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September 1st found me winging my is Hostess to the 1966 International way to Miami, Florida. Our daughter, Convention and they already have Barbi, had been visiting us while her most of the plans made. You just husband is flying the F100 in Viet can’t afford to miss it . . . so start Nam. Outside of circumnavigating a planning now to attend. You will be OCTOBER, 1985 few thunderstorms, the weather was glad you did. The country in the North­ really very good. Barbi accuses me west is beautiful to see and they have Official Publication of of getting her home just in time to many unusual activities on the agenda. THE NINETY - NINES, Inc. sit through 'Betsy.’ Fortunately she Thought you might like to know that Headquarters, Terminal Bldg. was safely buckled down and didn’t we have three new Chapters in the Will Rogers World Airport suffer any major loss. For this we are works and as soon as all the paper P. O. Box 99 thankful!! work is completed, we will introduce Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101 On my return home, I flew into them to you. Headquarters Secretary Panama City, Florida, and RON'd Most of our Sections and Chapters CAROL CRAIG with your Secretary, Betty McNabb. have elected their new leaders for the What a lovely place to RON!! There coming year. What we make of this Editor is 1400 feet of beach in front of Betty’s year, is up to all of us as we try to DOROTHY L. YOUNG house and she and I walked around it, carry out the ideas of our leaders. So. . 6512 N.W. 20th St. Dr. picking up shells and interesting for you that are taking office, I would Bethany, Oklahoma 73008 pieces of wood. like to list the following: The weather bureau told me that if 10 COMMANDMENTS International Officers I took off and flew low until I reached FOR WOMAN LEADERSHIP President New Orleans, I would be passed the 1. Must have intense faith in the ALICE ROBERTS stationary front that was hanging over work we are doing. 719 Orchid Lane the area. I asked what the tops were 2. Readiness to revise our program Phoenix, Ariz. 85021 and was told that I could top it at to fit our needs. 8500' . . . so at 10:30 a.m. I took off, Vice-President 3. Willingness to seek co-operation climbed on top (10,500) and headed for DONNA T. MYERS and give it. OKC. Well, you know how that goes 11603 E. 6th Place 4. A zest for learning and to ex­ . . . I flew past New Orleans, Jackson, Denver, Colo. 80011 plore new ways. Mississippi, Texarkana, Dallas, and 5. Have contagious enthusiasm. Secretary didn’t fly out of clouds until I reached 6. Ability to communicate complex BETTY W. McNABB Ardmore, Oklahoma, which is about 80 ideas in clear and simple speech. 926 Third Ave. miles south of OKC. But I shouldn’t 7. Have steadiness and continuity Albany, Georgia complain, the air was smooth as glass in our program. Treasurer and it: was really very nice to be up 8. Inmade sensitivity to others. RUTH RUECKERT there in the quiet and be able to col­ 9. Be discontent with less than the 2037 Rivera St. lect my thoughts. highest standard. San Francisco, Calif. 94116 I had dinner with Susie Sewell and 10. Sacrifice in devotion. Give the Dottie Young and Susie very gracious­ Executive Board most precious gift of all . . . yourself. ly ‘put me up’ for the night. LLYDIELLEN "Lygie” Hagan With those few words of admonition, Doltie is enthusiastic about contin­ South 1907 Oneida Place I will close this epistle and start pack­ uing on as News Editor, and we are Spokane, Washington 99203 ing for my next trip . . . the S.W. Sec­ most happy to have her do so. Keep tion Meeting in Salt Lake City. JOAN L. HRUBEC her happy by sending her lots of news! Hope your skies are clear as you 16902 Dartmouth Ave. Just got home in time to pack and progress on your Flight 99, 1985-66. Cleveland, Ohio 44111 leave again . . . this time 1o attend Sincerely, ELIZABETH V. “ Susie'’ SEWELL the Northwest Section meeting in Med­ Alice Roberts, c /o Catlin Aviation Co. ford, Oregon. The weather was cooper­ International President P. O. Box 82398 ating very well, the trip was CAVU. Okla. City, Okla. 73108 I flew the Bonanza 5865J, non-stop . . . 874 nautical miles, averaged LOST 172kpr. On arrival at Medford, the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter has DEADLINE FOR NEWS— tower told me to park at gate four, been unsuccessful in locating their The 20th of the Month that he thought there was someone Charter, date of issue and the list of Send Copy To: there to meet me. That was the under­ Chapter Charter members. If you Dottie Young, Editor statement of the year. About 25 of the can help them . . . send information 6512 N. W. 20th St. Dr. NW 99s were there . . . made me feel to: Joyce Roggio, 545 Chandler Lane. Bethany, Oklahoma 7300S so important!! Villanova, Pa. 19085. As you know, the Northwest Section MEET YOUR 1965- 1966 OFFICERS Executive Board Members

LYDIELLEN “LYGIE” HAGAN

ALICE ROBERTS DONNA T. MYERS President Vice-President

JOAN HRUBEC

BETTY W. MoNABB RUTH N. RUECKERT Secretary Treasurer

Coming Events

October 9, 1965 June 90, 1966 Middle East Section Fall Meeting International Convent ion Philadelphia, Pa. Seattle, Washington

October 16, 1965 N.Y.-N.J. Section Fall Meeting July 2-5, 19S6 MacArthur Airport AWTAR Long Island, New York Seattle, Wash., to Clearwater, Fla. ELIZABETH “ SUSIE” SEWELL Keeping Up NOTAMS Amelia Earhart ATTENTION — ALL REPORTERS IMPORTANT NOTICE Scholarship Next deadline for News copy will be NEW REGULATORY REQUIRE­ November 20. There will be no Novem­ Alice H. Hammond Permanent Trustee MENTS AFFECTING FLIGHT IN­ ber Newsletter due to printing and issuing the 1965-66 Membership Direc­ Just in case you had to miss your STRUCTORS, APPLICANTS FOR PI­ tory. October Chapter meeting, here is the LOT CERTIFICATES, STUDENT PI­ information about the 1936 Amelia LOTS AND AIRCRAFT OWNERS. NOT A SINGLE LETTER from a Earhart Memorial Scholarship Awards Charter Member or a Member-at- cf $700: Beginning September 25, 1965, Flighi Large. The personal contacts esta­ Applicants must be an active mem­ Instructor certificates will be issued blished by Past President Ruth Deer- ber of the Ninety-Nines for a minimum for a duration of 24 calendar months. man are gratefully acknowledged and of two years, have at least 200 hours Flight Instructor certificates issued be­ it is hoped you will use your NEWS pilot-in-command lime since receiving fore September 25, 1965, will expire at each month to “keep in touch.’’ her Private license, complete training made possible through the Award by the end of the holder's next birth —o— PAY FOR SPACE OR SPACE FOR Septem ber 1, 1968. month following September 25, 1966. PAY ? . . . Do Astronauts get travel She must intend to carry on some All applicants for renewal should be allowance—and if so, how much? Ac­ work in the aviation field, or related prepared to pass the practical test pre­ cording to NBC News Correspondent fields such as teaching, writing, re­ scribed in FAR 61, Section 61.173. How­ David Brinkley, in summarizing 1he search, engineering, mechanics, etc., and must agree to maintain the certi­ ever, if the applicant’s certificate has eight-day Gemini 5 space flighi, As­ fication or rating thus acquired for at not expired at the time application is tronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles least two years. made for renewal, the Administrator “ Pete” Conrad received their flight Prospective applicants must apply io may, based upon the flight instruction pay while in the air and their salary— (heir Chapter for consideration as their record of the applicant, limit the test but no overtime. However, for payroll choice to represent them in the com­ to those items that he finds necessary purposes, during a space flight, a man petition. If selected, she will receive to determine the continued competen­ 150 miles in the air, traveling 17,500 forms from the Chairman of the Ame­ cy of the applicant. miles an hour, is considered to be tra­ veling!!! So—they were given the stan­ lia Earhart Scholarship Trustees. Beginning September 25, 1965, all ap­ dard military allowance of $16 a day. These forms, when completed, must bo plicants for Pilot certificates and Since they were in a metallic tank, submitted to her Chapter Chairman, Flight Instructor ratings (except type NASA considers that they were pro­ together with a picture, no later than ratings) must have the written recom­ vided with quarters furnished by the the first week in January 1966 for the mendation of a certificated Flight In­ Government; so allowance for quar­ letter of recommendation on the back. structor. Additional limitations have ters is deducted from the $16-a-day. The Chapter Chairman will take it been placed upon operations by Stu­ This means they were charged $8 per from there. dent Pilots who have not acquired the day for occupancy of the space craft. Good luck! aeronautical experience required for Also, the Government figured that a Private Pilot certificate. These limit­ meals were furnished, so $2.25 is de­ AWTAR ations affect cross country privileges ducted for each meal—or $6.75 from of students. the daily travel allowance. That’s $6.75 Powder Puff Derby Under provisions of FAR 45. 25 and and $8—$14.75. Even though the meals M. Andrews Lopez, Reporter FAR 45. 29, all U. S. registered fixed cost much more, they were hardly Now that we have summer packed wing aircraft, except as specifically worth the price—mush in a plastic away in the suitcases, we will give provided otherwise in Part 45, must sack! you the 1963 race route to dream about display Nationality and Registration . . . makes it hard to understand why while you are hibernating this winter. Marks at least 12 inches high, either some of our $100+ per day Legislators Takeoff will be July 2nd from Seattle, on the vertical tail surfaces or on the refuse to accept that the Wright Broth­ Wash., finish deadline at Clearwater, sides of the fuselage. Other require­ ers started a good thing and that it’s Fla., sundown of July 5th. The uncon­ ments pertinent to such marks must here to stay!—ED. firmed intermediate stops as they also be met. Operators of aircraft stand now are: Pendleton, Ore.; Boise. which have not been marked in com­ Idaho; Pocatello, Idaho; Rock Springs, pliance with these requirements are PLAN AHEAD Wyo.; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Grand Island, cautioned to do so prior to January 1, Neb.; Kansas City, Kan.; Cape Girar­ 1966. International deau, Mo.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Aug­ Anyone desiring more information Convention usta, Ga., a must stop with nice ac­ concerning the details of the changes commodations conveniently located; pertaining to Pilots and Flight In­ and and Gainesville, Fla. The awards ban­ structors should order Federal Avia­ Powder Puff Derby quet will be on the evening of July 7th tion Regulation Part 61 from the U.S. in Clearwater. More details and other 1966 Government Printing Office, Washing­ info on the race will be coming to you ton, D. 0. 20402, price 30 cents. Seattle, Wash. scon by way of a flyer when all stops held at North’s Chuck Wagon, with a few girls still coming in. Early Saturday morning we started transporting girls to the business meet­ ing which started at 9 a.m., and later a luncheon and fashion show. Clothes v/ere chosen that could actually be packed without wrinkling. They were practical fashions for a traveling wo­ man pilot. Basics that could be worn for the street and with a dash of jewel­ ry be worn after 5. CHARMIAN BYERS-JONES was the narrator and did a marvelous job. CHARMIAN calls herself the “ missing link.” She lives on the boundary between the North­ ern Oregon and Southern Oregon Chap­ ters — attends both Chapter meetings and goes all out when asked to help in either Chapter. BENA MILLER, Southern Oregon, pul the entire fash­ ion show together, obtaining models and modeling clothes herself. Something from Oregon was given to the girls at the luncheon. The Ore­ gon State Forestry Service provided Lola Iiicei, San Fernando Valley Chapter, and Pat Lambart, Governor of Knobcone Pines. The Chapter potted Southwest Section looking over the Van Xuys Airport where the Powder Puff them and they were given to the girls Derby will “ takeoff” in 196X. to take home and plant. I’ll be looking for those stately pines the next time I are confirmed. You will note that the fly over South Dakota. White orchids race is one-half day shorter than those SECTION were presented to ALICE ROBERTS of previous years. and the incoming officers. MEETINGS A chartered bus transported us to Kay Brick would like to extend her NORTHWEST SECTION the Rogue Valley Country Club. The thanks for all those letters, phone FALL MEETING steaks were delicious, tender, and hoi. calls and telegrams that she received By Gladys Burrill, So. Oregon Chapter COMMANDER DON JENSEN was when people thought that she might Once more our Northwest Sectional flown in from Whidbey Island Naval have been the Kay Brick who lost her Convention of 99s has come to an end. Air Station in a C54 to be our guest life in the commercial plane crash in It was an occasion we Southern Ore­ speaker for the evening. MARCELLA Michigan a few weeks ago. Kay appre­ gon girls will not soon forget. OTHUS, Governor of our Northwest ciates your concern and wants you to Section commented, "It will go down know that she is very much alive, only Our first plane to come in was on in history that five girls pul on a Sec­ buried with paper work at AWTAR Thursday evening, Sepl. 9. Our past tional and did a magnificent job.” headquarters. The clippings response Governor, HELEN APPEL, and her There are no members living in Med­ for the 1965 race was good but we still 49V2er caught us as we were getting ford and it isn’t easy to move into a have room for more. ready to hang our welcome banner 011 the third floor level of the Medford town and ask to hold a Convention. Copies of 19th AWTAR Official Pro­ airport terminal, just under the tower. Everyone in the valley was wonderful and so helpful. We had very good cov­ gram — souvenir type — includes 1985 The following morning we girls of erage television and in the news- race route, pictures and brief biogra­ the welcoming committee were at the 011 phies of contestants — are available airport bright and early, checking with are $1.00 each, including mailing costs, the tower on ETA of our 99s flight from AWTAR Headquarters, Teter- plans. It was a joy watching them PLAN AHEAD boro, Airport, Teterboro, New Jersey land after a long flight; to greet the 07608. girls, our International President ALICE ROBERTS and her husband International from Phoenix, Arizona, and the other girls from far away North and South Convention AE Scholarship Dakota and Montana. It was an ex­ and perience we will always remember. Powder Puff Derby Deadline Our Secretary, PAT GILDA, from far away Anchorage, Alaska, drove every 1966 January 15th inch of the 3500 miles to Medford. Seattle, Wash. Friday evening a buffet supper was paper. The photographer was present at all events for the two-day meet from the arrival of ALICE ROBERTS on Friday through Saturday night ban­ quet. On Sunday, the fly-away day, 1ho weather was beautiful even I bough Sat­ urday night’s forecast was not so en­ couraging. Our attendance for the weekend was 85. We will be looking forward to see­ ing you all again next year. Thanks to you, our BERNADINE, for the magnificent job you did manag­ ing this occasion. CHARMIAN and BERNADINE are recuperating with a trip to New Hamp­ shire in CHARMIAN’s plane. Also—someone left a pink sweater and low heels. We’re holding them for you. —o—

SOUTHEAST SECTION FALL MEETING

By Martha Tobey, Memphis Chapter International President is greeted on arrival at Medford, Oregon, for Northwest The Southeast Section thanks ANN Section Fall Meeting. I,eft to right: President Alice Roberts; Jean Carbon and ROSS, Chairman, and the Florida Gold- coast Chapter for a wonderful Fail Barbara Thisted, Eastern Washington Chapter; Helen Appel, Western Wash­ Section meeting held at Grand Bahama ington Chapter.—Photo by Larry Holman, Medford Mail Tribune. Hotel, Grand Bahama Island, Baha­ mas, on September 17 and 18. Thirty Ninety-Nines from as far away as Ar­ kansas, with (heir families and guests, dodged thunderstorms and fought head­ winds to fly to this Island in the Sun. Grand Bahama Hotel advertises 57% things to do, and we did them all. Saturday afternoon our Governor, VIRGINIA BRITT, presided at the business meeting. A rising vote of thanks was given the Tennessee chap­ ter for the magnificent job they did with the AWTAR Terminus and In­ ternational Convention in Chattanooga. New officers elected and installed are: Governor — MARTHA TOBEY, Mem­ phis Chapter; Vice-Governor—JANET GREEN, Mississippi Chapter; Secre- I ary-Treasurer—FRANCES PEACOCK, Georgia Chapter. At dinner Saturday evening ETHEL RADZEWICZ and BERNICE KELLY received special citations for their rugged flight in a Cessna 150 around thunderstorms all the way from Jackson, Mississippi, to West End. It is always a joyous experience to see old friends again and to make new ones, and our beautiful surroundings Southern Oregon 99s with WELCOME Banner for Northwest Section Meeting made this Section meeting a very special occasion. are Bena Miller, left, and Gladys Burrill. Banner is at third floor level just Thank you Florida Goldcoast. under the Control Tower on Medford Airport. RICK’S home but RUTH took off in for her special help in Wilmington. her Tri-Pacer with her children as co­ Ninety-Nines who helped as ticket Welcome pilots to visit her mother in Valpa­ sellers, ground crew and escorts were and raiso. When talking to RUTH she was JEANNETTE KAPUS, MARCIA MUS- bubbling at the fact that she had com­ SON, CAROLINE BREGLER, ANN Congratulations pleted this trip without any difficulty. PFATTEICHER, CECILIA STETSER, Congratulations to IRENE WIRT- VIRGINIA SWISHER, IRENE WIRT- to our new SCHAFTER who just received her Com­ SCHAFTER, HELEN ZUBROW, BAR­ mercial rating. BARA FARQUHARSON, MARIE D’AL­ Central LOUISE SACCHI and NANCY DIE- TERIO, KATE MACARIO, HELEN Pennsylvania MAND flew two Bonanzas from Wichi­ PRICE, BARBARA BONNETT and ta, Kans., to Philadelphia recently. BETH STURTEVANT, and prospective Chapter LOUISE will be ferrying both these member, SELMA BRANDE. planes to Europe. WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAPTER The warm weather brought out the Mary M. ‘‘Mitzi” Keller, Reporter air-minded citizens of the Wilmington, ^MIDDLE EAST Del., area where the Eastern Pennsyl­ Our first meeting for the newly # SECTION vania Chapter and the Delaware State elected Chapter officers was held Sep­ Chamber of Commerce sponsored tember 10 in the Game Room of the ‘ ‘Aviation Day” at the Greater Wil­ Apolline Apartment Hotel, home of our CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA mington Airport in Wilmington on Sep­ hostess and charter member, KAY CH APTER tember 18. WELLS. FAY greeted the attending 21 Marion Dunlap, Reporter members, and the business at hand Airplanes were donated for the day This new Chapter of the Ninety-Nines by ATLANTIC AVIATION SERVICE, got off to a prompt 7 o ’clock sharp, one hour later. held their first official meeting at a Philadelphia; ATLANTIC AVIATION luncheon meeting at the Fallon Hotel, CORP., Wilmington, Del.; HORTMAN Chairman JO EDDLEMAN called the Lock Haven, Pa., September 11, 1965. AVIATION, Morrisville, Pa.; THE meeting together, then proceeded to We were honored at this meeting with DENSON CO., Fort Washington, P.a.; name her committee chairmen .and the the presence of ,a person you all know PAT ARNOLD FLIGHT SCHOOL, Gor- work she expected from them. JO is very well for his record breaking flying donsville, Va.; HENRY WEBER AIR­ an old hand at this, as she chartered experiences, MAX CONRAD. He told of CRAFT DISTRIBUTORS, INC.; SUM­ the Albuquerque Chapter a few years a few of his experiences and answered MIT AVIATION, INC., Middletown, back. We voted to hold our business scores of questions we asked him. We Del.; OCEAN COUNTY AVIATION, meetings the second Friday of each made plans for future meetings and de­ INC., Lakewood, N. J.; PIPER AIR­ month, at 7:30 p.m., place to be in cided to have our next meeting at CRAFT CORP., Lock Haven, Pa.; and preceding monthly news letter notices. Williamsport, Pa., in the month of CLYDE YURGATIS, Flagstone Quar­ It w,as nice to see several of our November and tour Lycoming Motors ries, Towanda, Pa. VIP members at this first session, at that time. We were informed that As an added feature American Air­ NONA QUARLES, BLANCHE NOYES, we would be presented our Charter lines had their Ford Tri-Motor on dis­ JEAN HOWARD, members of the in