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Happy Holidays all over, free leaves Why don’t we decide to give to the picked up, another year at our dis­ AE Scholarship Fund and the AWTAR posal to do with what we will. As we BEFORE the deadline??? Wouldn’t reflect over the past year, and look that be a nice surprise for everyone? ahead to the new year, I am wonder­ Why not plan NOW to be in Wash­ ing what goals we have set for our­ ington, D.C. for the annual convention? JANUARY, 1967 selves. Why not plan NOW to attend your First of all, let there be thanks to Spring Section meeting? Official Publication of God for our many blessings: health, Why not plan NOW to have SMOOTH THE NINETY-NINES, Inc. freedom and friendships . . . but to FLYING THROUGH COMMUNICA­ Headquarters, Terminal Bldg. name a few. Next let’s consider 1967 TION? By communicating with the Will Rogers World Airport and how, as Ninety Nines, we can; use F.S.S. we are told where the ‘rough P. O. Box 99 it to the best advantage. Of course weather’ is and so often we can cir­ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101 there is always the ‘first flight’ for cumnavigate. By communicating with Headquarters Secretary someone . . . the necessary encourage­ each other, we can be advised of pro­ DARLA BULLARD ment to get that new rating . . . the blems and get them straightened out Wing Scout troop that needs a leader before they become a real storm! . . . the Chapter Chairman that needs Let me encourage you to communi­ Editor a volunteer for that extra job. Little cate NOW and nominate your officers PE G ONG things? Yes, but so important! How for 1967-68. This is a m ost important 2900 Rockbrook Drive long has it been since you said you time and you should give much thought Plano, Texas 75074 would help With a project??? to your nominations. Congratulations are in order for our INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS re-activated Canadian Section! Before President SECTION you know it, we will probably have ALICE ROBERTS new chapters too. EDITH DENNEY is 719 Orchid Lane MEETINGS serving as their new Governor. Phoenix, Arizona 85021 NORTH CENTRAL FALL A special thanks to PEG ONG for Vice-President SECTIONAL SUMMARY doing such a fine job on the NEWS. DONNA T. MYERS Florence Toney, Reporter She had a good send-off by DOTTIE YOUNG and is keeping up the stan­ 11603 E. 6th Place Women pilot's from the 9 states com­ dards. Denver, Colorado 80010 prising the North Central Section con­ I will be in Phoenix for the next Secretary verged on Milwaukee September 23 couple of months, so if you visit here, GENE NORA JESSEN and 24. A total of 150 pilots and guests be sure to call and say hi! 741 Eastridge Drive enjoyed the weekend including the Wichita, Kansas 67207 showing of the EAA 1965 Rockford Sincerely, Fly In movies on Friday evening. Sat­ Alice Treasurer urday morning a tour was made of RUTH RUECKERT the Mitchell Park Conservatory domes ATTENTION ALL 2037 R ivera Street and the EAA Museum. New aircraft CHAPTER CHAIRMEN San Francisco, Calif. 94116 demonstrations were given by GENE and NORA JESSEN of Beech in Wichita, Executive Board SECTION GOVERNORS in a Musketeer; by JANE EDGCUMBE LYDIELLEN “LYGIE” HAGAN (where no Chapters exist) of Tufts-Edgcumbe Piper distributor of South 1907 Oneida Place Nominations for International Offi­ Elgin, Illinois, in a 180 Cherokee, and Spokane, Washington 99203 cers need to be included in your KATY BOYD in a Mooney Mark 21 for very NEXT business meeting! The BETTY W. McNABB DEC Aviation of Madison. Ides of March will be upon us before 926 Third Avenue At the noon luncheon, MR. R. A. we get the Christmas decorations Albany, Georgia HARMS of the Milwaukee Weather put away if we’re not careful. You DORIS RENNINGER Bureau gave a talk on Great Lakes will be receiving nominating in­ 10-01 162nd Street weather and showed some interesting structions and nominee blanks from Beechhurst, N. Y. 11357 slides on weather phenomenon, in­ Headquarters any day so don’t put cluding tornadoes and the reporting of them in File 13 by mistake . . . them by the WB. DEADLINE FOR NEWS — Lois Miles, Chairman Saturday evening Mistress of Cere­ The 20th of the Month International monies DEEDO HEISE presented Send Copy to: Nominating Comm. JERRIE MOCK, world renown pilot, PE G ONG 4901 Winnetka Ave. who talked about her experiences dur­ 2900 Rockbrook Drive Woodland Hills, ing her record breaking solo flight Plano, Texas 75074 Calif. 91364 around the world. have been widows who were able to Amelia Earhart maintain small airports and educate COMMITTEE REPORTS their children. Scholarship winners CONVENTION NEWS Memorial have managed, large operations on ma­ The Special Services Department jor airports. They have been found of Scholarship flying co-pilot on a commercial air­ The United States Post Office We have had some questions asking line and ferrying aircraft to oversea has granted us an official “How is a Scholarship Winner cho­ assignments, transporting livestock be­ slogan die sen ?” tween countries and teaching Air Age “The Ninety Nines Education in the secondary schools. International Fly-In First, as you know, your Chapter Many have held office in the Ninety- June 28 - July 2, 1967” Chairmen send the Chairman of Trus­ Nines. The list is endless. The slogan die will be used at main tees the names of the 99s selected to Washington post office 20013, from represent the group. The printed ap­ Our first Scholarship winner twenty- January 2, through July 2, 1967. plications are sent to the candidates, five years ago, was PATRICIA THO­ This is a simple way to attract at­ t'o the Chapter Chairman for her rec­ MAS GLADNEY (of course she was tention to our International Fly-in ommendation, and then to the Section but a slip of a girl at the time). To­ for the next several months. Amelia Earhart Chairman. At the time day PAT serves as Vice Chairman of you are reading this, the Section AE the Scholarship Trustees, is instruct­ Committee will be studying each ap­ ing flight students full time, piling up AIH MARKING plication received by them. They ask more hours in a month than I do in a A most Happy New Year to each of themselves — What has the candidate year or two, and achieving excellent you! contributed to the Ninety-Nines? Will results with women who had been ex­ I hope this short note will serve as she put the training acquired to good tremely fearful of small planes. She a reminder to complete the form which use? To what extent does she need the was a Flight Instructor and served as appeared in the December Newsletter. financial help? What has she already a WASP during World War II. Of If you missed the Air Marking article, accomplished in her field? Will she be course there is no typical Scholarship go back through last month's mail and a “good investment” toward further­ Winner but I can present PAT as an reread. ing aviation in general and the status excellent example of one. We would like to have The Ninety- of women therein? Nines’ accomplishments in Air Mark­ As of today (Dec. 16) 60 applications Those which they consider most de­ ing recognized and we cannot count for the 1967 Awards have been re- serving (on a basis of 1 per 100 mem­ your Chapter's efforts unless we know bers in the Section) are submitted to about them. Now is the time to make plans for the Trustees. Each Trustee will have an active Air Marking program for about two weeks to study and evaluate Submit International Officer 1967. I hope your Chapter can share the applications separately after which Nominations to we meet for further study and discus­ in the better participation and the Lois Miles, Chairman sion. The five, which we finally agree sense of accomplishment which 1 his are the most outstanding, are now 4901 W innetka Ave. program offers. submitted to our Honorary Judges. Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364 Let me hear from you!! MARY N. ABLE The final selection of the winners is Rt. 4, Box 52 made by these three people outside the Houston, Texas 77036 Nineey-Nines all of whom are promin­ quested. There will probably be more ent in som e facet of aviation and exper before the deadline. If you could read ienced in making judgments of this the applications you would realize why Coming Events type. we are asking you to check with your January 15th DEADLINE AE Scholarship Applications How Has The Award Been Used? Chapters and send your contributions To Section Scholarship Chairmen As an aid toward Commercial, In­ so that we may increase the principal structor, Instrument, Instrument - In­ in our trust and bring a bit closer the March 1 DEADLINE structor, Multi-engine, Link Instructor time when we can award a fourth International Officers Nominations and Airline Transport Ratings; for aca­ Scholarship. We will, of course, be de­ demic studies in Aeronautics and Jour­ lighted to accept your individual dona­ April 7, 8, and 9, 1967 nalism for a Masters Degree; for a tions also. Australian Women Pilots Ground Engineer’s license, and Air­ May every 99 have a super wonder­ and 99s Annual M eeting frame and Powerplant Mechanics Cer­ ful 1967! Brisbane, Queensland tificate. Deedo Heise, Chairman Through 1966, thirty scholarships AMELIA EARHART TRUSTEES M ay 5, 6, and 7, 1967 have been awarded and the majority P. S. Remember, it saves time if you North Central Spring Sectional of the recipients are still using the endorse your checks to the Amelia Peoria, Illinois training they received. Through them Earhart Memorial Scholarship and hundreds of students have received in­ mail them to Sept. 15, 16, and 17, 1967 struction. Some have financed a col­ North Central Fall Sectional Betty Gillies, Treasurer lege degree through Charter flying. Pheasant Run Inn P.O. Box 625 Some have taught in large universities. (adjacent to DuPage Airport, 111.) Some are FAA Flight Examiners. Some Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. 92087 MEMBERS press myself in English. For 3V2 days, AWTAR it was beautiful being with Margaret AT LARGE on the flight from Seattle to Clear­ water. She was a very good pilot and M ISPLACED . . . UTA KIENLE of Germany tells of her we arrived safely at Pier 60. I learn­ experiences when . . . “A Member-At- the letter inquiring about the han­ ed many things from these American Large Flew the 20th Pow der P uff D er­ dicap for the MAULE. Would the 99 women pilots during the race. We flew b y 1966.” who made this inquiry contact TER­ a Cherokee 180 but then I had a chance Since 1960, I am a Member-At-Large RY VASQUES, 5138 Pacifica Dr., to fly with Anne Sfteinhagen in her of the “99s” and all these years, I San Diego, Calif., 92109. Cessna Skymaster as well as with Mr. have read about the Powder Puff Der­ Renn in his Bonanza in Seattle. I had by s in the 99 NEWS. Suddenly! in the never had an opportunity to fly in spring of 1965, LORRAINE McCARTY to the USA. I liked them all! It was these different aircraft before. wrote and asked, “Wouldn’t it' be won­ the finest holiday in my life. Not only the flying interested me . . . derful if you could fly the ’66 Powder For a European, the vast distances the contact with the people was a Puff Derby, either as Pilot or Co- of this big and liberal country were wonderful experience. I hope that it Pilot?” I was so thrilled over this let­ very exciting. Germany is small by will be possible for me to come back ter but it is very difficult' to find a comparison. I saw the Henry Ford next year and renew all my new sponsor in a country that does not know manufacturing plant, Greenfield Vil­ friendships. about the race. Nevertheless, I wrote lage Park, and many other things in Many thanks to all American wo­ to Lorraine that I hoped to find a Detroit. My hosts went to a lot of trou­ men pilots and all the people who sponsor and come to the USA. ble to make my stay wonderful. I even have worked on this race, making if got to fly a glider in Michigan, and Whai: a wonderful idea . . . to m ake possible for me to participate with what a wonderful time t'hat was! a visit to the USA! I doubt that many you, the 99s, this year. I met many other 99 members and of the Members-At'-Large have had the I wish you all a very glad Christ­ made many friends. It was possible chance to make a trip to the USA and mas and Happy New Year 1967. for me tc» get to know and understand see what a beautiful country it is and UTA KIENLE the American people and to like their what very nice people live there. For country. me, a German, the USA is a new MARGARET CRANE, my pilot, and world! I spent 3 days flying from Detroit to AIR MEETS Many letters and addresses crossed I he Atlantic. LORRAINE McCARTY, See write-up of Flying Petticoat Der­ KAY BRICK, MARGARET CRANE, The Ides of March by with the Georgia Chapter news. and many other 99 members worked in Are The Deadline the USA for me. I was very lucky to for have all this help. Many, many thanks! Amelia Earhart International Officer I had luck and found some open ears and some sponsors in Germany: Nominations Commemorative MR. GUNTHER KLOTZ, the Mayor of Stamp Karlsruhe, MR. ADALBERT S E I - Seattle. She was a very good pilot and FRITZ, the Oldprasident of our section REAL MONEY-RAISING NEWS showed me many interesting things of the German Aero-Club, and MR. FIFTY PERCENT PROFIT during the flight and in all of the cities SIMON, a flying friend of mine. We FOR YOUR CHAPTER where we stayed. What a wonderful SELL all worked hard for 10 months in or­ country! . . . all along Lake Michi­ AMELIA EARHART FIRST DAY der to make it possible for me to come gan . . . over the table-land of Ne­ COVERS FO R $1.00 to the USA and fly the Powder Puff braska . . . in the very nice Middle SEND ONLY 50c FOR EACH Derby. West . . . and over the Rocky Moun­ COVER TO THE AMELIA EAR­ On June 17, 1966 I left via Airlines tains to Seattle. HART SCHOLARSHIP FUND from Mannheim-Luxembourg, Island to We spent 8 days in Seattle, a very KEEP THE OTHER 50c FOR go to New York. I landed on the 18th nice town on the Pacific, which has a YOUR CHAPTER TREASURY at Kennedy Airport 1700 EDT and was very large seaport. I saw people of met and welcomed by my first 99, all races and colors: Indians, Chinese, Tie your cover sales in with the BARBARA EVANS. Now began a won­ Japanese . . . all very exciting and showing of the Stamp of Friendship derful 4 weeks for me! new for me. — the story of the 99s participation I crossed the USA from Detroit, During our 8 day stay in Seattle, it in the Amelia Earhart Commemor­ Michigan, to Seattle, Washington, to was possible for me to take a trip by ative Stamp celebration, that led to Clearwater, Florida, and back to De­ ship to Canada, where I saw Indians the White House Rose Garden with troit all by plane. It was a wonderful at work. I met Mr. and Mrs. Renn for President Kennedy and around the idea to bring a Member-At-Large to a nice day’s visit in their home. I also world in the flying spirit of friend­ the USA. Most of the time I was a spent a day with the Huntington fam­ ship. guest of the McCARTY family . . . ily- Amelia Earhart and a wonderful family too! I had met The Race Start was on July 4. It Commemorative the oldest son ALLEN, in Baumholder, was so interesting for me that I could Stamp Committee Germany, just 4 weeks before I came write a book but it is difficult to ex­ taking the written. gal this year—IAR, TAR, SMALL race, NOT AMS In October, CLARA THARPE and Indiana FAIR race. Now that the rac­ PEGGY WRIGHT had some clever AUTRIE LEHR ferried Piper planes ing season is over, she is finding time ideas for decorating which were put from Vero Beach, Florida to Santa to work on her Instrument rating. into effect at a Greater Kansas City Monica, California. While in Califor­ In October, MARION EETZLER, Chapter dance which we would like nia, AUTRIE spent two delightful days Achievement Award Chairman, care­ to pass along. She turned a Phillips 66 as guest of COL. and MARGARET fully planned all details for an Awards oil can upside down and there you CALLOWAY. Also, AUTRIE brings Banquet' in Columbus—except for that have a ready made 99 candle holder. greetings to the Chapter from JUANI­ usual item—the weather. Most were Strips of weather maps pasted around TA TANAGER. drive-ins, of course. CONNIE JONES the can make a perfect 99 table dec­ MARILYN MILLER, husband BOB was our speaker of the evening. CON­ oration. A gilded spark plug on top and sons RON and TOM, flew a Cher­ NIE, who is in great demand by civic keeps the can from tipping. Her in­ okee 180 to Washington, D.C. for sight­ organizations, entertainingly presented genuity didn’t slop there. Obsolete sec­ seeing. Ran info heavy rain returning, her usually serious “Flighty Ladies” tional maps (which your FBO will be and spent a night at Garret City, Mary­ talk . . . CONNIE, incidentally has glad to save for you) tacked to the land. Lovely treatment by the airport just been checked out in a “ 195” . table make an unusual and most in­ manager and his wife. More new ratings: ANNE ESSEL- expensive tablecloth. For color con­ CONNIE JONES gave her “Flighty BURNE passed Instrument, Instru­ trast, Eastern and Western sectionals Ladies” talk fo the Severance Chap­ ment Instructor and Instructor wrif- were alternated. For a final dash of ter of the American Business Wom­ tens. She got Instructor and Instru­ color, inflated balloons were tacked en’s Association in Cleveland. She also ment Ground Instructor ratings in Sep­ between the maps. Very pretty! presented a new talk, “A Bird’s Eye tember. JEANNE PARKHURST: In­ View of the U.S.A.”, to a group of strument rating in September. MAR­ students at Shaker Heights High JORIE GORMAN: Multi-Engine rating School, who plan to form a flying club. in September. And, MARJORIE is try­ DOC and JEAN BONAR just relum­ ing out the skyways, these days, in a NO. CENTRAL ed from a 2-month trip to the Far East new “V” Bonanza. Really think PAUL­ SECTION (Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philip­ INE EK acquired the most ratings pines, Singapore, Hawaii, Australia this year: Private—Dec. 1965, Instru­ and New Zealand). In Sydney were ment—July, Commercial—August, and ALL-OHIO CHAPTER royally entertained by 99 members; Instructor—October. Edy Maxim, Reporter MARGARET KENTLY, Governor, W elcom e to DOROTHY H AU PT (St. A recent interesting and pleasant ex­ BARBARA SELBY BROWN and NAN­ Louis Chapter), who has recently mov­ perience for 6 of our Cincinnati 99s! CY BIRD WALTON. NANCY had them ed to Cleveland. They were invited by Cessna to do a for dinner and presented JEAN with BUNNY FOLEY returned from 3 group ferry flight of new 1967 models an autographed copy of her own book, weeks in Europe. She presented a pa­ —150’s to Skymaster—from Wichita to "Born to Fly” . per and was Chairman of a scientific Cincinnati. PAT FAIRBANKS, JANICE JANE and STACY WEISLOGEL have session at the International Congress KUECHENMEISTER, VIRGINIA TOO- spent weekends flying to Knoxville, PER, MARY BENTON, CHRISTINE on Aviation and Space Medicine in Tennessee, and Lock Haven, Pennsyl­ Prague, Czechoslovakia. Also attended CANN, and MRS. RICHARD WRAY vania to tour Piper, using a Coman­ the International Aeronautics Federa­ took to fhe skys after bad weather che 250. Daughter JENNY, 6 months, tion m eeting in M adrid, Spain. in Kansas delayed them for a day. now has 24 hours of co-pilot time. CAROL LEE CONAWAY, Secretary PAT is an Instructor on Lunken Air­ LEAH SCHOFIELD flew representa­ to the Ohio University Flying Bobcats, port, and all the gals except JANICE tives from the Pataskala and Newark helped play host to the N.I.F.A. An­ were her students. Jaycees to see some air marking and nual Mid-Winter Air Meet at Ohio Uni­ MARGE COMPTON of Columbus in­ look for likely sites . . . Also, LEAH versity, Athens, Ohio. Fourteen col­ structed a 5-week experimental class has just received her Instrument rat­ leges were represented with 150 par­ in “ground school aviation” this past ing. ticipant's in the Air Meet. GENE NORA summer. The course proved so suc­ JESSON, our International Secretary, cessful that it was placed on a reg­ BETTE WARNER and BILL flew to LOIS FEIGENBAUM and MARY EL­ ular schedule this fall. It will be a New Orleans and Gulfport. Great trip one-semester course, giving 1/2 credit and met several 99s. BETTE also flew DERS from Cape Girardeau Chapter, toward graduation. As an introduction, two trips in the Island Airlines Ford and PAGE SHAMBURGER, who was representing Air Progress, were guest tie course will have a brief history of Tri-Motor. A nice airplane to fly. the development of the airplane; dis­ HELEN McCONNELL and her 99 members. cussion of economic, social, and poli­ 49%er have built a 2000-foot hard sur­ Many thanks to CLARA THARPE, tical impact of aviation on the world faced runway on their farm. It has HELEN SULLIVAN, and JOANNE today; career opportunities in aero­ lights and is located just' east of Well­ STYPE for the Lima meeting arrange­ space industry. The course then will ington Airport. Just couldn’t be any ments in November. Reasonable wea­ center around the regular ground more convenient. ther brought a good crowd and prac­ school requirements for Private Pilot Ohio had but one entry—JOANN and tically everyone flew in. Resulted in license. Sanderson materials will be ROY STYPE — in the Indiana Fair quite an exciting display of aircraft— used, and upon completion of fhe Race. Our congrats!