Curtis Pratt Graduates (1941) - Coventryville Barn Fire (1939)

 

Curtis Pratt Graduate of Aviation Trade School

 

Graduate from an army aviation trade school in New Orleans, La., Private First Class Curtis Pratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Pratt of 141 Robinson street, has been in the U.S.Army Air corps since 1939 and now is stationed at Tallahasee, Fla.  He took flying lessons on the side while in the trade school.  [published April 11, 1941]

Curtis Pratt

 

 

Barn Fire in Coventryville

 

Fire of an undetermined origin destroyed the barn and livestock on the farm of Walter Pratt, near Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], this Thursday morning.  The housekeeper was first attracted to the blaze by the frenzied barking of the farm dog.  Following the dog to the barn she found the interior a mass of flames.  Mr. Pratt was in Afton at the time doing some trading.  A neighbor seeing the fire tried to open the door to release some of the cattle but the door fell in as he attempted to open it.  The fire had such a start that fighting it was almost useless.  Fifteen cows and young stock together with two horses, tools and feed were destroyed.  [MHD notation:  Feb. 2, 1939]