THE NINETY-NINES, Inc. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS News Letter International Headquarters • Will Rogers Field P.O.Box 1444 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma FEBRUARY 1956
On January 15 I enjoyed a meeting with the very active Kansas Chapter. High winds - PRESIDENT'S COLUMN but i t was a r e a l p le a su r e to see so many girls fly in. SCHOLARSHIP February 1, 1956 The Nominating and Resolutions Committees A DEADLINE TO MEET It was January 11, 1937 that Amelia Earhart have started their work preparing for the flew from Hawaii to the Mainland. When 99 business to be taken care of at our if you need $300 to get that coveted rating Amelia was asked why she would take such 1956 convention. You can help these two for your career in aviation. Applications chances, she would say, "I want to do it committees if you will fill in their forms f o r the 1956 AMELIA EARHART MEMORIAL SCHOL because I want to do it" and then she would and answer their letters at your very ARSHIP must be postmarked March 20 or before. say, "Women must try to do things men have earliest convenience. Thanks. t r ie d and i f th ey f a i l t h e ir f a i lu r e must Send your request for an application form be a challenge to others." Only we that Have worked in Headquarters several days t o : love to fly can appreciate this. this month. I always leave saying a prayer Jeannette L. Sovereign of thanks that we have Dorothy Morgan who 2136 Center Avenue Have been asked to speak on "Women in A v i is a 99er and has worked with the C.A.A. Bay City, Michigan a t io n " s e v e r a l tim es l a t e l y . What a su b for years with her sincere, personal in ject I Thought I would do some research terest in the welfare of our grand organi In the meantime, have a photo or suitable from all the available sources on the very z a t io n . solo snapshot available to enclose with f i r s t women th at fle w . The m a te r ia l was your a p p lic a t io n . You may a ls o a tta ch a On behalf of our membership, I would like scattered,conflicting and interesting. I one-page recommendation from your employer to find a stronger way to thank the fo l feel the true history of the first women or some other person whom you consider to fly should be compiled in as complete lowing for donating to our Headquarters n e e d s : should be a c c e p ta b le to the Ju dges. The and a ccu ra te form as p o s s ib le and k ep t in application must be notarized. Let me re our 99 Headquarters. I believe that a peat these two facts: women's flying organization such as ours Lois Belle Cassidy of Chicago for the mimeograph machine. We are using it will be the first place people will refer 1. Even though you have applied for the to for such information 100 years from and it works wonderfully well. Many th a n k s. Scholarship in prior years without success, now. Yo” would be su rp rise d to know how you are welcome to try again. difficult it is to secure information on th is s u b je c t o f e a r ly women f l y e r s and Loretta Solvick for two shades for the office. 2. The purpose for which you are applying how conflicting is such information. need not be for an airman's rating for flight, but must be related to aviation. Did you realize that in 1733 Madame Dorothy Rice for the two planters for the office. Perhaps your career in aviation w ill be in Thible of France went up in a balloon metereology, engineering, airway or tower as a passenger. From 1804 ’on, Madame Santa Clara Valley Chapter for $10.00 control, air-age education or some other re Blanchard flew frequently solo. Napoleon lated field. appointed her as Chief of the Air Service. which we are saving for our lounge furni tu re . Her life was most interesting. In 1863 After you receive this issue of the News Eliza Garnerin was the first woman to The Dallis Unit for the beautiful letter, less than a month will be left in Jump by parachute. In 19°1 Madame Alda which to send for your 1956 application de Asosta flew a powered dirigible solo mosaic tile top coffeetable with "99 " w ork ed in blue and white. form, to fill it out and get it into the for one hour and twenty-five minutes over 1 mail again, postmarked on or before March Paris - all this was five months before 20t h . the Wright Brothers flew. In 1908 there Many of the problems that come into Head quarters could be answered by referring to Jeannette L. Sovereign was one E n g lish and two French women Chairman your Constitution and By-laws. claiming to be the first to fly. In 1910 Board of Trustees the Aeronautical Society claims Bessica Raiche as being the first American woman If you change your address or name, please to fly. In 1912 Harriet Quimby was the notify your 99 headquarters. Thanks. first woman to be licensed . In 1913 Ma- thelda Moisent was second. In 1913 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT. AIR EDUCATION Catherine Stinson was third. In 191^ Marjory Stinson was fourth. The family NATIONAL AVIATION EDUCATION COUNCIL life and flying career of the Stinsons was SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE very interesting. After reading about Hotel New Yorker Catherine Stinson, I really want to take March 15-17, 1956 a back seat. That gal had something that we are a l l proud o f . Then came Ruth Law Among the sp eak ers who have accep ted to ad and many o t h e r s . dress the National Aviation Education Con ference are: Donald Douglas, Jr.J Arthur The Womens N a tion a l A e ro n a u tica l A s s o c i Godfrey; Mr. Johnson, Vice-President Convalr; a tio n i s a grand group o f women w orking Tom Lamphler, President, N.A.A.; Admiral Ram for the Advancement of aviation the same s e y ; S tu a rt T ip to n , P r e s id e n t, ATA; A rthur as we are. They really did themselves C. Clarke, British rocket authority who proud again January 13. Tulsa Unit WNAA it’s later c a u s t i c a l l y sums I t up when he s a y s , "Atom ic gave a banquet honoring Jacqueline Cochran energy has made space travel not only pos by presenting model planes of different sible, but desirable". aircraft she had flown to the Smithsonian than you think! Institute. Moss Patterson was M.C. Gen. Thursday night, March 15, Is open and the Nathan Twining, Chief of the Air Force, NY-NJ Section of 99's Is planning a social presented a plaque to Jacqueline for the dinner meeting to which you and your friends WNAA. Charles J. Lowen, the new appointee tHe 1956 AV/TAR are Invited. Further Information will be to head our C.A.A., was to speak on "Women posted at the registration desk. Governor in Aviation", but instead spoke on his IS lessthavi Selma Cronan, 175 Ames Ave., Leonia, N. J., past experiences with Jacqueline during would love to get a card If you expect to World War II, some were not too pleasant, 6 months away - come. If you have any problems pertinent but amusing. Best of all, our 99's were to your visit, perhaps the Governor or I well represented and all most happy to see better" start planning! could help you. this well deserved honor paid to our be Standing by -- loved Jacqueline Cochran. Kay B rick down by officialdom and paper work. I spent INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS T«e B ulletin Board 1 hours at a time on instruments when on the long ocean hops...on all there was very low PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT TO: SECTION GOVERNORS clo u d o r haze o r b o th . Must do some more CHAPTER CHAIRMEN long ocean hops; have the Pacific in mind Edna Gardner Whyte Broneta Davis for the future..." Such is the ambition of our A.E. Scholarship winner.' 