Jones County High School - Growl Yearbook (Gray, GA)

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“- In Ceptember 1923, iventv-niie of ever saw assembled et Grey Jiith Tshscl the world in an airpldiise. Alautsent was in command of this azcibi: civantusre. Mr. Douglas Rumbl3, dr. Uceptirct, irs. 7 Hattie . Chiles wore hustarceuc. inte “. lie Goncva Jilliams accompanicc us 30 this first hop to set acgurirct- od with their futurc passcn7ers. “c 44 -oud flyine weathor tt.2t your. Only a fow mishaps oseourrss. “overd the ond of the first yoar's motor trouble and stonpec or sspeirs and esi¥ others couldn't take it so thoy bailed cus in prrachutes to travel sire other vay. One of the cmusinue inc: éonts was tho mock court ve hold. Bob mall vs the Stztc. Tho charge was for broaking . He must havo lost weight considerablo sines thon for ho is su and gcntle hu wouldn't co it intontionaliy for anything now or would ho? ve had a three month stop which complutod + of our journcy. While we stopped ve added 6 of our friocnds for our noxt flight. hr. Folds, our chicf-pilot was offcred a better position with the Butlor air lino which ho accopted. We had to act a nou chicf-pilot so we lookod around and found Mr. Porry ‘Jostbrook on the Haddock nltnc whom we persuaded to be our chiof-pilot. Mr. Rumbic rumblod around in the clouds and found a job 1s sinzine pilot for thc Tuckcr iir linc. Mr. 0. BR. ‘dike took his placc as co-pilot. Our now frionds socomed to be dissatisfied with our trevcls so fivo of thom bailod -ut. The rest stayed and cnjoy- ed the trip vory much. We landed for our sccond thrce months' stop. On our third tcrm trip wo lcft with 49 passcngors. Our trip began to attrrct tttcontion. Pcoplce from difforent plcccs cime to join us. iio took 5 off the Round O1k planc, 10 off the Eaddock plinc, 3 off Macon, 1 Fort Gaincs, 3 Griswordvillc, 3 Julicttc, 1 Tenn. “io let 6 passonacrs off in different placcs durin this hop. Yo thon took our list landineg before the ond of our trip. 4G beean our last flight with a l-rgc numbor of passonzcrs. Our old planc was cxthanecd for the Kow Gray Hish. This now plane was midc under the direction and suporvision of Mr. J. E. Knox, Board of Commissioners, and grants from the public orks administration. ‘Jith our nov plano we intended to make cur last ninc nonths tho most succossful, most cvontful, and most pros- perous of 111 our trip. In an offort to do thic:.c published cn annual, a monthly nowspaper, and cntcrod all the 4thlictic ind Lit- orary cvents. But liko all the rest of our flights there are al- ways paisscenscrs who have to loave us for virious reasons. ‘ic had 11 to take their doparturc before our Isnding safsly back hone asain. Wow that wo are landing, cvoryonc is thinkine About what hc or shc is going to do. ivoeryboty hrs sone defirite thing plin- nod and we hope that future years will fulfill for cach of them his doarest expectations.