OCTOBER, 1964 Hlnetylllne Hews (JJinety - cJJine <Jieu/s President’s Column We Ninety-Nines have been blessed at-large in the Ninety-Nines today. with a heritage of members who dared Our heritage can be strengthened and to dream above and beyond the con­ intensified for those who will follow if fines of the standard operating proce­ we too dare to dream, and work to dure, a heritage of vision to enable us make those dreams come true. Even OCTOBER, 1964 to see the vast SCOPE of what can be the newest Ninety-Nine can have a done, with just a little more effort. part in this, for it is only with the help Official Publication of Our organization was invisioned by a of every member the full potential of THE NINETY - NINES, Inc. woman who dared to dream and saw a Ninety-Nines can be achieved. If every Headquarters, Terminal Bldg. future for a group of women pilots member refuses to consider herself Will Rogers Field ONLY a member, without responsibili­ P. 0. Box 99 banded together with a purpose. Many ties, and instead, aspires to vision the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma must have questioned her dream. The future of women in aviation was uncer­ vast SCOPE of what can be accom­ Headquarters Secretary plished for Ninety-Nines; if every chap­ Carol Craig tain, but she set her objectives and worked to attain them. Some might ter, section and international committee feel she failed to accomplish her dream chairman and committee member re­ Editor because of the 117 then licensed women fuses to consider herself ONLY a chair­ DOROTHY L. YOUNG pilots, only 99 responded. But without man or a committee member, whose 6512 N.W. 20th Drive her dream and her efforts to achieve it, function is confined to do the 1,2,3’s of Bethany, Oklahoma none would have responded and none standard operating procedures, but in­ of us today would be Ninety-Nines. stead, realizes the limitless SCOPE of International Officers what can be done; if every chapter, As more women became licensed pi­ section and international officer will President lots, someone visioned chapters of Nine­ RUTH DEERMAN refuse to consider herself ONLY an of­ ty-Nines throughout the United States. 405 Camino Real ficer, bound by the procedure of her This vision may have been met with El Paso, Texas predecessors, but instead, assumes the skepticism, for it probably included responsibility of our heritage, to see the Vice-President having every licensed woman pilot a infinite SCOPE of dreams brought to ALICE ROBERTS member of the Ninety-Nines and hav­ fruition through work and effort, then 719 W. Orchid Lane ing a chapter in every city of the this will indeed be a Golden Year for Phoenix 21, Arizona United State. Some might think this Ninety-Nines. failed. Not every woman pilot is a Operation SCOPE is underway. Secretary Ninety-Nine, and there is not a chap­ S-C-O-P-E . Set Concrete Objectives BETTY W. McNABB ter in every city, but without this vi­ . Pursue ’Em. From the oldest char­ 926 Third Ave. sion and the work and effort to make ter member to the newest Ninety-Nine, Albany, Georgia it come true, it is unlikely that even do we dare to dream of what might be ? the original chapter would remain to­ Treasurer Do we dare not to? ELIZABETH V. “ Susie” SEWELL day. Sincerely, c /o Catlin Aviation Co. Someone conceived the idea of Nine­ Ruth Deerman, President P.O. Box 2398 ty-Nines as an international organiza­ The Ninety-Nines, Inc. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma tion. To many this may have seemed fantastic, for it probably encompassed Executive Committee having members, chapters and sec­ DONNA T. MYERS tions in every country in the entire Coming Events 11603 E. 6th Place world. Critics might say we fell far October 17, 1964: Middle East Denver, Colorado 80010 short of the goal, but without the Sectional, Washington, D.C. LYDIELLEN “ Lygie” HAGAN idea, the effort and the work expended, May 26, 27, 28, 1965: IAR. Im­ South 1907 Oneida PI. the international aspect of our organi­ pound Inspection May 24 and Spokane, Washington zation would not have been achieved. Awards Banquet May 29. JOAN L. HRUBEC The reward of the efforts and work May, 1965: San Diego — Fallon 16902 Dartmouth Ave. is reflected in the number of members- Fun Race. Cleveland 11, Ohio July 3, 1965: AWTAR from El ATTENTION - Cajon, Calif., to Chattanooga, No November Newsletter— All Reporters Tennessee. July 8, 9, 10, 1965: International Send News For December Are You Active Ninety-Nines Convention at Chat­ Issue By November 20. In Promoting Aviation tanooga, Tennessee. In Your Community? Amelia Earhart THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO _____ Memorial Scholarship COPY