DECEMBER, 1970 Tllnetylline Hews g ie cA linety-cA ltnes v9nc. President's Column October’s End: Being PREZ is such fun! There are some unhappy things that happen, which I am sure must happen in every organization, hut the warm and pleasant encounters, letters, and words of encouragement outweigh the had ones. Our 99 News is great, but I wish we could all share the newsletters from the various chapters, many of whom send me a copy. "Cloud 99" from the Phoenix Chapter is fine. I don’t know who the editor is, she hides her light under a bushel. The Board meets this week in Atlanta. Being economy-minded, I called the convention desk of Eastern Air Lines and asked what city would he most central, least changes, and NOVEMBER, 1970 lowest total fare for the eight of us — and was delighted hut surprised when they told me Atlanta was the one. So we plan a busy meeting plus dinner with the North Georgia THE NINETY-NINES, Inc. Chapter and a visit to fabulous Underground Atlanta. Congratulations to Ninety Nines ANN WOOD and MARY JO OLIVER who are the Will Rogers World Airport new Chairman and Vice chairman, respectively, of the Women’s Advisory Committee on International Headquarters Aviation. MARY JO will write the WACOA column for us. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159 Nice picture and article about RUBY GUINN of Greenville, SC, in the last SC Headquarters Secretary Aviation Newsletter. Do you get your state aeronautics newsletter? This one is full of goodies about people AND safe flying and state facilities. LORETTA GRAGG Tennessee has done the most attractive acrostic, spelling WELCOME, with their new officers and calendar. It is a blue and white Tennessee State cutout. Editor Surely enjoyed the FAA-AOPA revalidation course for instructors at Colorado Springs. HAZEL McKENDRICK I was lucky — my national medical records meeting was there, too, just after the clinic. P.O. Hox 38499 There were six women, all 99s, at the clinic. PAT MeEWEN, Wichita; JANICE CRISP, Dallas, Texas 75238 New Orleans; ANN FRINK, Spanish Peaks; DOTTY MYERS. Colorado; BILLIE ARBUTHNOT, Pikes Peak, and ME. And we had a lovely evening at LUCY SHATTUCK’s THE NINETY-NINES NEWS delightful home in COS. JANICE, by the way, is also a Delta stewardess on the Puerto Rico- Venezuela run. Sounds like fun! December 1970 Am so sorry to hear of the last flight of HELEN and FRED MORGAN. HELEN was Vol. 14 No. 24 a member of the Georgia chapter when FRED was posted at Robins AFB in Georgia. Published monthly, except bi-monthly July-August We did love them both. and January-February. Annual subscription rate is Letter from PAT CODY, Aerospace Education Specialist for the Pacific Region, CAP. $4.50 and is included as a part of the annual mem­ bership of The Ninety-Nines, Inc. He would like to have 99s assist him with summer workshops and talks to groups — and Office of Publication, 2820 Taylor Street, Dallas, here is a great way to make our boast of aviation education activity come true. You girls in Texas 75226 the West, do contact Pat who is at Civil Air Patrol region headquarters in San Francisco. THE NINETY NINES, INC. He needs you. Will Rogers World Airport FUN at the Broadmoor — “peddling” my hook, “Medical Records in Small Hospitals.” Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159 Return Form 3579 to above address And talking to other pilots— specifically JEAN BONAR. my RRL colleague who also 2nd Class Postage pd. at Dallas, Texas uses her Bonanza for consulting, and is a Mansfield, Ohio 99. I’m looking forward to seeing “LADIES, MAN YOUR PLANES” by our own MARDO INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS CRANE, and wasn’t it interesting that she won the Mexico trip from Holiday Inn at the President start of the AWTAR this summer, since she really “invented” the PPD. CAP and AOPA are going to coordinate on SKY-SAFE exercises — while 99s help BETTY W. McNABB hither and thither, we hope, and get APT themselves as fast as they can. 926 Third Avenue My “composition hook” is really a mess. It has CAP, 99s, CFI, medical records, Flying Albany, Georgia 31701 High, and everything else mixed in from page to page. Even a recipe or two! So if I Vice-President interrupt my flight commentary to record a recipe for sour cream cookies— ? or discuss post-anesthesia notes . . .? And if 1 ever lose either the book or my