News Letter INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS • WILL ROGERS FIELD

THENINETY-NINES, Inc. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN PILOTS News Letter INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS • WILL ROGERS FIELD

SEPTEMBER 1955 P.O. BOX 1444 • OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA PRESIDENT’S COLUMN I did not realize fully, until I started New President Takes Office to pick up the reins of this wonderful flying organization, of how indebted we all are to our beloved past presi­ dent Jerry Mick el sen for the guidence and tireless effort she has given. Jerry, in behalf of all the Ninety-Nines we are truly greatful for your job extra well done. We wish to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I assure you that I am honored and very grateful to have been asked to serve this coming year as your Pres­ ident. I have always had a burning desire to interest more women in the pleasure and convenience of flying. I hope that we the 99er*s can have this as one of our objectives this year. This effort is being put out at 2000 ft. w t ■ in the back seat of an Aeronca Cham­ I • > pion on a dual XC with a girl student. I have to stop every once in a while to answer her questions as some of her check points are being moved about. I have five girl students learn­ ing to fly at Dalton Airport and it is a pleasure working each one of them. Michigan is really beautiful country *F to fly over, so green with so many beautiful lakes. Have been instruct­ ing on seaplanes three days of the week on Barns and Silver Lake, It is wonderful to be able to make a living at something one enjoys to very much.

Every time I land at a new airport I ask if there are any women flying there if so I get their names and try to meet them. It is always a pleasure to find other girls that enjoy aviation like I do. I invite them to our next meeting and in time to become a member of the 99*s. The six I found were not 99ers, and had never been asked. I feel su re Edna Gardner Whyte this condition is about the same all over the world. L ets all seek out some Our newly elected officers Edna Gard- husband move their trailer and home to of the many nice women pilots with new Wiyte, president, Broneta Davis, Fort Worth. private pilots licen se or more and in­ vice-president, Eudenia Heise, sec- vite them to become a 99? r and in turn cretary, and Jimmie Kolp, treasurer Our o ffices, located on the second help all women in Aviation. took over die reigns of theNinety-Nines floor of the Terminal Building on Will Sept. 1st. We all wish them luck and Rogers Field, -are no w completed. The I would like to have the members to best wishes in their new jobs. We know rooms have been completely done over always feel free to write me and sug­ that they will have a most su ccessfu l and repainted for our benefit. The Head­ gest ideas and ways to stimulate Av- year, under their leadership. quarters Committee under the chair­ iation^^mong women of the world. It is manship of Elizabeth Sewell has been very sure our Fly-In Chapter and Sec­ Edna, our new president, left Flushing, working hard toward the furnishing of tional Meetings as well as Air Meets Michigan for Oklahmo City where she this office. The committee hopes to and Racesdo a great deal to promote will spend a few days getting into the have all the necessary furnishings and and interest women in Aviation, maybe swing of her new job, visiting and equipment purchased soon after the some one will come up with some new helping getour new Headquarters under­ first of our fisca l year Setp. 1st in ideas, so lets have them. Everything way. Enroute she stopped off in Mil­ order that Dorothy Morgan, our Execu­ has to grow or did so le ts be sure and waukee for a v isit with our secretary, tive Secretary, will be able to move in­ grow. We are a branch of the fastest Deedo H eise. While in Oklahoma City , to the Ninety-Nines office. growing industry in the world so it Edna will visit and confer with Bron­ should be easy. eta Davis, our past treasurer, vice- Many of you know Dorothy Morgan, an president on Ninety-Nine business. Oklahoma Chapter Ninety-Nine. She has Wishing you lots of safe flying. been a Ninety-Nine since April 12, Edna is moving from Flushing, Michi­ 1946 and is a past International Sec. Sincerely, gan back to Fort Worth, T exas her for­ cretary. We are indeed fortunate to mer home. She has spent the last cou­ have Dorothy Morgan consent to handle ple years instructing at Dalton Airport, our affairs at International Headquar.- Flushing Michigan. From Oklahoma she ters. will return to Flushing to help her wonderful experience and even though the officialdom can be very tedious, INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS ENGLAND to AUSTRALIA nevertheless I will be doing the same trip again sometime in the future and via Light Plane will fly over the same route.

PRESIDENT After arriving in Australia I still had 3,000 miles to travel before delivering (Following are the contents of a letter EDNA GARDNER WHYTE the aircraft to its owner in the south­ dated August 6th written to Jeannette eastern corner where a wonderful re­ 2916 AVENUE A Sovereign by Nancy Ellis Leebold, ception awaited us and made a fitting winner of the 1954 SILVER ANNIVER­ FORT WORTH, TEXAS conclusion to a wonderful trip. SARY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD) At the first opportunity on my return to VICE PRESIDENT Now that my wanderings around the Sidney, I visited the Department of world have come to an end, for the time Civil Aviation, who are the licensing BRONETA DAVIS being, it is good to be home and able body here, and made arrangements to to get on with things again. sit for the first Ground Engineer’s ex­ MINCO, OKLAHOMA amination which will probably be held The flight out from England was most in the early part of next year as they enjoyable indeed and included a variety SECRETARY are not held very often because of the of weather conditions, from the snow few numbers sitting. (Ed comment: conditions in England to the desert EUGENIA R. HEISE Nancy is using her Award for a rating regions around Syria and the Persian similar to A&E mechanics rating) So 50 79 N.CUMBERLAND BLVD. Gulf and on through the monsoons in the tropics. now you can understand why I say it MILWAUKEE 17, WISCONSIN is good