Enthusiast finds home for airmail memorabilia in Lawrence County, Pa., museum.

From: Beaver County Times (Beaver County, PA) | Date: June 13, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Karen Ferrick-Roman

Jun. 13--HOPEWELL TWP. -- By default, Dan Naser of Hopewell Township has become a keeper of history.

And by happenstance, the pieces of airmail history that Naser is temporarily holding will find a new home in a Lawrence County museum. Back when airplanes were shiny bits of aluminum fighting for pieces of the sky, long before the advent of overnight mail, Naser worked to keep the plane's instruments intact for the airmail run.

Naser, 84, can tell, without referring to his myriad books and videotapes, how All American Airways operated ...

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