble to Houston, good
[if *et or dry. ’ ' _1
! Highway 35. Liberty county, ten
miles, from Montgomery county
Mine to Cleveland, good if dry; very
1 difficult if wet.
| Highway 37. Wood county. 12 mile*,
from Quitman to Mineoia, fair if
dry; difficult jf wet.
(.aleeal— Cewnty
Highway 38. Oaiveeton county, six
miles, from Hitchcock to hlghwav 6.
food If wet or dry -
Hlghwav :<«. Lamar county, four
miles, from three mile* north of
His
ffom
£
i Highwa
lilies. \ti■
dry; dOfli
sources and possibilities
be, ngrdled
banks.
the
three Coleman j erston. Mr and Mrs. J. H. Kellett.
Mrs Baum and Maurine Jameson.
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