Michigan Governor Fred W. Green and 15 other state officials flew from Lansing to Kalamazoo for a conference — the first aviation junket in state history.
More About Governor Green
Clearly one of Michigan’s “Good Roads” governors, Green enthusiastically supported expansion and upgrading the state highway system during his two terms as chief executive (1927-1930). He was the “inventor” of the yellow no-passing line, first used in Michigan, which eventually became a standard safety device on highways everywhere. He was one of the early proponents of a bridge across the Straits of Mackinac and ordered the first survey to determine the feasibility of a span to link Michigan’s two peninsulas. A successful industrialist, Green’s public life prior to his election as governor included 12 years as mayor of Ionia and a stint as chairman of the Ionia County Road Commission.
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WAKV (Plainwell, Michigan), The Memory Station Facebook Page