Philadelphia, October 9th, We are play and gave free demonstration rides. Women’s Advisory Committee on Avia­ all looking forward to being there and Also on display was the Mitchell tion. meeting the other girls. Autopilot in Airworks Piper Cherokee, Also DORIS WHITE active again, Everyone drove to Lock Haven as Which also gave demonstration rides. now that her little Astronaut is seven the weather was a little marginal. Ninety-Nine pilots flying for the months old. VIRGINIA THOMPSON HELEN S H E F F E R and NAOMI Penny-a-Pound were JOYCE ROGGIO, who one of these days, will take that STAHLNECKER came up from Wil­ ANNE SHIELDS, MERLE CHALOW, TIGER out of her tank and put wings liamsport, CAROL SMITH from Lewis- ALICE MEISENHEIMER, NANCY on IT instead, the way she travels to town, HAZEL BERTOLET and CARO­ DIEMAND, GAYE MAHER, LOUISE all these far out conventions, and im­ LYN HARBOLIS from State College, SACCHI, ELSIE McBRIDE, MARY portant meetings. VIRGINIA’S attend­ ELLEN ROTTSCHAEFFER from Lock JUNE LOCH, PAT ARNOLD, YVETTE ance record is 100 percent, not many Haven and myself from Bellefonte. HORTMAN and IRENE WIRTSCHAF­ man top that. CAROL SMITH is taking lessons in TER. MISSED: was our bride MARYANN a helicopter. Sounds wonderful to me The Chairman, MARIE D’ALTERIO, SHELLY, who is in GREECE, FAI as I have never been able to be lucky deserves a big hand of applause for business for three weeks; LAURA enough to even ride in one. CAROL also the many hours of work she and her ZERENER flew to Detroit over the has her Instructors rating. We will have committee did, which showed in the holiday to visit her ailing mother; BEA more on the girls in future news as we great results in the tremendous turn­ WILDER flew to New England; VELTA are slowly gathering their biogr.aphys. out of people. Her committee was as BENN readying for her flight to Las We will see all of you in Philadelphia. follows: Assistant Chairman, BAR­ Vegas to instruct with the AOPA BARA FARQUHARSON; Planes and clinics; JOSE COOK just back from a EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA Pilots, ALICE MEISENHEIMER; Pub­ flying trip to Europe; NANCY TIER CH APTER licity, ELSIE McBRIDE; Ground Crew, at Lake George; and HEDDY JAFFE Caroline Bregler, Reporter KATE MACARIO; Tickets, HELEN who was flying home over (he Bay had Valparaiso, Ind., is approximately PRINCE; and Display, BETH STURTE- lo make a 180 when a summer thunder­ 680 miles from I he RUTH FITZPAT­ VANT, and to BARBARA BONNETT storm refused to give way. FLIGHT: Arrangements being made by HELEN MURPHY and NANCY LYMAN for a fly-in at the Patuxent Naval Air Station in November. As you know both girls’ husbands are TEST PILOTS, so look out. Read next news letter for this important event and date. October 8, Philadelphia, Middle East East Section Meeting, host Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter. October 24, Washington Air Derby annual Efficiency Run, will start from Dulles Airport. II will be a 300 mile run over a triangle course with no landings, terminating at Dulles. Lun­ cheon will be served in the terminal building and trophies awarded to the winners at 3 p.m. The fee for those entering is $15 for non members and $5 for members. HAZEL DWIGGINS will be one of the spotters at a turning point. For application entry blanks, The Carol inns Chapter CUES to meetings. This is HAI.F of fly-in members contact HAZEL, M1TZI or VELTA at BETTY and JIM HAMILTON'S Flying H Airstrip near Charlotte, N. C. EVENTS of INTEREST: Aero Club luncheons every 4th Tuesday of the tend the Southeast Section meeting S '* ? month, 12:30, Washington Hotel. Speak­ Sept. 18-19 at the Jack Tar Grand er for next month is GEN. W M. F Me- Bahama Hotel, on the Grand Bahama KEE (USAF Ret.), Administrate ''A, ffivioUTHEAST Island. It seemed for awhile Betsy SECTION might cancel the meeting, but it looks December 17, Wright Day Dinner. like a nice weekend now'. Chapter Christmas Party, home "f Chairman JO EDDI ’ vlA Decem­ Anyone for luggage tags? Contact PAGE SHAMBURGER, Aberdeen, N.C. ber 11, WADA Christmas 1-a.t . EVANS CAROLINAS CHAPTER Farm. January. ZONTAS ’ . , i r « r, Jeanne Harley, Reporter BLANCHE NOYES, Cha • mar. for August meeting was held at BETTY FLORIDA GOLDOOAST CHAPTER AMELIA EARHART. and JIM HAMILTON’S Flying H Farm Dottie Harrison, Reporter near Charlotte, N C , with a swim be­ The Southeast Section meeting was Upgrading Ratings: Wr.NDIE BLAN­ fore lunch ard a marvelous meal. Ten held at the Jack Tar Hotel, West End, CHARD sporting new FAA Commercial, members and lors of 49I4ers attended Grand Bahama Island, on September BEA WILDER working on her Com­ and also two prospective members, who 18. We were the hostess chapter, and mercial, LAURA ZERENER finishing we hope are bona fide 99s by this 23 99s attended, representing six chap­ up for her Instructors rating, and writing. VELTA BENN adding another rating ters. VIRGINIA BRITT, SUE HOFF­ Ballots were counted and new officers of Instrument to her long list. Yours MAN, MIRIAM DAVIS, LOIS PORTER, for the coming years are: Chairman, truly hopes to get a little of this train­ ANN ROSS, DOTTIE SHAW, BETTY JEANNE HARLEY: Vice Chairman, ing from VELTA when we leave for TRACY and DOTTIE HARRISON flew BURNETTE SPENCER; and Secre- Las Vegas in the KELLER's PA-23B. over from Miami and Fort Lauderdale tary-Treasurer, BEBE RAGAZ. Our Gold Dust pilots, JANE RALS­ to represent our chapter. Others rep­ TON and EVE McILVEEN, work­ The Georgia Chapter has invited the resented Alabama, Georgia, Memphis, ing up details for a Penny-a-Pound. All Carolinas Chapter to a joint meeting Mississippi and Tennessee Chapters. We plane owners and 99s in our section in Savannah, Ga., in October, to dis­ also had quite a few husbands and chil­ will be called upon to give a hand. We cuss interest in an AWTAR Terminus dren on hand. The weather w,as fine, hope to build up our small treasury for 1968 in Savannah—more about that good food, and we do hope everyone before the 1967 National Convention later. had fun. here, and to encourage, foster and edu­ A new group of lady fliers called The Grasshopper Fly-in was at Opa- cate our youth, in this jet age, to a the “ Petticoat Pilots” has just been Locka Airport, Miami, in August, with better understanding of aviation in formed near the east coast of North MIRIAM DAVIS as hostess. FREDA general. Carolina. This group includes many stu­ GOKEY, CECILE HATFIELD and dent pilots as well as some private DOTTIE SHAW assisted MIRIAM by pilots. Through the efforts of PAGE providing transportation to Miami Con­ AE Scholarship SHAMBURGER, they have shown quite trol Center for all. BETTY TRACY an interest in the 99s and we hope to and DOTTIE HARRISON flew down Deadline have them attend a Carolinas Chapter from Pompano in BETTY’s Tri-Pacer. meeting in the very near future. It was surely interesting to learn a little January 15th Several chapter members plan to at­ about radar. A number of our members partici­ pated in a hat fashion show and lun­ cheon meeting given by the Doc-ettes, the women’s auxiliary of the Flying Physicians, who had their convention at the Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, the latter part of August. MIRIAM DAVIS, CECILE HATFIELD, DOTTIE SHAW, JAN WAGNER, LEE WIN­ FIELD, DOTTIE HARRISON and pros­ pective member, MAGGIE TURNER, were hat models, while BETTY TRACY played the piano. DOTTIE SHAW, BETTY TRACY, ANN ROSS and DOT­ TIE HARRISON also took part in a round-table discussion sponsored by the Flying Physicians.

VIRGINIA BRITT spent two weeks flying around Europe in the European Air Tour sponsored by the European members of the FAI. VIRGINIA and GRACE HARRIS, Kansas City, visited six countries, including Hungary, Ru­ mania and Bulgaria, which are be­ hind the Iron Curtain. They had a fine time, and VIRGINIA did make it home just in time to attend the Section Meet­ ing and perform her duties as Gover­ nor.

MIRIAM DAVIS and her husband plan to fly their Aztec out to the AOPA Plantation Party in Las Vegas. BETTY TRACY has been busy flying back and forth to Bimini, Nassau and other Bahama Islands.

DOTTIE HARRISON flew her hus­ band and son down to Ocean Reef Club for the Labor Day weekend. They left on Monday (Labor Day) after being ad­ CAPT. I,ESTER FRANK of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron vised by the Miami Weather Bureau to assisting Carolinas 99 PAGE SHAMBURGER into a life preserver as they evacuate because of hurricane warn­ prepare to take off on a reconnaissance flight into the eye of Hurricane Betsy. ings. Understand Hurricane Betsy really did some damage down there. USAF Hurricane Hunters, gathering data on Hurricane Betsy, had as a Many thanks to ANN ROSS, our new passenger on two of their reconnaissance missions the first woman ever to Chapter Chairman, who handled all the accompany an actual USAF hurricane penetration flight, MISS PAGE arrangements for the Section Meeting SHAMBURGER, of Aberdeen, North Carolina. at West End. Our thanks also to all the Aboard a weather-instrumented Lockheed WC-I30 (“ W” for Weather), 90s who flew over to Grand Bahama MISS SHAMBURGER took off from Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, on Island and helped to make the meet­ September 4, 1965, to fly into Hurricane Betsy. She accompanied a crew of ing a success. the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Detachment 2, on the unit's seventh flight into the eye of the hurricane. The 12-hour mission included three night penetrations into the eye of the storm. Fixing the violent hurricane at that lime at a point about 300 miles east of PLAN AHEAD the Florida coast where winds around the storm’s eye swirled at nearly 140 miles per hour, the Air Weather Service (MATS) crewmen relayed their data International to the Weather Bureau's National Hurricane Center in Florida to help make advance storm warnings possible. Convention MISS SHAMBURGER, well known aviation writer, is herself a pilot with and more than 4500 flying hours and a commercial rating. She started flying at 15 atnd now pilots her own Beechcrafl Bonanza. She was appointed in May, 1964 Powder Puff Derby and now President's Women’s Advisory Committee on Aviation. 1966 EDITOR'S ENVIOUS NOTE: Page flew on two 12-hour missions—one night Seattle, Wash. and one day—and now has 24 hours and 20 minutes hurricane lime! FLORIDA SUNCOAST CHAPTER MARIE DILLIN, Lake Wales, Fla., Theodora Shafer, Reporter has added an interesting background to our group. She has been flying since “ Sun City or Bust.’’ was our motto as June 1953 and a year later obtained six 99s and one guest, KAY ALPAUGH of Tampa, Fla., braved Hurrican Betsy her Private license. She received her Commercial rating in 1956 and her to hold our regular meeting. Of course Instrument ticket in 1964. Most of her we all went IFR (I Follow Roads) and flying is for pleasure, locally, West and crabbed or gabbed in 40 knot winds all Northeast. She presently owns a the way. Bonanza. Her husband, a lieutenant Throughout the summer many of us colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, have had some very enlightening ven­ does not fly, but is MARIE’s favorite tures. THELMA and TOM DAWSON passenger. The DILLINS have four packed baggage and family to capacity children and one grandson. MARIE has and “ conventioned” in San Diego with taken an active part in flying organiza­ a trip up Ihe coast to Los Angeles. tions at both the local and state level. JOHN and I took about the same route She served the State Aviation Advisory a li.tie earlier in June and journeyed Committee, member of the Florida lo L.A. with a side stop at Grand Aero Club, Winter Haven Squadron of Canyon and Las Vegas. DOTTIE and the Civil Air Patrol. MR. DILLIN CHARLES BIRDSONG flew to Okla­ serves as liasion officer for the Air homa to the Flying Farmers Conven­ Force Academy. One of their sons is tion recently and reported a very de­ presently flying in the U.S. Air Force BETTY SMITH of SI. Petersburg lightful trip. Three of our girls, E'TIIEL and the other pLans to undertake flying who became a part of our chapter GIBSON, BETTY McGRAW .and DOT­ through the AF ROTC. TIE will take a 270 degree heading to a couple of months prior received Las Vegas to the AOPA Plantation private and multi - engine ratings MEMPHIS CHAPTER Party. They will he accompanied by within a very short time of each Mary Stanley Reporter their husbands and though they may be other as her husband bought a Cess­ headed in the same direction many side na 311). BETTY is a native Floridian 1 his is written in great haste in hope hops .are planned especially for the witli a flying dentist husband. BET­ of making the September deadline. McGRAWs who will be swinging south TY’S husband has both his single ROSEMARY and BOB WILLIAMS of to Acapulco. and multi-engine ratings and he is the Memphis Chapter flew JOE and working toward his instrument and me in their Bonanza lo the Southeast After a summer of us gals going in eke her commercial. BETTY’s fly­ Sectional on Grand Bahama Island. our various directions in our flying ing background comes through her We had a perfect flight home yesterday machines we were glad to get back to fathsr who also flies and is present­ (Sept. 19). This trip was truly a mem­ seme real future planning for the 1966 ly an instrument instructor. Among orable experience and highly recom­ Terminus of the Powder Puff Derby. her other hobbies are ceramics, sail­ mended for all pilots as far as the The Race Committee Chairmen are STANLEYS are concerned. Other mem­ open for suggestions from many of you ing, bicycling and keeping up with their two teenagers, 15 and 13. BET­ bers of the Memphis Chapter attend­ “ole pros” . If you have any ideas you ing were CHRIS BROWN and MARTHA TY is a member of the Pinellas may contact the following at Florida and FRANK TOBEY, who flew down County Dental Auxiliary, Women’s Suncoast Chapter of 99s, 1.650 Dart­ in the TOBEY's Skyhawk. We are con­ Republican Club and the Flying mouth, Clearwater, B’la.: 1. Operations, gratulating ourselves on the election of Farm ers. LORENA LILES. 2. Assistant Inspec­ MARTHA as new Southeast Sectional tion, ETHEL GIBSON. 3. Impound, Governor. THELMA DAWSON; 4. Publicity and within her first year of flying. Her Public Relations. JESSIE CORSER; instructor later become her husband Our September meeting was held at 5. Registration and Accomodations, and she instructed weekends at Con­ Memphis Aero, with 10 members and BETTY McGRAW. 6. Social and gressional Airport, Washington, D. C., one student pilot present. Plans were Awards Banquet, DOTTIE BIRDSONG. along with him until 1946. CY belonged made for our annual luncheon for wo­ 7. Transportation, THEODORA SHA­ tc the Washington, D. C. Chapter of 99a men of the mid-South region interested FER. 8. Program Sales, INEZ SAULS. prior to going to Japan (’46) where she in aviation. This will be held in the remained for four years. She moved to Passport Room, Memphis Metropoli­ Any help on the above will be .ap­ Daytona Beach in 1956 and has been tan Terminal, October 2. JERRY preciated. The Greater Clearwater helping her husband make pilots out of BAKER was appointed Flying Activi­ C amber of Commerce together with many of their Florida friends. CY is ties Chairman. Many projects adding the 99s are making big plans for this a member of the Florida Grasshoppers up to a busy year for Memphis 99s event so we hope that you are making since its organization and still has time were proposed. plans to fly the Derby. for her other hobbies such as sailing It was good to have JOSIE McCOY We are happy to welcome three new .and bridge. She has a 13 year old and HILDA SAVAGE back with us after members to our Suncoast Chapter. CY extended summer vacations. JOSIE has BEERS of Daytona Beach, Fla., began daughter who anxiously awaits her 16th been in Canada, where she had the flying in 1944 in Washington, D. C. She birthday so she can solo, as she has experience of co piloting a float plane. has a Private, Commercial and Instruc­ been accompanying her parents in their HILDA had logged 50 hours in the tors rating and there were all acquired plane since she was five weeks old. Bahamas and southeastern U. S. as pilot and co-pilot of a Twin Beech D-18 weekend — for Parents’ Week. Their and Automotive Laboratory. She works and a Debonair. She had checked out son, Ronald, who was appointed to the primarily on developing methods of for night landings. VIRGINIA PROC­ Air Academy, has been there since analysis using gas chromatography. TOR had recently returned from an June. This complex job requires that CON­ airport hopping trip through Florida, NANCYLEE MALM, with her son, NIE keep up with technical literature also a commercial flight to Nassau. She LEE, and her non-pilot girl friend, on new techniques and equipment. reported one hour’s time in the left nosed Debonair N885T westward, leav­ Of the many research accomplish­ seat of a Cessna 310. ing Cleveland September 6 and head­ ments to which she has contributed, Our student pilot guest, LOYCE ing for “ home” .at the China Lake CONNIE is most proud of having par­ O’NEAL of West Memphis, may be (Calif.) Naval Air Base. ticipated in a group project that de­ eligible for the 99s by now. She has JERRIE MOCK was in Erie, Pa., veloped a method for chromatographic logged 55 hours in a Super Mooney and July 23 and 24 for the ‘ ‘Air Power” analysis of crude oil which was pre­ hoped to be ready for her Private check weekend. She even had a day named sented in a paper before the World ride in a short time. after her during the ceremonies. Petroleum Congress in 1963. She also JOE and I attended the Labor Day Winner of the ARLENE DAVIS Me­ devised a technique for separating, Air Show at the new West Memphis morial Trophy, given at the National identifying, and measuring trace Airport and particularly enjoyed seeing Intercollegiate Flying Association air amounts of materials in water. Its 99 DOT ETHERIDGE of Greenville, meet, held at Purdue University, was ability to isolate impurities of as little Miss., perform acrobatic acts in a CAROLE JO PETROPOLY, a 99 and a as one part per million in water makes J-3 Cub. There are very few women student at Oklahoma State University. it valuable in SOHIO’s antipollution or men either who are as proficient as efforts. Some of CONNIE’s recent work INTERESTING OCCUPATIONS: she is in this type of flying. has been on developing techinques for LEE ROCK researches and designs residue analysis of herbicides and pesti­ space suits—tailor-made to each space TENNESSEE CHAPTER cides. mission, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Ruth W. Thomas, Reporter FOR THE CALENDAR: The All-Ohio Base, Dayton. LEE is a mechanical Chapter Achievement Awards Banquet SARAH DUKE, Chairman of the Elec­ engineer, assigned to Aerospace Medi­ will be held October 30 in Cincinnati. tion Committee of the Tennessee 99s, cal Research Laboratories in the Alti­ MUGS, ANYONE? announced the following officers for tude Protection Section. She works on the year 1965-66: EVELYN JOHNSON, protective covering garments for per­ CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER Chairman; LADY McREYNOLDS, Vice sonnel exposed to an environment vary­ Doris Mullen, Reporter Chairman; IRENE FLEWELLEN, ing from seal level through space, to Treasurer; VALERIE GRANT, Secre­ the moon’s surface and beyond. Just a short note to let you know tary; RUTH THOMAS, Reporter; and the results of the 16th Annual Chicago LIZ MUSY is a research engineer- DOT PATTEN, Historian. Area Chapter Cross-Country Race. PAT biochemist at the New York Central and FRAN CLARK of Allen Park, The October meeting will be in Knox­ lab in Cleveland. For her, a recent Mich., flew over to participate. AGNES ville at McGhee-Tyson Airport, October assignment involved a problem at the GALLATIN of the Indiana 99 Chapter 16. We will have lunch in the restau­ railroad’s locomotive shops in Syra­ drove over to enjoy the spot landing rant around 1 p.m. After the business cuse, N. Y. Discarded oil was escaping and dinner. She told me she got a vi­ meeting we will make a flight over to from a five acre pond into a creek flow­ carious thrill out of watching me the recently opened, now city owned, ing into Lake Ontario. Her approach bounce the Super Cub in the spot land­ newly paved runway at Island Airport. to the problem: She came up with a ing. Ugh! Then all can say, "Yep, I've been mixture of bugs—microscopic sized— there” . Knoxville in October? that eat oil. Developed in five gallon DON KOHLER of the Dupage Avia­ cans, they multiplied and were finally tion operation presented the prizes. placed in two railroad tank cars, trans­ First place in the cross-country went ported to Syracuse and placed in the to GERRY and RALPH KRAUSE and