Airmen in many states beat an impatient tattoo on their grounded ships Saturday as a cold front moved through. Mixtures of warm, moist maritime air from the south, hit the cold dry polar air form the northwest. Fog, thick and blinding resulted for the day.

Freddy Strauss, Jr. and his brand new bride, Martha, had to stay over an extra day in New York on their flying honeymoon, while they waited on the weather. They are possibly the only airmen who didn't mind.

Pat Haynes had planned to fly to Appleton, Wisconsin, but couldn't go.

It cleared up Sunday, promising several days of that beautiful "blue" weather that follows a cold front. Dr. E. R. Hurd, Milford, and restauranteur, Fred Clark, of North Webster, took advantage of the opportunity, flew to Michigan City Sunday.

For the record, if you want to see a beautiful sight, take a look at this wonderful inland sea of ours, Lake Michigan, from the air. It is the brightest blue imaginable, with Indiana curving away northward into Michigan. The white of the sandy dunes, contrasts with the azure lake, broken only by the colorful trees and leaves along the shore.

To see the sights of Indiana, Jack Doswell and Mrs. Doswell, Marian flew to Turkey Run and Brown county Friday and Saturday to join the fall air cruise. Approximately 40 airmen were there, stayed overnight at Turkey Run Inn.

And a group of the boys from Smith field pulled a delayed action breakfast flight, made it a dinner flight to Bunker Hill. Flying two Ercoupes, two Cubs and a Stinson, the group included Bud Case, Carl Bibler, J. VanCuren, Paul Lowman, Ralph Miner, Lowell Swihart, Tay Hess and Howard Smith. They had tender steaks at Bunker Hill, they do!

L. J. Singleton, flying a Michigan Central Airlines twin-engined Cessna, landed at Municipal airport through the "soup" Saturday afternoon, brought in a party, including several children to visit the Tippecanoe lake and Leesburg Demuths. Left for Detroit Sunday afternoon.

Glen Tresh, of Milford, has a new private certificate and Devon Moor of Syracuse is working on his commercial certificate. Emery Mosier of the filling station brothers, makes good practical use of his flying ability. Broke a grease gun at the station, flew to Fort Wayne Monday morning to get it repaired.

Auto dealer Howard Kring was astounded when he crawled into an Ercoupe with Paul Lowman and was able to take the thing off the ground, fly around in it without difficulty. (Howard, landing them is a little different.) The ease with which these modern aircraft can be handled is something to behold.

They do a lot of flying business down at North Manchester, too. Counted 12 planes on the field there last Saturday. Just a few of the recent pilots to solo at the Manchester airport, include Lionel Calvert, Laketon, Robert Gagnon, Manchester, D. F. McCullough, Laketon, and Edward Max Glassley, South Whitley. John Merrick White of Winona Lake, was given his private certificate by the examiner at Manchester.

Kenny Gable, former Warsawan, one-time C.A. P. cadet now lives at 1819 North Illinois street, Indianapolis, only a couple of blocks from the Methodist hospital. Our interest there is centered in Chick Herendeen, from Mentone, who is very slowly recuperating from a serious crash. Chick's neck is still stiff and his broken arm must be rebroken and set again, Kenny said. Gable will visit Chick regularly.

Believed at first to be the more seriously injured of the two, Bud Summers is improving in Cold Springs Veterans' hospital faster than Chick. An operation upon his broken ankle has him fast mending now.

Response to the appeal for local funds to match dollars with federal funds has met with friendly success. Totals will be added soon and announced.

Two low-winged planes from somewhere flirting with sudden death Sunday, hedge-hopping across Chapman lake. Just ask me about that low flying over a lake! I did once, my motor quit. My, my, the water was cold.