HENRY HATTEMER 1891-1968

HENRY HATTEMER - CHICAGO, 1910 Collection of Henry L. Parker

HENRY HATTEMER - DAYTONA BEACH, 1911 Collection of Henry L. Parker

The Aviator - MARBLEHEAD, MASS, 1912 Collection of Henry L. Parker

 

EARLY BIRDS ERNEST JONES, Secretary CLIFTON, VIRGINIA

316 E. Delano Montgomery 6 Ala. 6 Nov 1950

OFFICERS Brig. Gen. F. P. LAHM PRESIDENT WILL D. PARKER FIRST VICE PRESIDENT CAPT. R. S. BARNABY, U.S.N. SECOND VICE PRESIDENT> GEORGE H. PRUDDEN THIRD VICE PRESIDENT AUGUSTUS POST TREASURER ERNEST JONES SECRETARY   TRUSTEES GLENN L. MARTIN ROBERT MINSHALL BLANCHE STUART SCOTT FRANK T. COFFYN E. M. LAIRD GEORGE H. SCRAGG

Henry L. Hattemer, Esq., 6 Gilmore Ave., Montgomery, Ala.           Dear Mr Hattemer:                      At the last church dinner Mrs Hattemer mentioned you were a pioneer aviator.           That's correct. You flew for your FAI certificate 147 July 13, 1912, or before, that date being that of the certificate of the Aero Club.           I have no record of the plane but assume it was a Burgess-built Wright B type, and probably on floats. Sterling Burgess is dead, as you probably know; his brother is still with the Navy Department in Washington.           I thought you might like to remind yourself of the early days and am enclosing blank for Early Birds and under separate cover I am sending you recent issues of our bulletin.            We have an annual confab at the National Air Races and the various cities have their local meetings. The Air Races seem now to be permanently off, and an annual meeitng is now scheduled for the coming Jan. 26, 1951, at Los Angeles and San Diego.           If you care to join, I shall be glad to send your application to the Membership Committee with my endorsement.

This letter from the collection of Henry L. Parker

 

TELEPHONE, 103 CABLE ADDRESS, ANALYST JOHN F. GRAY INVESTMENT ANALYST --------------- DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA Dear Hattie: (Henry Hattemer)           Quite a while since I heard your name. Often thought of dropping you a line, but had no idea what has become of you, or where you were.           Gunilda (my wife) and I were in Marblehead for a few hours a couple of years ago. The old town looked pretty much the same -- the New Fountain Inn, the park, the big brick chimney alongside the Burgess yard -- all the familiar landmarks brought back quite a flood of memories. It was hard to believe nearly forty years had passed.           I am still a pilot, though I find it costs too much and takes too much time to fly very often. One war in the Air Service (if that's what they called it then) -- turned down for another one -- maybe they'll change their minds and take me back for the third. Now retired from the Wall Street racket, but manage to keep plenty busy.           Why don't you join the EBs? "The most exclusive club in the world", and getting more so every year as the black bordered list grows longer. It dosen't get you much, but it does serve to keep alive the memory of those who died to give men wings. And I like to see an airline captain's eyes bug out when I explain what the little gold pin means. Let me hear from you some time. Sincerely,

This letter from the collection of Henry L. Parker

 

 

Henry Hattemer died on August 8, 1968 Personal communication from Henry L. Parker   Back