calendar. I’m sunk. SUSIE SEWELL VIRGINIA THOMPSON, Washington DC chapter, represented the Ninety Nines at c l o Catlin Aviation Co. the Federated Business and Professional Women’s recent annual meeting, and did she have Will Rogers Station a wonderful time! Not only learned a lot about the future of American women, but Oklahoma City, Oklahoma enjoyed having President Nixon tell her that he didn't care what sex a pilot is just so he Secretary or she can fly the airplane — and talked with MRS. NIXON — and said the banquet honoring MRS. SPIRO AGNEW was delightful — and thank you, VIRGINIA! (A cut JOAN HRUBEC report appears elsewhere— It was cut due to space limitations— Virginia please forgive— Ed) 16902 Dartmouth Ave. Maryland’s “Crahpot Intersection News” was extremely interesting. I feel as if I am Cleveland, Ohio 44111 getting to know so many of the 99s better! And I liked DORIS RENNINGER’s "Happy Treasurer Merry Membership.” I’ve heard from GILLIAN CAZALET in England, our Colombia Orchids, and MARIE RICHARDSON, Australia. As well as our neighbors from Canada. VIRGINIA BRITT First Canadian’s “What's Up” is FULL of news, and so is "Nosey Nine’s” St. Louis letter. 6121 Cypress Road GALE BROWNLEE of the NY-NJ chapter decided a local hospital needed a heliport. Plantation, Florida AND SHE GOT ONE FOR IT. Wonder how many of us could manage that! Executive Board People say Aviation Education has gone beyond the purview and capability of Ninety Nines. I disagree. We can do as much — more — than we ever have done. We still need PAGE SHAMBURGER GRASSROOTS contacts to let the man in the street know that general aviation is not a Page Hill moon-struck idea. We need to help youngsters get that hand hold on the stars that I’m Aberdeen, North Carolina 28315 always preaching about at Aerospace Education workshops. Aviation Education means PAT JETTON US TOO. Redbird Airport Have heard some rumblings about the race question lately. (Airplanes, not people.) Dallas, Texas 75232 Maybe we ought to give committees or responsible parties a pre-publication copy of contro­ versial material so they can rebut when the original material appears, as AOPA did EDITH DENNY recently — you know, "Equal Time.” Question-answer type of thing? WHY DID YOU 439 Temagami Cres. DO THIS? Answer from committee: BECAUSE . . . then the membership would get Port Credit, Ontario, Canada both sides. Oh dear, there’s so much to think about. Must stop or Hazel will flip. Maybe little BEA STEADMAN bitty type in the News? I’ve more comments and ideas I’d love to toss out! Like — enjoyed 3645 Robimvood Idaho’s Newsletter — and PAGE’s article re 99s romping in the White Mountains. Want to Ann Arbor, Mich. earn my KAY BRICK-bestowed title of “Gabby McNabby.”

December, 1970 for the next year. Also now is the time for BARBARA RIGGS, Assistant Route Di­ all of you to let it be known what office rector, and KAY BRICK, AWTAR Chair­ you are interested in. The only way the man, trailblazed the southern section of the members of this organization will know route. In K A Y ’s words, “ Everything was that you are available is if you tell US. Gung Ho!” BARBARA EVANS and May all of you have a very Merry Christ­ YOURS TRULY joined forces with KAY mas and a New Year full of hope and joy. and B A R B A R A at Baton Rouge where the May you all fly safely thru the holidays. South Louisiana Chapter is the hostess of I have reason to believe this Christmas will the Terminus and also a Powder Puff be especially important to me and I look to Derby Sponsor. PAT WARD, Terminus the New Year with great anticipation. God Chairman, and MOLLY STOCKWELL, bless all of you and yours. — MR. ABER­ Co-Chairman, had a rigorous program of appointments scheduled for us. Everything HEADLINES from Hazel CROMBIE, wherever you are, I have an additional special message; — just for you! went off like clockwork which made the CONGRATULATIONS - CONGRATU­ check-out of the “Terminus” most successful too. Let me tell you, that “Southern Hospi­ LATIONS - CONGRATULATIONS ! ! ! . BLANCHE NOYES has been inducted in P ow der PufF D erbjj tality” is no myth. Besides accomplishing the OX-5 Club of America Aviation Hall of miracles with details of the Terminus, we Fame. Another accolade for a great lady, MARION ANDREWS, Reporter came away as “Honorary Citizens” of Baton who “stands tall in the saddle” in my book Rouge, with keys ot the city and as and I suspect in all of the Ninety-Nines. A Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We’ve come a long “Colonels” on the Staff of the Governor. true pioneer who has made her mark in the way baby! The top prize money for the Designated Airports on the Race Route: aviation world. We are proud to call her first ten places of the “Powder Puff Derby (Must stops and Fly-bys not yet determined FRIEND. 