pond. The bugs got rid of the oil. Then the second place trophies went to BAR­ NO. CENTRAL she got rid of the bugs by making them BARA PENCE and husband, DON. SECTION commit suicide by breathing oxygen. Then in spot landing — MARY SHUM- The water was aerated as it ran down WAY, first; PAT CLARK (Michigan), the creek. That killed the bugs and a second. For the 49V2 er contest: FRANK ALL OHIO CHAPTER harmless protein was washed into the CLARK, first, and MIKE CRONIN, Edy Maxim, Reporter lake. second place. Floating trophy for the high points for the day went to GERRY Good to hear that JOAN HRUBEC CONNIE JONES. At SOHIO’s (Stand­ KRAUSE. A great day with 23 planes has Pee-Wee (N8840P) up in the air ard Oil of Ohio) Broadway Laboratory participating. once again, after a period of down­ in Cleveland, she heads the gas chrom­ time with an engine major. Over Labor atography laboratory of the molecular Results of the election Of officers is Day weekend: Winged Pee-Wee to spectroscopy group in the Analytical as follows: LOUISE KOKESH, Chair­ Toronto for the Canadian National E x­ man; ALICE KUDRNA, Vice Chair­ hibition and visiting EDITH DENNY. man; VIRGINIA COFFEEN, Secre­ Flew north to Muskoka Airport, then on No November News tary; SUSAN ROSCOE, Corresponding to Windsor, Ontario, and back to Cleve­ Secretary; and TONI TEIBER, Trea­ land. Send Copy For December surer. A great team to lead our active RUTH AND MERRILL LOVE flew group. Issue By November 20 out to Colorado Springs again — same Yours truly had fun this past week flying for ABC-TV from Chicago. Their SEN, BERNICE MALLOY, and myself news gal came out wilh I he camera retained our former positions in charge crew and we hovered, took off, landed of the Scrapbook, Ways and Means, and chatted for a feature to he pre­ and Reporter for the 99 News, respec­ sented soon. tively. BERNICE MALLOY reports that our GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER flight bags have recently traveled to Jane Noyes, Reporter Missoula, Mont.; New York; and Aus­ As usual, summertime has meant a tralia. We’re always glad to see them lot of activities — flying, vacations, and go to new places, as well as old, so all sorts Of exciting things — but not keep those orders coming. business meetings, so the news from To catch up on summer activities— HAZEL SIGAFOOSE — Iowa Chap­ our members is rather scarce. How­ RICK and IRENE GRIFFITH traveled ever, a few of our gals are really gad­ ter’s favorite new “ Friday the 13th” to the World’s Fair in May, DINNY abouts. LORETTA SLAVICK is on a Flight Instructor with her cherished PHIPPS added a Commercial rating trip around the world, no less. EDITH Cessna 140. in August, and HAZEL SIGAFOOSE OLOVITCH and AL are off to the gam­ got her Instructor’s rating on a Friday blers’ paradise, Las Vegas, for the IOWA CHAPTER the 13th, no less! And one last bit of big Air Show. RUTH TAKSEL and Mary Lou Ballensky, Reporter news—LOIS and RAY GRANGE added spouse are on a trip to South America. On Sunday, Sept. 12, we joined our a “ button-popping” rating of their own A few other notes: SYLVIA BLOOM is hostess, PHYLLIS BARBER, at a very as new grandparents of a future little getting ready for the life as the wife unusual place called Wendy Oaks 99! of a judge. LACK was recently appoint­ Country Club. With a 2600 foot grass In October, many of us will fly to ed by the Governor and will be sworn strip, Wendy Oaks sports a nine-hole Omaha for that long-awaited tour of in in October. Our best wishes to both golf course, small motel, restaurant, SAC. A wonderful weekend is planned of them. ROSE JOLY plans to leave two trout lakes well stocked for fishing, —so, weather man, please cooperate. the big city for the country—just bought camping area, swimming lake, and a lot about 25 miles out. IRENE RAW­ excellent duck, pheasant and partridge MICHIGAN CHAPTER LINGS has also become a new home hunting—oh, yes; and horseback riding, Claire Ojala, Reporter owner. DOTTIE HAUPT is back with as well! This is .all located on a 41 de­ It was quite apparent that autumn us and we hope to stay. DONNA RAE gree heading from the Cedar Rapids is fast approaching as we flew to An­ HOPPER is off to college, Stephens at Omni, near Central City, Iowa. So, trim County Airport in Bellaire the Columbia. And of course, most of our when those 4914ers plan their fall second Sunday of September. The first members spend what spare time they hunting trips, tell them to write to frost already left its handwork behind have up in the air. JACK MEMECEK, owner and operator, in a touch of color here and there. Central City, Iowa. The weather was very questionable, We were glad to have arrived early but in spite of rain and fog, several of Lucky Iowa 99s! Only nine of us as it was fun watching the other planes our members flew in the St. Louis Aero were present, but we were "delicious­ land. Just as we were about to leave Club Air Race on August 21. Did very ly” outnumbered by 49%ers and male for the Honey House along came a 185 well too! Cape Girardeau 99 ALICE guests to swell the crowd to 25! (Oh, horsepower Meyers bi-plane—and who GODWIN and husband, JOHN, whom well, this number did include a pros­ was in the pilots seat but DOROTHY she modestly gave the credit to) took pective member, MARY COMBELLICK LIGON. After peeling off her helmet, first place. A few men managed to of Marion, and five children, but the goggles, and three coats she related take second and third place but our hangar flying was lively with so many the experience of having to stop for gas DONNA RAE HOPPER was fourth; men present!) in the 200 mile flight from Pontiac to FRAN HENKE and RUTH LAKE were Some of you may remember RUTH Bellaire. Part of the flight was without fifth; RUTH TAKSEL and VALERIE SCHLESSNER from the old Upper Iowa the Michigan Aero Chart as the wind JOHNSON, 6th; and DOTTIE HAUPT Chapter, disbanded some time ago. We claimed it. Those of us who fly with and KIT HEACOCK also made a very were delighted to be able to officially the windows closed must be missing good showing. We’re proud of all of vote her in as a new member of our something. them. present Iowa Chapter; and I must say, After the meeting and dinner at the The next weekend found our flyers she is a young and active-looking pilot, Woodburn’s Honey House all spent an down at the Cape for their Air Race. with a lot of welcome sparkle and hour or so browsing through the many Cape G’s MARY ELDERS came in bounce. RUTH and her piolt husband shops adjacent to the Honey House. We first; FRAN and RUTH, second; operate an active little airport south were attracted by the General Store DONNA RAE, third; DOTTIE and KIT, of Waterloo and have lots of good fly­ and gift shops in particular — a very 10th; and RUTH and VAL, 12th. So ing yarns available to liven up our pleasant way to spend a Sunday, thanks once again, they all did very well. meetings. to LIANNE RITT and her 49V2er. A few from our chapter plan to at­ WITH BEA JOBE presiding as our BABE RUTH has been a busy gal tend the Fall Sectional in Minneapolis new Chapter Chairman, the new slate these past months. She took the “ Wo­ September 24-26. of officers was completed with HAZEL men’s Most Hours” award for the sec­ This will be my last visit with you SIGAFOOSE taking over Membership; ond consecutive year at the Flying as your reporter. Hope I have given you HELEN FLAHERTY on Publicity; and Farmers Convention in Oklahoma City. a little insight into the happening of IRENE GRIFFITH on the Amelia Ear­ She took it with a total of 622 flight our chapter. It’s been fun! hart Scholarship Fund. EDITH JEN­ hours. She also has been smitten by the “ glider bug” . WARD MAYRAND of female student in her group of potential incide with the event, and a record the Michigan Department of Aero- pilots at Parks College in St. Louis. She attendance turned out. After a 1:00 .autics gave her the first lesson. BABE is another one of those disgusting (to luncheon, we thrilled to the flying feats has been flying for 31 years and in­ us old ones) very young and very cute of really great flyers. Many of us en­ structing for 20 of them. Among her little things, a recent graduate of Wash­ joyed the show on Saturday and again many pupils there were three father ington University in St. Louis, and is on Sunday. There were many displays and son teams and one husband and now impatiently waiting to hear the out­ and a great number of military and wife team. She also instructed in the come of her application for a position commercial planes to inspect. We left AOPA Flight Clinic in August at Battle with an aircraft company. the meeting with a renewed zeal to get Creek. Our main point of business was the up into the blue. The highlight of BABE’s summer election cf officers. The following were The FIFIELDS told us of the larger came when a pen pal of 35 years from elected: Chairman, PATTY HURST; plane, a Cessna 310D, they have pur­ Germany came to visit in July. The Vice Chairman, JEAN McCLERNON; chased for themselves .and their three correspondence started because of their Treasurer, MAYME BURTIN; and Sec­ children. We wish them many happy mutual interest in aviation and this was retary and Reporter, HAZEL MATZ. trips such as the one they flew to their first meeting. He served as a VELMA HITE reported a very pleas­ Alaska. sergeant in the German first Jet Squad­ ant flight to Grand Island, Neb., to DEEDO HEISE is home again and ron and now works for the U.S. Air visit with friends. MAYME was kind doing real fine after her hospitalization. Force as an Electronics Engineer. His enough to take MARY ELLEN and me The latest news was that she’d already daughter was named after BABE. up for a short hop before we left l.een up and down the stairs! DOROTHY BREWER and family flew for home. Their lodge and cabins are During a very brief meeting, Chair­ to Charlevoix the first week in August, almost completed but the project cer­ man TONEY announced an invitatioi enroute to Northern Michigan they also tainly has interferred with her flying. from the Iowa Chapter to join them for stopped at Mackinac Island and Beaver Oh yes, VELMA reported another pilot a tour of SAC at Omaha, Neb., in Island. in her family—youngest son, MIKE. October. ANN ENGLEMAN and 49%er flew PATTY promised to write a report on down to the Florida Keys over the their trip lo Alaska with the Flying NCI I Labor Day weekend. The flight down Physicians but guess she has forgotten. COLO was instrument all the way. Weather Perhaps I can include it in next month’s report. I was recently a pas­ was delightful in the Keys until “ Betsy” N. I— MCX SO. CENTRAL started shoreward and sent them flying senger in our Skylane on a trip to home early Monday morning. Pensacola, Fla., to bring our Navy SECTION Hospitalman home for a 20 day leave. Newest member in our chapter is Considering the weather and the terrain MARY PELTO, a mother of six chil­ I was very happy NOT to be the pilot. dren with time to spare to get her fly­ ABILENE CHAPTER See you next month. ing license. She and her husband Mel Hall, Reporter started out together but she got hers It was interesting to note the many first as he couldn’t find time in his WISCONSIN CHAPTER references made to “ Those Magnificant Marie A. Mitzenheim work schedule. Men in Their Flying Machines” in the PAT CLARK and her husband par­ The weather was varied throughout July-August issue of the News. The ticipated in the Chicago Chapter Round Wisconsin so only three planes flew in movie is a wonderfully entertaining one Robin Race on September 11 with 25 to Shawano Airport for the August and should be a MUST for everyone. aircraft participating. The meet was meeting. However, 13 were on hand for Of special note is the tribute to JOAN hosted by LOUISE KOKESH and held the picnic in the meeting room next to HUGHES, one of England’s foremost at the DuPage County Airport. In addi­ the Flight Office. DOLORES MEHL- test pilots, and who flew the little tion to the I'ace there was a spot land­ BERG of Shawano was the hostess for French Demoiselle, we can be proud ing contest for both 99s and 49y2ers. the day and her 16 year old daughter she is a 99. PAT took second and her husband took who had just soloed was present. Two Meanwhile back at the ranch, Labor first. Incidently, PAT will be your licensed aviatrix drove over from Day weekend found JOY RAMSEY, Newsletter Reporter for the coming Tomah, and were guests ol the 99s. MARILYN SCHULZ, AMBER CREE year. A tour of the nearby Indian Reservation and their 49y2ers flying their Aztec and was enjoyed by all. Later in the after­ Cessna 210 to the CREE’s ranch in noon, another young aviatrix flew in OZARK CHAPTER Pampa for a little relaxing and fun from Merrill and introduced herself Our August meeting was held in raising. and her passenger, her dad. Lebanon, Mo., with the following mem­ This reporter returned home Septem­ bers present: PATTY HURST, MAYME General Mitchell Field in Milwaukee ber 4 tired, but happy, after spending BURTIN, VELMA HITE, myself, and held ,an Air Show. Naturally 1he 99s four weeks in Dallas attending school our newest member — MARY ELLEN planned their September meeting to eo- at Flight Proficiency acquiring an In­ McCLERNON of Springfield. (No rela­ strument rating. Received my ticket tion to JEAN McCLERNON to her September 3. It was a grueling four knowledge.) MARY ELLEN is not only AE Scholarship weeks, with ten days of ground school our newest member but also our new­ and thirty hours of instrument flying est pilot, having had her license only a Deadline in a Cessna 150, in which I also took few days. Her flight instruction was the flight check. a little unusual as she was the only January 15th The school is located al Love Field in Dallas, which is one of the busiest Abilene Mental Health Association and Airmarking was discussed at the airports in the nation. The Control divides her time from those duties to business meeting and GEORGIA TILL­ Tower personnel reported to me they flying her 49'/2er back and forth to their ERY reported that two more New handle “ somewhere in the neighbor­ ranch in Pampa. Mexico towns were scheduled for mark­ hood of 800 to 1,000 planes per day." MOSELLE SCARBROUGH is serving ing in the very near future. Our new This reporter spent two hours one day the last year of a four year term on Chairman has done quite a lot of in the control tower and radar room the Board of Directors of the Episcopal work on the airmarking program and observing and it was so fascinating and Church. She has been up to her ears in soon we will see the results all over absorbing I could harlly believe two volunteer work and therefore, has not New Mexico. hours had elapsed, it seemed more like had much time to be active in the We have another new 99 this month, 30 minutes. It is a mystery to me how Abilene Chapter. The only flying done ELIZABETH HAWES and ELIZABETH they can be so efficient, nonchalant and is mainly business trips. has a new job. She is working in the in between handling all that traffic, be RUBY CALDWELL is acquiring num­ office of Cutter Flying Service where, able to joke and carry on a conversa­ erous hours in their 310 flying her hus­ during her lunch hour, she spends time tion. They were delighted to have an band and baby back and forth to Cali­ in the little tower above the office audience and pleased to have a 99 visit fornia where they operate a business. watching all the planes go by! She is them. They asked for the number of my Their little girl is now 10 months old getting a lot of flying done after hours airplane, recorded it and assured me and has a logbook of her own, so far too. I would get the BEST service when I she has logged over 60 hours. Her arrived at Love Field from now on. The 99 ,air traffic out of Albuquerque mother hasn’t kept her own logbook this past month was pretty heavy. One day FRANK SINATRA's Lear too current, but thinks she has around COILA MOELLER and her 491/2er, Jet, N175FS (he was not aboard), re­ 1000 hours. COL. BOB (Airforce) flew their Cessna fueled at Southwest Airmotive and I MARY MORRIS hasn’t done very 170 to Annapolis, Maryland, to vis;t had the fun of inspecting it and receiv­ much flying this year inasmuch as she their nlebe (freshman) son, BOB, for ing a rundown on its operation by the has been plagued with broken limbs pilot, DON LIETO. My instructor and Parent’s Day at the Naval Academy. and illness of one sort or another. The MOELLERS are quite proud of I taxied out the taxiway and watched Congratulations to JOAN HAMIL on him take off. While rolling down the their son, who, by the way, also has her new baby who presented himself his private license. COILA did most of runway the tower asked him to change September 7. the flying which gave BOB some time to Departure Control after take off and lo relax and see the country-side. report his altitude. By the time he re­ Congratulations also to BEVERLY TARPLEY on your new baby and new ported, it was “ we’re through five Also visiting their son at college home. When will you have time to thousand feet". Amazing! were the SUTHERLANDS, RANDA and practice law and fly? MARILYN SCHULZ has been out fly­ JACK. Their son, GARY, is in his sec­ ing every day. practicing maneuvers Plans are in the mill for airmarking. ond year at Davenport, Iowa. RANDA and rumor has it she would like to buy Have a new location and also have and JACK also flew to Chickasha, that Cherokee C. Hubby reported he been informed three locations will stand Okla., but we understand RANDY may have to since she has been flying redoing due to hail damage this year. hasn’t been able to do any of the fly­ it so much, she may wear it out. The Abilene Chapter would like to ing since she fell down at home. Still JOY RAMSEY is in the big middle of take this opportunity to congratulate hard for her to get around. remodeling her home and has three .all you 99s who have achieved or are LILY SANDOVAL and her 49V2er, small boys in school this year, but working on new ratings, and in the last SANDY, flew to San Diego, Calif., to si ill manages to squeeze in a few trips issue of the News it seems there are oversee the moving of their furniture here and there in the Cherokee. many. Congratulations and many, many from their home which had just been AUDREY ANDERS is recuperating happy hours in the sky. sold. LILY said they would like to have nicely from her broken arm and ex­ visited their friends there, but they pects lo have the cast removed very just didn't have the time to do so. soon. ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER Shirley Morris, Reporter PATTY TALIAFERRO and 49% er The South Central Sectional meeting flew their Cessna 210 to Birmingham, Summer has once again flown by was discussed and several members are Ala., to attend her cousin’s wedding. and now it is September, which seems planning on flying in for it. You will SCOTT’s sister, MARY TALIAFERRO lo mean the new start of many things. be able to tell the Albuquerque 99s by WALLACE also attended. MARY was Our own new start was the election of the white flying jackets with the 99 arm a Wasp during World War II and officers for the coming year. DONNA patch they will be wearing. These are I rained at Sweetwater, Texas. DOWNEY was the hostess for a large the jackets that the Albuquerque Chap­ GLORIA PUCKETT and 49y2er run membership turnout to start the new ter has for sale as our money making a flying school and service, Abilene officers off for the year ahead. GEOR­ project. We’re taking orders! We are Flite, Inc. Gloria and family flew their GIA TILLERY was elected onr new really very proud of them. COILA Aztec to Pulaski, Tenn., to their ranch Chairman; LILY SANDOVAL, formerly MOELLER wore her jacket on their in August and attended the Tennessee of San Diego, Calif., is our new Vice trip East .and said she realy enjoyed Walking Horse Celebration (eight days Chairman. One of our newest 99s, flying in it. The rest of the jackets of it), at Shelbyville, Tenn. After six COILA MOELLER, was elected Secre­ were passed out and DONNA served weeks of remodeling and doing repairs tary, and DONNA DOWNEY was elect­ dessert and coffee. After an hour or so to her lovely home at the lake she is ed Treasurer. IRENE (SHIRLEY) KAY of more “ talk" we finally broke up and ready to relax. became our Membership Chairman and traveled homeward. Another new start AMBER CREE is President of the SHIRLEY MORRIS, the News Reporter. well begun. It looks like a good year. Colorado Chapter at August 20th Chuck Wagon Supper, Colorado Springs. Standing: BILL MADDEN, TOM MEIGHEN, JOHN MYERS, VIN LUTHER, HAROLD NORDSTROM, TED BLUE. Seated: MARILYN NORDSTROM, MAJOR JACK WALSH, DONNA MYERS, DORIS LANGHEIt, RUTH MUGELE, MARGE BLUE, BETTY CANNON, PAT LUTHER, MRS. WALSH, PAULINE MEIGHEN, MRS. MADDEN.

