Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-04-16 | Page 2 | Wright Brother's Home Shop Dedicated at Village

i 11 i Wright Brothers' Brothers Home Shop Dedicated at Village DETROIT A April ril 16 INS The INS The great men of the airplane and motor indu industries tries today paid homage before an ordinary frame house hous and a commonplace town small-town shop The ordinary frame house was was' the one in which Wilbur Wright was born In which Wilbur and his brother Orville spent their early years The commonplace shop was the theone theone theone one in which Wilbur and Orville fashioned the first motor powered airplane that flew Orville was with the other great men of ot the kindred industries to to- day His brother on whose birthday birthday birth birth- day the house and shop are being dedicated at Henry Hehry Fords Ford's new Greenfield village died in 1912 In the dedication ceremony this aft afternoon William J. J Cameron was spokesman for o- o othe the Ford Motor company He listed many of the simple buildings that Ford has collected at the village to honor Lincoln Edison Burbank and oth other r great minds of the past and said Not a single outward distinction is possessed by any of ot them These unpretentious places i now so renowned renowned renowned re re- re- re how aptly they illustrate what was said 2000 years ago It Js not the gr grace ce men men but blit then men men the pla places es Today we dedicate two other buildings the buildings the boyhood home and the bicycle shop of ot Wilbur and Orville Orville Or Or- ville yule Wright Thy likewise are given place in this historic collection collection tion for the one and all sufficient reason the reason the doers doer's deed that dignifies dignifies fies fles the place After outlining the industry that has grown from the Wright brothers brothers' brothers brothers' brothers brothers' broth broth- ers' ers invention Cameron said in part To the citizens of Dayton Ohio representatives of whom are present present present pres pres- ent an expression of appreciation is due for their understanding attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude toward the removal of these buildings and objects from their city This home and this shop mute though they be have yet a tongue of eloquence to tell the coming generations generations gen gen- of young Americans that great gifts great boons bons boens for burdened burdened burdened bur bur- humanity are waiting for minds intelligent enough and for hands strong enough to pluck them and honest enough to distribute their benefits to the people