to be able to get things done There was a lot of preparation nec­ again. I am making arrangements to do TREASURER essary for this long flight and it in­ the practical work in the workshops at volved six weeks of paper work getting Bankstown aerodrome which is about JIMMIE KOLP all the necessary clearances before we ten miles from where I am living at BOX 59 7 could even set out from England. This present. Have only had a brief chat paper work and officialdom continued with Maie Casey over the telephone ELECTRA, TEXAS all through the trip and most of the way sin ce my return, but am looking for­ it was a case of two hours on the ward to having a long chat before very EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ground to every one spent in the air. long. The moment I landed the o fficials GERALDINE MICKELSEN would swarm around the aircraft and Now that my life is returning to normal I will be able to keep in better con­ 1809 WENTWORTH AVE. the customs men would want to put their lead seals all over it; sometimes tact than I have been during these SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA we had difficulty in making them under­ last twelve months of travelling thru stand we would like to refuel it first. numerous countries. DONNA MYERS It is wonderful to be back in Australia Wishing you and the gids all the very 3310 MILWAUKEE ST. where it is p ossible to take off and best, I am Yours Sincerely, DENVER 5, COLORADO land without going through customs Nancy Leebold formalities every time. (Nancy’s fiance met her in London and LOUISE SMITH So many of the countries we flew thru they were married there and made die 421 EDGEDALE DRIVE there are no light aircraft at all, for return trip to Australia together.) private flying is something which is HIGH POINT, N. C. not permitted, hence a small aircraft is something unusual. There are very few fa cilitie s for light aircraft thru the 1956 CONVENTION eastern countries and in most ca ses it is advisable for one to do their own Harbor Springs, Michigan routine servicing and maintenance. I RENEWALS was carrying sufficient spares in the Place: Harbor Springs, Michigan event of anything going wrong and Hotel: Romona Park Hotel happily the motor never missed a beat You should have received your 1955*56 Date: July 12, 1956 "Fly-inDay” renewal notices by this date. If you during the whole trip. haven’t, please contact Headquarters There were some anxious moments in July 15, 1956 "Fly-away-day” in Oklahoma City. A form will bdsent in the extreme heat in western India to you. No membership can be pro­ for they have lo st a lot of aircraft thru HOSTESS: Michigan Chapter cessed without the completed form. fuel vapourizing and we were flying Ninety-Nines SEND in your DUES NOW. DON’ T be a within one degree of the temperature PROCRASTINATOR!!! at which this happens. CONVENTION RATES: $12.50 per The monsoons were bad from India Person per American Plan NEWSLETTER down to Malaya and at one spot in Burma we were held on the ground foi MAKE YOUR PLANS TO ATTEND. five days. Fortunately for us there Send your news to Gerry M ickelsen, was an Australian resident there and 1809 Wentworth Ave., Sacramento, Cal­ he was the only European in the whole CONVENTION ORDER ifornia. News MUST be in the hands of area. (not mailed the 1st.) of the EDITOR by the 1st day of the Month. P le a se allow The Resolution to rotate the con­ time for your letters to reach C alif. No These countries where vast areas are vention site having passed, the chapter news will be left out if arriving in the hands 'of the insurgents and, Executive Board at their meeting on time. It may be necessary to cut often times, the cities themselves af­ down or eliminate parts of the material ter dark - they seem a little unreal now July 16th, 1955 set the rotation we are back in Australia, though they sent in because of space limitations. order. Michigan Chapter bid for the Every Chapter should be represented were very real at the time. One morn­ each month. Send your material on ing we ran a risk by travelling by car 1956 convention was accepted. TIME!!. Special Articles are always from the city to the aerodrome before North Central Section, 1956 South welcome. If you have had an interesting daylight in Rangoon. The previous experience during the past year, or day we had seen much evidence of the Central Section, 1957; South West­ insurgent activity in this area. It is sometime during this year, write it up ern Section, 1958; North Western and send along. We will file and us not unusual when navigating to look for whenever possible during the coming a railway line with a bridge across a Section, 1959; Canada, 1959; South river, only to find the railway comes months. We need new and interesting E astern , I9 6 0 ; Middle Eastern, items to make the newsletter bigger up to, and goes away from the banks and better. This is your letter so le t’ s of the river, but the bridge is no lon- 1961; New York-New Jersey, 1961; get there for the insurgents have been support it by keeping your Editor in­ New England, 1962. formed of your a ctiv ities. along the day before. The trip was a transact Chapter importances. Member­ 10TH AWT COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ship and Airmarking are still upper­ most in o'ir efforts, and also means of building bp our treasury. After this ST A R T : San Mateo Country Airport, report, Araxie will take over as News California MEMBERSHIP - Beth Smith, 10208 Sunnymead Place, Oklahoma City, Reporter, and I have been asked to pinch hit as Secretary until we in­ FINISH: Bishop Airport,Flint, Michigan crease a little more in number. These two offices were previously combined D A TES: Impound Deadline, Wed., READ AND APPROVE THE MIN­ UTES - Bernice Trimble. 