guests enjoyed a chuck wagon dinner guests MR. and MRS. BILL MADDEN on August 20. The highlight of the eve­ (he of the Colorado CAP), MR. and ning came when the Colorado Springs MRS. FANK LADWIG (he is Colorado Jaycees branded our own DONNA Springs Special Projects Director), and MYERS “Jaycee Wrangler” . And we do MAJOR and MRS. JACK WALSH (re­ mean branded — red hot branding iron cently returned from Alaska) guests of and all — applied most appropriately. PAULINE. Oh yes, there was a wooden plaque Lots of charter trips being done these between DONNA and the hot iron. She days by FREDDA TURRILL, MARGE now has sympathy for our bovine BLUE and JO DENNIS to name a few. friends and a fine wooden plaque to We bid bon voyage to DONNA and show for the evening of fun. JOHN MYERS off to Europe on August Our thanks must go to PAULINE 28. Plans are in the making for the MEIGHEN and 49y2er, TOM, for mak­ Spring Sectional which Colorado Chap­ ing the arrangements for such a won­ ter will host here in Denver. Our gals derful evening. The setting was mag­ have some big plans for rides like you nificent, we sat among the strange red never had before. So jot it down, MAY, rock formations with a spotlight illu­ 1966, SPRING SECTIONAL, DENVER, minating the Kissing Camel rock for­ COLO. mation high above us. All the while being entertained with western songs by EL PASO CHAPTER ‘‘The Trailriders” . Even hardened old Mary Olmstead, Reporter DONNA MYERS and the Colorado natives of our Centennial State thrill to EVELYNE WASSER, LOIS HAILEY, Springs Jaycee’s at Branding Time. an evening such as this. Those present RUTH FLEISHER and MARGARET for this delightful evening were MARGE HALLORAN are our new officers. Con­ COLORADO CHAPTER and TED BLUE, BETTY CANNON, gratulations, girls. Marilyn Nordstrom, Reporter PAT and VIN LUTHER, PAULINE and Briefly here are some of the high­ Beneath the Kissing Camels in the TOM MEIGHEN, RUTH MUGELE, lights of our immediate past Chairman, lovely Garden of the Gods near Colo­ DONNA AND JOHN MYERS, MARI­ MARY FRAN SEIDL, who served two rado Springs, Colo., 99s, 491/£ers and LYN AND HAROLD NORDSTROM, years: Besides educational movies and talks, fly-ins, and airmarkings, two her Instrument rating in August. She IDA MORTON ROSS sold her Cessna units of Wing Scouts were organized, and her 49%er, JIM, sold their radio 182 and delivered it in Washington, one under EVELYNE WASSER in El station and are Mexico-bound for the D. C. She was to leave Texas City the Paso, the other under new member, rest of the year. JUANITA BURDICK day before Hurrican Betsy came in­ FRANCES SLAPE, in Deming, N. M. and her 49% er, TEX, attended the land. We hope she didn’t run into any An active woman’s student pilot group AOPA Plantation Party in Las Vegas. weather problems along the way. called ” 66” was started, and it and MARY FRAN SEIDL flew to Santa Last month IDA MORTON spoke to the two units of Wing Scouts are still Monica with her husband and son for the Dickinson Rotary Club comparing going strong. a long weekend after completing two modern day flying with that of the Some 250 to 300 South Central mem­ sessions of summer school at Texas World War I era. She had a book pub­ bers will remember coming to El Paso Western College. She now teaches lished during that time by the U. S. for a Section Spring Convention and neurologically impaired children. War Dept, which belonged to her faking the al]-d.ay tour of White Sands EUNICE DICKEY, former El Paso father. The comparisons sound so • in­ Missile Range where they received the Chapter member, flew in with the teresting that we must have her give same VIP treatment that President Powder Puffers for a short vie it — then her speech at one of our meetings. Kennedy received II months earlier. in August was called back to care for Speaking of "Betsy”, MAYBELLE Following that, our Chapter had an her mother-ir-law who suffered a FLETCHER had some trouble with her active part in the ten days dedication broken wrist. the day of our installation dinner. She festivities that opened the wonderful Last but not least — Oregon Chap­ left early that morning to fly her son new base operators facilities here in the ter: please note — POLLY PEERCE, to school at Gulfport, Miss. At that "Land of the Sun”. MARY FRAN’s following the death of her husband, time the predictions were that Betsy finaj job was planning arrangements for NORVEL, moved to your state. She would hit land around Port Arthur, the arrival of more than half the planes lives at 663 D Street, Springfield. We Texas. It wasn't until she landed in in the recent Powder Puff Derby which miss you, POLLY. Gulfport that she found the hurricane landed in El Paso, where, I’m told, the had changed course and was headed most, money for leg prizes was offered. FORT WORTH CHAPTER much too close to Gulfport for com­ It's a pleasure to report that FAITH fort. MAYBELLE left Gulfport in a lot We welcome RUTH FLEISIIER to "BUCKY” RICHARDS’ 49%er, JOHN, of rain but got back safely to Houston our Chapter. RUTH transferred from has recuperated from the heart attack and in time to attend our dinner. Eastern Pennsylvania. Their loss is our suffered early this summer to the IDA M. RINKER flew to Fort Worth gain. RUTH represented El Paso in the extent that he is able to be back at his August 21, to entertain for the seven- Powder Puff, as co-pilot for her long job. .Cate district meeting of the Children of time friend, BETTY JO REED in a the American Revolution, which was Mooney Mark 20E. RUTH is one of HOUSTON CHAPTER held at Six Flags. She plays the guitar Biggs Air Force Base’s Air Traffic Con­ Louise Bickford, Reporter and sings folk songs. Besides keeping trollers. Our installation dinner was held at busy teaching, she also appears on one The following new members are wel­ the Ram ’s Club with a very good at­ of the local children’s TV programs. comed: JACKIE WILLIAMS, whose tendance. As reported last month, of­ We have five members planning to 49%er is Mayor of El Paso; ELLEN ficers for the past year- did such a attend the South Central Sectional later JANE ANDERSON, who with her 49% er good job that we elected them to serve this month: MARY ABLE, MARY owns a ranch in eastern Colorado where ore more term. MARTHA AKTNS was JANE STEPCHINSKI, MARTHA AK­ they held an elk hunt fly-in in mid- the installing officer. INS, MARILYN STONEBERG and September; VIRGINIA MRAZ, whose Last year at this time we inaugurated KAY MONTGOMERY. From all the ad­ 49%er is also a pilot in Las Cruces, a point system to encourage active par­ vance literature it sounds like a great N. M.; ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, who ticipation in flying activities. MARY Sectional and we hope the weather does operates the West Airport at Las COALE, Chairman of this committee, not interfere. Cruces; and WILMA HATLEY, Truth presented the first three place winners or Consequences, N. M. with a beautiful silver tray and bowls KANSAS CHAPTER Two Las Cruces ” 66s” now have their appropriately engraved. MARILYN Garnett Hastings, Reporter licenses—so we hope to add DIXIE and STONEBERG won first place; MARY Our big news of the month—KAN­ FAYE to our list soon. ABLE, second, and MARTHA AKINS, SANS DO IT AGAIN. JOYCE FUNSCH Travels here and there — BONNIE third. won the 1965 Women’s National Aero­ LINK spent two months in Hawaii visit­ Guest speaker at the dinner was batic Championshio at the Antique Air­ ing her sister. MARY LOU MOON, her MISS ZELL SKILLERN, speech writer craft Association’s 12th annual week- 49%er pilot and two sons went to Las from NASA. She particularly explained long event in Ottumwa, Iowa. She flew Vegas — so did EVELYNE WASSER the Apollo program and also gave their Pitts Special named “ Blackjack” . and her pilot husband following the examples of the benefits we have al­ She scored more points —than 17 aero­ wedding of their daughter. NEVA ready received here on earth as a re­ batic pilots, including the men’s com PETERS and 49%er, HOWARD, flew sult of the research gone into putting petition. And our MARY AIKINS, 1964 their Ercoupe to New England and New objects and men into orbit. To name a winner of this event, placed second in York (to see the Fair) and came home few: new food storage techniques, cord­ the 19S5 Women’s Aerobatics, flying her following the eastern coastline as far less electric shavers, cooking ware go­ own Pitts Special. We are certainly as possible. RUBY TATMAN returned ing from freezer to oven, weather satel­ proud of these girls’ achievements. from visits to Florida and the West lites giving us long range weather fore­ They hardly had their suitcases un­ Coast in her Debonair. PRISCILLA casts and many devices used in the packed from this trip, until they left DUNCAN of Hurley, N. M., received medical field. via Travel Air to fly to Reno, Nev., where they attended the National Air NEBRASKA CHAPTER I am sure you will be glad to know Races. This proved to be a very in­ Florence Boring, Reporter that BELLE HETZEL, Past Interna­ teresting experience for both. The September meeting, an indoor tional President, has improved suf­ Sincerest congratulations to EDNA picnic with LOIS DURHAM as hostess, ficiently to move back to her former CALBECK and 49%er JOHN, who cele­ was held at the airport at Crete, Neb. apartment house. Her address is now brated their 50th wedding anniversary With our usual weather luck no one was Building 5, Apt. 50, Drake Court, in Pratt, Kans., on August 15. Their able to fly, despite VERDAYNE and Omaha, Neb. three children were there to join them WALT MENZE’s having just become Several of our members will soon on this gala occasion. owners of a new Comanche which we be enjoying what sounds like a wonder­ PAT McEWEN and JEAN MURRAY are all eager to see. fully fun-filled weekend at the Sectional have both spent considerable time in Present at the meeting were LOIS Meeting at Wichita. For me, it was a the hospital recently. PAT with a bad DURHAM, HELEN NESTLE EHRLICH real pleasure to visit, even though leg, and JEAN first with back trouble and JOHN, MILLIE BARRETT, CATH- briefly, with MELBA BEARD from and then food poisoning. But both are ERYN MARSH, VERDAYNE MENZE the Phoenix Chapter at the Antique Air­ about back on their feet again. and WALT, BERNIE BAUER, SHIR­ plane Association’s annual fly-in at MARY AIKINS and lO'Yer, TODD, LEY AMEN and HARRY, FLORENCE Ottumwa, Iowa, where she was in at­ and PAT McEWEN and 49y2er, OWEN, BORING, and BARBARA KREJCI. tendance as chairman of the Bird Club recently flew to Colorado Springs, Colo., LOIS’s and SHIRLEY’s children came meeting. Watching Kansas Chapter’s where they attended the four-day meet­ along to help promote the picnic spirit MARY AIKINS' beautiful aerobatic per­ ing of the YPO (Young President’s As­ in contrast to the prosaic method of formance was another highlight of the sociation) held at the Broadmoor. transportation. fly-in. The recent, very devasting tornado Proceeding such items of business as which hit Wichita demolished the rear the possibility of organizing a 66 Club OKLAHOMA CHAPTER of the residence belonging to 99 MARI­ for women student pilots, the hope of Nema Masonhall, Reporter being able to help the Nebraska State LYN COPELAND and her 49%er, Golly I nearly forgot the news this Department of Aeronautics with air­ JOHN, but so very fortunate were they time as I am pinch-hitting for the new marking, plans for a traveling charm in that MARILYN and her two children reporter. Had a wonderful meeting at were home at the time, but huddled to­ bracelet for new aeronautical achieve­ PNC with LOU and GRADY SKILLERN ments among the members, and art gether on the floor of the family room as our hosts. Ninety-Nines attending via and received no injuries to themselves. invitation to join the Iowa Chapter at land and via air were: JANE ABBOTT, Despite the damage to their home, the Airport Inn, Eppley Field, Omaha, POLLY RUBLE, VEDA MAUK, glad which of course can be repaired, they October 9 for a tour of the SAC Air you could come, ARLENE, SUSIE, feel real lucky that none of them were Base was the introduction of the follow­ BRONET and me. Had three prospec­ ing officers for the coming year: Chair­ hurt. JOYCE and JACK FUNSCH’s tive members, RUTH STEWART and home sustained minor damage during man, JAN HEIN; Vice Chairman, NORMA MATHIS of OKC and SARA the same storm; but they were out of FLORENCE BORING; Recording Sec­ REED, SHARON’s sister from Still­ town at the time. retary, LEAH SNART; Corresponding water. Also, CAROL RAYBORN, South GENE NORA JESSEN and 49V2er, Secretary, LOIS DURHAM; Treasurer, Dakota Chapter member, and one of BOB, just returned from a trip to Con­ MARTHA PURDY; Membership Chair­ the current AE Scholarship winners, cord, Calif, and the Jackson Hole coun­ man, MILLIE BARRETT. who is getting instrument and instru­ try in Wyoming and Grand Junction, With the addition of four new women ment instructor’s ratings at American Colo. They were in the midst of the pilots last month, the Nebraska Chap­ Flyers in Ardmore, drove up to be at first big snow storm of the season ter has now grown to 28 members. our meeting. So nice to meet you gals, which slowed their travels somewhat. Several of our newer members learned hope you like us as well as we liked HAZEL GUY, MILDRED EARLY and to fly through the TOGA project you all. (Teacher Orientation to General Avia­ PAULINE OTTOWAY recently assisted POLLY RUBLE won the Private Pilot tion) sponsored and financed by the the Aviation Committee of the Wichita Award from Mr. Piper, the grand old Nebraska State Department of Aero­ Chamber of Commerce in providing man of aviation, at the IFF Conven­ nautics and the University of Nebraska, transportation and coordinating the tion in Omaha. VEDA and DEWEY and featured in the April, 1965, issae of National’s Pilots’ Association held here. have sold their beloved Cessna 195 and FLYING magazine. MARILYN COPELAND attended their are in the market for another plane. banquet to represent the 99s. The Nebraska 99ers .are especially The “CHUCK” THOMASES of ’63 Fol­ MILDRED EARLY and GARNETT proud of member BERNIE BAUER. To lies fame, were in Sioux Falls, S. D., HASTINGS attended a news clinic this her Multi-Engine rating reported in the but by now may be on their way to month sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi May, 1965 News, she added her Instruc­ California. These talented people really where they picked up some good point­ tor’s rating in August. Good luck with get around and the two of them can ers to be used in doing public rela­ your student pilots, BERNIE! put some orchestras to shame when it tions work. comes to music. MARY FRANCIS’ Word has been received from PENNY daughter, MARCIA, the first American WHITE (MRS. DONALD D.) that she AE Scholarship to ever win a medal at the Olympics and her husband have moved to Fori (bronze) in canoeing, was nominated as Worth, Texas — address P. O. Box 1253, D eadline Oklahoma’s candidate for the 1965 phone JE 1-2604. We wish her well in James E. Sullivan Award. ARLENE her new home, and hone that she gels January 15th and CAROL WADDELL went on to back to visit us very often. Bimidji, Minn., after the IFF Conven- —17— lion in Omaha. DOTTIE YOUNG is grateful for a TJ. S. pilots license. The WHITE, always and forever delightful; about to gel another rating—sea plane, opportunity to fly is so far superior AGNES HELLMAN, home from a trip this time—you name the rating, she’s here that just thinking of it makes me to Carlsbad, N. M.; and DOROTHY got it, unless it might be multi-engine want to run out and zip around the pat­ JOHNSON, writing furiously on her new sea plane, eh, DOTTIE? tern. My European female counterpart minules. Sounds like our chapter is turning out was amazed that I could fly and im­ We were pleased to have DONNA in full force for the Sectional and oar mediately suggested that we must be SAMPSON as a guest. She is .a new meeting enroute home at our former1 very wealthy. When I squelched this pilot . . . they get younger and younger. chapter member's home, the 7 Bar idea I hey would confess that in their JUDY HELLMAN was home from Ranch out of Fairfax, TRISH SMITH country this was something only the San Diego recently. She is now in­ by name. very rich could afford to do. In England structing for Air Oasis at Lindbergh and Germany when we visited the local Field. She has also passed her instru­ SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER airports (we found two in England and ment written. Marian Burke, Reporter two in Germany) the operators showed Our I hanks to Photographer LEWIS no interest in explaining their opera­ Welcome to new member RUTH JARRETT for taking lime to record tion, .after thinking about this I de­ REESE PHILLIPS. She and husband, a few scenes for us after hours. cided it wasn't rudeness just lack of DUKE, own and operate a ranch in Hope everyone had a nice summer. operation! JOAN MERRIAM’s flight Sabinas, Coah., Mexico. Now that vacations are over let’s get kept coming in my mind and the moun­ something going . . . see you. RUTH was a WASP during World tains of paper work she must have en­ War II (class of 44-w-lO) and has a dured to make the flight. It must have Commercial license and Instructor rat­ taken as much courage to fight the red ing. Husband, DUKE, is also a pilot tape as it did to make the flight. It is and I hey own a Cessna 182. great to be an American 99 . . . let’s all A few months ago RUTH took a re go fly today! fresher course from MARIAN BURKE Female pilots received a bit of rec­ and decided to become active in flying ognition here recently when our chap­ again. Now it’s really handy to fly to ter was invited to a radio open house San Antonio and visit her family and program. Our group made the program also help DUKE with family flying ALASKA CHAPTER very interesting that day . . . at least business and ranch errands. Ruth O’Buck, Reporter that is what I was told. Participating Besides being a pilot, RUTH is the The September meeting was held at were DOT PORTS, JOAN CARROLL, mother of four young children. She is the home of STEPHANIE NEWELL. JERI SAUR, HELEN HEWITT, SARA just a really busy gal and we of the Attending were STEPHANIE NEWELL, HENLEY, and PEGGY WINK and San Antonio 99s are real honored to PAT McGEE, MARIAN ZAEGEL, LA- CORRINE STRICKLAND. know that she has taken the time from VELLE BETZ, CAROL KENNEDY, her busy, busy schedule to become a RUTH HURST, RUTH O’BUCK and member of our organization. We are TULSA CHAPTER MARY GANGE. Others were RANDY looking forward toward seeing more of Jean Engler, Reporter BRIGGS who had flown in from Lake RUTH and family. Operating on the "bird in hand” Clark for a few days, and BLANCHE Saturday is "luncheon meeting day’’ theory, we got our new officers KRAEGER. at the airport Dobb's House and we plumbed in this month. BETTY NA­ Plans were discussed to hold another hope to have a real good turn oul. TION was installed by remote control fly-in breakfast at Lake Wasilla on Till next month . . . lots of safe as she was in Garden Cily on a char­ September 26 before freeze-up so the flyin! ier. She is our Vice Chairman. floatplanes could attend. We decided to Our round table group welcomed meet at MARIAN’S the following week SHREVEPORT CHAPTER LEA BAKER as our new Chairman; lo make posters advertising the break­ Martha Christy, Reporter DOROTHY JOHNSON, Secretary; AN- fast. S:em s I hat most of us here are NAHLEE JONES, Treasurer; and me, We also decided to write letters both still re-living the Monroe Stop of the still writing nasty notes. as a group and individually protesting AWTAR, wishing we could have all Looking around, I here was BETTY the FAA’s new modernization of our been behind the conlrols instead of the PLUMMER, who got in several hours LF Range Stations and weather facili­ clocks . . . maybe another year. on a trip to Nassau in a Debonaire re­ ties. Most of the flying done up here Shreveport at last nas a glider, and cently; NANCY CAIN, who is such is VFR, low altitude flying and the almost a 49V2 glider instructor. By nice decoration we don’t care if she changes planned would leave us without press time DOTTIE PORTS’ 49M>er will flys or not; JAN MAURITSON, back the facilities we need. be licensed and just listening to BUD from a reunion type trip to Rapid City, JESSIE and JIM DODSON have talk makes us all want to share this S. D., with her family; ANNAHLEE moved back to Anchorage after a year new, for here, adventure. One of the JONES, whose petty cash is gaining of crabbing in Seldovia. We’re happy local TV stations gave excellent cov­ on our back balance; LEA BAKER, to have JESSIE back with us. MARY erage of the sport and we feel with who we know will make a dandy Chair­ GANGE was back from her trip to the this sort of cooperation we won’t be a man; JEAN WILLIAMS, since unem­ South 48. HELEN STODDARD is out one glider city for very long. ployed as Chairman has turned to ferrying a new Piper up from the fac­ This newly appointed reporter was rhyme but not as a vocation; MARY tory in Lockhaven. fortunate enough to travel in Europe SHADDOCK, who adds charm and dig­ HELEN STODDARD, RUTH O’BUCK this summer and came home ever so nity to our aggregation; COLLEEN and MARIAN ZAEGEL took a three day trip to Kodiak the end of August. FAR WEST CHAPTER TAYLOR, CLAIRE JUSTAD, HILDA They drove to Seward and then rode Barbara LaRue, Reporter ELLITT and CAROLYN GREINER. the state ferry Tustemena to Kodiak. After a lazy summer, your reporter FERN reports that she is still work­ All of us have heard about this trip will try to catch up with the news in ing on her Commercial. She brought but had never tried it. It's a beautiful capsule form. her mother - in - law, MRS. THELM trip but the ferry is appropiately nick­ Guests from other chapters: MAP.