will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf1995-07-13 WILL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Episode WILL travels to Danville to take a look at Kendall Erskine's WWII drawings; we go to Illiopolis to tour the Sangamon Ordnance plant; we travel to Hooterville to watch pilots fly classic airplanes. Abstract Segment Antiques/Collectibles, Hobbies, Illinois Culture/History, Military, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Host Alison Davis joins classic plane pilots who fly in to the Hooterville Airport for a weekly club meeting, where they swap stories at their weekly social gathering in Hooterville, near Hallsville. Davis talks to the pilots about Red Erwin, the barnstorming pilot who founded the airport, and to John Warner IV, the Clinton banker who owns it now."You walk in the ready room and it’s like walking back in time,"said Davis. On display are Erwin’s old flight gear and old black and white photographs of his exploits. Abstract Alison Davis Producer Segment Business, Gender, History, Illinois Culture/History, Military, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings At the old Sangamon ordnance plant, now covered with weeds, host Alison Davis talks to Sherman resident Lola Marbold, who worked there during World War II. She attended beauty school each day and then rode the Inter-urban to work the 4 to midnight shift at the plant. Assembling artillery shells was dangerous work. But the pay was good and the ammunition needed for the war. Abstract Alison Davis Producer Segment Arts/Culture, History, Danville, Illinois Culture/History, Military, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Host Alison Davis takes a look at the World War II drawings of Danville’s Kendell Erskine. Davis talks to him about the drawings he sent home with letters to his mother from the Pacific theater. “He colored them with small dime-store sets of water colors. He’d lose his paints, or run out of them, or they’d melt, and his mom would send him more,” said Davis. Erskine’s drawings are on display at the Vermilion County Museum in Danville. Abstract Alison Davis Producer WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher ¬© 2008 University of Illinois 1995-07-13T11:18:00-06:00 1995-07-13T11:18:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf1995-07-13.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 00:28 eng pf1995-07-13.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1995-07-13T11:18:00-06:00 1995-07-13T11:18:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf1995-07-13.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 00:28 eng pf1995-07-13.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1995-07-13T11:18:00-06:00 1995-07-13T11:18:00-06:00 video/vnd.rn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf1995-07-13.rv Moving Image 00:28:00