—they placed sec­ from “ 150” size to Queen Air. course, students have the option of ond! JOANN has been the racin’est MUGS, ANYONE? CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER Leah Warren, Reporter Whee . . . How do we rate such luck as getting a hold of such gals for NEWS editors? My hat goes off to each one as she gets organized and produces bigger and better things . . . and our NEWS LETTER, as our organ­ ization, is certainly doing bigger and better things . . . Hurrah for a bigger and better year in '67. Mark your calendar now for the first weekend in May. Peoria, Illinois—Ra- mada Inn with its bowling, billiards, indoor pool, and even suana baths—in case some of you didn’t get to try them last time. First mailing will soon be worked out but want you all to have it in your budget after tax time and ready to go. Have word that we have new mem­ bers in Centralia and Lawrenceville. Hope we can keep on building up the south and then get our other northern prospects finished up too. Central Illinois is going to give up on December meetings. The weather The 25th Anniversary of the Civil Air Patrol was celebrated by a luncheon on man seems (o schedule ice and snow December 1st. Members of the Illinois Wing Staff met with other Illinois Avia­ for our state that month. Will be get­ tion Leaders. Attending and pictured are L. to R. DR. SUE ROSCOE, Chicago ting together full speed at Blooming­ Area Chapter, LT. COL. BARBARA JENISON, Great Lakes Region Staff and ton in January, then first Sunday in Central Illinois member look at plaques presented to CAP Charter Members, February will be Greater Peoria, and LT. COL. M. VAN SCHOICK, Illinois Wing Staff, and LT. COL. ALICE HAM­ first Saturday in March will be Mt. MOND, member of the President’s Women in Aviation Advisory Committee ami Hawley. They have more new blacktop- Chicago Area Chapter. (Photo by Koston, CAP) ped and lighted runways and new taxi- ways and parking ramp. Come see if year. Her husband SKIP is with Amer­ lightful weekend at the Pioneer Motel in May. ican and flying BAC-lll's out of on Lake Winnebago Think flying for our group will be O’Hare. After living in Mass., they ALICE HAMMOND and 49V2er JOHN ones departing for the other areas are happy to be back with good fly­ are moving early in ’67 to Southern and vacations. Our prospects seem to ing weather and section lines. Glad to New Jersey, where JOHN is now Dir­ be building up the most hours. One have you back gal! ector of Public Relations and Adver­ working on Instrument rating, three DOROTHY WHITE and her brother tising for Airwork Corp. at Millville, on Commercial. Glad others are not took a trip to Minong, Wis. (beautiful N.J. It all sounds wonderful but we’ll as lazy and short of time like me. country) in his Cessna Skylane. She m iss you. Fire has entered the lives of two said they saw a meteor fall from a RICK and DICK COOLEY are back members. BARBARA JENISON has a moonlight sky and it was perfectly trying to live a normal life after a newly redecorated hall and closet. She beautiful. They arrived back in Aurora glorious and successful trip to Alaska. is just thankful someone was home at 12:30 at night in gusts up to 40 The weather was great both up and and it was no worse. JEAN and JACK knots. back and they are delighted to have READ did not fare so well. The can­ VIRGINIA and GEORGE COFFEEN gotten movies over the Alaskan Hwy. ning factory at Streator was hard hit spent two weeks flying to Corpus to Anchorage and the Alaskan Penin­ D ecem ber 7, and dam age set at $750,- Christi, McAllen, Brownsville, Port sula. They’re looking forward to flying 000 . Arthur, Texas and then on to New Or­ 339 QB. (their new license number on May the new year bring good things leans. Had a nice visit with a 99 from the Skymaster) next year. Flying dif­ to all. McAllen (ARDETH McCREERY). The ferent paces for their Archery Co. in weather in Texas was beautiful but Wis. sure keeps them busy. Never a CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER found it “sticky” getting back North dull moment! Virginia Roth, Reporter and had to put down for 2 days in LOUISE KOKESH sure looks and Our November business meeting was Jackson, Miss. Can’t have too much feels great after her short stay in the held at JEAN CLAUSS with a real of a good thing! hospital. She and her hubby RAY spent good turn out. Coffee, tea, and yummy JOAN SCHOGER flew her 172 up to the Thanksgiving Holiday in Houston, cookies were served and plenty of Oshkosh, Wis. She and DO BUCK at­ Texas. hangar talk. NONA GUSTAFSON was tended the ATC Seminar held by the MARY and DOC GEORGE PANCZY- I here after being gone for nearly a Milwaukee Chapter. They spent a de­ SZYN took their 2 boys to Las Vegas for the Flying Physicians Convention. Olathe, Kansas. Our own PAT KEA- an unexpected situation not particular­ Took them on a tour of Hoover Dam NEY made beautiful music for a sing- ly planned by FAA came up, bul MAR­ and then on to Disneyland. Bet they along. It was a catered affair and the TY stuck with it and really earned enjoyed that! After getting the boys decorating committee did a fine job the rating. back home and into school, they head­ with Santa Claus, blue and white MID CASSIDY recently passed her ed out again (from W est to South — Christmas tree and all the trimmings. Commercial Written. That gal has been the long way to Florida) and were Centerpieces of a decorated red candle working — and just to be sure she weathered in Savannah, Ga. Had to with greenery were drawn for by the doesn’t run out of something to do, she leave their plane and continued on via ladies at each table. not only is the current Secretary of Delta. Went with friends on a boat to This Chapter was well represented at our Indiana Chapter but she has ac­ the Bahamas. From there, com m ercial Hawaii over the holidays by JULIE cepted the office as Secretary of the back to Savannah — picked up their ANDREWS and her 49%er and KAY Indianapolis Aero Club for the coming plane and returned home — Quite a CAIN and her fam ily. No doiubt the year. She is now flying on Cloud Nine trip — Across the U.S.!! CAINs made better time than on their in a new Bonanza, a 25th wedding an­ Ho-Ho, everyone is in the Holiday recent 177-mile-in-24-hours trip to the niversary gift from her 49!/2er. spirit. We had our Chapter Christmas Ozarks, ((A normal hour trip?) HELEN GRAHN with Chief Navigat­ cocktail, dinner and dance the 17th Congratulations to LAURIE MONK or VERNIE enjoyed a trip by Debo­ and much fun was had by all. A big­ who had her third baby girl. JOAN nair to Arizona and Mexico in Octo­ ger crowd than was expected which REINDEL was on the sick list but is ber. HELEN took advantage of the pleased our MARY SHUMWAY. She now at work at CHARLIE CRAIG’s school holiday during the teachers con­ was the Chairman and did a beautiful Leavenworth operation. vention to work out her own air edu­ job—thanks MARY! ALEAH COMBS is a candidate for cation program for eleven grandchil­ Our Chicago Tribune, every Christ­ the AMELIA EARHART Scholarship. dren. W onder who had the most fun! mas season, has a Good Fellow pro­ MARILYN DICKSON is on the Board Future flight plans include a Thanks­ gram which helps the needy. They had of Directors and Third Vice-President giving trip to Sarasota, Florida, with a luncheon in the main ballrcom at for the Santa Fe Trail Council of Girl the Indianapolis Aero Club. the Sheraton—Chicago. The 99s were “CULLIE” HOLST, as MARTHA is well represented — GAIL WENK, JU­ sometimes called, may soon find her­ DITH SUIT (from. Rockford), GERRY Nominations for self flying as co-pilot since her 49y2er KRAUSE, VIRGINIA COFFEEN, DI­ John soloed October 12. His big "dis­ ANE NELSON, MARY PANCZYSZYN, International Officers covery” on “Discoverers Day” was that he could land the Piper J-3 all by MARY SHUMWAY, NONA GUSTAF­ Due March 1st SON, and yours truly. M any of our himself. The HOLSTS are planning a girls sent in gifts for the orphans. trip to California since Purdue will go Thanks, know that they are appreciat­ Scouts, Inc. Her Senior Wing Scouts to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. ed. who had graduated presented her with EILEEN RIDGWAY “labored” on For those that like to plan ahead a Thanks Badge at the Annual Council “Labor Day” by soloing 1he Muncie (put down on your calendar) the North Meeting. MARILYN is also in charge 18A Gyroplane. She hopes to get her Central Sectional Meet will be Sept. of Air Education for the Greater Kan­ Rotorcraft-Gyroplane rating soon. She 15, 16, and 17th at DuPage Airport with sas City Chapter. has also been flying a Fairchild 24, a lodgings at' the very popular Pheasant Stinson Station Wagon, and an Inter­ Run. INDIANA CHAPTER state. Delia Sanders, Reporter ETHEL KNUTH and 49V2er RUSTY GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER The November meeting was held at will “jet” out to San Francisco for Joy Morrison, Nita Irwin, Reporters Kings Crown Inn in Anderson with Christmas holiday to be with FAA Con­ Kansas City 99s w ere elated over DOROTHA HENDRICKS as hostess troller son and family. Said son RON the outcome of the Kansas City, Mis­ and FERN RINKER in charge of has been acquiring flight ratings also, souri bond election which paves the Iransportation from the airport. In ad­ the most recent one being his Instru­ way for Kansas City to be a leading dition to 21 members and several ment. N ever a dull moment in that air terminal of the world. It is hoped 49tiers, our guests included MARCIA fam ily! that Municipal Airport will be m ain­ REYNOLDS and BETTY DE VON After BILLIE SMITH completed her tained as an airport' for small aircraft from Terre Haute and GOLDIE PYLE busy schedule, part of which was instead of being converted into a shop­ from Huntington, the latter having being a member of the Fair Lady Race ping center. Our two members of the been one of the contestants in the Board, she and 49%er SAVAGE in a Kansas City Aero Club, COLEEN GOR­ Fair Lady Race in Evansville. Slides Musketeer were joined by DELIA and DON and MARY ANN NOAH, have were shown of the Seattle Convention, HARRY SANDERS in Cessna Sky joined the campaign to keep Kansas Minnesota Sectional, and other 99 Hawk on a flight to Mississippi by City Municipal as an airport. events, DOROTHA giving the com­ way of Arkansas. A tour of Natchez CORRECTION: Missouri’s first Whir- m entary. was made most interesting by a love­ ly Girl, No. 107, mentioned in last In September MARTY WYALL ac­ ly lady, mother of the airport mana­ mtonth’s news is SARAH GORELICK. quired her ATCO Certificate — other­ ger. Vicksburg made us want to re­ Our Christmas dinner dance in honor wise known as an Air Taxi and Com­ read our history books. On a gas stop of area FBOs and FAA personnel was mercial Operator Certificate. She was at Dyersburg, Tennessee, EVELYN held at King’s Flying Service at given the works on her flight test, BRAESE, a member of Cape Girar­ deau Chapter, put; out the welcome tiful sunrise for early risers. (Strictly m ake all that' much difference this mat together with her 49V2er who is hearsay—I wasn’t one of them.) But, time, as we’d planned a cocktail sup­ manager of the airport. by nine A.M. an overcast had devel­ per at NANCY and RAY CRAIG’s on MIDGE SNYDER’s son in Baum- oped, and by the time we were all up, D ecem ber 10th. M em bers outside the holder, Germany, has joined a J-3 the capricious Iowa weather had real­ Louisville area had planned to RON Cub Club at his base and needs a ly had the last laugh. No need to waste anyhow, so all went well at our jolly manual for the J-3. None can be locat­ “choice” words on the men at the holiday get-together. High point of the ed so far—Can you help? She is also FSS! E very Iowan knows a look out' evening for 99s was the Chapter’s hap­ interested in suggestions for the Ways of the window is as good a way as py acceptance of two new members, & Means committee. any to predict Midwest weather this BEA COMBS of Paintsville, Ky., and GARNET MOGLE and 49%er flew time of year! DOT ARNETT of Sellersburg, Indiana. their Mooney to Pensacola, Florida, So, off to the Des Moines Golf and BEA and 49%er TED “made use of and were weathered in, so was unable Country Club for a fabulous brunch available ground transportation” for to get back to Evansville for the Fair and our November meeting! Goodies the trip from Paintsville, a “fur piece” Ladies Race. still to come—ice cream scoops with 99 as we say around here. (Indiana gals BILLIE ANDERSON and 49% er insignia were passed out to each 99, please note: we had official permis­ CARL took a long week-end and flew compliments of the Vernon Novelty sion to latch onto DOT, since she’s to Atlanta, Georgia the last of Octo­ Company; the men went off to a tour so close to us.) High point for the ber. Just a fun trip. of the Aviation Department of Des 49%ers was the delightful Go-Go Girl Plan on flying the FAIR in Bloom­ Moines Tech High; the women settled provided by inspired Entertainment ington October 21, 1967. Rumors have down to another momentous meeting Chairmen RITA LeNEAVE and SKIP it that cash awards will be increased. presided over by Chairman LOIS GUMBERT. No one can say that we The Bloomington Chamber of Com­ GRANGE. N E L D A PALMER and don’t encourage participation in Chap­ ter activities. merce has already started their plan­ MARY JO PETERSON were both tak­ ning and your Race Board will start en into our membership, and NATHA­ Air Marking was on the agenda two monthly meetings in January. Here’s LIE BROWN finished the afternoon days later (for those who could still to a big race with 60 entries! meeting with a wonderful first-showing navigate). Braving the chilly day un­ der the leadership of MARY ANNE IOWA CHAPTER BRANGERS were VIRGINIA CHAM­ Mary Lou Kallensky, Reporter LAST CALL For BERLAIN, PAT HUDGENS, BOBBIE For Iowa flyers and “99s” in par­ AE Scholarship Candidates KLETTER, RITA LeNEAVE, MARIE ticular, the weekend of November 4th January 15th REISS, RUTH SOLLEY, and NORMA and 5th was one of the m ore m em or­ Section Scholarship Chairmen WORLAND, Who wielded mighty paint able ones, to say the least! The an­ brushes and rollers and marked Bow­ nual Seminar for Pilot's was held at man Field in Louisville for fhe con­ Ames on Saturday with an outstand­ of “Flighty Lady” to the Iowa Chap­ venience of transient air travelers. ing program. ter! You’d be surprised how many em­ This event also marked the pre­ So, how did we get home with ceil­ barrassed pilots line up for the active mier showing of our Iowa “99” slide ings lowering and the first snowstorm runway at Bowman only to find them­ story entitled “Flighty Lady,” shown of the year forecast as imminent? I selves unexpectedly sandwiched be­ to all fhe wives and women pilot's at­ mean, other than those lofty instru­ tween jet's in the busy pattern at tending the seminar by KITTY HACH ment-rated pilots, of course! Well, Standiford. This, we think, should al­ and LOIS GRANGE. some hitched rides in the twin-engine leviate some of the confusion. News­ paper and TV coverage added to the Following this, all “ 99s” and spouses jobs, and the rest of us “flew” home fun, and those who were unable to flew to Des Moines for a fabulous like Grandma says, “Low and slow,” come could see the activities on the cocktail and dinner party at NATHA­ in borrowed four-wheeled conveyances! 6 o’clock news that evening. Our LIE and WALTER BROWN’s resi­ And would you believe—the stars were thanks to the Louisville-Jefferson Coun­ dence, hosted by the BROWNS, the peeking out by the time we got home! ty Air Board for supplying paint and GRANGES, the HENDERSONS, and As usual, I'm too long-winded, so technical assistance. the VERNONS. suffice it to say our Christmas party, Highight of the evening was the of­ held with PHYLLIS BARBER, Decem­ Weather has deterred many flying ficial initiation of the “49tiers” pres­ ber 4th, at the Athletic Club in Iowa activities of late, but Chairman NOR­ ent, conducted by our new Governor, City, found only four 93s, three 49% ers, MA WORLAND passed her flight DR. ANN ROETHKE of Milwaukee, two daughters, one guest, and one check f:r Instrument Instructor with Wisconsin. Gee, fellas, this really con­ “boss,” plus the E. K. JONES of the flying colors. PAUL ANDRE, our stitutes preferential treatment, so you Iowa City Flying Service, slipping friendly FAA man, had a busy lime “possolutely” can’t forget those vows through the drizzle, fog, sleet, and icy that day, as he also signed the Com­ you took! roads! mercial Helicopter ticket for NANCY Around midnight, back to our block CRAIG’s 49%er RAY. JOANN KINNI- of rooms at the motel—and what’s the KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CHAPTER SON and MARIE REISS are working story about DON JOHNSTON answer­ Nancy Craig, Reporter away at instrument ground school, and ing the door in his sleep? Ask B E T ­ Our Merry Christmas December Fly- teaching private ground school in TY! It gets better with the telling! In was grounded by December's dis­ Beaumont, Texas is our gone-but-nof- Sunday morning started with a beau­ m al drizzle, but IFR conditions didn’t forgotten VIVI ANDERSON. Another member-in-absentia will be HELEN been small chance of anyone having presentation of some unusual door O’HARA, who has flown off to Me­ acquired any new ratings this past prizes by ANNE ROETHKE, two FAA tairie, Louisiana to live. We lament month. At least it doesn’t keep me films were shown, Wake Turbulence our dear departed 99 friends, and hope from using my Ground Instructor rat­ and Density Altitude. Topping off a that the rest of y ’all will seek them ing—however, that hard won Flight In­ delightful evening, the HEISE film, out and put them to work in our structor rating is sitting quite idie. “Flighty Lady”, was hilariously en­ friendly flying cause. Here’s to blue skies all around. joyed. Among the guests at this even­ ing event were STEVE and DOROTHY MICHIGAN CHAPTER WISCONSIN CHAPTER WITTMAN (STEVE of air racing Florence Toney, Reporter fame), DR. and MARY ELLEN KO­ Mary Pelto, Reporter ZINA (she’s a student pilot), JANICE The December gathering of the The October meeting was held at the and DAVID THOMAS who provided Michigan Chapter was a Christmas beautiful new administration building transportation from airport to motel party in Midland, Michigan. The wea­ in Green Bay, but most everyone must (we hope a future 99 and 49%er), and ther outside was frightful, and out of have been recovering from the Sec­ JOANNE BARICOVICH (a 99 1o be) the 100 expected members and guests, tional fop attendance was down. and friend JUDY. only 29 were able to attend. Our hos­ In the middle of October, BETTY DR. ANNE ROETHKE recently re­ tesses were BECKY THATCHER, McNABB was in Milwaukee for a med­ turned from a vacation in the Baha­ MARGARET NAPIERALA, MARIAN ical librarian convention and one even­ mas. The Comanche just about knows HOFFMAN, BEVERLY PRICE, and ing had dinner with RAMONA HUEB- the way without any assistance for if PEG SULFRIDGE. NER, DEEDO HEISE, EHREN FATH. is one of her favorite flights. BECKY THATCHER solemnly