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♦ TUESDAY, APPRIL 18, 2006
Hall Of Fame to induct five aviation pioneers
Those honored span aviation history from hot air balloons to aerial stunts
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Five aviation pioneers will
be inducted into the Georgia
Aviation Hall of Fame at
a Museum of Aviation
Banquet Saturday, April
29. The five encompass a
wide spectrum of American
aviation history from the
use of hot air balloons in
the mid-1800s to the spec
tacular aerial stunts per
formed at air shows today.
It was during the American
Civil War (1861-1865) that
military leaders first looked
to the skies. Charles Cevor
of Savannah, Georgia
and E.P. Alexander of
Washington, Georgia used
hot air balloons to show
the value of not only aerial
reconnaissance, but also
anti-aircraft artillery, and
helped to advance the signal
corps. Cevor and Alexander
went aloft in their balloon
during General Robert E.
Lee’s defense of Richmond,
Virginia in 1862. Alexander
was promoted to Brigadier
General in 1864 and became
the Chief of Artillery of
General Longstreet’s Corps
in the Army of Northern
Virginia. He died in
Savannah in 1910 and is bur
ied in Magnolia Cemetery
in Augusta, Georgia.
Eighty years later, World
Bonaire author, organizer team up
Local professional organizer and mystery writer
will give tips to make moves practically perfect
By Charlotte Perkins
HHJ News Editor
Facing a move? Feeling
disorganized? Wishing you
could just curl up with a
murder mystery instead of
tackling all that packing?
Help’s coming from two
Houston County women -
one an organizer, the other
a writer.
Bonaire professional orga
nizer Monica Premo, owner
of Practically Perfect, and
Sara Rosett, author of
“Moving is Murder,” will
give presentations at 4
and 5 p.m., Saturday, April
29, at Books-A-Million,
2620 Watson Blvd, Warner
Robins. Rosett will also sign
books.
Monica Premo, a profes
sional organizer with the
National Association of
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in factories but to take to
the skies in support our
nation’s defense. During
the war, the United States
Army Air Force faced
a shortage of men to fill
both combat and civil
ian pilot positions. Mari
on Stegeman Hodgson of
Athens, Georgia helped to
fill this gap as one of the
famous WASPs (Women
Airforce Service Pilots)
ferrying aircraft for the
Army Air Force from 1943
to 1944. Hodgson became
a chronicler of women in
aviation, writing numer
ous articles and a book
“Winning My Wings” which
is under consideration for
a movie. A sought-after
speaker, she received rec
ognition for her support of
the Bth Air Force memo
rial library in Norwich,
England and was inducted
into The Texas Aviation
Hall of Fame in 2004.
In the 20th century, avia
tion would come to revo
lutionize military defense,
commercial travel and pro
vide a new form of entertai
nment. Christofer Smisson
of Macon, Georgia personi
fied all of these areas. An
Emory University gradu
ate, Smisson began his
career as a fighter pilot in
the Air National Guard at
Dobbins Air Reserve Base,
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Monica Premo
Professional Organizers,
will share tips on how to
make your move practi
cally perfect and provide a
moving checklist. Mystery
author Sara Rosett, who
writes about a military
Georgia. Simultaneously
piloting commercial air
craft for Delta Air Lines,
Smisson developed com
mercial aircraft anti-ter
rorist maneuver training
after the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001. He
also believed in promoting
aviation by dazzling crowds
at air shows and encourag
ing an interest in flight.
Like Smisson, Major
General Richard
Xfcg. Gillis of New Jersey
lived to fly and had
r — a distinguished mili
tary career first as
a command pilot and
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Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center
at Robins Air Force
Base, in Warner Robins,
Georgia. At Robins AFB,
he was a staunch believ
er in reform and held the
safety of his workers, either
on the ground or in the
air, above all else. He was
involved with the Museum
of Aviation at Robins AFB
from is beginning in 1982,
acquiring aircraft, funding
and buildings. During his
38 years of service Gillis
accumulated over 5,500 fly
ing hours. He died in 2002.
The Georgia Aviation Hall
of Fame was established
by the Georgia Legislature
and signed into law by
Governor Joe Frank Harris
on April 19, 1989. Today,
visitors to the Hall located
at the Museum of Aviation
in Warner Robins can learn
about the achievements of
over 70 men and women
who have made outstand
ing contributions to avia
tion in the State of Georgia.
Each year a board of elec
tors selects approximately
four inductees for their
achievements in aviation or
manned space flight. Can
didates may be nominated
for their personal accom
plishments as an aviator;
the design or introduction
of aircraft, spacecraft or
propulsion systems; lead
ership in aviation or the
space program; or for hav
ing made a significant
expansion in the use of
aviation and manned space
flight. They must either be
a native born citizen, have
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Sara Rosett
spouse who is a profes
sional organizer in Moving
Is Murder will talk about
where she gets her ideas and
how she came to write about
a professional organizer.
She will share some of the
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Gen. Richard Gillis
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two or more years residen
cy, have attended a college
or university in the state or
made his or her contribution
to aviation in Georgia or
while a resident of Georgia.
Each member receives a
Hall of Fame Gold Medallion
of Honor and Achievement
which pictures an eagle
in flight over the State
of Georgia and the 1907
monoplane flown by the
state’s first aviator, Ben T.
Epps who was enshrined
in the first group of 1989
inductees. Large stain
less steel plaques framed
in black granite adorn the
walls of the Hall of Fame.
Tickets to the Georgia
Aviation Hall of Fame
Induction Banquet at the
Museum of Aviation can be
obtained by calling (478)
328-0704.
moving tips from her book.
There will also be an Ask
the Organizer/Ask the
Author Q & A session. A
drawing for a “Don’t Let
Your Move Kill You” basket,
which contains moving sup
plies, a Practically Perfect
discount coupon, and a
Moving is Murder t-shirt,
will follow the presentations.
Monica Premo works with
individuals and small busi
ness owners to help them
turn chaos into order. Sara
Roset interviewed Premo as
she researched Moving is
Murder, the first book in the
Mom Zone series. Rosett has
two more books in the Mom
Zone series under contract
with Kensington Books.
For more information call
the store at (478) 328-6626.
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Savannah Howell, age 10, of Perry, a student at Westside
Baptist Academy had a great time showing off her dog
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Schools to be recognized by 9EMA
Houston County schools
will be recognized by
the Office of Homeland
Security-Georgia Emergency
Management Agency (OHS
GEMA) today at the Houston
County Board of Education
Board meeting. The meet
ing begins at 1 p.m.
OHS-GEMA representa
tives will attend the Board
meeting to commend the sys
tem and principals for all 34
schools completing a GEMA
approved safety plan. In
1999, legislation was passed
that requires every public
school in Georgia to develop
and implement a wide-rang
ing safety plan that addresses
acts of violence or terrorism,
natural disasters, hazard
ous materials and radiologi
cal incidents. Plans must be
reassessed every two years.
OHS-GEMA developed a
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them to develop their plans.
Sgt. Porter Wood, Warner
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and School Resource Officer,
coordinated the safety plans
effort in Houston County.
For more information,
please contact Sgt. Wood
either by phone at (478)
339-7168 or by email at
pwwood@hcbe.net. For
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