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N Ews Letter b THE NINETY - NINES, Inc. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS Tf' - r N ew s L etter International Headquarters — P. 0. Box 1444 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma AIR TERMINAL BUILDING — WILL ROGERS FIELD President's Column AWTAR NEWS APRIL, 1958 April 1, 1958 All-Woman Transcontinental Dear Ninety-Nines: Air Race COMING Your Executive Board will meet in San Diego, Calif. - Charleston, S. C. my home here in Minco, on April 20, EVENTS TH E D ATES: 21 and 22. There is much business Executive Board meeting at the Impound Deadline 1700 PST July 1 at hand, and it promises to be a busy Take-O ff ___________ 0800 PST Ju ly 4 home of Broneta Davis Evans, Minco, session. We are looking forward to Deadline to Finish _ 1200 EST July 8 Okla., A pril 20-22, 1958. getting together, and to working to­ Awards Dinner Evening July 9 North Central Sectional meeting, gether for our Wonderful Organiza­ TH E R O U TE: tion. We will be pleased to hear from Des Moines, Iowa, A pril 25-27, 1958. any of you, if you have suggestions (2,177.40 statute miles.) San Diqgo, Southwest Sectional meeting, Tuc­ and questions to place on the agenda. Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Midland, son, Ariz., A pril 25-27, 1958. Abilene, Tyler, Jackson, Montgomery, Please send your correspondence dir­ South Central Sectional meeting, ectly to me, so that it will be received Macon, Charleston. Oklahoma City, Okla., May 2-4, 1958. no later than April 20. TH E P U R SE : I am sure that you will be pleased F irst place; $800; Second, $600; third, Southeastern Sectional meeting, May to know that already, the AWTAR $500; fourth, $400; and fifth, $200. Also 17-18, T ullahom a, Tenn. Committee have mailed out 160 kits of Leg Prizes and $25 cash awards for The 7th annual “Skylady Derby” air race information, this is 45 more best scores made by each make and/or June 12, starting at Topeka, Kan. than were requested by March 26 last model* a irc ra ft of w hich th e re are a t AWTAR — San Diego, Calif., to year The TAR Committee have set least three in competition. • Charleston, S. C., July 1-10. their dates and are well under way with their race plans. The S.M.A.L.L. TROPHIES: International 99 Convention, July 11- race plans are in the making, and Duplicate trophies for pilot and co­ 13, M ontgom ery, Ala. there’s the Sky Lady Derby too! There pilot first five places. Also perpetual IAR — Welland, Ontario, Canada, definately' is an increasing interest rotating trophies for first and second to Grand Bahamas, BWI, August 13-23. place. Valuable merchandise awards in racing, throughout the Organiza­ Northwest Section meeting, Lake for special catagories. tion. Participation in these races will Wilderness Lodge, near Renton, Wash. increase proficiency, and do much for FUN! S eptem ber 5-7. women in Aviation, in general. In The San Diego Chapter and the S.M.A.L.L. Race — Sturgis, Mich., addition, they are fun! Let us all be­ Carolinas Chapter of The Ninety-Nines to Manistee, Mich., October 11-12. come race-minded this year and co­ as well as all the Ninety-Nine Chap­ operate in every way possible, to make ters on the route are making great them all successful. plans for your pleasure. You will A letter received from one of our have a lot of fun as well as a great Members at Large, expresses her experience participating in' the cAfeui AliMy-Alines appreciation in being accepted as a AWTAR. Southeast Section member of Ninety-Nines. We are For your copy of the AWTAR Rules pleased to receive such a letter, and in and Regulations, your Application for HANSEN, Muriel W. behalf of all Ninety-Nines here in the Entry and all other pertinent material (Mrs. Carl O.) U. S., I want to Welcome most sin­ write immediately to: 4715 S.W. 23rd St. Florida cerely, our Members at Large. We Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. are honored with the membership of All-Woman Transcontinental Phone: LU 3-5265 each and every one of you. Air Race, Inc. 2611 East Spring Street, North Central Section Ninety-Nines are busy everywhere! CRAMER, Betty Ann But do be sure to attend your Sec- Long B each 6, Calif. Entries open May 1. Get your appli­ (Mrs. Thomas L.) cation in early and get a low race R. D. No. 2 All-Ohio PILOT S BRIEFING number. We are looking forward to Lexington, Ohio P h o n e : GA 3-3593 The new brochures are now avail­ seeing you in San Diego July 1. able, request your requirements from Betty H. Gillies, Chairman TEE, Helen Ann headquarters. Board of Directors, 1112 Northwest Boulevard All-Ohio Please send your