3155 W illon Park Dr. Minco, Oklahoma In accordance with the Constituion of the ***** Ninety-Nines, Inc., which requires that any Fort Worth 11, Texas prop osed amendment to the C o n s titu io n and FREDA THOMPSON, Australia, is just back from By-Laws be submitted in writing to all a six-month daunt to South Africa and South East Asia. 'i am longing to drag my little SECRETARY TREASURER Sections and Chapters thirty days before the International Meeting, the Resolutions Moth ou t o f the hanger once again and blow the cobwebs off it. A new Ninety-Nine soon- Eugenia R. Heise Jimmie Kolp Committee requests that you send in such proposed amendments to me postmarked no sored by Male Casey, Freda is probably the 5019 N. Cumberland Blvd Box 591 later than April 23, 1956, with copies most experienced woman pilot in Australia Milwaukee 17, Wisconsin Electra, Texas being sent to the other members of the Reso having been flying since 1930. a.s early as lutions Committee: Laura Sellinger, 2956 1934 she flew solo from England to Australia N. Prairie Ave., St. Louis 7, Mo., and Jane in a Moth M a jor. No r a d io , but had a 1000 Nettlebland, Route 2, Box 237, Arvada, Colo. mile range. In I960 she flew around Austra EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE l i a , some 10 ,000 m iles in a Hornet Moth and Send in all proposed amendments or suggest in 1952 flew to New Guinea. Freda is Vice Geraldine Mickelsen Donna Myers ed changes to the Constituion and By-Laws P re s id e n t o f the A u stra lia n ’-'omen P ilo t s Assn. and President of the Victorian Branch. 1809 W entworth Ave. 3310 Milwaukee St. or any suggestions as to changes in the policy or practices of the Ninety-Nines. Welcome, Freda! Sacramento, California Denver 5, Colorado Each s u g g e stio n o r amendment must be a c ***** companied by explanation and reasons for ANESIA PINHZIR0 MACHADO, B r a z i l : She lo v e s the change, not to exceed 200 w o r ld s . to hear from her friends in the U. S. Has Louise Smith been q u ite i l l but is much b e t t e r and fly in g 421 Edgedale Drive Ruth N. Rueckert, Chairman again. "My Navion is super-duper and I take High Point, N. C Resolutions * Committee 1956 good care of it." 2037 Rivera Street San Francisco 16, California NEW ENGLAND MEMBERSHIP SECTION
FROM YOUR INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN AUTOoF D- MONDE Beth Smith By: Kay B rick By: Ora Stevens report that we have received a substantial Thanks to Christmas greetings, here's an The January meeting was held on the 21st at number o f new members sin ce Septem ber 1 and Bradley Field, Conn. Luncheon in the beau a very encouraging list of prospective mem armchair visit with our worldwide members tifu l Terrace Dining Room overlooking the bers. Be sure to report any names of pros who make us a l l b u rs t w ith p r id e . busy ramp and runways was a p le a s u r e . Mary pective members to your Chapter Membership Ann Lippitt conducted the meeting very well Chairman promptly so that they can be in BETTY B0SELLI, France: Betty is still with in the absence of our Governor, Barbara vited to a 99 meeting. the Import & Export Section of the Air Min istry. Her year has been busy and produc Cloud who was i l l w ith a v ir u s . Mary Ann very kindly offered to share the seats in Special compliments to Orpha Dann, Northwest tive. She set three world records (still her Bonanza to Alice Kitka, Chris Seaver Section Membership Chairman, for her work in good as of Christmas) which have been recog and Ora Stevens for the ride up to Bradley rounding up all the licensed women pilots in nized by the F.A.I. and a beautiful ride it was, too, with the South Dakota toward getting a chapter or In the Mistral, single jet fighter on Janu snow on the ground and not a bump in the ganized there. We hope to accomplish this a i r . Guess what; The w eather held that in the Spring. ary 2 6 , 1 9 5 5 > she captured the record on the 1000 k on a closed circuit; March 1, distance way a l l d a y . From W orcester where A lice left us to Norwood where Chris got off and Let's ALL work on membership this year. in a straight line; February 22, distance in a closed circuit. back to Hillsgrove where Mary Ann runs the Lippitt Aviation Service, was all after She has a ls o flow n the Vampire J et and now the lights had been turned on and did they owns "about 100 hours on the jets. I wish I look pretty with the snow background. The AWTAR coul share some with you". There's a real other girls from Connecticut way attending f r i e n d . were: Barbara Manchester, Hartford; Flor AWTAR ence Macfarlane, Hartford; Joan Rosenburger, By: Betty M. Loufek Rockville; Deed Holcomb, W estfield, Mass; public Relations, AWTAR, Inc. On January 1, 1956, she was rolled down 9000 foot Val d 'Ssere and covered in a yard of and Page Shamburger, Great Barrington, Mass. snow - rescued - ankles and fingers sprained START: San Mateo County Airport Barbara Kieman has asked to postpone her (near San Carlos, C alif.) - "No more skiing! It would have been too silly to have died that way." party to April as they have a house up in ***** Franconia, New Hampshire, for the skiing FINISH: Bishop Airport season and don't want to miss any. Don't Flint, Michigan MAIE CASEY, A u s t r a lia : Met her hubby r e cently in Bangkock on his way back from Eur blame you a bit, Barbara, but don't you ope. On the ensuing visit to most of the think that is quite a dangerous sport. DATES: Impound D e a d lin e , Wednesday Be c a r e f u l . Ju ly 4 , 1956 South East Asian countries, she met women Take-Off,. Saturday, July 7 pilots. "in Siam, Bangkock, the Aunt of the Finish Deadline, Tuesday, Queen, Princess Palnu, is quite an experi July 10, 1956 enced pilot. It is difficult to own a pri N.Y. - N.J. Awards Dinner, Wednesday, vate plane there on account of opium running July 11, 1956. which is liable to be conducted by air. There are several women pilots in Indonesia, but SECTION RACE ROUTS: 2366 statute miles there, too, private flying is quite restrict ed and the country they fly over is unfail ingly heavily wooded or else broken up into via: Bakersfield, California B y: Ruby Sad t i e r Needles, California small wet paddy fields, not at all appetis Prescott, Arizona ing after our stretches of open country here." Maie has been doing lots of flying, Our New York - New Jersey Section members Winslow, Arizona were happy to accept an Invitation to Join Albuquerque, New Mexico both in the F24 and the M essenger. ***** the Society of Automotive Engineers at A m a rillo , Texas (MUST STOP) their dinner meeting at the Brass Rail in W ichita, Kansas NANCY ELLIS LEEB0LD, A u s t r a lia : Nancy has been elected Federal President of the New York, Wednesday, January 2.5* kfter Columbia, Missouri dinner (which was preceded by cocktails - Urbana, Illinois Australian Women's Pilots Assn. For her 12 ,0 0 0 mile delivery flight of a 4 place courtesy Republic Aviaton!), Roland C. F t. Wayne, Indian a (MuST STOP) Berg, Vice Chairman of Aeronautical Activi Flint, Michigan Miles Messenger, 53$ of which was over water, from England to Australia, she won the an ties of this Section of S.A.E., introduced nual Evelyn Follet Trophy. the speaker, Lt. Col. John Paul Stapp, Address requests for Rules and Entry forms authority on aero medical research and who to AWTAR Hdars., 26ll East Spring Street, From Nancy h e r s e l f : "No tr o u b le s on the has personally completed rocket sled high Long Beach 6 , California. Please enclose speed acceleration and deceleration tests. 25^ to defray mailing costs. flying or aircraft side, but were weighed Jo Durdin was also a gadabout in December. The banquet room was filled to capacity This lucky gal spent ten days, including with engineers, 9 9 's and g u e s ts who l i s t Christmas, in Mexico, ending up in Mexico ened breathlessly to Col. Stapp who gave h H 3 ^southeast City. She reported a wonderful time. Jo a succinct commentary as moving pictures flew down (via airline) to join her mother and slides were shown of the actual tests, section and fa t h e r who were th ere on b u s in e s s . with closeups of physical after effects. I * \
