President's Column Ninety- Nines
PRESIDENT'S COLUMN NINETY- En Route NINES Via Eastern Airlines En route to Greenville, S. C., to pick up the Navion, which I had to leave there last weekend, when the weather closed in on me, when en route to the Section meeting in Atlanta. But regardless of the fact that we all had to abandon our planes and commandeer any means of transportation we could find to get there, as even the air lines were grounded, the meeting was most success ful. Evelyn Greenblatt had worked very hard to arrange radio programs, newspaper interviews, etc. The social highlight was a tea and style show given by the Atlanta Woman's Aero Club. Mrs. William Robertson— "Polly" to you— is the President. No doubt many of you remember her from Cleveland. She was President of the Cleveland Woman's Chapter of the NAA, and always saw that the NEWB lady pilots were entertained royally during the National LETTER Air Races. « The weekend of April 23 was most enjoyable in Louisville, Kentucky. What a meeting! The girls flew in from all overj inspite of terrific winds, there were almost as May 15, 1949 many 99 Club members in Louisville as there were at the National meeting in Kansas City. The banquet was a grand affair, and Greenwood Cocanougher was a scintillating toastmistressj her public relations work DEADLINE was wonderful— television program and pages of news 5th OF EACH MONTH paper publicity. Greenwood had that inimitable person ality, A1 Near, as guest speaker, and he was plenty good. The meeting was a success from start to finish.
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