news reports to AWTAR, Inc. Columbus 12, Ohio Wynema Masonhall, the editor, in Phone: AX 9-5484 Minco, Okla. Not to headquarters. tional and regular meetings, and WLADYKA, Harriet Please send changes in addresses check those dates on the calendar (Mrs. Alex C.) to headquarters. now, for the National Convention! R.F.D. No. 3 All-Ohio R em em ber — A.E. M edals, $3.50. Sincerely, Jefferson, Ohio Plain or inscribed on back. Broneta Davis Evans P h o n e: New Lym e 2563 1957-58 Harriman Road, Irvington-on-Hudson, INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS N. Y. P r p c id p n f Bill Mauldin, famous WW II cartoon­ ist and now very active pilot, was our BRONETA DAVIS EVANS Minco, Oklahoma guest speaker March 12 at the Beaux Arts restaurant. Kay Brick arranged Vice President this program which brought out many EUGENIA R. HEISE members and guests. Bill started fly­ 5019 N. C um berland Blvd. Milwaukee, Wisconsin ing in 1954 and has logged 1400 hours, has his commercial, instrument and Secretary multi-engine ratings. He gave an in­ ELOISE SMITH formal talk about his recent flight 4011 W oodham s D r. Kalamazoo, Michigan from Florida island hopping down to Trinidad, along the coasts of Vene­ Treasurer zuela and Colombia, up through Cen­ BARBARA J. EVANS tral America and across the Gulf 40 S tu art P lace back to Florida. The flight was in a Manhasset, New York Piper Apache and he was accompan­ Ninety-Nines have get-together for Executive Committee ied by his two young sons and a LOUISE SMITH international member. Front row: friend. Read about it in January, Feb­ 421 E dgedale D r. Eileen Bristol, Hostess Barbara High Point, North Carolina Evans, Sabiha Gocken of Turkey, ruary and March “Sports Illustrated.” EDNA GARDNER WHYTE Gov. Irene Keith, Helen Boudreau. 3155 Willow P a rk Dr. Back row: Dorothy Julich, Doris Fort Worth, Texas Renninger, Peggy Norris, and Grace Mallett. Who’s taking the picture, JIMMIE KOLP huh, we had a few men too, like Mr. Box 591 Mallett, Capt. Sam Miller, Herb, Electra, Texas Fisher, and our Host Ed Evans. Deadline For News By Pat Arnold The 25th Of Each Month Marie Lepore (Worcester), Director WYALL, Mary A. ■ N .J . of Education and Training for Mass. (Mrs. Eugene A.) Wing CAP, is doing outstanding work R. R. No. 2, Leo Road Indiana SECTION in promoting aviation education. Her Ft. Wayne, Ind. Phone: A 5-5457 By “AJ Starr” latest endeavor is the In-Service Work­ CLARK, Gertrude T. A business meeting was held in Feb­ shop for Teachers, a 15 week course 355 Moross Road Michigan ruary at the National Air Transport w ith app ro xim ately 350 teach ers sign­ Grosse Pointe, Mich. ed up. Charlotte Kelley (Boston) is Coordinating Committee headquarters Phone: TU 1-5537 scheduled for one session. in New York and was arranged by our South Central Section One of our newer members, June TRINDER, Josephine W. Vice Governor Phyllis Crouch. Before Douglas (Falls River, Mass.) has re­ (Mrs. Harry R.) the business got under way we had a cently acquired her commercial li­ 2500 East Flora Place Colorado showing of the excellent film, “Song cense. Congratulations also again to D enver 10, Colo. of the Clouds”, about world airline tra­ Anne Baddour (Belmont, Mass.) who P h o n e: SK 6-8123 acquired her commercial license in vel and its many phases. Ruth Nichols Northwest Section January and her multi-engine in Feb­ was with us and she autographed her TAYLOR, Lucille T. ru ary . (Mrs. Cecil C.) Western book, “Wings for Life”, for members 1428 Hill Road Idaho who had brought their copies with Eleanor Horn, Lake Region Airport, Boise, Idaho them. The business of the evening con­ Wolfboro, N. H. reports they are doing Phone: 4-3163 sisted of nominating candidates for all their flying on skiis because of Southwest Section international office and setting up the three feet of snow! Alice Mansfield CASTLE, Annette M. various committees. Ruth Hill was (North Reading, Mass.) is groaning (Mrs. John B.) Long voted as the N.Y. - N.J. Section candi­ because their Stearman needs a full 843 Princeton St. Beach date for the AE scholarship commit­ re-covering job before banner towing Santa Monica, Calif. tee. Peggy Norris will be our Scrap­ season opens. Interesting item: Dru- Phone: EX 3-8030 book Chairman and will continue to cilla Rowell (Burlington, Vt.) is the REINSTATEMENTS photograph our meeting activities. only licensed woman pilot in Vermont! GILMAN, Marjorie K. Phyllis Crouch has to start from We belatedly welcome our new (Mrs. Mead Jr.) Western scratch as Historian and round up a member Eleanor Loija (Winthrop, 208 106th S.E.
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