Hearing Col. Stapp tell so unassumingly of FLORIDA CHAPTER what he terms "human s a lv a g e " , made us By: Helen Mennitto realize our privilege in listening to a CAROLINAS CHAPTER truly great American who is giving himself By: Nancy Mayes FLASH - International Air Race News! The 100$ mentally and physically to saving seven th and lo n g e s t IAR w i l l be from Hamil manpower needed to operate our jet powered The Carolinas Chapter held its regular meet ton, Ontario, to Havana, Cuba, May l6-19> m achines. ing January 8 at the Pine Needles Country 1956. Dot Rungeling is major-domo of the Club in Pinehurst, N.C. Our hosts were Canadian arrangements and has succeeded in Pictures were also shown of a sedan which Peggy Kirk Bell and 49ier Warren. Some, en obtaining the services of handicappers and was towed at extremely high speed into a couraged by clear skies, braved the gusts to officials who participated in previous c o n c r e te w a ll. The ca r co n ta in e d fo u r dum- fly into nearby Southern Pines Airport. IAR's originating in Canada. She and the minies, two wearing seat belts and two These included Dot and 49?er Harry Shackel city of Hamilton are cooking up a warm wel without. As you can imagine, the two free ford with Caroline Hembel and Guest, Louise come and takeoff for all participants. dummies were shuttled around in the car and 49^er Herman Smith and B e tty Hamilton Deadline for arrival in Hamilton will be and blown through the windshield to crash and Nancy Mayes. Also present were Les Hem either May 12 or 13- Entry Chief is Irma on the pavement many feet away, while the bel, Gale East from Raleigh, Estelle and Price, 242 S.W. 8th St., Miami. Irma will dummies secured by seat belts were still 49l?er Carl Bradshaw, Sara Shonk and guest. supply you with more information, race in p la c e and had n ot been s t r u c k . The rules and entry blanks. Marathon, Florida, force of the impact crumpled the entire The business meeting was followed by dinner will be looking for the ladybirds to flock front of the car but did not destroy be at the club and a tour of the vicinity.The there on May 17, 18, 19 prior to the last yond. Running the film in slow motion the g o l f co u rse here i s among the b e s t . leg to Cuba. So - make your plans - clear second time, corroborated Col. Stapp's your decks and plan to be In on this three- figures on human salvage by the use of The next meeting is planned for Charleston, country, two-borders race! seat belts. He said he always fastens S.C., in March at which time.the azalea his seat belt before he starts his auto gardens should be in full bloom. Let's all Many details of the race were discussed at mobile engine! be th e r e ! the January 16 Chapter meeting at Helen Mennitto's home. Newsletter reoorter Edith Our March 15 m eeting has been scheduled Swinney was recalled to three months' ac to coincide with the National Air Age Edu tive duty in the Navy, so yours truly is cation Convention at the Hotel New Yorker. TENNESSEE CHAPTER fillin g in again. We were fortunate to Time and p la ce w i l l be p o ste d a t Head By: Eddie Lee Griffin acquire Marie Thompson as a transfer from quarters. All 99's are urged to attend the Indiana Chapter and Nancy Langsenkamo this N.A.A.E. Convention and visiting 99's The weather man did not cooperate with us o f F ort L auderdale as a new member. Nancy w ill be welcome guests at our Chapter meet on our January meeting which was held at is a reporter for the Fort Lauderdale ing which our Governor Selma Cronan says the Municipal Airport in Knoxville. We had D a ily News and f ” l l o f enthusiasm f o r the will be a social get-together. Be seeing showers galore! 99*s. Our welcome guests were Bea Hymen y o n ! of NY-NJ, Juanita Fineman of Chicago and When our Chairman, Mary Beth Sargent, says p r o s p e c tiv e member Lona Frame. "We w ill have a meeting 'Rain or Shine'", £ 3 JU D D IE EAST she r e a l l y means what she s a y s . She and Our lone Cuban member, Hilda Perez de Frag- Georgiana McConnell drove the 200 miles up as, has been successful in persuading Stan from Nashville in a downpour of rain.Evelyn dard Oil Company to airmark their service SECTION Bryan and Mary Jane Q uarles d rove down from stations on the main air routes of Cuba. Morristown and the only two Knoxville mem There's a one-woman airmarking committee! EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER b e r s , Ruth Thomas and Eddie Lee G r i f f i n , We're very proud of Hilda's achievement. By: Peggy Borek were present. Evelyn showed colored slides of the various places on her trip to South Jean McKaig, Kate Ornsen, Genevieve Koester, America which included: Key West, Florida; Connie Wolf, Virginia Cheatham and I were Havana,Cuba; Camaguey,Cuba; Santiago, Cuba; able to accept the Institute of Aeronautical Port Au Prince, Haiti; Ciduad T rijillo, Sciences' invitation to attend their Janu Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; CENTRAL ary meeting and hear renowned aeronautical Saint Thomas Island; Guadeloupe; St. Lucia engineer Grover Loening's fascinating talk andTrinidad. She also told us all about ECTION about aircraft of the future. We certainly her trip which was very interesting. enjoyed it and appreciated the opportunity to hear Mr. L oen in g. Ruth Thomas, her 49^er, and son Andy, have NORTH CENTRAL SECTION Ju st moved in t o a brand new home a t 4217 By: Marge Rag1in Our January meeting was held in the Ground Roaming Road. School Office at Wings Field, Ambler. Diane NORTH CENTRAL SECTION ALERT: M ichigan, c o n R i t t , Anne S h ie ld s , L ou ise S a c c h i, M argaret vention headquarters and TAR terminus, w ill Callaway, Jane Morris, Kate Ornsen, Jean ALABAMA CHAPTER By: Jan Warrick contact all chapters by March indicating McKaig, Anne P ick e t (w ith the fo u r cu te projects for July. Convention plans alrea little Pickets), Virginia Cheatham, Chris The Temperature, Dew Point and Alabama dy include competition enroute from Flint Siegl and Lillian Marks were present. We're to Pellston after the race has ended.Prizes really making plans for the coming months: Chapter had a bang-up meeting in Clanton a t M innie Wades home on January 2 2 . D es w i l l "make you r e y e b a lls ja n g le " says Mary Spring Sectional, Ladies