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I <fa1 THE NINETY-NINES, Inc. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS N ew s L etter International Headquarters — P. 0. Box 1444 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma AIR TERMINAL BUILDING — WILL ROGERS FIELD ------------------------------------- President's Column June 1, 1958 The National Convention is the Num ber One item on my daily agenda now. The Alabama Ninetv-Nines have "Can't Say We a most interesting program all planned for us. There is certainly no nicer way to show our appreciation, Didn't Try and to repay those responsible for all the work, planning and concern that To Get There" has gone into this Convention, than to attend it. So let us make the attend ance this year a record breaker! Just a word to those of you who have yet to attend your first National Convention. I feel that until you do attend your Convention, you in some way, have a missing-link in your affiliation with your Organization. You Lr %v\t * pv* v Q - x x . TSVW can not know that close relationship that comes from the association with PROGRAM SCHEDULE Ninety-Nines from all the Chapters throughout the Organization. It will NINETY NINES INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION be a happy experience for you, and you will realize more benefit and July 10-12 pleasure from your membership. JEFFERSON DAVIS HOTEL Please check the program in your Montgomery, Alabama News Letter, for changes in time, on the Executive Board meeting and the THURSDAY, JULY 10 Business meeting, also note the speak Fly-in Day—Landing at Dannelley Field, sunrise to sunset. Free tie-down, ers, Nancy Byrd Walton from Aus transportation, refreshments. tralia, James C. Powell, and Bevo 1:00 p.m .-5:00 p.m.—Registration, lobby Jefferson Davis Hotel. Registration Howard. Please do not neglect get fee $10.00, also registration for jet ride. ting your ballots in, deadline, mid 12:00 noon—Executive and Governors’ meeting. President’s suite. night, June 25th. H ere’s hoping for 7:00 p.m .-10:00 p.m.—Cocktails and buffet dinner, Montgomery Country Club. good weather for good flying, a good Entertainment, (informal). attendance and a wonderful Conven FRIDAY, JULY 11 tion! See you in Alabama! CONVENTION BUSINESS SESSIONS Sincerely, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Business meeting. (Delegates must be registered by Broneta Davis Evans 8:00 a.m .) 12:30 p.m.—Luncheon and Fashion Show by Coach and Four, Jefferson Davis. OOOPS—SORRY! 2:00 p.m .-5:00 p.m.—Business meeting. We were misinformed, along with 8:00 p.m.—Past Presidents’ Award Dinner, Blue Moon Inn. Ninety-Nines and several other aviation papers concern guests. (To honor all our Past Presidents present.) ing the Lady Hay-Drummond Award. We apologize. SATURDAY, JULY 12 10:00 a.m.—Tour of Maxwell Air Force Base, home of the Air University. 11:30 a.m.—Be on hand for take-off of the winner of the Jet ride by one of our News Item members. Courtesy pilot ? 12:30 p.m.—Lunch at Maxwell Officers Club. Speaker, Nancy Byrd Walton of First Woman President—Jackie Australia. Cochran, Past President of the 3:00 p m .-4:00 p.m. Tour of Montgomery, courtesy of Montgomery Chamber 99’s, was elected first woman of Commerce. President of the Federation 6:30 p.m .-7:30 p.m.—Cocktail party, courtesy of Montgomery Zonta Club. Aeronautique Internationale, a 8:00 p.m.—Convention Banquet. Amelia Earhart Scholarship Award. Jefferson 47 nation federation for the pro Davis Hotel Ballroom. Master of Ceremonies, Bevo Howard; Guest motion of Aviation. All 99’s wish Speaker, James C. Powell. you well, knowing fully you will serve with honor and distinction. SUNDAY, JULY 13 Take-off Day Transportation furnished to airport. 1957-58 International INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS Coming Events Prpcidpnf Air Race News AWTAR—San Diego, Calif., to BRONETA DAVIS EVANS Charleston, S. C., July LIO. Minco, Oklahoma Ninety-Nines International Con Vice President vention, Montgomery, Ala., July EUGENIA R. HEISE 11-13. 