PRESIDENT'S COLUMN NINETY- NINES It won't be long novrl So get your delegates elected or appointed to represent your chapters at the Annual Meeting at Troutdale-in-the-Pines, September 6th - all day* The delegate must be an ACTIVE member, so when pre­ senting her credentials she must be able to show her current airman's certificate (medical up-to-date) and her NINETY- NINE membership card for 1946-47 or 1947-48* Each governor duly eleoted for 1946-47 is also a delegate* Following sure the number of delegates for each chapter as my records show the membershipi (If your ohapter is not listed below, it is because I do not have a record that your chapter elected officers and was active during 1946-47.) Chapter Delegates California Bay Cities 2 Los Angeles 2 San Diego 1 Carolines 1 July 15, 1947 Colorado 1 * Connecticut 1 o u t l i n e - sxh or e a c h ho s t s D* C*, Washington 1 Florida 3 NINETY-NINES Illinois •nWMATIOMM. O— AMBAHOM O f WOMSN MLOTt Central 1 ww C o» ■cncuT teiw wawonotok 6, d . c Northern 1 Indiana 2 Iowa (Des Moines) 1 Jamestown, N* Y* 1 Michigan 4 Missouri East 1 NAT10HAL OFFICERS West 2 Missouri Valley 1 Jeannette Lempke Sovereign...Pres. New England 2136 Center Avenue North 1 Bay City, Miohigan South 1 Belle Hetsel • • ■ • V, President New York-New Jersey 6 126 Drake Court Ohio 3 Omaha, Nebraska Oklahoma 2 Oregon 1 Melba G. Beard «... Secretary Pennsylvania 1981 Meadow Brook Road East 2 Altadena, California West 1 Texas 4 Marjorie B. Davis . * . Treasurer Washington State 1 118 W. 11th, Apt. 10 New York, New York Wisconsin 1 Jeannette Lempke Sovereign Your President July 6, 1947 "THOSE 49|er CARDS" England Chapter a summer flavor when the girls were guests of Betty Condiot and Lillian Putnam at their Blaisdell lake (In answer to President's Column and Vera Self) operation in Bradford, N. H., June 10. By Bettie Thompson Tovmson Ruth Hamilton came up from a busy G.I. training program I have about 200 or 300 "49|er" cards of the new type at the Orange, Mass., airport to preside at the meeting left out of the 400 or so cards sent me in 1944. About which was an informal discussion of the progress of the 100 cards were mailed to members and NEWS LETTERS of 1944 99's air marking program and the air tours scheduled for and 1945 oarried the names of those 49|ers who received June. cards. I have no record, nor kept a record of these 49-Jer names, other than the NEWS LETTER lists. Lillian saw to it that early arrivals at the base had a chance to get in some seaplane time. Some accepted the I am sending 25 "49|er" oarda to headquarters in invitation to stay overnight at the base which is equipped Washington in order that they may mail them to members to provide overnight accommodations for visiting pilots, who request them. and there was more float flying the next morning. I will mail a 4 9 | e r card to any Ninety Nine who wants With seaplanes limited among the members, it was one for her husband if; strictly a drive-in meeting. Frances Wright and Eileen Hutt oame from Keene, N» H.j Laura Murray from Penacook, N. H.j 1. She writes me at 724 N. 63rd St., Phila. 31, Pa. and Virginia Brodhead and Alma Gallagher from Laconia with 2. Enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. as guests Elizabeth Gray of Laconia and June Henneberger of 3. Gives husband's full name so that it may be put Newfound lake seaplane base, Bristol, N. H. It was a first on the card. 99's moating for Velna Fiske of Manchester. 4. Gives his business occupation so information may be listed in a 4 9 | e r list in NEWS LETTER. EVERY 49ter SHOULD HAVE A CARD11 SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER MIDDLE EASTERN SECTION By Mildred E. Morey 22 We3t Avenue, Oak Bluffs, Mass. WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAPTER CALLING ALL NINETY-NINERS - to Oak Bluffs Airport on By Rose Wasil Jespersen Martha's Vineyard Island, Massachusetts. This is an ALL-99's 5117 N. 25th Place, Arlington, Virginia Airport, chums, and if that's not enough to make you all want to high-tail on down here, there are other attractions, On June 15 our Washington Section met at Hybla Airport protected beaches or surf-bathing, golf, tennis, or what'll and flew to Mattaponi Sky Club which is 20 minutes south of you have, right next to the airport boundaries. If this Washington. There were about 12 ships of different descrip­ sounds like the Chamber of Commerce in full throttle just tions and approximately 30 members and guests. If you had ask Carolyn Cullen, Rachael