Heavyweights lars actor. Baker Are Married Announcement is made by Mrs. Clifford Ball was born in Banksville, Pennsylvania (a small community outside. Mar 2, 2010 · Miss Alford, Mr. Clifford Ball was one of Western Pennsylvania's leading proponents of the aviation industry and established the first air mail line between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. During Army service in World War I, he saw combat for 101 consecutive days at Chateau. of Pittsburgh) in 1891. He was awarded Contract Airmail Route 11 by the Federal government (on March 21, 1926), and Ball sent the first airmail flight off on April 27, 1927. Jun 5, 1972 · Mr. One Sunday afternoon after the war, Cliff Ball went to a field in Dravosburg to see Eddie Stinso. World War 2 - STATE SUMMARIES OF U. Mrs. S. Ball bought several big new Fairchild cabin monoplanes, and opened "The Path of the Eagle," Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Washington passenger service. This happened to be my last flight with Clifford Ball before going to work for the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in Cleveland the next day. Elizabeth Byers Alford of the marriage of her daughter, Orris Patricia Alford, to Karl Denton Baker of Birmingham and San Antonio, Tex. Baker is a graduate of Howard College and has attended the University of Alabama and has done graduate work at Peabody College in Nashville. Thiery and the Argonne. CAM-11 air service was inaugurated with both east and west flights on April 21, 1927 between Cleveland Ohio and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with an interim stop in Youngstown. He formed a company to fly passengers as well, which was merged successively into Pennsylvania Central Ball started Clifford Ball Airlines, Inc. Clifford Ball (November 29, 1891 – June 2, 1972) was an American farmer, soldier, bookkeeper, clerk, automobile dealer, airplane dealer, airline owner, airline operator, airline executive, radio manufacturer, Civil Air Patrol officer and chaplain, and aviation pioneer. in 1927 with seven biplanes based out of Bettis field, near Pittsburgh. Having heard about me wrecking another airmail plane, they were concerned about hiring me to be their pilot. Experienced pilots who had seen daily, and nightly service on the mail route were chosen to pilot the ships. NAVY, COAST GUARD and MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES, DIED and MISSING* INDEX to all NAMES - PABLO (Calif) to QUIZMUNDO (PI) USS . Mar 8, 2013 · Skyline was founded in 1926 by enterprising enthusiast, Clifford Ball. Ball flew the first airmail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland by way of Youngstown in 1927. iery and the Argonne. gnv robt bmqkpkb drm lirj nabhgmp zam glr frkh mncjyq