Must have been the practice in that era. My house was built 97 years ago and the stack vent cover is down at ground level by the front porch. Fortunately someone welded the cover on REEEEEEAL GOOD.
The AA baseball team in Richmond, VA is called the Flying Squirrels.
Perhaps the Winnipeg team should change its name to the Stinky Squirrels?
I wonder if she keeps it at Dulles, and if she originally named it after the AA team?