- BUNT, of Middleton, Idaho, as a guest named the “ Dramamine Express” . The THA PURDY from Missouri visiting to the meeting. LUCILLE TAYLOR girls had planned to rent a plane and Port Townsend; VAN ADDERSON and says she has been too busy to do any do some sightseeing from the air but 50 JAY LAWRENCE from Western Wash flying since the air derby. Her ISIier, MPH guests and severe turbulence kept inton with a guest from Mexico; BETTY JIGGS, is building on the garage to them grounded. and GORDON PRAKKEN from Oregon. their new home and will have to miss The ZAEGELS and the KRAEGERS Trips taken: MARY, DAVE and the his fun as the only 49V2er present at the have been busy building on their houses young KOCHANEKS to Yellowstone 99 luncheon in Medford. at Campbell Lake. When they’re com ­ Park; BETTY and EDGAR WADS­ CAROLYN GREINER says “ thank pleted they’ll be able to park their float­ WORTH, EVAN and BARBARA LaRUE you” for all greetings received to their planes in their front yards. to the Pendleton Air Races; BETTY baby boy . . . latest statistics are: We decided to write a letter to PAT WADSWORTH to the Convention at three .and a half months old, 26 inches GILDA who is oul attending the North­ Chattanooga; ELENE DUNCAN to Vic­ long and 16 pounds. west Sectional in Medford, Ore. PAT toria, B. C. ANNETTE GOULD and husband, received the letter while at the Con­ Our August meeting was a fly-in to DON, flew in their Mooney to Pocatello vention and really enjoyed it. Anacortes with members MARGARET and Sun Valley for the Pro-Amateur No more news this month. LAYTON, MARY KOCHANEK, LYNNE Golf Tournament. MAHLBERG and BARBARA LaRUE CLAIRE JUSTAD and daughter, EASTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER present. Guests were VAN ADDERSON JULIE, age six, took a vacation trfip Helen R. Crum, Reporter and MARGE NELSON. The present to a family reunion in Washington Chairman JEAN CARBON reports officers were re-elected. celebrating JULIE’s entrance to the that the Sectional meeting in Medford LYNNE reports she is now working first grade. JULIE used a spare mike in September was a great success, and for her husband at Bellairco, located . . . “ plugged” into the ashtray and that those attending were pleased to on the Bellingham Airport, so please navigated and talked to the radio men have ALICE ROBERTS, the new Inter­ stop in and say “ hello” . enroute. national President, make this occasion VAN ADDERSON has very graciously JACQUE BATT hopes to get ac­ her first official visit. Only six from offered to hostess our September meet­ quainted with a lot of 99s from other this chapter were there. Before leaving ing at her home in Renton. states at the AOPA Plantation Party in they got together for a short chapter BETTY WADSWORTH and BAR­ Las Vegas next week. business meeting. BARA LaRUE attended the Northwest JEAN flew commercial airlines from Fall Sectional at Medford. BETTY was MONTANA CHAPTER Vancouver and then returned to Spo­ busy in her capacity ,as reporter for Bev Ledbetter, Reporter kane in LYGIE HAGAN’s plane with the Northwest Flyer, snapping photos BARBARA THISTED and GINNY HAR­ The attendance at the August meeting all over the place. Many thanks to the PER. MINNIE BOYD stopped at BON­ held in Eureka was hampered by bad Southern Oregon Chapter for their hos­ weather and summer vacations. Eight NIE HENSON’s ranch to pick her up pitality. members with guests from Turkey and enroute to Medford. BONNIE and her We are very proud of MARY KO­ San Francisco, along with several stu­ husband are showing their pictures CHANEK, our budding artist. She won dent pilots from the surrounding area taken last spring on their air trip to second place in the amateur division at made up the group who enjoyed the Mexico. LYGIE and her 49V2er are the Clallam County Fair with her oil luncheon and art exhibit arranged for leaving in October for a medical meet­ entitled “ The Old Barn” . Her second by MARGARET TIJXILL. MARGARET, ing in Japan. son, Kim, won second place in the the only woman pilot in the extreme HELEN ERNSDORFF spent a busy Port Angeles kids salmon fishing derby, northwest corner of the stale, flys a August flying on forest fire pairol jhiny new bicycle. Swift. At the Kalispell stop of our Big work. CHERIE YATES who has passed Sky Race, admiring friends were on her Instrument written is rapidly ac­ hand to take pictures and these color cumulating hours toward her rating. IDAHO CHAPTER slides were shown at the meeting. DOROTHY NETTLESHIP has just re­ Jacque Batt, Reporter ELSIE CHILDS’ 49V2er, GLENN, who turned from a business trip to San Idaho news is brief for this month is quite handy with a camera, had Francisco as pilot for her husband. of September. Our last meeting was taken may "candid shots” during the KATHLEEN HITCHCOCK still spends held at the Kitty Hawk Lounge at the race which he had available to any­ much time a week with her 49%er on Boise Municipal Airport. Looking for­ one who wanted them. business in their Baron. ETHEL WIK- ward to the Northwest Sectional .are STROM and her husband leave scon for Chairman FERN LAKE, LUCILLE Election ballots were mailed out for the South in their Aztec. BEVERLY new officers for the coming year. On McCALL has put so many hours on their return to BEV LEDBETTER. the Comanche during the summer she No November News Chairman of the Nominating Commit­ is temporarily grounded for the 100 tee, the results were: Chairman, ELSIE hour check. Send Copy For December CHILDS, Helena; Vice Chairman, LU- ELLA NELSON, Great Falls; Secre­ As usual MINNIE will have the Octo­ Issue By November 20 ber meeting at her home in Pullman. tary, HELEN DUNLOP, Helena; Trea­ surer, PEARL MAGILL, Glasgow. Con­ BETTY NUNN visited the airport imagination of Madison Avenue. It is gratulations to you all and thanks again nearby in Northwood, N. D., to do more amazing that the only perfect score for to all candidates running for office. flying. The operator there was glad to a ground test supervised by RALPH New members to our group in recent see her and hopes a woman flying in McGINNIS and BOB DUNN, State months are PAT JOHNSON and DORO­ that area will lead to more interest Board of Aeronautics, was by SHEILA THY DRYDEN, Missoula. ROSEMARY from local women. TYPOLT, Portland, a student pilot. As BOWMAN and DOTTIE PAYNE, Great A student pilot on a solo cross­ with all races the tragedy and the Falls. ROSELLA BJORNSON, Cham­ country is always fun to talk lo and a comedy play their part and this was no pion, Alberta, Canada. recent student flying from Glasgow to exception. North of Salem, JEAN AB­ Havre was not only fun but very in­ BOTT of Lebanon heard a banging on DOTTIE, ROSEMARY and DORO­ teresting. She was a German girl, quite the outside of her plane and after care­ THY flew in the Big Sky Race, ROS­ recently from Germany, working in the fully checking the controls while wait­ ELLA visited the chapter with ELEA­ Glasgow area. Learning to fly is quite ing for a wing to fall off or the rudder NOR BAILEY at a meeting in Helena a bit more expensive in her country to behave like a towed banner, dis­ but PAT JOHNSON we have yet to and since she was here and had the covered the fuel guages rapidly falling, meet. We will he looking forward to it the odor of gas becoming strong. JEAN real soon. A special welcome to each opportunity she was doing her best to become a privale pilot. Her name was landed at Salem, and there discovered of you. EDITH WITTE and her home was that her plane’s gas cap had worked KARIN RIBI with co-pilot NANCY Stuttgart. The written test had been loose, but since it is attached by a COOK entered the Oregon Petticoat difficult for her because some of 1he chain did not just disappear but set up Derby. The route was from Portland words she didn’t know the meaning of. a noisy din on the wing-top, allowing to Eugene down the beautiful Willa­ about 15 gallons of fuel to escape. mette Valley with tin elegant dinner Her time was limited and she hoped to pass the test the first time. Since JEAN refueled in Salem, and continued at Cottage Grove. talking to her, I heard that she did in the race to finish 5th in the Private KARIN described the race as “ not pass the written as well as the flight Pilot: Division. On the other side of the a speed race and not an efficiency check and now has her license. coin . . . there is quite a mystery which race, but a navigational efficiency and The September meeting will be held to date has not been solved . . . some­ fun race. We were treated royally from in Billings. BOBBIE KRAMER and body landed at Dallas, Oregon—we the time of arrival until departure, it NORMA ROWLAND will be hostesses. don’t know who. This is a private land­ was a marvelous race, a terrific chal­ The AOPA Plantation Party in Las ing field and there is a landing fee lenge and I am looking forward to visit­ Vegas will be a chance to meet new . . . so some mysterious race contest­ ing Oregon again." friends and 99 members. MARY ant owes the Dallas operator $1.00. Members attending the Northwest STEPHENSON and JACK plan to at­ Terminus of the race was at Cottage Fall Sectional in Medford, Ore., were tend this fun party as well as myself Grove, Ore., and the Awards Banquet Chairman ELSIE JOHNSON, KARIN and 49%er along with the HENSLEYS was held at the Village Green there. RIBI and PAT ROEMER from Mis­ from Havre. We will be looking for This was attended by nearly 100 people soula in KARIN’s 175. ELSIE CHILDS, those twinkling 99 pins. including pilots, co-pilots, officials, husband, GLENN, and LAULETTE 49]/2ers (and some families). Awards HANSEN in ELSIE’s Stinson. JIMMY OREGON CHAPTER for the Commercial Pilots were pre­ KUHN and MARY JO JANEY. Mon­ Kathy Elmore, Reporter sented by DON WANNAMAKER, Presi­ tana had seven members there, the The annual Petticoat Derby got off to largest number from any chapter out­ dent of Oregon Pilots Assn. as follows: a good start August 28 with pilots First place to MARCY WOLFARD, fly­ side of Oregon. leaving Portland International Airport ing a Mooney Mark 21, awarded the LAULETTE HANSEN is the new Sec­ after pilot briefing at Columbia Avia­ JOAN MERRIAM SMITH Memorial tion Treasurer for the coming year. tion Club. Briefing was conducted by Trophy which was presented to the Congratulations, LAULETTE, and besl MARCELLA OTHUS, Race Chairman Oregon Chapter 99s by Oregon Pilots of luck for What will be a busy year and SAM YATES, Facilities Chief, FSS, Association. Second place went to BOB­ with the AWTAR starting in Seattle. Portland. The Petticoat Derby is not'a BIE HAYES, Vernonia, flying a 120 Montana also came in second with a 28 speed evenl but a challenge of the Cessna; and third place went to percent gain of new members. pilot’s knowledge of aviation at her EVELYN RACKLEFF, Lebanon, flying LOUISE BUTCHER and husband, rating level. There were 24 entries in­ a 250 Comanche. MILTON, from Winifred attended the cluding three planes from Western Private Pilots were presented their 20th annual International Flying Farm ­ Washington Chapter and one plane from awards by RALPH McGINNIS of the ers convention held in Omaha, Neb. Montana Chapter. The pilots are di­ State Board of Aeronautics as follows: MARY STEPHENSON and husband, vided into three divisions: Commercial, First place to DORRO SOKOL, Ox Bow JACK, flew to Portland to attend a Private and Student, with keen com­ Ranch, Prairie City, flying a twin lumbermans convention held there. petition in each division. The pilots are Bonanza. DORRO's co-pilot was her MARY flew a Comanche with the as­ given packets of instructions before daughter and the trophy presented her sistance of JACK as backseat driver, take off, presided over by VIRGINIA is the Lipman Wolfe Cup which was or should it be right-side driver. GILLILAND, Race Starter this year. presented to the Oregon Chapter at the PEARL MAGILL has been making The instructions will vary in the three first race. Second place went to CHAR­ use of her Instructors license When the categories and will include both radio LOTTE DODSON, Portland, flying a weather permits. Winter has come and visual navigation, ground tests of 175 Cessna and third place went to early to this area but we hope there weather, regulations and instruments, are more good flying days still hanging position reports, spot landings and in­ CHAIRMAN BYERS-JONES, Eugene, around behind this rain and snow. terpretation of clues that would tax I he in a 189 Cessna. Student Pilots were presented their Farmers of America in Omaha, Neb. the trophy. One of the highlights of the awards by JOAN BUEERMANN, Race She was elected Duchess which is just Convention was a Fashion Show nar­ Committee, as follows: SEILA TY- next to the Queen of them all. We are rated by CHARMIAN BYERS-JONES, POLT, first place, and FRANCIS very proud of LORRAINE. Oregon Chapter, who made it a mem­ WEINBERGER of Tacoma, Wash., sec­ orable one. CHARMIAN later won the RUTH WIKANDER, Portland, has ond place. door prize . . . a very nice clock radio recently been appointed as Flight Ex­ SPECIAL awards were given as fol­ . . . and climaxed it by presenting aminer by the FAA. The qualifications lows: Spot landing, LUCY DRUCKER, MARCELLA OTHUS with a bov of Bat for this appointment are rigid, and not in an Ercoupe (right on the nose) even MARCELLA OTHUS with a box of Bat easily attained. RUTH is our 1962 though the sock at Aurora performed hard work as our Race Chairman. AMELIA EARHART Scholarship win­ like a rotating beacon for the most of All Chapters but one were repre­ ner, and we are proud to see her con­ the day. Special Award went to ILO- sented at the Convention, and it was tinued advancement in the field of VENE POTTER of Seattle for her con­ wonderful to see girls from South aviation. This chapter now has two sistent support by flying in the Petti­ Dakota, Montana, Idaho, as well as Flight Examiners . . . RUTH and AR- coat Derby since its origin. ILOVENE many other places flying in to attend. LINE BAKER. We can only benefit was a second place winner in 1962. An PAT GILDA from Alaska drove to Med­ from the standards maintained by them extra special award for the boo-boo of ford from Anchorage to attend and we both. the year was given CHARMIAN are certainly glad she did as Pat is BYERS-JONES who received a box of Twenty members of the Oregon Chap­ an asset to any meeting . . . from the Moose Manure (from the Alaska Chap­ ter attended the Northwest Section Fall detailed instructions as to the prepara­ ter) for landing on the highway next Convention in Medford and hosted by tion of Moose Manure for mailing, to to the airport at Lebanon. JUANITA the Southern Oregon Chapter. We are the re-reading of motions on the floor. ELLINGSON and her co-pilot, KATHY very pleased to announce that MAR­ BETTY STORRS, Eastern Idaho, ELMORE, took an extended tour en- CELLA OTHUS of Portland is our new made it as far as Hillsboro, Ore., in her route and was awarded a very special Governor and know that MARCELLA twin Apache when her suger-charger picture, the title of which is “ What the will do a fine job during the coming discovered nuts and bolts were good h___ am I doing here?” BILL EL­ year. We are also pleased to note that to eat . . . BETTY went on to Medford MORE, KATHY’s 49%er, furnished the MARY KILBOURNE, Eastern Idaho with JUANITA ELLINGSON and re­ girls with an emergency kit . . . a Boy Chapter, was elected Vice Governor; turned home with some members of her Scout compass and an Oregon road PAT GILDA, Alaska Chapter, was own chapter. We are happy to know map (they used the road map to work elected Secretary; and LAULETTE that BETTY will have to return to one of the problems). LINDA ALVORD, HANSEN, Montana Chapter, elected Oregon to pick up her plane as we all Portland, and her co-pilot, RIVKA Treasurer. The Northwest Section was enjoy her company. PRATT, also took an “extended tour” additionally honored by having ALICE Sunday was fly-away day from Med­ and for their efforts were awarded a ROBERTS, International President, as ford. With poor weather predicted to the new set of charts. Guest speaker at the our guest and enjoyed very much her North . . . cries of envy were evidenced banquet was JIM WOLFARD, MARCY’s visit with us. ALICE came from Phoe­ as VIRGINIA GILLILAND’S Bonanza 49% er, who gave a well received hum­ nix in her Bonanza with her 49% er, left the runway with RUTH WIKAN­ orous dissertation on Women Pilots. CHARLES, acting as co-pilot. This DER (an old IFR hand) in the left seat. Interesting notes on Race Winners are truly made the Fall Convention an en­ However the weather in Oregon cleared that MARCY WOLFARD, first place joyable one. The accommodations ar­ sufficiently for everyone to make it Commercial Pilot Division, received ranged by the Southern Oregon Chap­ home with either a short delay or a her Commercial rating August 15. ter were superb and it was obvious that short period of time “ on top” . MARCY has the trophy to show what these girls put a lot of work and effort midnite oil and diligence can do for a into making the Convention such a The girls in this chapter are beating pilot. Both second place winners for success. We particularly enjoyed the tracks across the nation this summer, Commercial and Private divisions are guest speaker, COMMANDER DON with entries in the AWTAR, RUTH flying grandmothers. These gals let no JENSEN, Operations Officer, Whidbey WIKANDER and VIRGINIA GILLI­ grass grow under their feet. JEAN Island Naval Station in Washington, LAND flying to Columbus, Ohio. PEG ABBOTT, Chairman, read a lovely tele­ who gave an extremely interesting and MORGAN, Corvallis, has flow to New gram from RUTH DEERMAN for informative talk, complete with slides York City to take in the World’s Fair. which we are all grateful, and an­ and film of aircraft carriers in current CHARMIAN BYERS-JONES and BER- nounced