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W. Lester m/a ' 1 *’ ' ’ ■ ' 1 'TrauchMan Of Courage, Imagination■*2?S. Handwork, lt;(Koelex ax , New Britain w.i I* el until his Toth birthday anniversary to take an airplane ride unieh he did on Sept lis. lie had the imagination and courage to do somethingmany peopie never do duringa life t.me '‘1 was too modest,” he said, ‘to call oi up on the DailyIntel! fencer and tel! xouatjout it but I was hoping thatWarrington \irport might do something aixnit it.Handwork, who said it was h s lust ride in an airplane, admitted he was seated” it best but Chen gathered togetn-er iiis courage and enjoyed d, W\ lu st impression ’’ hesaid ' I was going to lie \f rihlv scared, But suddenly 1I rtf' *-loo iced out. and 1 never awrthe country looking so beautiful We circled several times oxer our nexv home and got agood view of that from theUKThe countrvside was hea t-Vftilui and most interesting because I knew all the landmarks and where we were ai! the time I gues I was un 12 or 15 minutes. | recognized all the roacte, the woods, townsand many ot^er sights that looked familiar to me from tne41 r” •Handwork flew in a 1948V*ron a Champion, which is a two place, tandem plane. K cuard Becker. Cheltenham, who is employed by Warring-ton \irport served as Handwork's pilot on his initial flight,Handwork and his w fe havebeen living in the Central Bucks area for 48 years orsince I9H Their nexv home, he said, is only a short distance from the Baptist C'nurch v bin is located on an open, tiee lined and grass covered common which gives New Brt-tarn a sort of New Englandvtlljge touch ’ •Prior to retiring he was employed by the Sales Correspondent Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia Located at 17th and Cambriast s. The company is now apart of ILK Porter which is a much larger company. * Iworked for the company 42years, he saidHandwork .said his hobbies au- gardening in the summer and reading in the winter. ‘.Yitura'h, alter you haveb ,ilt a new house, the e is so m.i.h to do that one (analways find something to uo,change or improve.'Handwork t said his w tedidn't accompany him along on Ins hirthdav anniversary• - ■■ vflight bei au-e she was convalescing Irom an operationTh.-t gave her a g\od ex cuse, he sa d, but next year we wiii see wiiai she had to say then when it s my birth-day anniversary again Handwork paid a tribute to » Doylestown couple. Mr. andMrs. Robert Poole. 91 E. Court si. They hax* been friends ol ours hr years and are suchwonderful people I got to know Mr, Poole who worked lor the same company I didand we hav e been good friendsever since.”
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Doylestown Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Dec 14, 1959
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