NEVER HEARD OF LINDBERGH

Evening Star, Issue 20310, 19 October 1929, Page 2

NEVER HEARD OF LINDBERGH

MR HOOVER’S BOY FRIEND FROM THE MOUNTAINS Colonel Lindbergh, while spending a week-end with President Hoover at Mr Hoover’s summer camp in Virginia, enjoyed the novel experience of meeting ah; American lad who had never hard of his air exploits, says the New York correspondent of the ‘ Daily Mail.’

The boy, -Ray M'Kinley, who lives in an isolated cabin with his parents on the Blue Ridge Mountains, came down to the camp with the gift of an opossum for Mr Hoover. He her frayed his anxiety to shake hands with “the; man who licked A 1 Smith” (Sir Hoover’s opponent at the Presidential election) j but when introduced to tile distinguished guests gathered in the camp he gave no sign of knowing Colonel Lindbergh by, name. . When someone asked him if he was aw'are of the identity of the tall young man with whom he had. just shaken hands, M'Kinley said “ No.” Mr Hoover called the lad aside and thoroughly enjoyed a chat with this naive youngster, who displayed no trepidation in the presence of such company. He confessed his pleasure that Mr Hoover had been elected, but said that. “ most of his folk” desired Mr Smith to wim After- entertaining the company with a mountain song “ I Will Meet You Up There- In the Morning,” young M'Kinley made his way home, leaving the opossum to become the pet of the camp.