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Page 2 Library of Congress  History of WACO
No.62-15967
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As the Army landed in 1924, after almost losing Leigh Wade, a wwire was sent from Boston to the Aero Club of Illinois for "Buck" to be the Toastmaster, Sept. 6, 1924. Buck had followed the flight during his three months of illness, ended by gangrenous heel [[Handwriting]] blister [/Handwriting] like the Coolidge boy. Matty Laird kept things in order with Aero Club members and the Weaver Family..and Elwwod.J. Junkin. July 4, 1975, my son Geo. C. Weaver, pilot since 1940, licensed at Roosevelt Field, L. IS. went with Matty Laird now age 80 or 81 looking about 60 and able, at the Antigue Airolane Fly-in in Gainesville, Ga. Sent me a polaroid picture. Memories. [[edited]] Laird [/edited] lives in Fla., and No. Carolina, my son in Atlanta, formerly with Lockheed.
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E.J. Junkin and C.J. Brukner, started and Inc. Advance Aircraft Co., Troy, Ohio ... Everyone called the firm WACO. [[cross out]]so when [/cross out] I married Elwood "SAM" Junkin, in June [[cross out]] 19 [/cross out] 1925, at my brothers home in Charles Meyers, Texaco pilot, Eastern Airlines, former Royal Fying Corps Lt. War One, Winston-Salem. A Third party financed the set-up, whom I never knew. Elwood died Oct 31,1926. He had a rhuematic heart from age 16, being 6ft. 21/2 inches tall..result of  strep throat. Mr. JUNKIN and Mr. Brunker were to alternate bing President,. unquote.. and Mr. Junkin had enough shares to give control. While dying..nine months endocarditis and our baby coming, Elwood insisted on Mr. Brunker going to Washington, D.C. to register the name WACO in honor of Buck. so it was. Big Bill Mac Cracken, deceased early 1970's kept constantly in touch with me. 0X5s from Horace Dodge made WACONINE  success and Waco Troop carrying glider Invasion of Normany millions. Waaako! 
1930, married to A Bureau of Aeronautics Lt. Navy, divorced him in 1934... I started glider training with a young man as a teacher, name Bud Stickler and my son George Weaver, age 12, who knew what was safe for me. Janet Junkin born Sept. 11, 1926, played dolls and waved, "Mama" as I flew over. Ernie Byle, of the forward thinking Washington Star, with aviation news, gave Jane $1.00 for all her bright sayings. In 1931, August I won my Soaring F.A.I No. 37. Shock cord launching from what the Germans called "Souse" Mt. A famous German pilot shortened up my training from "let's make $ on gliding.. we didn't believe soon enough in pioneering flying" Name Wolf Hirth. A WACO biplane few over me; a Rich Field cov. Flying Instructor friend Earl Southee, (deseasedlong ago) cinched my license, and I was without trying for it, First Woman (Soaring Pilot) in U.S.A.
All these events have stories with full cast of actors. Being called even yet, MRS WACO, there is always a villain and in my Soaring above the 
[[?]] of the Chemung valley I found needed courage to raise as due them my two children Geo.C.Weaver and Janet Junkin. Janet died Dec 11, 1961 in Garden City, N.Y.
So with Centennial and my life of other accomplishments.. Dead End St., limited income, friends gone, do not a prison make.
There is so much to do... and time is fleeting.

Hattie Meyers Weaver Junkin
Jan 21, 1976

The [[?]] in Troy, Ohio
has WACO stone, "Bucks" ashes;
Elwoods corpse; and behind him
Janet's ashes. At age 29, I pre-
pared this and my son's and my place.

IPSE DIXIT.

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