held a and TONEY at' one of our famous We hope you all had a joyful Thanks­ 49% er initiation for husbands of LIB­ German restaurants. We thoroughly giving, and may the blessings of BY SCHUCKER, ANNE STEINHAG- enjoyed our visit with BETTY and Christmas be yours. EN, CAROLYN GOETCHEUS, DORO­ hearing about the aviation world in THY BREWER, NORMA ETTER, and her section of the country. BEVERLY PRICE. We know that they November was the time for a terri­ will value their membership in this fic overnight meeting at The Pioneer exclusive organization above all others. in Oshkosh. Weather was beautiful al- MAGGIE CRANE reports that DOR­ OTHY REAUME is home from her Submit International Officer year on Ihe S. S. Hope. W e’re anxious Nominations to to see her again and hear of some of Lois Miles, Chairman her experiences. CAROLYN and PAUL GOETCHEUS 4901 W innetka Ave. and 49% er Paul are just back from Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364 ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER Bermuda . . . via BOAC. Georgia Tillery, Reporter HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the Albu­ NANCY BRANDON jusf returned lowing a number of planes to make querque Chapter. Our members are from a trip to Europe and the Holy the flight, with JOAN SCHOGER flying strung from Australia to Puerto Rico, Land. Her g;.est for the evening, DICK up from Chicago accompanied by DOE from New York to Mexico . . . new GOODING, is leaving for Europe to BUCK and MR. and MRS. BABEL. In babies . . . new grandbabies . . . and spend the holidays with his son in the afternoon a Control Tower Semi­ new planes. See next month’s NEWS Germany. nar was held. RAMONA had made up for all the details. BECKY THATCHER has been busy a complete layout of the OSH Airport selling real estate wit'h her newly a c ­ with runways to scale—even including ARKANSAS CHAPTER quired license. She got home from a the omni and tower. Chief Tower Oper­ Marge Nielsen, Reporter trip to the upper peninsula just in ator, MR. LAWRENCE DAVIS, stood time for the Christmas party. by with the mike (for a tape record­ Our monthly meeting was held at A1 ALYCE LODGE and 49%er FRANK ing), MR. CHARLIE BARNETTE act­ Gaston’s White River Resort’ near Bull left the Christmas party to go to the ed as tower operator and MR. HAN­ Shoals. DELORES MITCHELL and XX Ranch at' Kalkaska, Michigan. COCK as ground control. Transmis­ your reporter arrived Saturday even­ There is a new 3,000 foot strip on the sions were simulated, some coming ing in my Comanche. The other mem­ ranch and you will be hearing more in for a landing, some on the ground bers planned to arrive Sunday morn­ about it, especially if you like horse­ for taxiing instructions with both VFR ing; however the weather was below back riding, swimming, skiing, or just and IFR flight plans, carrying the minimums on Sunday so no one else relaxing before the fireplace in the procedures all the way to the ramp or made it to the meeting. Better wea­ Club House. to the frequency change request. This ther next month, please. ANNE and BILL STEINHAGEN flew was a very busy tower and good prac­ BETTYE BOLLEN has been ground­ a “mercy flight” after work one day. tice for everyone. The tape was then ed lor the past six weeks due 1.o sur­ They took two friends of theirs to see played back so each could hear how gery. This issue should find BETTYE their homesick daughter at Northern well they did and how they sound to and her Skylane back in the air. DON­ Michigan University, Marquette, Mich. the controller. MR. DAVIS compli­ NA HALE has been riding around in The 500 mile trip was a snap in their mented the 99s on being very profes­ a glider and seems to be getting the Skymaster. sional in their radio communications. bug. With the weather so foul, there’s In the evening after the dinner and DELORES MITCHELL and 49V2er flew (heir Debonair to Tennessee to fly-in and all of us stay-at-homes can 20t.h is just a terrible time anyway, spend Thanksgiving with relatives. d r o o l!! but especially to try and gather your MARGE NIELSEN, 49V2er, and chil­ Our December meeting will be a scrambled head and get a Newsletter dren flew to Carlsbad, New Mexico Christmas Party given at CHUCK and together. Happy New Year to you too, in their Apache to visit the Caverns. DOROTHY WARREN’S house and the SIMON LAGREE. Until next month, Happy Flying. 49%ers are invited. DOROTHY’S fath­ Ed. Not: I agree Dec. 20th is a Ed. Note: Correction of last issue er has been visiting her and I think lousy time for a deadline! S'pose we’ll when the name of one of our new she spent the whole time making him survive ? ? members, EVA HUGHES, was omitted. help dcorate the house for Christmas. The copy should have read: EVA Should be a swingin’ time. EL PASO CHAPTER ELINOR JOHNSON is now the Chief HUGHES, Mena, Arkansas. First les­ Mary Olmstead, Reporter son August, 1966. Solo flight 1,378 m iles ground instructor for Airport Flying We are happy to welcome again our in September. Private and Ninety Nine School, Highland Park Airport. new members and will continue with in October. ATTENTION!!!! the short biographies of three that lack Januay 20th, the Zonta club of Dallas of space kept out of last month’s is­ AUSTIN CHAPTER will have the annual AMELIA EAR­ sue: S. P. Tapley, Reporter HART luncheon and it had been an­ nounced that FRED GOERNER “The DOROTHY BLACK (MRS. GORDON The wide blue Texas skies can look Search for Ameia Earhart’’ would be L.) a native of Lake Charles, La., very, very wide and not really so blue the speaker. Previous commitments grew up in the Hill Country near Kerr- to the student pilot at times, as this will prevent him from being here and ville, Texas and later in Corpus Chris- reporter found out lost over the boon­ HAZEL McKENDRICK has agreed to ti. She graduated from John Sealy docks once; we’ve gotten wind of other review the book at the luncheon. Y ’all College of Nurses, University of Texas such incidents, too, and so our group come anyway. at Galveston. It was there she met has decided to begin compiling inform­ CHARLOTTE BRANUM and HAZEL GORDON as a medical student. Be­ ation on Air Marking. We laud the McKENDRICK flew to Wichita and fore they were married in Nov. 1945, work of the other Ninety-Nines on spent the day with GENE NORA JES- GORDON had graduated, interned at similar projects. We noted the pic­ SEN and her handsome 49%er. The Philadelphia General Hospital, and tures in last month’s issue. If in the Beech factory will probably never be served in the Pacific in WW2. After a next' months, flying the friendly skies three year residency at Strong Me­ over this friendly state, you note a Submit International Officer morial Hospital at Rochester, N. Y., gal with the seat of her pants sky­ DR. and MRS. BLACK arrived in El Nominations to ward, paintbrush in hand, and hard at Paso where Gordon spent his boyhood. work on a barn roof, kindly dip a Lois Miles, Chairman They have four children: DIANA, 17, wing. Kindly, kindly don’t buzz. She 4901 W innetka Ave. JOHN, 15, LINDA 13 and DANNY 11. marks the airways for thee. Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364 To avoid the long, long jaunts across Our group had some fun and, we the State of Texas between Corpus presume, were some help too, with a the same, but we sure had a good Christi and El Paso, Dorothy’s father wonderful AOPA workshop this month. time. GARNETT HASTINGS joined us decided to learn to fly at the age of New faces, harrowing and hilarious after lunch to make it a keen day all 45 . . . visiting his daughter and her tales, and a wealth of information are around. family was much more enjoyable and imparted in these little jewels. DORIS WELLER flew to Nashville frequent. Although her husband planted to attend the wedding of her favorite the idea that she too should learn to This month has been, of course, the Dr. nephew. I think they stopped the fly—he didn’t know that she was tak­ month to scout for UFOs, but we have snow just in time for all members of ing lessons until he got DOTTIE's tro­ nothing to report. Nothing that faint­ the wedding to get there and from all phy for 1st solo as a Christmas pres­ ly resembled a sleigh. Looks like the accounts it must have been a wild ent. In July 1965, she got her license old chap slipped by again. weekend. and Gordon has now soloed and passed In closing, let us meddle a little. Happy New Year to one and all and his written. The BLACKs fly Cessnas. How long since you flashed a bright especially to MRS. LESTER STROTH­ WANDA GARSON (MRS. JOHN) was wing in the sun? To really “get your ERS where ever you are!!!! born and raised in Indiana and has head above . . . ,” take a spin around We still have the 99 Garment Bag lived in many parts of the U.S. and the field, a spin around the town, or and remember if you want one or a Japan during the 20 years John was best of all a spin around the country! dozen write to HELEN WILKE, 507 S. in the Army. WANDA says it all start­ Manus, Dallas Texas 75224 and send ed in Dec. 1965 when she had to prove DALLAS CHAPTER her $3.00 for each and She’ll take to her son, KIRK, that she wasn’t Hazel McKendrick, Reporter care of the rest. “Chicken” and would go for an air­ The fly-in to Austin was a huge suc­ KATHY LONG had a two day Bel- plane ride. Last Jan. and Feb.—ground cess in a strange way. There were lanca Demonstration at TEXAIR, Red- school, passed written Feb. 25th, start­ twenty-six people who went, five of bird Airport. They demonstrated all ed flying Mar. 8th; soloed Friday May whom were Ninty-Nines. Everyone the new models and had a real good 13th and was licensed Aug. 7th. All who went to Lake Way Inn said if turnout. this happened in Salt Lake City, Utah. was just beautiful, the food good, and That’s 30 for this time. Dear old be­ Aug. 13th they m oved to El Paso a wonderful day. Our January meet­ loved Editor, December 20th is a ter­ where JOHN was offered the position ing will feature some movies of the rible time for a deadline. December of Vice President and Manager of fhe R.C. Cola Bottling plant. Sept. 7th, WANDA flew to Salt Lake City to take possession of their new Beech Bonan­ za. Her form er Instructor acted as co-pilot. She has flown to San Fran­ cisco, Cal. and Miami, Florida, with her husband who has been a pilot since 1945. When not in the Bonanza, WANDA might be found in her pretty apartment sewing or cake decorating.

VIRGINIA PETERSON (MRS. DAN­ NY) is a native of Carbondale, Illinois, but spent most of her life in E l Paso. Her husband, also a pilot, was bom in Concordia, Kansas and uses his plane in his E lectrical Contracting bus­ iness. VIRGINIA’S first flight was with her husband to Phoenix. She was so scared, She made up her mind to learn to fly or stay out of planes. Af­ ter soloing, she decided to continue and has had her license a full year. The PETERSONs own a Cherokee 235. Two of their three sons are interested in flying. They also have two daugh­ ters. Four 99s who flew' the 1966 Bahama Treasure Hunt . . . the treasures being At our November meeting, JOHN mostly those which only the pleasures of Flying can give. Standing in front of DUYKA of the FAA showed a very in­ the pink and white Aero Commander 200 are I. to r. EDNA GARDNER WHYTE teresting film and reviewed some ba­ and BRENDA STRICKLER of the Ft. Worth Chapter, HARRIET HAMILTON sic FAA rules in traffic control areas. of Mulberry, Florida, and JEAN WILLIAMS, also Ft. Worth. They recommend Chairman, MARGARET THOMPSON, the Bahama Treasure Hunt as an excellent fun-training mission for women presided and discussed plans for our lacking over-water flying experience. Christmas Party. It turned out to be a very successful covered dish dinner at MARY FRAN SEIDL’s home with FT. WORTH CHAPTER and Johnston Jr. High Schools con­ eleven members and their 49%ers and ED. Note . . . cerning the 99s, general aviation, and nine 66s with their 33ers enjoying the A brief note with the accompanying Civil Air Patrol cadet training. They food and the hangar flying. picture tells us a bit of EDNA GARD­ also presented a film entitled “Wings NER WHYTE’s year’s activities. She of Youth” and explained how teen­ Our Chapter selected MARY FRAN has flown 7 air races, each time tak­ agers may begin aviation training. SEIDL as our candidate for an A.E. ing along a less experienced pilot . . . Thanksgiving Day found 4 airplanes Scholarship. MARY FRAN’s most re­ “wonderful chance to encourage a be­ and 16 people in Hot Springs, Ark. In cent flight took her to Nogales, Ari­ ginning pilot to the fun of more ex­ the group were MARTHA AKINS and zona—leaving at 4 a.m. perience, more flying, and more rat­ fam ily, DELL HIGHTOWER and RUTH DEERMAN reported that ings.” She also mentioned that the 49%er GENE, and Shreveport Chap­ PEG THOMPSON, our first 66, was Bahama Treasure Hunt is getting larg­ ter’s JERRY SAUR with her 49%er. in town and RON’D with WIN GRIF­ er and more popular each year so en­ On their way to Hot Springs, the FIN. PEG now lives in Richmond, Va. tries are stopped when the quota is HIGHTOWERS made stops in Austin, and plans to continue flying lessons. reached. This requires entering in Feb­ where they attended the AOPA clinic, On Dec. 4th the 66s had a breakfast ruary! Are you interested? and Oklahoma City, where they visited flight to Demming, New Mexico. We 99 headquarters. The Houston Air Tour are told that the 66s are having fun HOUSTON CHAPTER Club fly-in to La Grange had much 99 earning their arm patches. Each Martha Akins, Reporter support with MARILYN and CHUCK month at their meetings someone is MARY ABLE and MABLE EDITH STONEBERG, MARTHA and BILL awarded a patch for solo, cross-coun­ OLIVER presented several programs AKINS, LOUISE and MERLE BICK­ try, check ride, or passing their writ­ to the 9t’h grade stuednts of Jane Long FORD, DELL and GENE HIGHTOW­ ten. ER, and MABLE EDITH and JIM EDNA GARDNER WHYTE of Fort OLIVER. Worth Chapter will present the pro­ The Ides of March Even in the busy Christmas season gram for the January meeting of the Are The Deadline our Air Marking project goes on. De­ 66s. for cember 11 found the girls on roof tops May your flights in Sixty-seven International Officer in Jasper—will return for completion Be as bright as the sky in Heaven. at a later date. The fa ct that 49V2er Nominations Happy New Year. MERLE BICKFORD has made light weight aluminum folding templates applying for a Charter to form a 99 OKLAHOMA CHAPTER that will fit in an airplane, should Chapter in their area! Comanche Jane Abbott, Reporter speed up our air marking considerably. We helped Santa launch his Flight On October 23 Oklahoma Chapter 99s Our Christmas party with DELL Plan for the Holiday Season with a flew-in to Fairview, Oklahoma, and met HIGHTOWER as Chairman was held gala party on December 3rd. JOHN in the home of member MARY COR- in the party room of the BOB NOR- and; M ARILYN COPELAND hosted the NELSEN and 49% er, EDSEL. 99s at­ RIS’s apartment in the form of a party in their beautifully re-modeled tending the meeting were REGINA scrumptuous buffet dinner with 52 home (post tornado) and there were PANNELL, RUBY KNIGHT, ARLENE present. These 99s can cook as well 52 Ninety-Nines and 49%ers. The Flight WALKUP, NEMA MASONHALL, BIL­ as fly airplanes. Eight' 49%ers were Plan was extended to D ecem ber 5th, LIE KINNARD, MARY CORNELSEN, presented the “Nervous Navigator” when a Christmas Party was held at and JANE ABBOTT who are also award for having displayed the high­ the Soroptimist House for the Wing members of the Flying Farmers (OFF est order of airmanship, good sports­ Scout Troop, hostessed by GENE and IF F A ). Other 99s present were manship, and limited courage by fly­ NORA JESSEN and GARNETT HAS­ ANN CATLIN, NANCY ORCUTT, PAT ing with his own wife. All awards TINGS. MORGAN, and DONNA WESTER- were first place. The idea was hatched MARY AIKINS is a busy gal these L U N D, Michigan Chapter. Guests after several 49%ers viewed the two days with the opening of the new Red were CHARLIE WILLIAMS and his large tables of trophies at the recent Wing Augusta Municipal Airport, lo­ wife DORCIE, DAVID FERGUSON, press party. They each decided that cated approximately three miles west and 49%ers PETE PANNELL, EDSEL they should also be recognized for of Augusta on Highway 54. She has CORNELSEN, and ROGERS ABBOTT. their effort's; hence, the “Nervous also been participating in Aerobatic DONNA WESTERLUND will attend Navigator” award. Conspiciously ab­ Shows and speaking to various groups. the Oklahoma Chapter m eetings sent at the presentation was 49y2er GENE NORA JESSEN and MARY JO through next June. She is working BOB NORRIS, who, on a round trip JANEY have been doing a lot of fly­ with the FAA at the Aeronautical In­ from Houston to Chicago, called in ing around the country attending var­ stitute at Will Rogers Field, OKC, on from New York City. Gift's were ex­ ious meetings. Of considerable interest a research project in the Physiology changed and each person left with a were the Seminars put on by FAA all Laboratory doing the studies that were w arm er feeling for the 99s and Petti­ published in the AOPA Magazine, Oc­ coat Pilot groups that bring people to­ tober, called “Coronaries Do Fly gether because we love to fly. Submit International Officer Again.” WALLY FUNK writes from Nominations to Johannesburg, Africa, that she is ‘deep KANSAS CHAPTER Lois Miles, Chairman in the heart’ of Africa touring, in­ Mildred Early, Reporter 4901 W innetka Ave. specting gold, diamonds, and air­ A sincere apology to our 99s from Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364 fields (the real purpose of the trip). this Reporter—because of a careless In between the crossing by ‘boat’ to blunder in addressing the last letter the Cape, WALLY visited the town of to our Editor, PEG ONG, it did not over the country to further Aerospace Mozambique. In Johannesburg, “we make the deadline. The Kansas Chap­ Education and inform the general pub­ stayed with friends for a week, saw ter belatedly hopes that all of the 99s lic as to what is being done. GENE colorful native mine dances, and spent everywhere had a Happy and Blessed NORA attended one in Atlanta, and an entire day at the gold mines, then Holiday Season! MARY JO, one in New York. (he diamond mines in Kimberly, and We had a very rewarding “Guest In closing, would like to extend our on to the big Krugar National Park. Day” fly-in at Hutchinson, Kansas for warmest congratulations: to one of our Lastly, we saw the Bantu Townships our October meeting. Several potential outstanding 99s, GENE NORA JES­ and will leave for the Cape in the 99s attended and everyone thoroughly SEN, who recently received her In­ m orning.” enjoyed a visit to the Carey Planetar­ strument Instructor’s Rating!! And, ARLENE WALKUP, NEMA MASON­ ium and also, a, short film, “Flying Is also a very warm welcome HALL, and CAROL WADDELL attend­ For Everyone” . to DR. CHARLOTTE SEAGO and ed the SC Section meeting in Shreve­ N ovem ber 12th, a chilly, overcast SHIRLEY CHAPMAN who have re­ port September 30 - October 2. They morning, found 14 Ninety-Nines and cently joined our Chapter. They both were forced to drive because of very 16 Wing Scouts air marking a hangar reside in Wichita. DR. SEAGO trans­ poor weather conditions. They report roof at Harrison Field, Valley Center, ferred from the Tennessee Chapter the Shreveport Chapter girls did every­ Kansas. After thawing out with hot and is a practicing Pediatrician. Her thing to make us have fun and feel chocolate and coffee and being treat­ 49% er, DON, is a Flight Instructor welcome and we did. ed to lunch by MR. HARRISON, we and also in charge of the Flight De­ BRONETA EVANS and VELMA held our regular business meeting and partment at Mid-West Piper Airpark. WOODWARD returned in October from had an enjoyable visit with the Wing SHIRLEY and her 49y2er, COURT­ a month’s tour through Europe and Scouts, a very enthusiastic group! NEY, moved here from Columbus. He the Scandinavian countries. They vis­ Several of our girls flew to Topeka is the Director of Research and De­ ited ARLENE’s and HOYT’s son, JER­ on October 30th to m eet with six very velopment for Sanderson Films. RY WALKUP, who is stationed with active pilots. There are also several Our Chapter