1609 in the officership of Lee Patteson, who July 4, 1956. made her la st flight August 2. Take-Off, Sat., July 7. Maplewood Ave. Flint 6, Michigan Finish Deadline, Tues., Edna was just beginning her much July 10. NOMINATING - Catherine Hiller needed vacation from the Martinsburg Awards Dinner, Wed., Hiller Airport, Barre, Mass. Airport and was off to "ju st anywhere/’ July 11. Glad she made Elkins. Edna had just NEWS L E T T E R - Geraldine Mick- finished flying a Cessna 310 and was July, 1956, will see the running of the elsen, 1809 Wentworth Ave., Sac­ still in the clouds about that wonder­ TENTH Annual All-Woman Transcon­ ramento, California. tinental Air Race. .Ten years! - in ful airplane. Araxie and Clyde had which the race has envoived from a CONTEST COMMITTEE - Alice Tri-Pacered to Montana and back. It very small affair to the present inter­ Hammond, 70 Cambridge Road, was grand to see Betty at E lk in s, for nationally famous sporting event in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. we’ve seen meeting each other (via which hundreds play vital roles. correspondence) for some time. HEADQUARTERS COMMITTEE - Next meeting is to be at Elkins again, Elizabeth Sewell, Catline Aviation San Matio County Airport, Calif., in September - on the 17th, weather Co, Box 2566, Oklahoma City, Okla. (about 25 miles south of San Francis­ permitting. And when we fly le t’s fly co) will be the scene of the 1956 take­ the Flight Plan way. off. The Bay C ities Chapter won the RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE - bid, backed by the San Mateo County Ruth N. Rueckert, 2037 Rivera St. Development Assn. The Michigan San Francisco 16, California Chapter won the Finish bid, which will be at the Bishop Airport, Flint, SCRAP BOOK - Ruth Mugele, 495 It is with deep regret we report the Michigan. They were backed by the Oneida St., Denver 20, Colorado. L a st Flight of our Secretary and news City of Flint and the A C Spark Plug Reporter, Lee Hawse Patteson, who Co. of Flint. BUDGET COMMITTEE . Constance passed away in her sleep at her home Hahn in Mount Hope, W. V a., August 2nd. The following were elected at the Mrs. P atteson, wife of former W. Va. August AWTAR Board meeting: Chair­ AUDITING COMMITTEE - Martha Governor O. L . P atteson , learned to man, Mrs. Betty H. G illies; Vice- Ann Reading, 2704 Milton, Dallas 5, fly in 1950,obtaining her Private Pilot Chairman, Mrs. Kay Brick; Secretary, T exas Certificate the next year. She entered Mrs. Claire Hale; Treasurer, Miss B ea the 9 9 ’s in '53, and projected into her Medes. Mrs. Barbara London had pre­ FLYIING ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE - membership all the interest and res­ viously resigned as Secretary in order Isabelle McCrae, 7^55 Mt. Vernon, pect and pride she so deeply felt for to assume the position of Director of Lemon Grove, California. aviation long before she found time to Race Operations. Mrs. Iris C ritchell fly. Her recent energies and activities is Director of Inspection and Handi­ AIR AGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE- to help the W. Va. Chapter on its feet capping; Mrs. Betty Loufek, Director Lucille Wright, 25 Liberty St., will be strongly missed by each of us. of Public Relations. Other Board mem­ Jamestown, New York. Lee was not only West Virginia’s bers are Mrs. Joyce F ailin g and Mrs. gracious First Lady at one time, but Louise Smith. PARLIAMENTARIAN - Margaret always a warmhearted, vivacious friend Callway, 631 Abington Ave., Glen- and Ninety-Nine. Under study by the Board are the race side, P a . rules, handicaps and the 1956 course, We extend our sympathy to her hus­ questions or suggestions about the INCORPORATION COMMITTEE - band and family. race should be sent to Mrs. G illies. Mary C. Hock, Delaware A ve., Briageville, Delaware. For an amusing report of the race as an outsider sees it read B ill Mauldin’s 49/2 RECORD COMMITTEE - All- story in the July 18 issu e of SPO RTS eseba Thrasher, 502 N. Webster, ILLUSTRATED. Saginaw, Michigan. WASHINGTON D.C. CHAPTER John Raymond, whose film ''Cleared AMELIA EARHART MEMORIAL By: Louise Kidd for Take-Off” is so popular, has edited SCHOLARSHIP FUND - Jeanette a five-minute, silent, color film for the Sovereign, 2136 Center Ave., Bay On July 2, a luncheon meeting was 1955 pre-race and take-off activity. City, Michigan. held at the home of Nancy Moore. Tlie Rental:$2.50 for three days. Address: participants in the International Air Mr. Raymond, Airlab, 2405 Airline Race gave us a hilarious account of Way, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, their battles with the weather grem­ Arizona lins. The winner of the race was Ber­ EAST nice Trimble of Michigan and Joan Betty Loufek, Hrubec of Ohio. Bernice received $600, Director, Public Relations SECTION the President Batista Trophy, and AWTAR, Inc. Capital Cup, and the Rickenbacker Trophy. The balance of the $2,000 JOB OPPORTUNITY WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER prize money was divided among Fran (Middle Eastern Section) Bera, who took second place with a Purdue University is looking Cessna 140; Ruth Thomas and Bibs By: Mary Ann Wetherby for a Ninety-Nines to instruct Camp of T ennessee, third p lace, with a C essna 120; fourth place went to in link and DC3 procedures. Acting as Reporter for the August Meet­ Laurien Griffin and Helen Vincent of ing, I arrived at the Elkins Airport College Degree in aeronautics Missouri with a C essna 180; fifth twenty minutes late - Aeronca Cham­ place winners were Louise Smith and not necessary. No flying is in­ pion time - to find Betty Ashton of Amalie Stone of Carolina, in a Beech- Martins burg there to meet me. In turn volved. Anxious to imploy Wasp craft; and Barbara Jenison^and Adel­ we greeted Araxie Ervin, who flew in aide O’Brien of Illinois captured sixth who had DC3 time during the with her 49%er, Clyde, in their Tri- place with a C essna 170. Various P acer from Parkersburg. Then we three last war. Position pays $4000.00 Cuban trophies were given to the greeted Edna Tephabock, who drove winners, and Phyllis McBatt won the to $5000.00. Those interested from Martins burg. As at the previous Beverly Whitfield Trophy for the Flori­ Elkins Meeting, we again sat in front contact Mr. Grove Webster, Dir­ da entry making the best time. Fran of the Ad Building, and talked flying also received the Canadian LaBatte ector of Aviation at Purdue. experiences until all four arrived to Trophy. Our August meeting was held at Jean thrilled to hear that our Kathleen has Howard s home and final plans were become Mrs. James P. Register though made for Washington Air Race No. 2 alas she will now make her home in to Woodstock in September. Sounds like New Orleans. Amalie adds that Kath­ a good race - with 12 entries, includ­ leen’s husband is "one of the most NO. CENTRAL ing out-of-towners Louise Smith, Ruth charming, handsome fellows this side Thomas, and Barbara