Day at a local Clark, chairman. And Just 13 miles from airport, the possibility that Philadelphia p i t e the ra in and bloom , n in e members and three guests were present. Everyone was Pellston is convention headquarters, Ramona may be a stop for the IAR, special meetings Park Hotel at Harbor Springs. There you'll with wellknown speakers, a combined meet in a b u sin e s s mood and headway was made on the future plans for the Chapter. After spend delightful days swimming in arterian- ing-house warming at Jane Morris' new apart drawn, pre-heated waters, sunbathing, golf ment where we hope to see some of Jane’s disposing of business, we had a regular gabfest while putting away the delicious in g , p la y in g te n n is and s h u ffle b o a r d , and slides of Puerto Rico, etc. By the way, ju s t r e la x in g . Ramona o f f e r s a l l the com Jane has a photo creel it in November FLYING chicken dinner and all the trimmings which Minnie had waiting for us. forts and conveniences of a city hotel, yet (p. 10 - Mr. Crawford presenting Thompson all the advantages of the cool North Woods. Trophy to Col. Hanes at National Aircraft It will be your dream of a resort come true! Show in P h ila d e lp h ia in S e p te m b e r). Jane Elizabeth Wade showed her color movies was everywhere (with camera) during the made on the "Alabama Air Tour" in November. T his was a r e a l t r e a t to members who d i d n 't Leah Warren of Central Illinois says Spring show, in c lu d in g an Army h e lic o p t e r and a g e t to g o . field is looking for a big fly-in May 11-13 police motorcycle sidecar, snapping away. at the Sectional. Southwest Airport is the Our feelings are still hurt 'cause she Ye Ole Reporter showed the color move made official landing field; St. Nicholas Hotel didn't introduce us to either pilot or on the Caribbean-West Indies trip that is headquarters. This will provide oppor p o lice m a n ! E velyn Bryan and I made in D ecem ber. E velyn tunity to tie together the work of various has written our trip up for Newsletter so chapters on those July convention and ter After the meeting, most of the girls ac you'll be hearing all about the wonderful minus projects, too. cepted Connie W olf's invitation to "come tim e we had. To th ose who may be i n t e r over for a cocktail", but eagerbeavers ested in making this trip as a winter va Sympathy to Betty Thatcher, North Central Margaret Callaway and I flew to a few local cation sometime, I have a complete record Secretary, for the loss of her mother. airports to look them over as possible of it which would be a big help in plan And speedy g e t - w e ll w ish es to Governor sites for our Ladies Day in the Spring. We ning expenses, etc., and will be happy to Eloise Smith for her stay in Bronson Hos talked to Mr. Jordan Lederer of Lehava Air pital at Kalamazoo. Services at North Philadelphia Airport. He send a copy to anyone who wants it. I'm sure when you read Evelyn's story, you'll was very co u rte o u s and o f f e r e d h e lp fu l i n be "rarin to go ’’. See you in Michigan! formation and suggestions. CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER Margaret Johnson was presented with her pin CENTRAL WISCONSIN CHAPTER By: Ro se Andrew at this time because she was unable to at By: Ethel Christensen tend the Christmas meeting when Winnie The Andrews' LONGPATCH was the meeting White received hers and the new 49iers got There Just isn 't much news from these parts. place for the Chapter members, 49iers and their cards. Due to our undependable weather and a slight several guests on January 7- All told confusion on my part, we did not have a meet there were 30 present to eat waffles and Hazel Hackwith reminded the girls that the ing in January - thus news about what the sausage, later viewing two movies shown rummage s a le was s e t f o r March 30 and 31 other girls are doing is not much. by Jessie Stoneclpher, Chief pilot, Uni and that they should keep those dates open versity of Illinois Airport. and also start collecting. Isabel Myrland is still sunning herself in Arizona. Irene Moore is back from Florida. FLIGHT DECISION i s a w on derfu l film on the I think the rest here in Wisconsin are try subject of undertaking a contact flight MICHIGAN CHAPTER ing to get some flying in tho it is not under marginal weather conditions. We re By: Babe Ruth easy this time of the year. As yours truly commend it to other chapters. The second is back forecasting the weather with the movie was on Aviation activities in 111. ARE YOU READY???? What fo r ? ? ? ? Why f o r the United States Weather Bureau, I shall en AWTAR Terminus and Convention in Michigan!.' deavor to do something about it. Right Several 99's took part in a TV show en titl Just to entice you all a little bit, the now, I am on the night shift and can hardly Michigan 99s are wearing miniature spark keep my eyes open, let alone do anything ed WOMEN IN AVIATION, for the U niversity station WILL January 19- Rose Andrew and plug earrings, gifts from AC Spark Plug in e l s e . her sons represented a phase of home life Flint. As you will learn later as plans in a flying family, Dora Dougherty talked progress, AC is sponsoring the terminus of some about the AWTAR and her own c a r e e r In the AWTAR at Flint. The plans for the ter WISCONSIN CHAPTER minus have reached terrific proportions. By: Ruth C. Lembke Aviation Psychology, and Miriam Shelden, Dean of Women at the University, represent There w i l l be much w inin g and d in in g and p a r t y in g !! Milwaukee friends of the Heises w ill have ed the woman who d oes most o f h er f l y i n g to g e t alon g w ith ou t Deedo and Herm f o r f o r r e c r e a t io n . Iren e L ev erton came down For you who are planning to attend the Con about a month. They are leaving to fly from Chicago and talked about women's to Mexico to Join the Cessna Caravan of groups in Civil Air Patrol work. vention at Harbor Springs, there will be a competition between Flint and Pellston fliers. On the return trip they will stop —for Herm to deliver a medical paper. This Our next meeting w ill be strictly business. (less than 200 air m iles). Just what the piece of news was released at Toney's It will be held at the University of 111. final ruleB and regulations for this compe tition w ill be,has not been decided BUT we home recently during a meeting held there. Airport February 1 at 1 :0 0 p.m. We will be doing more planning for the Spring Section can tell you that the prizes which have al ready been offered w ill make you sit up and Another item all were happy to hear was al which w ill be held in May in Springfield take notice!! This event will be open to that Elaine Franke w ill renew her member 111 . all. There will be more details later, so ship in our Chapter of the 99's. She flew watch the Newsletter. airlines to California at Thanksgiving The University Airport has been designated time. Elsie Peters and Dora Frltzke also as a stop on the AWTAR in July. The Central January we met in Flint, Michigan, with partook of refreshments that evening. 