the new officers for the com­ use and the technicalities of take off NADINE BENNING, South Oregon ing year: JUANITA ELLINGSON, Port­ and approach to landing on carriers. Chapter, are leaving for New Jersey land, Chairman; BONNIE BRADS- Medford complied with good weather Shortly; JEAN ABBOT, MARCELLA FORD, Eugene, Vice Chairman; throughout the weekend although some OTHUS, BETTY PRAKKEN and BER- LOUISE WICKS, Eugene, Secretary; of the 99s in Washington had to forego NADINE BENNING flew to the Conven­ MARIAN BUSBY, Portland, Treasurer. the trip because of zero-zero weather. tion in Chattanooga; and KATHY EL­ MORE and her family flew to Houston, The new officers will be installed at the VIRGINIA ANDREWS, Western Wash­ Texas, stopping at El Paso enroute for September meeting. ington Chapter, was awarded the cov­ a delightful evening with the DEER- LORRAINE GABEL, one of our new eted Flight Activities Trophy but be­ MANS. members who just recently attained the cause of poor weather was unable to More trips are in the planning title of Queen of the Flying Farmers attend the banquet. VAN ADDERSON throughout the chapter, and those that of Oregon, has gained new laurels at accepted the trophy for GINNY, and haven’t had a full report written up the International Meeting of the Flying our best wishes go to her along with yet, will be included a little later. SOUTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOUTHERN OREGON CHAPTER GIVENS went down on Friday. Mabel Anesi, Reporter Ed Note: Southern Oregon was hos­ The big news for our Chapter was tess chapter for the Fall Northwest The South Dakota Chapter held their that GINNY ANDREWS was the win­ Section meeting, Sept. 10, 11 and 12 at August meeting in Lander, Wyo., and ner of the Achievement Award, a I was delighted to play hostess! Our Medford, Ore. So you’ll find lots of trophy given for active participation in new Chairman, AUDREY BAIRD, flew news under SECTION MEETINGS. flying events, Chapter activities and her Skylane with KAY VOGEL and aviation educalion projects. We were JEAN TOUGH as passengers. The air WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER all delighted to have the trophy back was turbulent most Of the way, but they Pat McGee, Reporter in our Chapter again, after a year in looked forward to “ windless Lander” , Seattle has had one of the nicest Eastern Washington with last year's as our small city is often called. How­ summers to come our way in many a winner, GINNY HARPER. ever, when they called Unicom for air­ year, and of course all of us are expect­ Our last two Chapter meetings have port advisory, and GEORGIA FIKE ing that next summer will be just like been held in the office Of BOB FORD, answered with a report of winds gust- it or better! manager of Boeing Field, who is most ing up to 35, JEAN was ready with an The entire Chapter is already deep enthusiastically looking forward to the order: "Cut it in half” ! When they in projects to make the 1966 Derby start Derby start. He attended our August meeting as part of the program, giving landed five minutes later, the wind was the one that will go down in history as 18 mph. Not many people would have the very best! We have many plans for us a run-down of the plans that have this power, I’m sure, but JEAN and those little “ extras” that will make the been discussed at (he Field. His sec­ GEORGIA worked in adjoining offices difference. retary, ANITA MORRISON, was pres­ ent also . . . in a dual capacity. She in Rapid City a few years ago: JEAN To sort of “ recap” the news of the was assisting her boss by making with the FAA and GEORGIA with the summer, we were all sorry that an notes on our comments and suggestions U. S. Weather Bureau, so they have this accident at her beach cottage pre­ but was also present as a guest and understanding, which would be im­ vented ILOVENE POTTER from flying eventual prospective member . . . hav­ possible for the average 99. in the Powder Puff. She was scheduled ing had her first lesson at that time. to fly co-pilot for GINI RICHARDSON DOROTHY MISNER was our only BOB FORD, perhaps spurred on by the of the Eastern Washington Chapter, but Worland gal attending; the others start­ prospect of the Derby, finally .achieved at the last minute was hospitalized and ed too lale, and didn’t want to risk an ambition of many years and started grounded for about three weeks. She landing their “ 172” in a high wind. taking flying lessons himself. was in the air again as soon as the We enjoyed having one 66 in our group: We have gained a number of mem­ doctor gave his ok. and her first long EVELYN LONG drove from Riverton. bers this summer, both through trans­ trip was late in July when she went to She has passed her written for Private fers and newly licensed pilots joining. California to pick up her new Hughes pilot, and was ready to embark on her I don’t have all the information on hand helicopter. The whole family made the first dual cross-country. Being so ex­ at the moment but will have it for the trip down to the factory in their Aztec. posed to women pilots over the week­ next issue. This month’s material has She and son, DAVID, returned to end, bolstered her spirits, and gave her got to go to DOTTIE YOUNG NOW! renewed courage to go on. She was a Seattle in the helicopter, while husband delightful addition to our group and, LES and son, GREG, flew the Aztec of course, received advice from every­ back. one. WANDA BUSFIELD allowed her The new chapter officers were elected 49%er to pilot their Bonanza, they at the August meeting. GINNY AN­ SOUTHWEST brought MARGE AND RODNIE LAR­ DREWS is now Chairman; JAY LAW­ SECTION SEN as guests. MARGE has accom ­ RENCE is Vice Chairman; AMELIA panied WANDA on many a flight, and CARTER is Secretary; and “PETE” BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER we agree that a good passenger is ANDERSON remained for another term Khoda Thompson, Reporter valuable, though she has no desire to as Treasurer. News deadline time comes around become a 99. Three teams went down from here so fast, this reporter is ashamed to to take part in the Petticoat Derby New Committee Chairmen were ap­ admit that she has not had time to sponsored by the Oregon girls. GINNY pointed: GENEVA OLESON will take phone the members to check on activ­ ANDREWS flew her 172, ILOVENE over my job, and know she will enjoy ities. POTTER flew her Aztec and yours it as much as I have these last two We know that PRISCILLA SPENCER truly accompanied a student (and pros­ years. is back from her t rip to Australia and pective 99 member) in the student’s the Orient, and awaiting a meeting Our program was a tape recording of 172. that will be a program by her on this a participant in the 1964 AWTAR. It The student, FRANCES WEINBER­ trip. ACHSA HOLFELDER has been was very interesting, and even our GER, received a trophy for second in and out this summer, busily check­ 49%ers and guests enjoyed it. We all place. She had at that time about 20 ing on the growth of her newest grand­ attended the “ Operation Amigo” ban­ hours and is making good progress to­ child. FLORENCE MOODY went back quet that evening, and enjoyed a local ward her Private license. to her teaching, after a summer of talent Little Theater production “ Jungle Not far behind the race came Sec­ helping GLEN in his Real Estate of­ Justice” . tion Convention, and a combination of fice, and sail boating between. Thus Fly-away time Sunday morning came circumstances plus bad weather on the train of life goes merrily on, all too soon, but everyone decided to Saturday prevented the hoped-for at­ whether or not we have time to jump leave early to avaid possible build-ups tendance from our Chapter. HELEN aboard. and thunderstorms. APPEL, VAN ADDERSON and HELEN Due lo so many vacations and what have you, the August pot-luck and this slate of officers we will have an­ added 14 hours to its original 7 ferry­ swim party at PRISCILLA’S was shy other good year. ing it to Oakland, California. quite a few members. R H O D A Then there is our newest member, Asilomar, California, near Monterey THOMPSON flew to Oakland that day DEEDSIE NEIL and her husband, who Bay, became a lively spot on August to attend a trade show in San Fran­ flew to the Nut Tree for lunch (45 14 when a new 99 chapter was given cisco, first flying she has done for minutes). Time to return 1o work and its Charter. There were 90 present for months, at least to hear her tell it. guess what? No key to the airplane. the presentation dinner. Bay Cities After much delay, telephone calls, a Since the family group of five would was honored to be the Sponsor. A student pilot taking off without the not all fit into their Cessna 180, JO wonderful evening was enjoyed by all key, etc., they arrived at work a little ANN MURPHY and family decided on and a big welcome to our new 99s. red faced. After all flying is supposed a fishing trip in their camper for From all indications we will be hear­ to save time. Four hours to get back to their summer vacation. The MUR ing a great deal from this group in work from lunch? FHYS traveled up into British Colum­ Lie very near future. bia and headed west oul of Prince LORETTA GABRIELSON produced JAUNDA BIGELOW flew as Co-pilot George. When they reached Fort St. one male child July 13. Will initiate with BOB REID to Paso Robles in his James at the edge of Sluart Lake they him lo flying on Labor Day weekend Kreider-Reisner August 15 on the Sil decided this was the "happy fishing in their C140. ver Wings Atlantic vs. Pacific Relay grounds,” so they parked and had a race. She enjoyed the privilege of fly­ Back lo flying to lunch, GAIL LANE couple of weeks of wonderful trout ing the Kreider-Reisner (1928 vintage— flew to Stockton and met HIALEAH fishing. The weatherman cooperated open cockpit bi-plane) back from Paso REILICH and JUANDA BIGELOW. No beautifully by furnishing fine blue skies Robles to San Jose and felt very hon­ jobs to return to so no worry about and the fish were equally cooperative. ored. The following day she was given time. JO's 49%er, MURDOC, landed a beau­ the green light to fly a Beeehcraft GLADYS COBB and her 49%er flew tiful 29-inch, 9-pound rainbow, which Debonair C33, afler a Ihrilling check­ lo Sioux City, Iowa, for 5 days—on to they were able to bring back frozen out. How lucky can you get? We have Atlanta, Georgia, for 4 and return lo (to prove il wasn'l just anolher "fish a prospective member, BARBARA LA­ Sioux City. Three days later arrived story”!). He has had many a local POINT from San Carlos, who not only at Hayward pleased as punch to see fishermen drooling while showing off teaches Pinch Hiller courses for the no thunderstorms, feel no turbulence this beauly! Flying Ten of San Carlos but is also and quit facing headwinds. 4,646 miles The MURPHYS started off on a real learning what makes airplanes work of headwinds no matter which direction “adventure” along the Sluart Lake from the inside to the outside. She is they flew or what lime of day. En­ chain, however, it proved to be a false presenlly assisling in (he painting of joyed Ihe vacalion though. start as their rented outboard engine I heir Cl 20. gave up the ghost and all attempts at RUTH and LYLE JACQUOT sailed repairing it were futile. In I rue fish­ from Long Beach to Ecuador on a erman style, however, they are plan­ slow banana boal. After disembarking LAST FLIGHT ning the same trip for next year, this Ihe Greek Orpheus at Guayaquil Ecua­ time taking their own outboard! It is dor, flew to Pori of Baliever lo review possible to travel about 300 miles by JACKLYN BRANDT banana plantations. They had a Span­ boat going from Stuart Lake to Trem- ish pilot with RUTH as co-pilot. He bleur by river, and then from Trem- Member was surprised and pleased lo learn bleur Lake on up the river lo Takla, RUTH had a U.S. Pilot's license. Their El Cajon Valley Chapter which is a glacier water lake. It is trip included auto ferry lo Quite (the told locally around Fort St. James Southwest Section Capital), a one-hour flighl via DC-7 to that Takla is where the really big ones Area Ecuador, aulo Irip to Ihe equator lurk! And this is enough lo lempl the August 24, 1965 where it is 0-0‘ , and a lour of ihe MURPHYS! We’ll be wishing them town and churches. The auto ferry better mechanical luck for nexl year! is a one-unil diesel car that goes through Ihe Andes from sea level 1o FALLON CHAPTER BAY CITIES CHAPTER 11,000’ . Says RUTH, "It was like rid­ Elaine Brown, Reporter Gladys Cobb, Reporter ing the roller coaster lor 12 hours.” The Fallon Chapter has had a won­ Despite lots of oil leaks they man­ derful week of socializing, sprinkled Our thanks and appreciation to aged a safe return in one hour in the with a mile of w'ork, at the National ELEANOR WILSON, retiring Chair­ DC-7. They returned via the Panama Air Races in Reno. We borrowed a man of our Chapter. She did a wonder­ Canal Zone on Ihe German ship Brun- fifty fool trailer from Dixon Trailer ful job and deserves lots of credit. sick—to New Orleans French Quarlel­ Sales to operate our “ Location and Elected to follow in her footsteps was and I hen boarded a jet for home. DEBBIE BYRAM, whom we know Registration Booth" for out-of-town will do an excellent job too. Her Vice- In the meantime back home, MARY visitors. Our list will help the air race Chairman will be HIALEAH REILICH, BTELD’s 49% er flew lo Mexico in officials with their mailing lisl next Secretary will be ELLY JONES, and their Swift for two weeks vacation. year and served to locate old friends Treasurer, ETHEL SHAFFER. The MARY was supposed lo be working, and members of various aviation or­ Committee Chairmen have not been fcul instead jetted to Texas and at Mid­ ganizations this year. We were delight­ appointed as vel but we know with land picked up a new Cessna 150 (1936) ed to see so many 99s at Ihe races and lo have (hem visit our booth. Register­ ship Chairman, JUDY HISLE; and Congratulations to both of you. ing with us were TERRY HOLM (San Historian, DE BAER. Elections were JEAN ROSE of the San Fernando Joaquin Valley Chapter) who 1 hrilled held during a luncheon meeting at the Valley and a friend slopped in Las Ihousands of spectators with her wing lovely summer home of LOIS BROWN Vegas on their way to Hawthorne, walking exhibitions; CAROL BLOOM on Lake Tahoe. Calif., where they were to deliver a (Sacramenlo Valley Chapter); JUANI­ Members have been on the wing this new Citabria which they had picked TA BOWLES from Fair Oaks, Califor­ summer particularly as school time up at the factory in the East. nia; LAURA MAY CRAWFORD and loomed on the scene. Reminders that Hope many of you were able to at­ 49%er (San Joaquin Valley Chapter); the piomised trip lo Disneyland had tend the 1965 AOPA Plantation Party BARBARA DRINKWATER (Santa r.ot yet been filled spurred JUDY in Las Vegas. We will give you more Barbara Chapter); NAN GIROUX HISLE and family followed by details on this in (he next 99 News. (Sacramento Valley Chapter); MRS. ELAINE BROWN and family to make Until then, Happy Flying! MARV. HORNBACK (Idaho Chapter); sky trails toward Anaheim. JUDY’s JEAN IVANOFF (L. A. Chapter): crew made it to Fullerton Airport plus LOS ANGELES CHAPTER MAURI LEONARD (Santa Barbara a jaunt lo San Diego in preparation Rachel Boir/.on, Reporter Chapter); RUTH OSIER (Sacramento for next year’s Fallon Fun Race, but Our September meeting was held at Chapter); EVELYN PRIMM (Coachel­ ELAINE BROWN and tribe tied down the Steps Restaurant, opposite Santa la Valley Chapter); VIRGINIA RUS­ al Lancaster (Fox Field) in favor of Monica Municipal Airport. This din SELL (Fresno Chapter); JUDY WAG­ an air conditioned car in which to ner meeting marked the conclusion of NER (Long Beach Chapter); and AN­ buri'ow through the smog. Time for an a most successful two years’ term of ITA WOREL (Redwood Empire Chap­ instrument ticket! PAT HENNING and office for outgoing Chairman, S’ALLY ter) and her 49%er! Wonderful to see her 49%er, HOWIE, spurred 1heir LA FORGE. A big vote of appreciation you all! Cessna 175 down to San Diego to view from all of us to SALLY for her fine Thanks to member JANE JANS- the new 1936 models of Fords. PAT leadership in many interesting activi­ SEN’s mother, JULIA CONSTABLE, also took a dry run from San Diego ties! Officers for the coming year are: for taking her lour of duly al (he reg­ lo Fallon to sharpen up for the Fun Chairman, ANN LODWIG, Vice-Chair­ istration booth so graciously. We see Race next spring. man, REBECCA HELD; Secretary, where JANE learned the art of gel­ Hope to see lots of you in Salt Lake FRITZI HEANEY; Treasurer, MARY ling Ihings done (making card files, Cily for the Southwest Section meeting ANN KASLOW. cleaning and waxing the trailer along and Long Beach to Salt Lake 49%er We were delighted to have BEVER­ with DOROTHY STAUFF and yours race. LY SHAW of Sydney, Australia, visit truly plus keeping our booth supplied us. BEVERLY is living in California with woman power)! Thanks lo JANE, LAS VEGAS VALLEY CHAPTER for a while, after having attended the loo. Gerry Wliilton, Reporter activities in Chattanooga, and then Nexl year we hope to see cash Our September meeting was held at flying to Salt Lake City with NANCY prizes for the women's pylon evenl, the home of NORMA GUNDERSON REULING in a Cessna 182. She was although the stunning trophies donat at which time election of officers took most impressed with the Western ed this year would be incentive enough place. Serving for their second year States, particularly the Rockies, the for this writer. JUDY WAGNER re­ are FRAN JOHNSON, Chairman; Grand Canyon, and Texas, which “re­ ceived first place and her silver tro­ JUANITA DALY, Vice - Chairman; sembles Australia—flat and brown— phy cup was donated by DORIS (Fal­ PRIS ALEXANDER, Treasurer; and what I like." lon Chapter) and JOHN EACRET of our new Secretary, NANCY MARSEN- Our newest member, CAROL LEWIS, Avis-Rent-A-Car in Reno. IRENE LEV- ICH. had just returned from a three-week ERT3N flew back to Reno for the We also elected delegates 1o attend flying vacation with 49V2er BERNIE awards ceremony (greatly appreciated, the Southwest Sectional. They are in their Skylane, through at least 11 IRENE! We know how tired you must LOIS-ANN LARSON, NANCY MAR- states (“ though it’s hard to tell from have been.) to receive her second SENICH and GERRY WHITTON. those charts how many borders you place trophy donated by JOHN ROB­ CHAIRMAN JOHNSON reports that cross” ). Highlights were: flying oast ERT POWERS School in Palo Alto donations are still being received for Mt. Rushmore, landing at Hales Cor­ and San Jose. DEE THURMOND’s the JOAN MERRIAM SMITH Fund — ners, home field of the Experimental Flight School in San Jose donated the but we will have to receive many Aircraft Association (“ the field is ex­ third place trophy which went to NAN more if we are going to obtain our perimental, too” ), getting some mag­ GIROUX who did a nice job on her goal of $5,000.00. So please get your nificent movies of cloud formations, first pylon experience. contributions off to FRAN as soon as mountain peaks, and other scenery, It was great to see our newly elect­ possible. only to discover that the camera was ed Chairman, BERTHA CLINE, back RUTH REINHOLD of the Phoenix on the wrong setting. However, all is in high gear. You would never guess Chapter was a recent Las Vegas visit­ well, since BERNIE caught a 43-pound a few short months ago BERTHA was or. You probably know that RUTH is salmon in Campbell River, British Col­ in critical condition, having been BARRY GOLDWATER's personal pi­ umbia. thrown and stepped on by a willful lot. Our new chairman’s new daughter sort of horse. Tremendous recupera­ We understand that NANCY MAR- SUSAN arrived May 28, in time to be tive powers these 99s have! Other new­ SENICH is the Assistant