Kiernan. Nancy of the Mississippi"'. Shall we send SECTION has given us glowing accounts of this paragon of all the manly virtues a Woodstock and the wonderful swimming sp ecial invitation to our very next pool. meeting? I vote yes! WISCONSIN CHAPTER Eleanor Davis is flying to Jackson­ By: Ruth C. Lembke ville for Labor Day. Fran Nolde, Ada Mitchell, Louise Calhoun, Jean How­ ALABAMA CHAPTER Dottie Fau st was hostess for the July ard, and Louise Kidd are attending the By: Jan Warrick meeting at her spacious lake home on Air Races in Philadelphia. Nancy It was a good turn-out for the August Buehla Lake. Evelyn Martin from the Tier has spent the summer at Lake 13th meeting at Municipal in Binping* Illinois Chapter was there and Ethel George. ham* Election of the new 195tToffi- C hristiansen from the Central Wiscon­ cers was chief business of the day sin Chapter came too. Dora Fritzke with Meredith Ward being elected Chair­ gave an exciting report of the National man and Minnie Wade as V ice, other Meeting to which she and Deedo Heise business was quickly disposed of and flew in the race in Deedo’s C essna. then off to Dobbs House Restaurant Elsie Peters was interested in hear­ for lunch and gossip. This meeting was ing more details than the local paper the anniversary of our chapters first gave about Deedo’s first place in the year as a Ninety-Nines Chapter. We Jr. of Commerce race. Tbney flew in are very proud that our membefship has ju st for lunch, for she had a busy day from 5 charter members to the grand before her at Capital airport. TENNESSEE CHAPTER total of 14 as of this date. By: Eddie Lee Griffin Mitchell Field, the 3,200,000 dollar Good reports from our "lo n e M issis­ field just completed at Milwaukee, was The Tennessee Chapter met at Morris­ sippi gal” Cora McDonald, Cora is at officially dedicated here recently. town Airport Sunday August 28. Ev­ Keesler AFB at Biloxi, she’s had a The 99’s had an exhibit at the opening. elyn Bryan, airport operator there, and seige of tests to p ass, all having to do Air charts with pins indicating the Mary Jan^ Quarles took us to town for with her job there, expect to hear any p laces Wisconsin Chapter women pil­ dinner. Those who flew in were Sarah day now that she’s a school marm on ots have landed throughout the United Duke and Betty Anderson in an Aero- one of those flying school rooms, now States were hung on the wall. Over nca Champion and Georgiana McCon­ that you’ve jumped most of the hurdles three hundred pins were there. The nell, in an Ercoupe. Georgiana brought Cora, maybe you’ll have some time for committee stopped at that point only her Mother along for her first cross that beautiful beach you mention as because they ran oat of the special country flight. Mary Beth Sargent and well as for attending the chapter meets-, pins. Toney and Deedo were invited 49%er Keith drove all the way from at which you have been greatly missed. guests to th: cofficial lunch. N ashville. Welcome to our new est, and 13th mem­ ber, Margaret Barnett. Margaret hails August 21st will be a fly-in lunch at New officers for the coming year were from Florida way where she graduated an airport near Baraboo. Then cars announced. They are: Chairman: Mary from University of Florida and flew will take us to D evil’s Lake. Central Beth Sargent, Vice-Chairman: Betty for her Private L icen se, sh e’s been so Wisconsin people are inviting us to Jane Quarles and Newsletter reporter, join them at that meeting. busy as Research Chemist for Chem- Eddie Lee Griffin. strand Corp., that she h asn ’t had much time for flying these last few years but Olivia Browne of Memphis participated ye ole reporter has been luring her to in an Air Show at the Naval Air B ase the airport the last month or so and INDIANA CHAPTER in Memphis in June. she’s flying up a storm now in my Lus- combe. By: Rae Cawdell We had a letter from Constance Ohlin- ger. She told us how much she enjoyed Plans are moving right along for the On August 7 we enjoyed a Sunday meeting with the Colorado N inety- Alabama-Air-Tour scheduled for late afternoon swim at "The Puddle” .Most Nines in June. September or middle October. This of all we enjoyed meeting Mildred will be a two or three day tour and the Hurt’s daughter Doris (Dodie) Powers Next meeting will be planned to coin­ Alabama Chapter is going en-masse. and 49%’er from El P aso. From j)odie, cide with the Southeastern Section We expect to gain some new members and also from the News Letter, it meeting to be held in early October. along the way and also give our chap­ would appear that their chapter does ter a publicity boost. The CAA is many interesting things. sponsoring this tour, not less than 10 Alabama cities will be visited..should Our regular meeting, August 21, took be fun. us to Lake Wawasee. The business meeting was held, before lunch, at Enjoyed having Meredith’s mother as CAROLINAS CHAPTER Howard’s Restaurant. Of course the By: Dorothy Shackelford guest at our August meet. She’s most most important piece of business af airminded and Meredith’s C essna 120 hand was the election of officers. At That breezy and ruthless lady Diane is a favorite means of transportation roaring in from the Atlantic and up the controls next year will be: Tan~ for her. Meredith’s lucky to have a co­ nie Schlundt - Chairman, Betty Donner- our eastern seaboard with a sp ecial pilot mother. grudge against the Carolinas, put a Vice Chairman, Delia Sanders - Sec’y- quick step to our August meeting sche­ T reas. And it seem s that the ByLine duled for Winston Salem. Since our on the News Letter will be carrying members are so scattered for vacations PLANE FACTS the same name, Rae Cawdell. it was decided to wait until Sept. be­ The United States, with a total fore we try again. We were very happy that Dorothy Perry of 311,659 active pilots out of a flew airlines from Evansville to In­ By the grapevine I hear that L ouise and total 660,449 that have learned dianapolis and return, hitching a ride Herman Smith have had a cottage at to fly, is probably the most air- to and from Wawasee. She flew back Myrtle Beach for the month of August. minded nation in the world. from Wawasee with Mildred Hurt and Because of the storms it must have California tops all other states your reporter in Mildred’s 170. That Js been more exciting than a restful vac­ really getting to a meeting