111. Chapter w ill do all they can to make 8 the stop a pleasant one. Bernice Trimble as hostess. The meeting was c a lle d to o r d e r by Chairman Mary C lark Sixth graders of mine have heard first and she introduced Robert Johansen, Di hand t a lk s , a s e r ie s o f tw o, about the a rt CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER rector of Public Relations and William of paratrooping from R. 0. Roth, a return By: Donna Giles Stack, Director of Advertising from AC ed veteran o f 13 Jumps, who a ls o te a ch e s a Spark P lu g . We had s e v e r a l g u e s t s . Anne sixth grade in our school For three days The Chicago Area Chapter of 99's held their Fruehauf, who is working on an instrument after the talks all the boys and a few annual Christmas dinner at the Conrad H il rating, flew in a 180 with Helen Wetherlll. courageous girls were certain they wished ton Hotel in Chicago on December 17- Guests This 180 taxied by with a gal on the left to enter the air force and be paratroopers. present were Dora Dougherty, Leah Warren side whom we didn't recognize, but in the Things have settled back to normal now. and Florence Musser from the Central I lli other seat, we all knew the head showing nois Chapter; Joan Baldwin and Joyce H ill- by the hair style. Helen is one who can GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER strom, prospectlves; and Deedo and Doc wear her hair straight back and a bun which By: Marjory Farrell Helse from Wisconsin. is most attractive. Others included Mrs. Helen Ward, the g a l who s o lo e d a t 6 6 . She At our December meeting at the AlrVue Room The January meeting was held at the B & M is from Flint and was attending her second on KC's Municipal Airport, Marie Kuhlman office at Elmhurst Airport. Hostess for m eetin g. M rs. Ruth Ann D on elson and Mrs. startled the members present by the announ the m eeting was H a rr ie tte Magee who served Elsie Ferich, both new members, Sammy McKay cement of her resignation as Chapter Chair "coffee and" before the business meeting. from Flint, and Olivia Bell from Plymouth man for reasons of health. Marie has been were also present. Other members were Ger a very capable and good Chairman and w.e re New Achievement Award forms were passed t i e Rasch P roch azk a , Addle B i n s f l e l d , Edna gret very much the necessity of her deci out to those girls present and they were Chapin, Margaret Crane, Nancy LaFarge,Janey sion. We hope that Marie w ill feel that warned that girls who failed to send in Hart, Margaret Windfuhr, Leah Higgins, she can accept office again at some later their forms at least every three months Marian Hoffman, Marguerite Huff and 49ier, tim e . would be disqualified. Faye K irk and 4 9 i e r , L u c ille Quamby (whom we haven't seen in ages), Jean Reynolds, Our new Chairman, t h e r e fo r e , i s our form er Helen Sailer and Chairman Sylvia both re Jeannette Soveriegn, Margaret Napierala. Vice-Chairman, Laurien G riffin. Betty minded the girls to be sure and send In Siggs, by appointment of the Executive t h e ir c o n t r ib u t io n s f o r the TAR. The only other ones to brave the usual 99 Board, w ill assume the duties of the Vice- weather, flying a Tri-pacer from Detroit, Chairman. Irene Leverton notified me that the North were John and A lic e Hammond. We s a t down west Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol has to lunch in the Horizon Room overlooking Another bit of official news is the se Just received their charter. Nita Fine- the airport, to a most attractively decor lection of a new meeting date: the 1 s t man, D oroth y V ach ou t, H elen O'Hara and ated table (all by the Flint girls). On Thursday of each month. Virginia Rabung,all Chicago Area 99's, the wall was a large map with the race are on the staff. route marked with a red ribbon. The table As for our personal news, the weather this was cleverly arranged with sectional maps month has definitely not been of the fly Nita Fineman was unable to attend the Janu taped together of the route with miniature ing type. Dee Southard is very unhappy - ary meeting because of a winter vacation blue flags marking each stop and airplanes she's so close to that commercial, and is a t Miami B each. H a rr ie tte Magee and h er made o f the sm all sm all spark p lu g s fly in g being grounded by weather for too long a 49ier flew up to Lake Lawn last weekend along the course. And, of course, each gal time! Meanwhile, she keeps busy with and met about a dozen couples they knew. received a pair of spark plug earrings. dog shows, as does Betty Siggs. Betty Must have seemed like old home week. Vir Need we say more of what we plan for the has a full schedule of shows for her two ginia Rabung has been night flying her 140 terminus? Luncheon guests were Mr. and Mrs Dandle Dinmonts during February. and Helen O'Hara has gotten instrument A. J. Koerts, Flint, who will be entertain time in her 120. Priester Aviation has ing at the terminus, also a future 49^er, Betty and 49ier Stan made aChristmas Jaunt added a Globe Swift for Esther Noffke to Robert McClure, tagged by Jean Knaus. to Texas where they went splashing in the te a ch in . Gulf. A1 and Verna Wilson chose the de It's difficult to put on paper the enthusi sert sun Instead, and spent four perfect The Achievement Award Dinner was tenta asm of the Michigan Chapter about the forth coming Convention and Race Terminus. If days in Albuquerque. tively set for March 24. Lois Cassidy and her cochairman on the entertainment com Just half of the fabulous plans which we have now m aterialize, this w ill be the Grace Harris was able to take a few days mittee, Doris Langher, were left with the off from the duties of the Ong Real Estate d e t a i l s . GREATEST. There are plans for beach par- ties, barbeques, swimming parties, style business and flew her Bonanza to New York Marg Raglin told us that the Spring Sec shows, sightseeing excursions, banquets, f o r a QV. cocktail parties, Just to mention some of tional was set for the 11 - 13 of May. the things which are shaping into reality. Mildred Verderber has been spending her She reminded those girls that were not So make you r p la n s now. You w i l l r e a l l y time thinking up ways for us to raise money planning to fly in the International Race be missing something if you don't come to for the AWTAR. She has some good ideas to be sure and try to attend. Michigan next July!! coming forth! TEXAS CHAPTER P.S. Rae, you forgot something - the 1956 THE ALL-OHIO CHAPTER CORPUS CHRISTI UNIT winner of the Dee Nicholas Trophy. By: Betty Wertz B y: N e ll Hood