extends to all of her the A rm y in Germ any. student' pilots in the area and this sister 99s best wishes for m any hours DOTTIE YOUNG attended the Wom­ proved to be a very fruitful visit, as of Happy Flying and a Blessed and en’s Advisory Committee meeting in these girls are now in the process of Happy New Year! Washington, D.C., N ovem ber 2-3-4. — On the Florida to ferry a new 180 TY), DANIEL ORCUTT, DEWEY say is that it is a project designed Cherokee to OKC to Catlin Aviation. MAUK, and ROGERS ABBOTT. Also to upgrade every Shreveport 99. Watch Enroute to OKC, RONed at Ft. Ruck­ PAT’s young son and guest DAVID 1his column for further developm ents! er and received VIP treatment the FERGUSON. Also guests at our November meet­ next day—a tour of Rucker and sur­ The next Chapter meeting will be ing were ALICE STACY and DIANE rounding activity areas in the Com­ December 10-11, Woodward. Hosts will ATTAWAY, who are well on the way manding General’s helicopter (also got be CAROL and FRED WADDELL at fo getting their Private licenses and to fly it!). DOTTIE adds, “Had the the SUTTER Ranch House. we hope they will soon join our Chap­ thrill of riding on machine-gun prac­ ter. tice in a Huey (turbine chopper).” SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER While SARAH HENLEY has been DOTTIE had a visitor in her OKC Marian Burke, Reporter busy writing Christmas cards, her home recently — International Vice- December 10, 1966 was the date of 49% er GEORGE got his Commercial President, DONNA MYERS. the San Antonio Chapter Christmas rating. In fact, most of the Shreve­ ARLENE flew to Topeka, Kansas, parly at MARIAN BURKE’s ranch. port 99s are in SARAH ’s boat this in early November. She and GENE We had a wonderful turn-out. It' w as a month as we shop, write cards, and NORA and some of the Kansas mem­ very cool night and eating baked tur­ plan for our big Christmas party al bers met with a group of girls who key and dressing by a Texas-size fire MARTHA and RAY CHRISTY’S. Of call themselves ‘Petticoat Pilots’ and place was most enjoyable. Those who course, we’re all sporting the new Li­ want to becom e a Chapter of the 99s. were unable to attend missed a real cense Plates we ordered from another CAROL has been bird dogging with “fun party.” We hope fo try it again Chapter and are now selling here in FRED—riding horses. She and MAR­ next year. Shreveport: THA THOMPSON flew to OKC the EVELYN BERGER, one of our cute “I’d Rather Be Flying” ! other day—to a bridge game. NEMA prospective members, is being trans­ is playing golf again. JANE is mak­ ferred to another station. She is a SOUTH LOUISIANA CHAPTER ing t'he OU football circuit. The four nurse at Ft'. Sam Houston. W e cer­ Pat Ward, Reporter 99s who live in Woodward, CAROL, tainly had hoped to have her join our The morning after the night before, RUBY, MARTHA, and SAUNDRA will group when she finished her rating. when the night before was the first sport 1967 ca r tag num bers 199, 299, We will miss you EVELYN. Good luck annual Chapter Christmas party, one 399, 499. Oklahoma chapter 99s will as­ in your new assignment. would like to sit down and report, in sist by serving as hostesses at the Holiday time is here and 1966 will detail, all the marvelous activties and Dedication and Open House of the new soon be over. I join the San Antonio holiday mood to sister 99s, and wish WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT, Chapter in wishing each and every 99 it could get to them sooner than a OKC, on D ecem ber 3-4. a very Merry Christmas and may 1967 month later. Our party was held Dec. Oklahoma Chapter members met on 10th in Baton Rouge at the hom e of November 20 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, FOY and DR. PHILLIP WEST. We with member VEDA MAUK and called it our Christmas/December NEXT NEWS DEADLINE 49%er DEWEY. This was particularly meeting, but' about the only business convenient to the FF members who JANUARY 20th discussed was the shiny, new engage­ attended the IFFA Workshop in Wich­ ment ring that our youngest member, ita this week-end. Seven planes landed GLORIA WARD, was sporting. Her fi­ at Mauks’ combination airport' - home ance, DAVE HOLMES, had just giv­ and except for early morning fog and be t'he best year ever for all 99s en to her only minutes before the be­ haze it was an ideal day for flying. throughout the world. ginning of t'he festivities. DAVE was Twenty-five members and guests en­ promptly given a name tag reading joyed a bountiful lunch at a local cafe­ SHREVEPORT CHAPTER “Prospective 49%er” , and he was al­ teria, then returned to the Mauk home Evelyn Snow, Reporter lowed to watch while we conducted for a business meeting. Those present First of all, we would like to say we the mystic rites of the 49%er cere­ were CAROL WADDELL, Chapter appreciated the nice write-up in the 99 mony for the unsuspecting souls who Chairman, ARLENE WALKUP, Gov­ NEWS about file Fall Sectional held are our husbands. PAT WARD’S ernor, SC Section, SUSIE SEWELL here at Shreveport—a big thank you 49%er, ROGER, might even have been and DOTTIE YOUNG, Chairman and to all those concerned with the arti­ a little relieved after it was all over Committee Member respectively, cles and pictures. Incidentally, DOT­ since the entire week preceeding the Headquarters Committee. TIE “PEACHES” PORTS has had so party he was led to believe that the RUTH CRAIG JONES, IDA CAR­ many request's for reprints of her ad­ initiation might involve blood-letting, TER, BETH SMITH, VELMA WOOD­ ventures that she is thinking of copy­ so mysterious were the plans surround­ WARD, BRONETA EVANS, NANCY righting. ing the ceremony. But they are all ORCUTT, DOROTHY MORGAN, PAT Our November meeting was held at brave little soldiers and survived the MORGAN, VEDA MAUK, SAUNDRA HELEN WRAY’s. Our special guest ordeal well. NIX, RUBY KNIGHT, WAYNE LEE was MR. SHIRLEY SMITH, owner and We welcomed a new member, our DUFFER, DONNA WESTERLUND, operator of a new flying service, Fal­ beloved little 66, WEEZIE OGDEN, Michigan Chapter, and JANE AB­ con Air, at Downtown airport'. He has who received her Private License on BOTT, M ARY ELIZABETH V AT,BER G kindly offered to help us with an ex­ Thanksgiving Day. This brings our and ANN GRISSEM, OKC, were guests. citing project. Sorry, the details are fast-growing number to 19, and would 49tiers were CYRIL B. SMITH (SMIT- a deep secret right now—all we can you believe that of that number, 15 were present on Dec. 10th. It w as a honeymoon in the Bahamas via our SWARTZ, Missoula. The Chapter mem­ covered-dish, buffet dinner and, of 170. If anyone can advise how in the bers welcome each of you and hope course, everyone brought their fanci- world one ties old shoes and tin cans you enjoy and wear with pride your st dish, wore their favorite frock, and to an airplane, please do! Or how to 99 pin. brought their favorite man. There was write “Just Married” on a fuselage New ratings acquired this past year an undercurrent of hangar flying, but without obscuring the N-numbers? were Commercial . . . PAT ROEM- mostly this was our first opportunity What a sneaky way to get out of hav­ ER, JOY LUECK, and BEV. LEDBET­ to really chat and get t'o know each ing your getaway vehicle decorated! TER. Instrument and Instrument In­ other. All of our previous meetings January meeting in Houma, hostess structor . . . MARY STEVENSON and have been meetings, with business to PAT CHRIST. Hope everybody had a PEARL MAGILL. PEARL also added lake care of and a guest speaker or glistening Christmas, a Very Merry her Ground Instructors rating to her an activity. With so many new mem­ New Year’s Eve, and happy thought grow ing list. bers so fast, we enjoyed an opportun­ for the New Year! Jobs held by 99 members in other ity to become better acquainted. We (Hear on WIBR radio, from a very flying organizations include, Mont. Pi­ were particularly happy to see HEL­ witty, very perceptive D-J), "One wea­ lots Assoc. Secretaries, DOROTHY EN HOOKS of Hammond, again. She therman greeting another, ‘A 60% CRAIG, Billings, JUANITA HUBBER, is a busy Math and Algebra teacher good morning, sir, and how do you Butte, ROSEMARY BOWMAN, Great at Hammond High School and has had probably feel?’ ” Could the answer Falls, HELEN DUNLOP, Helena, conflicting activities or bad weather have been “A chance of normal tem­ DOROTHY DRYDEN, Missoula. Treas­ to keep her away from our meetings perature, thank you, and the possibil­ urer of Billings M.P.A. is NORMA for quite some time — including the ity of a rise in blood-pressure through­ ROWLAND. By the looks of this list building of a delightful summer camp, out the day” ? of busy women there might be more located 5 miles by water from the than myself who will lake advantage nearest road. She hopes it will be well of a January rest. established by June so our Chapter LAST CALL For The November meeting held in the can enjoy a weekend there, and made AE Scholarship Candidates airport dining room at the Great Falls our mouths water with ideas for bar- January 15th Airport was attended by 19 members bequeing, fish frying, wafer activities. Section Scholarship Chairmen and 3 guests. One guest, FLO MA­ Too early in the winter, with the nas­ JERUS, co-pilot with JOAN ORLEY tiest weather still ahead of us, to be­ in our race this summer, gave KAY gin eating our hearts out for our good her application for membership. Most southern summers yet! But it was a of the state was represented except for nice thought, and we look forward to it. NORTHWEST the Missoula area, where fog kepi the planes on the ground. Also attending were JAN PHILLIPS, SECTION BARBARA TEER, YVONNE RYDER, Committee appointments announced JIMMIE LAFLEUR, WEEZIE OG­ by Chairman ELSIE were, DOROTHY DEN, NITA DELARODERIE, MOLLY SABO, Scrapbook; PAT JOHNSON, Air STOCKWELL, MARY JANE PREST- Space Education, for the Chapter and RIDGE, PAT WARD, PATSY JONES, also for the Section; PAT ECTON, MONTANA CHAPTER DEE COMEAUX and GINNY SMITH, Flying Activities; VIVIEANNE Bev. Ledbetter, Reporter almost all with 49%ers or, where ap­ SCHRANK, Nominating Committee. propriate, a date. Already mentioned I, for one, am glad that January The December meeting was held at in attendance were FOY and PHIL follows December. It is the one month the airport with a ride to downtown WEST, HELEN HOOKS and GLORIA of the year when I can relax and pre­ and lunch at Jorgensen’s. At’ this m eet­ WARD. We were sorry that PAT and pare myself for all the months ahead. ing, Missoula was present but all C. J. CHRIST were unable to attend Each month following January gets planes from the north and east were (but we enjoyed the homemade candy busier until December and the end of frozen stiff due to 20 below zero wea­ she sent) because C. J. had a charter the year. ther. Discussion of the possibility for trip that kept him out of town late. a sectional air race this year was one Speaking of being busy, I haven't Also missed ILENE WEBER, who item of business. Next meeting to be been alone this year. There were sev­ was working late making extra money in Great Falls with Havre a possibil­ eral student pilots in the state who for Christmas. And, of course, our two ity for February. were busy flying and adding up their “ghost members” from New Orleans, hours to be Private Pilots. According Big Sky Flying ALICE CAGLE and JEAN DeJAR- to my records, such as they are, Mon­ Flying news is light this month. Cold NETTE. tana Chapter has 13 new members to weather and fog in some areas have We thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful add to its roster, making a total of 52 limited the flying of many. slides that DR. WEST was kind enough for the Chapter. ANN HAFER, DORO­ Over the river and over the woods, to show us and narrate, taken in the THY CRAIG, ELEANOR GREENING, to Grandmother’s house the LEDBET- Bahamas and in Moscow this past MARY COMBS, PHYLLIS PODMORE, TERs flew for Thanksgiving. Pocatello summer when he and FOY were there. of Billings, JUANITA HUBBER, Butte, and Caldwell, Idaho where turkey was They have promised to show us more, MARY ANN JORDON, Wilsall, CAROL the menu for the day. Storm clouds one country at the time, and we will FRASER, JOAN ORLEY, MADONNA covered the route home but at 14,000 hold them to it. We were fascinated. SMITH. FLO MAJERUS, Lewistown, it was a beautiful sunny day. We had GLORIA and DAVE are planning to RHODA JOHNSON, Malta, MARJORIE it timed to get to Great Falls for lunch and while there visited with LU HAYS preparing eggs “any way you sented ILOVENE with a gold medal­ NELSON and KEN who were out for want them as long as they are fried” ; lion charm for her bracelet to be ap­ a heal flight in their new Mooney. MARCY WOLFARD, who flips a mean propriately engraved. ELSIE CHILDS family visited in pancake, stockpiling ahead for a fam­ Low ceilings and lots of Oregon mist Joliet, Wyo. with family and friends ine; and MARION BUSBY mixing pan­ ’ ave kept us grounded here in the :t Thanksgiving, returning just in cake batter with one hand and turn­ Northwest, however, LILLIAN LEWIS t'ime for high winds and snow to cre­ ing t''e ham with the other—versatile did manage to sneak into Troutdale ate excitement. girl, MARION. This was a real group from Pendleton (after being weathered SHAREL BITZ and PEARL MAGILL effort’ with donated equipment and ma­ in there overnight) just a half-inch took part in a Search and Rescue terials, including the labors of 49%ers ahead of the lowering ceiling. LIL­ flight made in the Glasgow, Malta, HOMER HARRIS, FRED DAUFEL, LIAN says she learned a lot from Havre area. SHAREL also flew stu­ and BILL ELMORE who were kept that trip, but is still figuring out just dents from the H avre High Geography busy chopping firewood for hot wa­ what! ter, pumping up Coleman stoves, mov­ class, who with their teacher observed “GILLY” GILLILAND tells us her ing picnic tables and dispensing with the different types of farm and ranch trip to Las Vegas to attend the Fly­ constructive criticism. We all had so soil conservation in the area. ing Physicians Convention was most much fun we’re going to do it again. Billings 99 members ANN HAFER, enjoyable with fairly decent weather DOROTHY CRAIG, NORMA ROW­ Prior to the Chuckwagon Breakfast down and back. She has been passing LAND, and BOBBIE KRAMER helped a short business meeting for the pur­ out interesting tidbits of information with the plans for the successful M PA pose of electing officers was held. gleaned from various aircraft repre­ Spaghetti feed com plete wit'h the juice Elected for the coming year was JO- sentatives and as soon as these are of the grape and lively dances by NEAL HARRIS — Chairman; ANN all put together we’ll report on them. those attending. BROWN—Vice-Chairman; KATHY EL­ KATHY ELMORE has been busy PUD LOVELACE flew commercial MORE — Secretary; and ETHELYN utilizing her airplane for business trips to Oklahoma to attend the Tulsa and OPHEIM—Treasurer. about the state, and combining these trips with some IFR dual. I think a Mont. State football gam e. While in The October meeting was held at check-ride is in the very near future the state she visited he 99 H eadquar­ JO-NEAL’s home (which is always a ters at Oklahoma City. here. BILL and ELEANOR BAILEY along More next month after our Christ­ with relatives from Calgary made a Nominations for mas party has taken place—this pro­ trip to Iowa City on business. ELEA­ mises to be a doozer, and everyone NOR had her 99 Directory along and International Officers is busy thinking up exchange gifts. had a nice visit with St. Louis mem­ Due March 1st ber, AMY LAWS. AMY’s 13 year old PUGET SOUND CHAPTER daughter baby-sat for them so they Jeaivna Reeves, Reporter could enjoy a nite on the town. They delight to visit) and plans for the BETTY CURRAN, our new Chapter enjoyed a visit t’o the St. Louis Zoo forthcoming year were discussed. It’s Chairman, had quite an experience last and McDonnell planetarium. really gratifying to see a 90% attend­ week. While coming into Paine Field Hope everyone has many fun filled ance at’ our various meetings or pro­ on instruments in her lovely new Cess­ trips in ’67 and Happy Landings. jects with interested and spirited dis­ na 310, both engines went out due to cussion on whatever subjects are a possible plugged gas line. BETTY brought up. We have some really con­ NORTHWEST OREGON CHAPTER was talking to the tower when She structive ideas “in the works.” Katliy Elmore, Reporter realized she did not have enough al­ Our Chuckwagon Breakfast in Sep­ N ovem ber 19th, it was this Chap­ titude to make a landing at the field, tember was a tremendous success. We ter’s privilege to host a luncheon at so it was into Port Gardner Bay, doing were able to add to the treasury and Bart’s Wharf honoring our new Gov­ a perfect wheels up landing. The t’ow- have a lot of fun too. Despite incle­ ernor, ILOVENE POTTER. ILOVENE er said that BETTY talked to them ment weather over a lot of the North­ flew to Portland in her Apache IFR all the way down, and have nothing west’, we had a good attendance, and to attend this luncheon. As well as 13 but admiration for her calmness and those whose airports were socked in, of our Chapter members, we had three her presence of mind. BETTY said braved the freeway traffic to partake guests attending; DIANNA RORER she made the best landing of her of our goodies. Races and a treasure who was recently licensed, MARY LEE career and stepped from her sinking hunt for the children provided a lot SNELL who has just soloed, and plane to a fishing boat, getting just of laughter and fun for them with ev­ KATHY SMITH who is taking her Pri­ one foot wet. The helicopter from eryone getting a “prize.” Highlights vate Pilot checkride in the very near Paine Field had taken off to rescue were: BARBARA DAUFEL singing future. Also attending were members BETTY before she hit the water. “Happy Breakfast to You” to our first from other Oregon Chapters including They lowered a sling for her to the customer: ETHELYN (our tenacious dauntless BONNIE BRADFORD, Wil­ fishing boat and whisked her to the Treasurer) OPHEIM scurrying from lamette Valley Chapter Chairman, dispensary. She was in great shape one end of the Scappose Park to the who drove in from Eugene. A good and the only problem was that she other, money jar in one hand and check time was had by all, and climaxing had lost her shoes with the plane. list in the other, pausing only to m ake the luncheon, ANN BROWN and NONA BETTY said that she opened the door mysterious squiggles on her notebook PLAMONDON won the turkey table to the plane before she hit the water, or to accept more money; BOBBIE centerpieces. JO-NEAL HARRIS pre­ fearing that the door would jam on America as they can. We certainly and trees, fill in ruts, do repairs and will miss MARY BETH. help paint. One weekend was spent MARGARET AMES and husband scraping, painting, and fixing. Even PERCY have been flying to California FRAN and husband DARYL came up for all the Washington games played and scraped paint. Her baby is due there. PERCY is a real avid pilot and any time so that’ w as real dedication. they do a great deal of flying. MAR­ FRAN is a loyal supporter of our ac­ GARET has been doing a lot of flying tivities. and practicing. She and PERCY with To all the chapters of the 99s a very several other planes of friends travel Merry Christmas and a Happy New to Mexico frequently to enjoy the sun­ Year from the Puget Sound Chapter. ny clim es. WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER BETTY VAN BUSKIRK and BETTY Rivka A. Pratt, Reporter CURRAN flew fo Bellingham for the Washington Pilots Association to show Our last meeting was held at the films of their race in the recent Pow­ home of one of our newest members, der Puff Derby. They were treated to KAREN WYMAN. DON FROST, from dinner and were well received. the Federal Aviation Agency showed MARCHINE DEXTER painting panel MARCHINE DEXTER drove t'o Ta­ us a couple of films, with commen­ marker at Skykomish emergency air­ coma to the annual convention of the tary, on “Wake Turbulence” and strip 011 west side of Steven’s Pass, Washington Pilots Association. MAR­ “ Mountain Flying.” I am sure we all Cascade Mountains. CHINE is working like a beaver for learned a new thing or