the hard with 40,707 active pilots and ation. way and Dorothy is to be commended Texas is second with 20,202. New for her efforts. Caroline and L e s s Hembel dropped a York flies third with 18,713 pilots, card from a summer trip through Flor­ and Illinois is fourth with 17,685. ida. Amalie Stone writes from atop her After lunch we went out to Esther favorite summer spot on Cedar Moun­ Smallest active pilot population Berner’s lake side cottage for a re­ tain near Greenville. Amalie enclosed live in Vermont where only 574 freshing dip in the lake. Sail boat, a clipping titled "Miss O’Brien is persons are pilots. motor boat rides, and water skiing, all Bride . Carolina members will be made for a wonderful day. ports fun fighting haze conditions and The Bobbe Slade Wing Scout Troop Jane Ackors reports she and husband dodging storm areas, one she flew will receive their "wings” in Septem­ George had a grand vacation in upper smack into and had to do the prover­ ber at die home of Olive Ann Beech. New York State and had spent a night bial one-eighty, but she sez she had A tour through Beech Aircraft, a flight at Niagra F a lls!! What have the other tail winds both ways and you can’t in a Beech 18, a tour of McConnel A FB Indiana 99’s been doing? Gee, I wish beat that. where they received instructions on I could tell you. But I don’t know... crash and rescue and aircraft identifi­ So this is a special appeal to you Might mention we have two Aero Club cation completed their course. This is girls outside the Indianapolis area officers in the chapter - Marie Kuhlman the first troop sponsored by the Wich­ whom we see but once during the is Secy and Grace Harris is Treas. ita 9 9 ’s, however, Anne Waddell has month. We’re certain that each and Both helping to make the KC Aero Club been working with Wing Scouts for the everyone of you has done something a strong and active organization, sup­ past seven years in Garden City. this summer worthy of publicity .(Not porting aviation activities in the area, only during the summer but throughout and planning interesting activities for Kansans have completed 4 airmarkers members. the year). Send me news of your activ­ during the past month. Due to vaca­ itie s that it may appear in the News Jackie Rubelee is in Phoenix enjoying tions and the hot weather, it has been fetter. After all, w h a t ’ s News Letter a rest, our school teachers Kay P eck a slow month for painting. without News. and Marge Farrell soon will be back Three 99’ s from K ansas attended the from summer sessio n s. Verna Wilson National Flying Farmer convention at has hopped to Colorado and North Dak­ Lansing, Michigan, Ama Lee Jameson CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER ota recently and reports she expects to of the National office, Lucile and Ray go to the Sectional meeting in Septem­ by: Florence Musser Dienst, Helen and Roy Simmons. Luc­ ber. Our July 30th meeting was held at the ile D ienst received the Piper trophy Mattoon Country Club - where golf and ^nd so with final thanks to all our for having logged the most flying hours good food was in store for all. Yours efficien t and loyal officers from Gerry since the last convention. The Flying truly managed to be late again but the down, for the grand job done during the Farmer Queen contest, sponsored by T Craft got my 49%er and I there in past year - and our best wishes for the Cessna Aircraft, was won by Alberta in time for the food. We had 15 for new officers, Edna and crew, and our Reed of Emporia, Kansas. Although dinner and several guests. new HQ - - your KC reporter signs she is not a licensed pilot at present, "OUT”. we hope she will be before long. Sally Lathrop and Helen Greinke gave us a blow by blow account of the races U PP E R IOWA CHAPTER Margaret Yourdon flew her family to and convention. I think we d iscu ssed By: Betty Barton Mesa Verde, Colorado, for a week end new officers for the coming year. I was in their Tripacer. Seems some visitors much too hot for any business. The August meeting was held in Mar­ from Mexico jokingly asked her 8 year shalltown, la., with the Iowa chapter old son Lon to go home with theimand Sally Lathrop invited all of us down to as hostess. I charge were Irene Dal- spend the winter. He concurred whole­ Centralia - Sept. 11th for a fly in break­ by, Esther Neidehauser and Leona heartedly and packed his things. Took fast at the airport she manages. Break­ Hertma. Four girls from the St. Louis a promise of a flying trip to Colorado fast - 9 o’clock DST. L e t’ s get all the Chapter flew in for the meeting. Jean to keep him in the States. 99*s out and show everyone. and Quentin Wildman and other mem­ Our next meeting is tentatively set for bers of Upper Iowa Chapter also were October in Paris. present. A pleasant dinner was served at Esther Neidehauser’s home at the airport. MISSOURI VALLEY CHAPTER By: Pauline Hawks, Sec’y for Jan GREATER*KANSAS CITY CHAPTER The six month traveling trophy contest By f Be tty Siggs was completed this month, with Beu­ On July, 1955 the chapter held their At our annual election meeting held lah Smith as the winnei; with 551 meeting at the Omaha Municipal Air­ August 16th at Fairfax airport we got points. The trophy will be awarded at port in the Hayden House, where we the business of electing new officers the Annual dinner meeting in October. had our lunch. over with dispatch so we could join Dur guests in the private dining room. The September meeting will be held in Helen Moore, Chairman called the Neva Rea, our (happily) retiring Chair­ Fort Dodge on the third Sunday of the meeting to order. Helen Nestle gave a man, presided and introduced guests month. The annual dinner in Qctober very interesting report of the Ninety- and the new o fficers. Our featured will be held at Storm Lake. Nine Convention which she was dele­ guest was R ollie Humphrey who had gate at Springfield, Mass., and of the beautiful slides and color films to All Woman Transcontinental Air Race. show us,all taken during his residence Belle Hetzell also gave details of the in Alaska while working for the CAA. convention and gave report of a few of The slides and films were entrancing, the points of interest of her trip around the film on teaching A rctic survival the world by air. We hope to hear more amusing and most interesting. as time goes on of Belles trip.

