Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1944 — Page 2

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Adams County Meeds An M AIRPORT J WMPt* L?Z| • Here is our chance 9 ° ne *« at half price |l> I | I < en * ra * S° ya an( i Central Sugar Companies A public spirited individual, with a lot of faith in I | y <>f * )ecatur donate a IM acre farm, valued at Adams County and its post-war future, will doI iWi 125,000 to Adams County, as a site for an airfield, nate SIO,OOO to the “kitty” if we meet the chaiand approved by the Civil Aeronautics authority. lenge and raise SIO,OOO more. Now It’s Our Turn To Raise $40,000 LET’S MEET THE CHALLENGE ITSI PTO Y or. This amount must be raised by popular subscription. Committees have BOOT H ' been appointed and personal solicitations will be made in the townships and towns H I • PMIlf \\ UNION Drive Opens MONDAY, September 25 J... I ==saa “ ,te=x “= 24 " (J\ E what you can. U e know you are proud of Adams County and want and expect her to |£ keep flying. y I \ G I I ★ ★ ★ "•••‘“w j X WASHIimTON husamt' A CQVIRING an Airport now and carrying it through as a post-war project, will make / Adams County eligible for whatever Federal aid is extended to communities in the ■ I • rapid building of airfields after the war. | ' /2V I PR; / v” J’ / Adams County is a progressive county. Two generations ago it launched itself into a mil- I - lion dollar road building program that brought the county out of the mud. Macadamized WNCM J | CREEK « roads then gave way to hard surfaced highways. Now come the airplanes and airfields. MONROE Our soldiers, navymen, pilots and crewmen have written “back home” appealing to the citi- II / zenry to get the airport started. They are looking toward the day when they’ll be heading £ | this way and we can’t let them down. This county is not asleep -we don’t want the oppor- F 1 r ’=“4 tunity to snatch such a bargain to slip away. It’s our chance to get $75,000 for $40,000. I nder the law Adams County has the right to accept land for an airfield. The same law | permits the county commissioners to appoint a non-partisan board of Airport Commission- HARTfORR J ers to operate and supervise it. 1 <l|Ef IRION R 4CNIVA ★ ★ ★ LJ— 1 w pr ” , ® Md •'*»•*«. •»orth«..t come- (S« O •» Xuth 'f *r."/•"‘r * **• •« •• • m,i » Muth of State Road IS4, a hard aurfacod road oxtendia* oaot from Monro*. Adams County Airport Committee Ray Leltz ’ C,;unty Chairman Earl Fuhrman. Decatur Chester T. Michaud, Berne Eli Stucky, Geneva L Ri(h Monroe _

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