two from these her Instructors Rating and has gone films about the necessity of using ex­ impact. We are pretty proud of her to work for DARYL WILLARD’s Fly­ treme care in both conditions of fly­ and greatly relieved t'hat she is fine. ing Service at Paine Field. She had ing. There were 18 members present BETTY is getting a new Cessna 310 been working for an engineering firm and 5 guests. soon. BETTY and her close friend as a draftsman, but she loves being VAN ANDERSON had planned a GEORGIA McLEOD left for Hawaii where the action is. flight for MRS. MAJESKY’s Wing three days later, having planned the Troop but because of the lousy wea­ MILDRED PEARSON, our new Sec­ Hawaiian trip for quite some time. ther they had to settle for seeing two retary, and retiring President, has They plan to charter a plane to ex­ films and (he control tower at the Ren­ been doing lots of flying in her plane. plore I he outlying islands. ton Airport’. VAN did wheel her plane She and: MARCHINE m ade a trip over out for the youngsters to go over it MARCHINE DEXTER and JEANNE Ross Dam, Shagif Valley, Darrington, thoroughly and ask questions about it. REEVES flew to Spokane to the Fall and Mount Pilchuck. We on the Coast TERRY KELLOGG and her 49tier Sectional and have nothing but occu- have had beautiful fall weather and DAVE have been doing some interest­ lades for the fine job the Eastern so we have been taking full advantage ing traveling around. On one of their Washington Chapter did in hosting the of it to fly. Sectional. MARCHINE had a chance trips, DAVE was the test pilot on the lo fly a Citabra acrobatic plane at BETTY CURRAN figures that she new Drummond Goose 2 Jet Turbo Fells Field. On their return trip home has put in over 200 hours in her Cess­ Prop plane. weather forced them to go by way na 310, and ov er 100 hours in her Bo­ CAROL TULICH is working to be a of the Columbia River Gorge. Both nanza in this last year. Computer Programer at Seattle Com­ emerged from (heir plane prelty stiff JEANNE REEVES has started fly­ munity College in a course on Data and tired, from the long ride. ing again after much prodding and Processing. She is still working on BETTY CURRAN and BETTY VAN pushing and being told she's not get­ putting her own plane together. BUSKIRK flew to San Fancisco re­ ting any younger. That did the trick. JOYCE HARDING and family have cently to pick up relatives of BETTY She is having a ball going out every moved into their new home on Mercer V. due to the recent airlines strike. day for an hour flying. And the hours Island and DOTTY DAUB is busy are building up. building theirs in the same area. NITA MATHESON flew to Colorado At our election of officers we elected via jet to visit friends for two weeks. BETH OLIVER has been very, very BETTY CURRAN, Chairman; MAR­ She said they had snow already which busy. She has been asked to be on CHINE DEXTER, Vice Chairman; is a bit early for October. the Advisory Committee for Aero MILDRED, Secretary; and NITA Space Education for the combined FRAN FITZPATRICK is awaiting MATHESON, Treasurer. schools of Renton, Seattle, etc. She is her second child so has not been fly­ RON PRETTI of the Washington doing a lot of teaching. Her applica­ ing for some months and is very eager State Aeronautics Commission told tion has been submitted for the Ame­ to get back into the air. The baby is MARCHINE of the several state emer­ lia Earhart Scholarship to work fur­ due any day now. gency fields which needed work to ther on her ATR. Her 49%er is busy MARY BETH HECLA and husband, keep them useful. She volunteered then flying his company’s planes fo Hong CURTIS, have flown off to Peru, South and there to fake on the Skykomish Kong, Tokyo, Palm Springs, and way America to live for the next two Strip. Since this Chapter is so small, points. They were both Instructors at years. He is an engineer for the U. S. and there was some muscle work in­ (he AOPA Plantation Party. Government. They plan to charter a volved, She enlisted the aid of som e Our Governor, ILOVENE POTTER, plane and explore as much of South of the Washington Pilots fo cut brush has certainly been taking her job ser­ iously. So far she has visited the Wyo­ EL CAJON VALLEY CHAPTER fair were BERTHA CLINE, JANE ming Chapter, stopped in Rapid City, Dottie Sanders, Reporter JANSSEN, HAZEL HOHN, DORIS South Dakota where she saw both the Our December meeting bypassed E ACRE T, MARCIA STANFORD, North and South Dakota girls. On No­ Ninety-Nine business, but carried out FRAN GUSTAVSON, LOIS BROWN, vember 11th she called on the Boise the purpose of The Ninety-Nines with ELAINE BROWN, DOROTHY Idaho Chapter and on November 19th a “close relationship among women STAUFF, JUDY HISLE and DE she was entertained at a luncheon at pilot’s” by having a friendly get-to­ BAER. We were delighted to wel­ Bart’s Wharf by the Northwest Ore­ gether of our Chapter at the home of come a new member to our midst, gon Chapter. About 25 to 30 guests DOTTIE CAMPBELL. Her 49%er, MARCIA STANFORD, who received were there to greet her with girls com­ DICK, furnished us with some Christ­ her license in August and already has ing in from the other Oregon Chap­ mas “Cheer” in their new home over­ 150 hours to her credit and worried ters. LUCY DRUCKER made it up looking the beautiful El Cajon Valley about’ not getting in enough time. Our from Astoria, but I haven’t heard if and Gillespie Field. An exchange of Chairman, BERTHA CLINE, held a she flew, or was flown by West Coast, Christmas gifts was held and all re­ short business meeting whereby we or maybe she drove up. The weather turned home a little richer in posses­ extracted promises from all the can be so “lousy” at Astoria. While sions and friendship. 49V2ers to help with the transportation flitting around the country, ILOVENE DOTTIE and BOB SANDERS “flew” and fie downs during the San Diego was invited to Denver, Colorado to to Palm Desert the weekend of De­ to Reno Fun Race in June. attend their Silver Anniversary Lunch­ cember 3 in their Mustang (Ford, DOROTHY and CARROLL STAUFF eon. Enroute she stopped off in Salt that is) to join Orange County Chap­ showed many beautiful color slides Lake City. ter for their “fly-in” Christmas Par­ and narrated their trip to Mazatlan PAT McGEE is a great deal hap­ ty—sorry to report we had a rainy and Puerto Vallarta amidst many col- pier now that her 49% er AL is out weekend, and only one airplane flew o r f u 1 comments from our wifty of the hospital and well on the road in. However, the spirit of those attend­ 49%ers! Seeing those gorgeous warm to recovery from a heart attack. The ing was not dampened and, as usual, beaches on a cold windy evening could last time I saw AL he looked a little Orange County did its usual outstand­ tempt one to cut the Christmas shop­ thinner, but otherwise looked like he ing job. The gifts were “out of this ping off at the pockets, leave all fhe was getting along just fine. PAT is world' ’and DOTTIE and BOB relurn- flu and cold epidemics behind and instructing some on week ends along head for the sunny Southland. What with her many other duties as a Per­ a truly perfect evening! sonal Relations gal for one of the NOMINATIONS FOR Speaking of Christmas, we hope large advertising agencies in Seattle. yours was a happy time, and that’ the All of us here in the Northwest hope INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS New Year will bring many wonderful you all have had a very JOYOUS HOL­ DUE MARCH 1st hours of: flying. IDAY SEASON and you better believe it—my only New Year’s Resolution is LONG BEACH CHAPTER going to be—have the copy ready no Katee Moskow, Reporter ed home with a Telex Microphone later than the 15th. and a Computer Key Chain. November meeting was held at AILEEN SAUNDERS played Santa FRAN CENICEROS home. The topic Claus by flying Christmas gifts to discussion these days is the Powder patient’s at Patton State Hospital who Puff Derby Terminus. The Chamber SOUTHWEST will give them lo their children at of Commerce of the SOUTH BAY Christmas. AREA CITIES are helping us exceed­ SECTION j Five of our members, with their ingly. We’re fast getting our com­ 49%ers and guests, joined San Diego mittees and crews together and coor­ Chapter at t’heir Christmas Party at dinating with them. Many will re­ PLEASE COME TO THE: the U. S. Marine Recruit Depot on member the start of fhe race in 1960. Mardi Gras Carnival Dance December 9. It was a lovely party They made many of the arrangements Eeb. 4, 196T 7:30-1:00 with lots of good food, drink, and and entertainment with great success. Spider’s Hangar—Montgomery Field warm friendship of. the Christmas Sea­ FRAN BERA CENICEROS had an Fun-Games-Dancing-Food son. opportunity to fly a Lear Jet, which Door Prizes - Costume Prizes With the Holidays a memory, we’ll seems more in keeping with her pace. Benefit “Powder Puff Derby” — be ready for a New Year of activities And BETTY flew a Cub. Amelia Earhart Scholarship and plans for 1967! JUDY and LES WAGNER are mak­ Donation $1.50 ing a nice x-country this month to Room Reservations — Sands Hotel FALLON CHAPTER Dallas, Texas for the annual A.O.A. Hwy 395 — San Diego Elaine Brown, Reporter and on to Ohio to visit relatives. Sponsored by the San Diego Chap­ On December third we held our LEE and WIN TITLE flew to Long ter of 99s Inc. Chapter meeting at the lovely home V alley to engage BOB WHITE in the Sincerely, of JUDY and BILL HISLE. Members techniques of flying-in to Tunnel Mea­ MARIAN E. BANKS and 49%ers arrived bearing various dows, a tricky high altitude field Ways & Means Chr. items of dinner and desserts — and which has almost too short a runway 4282 Middlesex Dr. what a delicious dinner it’ was! to take-off and land at times. It’s cer­ San Diego, Calif. Members attending the evening af­ tainly wise to get the info from 1he pros in that area. Then on to camping out and fishing. LUCY BROOKS flew to New York to meet hubby BILL. Was that by Tri- Pacer No. 20? She could do it. We were very happy to have as guest CAROL KENNEDY visiting from San Andreas and DIANE HENDER­ SON from Phoenix.

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER Rachel Bonzon, Reporter

On December 3, close to two hun­ dred members and guests assembled at the lovely and spacious Malibu home of JOHN and MARY DORR for the Los Angeles Chapter’s “Celebrity Night’’ dinner dance. Two large “9”s in blue lights marked the entrance fo “la casa de Dorr’’, where arrivals were greeted by LYNN OPPER and her ticket committee, and SALLY LA FORGE and her social adjustment hour committee, in blue cocktail aprons decorated with glittery 99s.

Hanging over the indoor fountain Los Angeles Chapter Chairman ANN LODWIG, presenting plaques to enter­ was a large Ninety-Nine emblem en­ tainers HEIiB SCHREINER and SUSAN OLIVER, noting their contributions closed in interlocking white and blue to General Aviation. circles, with airplanes faking off from every point of the compass. A blue- ING magazine, as guest of LOIS and has done much in a short fime lighted Christmas tree glowed in one MILES. to enhance the picture of women in corner, while out in the patio Christ­ MIRO SLOVAK, of Continental Air­ aviation. mas lights sparkled in t'he trees. Along lines, well-known racing and aerobat­ MR. HERB SCHREINER (and MRS. the shore line twinkled the lights of ic pilot, and guest of SUSAN OLIVER. SCHREINER), well known to Ninety- the beach communities, (a bonus for Out of town Ninety-Nines BARBARA Nines through his appearances at two which decoration committee CAROL SELBY-BROWN, noted pilot from the AWTAR terminus banquet’s (Atlantic LEWIS and RACHEL BONZON can Australian Section, and guest of City and Fort Lauderdale), an intre­ take no credif). CLAIRE WALTERS and BETTY pid student pilot and PBY enthusiast. Among the distinguished guests in­ FAUX; ANITA (and JACK) WOREL, MR. SCHREINER was our friendly and humorous speaker of the evening. troduced were: all the way from Vallejo; RUTH RUECKERT, International Treasurer, The San Fernando Chapter won t'he MR. VANCE BREESE, whose li­ who came from San Francisco fo be prize for the Chapter selling the larg­ cense was signed by ORVILLE with us; LOLA RICCI, Southwest Sec­ est number of tickets over twenty, WRIGHT, flew the first mail out of tion Governor; ALBERTA NICHOL­ and they will receive a scrapbook Los Angeles in 1926, designed the m on­ SON, Section Vice - Governor, who embossed with t'he Ninety-Nine em­ oplane “Aloha” which was flown to came all the way from Salt Lake blem and Chapter name. Hawaii in 1927, has m ade the first' City; and FLORENCE MOODY from Committee Chairmen and members flight in over two hundred types of Bakersfield. working on thse varied projects were: aircraft as test pilot, and belongs to MARY ANN KASLOW, VIVIAN the Test' Pilot Association, as honor­ SUSAN OLIVER left the jungles of THOMPSON, TILLIE ELEMENTS, ary fellow, and is a member of the Mexico where she is on location, fo BEULAH KEE, JEAN IVANOFF, RE­ Mach 2 Club, having flown the F-106 fly in for the occasion. SUSAN, a BECCA HELD, VIRGINIA SHOWERS, in excess of Mach 2. new L.A. Ninety-Nine, is a Commer­ cial and Instrument pilot, who placed our capable Chairman ANN LODWIG, CAPTAIN AL HALL, who is super­ second in the Aero Commander Cele­ who was everywhere at all times, and visor of Flight Training for American brity Race in Reno last September, of course MARY DORR, whose work, Airlines, and is the instructor of AUL- help, and beautiful home made this EEN (MRS. AL HALL), who has just event possible. received her Private License and is The Ides of March a prospective Ninefy-Nine. Are The Deadline MONTEREY CHAPTER CAPTAIN HOWARD MORTON, Sen­ for Dorothy M. Banzhaf, Reporter ior Captain, American Airlines, with International Officer Happy New Year to all the Ninety- MRS. MORTON. Nominations Nines everywhere, or where ever you ED MUHLFIELD, publisher of FLY­ may be promoting aviation. Monterey Bay Chapter of Ninety- NORTHERN ARIZONA CHAPTER know? She had experienced the same Nines threw one of the most exciting Ruth Smith, Reporter things! This is whaf makes Ninety- Christmas parties that this reporter Foul weather, that’s what it was the Nines so wonderful. has ever had the opportunity or pleas­ day of our regular meeting! It rained In order for you to know more about ure to enjoy. Several tables were alight for four days in Flagstaff, in Decem­ our members, I’ll try to include a with candles and warm conversation. ber yet. Anyway only 3 99s and one short sketch in each issue. First, our Aviation enthusiasts whooped through 66 were present. MARY ELLEN flew Chairman MARY ELLEN LIKEN. She fhe hilarious initiation rites of the as far as my house, 16 miles east of started taking lessons in June of 1933, 49%ers. Chapter Chairman, HELEN Flagstaff, but couldn’t get in to the soloed on E asier Sunday in 1934. R e­ SHROPSHIRE'S 49%er conducted the airport af Flagstaff. JUNE ELY was ceived her Private license in January ceremony. JACK JELLA, Flight Ex­ to have driven from Williams, but per­ of 1965 and joined our Chapter I hat aminer and Instructor for a high per­ haps the roads were too slick, because same month. MARY ELLEN now has centage of the distaff pilots: MARY she didn’t arrive. LOIS WARD drove approximately 170 hours. She lives in ELLEN EISEMANN, SUE JOHNSON from Prescott and brought two films Holbrook, Ariz., with 49%er WARREN and GENEVA CRANSTON, present from fhe FAA. These films were quite and three teenagers, MARK, JIM, and and beaming. good, “Wake Turbulence” and “Den­ LORI. Quite an interesting family, all sity Altitude.” members are interested in painting, Proud and happy new member, SUE LOIS’ daughter is moving to the east play at least one musical instrument, JOHNSON, is enthusiastic and intends coast soon, so quite naturally LOIS and own Likens Jewelry Store in Hol­ to progress onward through the ranks has her summer vacation already brook. When she isn’t working in 'the of aviation certificates. SUE received planned. Her 49y2er brought home all store or flying, MARY ELLEN’s hob­ acclaim and a plaque during ceremo­ the necessary charts and they just bies are Roses and Art. During the nies of membeship from members dur­ about reach the entire length of their time she was taking flying lessons, ing the Christmas party festivities. living room. LOIS is planning fo start MARY drove back and forth between work on her Commercial ticket soon Flagstaff and Holbrook. At that’ time Flights to Mexico were many for and then on to her Instrument. Good there was no instructor in Holbrook. members in ’66. A flight to Acapulco Luck! In addition to all this, MARY ELLEN and a trip to Taxco to bring the door- In my last newsletter, I mentioned is also a Registered Nurse. prize of a silver candle snuffer to the Christmas party was made by PALOMAR CHAPTER HELEN SHROPSHIRE and GENEVA Mary M. Moons, Reporter CRANSTON. The prize won by Host, LAST CALL For MR. EISEMANN. AE Scholarship Candidates As wifh all new groups, our new January 15th Chapter was faced with raising funds The New Year money raising pro­ for an empty treasury. For our first Section Scholarship Chairmen ject for AWTAR entails Penny-A-Pound effort, we held a pot luck dinner at flights originating from money-making GERTR U D E LOCKWOOD’ S in Octo­ booth at Watsonville Airport. The date ber, inviting the San Diego and El articles for sale by the Northern Ari­ for Antique plane annual fly-in will Cajon Chapters and their 49%ers and zona Chapter. Even though they will be the last week end of M ay 1967, to charging everyone $1.00 a head. We appear in the roster, I would like to be located at Watsonville. had a marvelous array of food served include the basic information here. on a beautifully decorated patio. ETH­ Matches—while with compass rose Our Chapter wishes to congratulate EL MAE (SKIP) DARWIN (a new pri­ in blue. Box of 50 books, $1.75 post­ KAY BRICK, one of our First Ladies vate pilot) was accepted as a new paid; 2 boxes $2.95 postpaid. North­ of Aviation and this year recipient of member during Ihe short business ern Arizona Chapter, Order from the FAA’s Certificate of Commenda­ meeting. tion, “In recognition of exceptional JEAN DECK, P. O. B ox 29, Wins­ PAM VAN DER LINDEN, HILDA leadership of the All-Woman Trans­ low, Arizona 86047 PETTROSS, NELL CONNOLLY, and continental Air Race, which not only Lighters—Silver with compass rose STELLA HESSE participated in a has demonstrated the safety and util­ on front’; back ideal for engraving. race between Brown Field and Ramo­ ity of general aviation, but which fur­ Lifetim e guarantee. Gift boxed; $5.95 na as part of the Air Show at Brown ther has reflected the major contribu- includes mailing charges. Quantity Field and their share of the proceeds I’ons of women to the progress of prices available. Northern Arizona from this were added to the treasury AMERICAN CIVIL AVIATION.” Chapter. Order from JEAN DECK, P. O. Box 29, Winslow, Arizona 85047 putting us healthily in the black. Rounding out activities of the Mon­ DOT WARD has resigned from our ESTHER WHITT and her husband, terey Chapter of 99s was a competi­ Chapter and from Ninety - Nines. We LOUIS, flew their Piper Tripacer to tive sport in aviation, a spot landing deeply regret that’ circumstances seem­ the Sectional meeting at Orange Coun­ contest to sharpen the flying acumen ed to make this move necessary, how­ ty, stayed overnight at' the Newpor­ of participants and winners: MARY ever we sincerely hope that she will ter, and visited the Tallman - Mantz LAIL, NATALIE BOSSIO of Santa be able to join us once again, soon. Air Museum. BRAD and MARY PEAR­ Clara Chapter, contenders and JER- DOT’s enthusiasm about flying was SON, NELL and PAT CONNOLLY, RIE HALFPENNY, HELEN SHROP­ contagious, I think . . . I was just on and MARY MOONS flew Flight Trail's SHIRE and GENEVA CRANFORD — the verge of giving up the whole thing Cherokee ‘6’ up for the afternoon meet­ MARY, number one; JERRIE num­ when I was taking lessons, and I talk­ ing and evening banquef. ber two and NAT, third. ed to her — one day. What do you At the November meeting, IVA WALTERS and WANDA MILLER from the Coachella Valley Chapter trans­ ferred to our Chapter, and FLUELLEN HOLIDAY, after receiving her Pri­ vate Pilot’s license, was approved for membership.