We relinquish our retrin Plans were made in regards to our We relinquish our retiring Chairman and August meeting which is to be at Lake other officers with a vote of thanks McConaughy. Quite a few showed in­ for the hard work done in keeping our terest and said they plan to be there. chapter together and in providing so Dorothy Higbee was to find out from many interesting meetings and activi­ other members in Omaha who were not ties for us. We welcome the new offi­ present if they will go and let Flor­ cers with a confidence that they will KANSAS CHAPTER ence Dunlavy, h ostess, know how to lead us through another good chapter By: Lois Dobbin plan. year. August meeting was a week end RON Very happy to have our neighbor 99 ’r Our new officers: Chairman, Marie at the home of Anne and Lowell Wad­ and her husband with us, Helen and Kuhlman; Vice-Chairman, Laurien dell in Garden City. Flying in Saturday Roy Simmons met with us. Griffin; Secretary, Sarah Gorelick; 13th, we airmarked Garden City and Treasurer, Dee Southard. Sublette, then retired to the swim pool for the rest of the week end. We all had Those present, Helen Nestle, Dor­ This is a roster of FLYING officers. a wonderful time * * firecrackers’ (Low­ othy Higbee and daughter Jell Ann, Marie Kuhlman (and Neva Rea) spent ell’s rum concoction of *55) put the Helen Moore, Beil Hetzel, Rosemary a couple of weeks in July at St. Mary’ s show on the road, outdoor fish fry, and Howard Phelp s and Rosemary’s in Colorado, will return later in Sep­ swimming, sunning and hanger-flying. father, Mr. Louis Rodman of Glenwood, tember on the KC Aero Club’s 3-day Everyone 'flew in ’ , Helen and Buddy Iowa, Pauline and Earl Hawks and juant. Laurien Griffin, our flyingest Chandler in a 140, Julie and Justin guest, Janet Davenport. member, is back in Dayton having a Snowhill in Ercoupe, Margaret Yourdon new prop installed on the C essna. and Laurin Griffin in Tripacer, Lois an Munkres sent work that she was eaving Lincoln today about noon on Sarah Gorelick flew her plane back Dobbin, Marge Cooper and her cocker 'C heckers’ in a 170. Marge and Charles a tour of a number of Air B ases in the from Denver after her jgraduation from south with the USAF. Glad that Jan Denver University and keeps it in the Paris in a 120, Hazel and A1 Guy in a 170. As a gracious host, Anne and Low­ got to take the tour, we’ll be hearing air locally. Dee Southard had a long more about it. solo X-C recently to Dover, Ohio, re­ ell are athe most.... full cooperation of the San Mateo Coun­ TULSA CHAPTER Nettleblads have been on vacation in ty Airport fa c ilitie s, the services of By: Eleanor Heath western Colorado; Thelma Thomas has thd planned Vill Hotel, (to be built been on a trip. behind the Villa Chartier Restaurant), Things have been quiet around Tiilsa Phil Johnston had a short sojourn in and also the support of various Cham­ since Faye Mefford and T iss ie Law­ ber of Commerce. rence entered the TAR and we saw all the hospital, but is on the mend now. the contestants through here. No Aug* Bob and Mary C ollett are the proud Mabel Zehr’s husband, Otto, has been ust meeting was held because of vaca­ parents of baby son, "R o b b ie ” . seriously ill with heart trouble but is tions, etc. now recovering. September meeting will be in Colorado Springs with Verna Christopher as hos­ Fred Rueckert is getting about again After the TAR, Fran Bera came through after the operation on his back. Tulsa on her way home. We were all tess. guests at a cocktail party given in her The other day the speed of present honor at Western V illage by her spon­ day air travel was impressed upon sors, Aeroduct, Corp. Fran Grant as the mere reading of the short hours between here and New Tulsa Chapter has joined in with other SOUTHWEST York City cannot do. Her father left aviation organizations to form a new there at 9:30 AM, met Fran at the air­ Tulsa Aviation Council made up of the port on this coast at 2:30 PM, and leader of each group.- 8 in all. The SECTION handed her a fresh, morning New York first project undertaken by the Coun­ Times paper. cil is a Fly-In Breakfast at Harvey Rosemarie Gehling has been doing Young Airport on O ct. 2. It is also some weekend flying. She and her being promoted by civic clubs in Ok­ BAY CmES CHAPTER roommate, Joan Bryan, plan to vaca­ mulgee (30 miles south) They are ser- tion in Hawaii in November. ing a barbeque lunch on their airport By: Maxine Carlson in the afternoon. So if anyone wants Lindy Boyes, our versatile pilot, has some good food and have a lot of fun Thirteen adults and nine children en­ recently soloed in a helicopter. fly over Tulsa-way Sunday October 2. joyed a terrific "bunch” at Kelton’s cabin in the beautiful woods just We hear fromPeggy Potter, our member in Bakersfield, that she is busy rais­ Beth Smith has moved back to Okla­ above Santa Cruz. With only two waf­ ing chinchillas and offering her time in homa City - 3Ure sorry to loose her. fle irons and twenty two people, there Gray Lady work. Our September meeting will be at West­ were various schemes afoot to get a ern Village on the 8th. Gov. Anne waffle at just the right time. Some Our most sincere condolences go to Waddell is flying down to attend • we people ate a waffle first, some inGladys the Davis on the loss of her hus­ will have election of officers. middle of the meal, and some "for band, Tom, in an accident while crop- d essert” . At any time, they were worth dusting near Indio. See "you all” in El Paso, Sept. 30. it. *'Fighting” for the strawberry and whipped cream covered treats were CORPUS CHRISTI UNIT Rosemarie Gehling and her guest from UTAH CHAPTER By: Elaine Gault San C arlos, Joan Bryan, Ed and Maxine By: Bobby McDonald Carlson, Lindy Boyes, Miriam Brugh, The big news of our last meeting was Fred and Hazel Miles and son Rick The August meeting of the Utah Chap­ the election of officers: Chairman - Ar- and his little black dog, Mac, Ruth ter was held at Ethel McDermott s dath McCreery, Vice-Chairman- Mary Rueckert, John and Margaret Gerhardt home, where she served delicious chi­ Ghormely, Sec-Treas. - Louise Clark­ and their four children, and Helen and cken pies to Eunice Naylor and sisteT