A Lot of Changes in 80-Odd Years
September 20, 1987 In preparing a talk to be given at my upcoming 65th high school reunion in Howell, Mich., I am beginning to realize the enormity of the changes that all the members of that Class of 1922 have seen in their 80-year lifetimes. When we were young, for a nickel we could buy…
CODES FOR USE IN CABLES OR RADIOGRAMS
Below are the codes Francis Line used to cable is wife when he was making the Circle Of Fire. It was 1940 when he visited Japan, China, Dutch East Indies, Guam and Wake Island before meeting his wife in Hawaii. In his book Adventure Unlimited you will find a more complete record of his journey….
A Lifetime Packed into a Single Month pg 4
BACK TO CALIFORNIA The West bound plane left Willow Run at 11:45 a.m., Sept. 14, on time, stoppingonly at Chicago on the flight to Los Angeles. There were 60 passengers aboard this time and the usual efficient crew, captain, 1st officer, flight engineer, and two stewardesses, with all of whom I had good informative conversations….
A Lifetime Packed into a Single Month pg 3
HOWELL AND VICINITY Leaving New London, we headed for Howell, Michigan, stopping in Ann Arbor to call on Mrs. Blum, 88, and at Brighton to see the Newman, mother and daughter. At 8 p.m. we arrived at Lake Chemung, which is Winfield’s cottage home while at Howell, next door to the Yoon family, where we…
A Lifetime Packed into a Single Month pg 2
First we hit for the Ohio Turnpike, entered at Maumee, Michigan, thus by-passing the city of Toledo. Upon reaching the turnpike objective we put up for the night and next day traversed that wonderful highway for 150 miles at 65 m.p.h. There is not a crossroad or signal in its 241 miles between the East…
A Lifetime Packed into a Single Month pg 1
SEPTEMBER 1956A Lifetime Packed into a Single MonthByCHARLES SMITH LINE On the morning of September 7th, at Los Angeles International Airport, my son Francis put me aboard an American Airlines Cruiser bound for Detroit. Seven days later, at the same airport, he met me upon my return. In those seven days, with my other son…
Soul of a Traveler pg 4
That yearning of hers came from the soul of a traveler. No greater adventure can there be than to see what lays on the other side. The fullness of life is not measured in terms of years. There are those who might say that Barbara experienced just eight short years of life. No. Barbara experienced…
Soul of a Traveler pg 3
As she traveled across the channel on her first trip to Holland, Barbara became pals with a fine Dutch youth of 22. They became inseparable. He told her about his countr; pointed out to her, as we neared the coast, the first dykes and windmills. Throughout Holland she met and played with the Dutch youngsters…
Soul of a Traveler pg 2
THE SOUL OF A TRAVELER (A tribute to Barbara, given by her Daddy at the services in the Cathedral of the Foothills, Upland, Tuesday, January 21, 1941.) Barbara has the soul of a traveler, an her spirit lives today in the lives of hundreds of boys and girls and men and women whom she met…