The C hapter C hristm as p a r ty was held In This award is given every year to the Hey, Hey, what a day that turned out to be! Cleveland with the Cleveland members as f a i r e r sex who i s a member o f the In P au lin e G la sso n , E la in e Needham and I d e hostesses. There were 10 members present dianapolis Aero Club showing the most parted with a ll our airmarking equipment, and one prospective member, Jody Scott of I n t e r e s t , a v ia t io n - w is e To ou r and e s p e c ia l l y o u r brand new la d d e r th a t Mr. Youngstown, and several guests. Mrs. reporter goes the honors of winning Keats Dunnam and the American Bottling Co. Doris Miller of the Cleveland Air Taxi this award Congratulations, Rae! donated to us. We were ready to paint the Service, was the guest speaker. Virginia whole coast, but the ugly old front moved Ashelford surprised everyone by announcing Sophia M. Payton in on us and we didn't have a chance to use her marriage In November to Earl Schu our new ladder of which we are so proud. macher. Rosalie Bracht also Is to be mar However, our time was not wasted, because ried, and we w ill lose her to the Texas we were able to line up buildings, in four C hapter. c o a s t a l tow ns, to mark and w ith the f iv e UPPER IOWA CHAPTER waiting for us in West Texas we have a pret The January m eeting was h eld In Z a n e s v ille By: Bernice S. Wilson ty good start for 1956. As soon as the wea with no cooperation from the weatherman. ther permits, yon can bet w e'll hear the However, there were seven members and The Upper Iowa Chapter met at the lovely crack of Polly Glasson's whip and be on our their guests. Bonnie Butler and Marjorie home of Verna Mae Prochaska on Sunday, Janu way. Miller were hostesses. Marj's husband ary 15- The weather was bad and steadily Lee, who is Chief Production Test Pilot grew worse with the result that one member Ardath McCreery and Helen Disney flew from for North American, was guest speaker. after another telephoned as she was forced McAllen to attend our last meeting at Merle Bonnie showed movies of the 55 Interna to give up. Our hats are off to Margaret Dunnam's. It was a good meeting with $78. tional Race and her 54 trip to Europe. H. A d k in s, o u r new member, who d rove from turned in on the cigarette boxes we made Des Moines and brought with her Pat Mot ter, and sold at Christmas. Also, we made Congratulations to Janice Kuchenmeister a potential member, whom we had not seen plans for our annual dance to be held on for her glider rating; Bonnie for her work since last Spring. February 24. That's on a Friday night, so on her Commercial; Meg Berning for work on if any of you 9 9 's are going to be near her sea plane and multi-engine. O thers who drove were Ruth and Frank S ch - here about that time, let us know so we can take care of you. Arlene Lav is was recently honored by the le u s n e r from E v a n sd a le, and Bunny and Jack Wilson from Waterloo. Verna Mae's Alpha Eta Rho, a professional Aviation ^er and her two young daughters were pre Ardath and Helen spent the night with Merle, Fraternity, with a gold key, in recogni 49 sent. (Wonder if yon knew that her oldest and the next day we attended the Zonta lun tion of her interest in students and the daughter was married last fa ll?) cheon as the guests of Pauline Glasson. It encouragement she gives to collegiate was Amelia Earhart day and Pauline was pro aviation. In December Arlene attended gram chairman. Louise Clarkeson was acting the Wright Brothers Dinner in Washington. Those who were forced to stay away missed as reception hostess. It was a lovely lun a delicious feast prepared by Verna Mae, cheon, after which we viewed the color mo Pepper Ambus, having recently passed all as well as a friendly get-together. tion film of the 9 9 's on an airmarking tour; her examinations with flying colors, is a fine film shot by Claude Glasson, one of now a f u l l - f l e d g e d U. S . Coat Guard those real "Quiet Birdmen" and, boy, those A u x ilia r y member o f the C lev elan d F l o Zonta girls certainly were impressed. But t i l l a . why not! This painting on roof tops is quite a deal you know. C aptain and Mary Ann Kurtz have been SO. CENTRAL transferred from Alaska to Seattle, Wash. I am sure all the 99's in the Corpus Chrls- We are losing Mary Ann to the Washington ti Unit and the Texas Chapter Join me in a Chapter, so that she may become a more SECTION rising vote of thanks to Mr. Keats Dunnam a c t iv e 99 a g a in . for the wonderful ladder, and to Pauline Glasson for her enduring efforts and In domitable leadership in our airmarking ac INDIANA CHAPTER TULSA CHAPTER complishments. After a ll, we do have 58 By: Rae Cawdell By: Faye Mefford airmarkers to our credit, and Texas is SO--OO-O Big. As promised in the last Newsletter, the January was a very eventful month for the January meeting at Weir Cook Municipal Tulsa Chapter. In our last meeting we Airport, Indianapolis, proved interesting were very fortunate to have with us these DALLAS UNIT and informative. Our business meeting in special guests: Loretta Slavick from the By: Evelyn Prince the pilots lounge at Roscoe Turner Hangar St. Louis Chapter, Marge Cooper who lives preceded lunch at the airport restaurant. in Tulsa but is a member of the Kansas By this time, I'm certain we have all had After lunch we took off for the ATC Center C h a pter, and Joan P a tte rso n who was a mem an opportunity to satisfactorily recuper where Mr. Lyle Brown, Chief of ATC, spoke ber of the El Paso Chapter but has recent ate from the holiday season and "chart out on "Air Traffic Control in Relation to ly moved to Tulsa therefore transferring course" for the year that is ahead of us. Private Flying". His talk was understand her membership to Tulsa. We are sure glad able and to the point. We enjoyed it. And to have you, Joan. We were very happy to In December Phyllis Nold entertained the we enjoyed a tour of the Center which fo l welcome Alline Davis home after an extend Dallas 99's with a delightful party in her low ed. Our g u e sts and p r o s p e c tiv e new ed tour of Europe. Loretta Slavick gave a home. After marvelous refreshments, we members were Agnes G a lla tin c f Mishawauka r e p o r t on the Ways and Means Committee o f elected our officers for 1936 as follows: whc got her license last August, Jane the 1956 AWTAR. After the regular busi Phyllis Nold, Director; Martha Ann Reading, Simmons o f In d ia n a p o lis and Miriam S h ir le y ness meeting, Alline told of a few of her Treasurer; Pat Jetton, Secretary; Evelyn of Anderson, both in the "awaiting a good many e x c it i n g e x p e r ie n c e s she had on her Prince, Reporter. day for flight test" category. trip. Midnight found us all still listen ing intently and eating delicious cake January 21 we enjoyed a delicious spaghetti Advance notice is hereby given of the April baked by Dorothy Rice, our Chairman. d in n e r a t the home o f Mar tha Ann Reading m eetin g. I t w i l l be in F o rt Wayne which and daughter, Linda Ann-, honoring our as you all know is a required stop for the Jacqueline Cochran was honored in Tulsa charming Governor of South Central Section TAR gals. We've set up this meeting to January 13 at a banquet by the Tulsa Unit Ruth Deerman who was visiting our city. We handle a few of the preliminaries and urge of w.N.A.A. At this time seven of the were also honored by the presence of our as many of the Indiana girls as possibly planes in which she has made a record lovely International President, Edna Gard can arrange i t to be t h e r e . And we is su e were presented to the Smithsonian Insti ner Whyte of Ft. Worth. Others present this as a blanket invitation to other tute . The feature speaker of the evening were Beulah Conn, Fort Worth, Josephine ch a p te r members to J o in u s . Come and was Charles Lowen of the C.A.A. Jacqueline A llison and granddaughter (welcome home, bring your suggestions and your counsel. was also presented with a plaque by General Jo), Margie Barr, Fat Jetton and Olean That's Sunday, April 15, Baer Field, at Nathan Twining as "Woman of the Year in Sellers. It's surprising what one can Fort Wayne, Indiana. A v ia t io n " . learn at these hangar flying sessions ab out flying, air races and babies. Seems that the 99s w ill be well represented
