Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1911 — OUR LADY OF THE BANKS, PATRON SAINT OF AVIATORS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUR LADY OF THE BANKS, PATRON SAINT OF AVIATORS

PARIS. —On the initiative of M. Odelin, former member of the legislative chamber, a little chapel called Notre Dame du Platin —Our Lady of the Banks —has just been built on the French coast near the spot where Bleriot started his memorable flight across the channel and which has since then been the point of landing of his daring followers. This modest chapel has been consecrated to the aviators, and Our Lady of the Banks has been instituted as protector of the men in the air. Medals bearing the effigy of this new Notre Dame are being struck off and will be offered to all the leading aviators. The designs of the medal are the work of the sculptor Jampolsky. On one side is the Image of the Virgin Mary, classical in conception yet modern in treatment; on the other, the reproduction of the sanctuary overlooking the banks at the very edge of which is a towering lighthouse.

BOTH SIDES OF THE MEDAL FOR AVIATONS