In article <Xns98FEDE9D9EED0kirgspamexcom@207.115.17.102>, KirGo <kirg@spamex.com> wrote: > I apologize if this is not the appropriate place to ask this. [I have NO > clue where else I COULD.] > > My mother is in her 80s. Her brother died nearly three decades ago. In > addition to searching our family tree, she is trying to write up detailed > 'life stories' of those that she knew well. > > She recently discovered that her brother had won a free plane flight back > in 1953 for (apparently) some writing or presentation to the Boy Scouts. > Where was her brother living in 1953 when he won the free flight? That local newspaper would be the best resource for finding the story.