Our January business meeting was held at the r e sid e n c e o f Vern B rook e. Members present were Wilma Bland, Bonnie Fugitt, Alice Roberts, Helen Van Epps, Melba Beard, F rances Wood, Jimmye S h e lto n , M arjy Crowl and hostess Vern. We had two guest speak ers: Frank Shelton and John Neace repre San Fernando Valley Chapter, Ninety-Nines, sented Arizona Aviation Trades Association SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER dinner meeting at Rancho H illcrest, Pasa and Arizona Flying Farmers Association in By: Clara B. Davis dena, January 21, 1956. Left to right: an informal discussion on the Arizona Avia Lauretta Foy, Louise Robertson, Jeanne tion Authority. Our Chapter held a January joint dinner Strahl, Renee Brown, Barbara Stewart,Betty meeting in Pasadena with the Women's In Glazer, Margaret Jepson, Connie Haines De- We had such a nice card from Doris Glina. ternational Aeronautical Assn., Los Angeles Haven, Bob DeHaven, Irma Story, Trixie Ann Doris' husband is in the Air Force and has and Long Beach 99‘s being also invited. It S ch u b e rt, Norma W ilc o x , D oroth y D ancer, been temporarily transferred to Maxwell Air was most gratifying meeting with 74 people Ethel Kerley, Elsie Smith, Paulette D'Avril attending. Bob DeHaven,chief test pilot of Force Base at Montgomery, Alabama. They and Jane M ora les. w ill be there until around the middle of Hughes Aviation, was guest speaker. He was April and if any of you 99!s in Montgomery accompanied by his wife, singer Connie have the time to look her up, I'm sure you H aines. A lso among the 74 were members being ejected, lose consciousness. We will enjoy getting to know her. Her address from the Blue Yonder Flying Club, a W.I.A.A. wish that the members of the Chapters in is: 733 West Shawnee Drive, Montgomery, member from A u s t r a lia , and Marian W agstaff our area would come to these anniversary Alabama. We've missed Doris and are all who is President of the California Aviation parties - we are sure they would have a looking forward to her return to Phoenix. Education Assn. wonderful time. This year we were very Elaine Banta from Colorado was in Phoenix happy to have Marion Barnick and 49?er of and Marjy gave a luncheon on the 7th in Congratulations to the following 99's who Santa Clara Valley Chapter as our guests. order for the girls to get acquainted with arranged such an interesting meeting: her. Those attending the luncheon were Trixie Schubert, Dot Dancer, Renee Brown Hazel Zimmerman and Laura May Crawford Wilma Bland, Betty Knier, Camille Shapley, and Norma W ilco x . From what I hear the were in charge o f a l l the p lan n in g and Hostess Marjy and Guest of Honor Elaine. rest of the meetings will be Just as in arrangements for the party and, as usual, teresting, so San Fernando Valley 99*s be did a magnificent Job. Jean Vincent ar Bonnie was in charge of the January Flight sure to keep the 2nd Monday of each month ranged the decoration for the speakers and planned a nice one to Tucson for lunch open for our meetings. table. It consisted of our 99 insignia and then arranged f o r the members and guests to go through the Filter Center Jean Van Dyke Reimer has just returned from cut from white plastic foam about 1 0 " there. Bonnie, Melba and Alice took their her fourth trip to Tokyo, Japan, as Chief high and outlined with blue seauins, flanking this were pieces of driftwood respective ships (and fam ilies) down. Stewardess for North American A irlines. We hope before too long to have a meeting which had been s ilv e r e d and were the shape of wings. Fluffs of blue tulle with white LOS ANGELES CHAPTER that Jean can attend and tell of her in camellias in the center were attached to By: Yvette Kovary teresting experiences. the branches. Jean also decorated all of Our January meeting took us way down to Jane Morales has a fascinating new job as the tables with camellias. Hundreds of P alos V erdes E sta te s to A n ita and Ken Analysis Engineer at G ilfillan Electronics. them in varying shades of coral and pink. R e d fe rn js new home. The f i r e was so c o z y , She and her son Victor flew to Mazatlan the Early American decor so charming, and and Puerto Vallarta during the holidays. oTAH CHAPTER the Redfern snacks to tempting, that even By: June Raybould the early-goers didn't get away until Trixie Ann Schubert attended the dinner m id n ig h t. meeting at which Jacqueline Cochran an Our January meeting proved unusually inter nounced she would run for a seat in Con e s t in g thanks to some b e a u t ifu l c o lo r Val Warne introduced her bridegroom, Gil gress as the Congresswoman from California. slides brought from Idaho Falls by Mark V erba, and inform ed us th a t th ey had taken Jackie urged women to take a more active Hoff "just in case 11 when he accompanied the step December 31 in Las Vegas. Gil is part in Civil defense preparation. She wife Onita down to Salt Lake in the family a landscape architect, a former KOA an said it was her opinion that we would not Cessna 140. Onita does a wonderful job n ou n cer, and he and V al even dated back have more than three hours warning in the flying to both Utah and Idaho Chapter meet in their high school days in Colorado event of an attack. She hopes we will not ings and is always welcome to any gathering S p r in g s . be "caught with our plans and plants down." with her vavacious personality. The slides covered not only flying trips but views Then, w h ile G il and Ken went o f f to the taken during automobile trips and all were SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER den, we girls settled down to find ways to very thoroughly interesting. Thanks, Mark, make ou r Chapter some money. We d e cid e d By: Fran Dias and we're looking forward to a return en to start the ball rolling with a "white gagement . January marked the fifth anniversary for elephant sale" at your reporter's house; our Chapter and we celebrated this event perhaps later a potluck supper and swim At the same m eeting we t r ie d ou t f o r the with our usual gay cocktail party and din ming party at Fran Bera's, and another first time Cora Grote's idea to painlessly ner dance. This year the event was held Starlight Banquet. Long Beach Chapter raise TAR donation money. At each meet at the Fable Room of the Hotel Covell in Chairman I r i s C r i t c h e l l was p re s e n t and ing a "white elephant" will be raffled off Modesto. There were 126 present for the so pleasant to see again. to those attending with that winner con- gala event. Favors for everyone and din contributing the item to be raffled at ner wine given to us in great quantities Chairman Christie Warren forwarded an in the next meeting. The proceeds, of course, by Gallo Wineries. This year we decided vitation to a Joint WIAA-San Fernando go into the fund. First night's winner to have a speaker (we don't ordinarily Valley 99's meeting. Elsie Smith, Bette was A lb e r ta Hunt who won a b e a u t ifu l c a s since cocktails and wine are not exactly Glaser, and Ethel Kerley attended and re serole and warmer contributed by Jane conducive to good listening); however, ported an enjoyable evening and meeting A n d reason . everyone listened in rapt attention to Australian WIAA President Winifred W ill- Captain Theodore Weholt, Flight Surgeon more, a prospective 99* Winifred recently A welcome guest at the meeting was Leona