Williams and Helen Mary Clarke. the opportunity to read July's issue of Flying Magazine, Helen Mary, New York-New Jersey Chapter, one of the eight you had a good picture of the Sky Club. Our gracious host original WASP officers, owns the airport which adjoins her C. Elwood Sager, real estate broker, entertained us and we lovely estate, and she has leased the airport to Carolyn all had a marvelous time riding, swimming and playing and Rachael for year-round operations. Rachael, well known tennis. Commercial pilot and Chairman of the Conn. 99's Chapter, is Business Manager and Charter pilot, and Carolyn, ex-WASP, 1 had the pleasure of meeting Kay Menges of the New of Pittsfield, Mass., is the airport Manager and Instructor. Jersey Section at one of our local "up and coming" fields, Carolyn, you may recall, is also Chief Pilot on the Pan Bailey's Cross Roads Airport which is owned and operated American Airways training project, whereby men from Colombia by Mr. J. D. Benn, a Cub Cruiser dealer. Kay flew in an are being trained for service as Avianco pilots. Come on Aeronca Chief and spent the night in Washington and lunched down, check in for a coke, and say hello to these three with Jean Howard our chairman. "rugged but right" gals. You won't be sorry in the morningl Our own Margaret Vaughan who is a Link Instructor for The round dozen 99's who hopped to Nantucket for the CAA flew a cub equipped with the new Cross Wind Caster Mass.- R. I. Air Tour hereby tender our vote of thanks to Landing Gear to National Airport in Baltimore to a CAP air Jean Adams Cook, 99'ar and Nantucket Airport Mgr., and to meet. She also flew a PT-19 with the same type landing the Nantucket Flying Club for the grandest imaginable two gear to New York to a Manufacturer's Air Meet. days on the island. A swish time if ever. First a clambake on the beach in front of the lovely Wauwinet House, then On July 20 we are planning to meet at Bailey's Cross dancing and a general reunion of new and old pilots. Beach­ Roads Airport with The Women Flyer's of America, the WASPS combing? "Was you there," Abby? The next day more fun# and also our southern neighbors of South America who are swimming and suoh, and an impressive air show by the Mass. flying a Good Will Ship. We will fly to Annapolis to a National Guard P-47 pilots and then for home. A perfect field operated by two EX-WASPS, one of which is Helen week-end. The 99's had planned to hold a meeting, Sectional McGilery. The airport has a golf course and tennis court Annual, but instead we all "didn't ask questions - just had combination nearby and we are hoping for a successful turn­ fun." At take-off time Marion Tibbetss, N. E. Vice-Gov. out for this breakfast flight. got a few feet off in the traffio pattern when a oraeked distributor cap let go. "Tibby" made a neat emergenoy landing and zipped back to Boston in a really hot airplane. NEW ENGLAND SECTION Just guessii Those who were present} Barbara Parker, Associate Editor of Eastern Pilot, with her husband; NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER Carolyn Cullen; Raohael Williams; Marion Tibbetts; Regina. Winoza; Ann Cutler; Jean Adams Cook, hostess; Rose Crowley By Alma Gallagher Abbott with her cousin, Lt. Col. Francis C. Crcrwley in a 16 Messer St., Laconia, N. H. BT-13; Lucille Dingley; Lillian Holmes with Wes in ^heir Seabee; Janet Donaldson; Joan Fenderson (Conn. Chapter); Float time and steak time by courtesy of Bass Point Mildred Morey; and our guest. Dot Hills of Newton, pro­ Seaplane base gave the June meeting of the Northern Now spective 99'er. Next meeting of Southern Chapteri Orange-Athol Airport, Trixie Ann Gehrung is vacationing in New York. Hope Huth Hamilton, hostess, 3rd Tuesday in July. We hope to you're having a wonderful time, Trlx. have as speaker Mr. Christian E. Born, Pres, of Air Markings, Ino. of Boston. Elsie Peters is vacationing for the summer months. Just a-resting. NORTH CENTRAL SECTION On our return trip from Quebeo, Canada, Mayetta Wiedman and I landed at Austin Lake Airport, Kalamasoo, Michigan, which field is operated by I. T. Woodhams. We enoountered By Dorotha E. Hendricks the finest hospitality in our 2100 miles of flying when 416 Laurel St., Pendleton, Indiana Mr. and Mrs. Woodhams proceeded to take us into their home for the night, entertain us for the evening and send us on I had an invitation to attend the Commencement Exer­ in great style the next morning out of the kindness of their cises in June at the University of Kentucky.