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KNABENSHUE #4

Chicago [[crossed out]] was [[/crossed out]] [[crossed out]] aoo [[/crossed out]] and get together responsible citizens who would be willing to hold a meet and be responsible for whatever happened financially or otherwise, was quite another matter.
           
.1910 was still very early and with few exceptions people were afraid of flying machines, much less to finance aviation meets.   But, that was my business and it was necessary to hold a meet in Chicago, I therefore walked [[strikethrough]] in [[/Strikethrough]] into the office of Harold McCormick, and after stating my business was literally thrown out.  On leaving the building, I notices a sign, "Think of it the Record Herald 1¢" I called [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] on [[strikethrough]] Mrr. [[/strikethrough]] Mr. H. H. Kohlsta[[crossed out]]d[[/crossed out]]at the proprietor, and secured a contract to make 4 flights on the lake front at Grant Park, two flights each day for two days, and on the third to fly to Springfield, Ill. During the two days exhibition, Walter Brooking made several flights straight at the window of Harold McCormack, with the result that I was able to see him on my next call, he informed me that he would come to Dayton to meet the Wright Brothers and to make a contract.

Mr. McCormack arrived with John T. McCutcheon, George Ade the author and Will Plew one of the early Chicago auto magnates. After taking all for a short ride, I made a contract for what proved to be the second largest aviation meet ever held in America.

The first three men to be trained, was Walter Brookins, Arch Hoxey and Ralph Johnston, then came Phil Parmalee, Frank Coffyn, Cliff Turpin, Al Welsh,Howard Gill, Oscar Brindley and Leonard Bonnie, there were others whose names I have forgotten.                  

We also held a big aviation meet at Kinloch Field near St. Louis Mo. one during 1910 the other 1911 and both meets were highly satisfactory as well as profitable. In both of these meets, I made my contracts with Albert B. Lambert, who at that time was at the head of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] [[crossed out]] Lambert Pharmaceutical Co [[/crossed out]] The Listerene Company.