Our Air Marking Chairman, DORIS JANISZ reported she had found 3 air­ ports, 5 roofs and 2 empty lots to mark. PAM VAN DER LINDEN passed her FAA written exam for her Instrument Rating, and IVA WALTERS was ap­ pointed our Contest Chairman.

Event's planned for the near future are our Christmas Party which will be held December 10 at the Fallbrook Country Club and a “Splash Down” at Lake Havasu on February 4. All 99s will be given the chance to exper­ ience a landing on water in a new Lake aircraft.

PHOENIX CHAPTER Marjy Crowl, Reporter “ Coming down for a landing” at JUNE KAISER’s tri-level home in Glendale, Arizona during the Christmas party are bottom step I. to r. SUSAN STORM, Whaf a bang - up Christmas party Secretary, and MARY VIAL, Chapter Chairman. 2nd step, FREDA TOLIVER we had at JUNE KAISER’s home in and ALICE ROBERTS, International President, 3rd step, MARJY CROWL, Re­ Glendale, Arizona! International Pres­ porter and GINNY MOSER, Corresponding Secretary. ident ALICE ROBERTS and her 49%er, CHARLIE, were there. Outgo­ McWHIRTER, and WILMA BLAND ing Section Governor PAT LAMBART, were also in evidence on all three her 49%er, RICK, and little PATRICK levels. Newest additions EVELYN were “on deck” (literally—JUNE has SASSER and SUE HARPER had a 3-level house). Present Chapter 49%ers KEITH and BILL there to Chairman MARY VIAL and her 49%er, participate in initiation. DEE SOUTH­ GEORGE, were present; also Past Chapter Chairman, TRUDY MURPHY. ARD, 99 with FAA at Blythe, was de- GINNY MOSER, our Corresponding light’ful guest, as were RUTH and OSCAR KHAK, and SARA SONSTAG Secretary, and her 49% er, BILL, and JIM MACCARI. Just in case any­ seemed to be having a good time. one is wondering why the 49%er shows SUSAN STORM, Secretary, and 49%er up so much in the foregoing — it is be­ JOE kept busy all evening. Publicity Chairman, FREDA TOLIVER, and her cause the highlight of the evening was the 49% er initiation ceremony, which 49%er, MICKEY, “Polaroided” most TRUDY MURPHY, outgoing Chair­ of the time. RUTH REINHOLD and was hilarious! Understand that this man of the Phoenix Chapter, recevies JUANITA NEWELL (with their particular one was based on that ori­ a gift presented on behalf of the 49%ers, BOB and ELGIN, respective­ ginated by Las Vegas Chapter, to Chapter by Chairman MARY VIAL whom we are grateful. ly) wore glamorous gowns that just at installation luncheon held at Ra- had lo be photographed in color. JIMMYE LOU SHELTON spent a mada Inn, Phoenix. Membership Chairman, JO ANN WIN- few days at ROY ROGERS’ place in TERLING and her 49%er, LEO, had Apple Valley — know many people much to do with the major ceremony cial, brought her 49%er, PRICE. Wel­ would like that! She still goes up to of the evening. GRETCHEN YING- comed Blacksheep JEAN BURDICK the Bay Area about once a month un­ LING and 49%er, AL. were there, and her 49% er back into the fold. til the time they move permanently. flank goodness—was beginning to be­ JESSIE WIMMERS with JOEL R. MELBA BEARD recently returned lieve they had completely deserted us BAKER, BETH USHER with ROY from California, where she spent two in favor of Scottsdale Squadron of Civ­ weeks. She is busy working on her il Air Patrol! Scrapbook Chairman, airplane—wants it in readiness for the ANNE DAVIS, and 49%er, TED will NEXT NEWS DEADLINE Annual Antique Airplane Association’s gleen many pictures from party t'o meet at Marana scheduled for Feb­ add to collection. MARY LOU BROWN, JANUARY 20th ruary 4 and 5, 1967. JUNE KAISER who sends us those newsy news notes enjoyed her recent trip to Mexico. and who has a brand new Commer- SUE HARPER is scheduled to fly in MRS. HELEN MORGAN & son; MR. & MRS. W. SCHOVY; MRS. MARI­ ANNE MCDONALD; GERALDINE MICKELSEN & nephew, DANNY; MRS. RUTH LUMMIS & BONNEY; MRS. KAMMEYER; JUDGE & MRS. ARTHUR EISSINGER; MR. & MRS. J. P. BREEN; MRS. COBB; MR. & MRS. FRED TOWNSEND; MRS. W. BOWLER & son CHRIS; and MRS. N. BROWN. Our September meeting was held at Poseys Restaurant, welcoming our new officers: LaRUE BROWN, Chairman; VIJA BERRY, Vice-Chairman; VIR­ GINIA TOWNSEND, Secretary; LIL­ LIAN GRAY, Treasurer; MARIANNE McDONALD, Membership Chairman; DONNA PRITCHARD, Publicity; and JUANITA BOWLER, News Reporter. And a BIG THANK YOU to CAROL HAMMOND and the girls for a job w ell done. Those attending the meeting were, ANITA WOREL, guest from Vallejo, Evidence of some of the “fun and games” af the Phoenix Chapter Christmas Chairman Redwood Empire Chapter; party. L. to R. are SUSAN STORM, her 49er JOE, hostess JUNE KAISER, JANET MEYER, also from Redwood MICKEY TOLIVER 49'ter, and his 99 FREDA. Empire Chapter; GERALDINE MICK­ ELSEN had as her guest, a long time fhe competition in aerobatics set for SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER friend RETA SUTHERLAND, who is a January 15, 1967 at Wickenburg, also Juanita Bowler, Reporter 99; M ARIANNE McDONALD, guests GLO FONG, LORAIN HERY, ELIZA­ target of the month for 99s. JANE Saturday, Septem ber 17 couldn’t have BETH FRIEDLER, ELLEN WAD­ LOCKWOOD plays golf in all our love­ been a nicer day for our bus trip to DELL; MARILYN JAKS and mother, ly weather and plans to spend her Oakland, where we had lunch at Jack MRS. WINIFRED SWITZER, who is time in Caifornia after being here dur­ London Square. Then on over to the a new pilot; HELEN MORGAN, trans­ ing the hoidays for the first' time. 75,000 ton A ircraft Carrier, USS R ang­ ferring from All Ohio Chapter—Thanks JUANITA NEWELL and RUTH REIN­ er. CMDR. BRYAN B. BROWN and for joining us; DOROTHY ANDER­ HOLD are difficult to keep up with — CAPT. WILLIAM M. HARNISH made SON, new member, NEW PILOT, 43:30 always on a flight here or there. DOR­ it possible for us to have a very en­ and 30 seconds; LT. JOYCE REESE, OTHY McLEOD, now in school in Se­ joyable and informative visit. They from Chico, new Commercial License attle, Washington, should be back dur­ had just returned from duty in Viet ing 1967. Gals we hope and expect to Nam and were on their way t'o Wash- — rejoining WAC, and asked for Viet see more of in 1967 are THELMA Nam. LaRUE BROWN; guest LYN BIEGERT, LOUISE BOYD, BETTY SPEZIA, “License Pending,” via hus­ JEAN BURRITT, NORMA CASSIDY, band’s convenience; CAROL BLOOM; LAST CALL For BETTY CONDON, RUTH T. CROMER, guest ADELAIDE MORRIS, new pilot; VIRGINIA HASH, JANE LOCKWOOD, AE Scholarship Candidates AUDREY SNOVEL, 2nd. meeting; BETTE SHARMAN, KAY TAVORMI- January 15th DENE DACHNER, from Davis; VIR­ NA and M ARY W EAVER. Section Scholarship Chairmen GINIA TOWNSEND; guest PHYLLIS Chapter Christmas project this last TAYLOR; THELMA CULL; guest year was Girls’ Ranch, which is a HELEN BEEDLE; DARLENE GIL­ pet program of VIRGINIA HASH. This ington for a complete overhaul. We MORE; EDITH BREWER; ELAINE needed our walking shoes, as they LANCASTER; DOROTHY HUNTLEY; is the same organization for which a went all out to explain everything ESTER PHIPPS; FLORENCE flight is planned each summer, and from top to bottom and from end to BREEN; DONNA PRITCHARD; LIL­ for which JUANITA NEWELL came end. But it was well worth it to all of LIAN GRAY; CAROL HAMMOND; up with a donor to pay for all the us, incuding husbands, children, and BETH SCHOOF; DONNA MARTIN; breakfasts for the girls from the friends, especially the boys. and JUANITA BOWLER. Ranch on that day—and have been We had a full bus, and a full day! October 26, we were invited to We left Sacramento at' 0800 and were MATHER AIR FORCE BASE, for a told that most of them order ham bur­ back at 1800, all 33 of us: MR. & MRS. tour of the ONLY navigation training gers and malt's for that breakfast! W. GILMORE & son; MRS. HASKELL school in USAF. After meeting our Let’s make 1967 a great year for all BERRY & two sons; MRS. NEIL host's, CAPT. CHARLES RAIN EY, LT. flying projects! CULL & guest, BLANCHE BRYANS; WHITE, and LT. JERE GAINER, we SAN FERNADO VALLEY CHAPTER Jeanne Day, Reporter

Our heartiest congratulations to LOLA RICCI, newly elected Governor df the Southwest Section. As a charter member of our Chapter, she is one of our most active and experienced pilots, and a devoted member. Bouquets, too, to LIBBY SVENSON who is not only our new Chapter Chairman but has also been .appointed to the Nominating Com­ mittee for our Section. ELLEN TRIN- DLE has accepted the task of Public Relations Officer for Ninety-Nines In­ ternational. She represented the 99s (and was the only woman delegate present) at the planning conference to be held in Las Vegas next year. LOIS WEAVER is the new Chairman of the Nominating Committee for the Ninety-Nines International. We are proud of our hardworking girls! We are also proud of all our girls who support our activities. Nineteen of our Chapter members attended the Southwest Sectional at Newport Beach. Seventeen members, plus their guests, attended the fly-in to George Air Force Helping to promote their project for the Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund are Base on Oct. 18th. We were bussed Sacramento Valley Chapter members I. to r. VIJA BERRY, encouraging from Apple Valley to the base and then CAROL HAMMOND and LaRUE BROWN to swing the prop of the N-3-N WWII given a brief orientation on the- high trainer. It was the closest type of plane that the gals could find to get their altitude chamber. After lunch at the NCO Club, we visited the tower and message across promoting the premiere showing of “ The Blue Max” movie. flight line where we saw F104s and Phantoms right up close. Earlier in were shown movies; then taken on a the sale of tickets. Guess it was be­ the month FLO DITTMAR, PAT GAR­ tour of the ground training facilities. cause of gals like CAROL HAMMOND, LAND, JUDY P A R K E R , and. ARDIE telling her husband, either sell or BUY, All very interesting, especially the Ce­ TRENHOLM checked out at FL 39 in so what' else? LaRUE BROWN must lestial Navigation, and they have all the high altitude chamber. They heart­ have made everyone buy a ticket be­ the best and latest in navigational ily recommend this experience for all fore they could get in or out of the equipment, Radar, VORTAC, etc. After pilots. lunch in the Officers’ Club, they took airport. All the girls and husbands KATHY BLACK has won her Com­ us up in the T-29 training plane, the really worked to make it a success. flying classroom. I wish I could have It is a picture everyone should see, mercial license and passed her writ­ ten for Flight Instructor. BERNADINE seen the surprised look on the con­ even non-pilots would enjoy. In keep­ BENNING recently checked out at trol tower operator’s face when VIJA ing with ‘The Blue Max,’ we had a Chino to fly for the Forest Service. BERRY asked for take off instructions. German Band from Sacramento State LINDA DENSMORE flew to Crystalaire Each one of us had a working desk College; our thanks to BILL SHARP. Country Club where JAN WOOD tows seat where they work their problems It was a great success, thanks to ev­ gliders most weekends. AUDREY in flight. It really is wonderful being eryone! SCHUTTE is an aerial commuter to 99, for so many reasons, like these VICKI CRANE passed her Commer­ Monterey where her husband is on tem­ extra nice things we get to see and do cial. Yours truly, flying again, after porary active duty instructing in heli­ that other people never get the chance five years, feels good. CLAIRE RAL­ copters. FLO HUTCHINSON has been to do. EY and husband TOM, off to Miami enjoying some night flights while her and DARLENE GILMORE and hus­ LaRUE BROWN, our Chairman, had husband takes pictures with his new band GIL off to Australia again so the October meeting at her lovely home camera. MARGARET WARD is still they were not able to be with us. Bet in Rio Vista. After the very delicious waiting for the doctor to slip her they are having fun tho. dinner, we started making plans fox- tiedown ropes, so she can be airborne I still have news but will save for sponsoring the Gala Premier of ‘The again. BETTY STORRS and family next time. Blue Max’—benefit of AMELIA EAR­ took their Aztec to, Alabama, Philadel­ HART Scholarship Fund. We had to phia, and points East, including a guarantee the Crest Theater 500 tick­ LAST CALL for AE Scholarship flight up the Hudson, but not under ets at $3.00 each. And we did. I hear Candidates January 15th those bridges! EDDIE WHITE and we sold over 1000, even had to stop Section Scholarship Chairmen SYBIL BIBERMAN flew to Willits, LINDA DENSMORE took her first flight in ,a tricycle gear when she rode in a Debonair. In her own plane, she went to San Diego for Thanksgiving and had an interesting landing between TWO 727’s. E X P E D IT E ! ANNETTE SEYDEL watched a Co­ manche make a REAL short field land­ ing—he touched down AND stopped ,at the numbers. Forgot to lower gear! JEANNE DAY and spouse did some plane-camping at Death Valley over the holidays. “Hey, lady, does ALL that stuff go in your plane?” FLORA HUTCHINSON made the fly- in to Bermuda Dunes. Then she took a neighbor to lunch at Ventura. True to form, the restaurant wasn’t open. Is it ever? VIRGINIA RAINWATER got to fly her first taildragger when she took up a Citabria and practiced half-rolls around a point. No parachute, so no full-rolls. San Fernando Valley Chapter member ARDIE TRENHOLM, “Skywitch” of BETTY STORRS hasn’t untied her KGIL Skywatch, plugging the 99s on BOB BARKER’S “ Truth or Consequences” plane this month, but did lots of skiing show. ARDIE is the only girl in the world who pilots an aircraft for traffic instead. information. MARGARET WARD is so glad to be airborne again, after the doctor certi­ rode on the Skunk Railroad, and then Christmas baskets to our two local fied her wings airworthy. Flew to flew to the new 20th Hole Airport at towers. The baskets, filled with home­ Bakersfield and Palm Springs. the El Dorado Country Club. NITA made Christmas goodies, are our way MARILYN ARNOLD has been taking LOVELESS attended the AOPA Plan­ of saying thanks for being so helpful dual instrument, and did two dual in­ tation Party and took the Instrument all year long. strument x-countries. refresher course; highly recommend­ Our members have been doing lots AUDREY SCHUTT flew to San ed. ARDIE TRENHOLM is now fam ­ of flying. ELLEN TRINDLE and LIB- Jose in 54 minutes (by Electra, yet). ous as the girl who stumped the panel D'Y SVENSO'N and their “ spousi” have She retrieved one Bonanza and one on “Truth or Consequences.” No one just returned from a 2-plane caravan husband; glad to have both home again. guessed she was KGIL’s “Skywiitoh.” to Baja, California. They went all the LORELI CANGIANO went to the LORE LI CANGIANO reports that of way to Cabo San Lucas, and caught Berm uda Duneis flynin in beautiful the delightful places they visited in lots of fish. LIB also found out that morning weather, but almost got IFR- Mexico, Tepic was the best. There, “Maester Romero no feex ze brakes ed out of her home field upon return. they met the owner of a plantation, al­ so good .” LOLA RICCI flew to Cable, Hesperia, so a pilot, who treated them royally. BETTYE FRY flew to San Jose, and to Bermuda Dunes. Her father, a WWI German Air Force picked up another 99, and flew on to VESTA MALTEY reported that her pilot found an old buddy in M exico Tahoe. She also got a flight in to plane was damaged when someone City—small world, eh? SHIRLEY Santa Rosa. EDDIE WHITE flew two taxied into it on the taxi strip, and CLARK has been touring around So. airplanes in one day, a new first in her only recently is it flyable again. Calif., in the Gypsy Moth, which she logbook. loves though she worries about the FLORENCE DITTMAR reported that CATHY BLACK says she has been 37-year-old engine! SHIRLEY THOM coming back from Mexico she was so busy, she has only had time to do was just notified that she is official cleared out of San Diego on special some local flying. LIZ CROWLEY, timer for the 1967 AWTAR. VFR when her radios and lights went HELEN KEEL, and SHIRLEY THOM out. She found out that you can get Season’s greetings to all who fly, agreed that this has been their case, a green light from Orange County who help us to fly, and who would too. tower by buzzing the tower! ’Twas like to fly. And that shouldn’t leave LOIS MILES flew to San Jose twice all legal, though. anybody out. over the Thanksgiving holidays. MARGE MORONG reported that her The annual Christmas party was husband is still checking out their new a huge success at the home tof LORELI E Bonanza, and soon it will be HER CANGIANO. Following a delicious buf­ Nominations for turn. fet arranged by LINDA DENSMORE International Officers JEAN FRIEZNER just received her and committee, the group of 99s and Due March 1st Private Pilot’s license and is getting 49ers enjoyed a V egas Night. checked out in her own Beech Muske­ Our Chapter is prepared to present teer. SAN GABRIEL CHAPTER and about 20 people showed up at Ogden, RONALD LAVINS, JOHN Dorothy Foxon, Reporter Nogales Airport, from which we were STREETERS, DONALD MACKEYS, The potluck meeting, held at the driven to Nogales, Sonora, for Christ­ NORMAN ANDREASONS, KAY home of DOROTHY FOXON and MAR­ mas shopping. When we all were pick­ BEERS and her date, ELOISE WIL­ JORIE SCHULTZ, revealed that the ed up, loaded with packages, and COX and her Flight Instructor, San Gabriel members pretty well hungry, we were driven back for a WAYNE SIMPSON, and BARBARA covered the United States, Canada, delicious lunch of Mexican food at BARLOW (husband was out of town) and Alaska on flying vacations. Mex­ FRAN FRANCIS’. Her new home is and her father, MR. FINLEY WILKIN­ ico will be included this month with lovely and is situated on the most SON. It was a fabulous affair in the DOROTHY GEDDES and SHIRLEY strategic hilltop in the Nogales, Ariz­ most elegant of surroundings . . . GILMORE going to Guadalajara. ona area, from which there is a mar­ the food was superb! CHARLENE VERNON represented velous view of the scenery on both GINI STREETER flew to Idaho in the 99 by aiding the Brackett Field sides of the international border. To a Cessna 150 to return one of her CAP Group in transporting visiting pi­ top off a good day, the weather was husband’s pilots to his hometown. lots from Bracket Field to the Los perfect. GINI, JOHN, and the twins also en­ Angeles County Fair. VIRGINIA PATSY BROOKS is the latest to up­ joyed Thanksgiving dinner with GINI’S WEGENER and MARILYN NORTON grade her license — with a brand neW mother and sister in San Francisco. teamed up again for the Jim Long Instrument rating. They returned to Salt Lake via San Race. Suffice to say they beat their We have a delightful new member, Diego (where they enjoyed some ocean husbands. CHARLENE VERNON, en­ VINA SOUTHAM, who is here from swimming, and Las Vegas Where they tered the Jim Long, her first race— Canada for an indefinite stay. She is mixed a little business with pleasure. good practice for later races says she. a distinct addition to our Chapter. GINI was able to log about five FOLLY STEHR attended AOPA Plan­ hours in their Twin Bonanza. tation Party at Palm Springs, and UTAH CHAPTER Our weather has been reasonably back again the following week-end to Lueile Christopherson, Reporter good during November and early Dec­ celebrate her 76 year young birthday As this NEWS goes to press, Christ­ ember which enabled many of our with ZADIE. By the way, POLLY al­ mas will be a thing of the past . . . members to get out and log additional so was interviewed