to the Adju­ big enough to look around at the ly elected officers include Vice-Chair tant of the newly chartered Sahara AWTAR start. ANN and MAURY and man, JOYCE BEAIL; Secretary-Treas- Squadron Civil Air Patrol. FRAN SUSAN then jetted for a vacation on uror, DOROTHY STAUFF: Member­ JOHNSON will act as Finance Officer. the Maine coast with ANN’S sister. Among the other go-jetters: VIR­ meeting to be a “husbands too” ac­ put together representing NANCY’S GINIA SHOWERS, who has been prac­ tivity at Pebble Beach—swim in the first AWTAR. NANCY should be a tically commuting to Berkeley 1o see heated pool with a beach party barbe­ member in good standing by the time her son; SALLY LA FORGE, 1o a cue to follow. this goes to print. Mexican vacation; BEULAH and Our girls have evidently been doing RATINGS: MARA CULP jumped in 49y2er BILL KEE, who were weath­ some flying too since we have two with both feet by taking her Instru­ ered out of flying their 172 east 1 o new Commercial Pilots, ZOE DELL ment written and within a day or BEULAH's 25th class reunion, but WEST and JOANNE NISSEM. I am two took the Commercial written. Re­ went anyway. working on my Instrument: Rating sults came back saying she’s an ex­ BEULAH and BILL did fly to Santa (which is kinda’ necessary around cellent student. Next came the check Barbara for lunch, and also with Monterey) but have a long way to go. ride for Instruments which she passed guest TILLIE ELEMENTS to San Die­ SALLY and JIM PLUMMER had a with flying colors. Another eager bea­ go for a visit, with the Icarian Club, profitable time flying our mayor to ver is GINNY CHANDLER, she has a to the "Kittyhawk,” largest aircraft Lake Tahoe last weekend—except for Cessna Super Skymaster. Congratula­ carrier in the world. JEAN IVANOFF losing their car keys. HELEN and tions GINNY on your Center Line atten >d the Reno Air Races, and FRANK SHROPSHIRE discovered a Thrust rating. rep< • ' some spectacular flying. RE- new place for fun-fly-ins at Lake Ber- MADINE PARSEL being the only fe­ BECC.', m'ELD has been flying local­ reyessa. Usibelli is a new place with male member of a local Mooney club ly, Skyn:A-> and 150’s. motel and dining room where HELEN was asked to fly to Long Beach and And so. tvvrybody back to work, but said they enjoyed a fine dinner, but retrieve a new Mooney. Having never keep flying! I saw them working it off after they flown the new model with so many new returned to Monterey. It seems lhat gadgels and finding no one handy to MONTEREY BAY CHAPTER the slip (hard) was still brand new explain the whys and wherefores she Stormie Carlson Reporter . . . oil and all! found herself with a manual in one After such an cm'" ting 'barter Night My 49'/aer BUD and I certainly had hand and throttle in the other, winging in August, the Monterey Bay Ninety- lots of formation-flying practice on a her way back to Orange County. Just Nines were all looking forward to our recent trip to Florida to pick up two goes to show, give us a manual and first meeting as full pledged Ninety- new Cherokee 140’s for the local deal­ the skyways are ours. Nines. The home of JOANN F NISSEM er. We were lucky to be a week ahead Westport Development Co. of Ana­ was the meeting place and attendance of Betsy, but did have to RON due to heim donated trophies for pilot and was just short of 100% with a couple thunderstorms in Miss, and Ala. The co-pilot who came in highest in the of our members out of town. However, factory at Vero Beach is obviously Powder Puff Derby from our local we were pleased to introduce a new very pleased and proud of the perform­ chapter. Saturday morning found NED member - transfer, LOIS BRADSHAW, ance of the girls flying Pipers in the CANTILLON presenting these to MA­ and guest, TYI O’CONNOR. As this Derby. They had several boards and DINE PARSEL and MYRNA SHAN­ was our first meeting since Charter posters showing the top winners for FIELD amid flash bulbs popping, peo­ Night, there was much organizing to the past years along with the type of ple cheering and grins from ear to be done and our President, HELEN aircraft flown. ear. Even a kiss on the cheek for each SHROPSHIRE, certainly kept Ihings girl, “how 'bout that?” moving resulting in much business ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER Our first Pilot of the Year Award being done. We have the following Alin Cnntillon, Reporter forms have been mailed to each mem­ Committee Chairmen appointed: Pub­ This has proved to be a busy month ber in hopes all will participate. These licity, SALLY PLUMMER; Aerospace, for Orange County starting off with are being mailed on a quarterly basis MARY PAINTER; Sixty-Six, JOANNE our monthly meeting, a pot luck dinner to be returned and unopened until the NISSEN; Air Marking, JANET MC­ being held at the beautiful Newport middle of June '66 when the winner DERMOTT; Civil Defense, MARY EL­ Beach home of MADINE PARSEL will be announced al a gala affair. LEN EISEMANN; Activities, STOR­ (husband WALT lives there too!) (We hope.) MIE CARLSON; Fund Raising, DELL where Ninely-Nines and 49V2ers joined NANCY THOMAS is the proud owner HAUK; Membership, ZOE DELL together to relate tales of flying and of a new Cherokee 180. She and CLAIR WEST; Scrap Book, DELL HAUK. listen endlessly to gabby Powder Puff­ REEDY ventured to Vero Beach, Flor­ Proposed By - Laws were read, dis­ ers, even had some movies 1hat were ida, to take posession of the shiny, cussed and adopted. Several interest­ pretty funny. It’s a good thing we’re sleek little craft. Their trip home was ing projects were brought up and dis­ better pilots than photographers. a little longer than expected due to cussed. We unamimously decided 1o Ninety-Nines attending 1he soiree bad weather, but think the gals could prepare to bid to host the 1967 Fall with 49V2ers were CHRIS HOFFMAN, have cared less, they had a ball. NAN­ Convention—which will be our imme­ BITSY RETTEW, BETTY SHERRY CY is so proud of her little gem that diate project. EMILIE SMYTH, GINNY CHAND­ each day whether she flys or not, she We are beginning to receive notices LER, MARGO SMITH, ANN CANTIL- comes out just to look at it sitting and invitations to many Ninety-Nine LON. Solo were THON ABBOTT, VEE there, and with a gleam in her eye activities in our area and we hope 1o WALENSKY, EDNA STENNETT. says, “ It's all mine.” be able to take part in them. It will BETTY FARRELL and MYRNA HORRAY! YIPPEE! Just received take a little while to get going, but SHANFIELD. word, I passed my Instructor’s written, bear with us and pretty soon we’ll be Among non - members, NANCY will wonders never cease? meeting you from place to place. We CREWS with husband PAUL showed RUTH PHILLIPS is busily trying 1 o are making plans now for our next up with the most fantastic book they round up all her Wing Scouts after a making the effort to be at meetings, and so glad to see one of our old members lhal hasn’t been making Ihe meetings as we sholud like to have her do, as we enjoy seeing her so much, namely CLEO MERRILL, come 1o the swim party. Three prospective members, IREVA MOSS, LYN SPE- ZIA and IMOGENS MARTIN were with us. Our members have been in Ihe air more (his summer than any before, whether in a private plane or a com­ mercial line. DARLENE GILMORE and 49'Aer GILL TWA’d lo Lima. Ohio, where DARLENE mel BERNITA NICKELL of All-Ohno Chapter. Also, her new aunl-in-law, RHEA GILMORE, also a member of All-Ohio Chapler. Flew her new uncle-in-law’s 172 Cess­ na, while in Dayton. Took in Ihe Air Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Only com ­ Madinr I’ursrl and Myrna Slianfieid being congratulated by Ned plaint DARLENE made was that her Cuntillon after presenting them trophies from Westport Develop­ vacation was too short. JOYCE and ment Co. for highest plaee in Powder Puff Derby from Orange HUGH EVANS have been aviating County Chapter. aboul, in their Cessna. Fishing ten days at Campbell River on Vancouver busy summer. The girls have been at­ With EDITH BREWER as Member­ Island with their boys, then down to tending a ground school course at Ful­ ship Chairman, we will probably need Roswell, New Mexico, lo start Matt lerton Airporl under I he able guidance a hall for our future meetings? No in the military college. RUTH WAG­ of BETTY FARRELL. From all re­ finer crew ever handled the controls NER and DR. WAGNER leave the ports, I he girls have expressed a great as these Ninety-Nines will. They have 23rd of September in the Comanche interest and are most eager to extend (he throttles pushed so that meetings 250 for Washington, D.C., for a med­ I heir knowledge. and events are scheduled up to Feb­ ical convention, stopping in Erie and ruary, but that will be VIRGINIA Philadelphia, then to Oklahoma City SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER TOWNSEND'S job (o tell. Congratula­ for the FAA Medical Examiners meet­ Florence G. Breen, Reporter tions to our past crew and our future ing. RUTH plans to visit headquar­ The end of the 1964-1935 Sacramento crew. ters while (here. Valley Chapter flighl has reached the PLEASE TAKE NOTE!!! Our post­ It was good to hear that GENE­ destination where our crew hands over poned fly-in has a new date of Sun­ VIEVE CONLIN is feeling well enough I he controls to the new pilots in charge. day October 24th; 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 again to go flying when HELEN MACE It has been a very smooth, interesting p.m. at Capitol Sky Park, Sacramenlo tempted her to go up with her and and gainful flight with JUNE DE- Municipal Airport. Free Buffet lunch, see if she could fly the Luscombe that VINE, our Chairman; JOYCE EVANS, Free Entertainment, but reservations Ihe MACE family are now the proud Vice-Chairman; our efficient Secre­ must be in if you want to eat; lo VIJA owners of. CAROL ANN SUTLIFF, tary, LA RUE BROWN; VIJA BERRY, BERRY, or LaRUE BROWN 707-374- our busy flying Mother who has 18 Treasurer, and the resl of the helpers. 5202 October 201 h. We would certain­ monlh old (wins, flew from Lake Tahoe We are all happy and pleased lo have ly like lo welcome many of our neigh­ lo Sacramenlo with the Telephone Pa- CAROL HAMMOND in the left hand boring Chapters. trol, in one of their patroling Piper seal of our plane with LaRUE BROWN Whal fun we had al CLAIRE RA- Cubs. Did you know lhal veteran pi­ her co-pilot, and Vice-Chairman. VIJA LEY’s when she had (he Augusl meet­ lots gol air sick? Well, CAROL ANN BERRY is mosl capable of following ing. Those of us that wanted lo swim is guilly, but who wouldn't, coming LaRUE's footsteps and we hope that had the use of her lovely pool. We had over (he Sierras, lurbulenl trying lo LILLIAN GRAY as Treasurer has a buffet dinner which each of us spot telephone cables in a light cub? many hours spent counting money for brought something, and then paid for Don’t be shy aboul it CAROL ANN, as our Treasury. VIRGINIA TOWNSEND the privilege of ealing in order lo put I’ve heard of olher pilots being guil­ is mosl capable of snooping and har­ a few shekels in our well bent bank ly of (he same Ihing. assing our Chapler members for news account. We had the business meeting Which is Ihe greatest thrill? When so our Sister members will know and then CLAIRE showed slides of her you solo, make your first cross coun­ what a wonderful Chapler Sacramento trip lo Europe. Her photography was try alone or when you lake your first has grown lo be. DARLENE GIL­ certainly oulslanding as I’ve never trip out of slate in your own plane? MORE proved in the past of her abil­ seen any pictures so clear and distinct I’d almost bel that DOROTHY HUNT­ ity in gelling publicity for our Chap­ and colors (rue. Sixteen of our m em ­ LEY and her doctor husband "A C E " ter that she was again inveigled to bers were present. Especially glad lo would say the firsl trip out of state. lake the job of Publicity Chairman. see our new member BETH HILL They flew the Cherokee lo Ashland to attend the Shakespearean Festival. TUCSON CHAPTER JENKINS had flown down to Tucson Also, there is no nicer way to cele­ Maggie Schock, Reporter Sunday afternoon so she could be in brate a thirty-sixth anniversary than Our AWTour got off to a flying start the tower to time us as we flew by on to be at the controls and in command (sorry!) with 6 airplanes and 16 Nine­ Monday. A head wind and high par of the plane, which Dorothy did. ty-Nines, husbands and guests arriv­ speeds really made the flight a “ pro­ ing in Santa Fe on Friday, August 20. blem .” Not a Cherokee in the bunch. SAN DIEGO CHAPTER PAT MORSE piloted her Cessna 172 MEG GUGGOLZ made arrangements Ruth Ebey, Reporter at La Posada for Ihe group, consisting to an uncontested victory with SHIR­ LEY MARSHALL placing 2nd and Well, the vacation in the Aeronca of PATSY and BOB BROOKS and Chief was fun—now to learn how to SUSIE PERPER; BONNY FEATHER, PATSY BROOKS 3rd. LOIS BART­ LING took home the T.E.T. We arc fly the thing! MARJORIE MILLER and WANDA all very grateful to Tucson Airport Planning to attend the Fall Sec­ ROY; THELMA BISHOP and her sis­ Authority for helping us each year by tional Meeting at Salt Lake City are ter EDNA LAUBERSTEIN; LOIS buying all Ihe gas for 1he airplanes LOIS BARTLING, BETTY GILLIES, BARTLING; DOROTHY and CHAR­ flying the Tour. CHUCK BROMAN, STELLA HARDIN and TERRY VAS­ LIE JENKINS, BEA EDGERLY and head of T.A.A., is a great friend of QUES. GERTRUDE GELDERMAN; SHIR­ the Tucson 99s and we are all very RUBY KEAVENY and MARIAN LEY MARSHALL and daughter LEE grateful for that big helping hand he BANKS are flying to Pendleton (Ore. >, and MARY MARTIN; LORRAINE YO­ extends to us so often and so gener­ Boise, Pocatello (Ida.), Rock Springs, CUM and I arrived Saturday via the ously. Cheyenne (Wyo.) on an early route YOCUM’s Bonanza in time for a lunch survey for the 1966 AWTAR and then of blue tortillas at the Shed and a I mentioned recently that WENDY 011 to Salt Lake City for the Sectional. most interesting afternoon. We were BLANCHARD, far off in Washington, These gals really gel around—MARIAN fortunate enough to be there during D. C., had passed her Commercial and 49%er GERRY flew to La Paz the annual Indian Festival. Indians Written. Just received word she has and Puerta Vallarta for the Labor Day from several different tribes and res­ taken Ihe Flight Test and now has her weekend; they also plan to fly to ervations displayed their wares for Commercial license. Hurry home, Brownsville, Texas, and Monroe, La. sale and many wore blue ribbons to WENDY. We can use you on Penny- in October. And RUBY plans an Octo­ show their excellence of design and A-Pound. ber flight to Montrose and Grand workmanship. Perhaps those greased- The date for our next Penny-A-Pound Junction, Colorado. on landings coming home could be is set for October 24th. More on that HELEN DICK, still striving for a partially attributed to everyone’s con­ next month. diamond distance badge, has soared cern with baggage compartments CAROL EWING, husband DON and recently from Tehachapi (Calif.) to packed full of fragile Indian Pottery. their three children (SMALL ones!) Tonopah (Nev.) and from El Mirage MEG joined the Tour on Sunday, jusl returned from an all day trip to (Calif.) to Coaldale (Nev.). Idaho Falls, Great Falls, Missoula, LOIS BARTLING and 49%er HARRY and we all flew to Flagstaff ready for an exciting day with the Northern Jackson Hole and Logan, Utah, via flew to Cedar City, Utah; they had in­ Arizona Chapter. It was jusl that. A Skylane. While in Montana they visit­ tended to go on to Zion National Park, wonderful day of glider rides—the first ed with 99 MARY STEVENSON and but were prevented from doing so by she checked CAROL out in a J-3 Cub. a flash flood. for most of us—a picnic lunch and lots of flying talk. DOT WARD put her It only took 45 minutes, which is pret­ Several members reported get-to­ brand new Instructors Rating away ty sharp for a brand new pilot without gethers with other 99s in their travels: for the day and devoted her time to any previous trailing gear time. JUNE HICKOX (on a business trip CAROL and DON are off for San with 49tier JIM in a borrowed 172) managing the glider schedule and ro­ tating pilots and car tow drivers. Francisco soon in a Cessna 150. Ob­ met former San Diego Chapter mem­ viously without the children! Hope they ber RUTH GAMBER in Oakland; LYN HELEN LAWRENCE spent the whole day driving everyone back and forth have better weather than BARBARA BRIGGS (on a boat trip on Puget from the airport. Four more ships and JOHN WELSH had trying to get Sound) had a good visit with PAT joined us at Flagstaff bringing SYLVIA out of Los Angeles International re­ McGEE; BARBARA ROBILLIARD re­ and IRVING BARTZ; FRANCES, ROD cently. ports that DOTTIE DAUB and her and SHERRY FRANCIS; VIRGINIA DR. WELSH HAD to get back to husband, JIM, have not taken to the and LUM EDWARDS and PAT and Tucson; so, when the weather closed air yet, but hope to acquire another JIM MORSE as well as VIRGINIA and in they hired an instrument pilot to plane soon; MAXINE SMITH, HELEN KEN COOK and their two sons. All fly the Skylane to Imperial, with DICK, and LOIS and HARRY BART­ came up from Tucson except the them aboard, and hired another plane LING got together for reminiscing and COOKS who were returning from a and instrument pilot to fly over and bringing - up - to - date with MARTHA trip to Seattle and flew in Sunday from pick up their pilot and return him 1o LUNDY (former Southwest Section Bakersfield. BETH and TEX WRIGHT Los Angeles. When you gotta go, there Governor) of Las Vegas when she had arranged a dinner at the Elks is usually a safe way to do it if you visited San Diego recently. Club where JIM VERCELLINO, Dir­ have a little imagination. DOTTY KLOTZ is flying a 150 week­ ector of Arizona’s State Aviation Com­ ends now, which is Ihe first flying PATSY BROOKS will be our new mission, joined us. she’s done since she moved out here Chairman this year with PAT NOLAN from Texas over a year ago (must Monday morning saw the “Naviga­ stepping into the Vice-Chairman’s job. have been inspired by the Powder Puff tional Problem” under way in Flag- VIRGINIA COOK and BARBARA Derby!). stiff and completed in Tucson. DOT WELSH will serve another year as Secretary and Treasurer respectively Here is news of some of girls of mer landscaping in and about her and BONNY FEATHER joins the the chapter: pretty new home, but her heart is in Board as Member-al-Large. My re­ RUTH WALKER has been requested the sky. tirement from Ihe Reporter’s job was to be the supervising CAP instructor SALLY WELLS of Cedar City has the shortest on record as I will be for the coming year for the girls of been doing some charter cross-country writing Ihe column again this year. the Provo Squadron. She is also ser­ flying to such places as Carlsbad, New We all send our wishes for a quick iously interested in glider training Mexico, and in and about the Grand recovery to PAT GILBERT in Ajo. which at present is taking place in Canyon area. She and her daughter were in a ser­ Heber, Utah. We are looking forward to hearing ious automobile accident on the high­ MAXINE NIELSON has been exer­ from all of you again—good luck and way returning from Las Vegas last cising her Commercial pilot rating the good flying! month. The car was completely de­ last few weeks with charters to Moun­ molished and PAT was taken to the tain Home, Idaho, and other places. Wickenburg hospital with back in­ She was able to visit the missile site juries. Fortunately, her daughter was al Mountain Home which is under­ Australian not seriously hurl and they are both ground. She has also enjoyed a three- ★ on their way lo health again. week vacation in the Los Angeles area and weekends at Brigham City and Section UTAH CHAPTER Yellowstone Park. I.iicile Christopherson, Reporter LOUISE MORRISON has again ac­ (Ed Note: BETTY McNABB, Inter­ It is unbelieveable that our cool, cepted Ihe leadership of the 'PTA in wonderful summer has come to an her school district for the coming national Secretary, forwarded the fol­ lowing invitation which she received end. We have had quite heavy rains year. I lie past week and already the maple LOIS FREDERICKS has become ac­ the week of Sept. 6. We'll hope the leaves in the eastern hills are turning tive in various organizations and has News will be out in time for some of our members to attend.) color. Now, we shall have 1hc lovely been asked to act on the committee warm days of Indian summer with its for Air Pollution in Salt Lake City. “On behalf of our President and cool lo chilly evenings. JUNE RAYBOULD works for the members I would like to invite mem­ bers of your group to attend the annual Our August meeting was held at General Office of the FAA and is gathering of our Association on 23-24 the home of LOIS FREDERICKS who quite a busy gal arranging time for October, 1965 at Milson Aerodrome, lives high on the hill north of Salt the various flight tests and forwarding Palmerston North, New Zealand. Lake City overlooking the city. Addi­ new student applications. Her only “ On Saturday, 23 October, the annual tional plans were laid for the forth­ daughter is planning on graduation competitions, annual general meeting coming Sectional Meeting to be held horn the University of Utah, majoring and social will be held, to be followed at Salt Lake City, September 24, 25 in math and physics—and a sweet gal on the Sunday with a Field Day from and 26. The following members were she is. 2 to 4 p.m. This Field Day will be present: RUTH WALKER, ALBERTA NANCY REULING and family were open to the public. NICHOLSON, LYLE BECKSTRAND able to fly back to Peoria, Illinois, “I do hope some of your members MARJORIE MACKEY, MARJORIE during August and visit with her hus­ will be out this way and will be able PETERSON, PAT PANOS, VIRGINIA band’s family. Their three small boys to join us. Please let us know of any LAVIN, SALLY WELLS, LOUISE AN­ thoroughly enjoyed Ihe trip. As a fam­ who are in New Zealand at the time DERSON, LOUISE MORRISON, LU- ily, they also had the wonderful ex­ and I will get in touch with them and CILE CHRISTOPHERSON and the fol­ perience of flying into the Henry Lakes invite them along.” lowing guests: KAY BEERS, LEE area of Idaho for wonderful camping Yours sincerely, MORRISON, DON MACKEY, THOMAS and fishing. SHEILA COMBS, Secretary PANOS, ART WELLS, DR. PHILLIP LOUISE ANDERSON and husband New Zealand FREDERICKSON and two friends of KEITH and their little family were Air-Women’s Association the WELLS from Cedar City. able to spend a couple of weeks in the 126 Oxford Terrace September 15th we held our meeting Los Angeles Area. Ennis, Montana, Lower Hutt, N. Z. for the month at the home of BONNIE also holds their interest for there are YORK. At this meeting ballots were many good fishing holes. counted and the following members SUE ELLIS has been enjoying with are lo be the new officers of the Utah her family, the beautiful country of Chapter for the coming year: ALBER­ Bear Lake, during 1he past summer. BRITISH TA NICHOLSON, Chairman; LYLE Incidentally she has a wonderful secret BECKSTRAND, Vice-Chairman; NAN­ to tell—come February or March. SECTION CY REULING, Treasurer; and SUE FLOSSIE MAE NIPKO is head of ELLIS, Secretary. At this meeting we the Arthritic foundation for the Stale also had the drawing of Ihe lucky of Utah and is doing a wonderful job. Janet Ferguson, Reporter winners (51 of 100 gallons of gasoline KAY BEERS, who is a frequent Our election meeting was held on each. To obtain additional monies for guest at our meetings, plans to com ­ 31st August with the following results: Ihe coming convention we had sold plete her private license by late fall. SHEILA SCOTT, Governor; ELIZA­ tickets for $1.00 each. Our raffle was BONNIE YORK is acting secretary BETH OVERBURY, Vice Governor; very successful and we look forward of the Salt Lake City Mortar Board PAMELA HUNTLY, Secretary; and lo a successful convention. Alumni. She has been busy this sum­ BETTY CONES, Treasurer. Our very great thanks go to SHEILA and BETTY London Airways just couldn’t believe for all their extremely hard work this that I wanted Flight Level 170 instead last year. They have both done so of my usual 70! (The Aero Commander much for us and we are very happy was pressurized.) It was a most enjoy­ that they are still in office this coming able flight and I was greeted over the year. (Although BETTY has neces­ RT by Munich Control on first contact. sarily had to give up the Secretaryship On arrival I was given a really won­ due to her move down to Hampshire, derful welcome with champagne and she continues in office as Treasurer.) bouquets of lovely carnations, one from ELIZABETH OVERURBY arrived at IAOPA and one from Air Traffic at the meeting hotfoot from co-piloting one Munich. of her airline’s Ambassadors from Mu­ "The Conference opened in the after­ nich. CHRISTINE HUGHES, a pros­ noon, the delegates being given ,a very pective 99, attended the non-business warm welcome from the host nation, part of the meeting as a guest and we Germany. Three question panels were hope she will be joining our ranks quite included in this conference and proved soon. Our new Charter was much ad­ lo be very interesting as well as on mired and a tape recording of the pre­ occasions amusing! The First Panel, sentation of the Charter to SHEILA at held during the latter half of the after­ the Convention was played, as was a noon, discussed General Aviation in the recording of RUTH's speech, the pre­ States versus Europe, but this devolved sentation of the AE Scholarship and into an animated discussion on Air Traffic on both sides of the Atlantic olher speeches. MARY HORTON, Connecticut Chap which was continued the next after­ News of members is somewhat limit­ ter Vice - Chairman, witli trophy noon during the Air Traffic Panel dis­ ed this month . . . probably just as awarded at the Barnum Air Show, cussed Facilitation which must cer­ wi ll in view of the pruning of News­ Bridgeport, Conn. tainly be improved all over Europe. On letter reports! the first evening a very enjoyable din­ SHEILA and MARGO McKELLAR ner followed the opening session and WETHERELL, Director of the Con­ helped to entertain overseas pilots at several of the party (including myself) necticut Department of Aeronautics, the annual Tiger Club "open house” lalked shop until 3 a.m. conducted our dinner meeting. He intro­ weekend. Activities included dinner at duced our guest speaker, DR. JAMES the Royal Aero Club and a boat trip CRANE, Flight Medical Examiner. DR. down the River Thames. CRANE spoke specifically on his own findings regarding the stresses on jet SHEILA had a big disappointment in pilots and passengers in respect to their the National Air Races. After the first health, and to their adaptation to the two rounds in June and July she was SECTION rapid travel through the time zones. in an extremely favorable position in Our newly elected officers are: Chair­ the Air Racing Championship. At that man, CHRISTINE WINZER; Vice stage, however, the Comanche she had CONNECTICUT CHAPTER Chairman, MARY HORTON; Secretary, been racing was sold and she had to Ruth P. Buckley, Reporter CYNTHIA KEMPER; and Treasurer, rustle up a Cessna 172 at the last • ith the golden days of autumn com ­ BETTY SAGAN. We reviewed our past minute for the final round and the ing, the Connecticut Chapter held their accomplishments. PEG surprised the Kings Cup. In spite of the Cessna’s installation dinner at Stratford, Conn. membership with imaginative and fit­ reluctance to get going, SHEILA look It was our delightful TEDDY KENYON ting awards for jobs that had been done 10th place in the Championship but ob­ who presented the AMELIA EARHART during her Chairmanship. It seemed viously the situation would have been Bronze Medal to PEG DAVIDSON. fitting that she mention as a conclu­ quite different if only she’d still had PEG has served as the first Chapter sion how fortunate we are to have the the Comanche. Chairman for the Connecticut Chapter. support of our 49% members and YVONNE POPE is now flying some Indicative of the ever present con­ friends. sideration and respect for her fellow daytime scheduled services on Herons Driving in and flying in, on this Sep officers PEG warmly thanked each for (similar to the de Havilland Dove bul tember 10th evening, were MARGE their participation. They are CHRIS­ with four engines) as well as her night GRAY, ELEANOR McCULLOUGH and paper runs in the DC3. She recently TINE WINZER, NANCY LUDLOW, DORIS RENNINGER of the Greater JEAN RETTINGER and ELAINE Mc- sent me an acccunl of her trip to the New York Chapter. Also attending from CABE. IAOPA General Assembly at which she the New Area was MR. HERB FISHER, received the Air Traffic Controller Master of ceremonies COL. HENRY Port of N. Y. Authority. award. I think everyone will find it In acceptance of the position as as interesting as I did. Chapter Chairman, CHRIS WINZER in­ YVONNE's report: “ I was flown AE Scholarship dicated her sincerity and dedication to from Gatwick to Munich by MR. NAI- the 99s. All assembled were touched by MER, the Chairman of the Europeon Deadline her sentiments. I am sure that the Con­ Conference of IAOPA in his personal necticut Chapter will continue to grow Aero Commander. I was asked to act January 15th and flourish. as First Officer o;i the way over and In reviewing our recent activities of the summer and spring, let me say that our trips are fun and educational. We are each aware that the followship of knowing each other has been pleasant and rewarding. It is encouraging to know that little by little we have been able to make our presence known, and Connecticut more aware of us. On May 5, JEAN RETTINGER, PEG DAVIDSON, ELAINE McCABE, LOIS STROUD, EVELYN MURCH and BETTY SAGAN as well as ELLEN and TOM PURDY were out driving and flying early in the A.M. Arrangements had been made in ad­ vance for our aircraft to land at, other­ wise private, Rentschler Field. A tour of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, was the order of the day. For those unable to attend, all said Ihe tour was most impressive and in­ teresting. We hope a second tour will be arranged at some future date. PEG DAVIDSON, CHRIS WINZER, JO MASSEY, SHARON SIMMONS, ELAINE McCABE, EVIE MURCH, CYNTHIA KEMPER and guest BER­ THA MEANA enjoyed their June lun­ cheon meeting at the summer home of TETA GUNTHER in Guilford, Conn. From what CYNTHIA reported, it was rather cool along the shore of Long Island Sound that afternoon with the result that the business at hand was carried on indoors. The Barnum Air Festival and Air Show at Bridgeport Municipal Airport was July 4. By invitation, the Con­ necticut Chapter operated an Air Show Information Center. When the rush of pilot registration became heavy wc Connecticut Ninety-Nines (luring tour of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Factory. made an attempt to help file names of Left to right: front row; MR. MAGEE, JEAN RETTINGER, ELAINE Me- visitors for the Bridgeport, Conn., city ( ABE, PEG DAVIDSON. Middle row; EVELYN MURCH, BETTY SAGAN, register. Each 99 was identified by a LOIS STROUD, MR. CLARK. Back row; MR. OLMSTEAD, TOM PURDY, white bola hat with blue and gold trim. ELLEN PURDY, MR. MAGEE, MR. CLARK and MR. OLMSTEAD arc asso- There were nine of us under these hats. ciated with the Pratt and Whitney Corp. CYNTHIA KEMPER .and RUTH BUCK­ LEY had been the liaison between our people, site of their Sunday barbecue Chapter and the Air Marshall. MARY flight. HORTON, our new Vice Chairman, won N.Y. - N.J. And I received from SELMA CRO- NAN a report on the Shelter Island a trophy. II read, "Best Monoplane", Treasure Hunt which I shall quote in MARY had flown the Fairchild 24 in SECTION with her ISMser, KEN. its entirety; Later in July we left our duties aside GREATER NEW YORK CHAPTER "Too bad you had to miss the to picnic and swim at a private lake as Charlotte* M. M cCollum , Reporter 'Treasure Hunt'. It was great despite guests of CHRIS WINZER. SHARON BARBARA BROTHERTON and your threatening weather. It kept its threat. SIMMONS won first prize in the ques­ reporter saw our Chairman, PAT WIL­ “ The swimming pool, landing strip, tion and answer contest arranged by SON on her way to Scotland and Eng­ delicious food, lovely home and gra­ CHRIS. The questions covered use of land last Monday, the 13th. Have a real ciousness of the HAVEY’s couldn’t lights to get in and out of controlled good trip, PAT! be beat. In the event that nobody else airports. All members present were thought of it, here’s the rundown for NANCY GRAHAM sent me a clip­ given sample bottles of French per­ the News. ping stating that ELLIE MeCULLOUGH fume by CHRIS which were flown here "Shelter Island, August 28th, at the by CHRIS’s Pan-Am pilot husband, had won the MAC Flying Club “ First home of AGNES and AMBROSE TED. Arrival" prize from the Sky Manor HAVEY. Ninety-Nines present; RITA GIBSON, AGNES HAVEY, DOTTIE BOCK, HELEN ELLITT, BARBARA Our Chapter will be sorry to lose a JULICH, PAT WILSON, SELMA CRO- EVANS, VIOLA GENTRY, RITA GIB­ good 99. NAN, KAY HILBRANDT, LOIS FAIR- SON, NANCY GRAHAM, MARJORIE It was decided that this year the BANK, DORIS RENNINGER, ELLIE M. GRAY, ESTHER HILL, MARY whole Chapter would work on ETHEL’s McCu l l o u g h , m a r io n l o p e z , HORNE, DOROTHY JULICH, EDITH Membership Committee and see how JEANNE SPEILBERG, and prospec­ KUZENKO, ELLIE McCULLOUGH, much we could swell our roeter. tive member INGE GROSS. Guests MARGARET POTTS, and prospective present: AMBROSE HAVEY, GEORGE members are ELSE CUPP, ANNA CONWAY family, JAMES ROE (who DIETRICH, RUTH DOBRESCU, BAR­ 99 MEMBERSHIP LIST owns strip), MRS. ROE, PETE HAN- BARA HOMEYER, LILA HOWARD, SEPTEMBER, 1965 NABERRY (great chef), CHARLOTTE HONEY KATE TRATTLER, IRENE New HANNABERRY, PAUL GIBSON, ROY VAN DYKE, JUNE WILDBERGER and M E M B E RS-AT-I, ARG E RIDER, JUDGE and MRS. GARRITY, ROBIN CHASE. BIGNOLAS. Helen S. Rua Melo e Sousa No. 1 MRS. LILLIAN FAIRBANK (LOIS' E storil, P ortugal 26^629 mother), MRS. M. HARVEL (Doris’ WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER NEW ENGLAND SECTION mother), CHARLES STAGNARO, OSBORNE, Allegra Ann (Mrs. Phillip E.) Terri Pirrung, Reporter 146 South M ain St. E a stern N ew England LOUIS ODORICO and STEWART HOR­ T opsfield, M ass. 01983 887-5864 TON. We had a good 50% attendance for our September dinner meeting at the MIDDLE EAST SECTION “Desserts were made by ANITA HUTTON, Portia Lyon (Mrs. Wallace E.) Airways. Election of officers saw DOR- LUCAS and HELEN VREELAND. 7701 G lennon D r. M aryland ITA NORTON elected Chairman; LOR- Bethesda, Md. 20031 365-2045 “ Winners in the hunt: Team of RI MOORE, Vice-Chairman and Pro­ SOUTHEAST SECTION ELLIE McCULLOUGH and LOUIS gram Chairman; JOANNE KOHLER, FIELDS, Margaret Ann (Mrs. William S.) 3721 N .E . 26th Ave. F lorid a G oldcoast STAGNARO: DOTTIE JULICH, PAT Secretary - Treasurer; ETHEL FED- P om pa n o B each, Fla. WH 1-0670 WILSON and CHARLES STAGNARO; DERS, Membership Chairman; NAO­ NORTH CENTRAL SECTION KAY HILBRANDT and ROYAL RID­ MI MEEKER, Scrapbook Chairman; BLAKELEY, Virginia Mae (Mrs. Harry W.) ER; and INGE GROSS, solo. 1974 Beverly Hills Dr. All-Ohio and TERRI PIRRUNG, Newsletter Re­ C leveland 17, Ohio K E 1-5074 “Spot landing: Tie between ELLIE porter. BOWMAN. Genevieve M. (Mrs. Norman) 224 Home Ave. Chicago Area McCULLOUGH and KAY HILBRANDT. PEG WAHL drove up from Fredonia O ak Park. 111. 386-7261 and even though she couldn’t slay CLAUSS, Jean C. (Mrs. Donald A.) "The landing strip, known as West­ 3 N 370 W ilson St. C h icago A rea moreland, is at present 1300 feet long. long enough to join us for dinner, she E lm hurst, 111. T E 2-4224 MR. ROE, who owns the property, did tell us about the Jamestown Air­ HOPPER, Donna Rae 1920 N ew Jam estow n Rd. G rea ter St. Louis announced that in one week work will show which look place the previous St. Louis, M o. 63138 SH 106429 commence extending it to 3,000 feet. week-end. PEG also brought us some CLARK, Patience L. (Mrs. Francis L.) favors from the last Section Meeting. 1000(3 Sterling Michigan The HAVEYS invite all passing 99s to Allen Park, M ich. 48101 928-7582 drop in. They have unicorn in the Was so nice to see ELLEN TAYLOR SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION kitchen and I made contact with again after two years and two baby HAWES, Elizabeth (Mrs. Fredric T.) AGNES over a hundred miles out. girls. The weather being IFR, com­ 3507 Aspen N .E . Albuquerque Albuquerque, N. M. 255-5155 “ The Treasure Hunt covered a cir­ pany pilot JERRY WHELAN flew up TILFORD, Carol Jean (Mrs. Vernon) with ELLEN. JERRY has quite a few 1270 So. G ray C olorado cular course of about 100 miles, bring­ D enver, Colo. 922-2178 ing them back to the starting point and hours of Arctic flying and said we all ANDERSON. Ellen Jane (Mrs. Ronald) the picnic. There were ten clues . . . should fly up to the ice flows for some 3019 D onegal El P aso El Paso, T exa s 591-1024 in rhyme yet . . . to identify, giving seal hunling. Well, it would be fun 1o COX, Sally Jean them letters and things. The letters say you caughl your own seal coal, 3625 H opper Rd. Houston H ouston, T exa s 77016 HI 2-5214 spelled out, ‘SHE FLYS’ . but who could club those little critters over the head to get it ? NOR THWEST SECTION “ We hope to do it again next year, HOWARD, Nancy Deane bigger and better.” ETHEL FEDDERS and LOIS RINCK 2900 B a rb ara Dr. Alaska A n ch orage. Alaska 277-4475 said they had a good time at Ihe New York State Air Force Association Con­ SOUTHYVEST .SECTION PENDING LONG ISLAND CHAPTER NEIL, Edith H. (Mrs. V. K.) Honey Kate Trattler, Reporter vention in Niagara Falls talking lo a 268F Shasta Rd. Bay Cities lot of interesting people. Berkeley, Calif. 841-7061 On September 18 ELLIE McCUL­ WILLIAMS, Lois Elaine (Mrs. David F.) LOUGH presided over a meeting of 99s In Ihe flying deparlmenl DORITA 404 Glen M anor Dr. Fallon NORTON staying close to home with a R en o, N ev. FA 9-2318 and prospective members who will LEWIS, Carol Frances (Mrs. Bernard J.) form a Long Island Chapter, as part flight to Elmira. ELLEN TAYLOR ex­ 549 North A rd m ore A ve. Los Angeles of the New York - New Jersey Section, pecting to fly away up north lo New Los Angeles, Calif. 90004 666-0498 DAVIS, Ruth Anne (Mrs. Ted H.) while MARJORIE M. GRAY added Brunswick. JOANNE KOHLER spend­ 925 W ilson St. Phoenix background on our projects and history ing week-ends in the mountains where Tempe, Ariz. SHELDON. Ruby May (plus a feeling for the excitement of some guy in the sky has been teaching P. O. B ox 643 her WASP days). DORIS RENNINGER, her wing-overs in a T-Crafl. A big Scottsdale, Ariz. 959-2056 blue and while bouquet to HELEN TOLIVER, Fredamae S. (Mrs. M. L.) Governor of the Section, arrived to give 1920 A p ache Blvd. Phoenix us her blessings and set our Charter MOORE for getting her Instructor's T em pe, Ariz. WO 7-5748 date for October 16, with festivities to rating in August. KREIDER, Velvia C. (Mrs. Bard F.) 13580 El C am ino R eal Santa B arbara be held at Long Island Airport. JEAN MUTCHLER informed us that A tascad ero, Calif. ‘.66-9115 The 99s who will form the new chap­ she may be leaving the area in a few LUSHBAUGH, Carole Ann (Mrs. Larry C.) 346 Garner Dr. Santa Clara Valley ter are: DORIS ABB ATE, DOROTHY months for a better job elsewhere. Sunnyvtale, Calif. 245-9626 'dffic (JJifiGty-tJJifies, $nc, BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Oh" WOMEN PILOTS PAID Oklahoma City, Okla. International Headquarters — P. 0, Box 99 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Permit No. 929

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