Harry Clark Karsner (1914-1971) served Owen Court as a magistrate, was the director of First Farmers Bank, served on the Owen County Board of Education, was a deacon of Old Cedar Baptist Church, and served as state Aeronautics Commissioner. He flew his "Gospel Plane," broadcasting recorded sermons over Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Karsner Air Field, built after WWII, was owned and operated by Karsner, a flight instructor during the war who brought aviation to Owen County. A neon sign on Karsner's four-plane hangar proclaimed, "Christ is the Answer." He took this message to the sky, broadcasting sermons from the air.