on “An Afternoon but to all our friends we want ito say time. BARBARA BARLOW flew to the with BILL KEANE.” NORMA WIL­ Trailer Show in Los Angeles with her COX is instructing at El Monte Air­ husband in their Travel Aire. MARGE port. Congratulations to ISABELL OW­ Nominations for MACKEY has been logging additional ENS on her Instrument rating. Says time through practicing touch and she is “glad it’s behind and not ahead.” International Officers goes in their Travel Aire. KAY BEER, our newest 99 m em ber, flew ,as co­ Plans are going ahead for our Decem­ Due March 1st ber Toy meeting — Toys for Needy pilot to Phoenix in a Cherokee and Children. November—A flyjin to New showed off her newly acquired skills Cuyama. After an unusual week of . Have a wonderful new year!! as a Private Pilot to our last year’s blue, blue sky, November 3 brought N ovem ber 12th, we celebrated our Chairman, ALBERTA NICHOLSON. special VFR. VIRGINIA AND MARI­ anniversary party at Bnatten Cafe­ ELOISE WILCOX has acquired one- LYN in a 150 and M ARGE, CHAR­ teria. It was highlight of the year. fourth of an airplane, she reports . . . LENE, and DOT in a Skylane brav­ We renewed friendships and exchang­ she claims the tail scetion and that ed it and had a lovely luncheon at ed flying experiences. it is in excellent condition. the Cuyama Buckhorn after an en­ ALBERTA NICHOLSON, SALLY Two of our members, CARYL joyable flight up. WELLS, and NANCY REULING, KNOWLTON and MAUREEN RICH­ ARDS, have been able to attend classes were invited to attend the Annual TUCSON CHAPTER Flight Inspector’s Refresher course, at the university. CARYL has been tak­ Dorothy Jenkins, Reporter ing harmony work and MAUREEN sponsored by the Utah State Aero­ It has been said that, when you nautics Commission at the FAA of­ music and psychology. want something done, ask the busiest fices in Salt Lake. It was reported to MARGE MACKEY and her husban" person you know to do it. However, be a most interesting three days for the flew to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and I've always thought there must, some­ girls. About 60% of the Flight Instruc­ Lake Powell for a few days on business where, be a saturation point. There tors of the state were in attendance. and pleasure. must be, and, I guess, we found it, Friday evening, December 2nd, all who ALBERTA and her husband were for PAT NOLEN sent out an SOS, had attended the Seminar were honor­ not able to be with the group at the and I am attempting to carry on for ed at the Banquet by receiving their Christmas party due to (he fact that her. “ graduation certificates.” GOVERNOR they had been invited to take part in Our annual Penny-a-Pound Party RAMPTON, of the state of Utah, was an Aviation Celebrity Dinner held in was a huge success, held again at also in attendance at the banquet. California. On the way to this meet­ PAT and TRULY NOLEN’S beautiful, Saturday, December 3, our annual ing, they returned their son to his base spacious home. We are ever grateful Chiristmas party was held at the Presi­ camp in Pendleton Oregon. for their gracious hospitality. Every dent’s Suite of the Hotel Newf-ouse. Our Utah Chapter is extremely proud one present reported a happy time. The following were in attendance: The of one of our members who has piled December 10 was the date of our DON BECKSTRANDS, HOOPER rating upon rating. The latter part fly-in to Nogales, Arizona. Five planes KNOWLTONS, OLIVER RICHARDS of of October NANCY REULING obtain­ ed her Flight Instructor rating and Recently I had a wonderful trip to Ocean, of the first Air Ambulanci- still she is pushing ahead. Congratula­ Alice Springs in the heart of the Cen­ Beechcraft. NANCY WALTON has tions, NANCY. tral Australian Desert. 15 of us, in 3 been mainly responsible for raising SUE ELLIS and her husband, Cherokees and one C182, flew over the money to buy this aircraft to HAGUE, spent several days in Denver 3000 miles in 7 days. There were 3 carry seriously ill patients from dis­ at the Fiper convention. birthdays on the trip (one at least, tant Country Centers to specialist hos­ Those of you who enjoy blue skies was genuine) and all were celebrated pitals and specialist doctors, instead and warm sunshine this time of year in champagne! We didn’t exactly ex­ of the patient having to travel many —fly a bit extra for us who I’ve in pect to find campers at a tiny deserf hours by road ambulance or pay for this mountain region! railway—siding town of only 60 peo­ 5 seats t'o put a stretcher in an air­ Lets of luck and see you next month. ple, hundreds of miles from nowhere, line. The scheme will be financed on called Oodnadalta. The Alice is anoth­ a co - operative system, with many er story, 2000 tourisls each day sleep Ihousands of people each paying $6.00 in that little town in the winter! per year and thereby having the right to free use of this aircraft if they are Australian ROSEMARY ARNOLD has been on ever in great need. Our present, very 2 TV shows lately, one in Sydney, with Section efficient St. John’s Ambulance Service ANNETTE MURPHY, N.S.W. Presi­ is financed largely by thousands of dent of the Australian Women Pilots ☆ people who each pay $2.00 a year Assoc., and JUDY LORDING — a pan­ and thereby have the right t'o a free el had lo guess which of ihe 3 was Margaret Kentley, Reporter the helicopter pilot. One man said service whenever they need a road ambulance. KAY has had a wonderful Here it is, 1967! A very happy New ROSEMARY couldn’t' be the pilot be­ trip around Eastern Australia, staying Year to you all. I always feel so sorry cause her long blond hair wouldn’t with 99s and m em bers of A.W .P.A. for you who live in the Northern Hemi­ go under a helmet—ROSEMARY says in each city. She was at our Christ­ sphere spending these festive seasons she puts it in her handbag with her mas Party around NANCY WALTON’s in the cold, while we, the South A fri­ eyelashes!! The second show was in swimming pool and later showed us cans, and South Americans, revel in Brisbane with PEG KELMAN, OLGA the wonderful Amelia Earhart Stamp our mid-summer. TARLING and JOAN TRUDGETT, the Film. KAY was in Canberra at the NANCY LEEBOLD returned from Queensland Officebearers of A.W.P.A., Aero Club when Their Excellencies her trip at the invitation of the USA for a TV Newsreel. While there, ROSE­ LORD and LADY CASEY opened the Government, saw everything she could MARY had her first ride in a Bell new Club House. In Melbourne she in the time available and has now Helicopter and OLGA had her first stayed with FREDA THOMPSON and been elected President of the Austra­ half hour instruction. OLGA would ESTHER MATHER flew her to Ade­ lian Institute of Navigation. H ELEN dearly love to fly it but for the cost. laide where she stayed with KATH BLACKBURN’S 49%er has been ap­ SHIRLEY ANDERSON and OLGA ap­ SUTHERLAND. In Tasmania JEAN pointed Chief Justice of the Northern peared on a TV show, “I Have a Se­ HACKMAN looked after her and in Territory. The girls in Adelaide will cret”—their secret being that they are Brisbane PEG KELMAN flew her up miss her if she goes to live in Darwin, the only 2 female A.T.C. Officers. They to Linderman Island in the Great Bar­ but the girls there will be glad to see could have added that they were the rier Coral Reef. She might even get her. At the m om ent she is recuperat­ A.T.C. Radar Operators on duty in to the South Pole yet! ing from a bout of Chicken-Pox. Sydney and Brisbane respectively Cheerio. BARBARA SELBY BROWN is on a when both had the honour of bringing 7 week tour of South America, but in A ir F orce 1, carrying President hopes to return to the Stales to be Johnson around the Pacific. with us in Washington next July. We were very pleased to see JEAN MARIE RICHARDSON has given up and LLOYD BONAR from Ail Ohio, flying the six seater stuff and has join­ here for the Pan-Pacific Surgeons’ BRITISH ed a small group owning an old Tri­ Conference, and MARIA and NUGGET pacer — the hours mount up more GROSTETTE from Albuquerque and SECTION quickly in the Log Book! On a long their friend MARY O’KELLY. I was week-end recently with her 49%, she able to take them to the Annual Pre­ flew several hundred miles lo visit sentation of Trophies at the Royal Janet Ferguson, Reporter GRACE CAVANAGH on her sheep Aero Club of N.S.W. We did enjoy station, got weathered-in, and both their stay and they certainly enjoyed Our big event of the year is now be­ were 2 days late getting back to work. the Koala Bears and Kangaroos in hind us. Well over 100 guest’s joined JOAN BROWN tied for the first place, the Sanctuary, and the Gem Stones at us at the Royal Aero Club for our against all-comers, to win the Air­ Surfers. Owing to the Qantas Pilots’ Thanksgiving Eve Party, and our dear lines of N.S.W. Cup for the highest Strike, CLARA ALDRICH and her friend LADY BRABAZON was guest aggregate of marks over the year for 49% had t'o miss their visit here on of honour. Other distinguished guests non-aerobatic competitions. She also I heir way home to San Diego after included SIR GORDON TAYLOR and won the trophies for “landing to the 18 months in India, but the visit from BRIAN MONKTON, both well-known mark" and “blind circuit” . This is the KAY BRICK—Greater New York—has aviation figures in Australia, and DR. first time a woman has won this cup been wonderful. KAY co - piloted the STANLEY MOHLER of the Office of in Australia. delivery flight’ across the Pacific Aviation Medicine in Washington D.C., not to mention CAROL KOCZON from ing, and thus equipped she will fly as the Garden State Chapter! LADY BRA- co-pilot (unpaid) of an executive twin BAZON presented two awards at the to build up hours for her British Com­ NEW ENGLAND party: the SIR ALAN COBHAM mercial. The only way to “get round” SECTION AWARD to our Governor SHEILA the current regulations which demand SCOTT for her record-breaking world a full-time 12-month approved course flight — a very popular presentation for the Commercial (costing over CONNECTICUT CHAPTER needless to say — and an AMELIA 8000) is to get 700 hours and then fhe Ruth P. Buckley, Reporter EARHART medal awarded by the Bri­ written exams and flight tests may tish Section to BETTY CONES in rec­ be taken without the pre-requisite of Our Christmas party was decorated ognition of all her hard work as co­ the approved course. Finally, I had a by a soft and silvery fog. As PRILL founder, Secretary, and Treasurer of second ferry flight in November from com m ented, “ It was one of the thick­ the Section. At the same time, SHEI­ U.K. to New Zealand as co-pilot of er ones to come along in a long LA was pesented with a silver cigar­ a Bristol Freighter (once again using time”. The Christmas party was a ette box from her Section. The box my new U.S. ratings). Like the last lively success. Our holiday hosts were was engraved with her round-the- one, a trouble-free ride. EVELYN and DICK MURCH. As it world route and the signature of the was established, the celebration of the donors. Advent-Cbristmas season has taken us A warm welcome to three new Bri­ into fhe homes of our members. Here tish Section members: JOAN AR­ SOUTH AFRICAN the joys and flavor of a Connecticut CHER, DELPHINE GRAY-FISK, and style Christmas remain around the DAPHNE POYNTER. Details about SECTION heart and hearth. We are a growing these girls will be included in our Chapter! And we may have to look February report. back upon fhe other Chapter celebra­ tions in the homes of CHRIS, PEG SHEILA SCOTT has reported on her A flying background report of anoth­ and MARY with sentimental nostalgia recent visit to the U.S. and Canada er of the new South African members, as we most proudly enlarge the mem­ . . . Piper Aircraft were wonderful INGRID HEINZ. bership. EVIE was aided by her love­ hosts to her . . . a great pleasure “First lesson in April, 1963 in a ly children. DICK welcomed all from meeting so many Ninety-Nine friends Colt at Johannesburg Light Plane Club. the foggy outside world. again, members of the New York Sec­ No previous air experience except a tion including Governor DORIS REN- flight when immigrating to South Af­ Sharing the yulet'ide gladness were NINGER and JUDY VOM SAAL, who rica in 1951 and one in a Ju 52 in 1946. PEG and DON DAVIDSON, TETA and met SHEILA at Kennedy Airport, After obtaining the Private Pilot’s BOB GUNTHER and visiting GUN- RHODA FLEMING from Australia, THERs, MARY and KEN HORTON, FRAN BERA and BERNICE STEAD­ BUD and CYNTHIA KEMPER, PRILL Nominations for MAN at' the Piper Convention, CHAR­ and LEE LOVERIDGE, and BABS LOTTE DODSON, who was to have International Officers and CLIFF McALEENAN. We were been SHEILA’s co-pilot in the Pow­ very pleased to have two proposed Due March 1st der Puff Derby. SHEILA says “CHAR­ members with us KAY LITTON and LOTTE flew in from Portland just to MARY NEAL. We hope that they and spend a few days with me, which I License, I had to find some way to their husbands enjoyed themselves at greatly appreciated” . Our Governor is log my hours. I, therefore, flew from our party. If I have my names cor­ presently very busy with public ap­ A to B—any licensed aerodrome—so rect, I believe MARY and CYNTHIA pearances—lectures, TV and radio— long as I could share the expenses are alumni of Principia. Christmas in and has recently won yet another with three passengers. The flying side Guilford will always be remembered. award for her world flight. The Guild was all the happiness in the world and Our Chairman, PRILL LOVERIDGE, of Air Pilots and Air Navigators the reward for the trouble to get three extends the Chanter’s best wishes to Award of Merit was presented to her passengers who wanted to fly with a all Ninety-Nine Chapters for a suc­ by Prince Philip at the Guild’s ban­ female, without any cancellations on cessful season. quet'. Our best congratulations to her! (he evening prior to flight—that was Concerning fhe IAR—the Internation­ Other news briefly: YVONNE POPE if. Anyway, I got’ them and also my al Air Race from Montreal to Florida has been “promoted” to Captain for hours. I started with 2 hour flights held in May, Hartford has been ac­ some flights with Morton Air Services. around the Reef for overseas visitors cepted as first stop. U.S. entry city. At the moment this applies only to and other people but soon found out The Connecticut Chapter will be there. service flights in the Dove, but it’s a thaf it was easier to get passengers to Plans are very flexible at this Dec. step in (he right direction and would the coast or Victoria Falls. date. never have happened in the pre-pilot- No trophies, not participated in any Greetings to LORRAINE JENSIC. shorfage days! BERYL SANDERS met race, hardly any aerobatics, the con­ our new member. MARIAN HART recently in Helsinki. versions were expensive enough. Work­ JERRY GARDINER is researching BERYL was flying for Dan Air and ed on week-ends. airport beautification. Connecticut MARIAN was in the midst of one of I am a qualified nurse and now a could be moving along to a flowery her many globe-trotting flights in her Private Secret'ary. If somebody should future. Bonanza. THEA ADAMS has sold her ever want me to do a flight to Eur­ Let’s hope the fog has had its day, Auster to pay for a Twin-Engine rat­ ope etc., I go without hesitation.” and the weather conditions display CAVU for January 10, our next' busi­ PAT MACK, editor of The Flying Yan­ and BARBARA FARQUHARSON flew ness meeting to be held at Bridgeport, kee magazine, all flew to the meeting. in with ELAINE McGARRY (her sec­ Connecticut. HOPE RIEHLE of Burlington, Vt., ond meeting also) from Burlington called to tell us that the only reason Co. Airport. ELAINE has exchanged NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND she couldn’t make it was the advent her 172 for a Comanche 180. Her hus­ CH APTER of a new son! band is a Flight Engineer for Capi­ Jeanne K. Bennett, Reporter Also present in Laconia was MADE­ tal Airways and her son instructs LINE BLIDBERG. while a student at Oklahoma U. . . . For a Chapter embracing three Busy BETH STURTEVANT joined states and having only 16 members, ALICE MEISENHEIMER (artist and we feel we are a mighty active group. ferry pilot) for the flight in the Navion Our officers were elected at an an­ N.Y - N.J. nual meeting held in conjunction with . . . NANCY DIEMAND brought LIB­ the annual meeting of the New Hamp­ SECTION BY DUVAL from Central Bucks Air­ shire Aviation Association in Twin port for her second meeting in the DIEMAND Bonanza. LIBBY and her Mountain, N.H. with the following LONG ISLAND CHAPTER husband own a Cherokee 180 and are named to office: BEVERLY SHORES, Honey Kate Trattlor, Reporter Chairman; JEAN BATCHELDER, planning to take off for the Bahamas December has been a mighty busy Vice-Chairman; JEANNE BENNETT, next week . . . MARIE D’ALTERIO month—on the 4th, Long Island Chap­ Secretary and Reporter; and LOIS and KATE MACARIO flew in with ter helped stage a fashion show (pre­ CHESTERLEY, Treasurer. Most im­ JOYCE ROGGIO . . . ANNE SHIELDS sented along with a new aircraft ex­ portant of all, our former Chairman, and HELEN ZUBROW (back from the hibit) at Long Island-MacArthur air­ ALMA GALLAGHER SMITH (MRS. Michigan SMALL race in which they port. ELLIE McCULLOUGH set every­ LARRY) of Laconia, became our New flew a Cessna 150) brought the pro­ thing up, with the aid of THELMA England Section Governor at rather jector needed for the highlight of this HUTTNER, who provided the fashions interesting installation procedures at meeting, the film "The Stamp of (from The Klothes Horse, her East Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 8. Friendship” which our members decid­ Islip shop). Suitable flying and apres- ed to purchase for the Chapter. This A Chapter meeting was held Nov. 12 flying gear was shown, and among the film of Amelia Earhart is invaluable at the Laconia Airport, homeport for models were JEAN CLICK and her and we feel that many local organiza­ our Governor, Chairman, and Vice- daughter and HONEY KATE TRATT- tions will welcome its use. (Have you Chairman, which generated a number LER. MARION-ALICE WYATT, ANNA read FRED GOERNER’s “The Search of plans. Our two new members were DIETRICH, HELEN MOXIM and a for Amelia Earhart” ? It’s a must for present, JOANNE DECKER of Post sturdy crew helped zip and unzip. every 99.1 Mills, V t„ and PA T MACK of Orford, Following this was a Christmas par­ FLORENCE WALSH and JUDY N.H. ty on Friday evening, the 9th. MARGE MELTSNER, representing the Garden Meetings through March were sched­ GRAY arranged all at the Continental State Chapter, flew in from Lakewood uled with the December meeting the Restaurant in Syosset—and she did a Airport N.J. (run by ED and FLOR­ 10th at Lebanon Regional Airport fine job. Fifty odd attended — and where JEANNE BENNETT will be among our guests were GOVERNOR ENCE WALSH) to give us a pep talk hostess, being office manager at the KAY HILLBRANDT and former GOV­ on the Race Start at Atlantic City. JUDY is Chairman of the 1967 AWTAR ’port. She will also be the speaker for ERNOR DORIS RENNINGER. There Start and is seeking assistance from the day when she tells of co-pilot was good food, lively dancing, gifts time on the last AWTAR which she for all and a delightful holiday warmth the nearby Chapters. While our Sec­ few with pilot PAT JONES of the —all in all a pretty nice way to warm tion is committed to the Convention Eastern New England Chapter. Both up for the coming season and our in Washington the week before the PAT and JEANNE are making plans own family doings. race, many of the girls did offer to to be there again in ’67. help wherever they could. Tentative is a ski-meeting at Stowe, JUDY and FLORENCE recently at­ Vt., heart of the fabulous Northeast jH iM ID D L E EAST tended a course on engines offered by ski country for February and a visit the Lycoming Service School near Wil­ to the FAA Control Center in Nashua. SECTION liamsport, Pa. They were more than This reporter has already visited the enthusiastic over it and recommended Center, and announcing herself as a EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA the course for anyone who is able to pilot, was well received, highly en­ CH APTER go. Among the seven girls who attend­ lightened, and encouraged by our Kate Macario, Reporter ed that week were MARGE BRYANT, “watchful brothers.” The November meeting was held at one of our newer members, and JOAN JOANNE DECKER, one of our new the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Air­ BERTLES, a prospective one. members, mentioned that there are a port and just about everybody flew To backtrack a little: October was number of women flying out of her in. RUSTY STAHLEY hopped over our Sectional meeting and was held at airport, a small field in Post Mills, from the Bethlehem - Easton Airport, Williamsport by the Central Pa. Chap­ Vt.