5019 N. Cumberland Blvd. IAR—Welland, Ontario, Canada Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Grand Bahamas, BWI, August Secretary 14-23. ELOISE SMITH Northwest Sectional Meeting, 4011 Woodhams Dr. Gaffney’s Lake Wilderness Lodge Kalamazoo, Michigan near Renton, Wash., September Treasurer 12-14. BARBARA J. EVANS South Central Sectional meet 40 Stuart Place ing in conjunction with the Manhasset, New York DaUas ‘ Doll Derby” in Dallas, Texas, in September or October. Executive Committee Watch for the dates. LOUISE SMITH S. M. A. L. L. R ace — Sturgiss, 421 Edgedale Dr. Mich., to Manistee, Mich., Octo High Point, North Carolina ber 11-12. EDNA GARDNER WHYTE 3155 Willow Park Dr. Fort Worth, Texas Hilda Perez De Fragas, Cuba’s only JIMMIE KOLP 99 entrant in the 1957 International A W T A R NEW S Box 591 Air Race. Entries will close with June 20 post Electra, Texas mark. If you are one of the late The Race will start from Welland, entries, pleace send your entry by Deadline For News airmail to AWTAR, Inc., 2611 East The 25th Of Each Month Canada on August 16th, RON at Fort Spring Street, Long Beach, Calif., so Lauderdale, Fla., by the 18th and we that we will be able to get your entry will be at the Grand Bahama Club into the official program before it from the 19th-23rd. Day extra at goes to press. Many of you who read this are (JJew JUinetu- (Clines terminus to avoid custom payment at alrady entered in the AWTAR and Buffalo. (Time for more fun.) Southeast Section are undoubtedly very busy getting Prizes: $800, 1st; $500, 2nd; $300, CALDWELL, Martha I. 3rd; $200, 4th; $150, 5th; $50, 6th. 510 Florham Ave. P. O. Box 1048 Carolinas Required stop: Buffalo, N. Y. Visual High Point, N. C. check: St. Sim on’s Island, Bruns Phone: 2-2306 wick, Ga. Method of computation of winner: South Central Section Handicap speed over actual ground RENNY, June D. speed; highest plus winner. (Handi (Mrs. James B.) cap 100: Ground speed for course 110: 101 Colorada St. equals plus 10.) Dyess AFB Abilene Dates: Deadline entries, July 31, Abilene, Texas 1958; deadline arrival Welland, Aug Phone: OR 3-7617 ust 14, 1958 (sundown); race start, TROMM, Catharina C. August 16, 1958; deadline Fort Lauder 1315 Sixth Street Corpus Christi- dale, August 18 (sundown); last leg Corpus Christi, Texas Houston to Grand Bahama, August 19th; re Phone: TU 3-8023 turn to US, August 23rd. Irma Price is entry chief, all in Southwest Section Committee of the Start of the Race quiries to her 242 SW 8th St., Miami, (making big plans): Ruby Keaveny, CROWLEY, Elizabeth Sue Fla. 2804 Future Street San Fernando Chairman; Elsie Watson, Impound (Trophies and souvenirs.) Los Angeles 31, Calif. Chairman; Gertrude Lockwood, P hone: CA 2-4690 Dorothea M. B. V erm orel Deputy Chairman; Aileen Saunders, Chairman Publicity Chairman; Lynn Briggs, GOODWIN, Frances L. (Mrs.) Operations Chairman. 2376 Linwood St. San Diego San Diego, Calif. your aircraft tuned up and polished P hone: CY 5-1722 Notice for the big event. We are pleased to REINSTATEMENT There will be no July issue of be able to tell you in this issue of sev The 99 Nev/s Letter. eral more awards that have been North Central Section Please, please, send your NL donated: SLA VICK, Loretta F. Zep Aero of El Segundo, Calif., is Reports typed and double-spaced (Mrs. Leon E.) Greater donating a Portable Oxygen Unit as 44 Forest Glen Lane St. Louis and by the 25th of the month, an additional prize for the pilot of the Kirkwood 22, Mo. other than June 25th. aircraft placing first. Phone: YO 5-1223 Flying Magazine is donating a cash award of $100 to the crew holding no which makes the highest score. Jeppesen & Co., Denver, Colo., is The Neighbors G eorge Clark donating a Jeppesen Flight Case to the co-pilot of the aircraft placing first, a Radio Air-Route Guide with one-year revision service to the pilot of the aircraft placing second, and Large World Maps to the co-pilots of the aircraft placing second and third. Four Jeppesen R-2 Computers, two Large United States Maps and other smaller maps will also go to pilots and co-pilots who place near the top. Once again the dates, times and route: Impounding deadline at San Diego, 1700 PST, July 1; take-off, 0800 PST, July 4; deadline to finish at Charleston, 1200 EST, July 8; awards dinner, evening, July 9. Route: San Diego, Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Midland, Abilene, Tyler, Jackson, Montgomery, Macon, Char leston (2177.4 statute m iles). To those of you who will be par ticipating in the race, we wish good flying, good fun and good luck. To those of you who are working on the various committees from coast to coast, we want to express our most sincere thanks for the wonderful help and cooperation you are giving us. To Ninety-Nines everywhere, our deep est thanks for your sponsorship and fine support of this annual race. AWTAR Board of Directors Betty H. Gillies, Chairman Pilot's Briefing All CAA Flight Instructor Ratings must be exchanged prior to July 1st. By now I am sure all of you “No, this isn’t my first flight. Back in the thirties I have received your ballot for the won a transcontinental race in my own plane.” National Cfficers, etc., so please, please vote and exercise your duty toward your organization The Ninety-Nine News Letter wishes to thank Mollie Slott, Vice-President of on a National level, too.