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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8211183, member: 20201"]<i><font size="4">I'll give them ponies a rest but that's all for now but since I put them in the stalls and I'm in St Joseph Missouri . . .</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>1926 St Joseph Missouri</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>First Airmail Medal</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><font size="4">Aluminum 31mm</font></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1440665[/ATTACH]</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b> [ATTACH=full]1440666[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>Here's a news snippet from St. Joseph News-Press on 5/17/2019 and I found that actually mentions this token!</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Wardell Schoff retains a bit of memorabilia from that day, May 12, 1926.</font></p><p><font size="4">His aunt, Gladys Schoff, had been local royalty of a sort, an attendant to the Air Mail Queen. Marie Hogan, crowned the previous night at a City Auditorium dance, reigned for this occasion.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Gladys saved from that day a couple of tokens struck in commemoration of the inaugural flight.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">On one side, the coin-like casting read, "Air Mail," with the date and the city name.</font></p><p><font size="4">On the other, a relief showed the "Carrier Pigeon" bi-plane, made by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co., and the workhorse vehicle of aerial mailings.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Schoff, with his own interest in aviation, got the tokens from his late aunt and said the young women had sold them.</font></p><p><font size="4">"I don't know what they collected the money for, but every organization, you know, has to have money," he said, noting the top-seller got to be queen.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">"Aunt Gladys did not sell the most. ... She was a country girl from Stewartsville, so she wouldn't be exposed to selling these as much as some of them in St. Joe."</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">News clippings and photographs from the day also have been kept by Schoff. "We started digging in what we call the office and finally found them," laughs Shirley Schoff, his wife since 1955.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Air mail service had been sought by the business community in St. Joseph, including the Boosters Club of the local Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the arrival eve dance.</font></p><p><font size="4">One route for postal flights went from Chicago to Dallas, and National Air Transport, the contracted delivery service, chose St. Joseph as an intermediate stop.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The pilot, Paul E. Johnson, began the flight about 20 minutes late from Chicago, headed to Moline, Illinois, but he managed to get to what was then known as Rosecrans Municipal Air Field about 12 minutes early.</font></p><p><font size="4"><i>(Mechanics at the airport in French Bottoms told the News-Press that the plane had no fuel left in the tank.)</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Queen Marie Hogan mounted a platform and christened the airplane by breaking a bottle of Missouri River water on the plane's propeller. Postmaster Elliot Marshall and various clerks and carriers brought 6,000 letters to be loaded into the plane.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>The oldest living Pony Express rider,</b> a whiskered octogenarian named <b>Charles “Cyclone” Thompson</b>, stood among 6,000 others to greet the first air mail flight to the community.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1440663[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Either a recut lettering or doubled die appears especially on M.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1440656[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Info found: The maker's name appears to the left on the obverse: POLLOCK AND CREVISTON. This firm of jewelers was only in business during 1916-1929, so the medals <i><b>were</b></i> probably made in 1926. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Online I found a photo of another variety of the aluminum piece which has a slightly different obverse -- differences in the trees, tail of the plane and clouds. This variety also has the maker's name at the top on the obverse, and at the bottom the initials: WGP for William G. Pollock, who engraved the die. The maker partnership was dissolved in 1929 or 1930, becoming two firms, Pollock & Company and Creviston & Sons. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The latter is still in business today (2015). -- Bruce W. Smith is credited for providing information.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8211183, member: 20201"][I][SIZE=4]I'll give them ponies a rest but that's all for now but since I put them in the stalls and I'm in St Joseph Missouri . . .[/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=6][B]1926 St Joseph Missouri[/B] [B]First Airmail Medal[/B] [B][SIZE=4]Aluminum 31mm[/SIZE][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6] [B][ATTACH=full]1440665[/ATTACH][/B] [B] [ATTACH=full]1440666[/ATTACH] [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [I]Here's a news snippet from St. Joseph News-Press on 5/17/2019 and I found that actually mentions this token![/I] Wardell Schoff retains a bit of memorabilia from that day, May 12, 1926. His aunt, Gladys Schoff, had been local royalty of a sort, an attendant to the Air Mail Queen. Marie Hogan, crowned the previous night at a City Auditorium dance, reigned for this occasion. Gladys saved from that day a couple of tokens struck in commemoration of the inaugural flight. On one side, the coin-like casting read, "Air Mail," with the date and the city name. On the other, a relief showed the "Carrier Pigeon" bi-plane, made by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co., and the workhorse vehicle of aerial mailings. Schoff, with his own interest in aviation, got the tokens from his late aunt and said the young women had sold them. "I don't know what they collected the money for, but every organization, you know, has to have money," he said, noting the top-seller got to be queen. "Aunt Gladys did not sell the most. ... She was a country girl from Stewartsville, so she wouldn't be exposed to selling these as much as some of them in St. Joe." News clippings and photographs from the day also have been kept by Schoff. "We started digging in what we call the office and finally found them," laughs Shirley Schoff, his wife since 1955. Air mail service had been sought by the business community in St. Joseph, including the Boosters Club of the local Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the arrival eve dance. One route for postal flights went from Chicago to Dallas, and National Air Transport, the contracted delivery service, chose St. Joseph as an intermediate stop. The pilot, Paul E. Johnson, began the flight about 20 minutes late from Chicago, headed to Moline, Illinois, but he managed to get to what was then known as Rosecrans Municipal Air Field about 12 minutes early. [I](Mechanics at the airport in French Bottoms told the News-Press that the plane had no fuel left in the tank.)[/I] Queen Marie Hogan mounted a platform and christened the airplane by breaking a bottle of Missouri River water on the plane's propeller. Postmaster Elliot Marshall and various clerks and carriers brought 6,000 letters to be loaded into the plane. [B]The oldest living Pony Express rider,[/B] a whiskered octogenarian named [B]Charles “Cyclone” Thompson[/B], stood among 6,000 others to greet the first air mail flight to the community. [ATTACH=full]1440663[/ATTACH] Either a recut lettering or doubled die appears especially on M. [ATTACH=full]1440656[/ATTACH] Info found: The maker's name appears to the left on the obverse: POLLOCK AND CREVISTON. This firm of jewelers was only in business during 1916-1929, so the medals [I][B]were[/B][/I] probably made in 1926. Online I found a photo of another variety of the aluminum piece which has a slightly different obverse -- differences in the trees, tail of the plane and clouds. This variety also has the maker's name at the top on the obverse, and at the bottom the initials: WGP for William G. Pollock, who engraved the die. The maker partnership was dissolved in 1929 or 1930, becoming two firms, Pollock & Company and Creviston & Sons. The latter is still in business today (2015). -- Bruce W. Smith is credited for providing information.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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