—possible 99 members. where she is employed and MARILYN ter. Since this will be well covered With weather being typically North­ MERTZ (her second meeting) from by other Chapters in their own col­ ern New England — bad, but wait a nearby Queen City Airport, where she umns, I’ll just add a few items. minute — LOIS CHESTERLEY, JO­ writes for Aviation News . . . HELEN IRENE WIRTSCHAFTER, MARIE ANNE DECKER, and new member PRICE (who has tried Sky Diving) D’ALTERIO, and KATE MACARIO ar­ rived Friday evening to enjoy the PHILIP PETERS, RICHARD MAY, You all come South for the winter, tour of the Lycoming plant and the LEW FERRELL, RUSS VAUGHN, y a heah? party which followed at the Lycoming EUGENE HEILPERN, and ROBERT Ed. note: See Georgia Chapter re­ Hotel. MERLE CHALOW skooted over WALKER all took the pledge. The port for Petticoat Derby write-up. from Bucknell U. where she is a Sen­ twinkles in the eyes of the wives made ior, lo join us Saturday for the meet­ me think that perhaps every 99 pres­ FLORIDA SUNCOAST CHAPTER ing and luncheon. Despite the IFR ent was planning to make her 49%er Kay Alpaugh, Reporter weather, quite a few arrived and ev­ live up to that pledge. Suncoast Chapter of the Ninety-Nines ery Chapter of the Section was re­ NANCY BEELAND won the ETA flew to Brooksville, Florida for their presented. (Your reporter is grateful Trophy for the fifth time. How can November 9 meeting. THELMA DAW­ to SELMA and HAROLD BRANDE, in you beat someone who misses her SON of Brooksville was our hostess. their twin - Comanche, for delivering time by only four seconds? Congratula­ Discussions were held on WAYS & her to Phila. Int. Airport, Sat. night, tions, that’s good flying NANCY. MEANS and events for the coming IFR.) Central Pennsylvania Chapter PENNY DICKERSON, our new year. Without the Terminus of the is to be commended for their hospital­ member, reports that she is enjoying Powder Puff Derby in this year’s ity and the efficient preparation that her job at Huntsville Aviation. She is events, the meeting was understand­ made this Sectional a success. not getting in much time in the air, ably short. We had 15 members and Sat., Nov. 5th, ELSIE McBRIDE, but plenty of hangar flying. PENNY guest present. BARBARA FARQUHARSON, JOYCE had her first ride in a helicopter. She Our next meeting will be December ROGGIO, and KATE MACARIO, in got a chance to handle the controls 14th at FA Y BLACKSTONE’s ranch — the ROGGIO’s Baron, flew to the and recommends that anyone who has south of Sun City. Washington Chapter meeting and din­ a chance, give it a try. ner at the home of ADELE COTTON. ELISE HEILPERN missed our No­ GEORGIA CHAPTER It had been requested at the Section­ vember meeting, but she had a good Betty W. McNabb, Reporter al that all Chapters send represnta- excuse. She was vacationing and work­ ives to this meeting so that assign­ I hope Editor PEG does better with ing in Europe. ELISE took advantage ments for the Convenion could be dele­ some of her news reporters than she of the four day holiday at Thanks­ gated to the Chapters and they would did with me last month. After com­ giving, and spent the time in New know exactly for what they were to pleting my copy and mailing it in, I Orleans eating Brennans marvelous be responsible. This will help to dis­ received a format on how it should be food instead of her own turkey. She is tribute some of the work needed to done. And nearly everything I had planning on flying to New Jersey for be done in advance of the Convention. done—was wrong. Hope this one is Christmas with her daughter and better. BARBARA and BILL MORRISON grandchildren. with CASS and SAM BASTINELLI Georgia Ninety Nines met at Jekyll Our newest member, SANDY WALK­ winged their way to Wichita to at­ Island in December—oh, that’s a love­ ER, has been busy flying the 140 and tend the Flying Farmers Workshop in ly spot — Comanche’d in: Chairman 160 Cherokees at Montgomery and the November . . . MERLE CHALOW, CAROLYN and BIFF KENNEDY. Bo­ Cessna 172 at Maxwell-Gunter Aero with a week off from school, is flying nanza: BETTY McNABB, CAROL Club. She’s trying to stay current in the A ero Com m ander 200 to the Baha­ LOWERY and young JODY. Cessna: all. mas (o make another film for CBS. BETTY JO ALLISON and SKIP, and Her co - pilot is ANDREA MILLER, BETTY McNABB reports that she is ELLEN CASWELL. Both 49%ers ALLI­ daughter of MITCH . . . ALICE MEIS- kept very busy instructing. No mat­ SON and CASWELL are Air Traffic- ENHEIMER is busy these days pre­ ter how busy BETTY is, she always Controllers at Hampton, Ga. Guest of paring for our Christmas Party, De­ finds time to join the CAP on a search MYRTLE CAGLE, who had to cancel cember 2nd at Schillig’s Black Horse and rescue mission. Her latest search out because her little girl was ill, Farm, Mt. Ephraim, N.J. w as in Milwaukee. was WILMA HURLEY of Macon, with husband and young son. Both WILMA KATHLEEN VAUGHN and her and her husband are student pilots — 49%er RUSS, took a four-day trip to they run a Chinchilla ranch in Macon, Freeport, Grand Bahama. This was SOUTHEAST their first flight using an Internation­ and have two or three others, one in their home base of Omaha, Nebraska. al Flight Plan. On the way back, they Don’t flying folks do interesting things! SECTION hit 50 mph headwinds and turbulence. KATHLEEN said that it took them Your columnist Bonanza’d over to 4% hours and 33 gallons of gas to Montgomery, Alabama, with her fath­ ALABAMA CHAPTER travel 250 miles in their Cessna Sky- er, F. B. WOOD of Panama City, to Donna Willard, Reporter hawk. Why don’t winds like that ever make the 49% er initiation presenta­ We celebrated the coming of De­ seem to be tailwinds? Maybe some tion for the Alabama Chapter in De­ cember with a Christmas party. The of you out there have experienced cember. It was fun and we think the husbands were special guests, so we strong tailwinds. How about telling us 49%ers enjoyed it as much as we did. asked BETTY McNABB if she would about it in the next newsletter? KATH­ At that point MARION MAY and join us and officiate at their initiation LEEN said that the weather in Free­ DONNA WILLARD reminded us that into the 49%er club. She did, and port was beautiful and they lounged we had promised to write up the Pet­ JEFF BEELAND, CECIL HALSTEAD, on the beach for two days in 85-degree ticoat Derby. Frankly, we thought DON WILLARD, PAUL DICKERSON, temperatures. they were going to do it. So now we’ll man and worked extremely hard — and then there was a mix-up in the fuel percentages that broke her heart, but we hope it won’t dampen the ar­ dor of the Petticoats to hold the race again next year. We want to go and take our friends. Incumbent Top Petticoat is JEAN LANE. Dear patient Editor — please men­ tion in the Alabama column that their lovely race is written up in Georgia notes. “ R oger.”

MEMPHIS CHAPTER Ann Hatten, Reporter The four torches marking the Four Flames Restaurant were our beacon for the December meeting. When the master list was checked “ayes” were heard from ROSEMARY WILLIAMS, JOANN HALL, TRIS BUCHANAN, POLLY DUNCAN, JOSEY HOWSER (expecting a new model off the as­ sembly line any moment), VIRGINIA PROCTOR, LINDA ARNOLD, JUNE PENTECOST, MARTHA TOBEY, INA WALKER, HILDA SAVAGE, (Welcome back, HILDA!), JERRY BAKER, First and Second Place winners in the 1966 Flying Petticoat Derby. L. to 11. LOYCE O’NEAL, HAZEL WAGNER JEAN LANE, pilot, with her daughter CATHY co-pilot; LAVINIA SPILLMAN, (a student pilot and welcome guest), pilot, and co-pilot ALLIENE HOWELL. JEAN and LAVINIA are Ninety-Nines. and DIXIE SHEPPARD. Just after the entree and before the parfait, LOYCE tell all about it, for it was a real ball definitely a fun-race and I for one, O’NEAL volunteered some helpful and next year we hope there will be plan to race again next year if at all hints on how to make a wheels-up many, many more participants. possible. landing in a Mooney Super 21 and would you believe she did just that The Flying Petticoats are some Winners: First Place: JEAN LANE a few weeks ago at West Memphis? three dozen women in the Huntsville and daughter CATHY. Second went to Eyewitnesses said it was a masterful area. Many of them are engineers at LAVINIA SPILMAN and ALLENE letdown with minimal damage. For ex­ the space center, while a num ber are HOWELL of Fayetteville, Tenn., third citement, LOYCE took the Commer­ student pilots. Some are Ninety Nines, place BETTY McNABB and HOLLY cial written exam and is awaiting re­ some are not. They have an active SMITH of Albany, Ga., and fourth sults. The luncheon finale was sup­ group and accomplish a good deal — place DICEY MILLER and DOTTY plied by a most delnghtful personality, upgrading of pilot proficiency, attend­ EPPS. The aircraft: Cessna, Chero- MRS. MARTHA TURLEY JACK, Co­ ance at ground school sessions and avi­ ordinator and Crew Chief at the Mem­ ation - oriented lectures, sponsorship phis FAA Control Center, who in ad­ and curriculum teaching of a Wing Submit International Officer dition to her informative remarks on Scout group, orientation of nonflying Nominations to VFR Flight Following Service pre­ people, fly-outs, and the annual Flying Lois Miles, Chairman sented a new FAA film release “Air­ Petticoat Derby, now in its third year. 4901 W innetka Ave. port Lighting.” Narrated by DANNY This is a short (180-200 m iles) pro­ Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364 KAYE, this movie illustrates types of ficiency race in which estimated leg­ runway lights and details a strong time, overall time, and fuel consump­ kee, Bonanza and Mooney in that or­ argument for lighting the small to in­ tion are the factors. Prizes and tro­ der. termediate size suburban airport. phies are unique in that the copilot DICEY MILLER and DOTTY EPPS Congratulations to VIRGINIA PROC­ receives a duplicate. Prize money is won every leg but to the joy of other TOR, who under the successful in­ not tremendous, but there are leg contestants were allowed to accept struction of 49V2er MIKE WALKER, prizes for each of the three legs; first, only one leg prize. The Mooney’s un- has left the ranks of the Private Pi­ second, and third place trophies and believeable economy fooled them on lot and can now fly for hire. It was small cash prizes, and a spot-landing fuel consumption, or they would have also her pleasure to reveal at the last trophy that’s a beauty. made a better overall showing. meeting that she and EVERETT have It is not only a proficiency race but PEGGY HAYES was General Chair- acquired a 1965 Skyhawk.

January, 1967 TRIS BUCHANAN is aso awaiting Exhibit where she had two of her anyone who wishes to join us. We results of her Commercial written paintings on display. know she will be a good worker. EMI­ exam. This Christmas rush does slow Most of our meeting surrounded LY has a commercial license and just down the mail service. plans for the forthcoming Southeast returned from a flight to Mexico. JUNE and BEN PENTECOST flew Section meeting (Spring meeting) Another of our newest members, to Albuquerque, New Mexico and wea­ which will be held in Natchez, Miss. LOIS BELL, is sporting a shiny new ther proved a nuisance at the pass M ay 5, 6 and 7, 1967. The Natchez red and white Cherokee 180 and I un­ leading to their final destination. girls have big things in store for derstand working on a new rating. that Sectional meeting. More on this Good luck, LOIS. We are always LINDA ARNOLD has taken the helm will be coming later—but! everyone proud to see our members upgrade of the committee on Aero Space Edu­ mark your calendar for that week-end their ratings. cation. LINDA is a geography gradu­ because we are sure none of you will MARGARET, JEAN, PEGGY, DOT, ate student at Memphis: State Uni­ want to miss this! and LUCILLE are all working on in­ versity and I ’ll bet she 'has those sec­ strument ratings that I know of now. tionals memorized. JUNE PENTE­ Congratulations to DOT ETHER­ Rush! Rush! Have 30 minutes to COST is doing a fine job in the Pub­ IDGE on her nomination from our type this and get it in the mail so Peg licity line. INA WALKER has taken Chapter for the Amelia Earhart Schol­ w on’t leave us out of this issue — or over Air Marking and HILDA SAV­ arship Award. DOT has flown the at least we hope not. Maybe she is a Powder Puff twice, flies aerobatics AGE is covering Flying Activities. day late, too! TRIS BUCHANAN with scissor and and is in process of building or re­ Ed. note: She was on time—would paste will keep our Scrapbook apace. building (it’s work anyway) a clipped you believe?? wing cub. Also, DOT writes an avia­ Next month’s meeting will be held tion column for the local paper and at the Naval Air Station, Millington, will soon have an article pubished in 99 MEMBERSHIP LIST Tennessee. Sorry girls, we couldn’t get the trade magazine, “Aerial Applicat­ New the Blue Angels. ors” , all about Delta agricultural fly­ DECEMBER 1986 ing. SOUTH AFRICAN SUCTION MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER Our next meeting will be December White, Ann (Mrs. Peter Leigh) Lucille Wolfe, Reporter 10th in Jackson with E TH E L planning 19 M arlb orou gh C rescent Ellis Park, Durban, Natal, Rush! Rush! Just returned from the a two day affair with Christmas party South Africa monthly meeting in Natchez, Miss, on Saturday night. Ya’ll come—it will 835438 with MIRIAM LOE, NITA STAHL- be a ball! BERNICE said she wanted NEW ENGLAND SECTION no credit, but you can bet she’ll be Jencik Lorraine Mae MAN, and EMILY KELLY as hos­ Pleasure Hill Road Connecticut. tesses. In spite of a ceiling of 2-300 helping! N orth Franklin, Conn. 06254 feet which did not lift until 11:00 A.M. Our members are still getting around 642-7498 we had a very good attendance and the country — one way or another! Decker', Joann Slabley (Mrs. Robert W.) 2 Kingsford Road Northern New much needed business and “ hangar fly­ BERNICE has been back to California H anover N. H. 03755 E n gland ing” was taken care of. DOT ETHER­ —to by comemrcial flight and fro by 643-2534 IDGE, Chairman, was in charge and Corvair “car” . BERNICE, after going Mack, Patricia H. (Mrs. Delbert W.) O rford, N. H. 03777 N orthern N ew brought prospective 99, CORKY to the Bahamas with ETHEL in a (603) 353-4841 England GREENLEE with her and picked up Cessna 150, why drive to or fro Cali­ N. Y. - N. J. SECTION MARGARET SHIPLEY in Greenwood. fornia? I agree with her never again Cheek, Olga (Mrs. Julian E.) BERNICE KELLEY and ETHEL RAD- by car. JANET has been getting 9 Seeley Drive Holly Hills Garden State Mt. H olly, N. J. 08060 CEWICZ motored in from Jackson; as around everywhere — Houston, Baton 267-8344 did PAT WARD and her two daugh­ Rouge, California and Clarksville, Ar­ Szabelski, Ethel Penyigei (Mrs. William ters from Baton Rouge, La. Although kansas. MARGARET has been to Jack­ J oseph ) PAT and others of our good Missis­ son with a friend on a shopping trip Old Trenton Road, RD No. 1 Garden State Trenton, N. J. 08636 sippi Chapter members defected some and to Memphis with PEGGY Mc- (609) 687-3714 time to form1 their own Chapter in CORMICK. PEGGY couldn't make the Blum, Priscilla N. (Mrs. Roger) Louisiana and join the South-Central meeting today because she is Direct­ 285 Old Colony R oa d G reater Section, we always welcome her and ing the Little Theatre play “Our H artsdale, N. Y. 10530 N ew Y ork (914) SC 3-8199 any others back with open arms. Town”. JEAN HODGES flew her hus­ Kirby, Dorothy B. (Mrs. Robert M.) JANET GREEN, Ocean Springs and band to Twinkletown Airport, Mem­ Gilbridge Road Greater New York small son flew in on IFR flight plan phis, on a business trip. LUCILLE M artinsville, N. J. 08836 and JANET commented she was pleas­ WOLFE and PEGGY McKIE partici­ (201) 356-5677 Hnot, Valerie Mary antly surprised to find that in 15 min­ pated in the recent Dallas Doll Derby 300 East 71 Street Greater New York utes the ceiling went from about 300 and reported they were "royally wel­ N ew Y ork , N. Y . 10021 feet to 3500 feet just outside Natchez comed” in Dallas and had a grand 988-0593 o r (201) 232-0728 and she arrived VFR. LUCILLE time renewing old friendships and Stoll, Doris H. (Mrs. Fred C.) 37 Turner Drive Greater New York WOLFE, Greenville, arrived with making new friends. MIRIAM has C happaqua, N. Y. 10514 prospective 99, PEGGY McKIE, as her been getting around, too — Nashville, (914)666-2508 guest. LUCILLE WHEELER was also Houston and I forgot where else. SOUTH EAST SECTION very busy helping MIRIAM, NITA, A big welcome to our newest “in Melvin, Juanita Morris (Mr's. William W.) R ou te 1, B ox 220 C arolinas and EMILY with the meeting. She process” member, EMILY KELLY. R a leigh N. C. 27692 rushed from the meeting to the Art We have a place for her as well as 787-3553 Harrison, Elaine Adams (Mrs. Nathan­ Comar, Patricia Elaine SOUTHWEST SECTION iel, J r.) 409 E. M aple M ichigan Tregoning, Elizabeth Jean (Mrs. James B.) 2204 N orth B a y R oa d F lo rid a G old coast A drian, M ich. 49221 4900 F ern va le R oa d B a kersfield Miami Beach, Fla. 33140 265-6824 B akersfield, Calif. 93306 534-0785 Markham, Linda Carol 871-3342 Yenkelun, Bernice Welicka (Mrs. Albert F.) R. No. 7 Box 150-A Waldren, Leah Zoe (Mrs. Jay) 1417 A lpha Court F lo rid a G oldcoast 125 S. M in ges Rd. 500 T ea k w ood D riy e B a kersfield W est P a lm B each , F la. 33406 B attle Creek, M ich. 49017 B akersfield, Calif. 93308 585-3060 WO 3-5064 R es. 399-4336 327-5751 Riley, Katharine Connell (Mrs. Richard V.) SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION 5036 Lida Court Florida Spaceport Breise, Freda M. (Mrs. Fred H.) Cothran, Wanda Lou (Mrs. Charles A.) “ Paintin’ P la c e ” 5750 S everin E l C a jon V a lley 3244C “A” Sandia Base Albuquerque Jacksonville, F la. 32210 L a M esa, C alif., 92041 Albuquerque, N. M. 771-2248 465-5463 264-1292 Johnson Sue G. (Mrs. Bob) Steen, Roberta H. 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