son, Reporter - Mary Lee Humason. and Don Kelton and their children, Louise Jorgensen, Jessie Carter, Nicky Harding, June Raybould, Jane Ardath McCreery and Helen Disney While Ruth Rueckert was away par­ Andreason, Bobby McDonald, Margaret came in from McAllen for the meeting ticipating in the AWTAR and the Loy and Cora Grote. Cora, a former with Ardath’s 24%er, Jam es Robert. National Convention, her husband Fred member of our Chapter, is now back in What a precious baby - played, la u ­ had a serious operation. He is recover­ Utah and we hope we’ll be siineg a ghed, and flirted the whole evening. ing well. lot of her. In the Air R ace Lindy Boyes and Mar­ Merle Dunnam is back from a trip to Entertainment for the evening was pro­ garet Callahan came in 4th, Margaret vided by Eunice Naylor, who told us Enid Oklahoma where she picked up Gerhardt and Gerry Mickelsen came in about her marvelous trip to the Hawai­ her mother for a v isit to Corpus. 28th, and Ruth Rueckert and Geri Hill ian Islands with a group of CAP girl 40th. All our girls reported wonderful Merle also told us that we made a cadets on the Foriegn Exchange pro­ treatment at all the stops. neat profit on the rummage sale. More gram. Eunice had many beautiful color money for airmarking and do we need Each girl who participated in the race slides of the trip, including a night it! received numerous gifts. An interesting shot of a volcano in full eruption. She sidelight was the fact that at the de­ and the cirls traveled by air - courtesy COLORADO CHAPTER signated stops many local spectators of the Air Force - both ways. By: Donna Myers said they had never been at their air­ port before. News *n Views - Jan e D avis, our Election of officers has been held in Chairman, tied the knot with Norm An­ the chapter, and the present ones are All those who attended the National dreason in June. Norm is a control winding up their year and the new Convention received a pin, a beautiful tower operator at Salt Lake Airport. slate f s busy preparing for their fut­ gold airplane on which to hang the Onita Hoff, who was recently chosen ure duties. Results are: For her second 9 9 ’s pin. Flying Farmer queen of Idaho, is go­ year, Mary Wenholz is serving as chair­ At our August meeting eleven members ing back to Chicago to represent them man; Frances Tepper is again our vice- enjoyed a ham buffet supper at Geri at an affair there. Our Doris Eacret and Frank H ill's hilltop home in San placed 10th in the TAR. chairman; Alice Fuchs is the new sec- Carlos. Mabel Zehr, ever helpful, fixed retray and Phyllis Johnston is treas­ some of the delicious food for the al­ urer. Marilyn Nordstrom will be the ways-busy Geri. newsletter reporter. Miriam Brugh, Hazel M iles, guest, Lor- SAN FERNANDO VA LLEY CHAPTER Chairman Wenholz’s idea of writing ene Misener, Rose Tucker, Fran Grant, By: Trixie-Ann G. Schubert letters at each meeting to some out Rosemarie Gehling, Dorothy Whiteman, of town member has paid off. Each The San Fernando Valley chapter was Geri H ill, Maxins »Carlson, Mable Zehr, saddened by the sudden death of the month we receive good answers from Ruth Rueckert and Helen Kelton were mother of our chairman, Clara Davis. these far-flung members - for instance all impressed by the H ill’s new home Clara was summoned to Delta, Utah, this month we heard from Marjory Cones and the view from it. who lives in California. where funeral services were held. During the meeting a report of die re­ The August meeting was strictly a This, plus the fact that Los Angeles sults of the National Convention was dinner meeting - so many were out of chapter, with whom we were to have given. The date of October 2 was cho­ town on vacations. Anne Waddell from a joint dinner meeting, is busy with sen to airmark Santa Cruz. The mem­ Kansas was present, as was Marilyn their elaborate hostessing plans for bers present voted unanimously to bid Nordstrom, Betty Stackhouse, Thelma the 99 sectional convention, cancelled for the start of the 1956 AWTAR. If we Thomas, Alice Fuchs. Cocktails at our August meeting. get it, we are promised $2500 and the Marilyn’s first. On the cheerful side of the ledger are Ruby and Stan Potter have been taking August 28th found a mass flight of wedding bells in Alaska for one of our lots of trips to Centerville, near San 99*s, their families and friends wing­ chapter members. Red-head Roberta F ran cisco. ing their way to F lag staff for break­ Smith, who is attending college in Delegates for the Southwestern Sec­ fast. The Flagstaff airport has eleva­ Alaska, married her minerology in­ tional Meeting in Santa Monica are: tion of 7,010 ft. and the temperature structor and sh e’s now Mrs. MarkN. Lois Bartling, Claire Hale, Helen was made to order at 78 degrees. We Christensen. She describes him as Dick, Donna Davis, Ruby Potter, Edna drank pots of coffee and dined on ham "six feet three tall, blonde, green Penners and Dottie Sanders. and eggs at the airport cafe. Those eyes, a doll.,, A licensed pilot too, attending were Wilma and B ill Bland They are buying their own plane and San Diego's next scheduled meeting is and Bonnie Fugitt in the Bland Stinson, flying back to California for some add­ at the home of Dottie Sanders, 1526 Jimmye Lou, Frank Shelton, children itional graduate work at the University Koe St., Lemon Grove California on and Frank’ s mother in an Apached, Luc­ of California in Berkeley. Monday, September 12th. ille and Lorin Crosby and son, Larry in their Tri-Pacer, Alice and Charles Roberta promises to bring her husband Roberts and Mary McNeil in the Roberts’ and aerial photo slides they’ve taken Bonanza, Carol Lowery in a 170 on low level geology recon flights to accompanied by Kenneth Wible and our chapter meeting in L os Angeles in SANTA CLARA CHAPTER Elgin Newell, Vern Brooke, a pros­ the near future. By: Ardell Hauk pective member , her husband Nelson, and guest Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Moran in Pat Gladney and Jackie Petty flew a the family Tri-Pacer, and Betty Knier, brand new C essn a 170 to Salinas on Marjorie Crowl, Marilyn Leopold, a August 2nd, the day your reporter LONG BEACH CHAPTER underwent a major overhaul, so we guest, and