from Castle Air Force Base, as he showed moved to Los A ngeles from A u s t r a lia . Granger, former Chapter member, who has color slides and gave us a rundown on the been moving around so much with her geolo Christie and Bette Glaser attended a dinner problems, from a medical point of view, gist husband that she dropped out for meeting of the Legal Secretaries of Los faced by the crew of the B52. He had a several years. We are hoping to get her Angeles, January 10, when Jacqueline Coch display of the various types of helmets, back with us again. Besides the Hoffs, ran spoke on "A Civilian Looks at Defense". f l i g h t s u it and the new type parachute out-of-town arrivals were Luclie Christo- B e tte is ou r C i v i l D efen se Chairman and which automatically opens at 2 0,0 0 0 f e e t pherson and guest Ruth Walker from Provo. scouting for ideas to work into our program. in the event the pilot or crew should, in SAN DIEGO CHAPTER LONG BEACH CHAPTER By: M argaret S . Lang By: Cynthia Gilkison January brought an invite from the local Zonta Club (the international professional Lois Bartling, Dottie Sanders and Edna Pen- Our members have been hard hit by viruses women's club) to all Montana 99's to be ners flew to Yuma January 17 at the invita- and colds lately. Only eleven hardy souls guests - they were honoring Amelia Earhart tion of the Zonta Club. Lois gave a talk made it to the January meeting. Present as a Zonta and 99* We women pilots found on the Air Race, Dottie gave a talk on the were Claire Walters, Shirley Froyd, Pat out other women know a bit about the back history of the 99fs and they showed the filmDee, Jan Dietrich, Mayetta Behringer, Mae ground of women in aviation also - a cheer "Cleared for Take-Off". They reported that Sharp, Ruth Gay, Iris Critchell, Cynthia ing revlation for the advancement of our the talks and movie were very well received Gilkison, and Donna and A1 Chilcote. Our pet - flying. Hartley Just sent this from and that the Zontians expressed a great air age education expert, Mae Sharp, pre- M issoula... Passengers in a business plane deal of interest in the race as a result. sented an interesting program featuring are now 15 times safer than those in autos material she uses in her elementary school and insurance companies consider a corp. Our January meeting was held at the home of classes to stimulate and maintain her stu- pilot TWICE as good a risk as a house Ernestine Stanley in Bonita. It was de dents' interest in aviation. painter. 1 Sooooooooooo cided to make our next fly day to Torrance Airport where the Long Beach Chapter is Iris Critchell attended the February Los Our Ernestine Gore is having a fight with having a Flight Safety Meeting on February Angeles chapter meeting at Anita Redfem's arthritis so anyone in Phoenix please go 4. We have the sum of $50.11 to add to home in Palos Verdes. visit her - she is probably swimming in our treasury as a result of the auction that warm water - Biltmore Hotel, 2512 E. Thomas R oad. held and it will continue at the home of Plans for the future include a February Mary Ring on February 17* I t was voted 15 meeting at Hilda Reafsnyder's home in that we have an oth er rummage sa le on A p r il Garden Grove, and in May a fly-in to 21. The members also voted to donate $20. Brackett Field in LaVerne, hostessed by to National Headquarters to help with fur Pat Dee, to visit with the gals from that IDAHO CHAPTER nishing their new home. a r e a . By: Doris Atkinson Svie Briggs is our new Civil Defense Chair man . Our Newsletter reporter, Laura Conner, is still recuperating from her auto accident, Ruby Potter is a patient at Mercy Hospital NORTHWEST so I'm pinch-hitting again, but we hope she and is r e cu p e ra tin g v ery s a t i s f a c t o r i l y w ill be back on the Job next month, tho on from an operation. We're glad to hear . SECTION crutches, and we're sure she does too! that she'll be home in a few days. fS f Our C hapter is b o a s tin g an oth er new member, Marian Craver is piling up the written Georgia Myers - welcome to the fold, grade slips for Ground Instructor. So G e o rg ia ! fa r she has passed CAR, N a v ig a tion and Meteorology. She has also passed her Com Gayle Evans of McCall was the only out-of- mercial written and has taken the Instru towner to January meeting hostessed by viva ment w r itt e n . She h a s n 't r e c e iv e d the r e cious Betty Sargent who isn't a 99 yet, but sults as of this writing but we're keeping is one of our best boosters of aviation. We our fingers crossed. MONTANA CHAPTER e n joy ed m eeting in her new home and the main By: Mildred Shinn business topic was the forthcoming Hangar Dance to be held in February. This reporter is trying to crawl out of the SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER doghouse - fellow members making scathing The Idaho 99fs w ill all have costumes alike By: Diane Gibson remarks because Montana was not in the for public appearances in the future - white last newsletter - New Year's Resolution - c o tt o n b lo u s e s and b la ck s k i r t s . The 99 em Our re g u la r monthly m eeting was held at "not to even let a little thing like Christ blem w ill be embroidered on the pocket of Marion and Herman Barnick's San Jose Air mas and a husband's broken leg deter me the b lo u s e . Fran Brown and Mae Eason had henceforth". port. We discussed having a Teacher's the task of choosing our blouses. Flight to promote aviation in our school system and a te n t a tiv e d ate was s e t f o r Montana is having the most wintry winter of Our meeting dates have been changed to the history and our December meeting proved it around the third week in May. Also, notes 2nd Tuesday due to PTA conflictions. much to ou r ch a g rin when the S ta n ford Cham were compared by some o f ou r members on b e r o f Commerce v o lu n t a r ily su ggested and acquiring a sponsor for the TAR. Margaret Jacobson was a visitor in Boise re did set forth a fancy luncheon in honor of cently but was unable to stay for the meet the 99's and then most of the small central Pat Gladney spent one very busy day the ing . Chairman Barbara happened to be at Montana town was at the airport to view the first week in January taking all of her B ra d ley F ie ld when L id ie lie n Hagan and 4 9 i a r r iv a l o f the many women p i l o t s - ou r fr ie n d s and n e ig h b o rs f o r a to u r o f the Cornelius of Spokane stopped enroute home San Francisco Bay Area. Pat works very local secretary and teacher 99er was about from a tour to Cuba in their Stinson. hard and diligently on promoting aviation to roll out her Navion and give the C. of C. and we're very proud to have her in our rides when the Greenings arrived with Shinn The Idaho Department of Aeronautics held C hapter. in tow in no other than the new Mooney Marie Open House at their new combination office- - a sweet flying, scatting-along airplane I hangar-ware house located at the Boise Mu Hoping to have b e t t e r w eather and more S till trying to come to a decision - much n i c i p a l A ir p o r t on January 9* The Ada news in February - w e'll see yon next politics entering - as to or not to delete County Aerial Sheriffs and the Idaho 99's month. Low Frequency Aids in this state. cohosted by serving coffee and doughnuts.
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