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Telephone 2-3111 Syracuse American A Paper for People

Widow of Two Fliers, Wife
FIRST MATE KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
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Now the Wife of Naval Offi-cer, Mrs. Barnaby Hopes to Become A i r p l a n e Pilot
Present Husband Only Man Ever to Drop From a  Navy Dirigible in Glider


by Staff Correspondent.
ELMIRA, Aug. 8.-Pretty Hattie Meyers Barnaby, not yet 35 years of age yet twice a widow and 3 times a bride, is the distant center of interest at the second annual glider and soaring contest, of the National Glider Association, now being held in this city.
   Quiet, unassuming, delightfully feminine, she lives and breaths aviation and her entrance into the glider contest as a pilot is merely a step in her will matured plan to ultimately handle the controls of a powered plane. 
    Her husband, Lieut. R. S. Barn-aby, U.S.N., an authority on all phases of aviation, endorses and en-courages her ambition and serves as her devoted companion and in-structor. Their idea of an evening of recreation, after a day spent gliding, is to sit beside maps of the terrain and plan new aerial con-quests.
    Lieutenant Barnaby has the dis-tincation of being the only man to drop from a navy dirigible in a glider, having staged a successful test from the Los Angeles arranged to demonstrate the possibilities of landing a naval or army man in enemy territory in time of war. 
WEDS YOUNG ENTHUSIAST 18
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    When Mrs. Barnaby was [[/circled]]16[[circled]] years of age, and resided near New York City, her brother, Charles Meyers, introduced her to George (Buck) Weaver, who was experimenting [[/crossed out]] with toy gliders [[crossed out]] while endeavoring to acquire a complete knowledge of the theory of aviation. Weaver was immersed in aviation, body and sould. The lovely school girl, who had absorbed some of her brother's interest in aviation, became 


Aviatrix and Pet
[[Image]] Mrs. Hattie Meyers Barnaby and pet dog[[Image]]
IN ELMIRA MEET- Mrs. Hattie Meyers Barnaby, wife of Lieut. R. S. Baramby of the Navy is among the contestants in the glider exhibition being staged at Elmira. She's air minded and pet minded, too, judging from this picture.

mother, a tiny little girl coming to claim her attention and to lift, to some extent, the burden of sorrow that seemed more that she could bear. Handicapped by two children and in uncertain health, the doubly bereaved young woman faced the future with a grim determination to keep and rear her treasures and despite repeated failure, financial difficulties and heartbreaking ex-periences kept her family together and provided for all their family needs.

In her spare hours she used her literary talents to produce articles on aviation that found a ready magazine market and added to her insufficient regular income. Her days were spent in office work, her