OF LETTER SENT Dues were set at one dollar, payable By Deedo Heise, Trustee OUT BY AMELIA EARHART now, with yearly dues to be determined NOW IS THE TIME to select your AND NEVA PARIS later. For the time being it was decided chapter candidate(s) for the 1965 schol­ November 16, 1929 to meet at each other’s homes once a arship. It takes time to fill in the ap­ Miss______________ month. No decision as to emblem was plications, get a suitable picture, and Address... ________ made, although it was agreed a brace­ accompanying letter of recommenda­ Dear Miss_________ let or ring would be selected. Neva tion from your chapter chairman. Wait­ A group of twenty-six women pilots Paris, Kenwood, Great Neck, New ing till the last day or two prior to met together at Curtiss field, Valley York, and Amelia Earhart, 959 Eighth the deadline for submitting the names Stream, Long Island, November 2nd, to Ave., New York City, volunteered to of your nominees to the Section Chair­ discuss the formation of a club. It was act as corresponding secretaries pro man will result in a hastily complet­ decided at the conference that the or­ tern. ing the applications and a hurriedly ganizations would be neither strictly We believe that such an organization composed accompanying letter and frivilous nor entirely serious, that the might become influential and powerful. may well result in omissions of data social side should be emphasized but We hope all licensed pilots will see its that are important. that problems which arise in connec­ possibilities and join at once. The trustees have asked me to stress tion with women in aviation should also The next meeting is to be held at the the importance of the letter from the be discussed and acted upon. It was home of Opal Kunz, 137 Riverside Dr., chapter chairman which is written on agreed that all licensed women pilots New York City, on December 14th, the last page of the application as in good standing would be eligible to 1929, at 3:00 p.m. Please make an ef­ this is probably the most important membership, and that letters be sent fort to be with us. factor in enabling the judges to reach to the present Department of Com­ Sincerely, a decision as to the winners. merce list, giving each the privilege of Amelia Earhart and Neva Paris Remember that there are three schol­ becoming a charter member. Corresponding Secretaries pro tern arships being offered this year, and The name of the club would be taken the fact that you may have applied from the numbers who joined from this before and failed to be a winner is no first invitation. There are at present Powder Puff Derby one hundred seventeen active licenses. deterrent to re-application. In fact, in By ALICE HAMMOND, Secretary looking through the records which I Therefore, if ninety-eight signed up, the have received from Alice Hammond, name would be “ Ninety-Eights.” Fur­ The AWTAR wants to thank all you I find that many of our scholarship ther increase in membership would who sent in such a wonderful collection winners have been candidates several have no effect on changing the name. of clippings of the publicity covering years before finally being admitted to The organization is to be very loose, the 1964 Race! The response has been the “magic circle.” possibly governed by a committee with more than gratifying, and we have Remember also, that every First Day a chairman. The committee members one of our wonderful helpers working Cover we sell adds to the fund and that to be elected to represent the various on the scrapbook to preserve them. such contributions are tax deductible. sections of the country. The only pur­ She reports some “ blanks” however — pose so far would be the tacit under­ so will any of you who worked on the standing that it is to interest women stops, and any contestants who have NOTAMS in aviation, and be a general clear­ any extra publicity, please send them ing house of ideas. The club is entirely to AWTAR Headquarters at Teterboro ATTENTION independent of any commercial organi­ Airport, Teterboro, New Jersey, now— Next deadline for Newsletter copy zation, as its membership is composed to make this the most complete record will be November 20. There will be no of women employed by many different ever! Thanks a million. October Newsletter due to printing and companies. And now, get out your 1965 calendars issuing the 1964-65 Roster. It was suggested that meetings be and mark these red letter dates for OPPORTUNITY held simultaneously throughout the the 1965 Powder Puff Derby: Entries Josephine Richardson, Indiana Chap­ country, wherever there was a large open April 15 and must be postmarked ter, advises that the Lycoming Service enough group to do so.