Juanita Newell in a 195. By: Iris C. Critchell didn’t get to see or ride in it. However Ruth Reinhold is the first woman pilot The Gals of the Long Beach Chapter on the 18th P a t flew down again and in these western states to fly in the are back to their normal routines after this time we were sufficiendy recov­ French four-place jet that Beech craft an interesting and busy summer. ered to fly home with her and attend is manufacturing in Wichita for civil­ our monthly 99 meedng which was ian use. Ruth flew to Albuquer que in We were very proud to be h o stesses held in the International Room at the a Bonanza to accept the invitation to again to all the girls in the All-Woman San Francisco, Airport. ride and fly this $300,000 airplane Transcontinental Air R ace in Long while it was there at Kirkland Field on Beach for the Start. It was lots of fun It is a new thrill each time we visit demonstration. She was highly impress- having hhese girls with us from all over San F ran cisco ’s beautiful new air­ with its performance and its flight char­ the United States and Dorothy Rungel- port and each time we find something acteristics. ing and Felicity Bennett of Ontario, to marvel at that we had m issed before. Canada, and Pearl L ask a of Fairbanks, Alaska. We hope they had ? good time Those attending the dinner meedng in Long Beach. were Pat Gladney, Jackie and Lloyd SACRAMENTO VALLE Y CHAPTER Besides our hard working race commit­ P etty , Patty Sherwood, Dorothy Mona­ By: Coral Bloom tee of Donna Chilcote, Jean Elloitt, han, Mafi°n Barnick, Gladys Lener“ Rita Gibson, Mayetta Behringer, and ville, Diane Gibson, Tommy and Chris Sacrmaento Valley Chapter has not Doris Phillips, all the girls of the Christian and D ell Hauk. Natalie held regular meetings this summer be­ chapter,and many of our friends pitched B ossio planned to attend but she tried cause so many of our members have in and worked hard to make the start to squeeze a 5 hour cro ss country in been on vacation. Next meeting is a su ccess. Three of our chapter, Shir­ before dinner, and the dinner hour scheduled for Sept. 10th Capitol Inn ley Froyd, Jean Clark, and Iris Crit­ caught her still 100 miles from home. for lunch, swimming for all those so chell had the fun of flying the race and Natalie is working on her commercial inclined. P lan s w ill be made for the report a wonderful time all the way license. Next time, Natalie. fall activities. Election of Officers through. will conclude the activities of_the day. Several of our members ard'infan tici- Four of our members attended the In­ pating” - Tommy Christian is expect­ Ruth and A1 Wagner spent a month in ternational convention in Springfield, ing her second baby any minute (as of Mass. in July. the east visiting relatives. While this writing), Mickey Hughes and her there A1 attended the Medical Assoc­ Our August meeting was an outdoor husband will welcome their first wee iation Meeting. They reported a won­ pot-luck luncheon held in the lovely one sometime in December, and Pat derful time and the flying weather back yard of Barbara London’s home. Gladney, Ja ck and Gale are looking excellent. After returning home Ruth This occasion provided the opportunity for the stork in the late December or has moved into their new home. for telling and re-telling the 'ta le s ” of early January. Hope they are all pros­ the race and convention trip. pective 99Js. Genevieve Sharp has moved to Wiscon­ Now er are planning several interest­ sin. We’ll miss you, Genevieve. ing activities for this fall, and we are looking forward to attending the South­ Jeannette Kapus has spent a month west Sectional meeting in Santa Moni­ with her folks in Wisconsin but is ca in September. now back at McClellan A. F. Base. SAGUARO CHAPTER Marjorie Raglin and sister stopped in By: Juanita Newell Sacramento with Gerry M ickelsen on Our August 9th business meeting was their way to San Francisco. Marge, a held at the home of Camille Shapley. Chicago Area 99, spent her summer SAN DIEGO CHAPTER going to University of Nevada and was By: Dottie Sanders It was announced that the NadonaJ Aviation Trades Association were go­ on her way home via the south and Evelyn Briggs and Ruth Woldren hos­ ing to hold their meeting in Phoenix Mexico. Gerry reports that they cer­ tessed a delicious buffet dinner for this year and would lik e Our members tainly did enjoy having Marge visit our August meeting in the home of to model the very exclusive Toria Tassi them and she hopes more 99*s will Evelyn’s brother on Friday, August Squaw Dresses for the members of the Lome through Sacramento. 19th.Members were brought up to date association and their wives. Those on the happenings at the Convention attending the business meeting was Leah Liersch has been taking advan­ by Ruby Potter. Camille, the hostess, Ruth Reinhold, tage of the nice weather and her even­ Carol Lowery, Mary McNeil, Alice Rob­ ing shift in the Tower by swimming Dottie Schultz reports having a wonder­ every morning. ful trip to A laska, ferrying an airplane erts, Marjorie Crowl, Melba Beard, Jimmye Lou Shelton and your reporter. up there and having been gone for a Rita Hart has been boat racing with total of two months. Wilma Bland and husband B ill, spent her husband Al, and has been helping The Penners took wing again for a ten days this month with their fam ilies her son finish a log cabin near Fea­ week in San Francisco with their son in Santa Ana. Their trusty Stinson ther River Inn. carried them safely to and from their the week of August 21st. destination. We are anxiously looking Dorothy Greive, our member at River­ Lois Bartling has been piloting 49%er forward to our next business meeting, side was in town for a short half hour. back and forth to Los Angeles on bus­ not only is it election of new officers, Sorry you couldn’ t promote an over in ess, and Betty Lambert is now teach­ but we are going to get to see Jimmye night stay on the charter trip. Con* ing at Montgomery Field six days a Lou’s new home. All the reports are gratulations, Dorothy, on the marriage week. that it is "out of this world” . o f your son. 1IVW SSV1D IS V IJ

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