25th Jubilee” will be $22,500.00, up from but there will he many) the previous $5250.00 for the first five, 1. Calgary International Airport, NOTE TO ALL NINETY-NINES: places, awarded as follows: Winning team Alberta, Canada I, as Editor, have nothing to do with the $10,000 ; 2nd place $5000 ; 3rd $3000; 4th roster. I await like the rest. Send your $2000; 5th $1000: 6th $500; 7th $400: 8th 2. Great Falls International Air­ changes of address to headquarters and not $300 : 9th $200: 10th $100. through the port, Great Falls, Montana 276.91 mi. to me. I have only one chore (whew!) and sponsorship of “VIRGINIA SLIMS” . “VIR­ 3. Billings Logan Field, that is the News. All else goes up there. GINIA SLIMS” were so pleased with their Billings, Montana 177.54 mi. Also the pictures used in the news wind up sponsorship o f M A R G A R E T M EAD , 1970 4. Rapid City Municipal Airport, at headquarters. Contact them for the ones first place winner, that they decided the Rapid City, South Dakota 294.72 mi. you want returned. LORETTA ain’t you Powder Puff Derby was their cup of tea. 5. Denver Jeffco Airport, glad about that! Their participation was formally announced Denver, Colorado 304.98 mi. PETE CAMPBELL, FAA lecturer extra­ on November 10th at a Press Conference at 6. McCook Municipal Airport, ordinaire and great guy, said in Dallas the VIRGINIA SLIMS headquarters in recently that the number of women pilots New Y ork. McCook, Nebraska 240.45 mi. numbered 29,000 plus and has leveled off. This will be no surprise to those along 7. Lincoln M unicipal Airport, This tells us two things that are not good. the race route because they were told by St. Louis, Missouri 206.28 mi. 1. we are not keeping up the average of the Route Trailblazers. Never has a route 8. Spirit of St. Louis Airport, new starts in aviation and 2. we have not been Trailblazed so early and never was St. Louis, Missouri 358.52 mi. even scratched the surface for members. excitement so high, which is befitting for 9. Adams Field, Nuff said. the 25th Derby. The trouble is no one really Little Rock, Arkansas 285.64 mi. NOTE TO REPORTERS: wants to stay home to mind the store. 10. Ryan Airport, I am forwarding forms for you to send Everyone would like to be off to the raees. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 297.40 mi. your reports on. There will be no cover THON GRIFFITH, Route Director and A total of 2442.44 Miles. letter explaining them, however it is very “DEEDO” HEISE, newly appointed to the A Total of 2442.44 Mi. simple. Use only two per issue. Please con­ Board, met in Calgary, Canada with the fine your copy to two pages. This has been Alberta Chapter and executives of the Cal­ Now back to remarks on the “sugges­ standard for a long time. We are going to gary Tourist and Convention Assoc., co­ tions” printed in the Newsletter: The idea cut the reports to make them conform. We sponsors and hosts for the start. There were of individually handicapping the airplanes cut some of the reports in the November about 25 99s at the meeting who came seemed such a good idea that, in 1968, the issue and have cut some in the December in from all over Western Canada. They Board voted to finance the individual handi­ issue. It is hard on me to do this to your reported it to he a real roundup with almost capping of airplanes for the Pacific Air efforts, but we have only so much space and 100% of the Chapter represented. Race as an experiment to determine the we must use it to the best advantage. Please ELEANOR BAILEY is Chairman and feasibility of this system for the Powder help me. RETA SINCLAIR Co-chairman of the start. Puff Derby. Members of the Board observed The Executive Board does not wish to Also in attendance was LORNA DE BLIC- and participated in the operation. Space lend any credence or give any publicity to QUY, who just happened to he passing does not permit going into the details or the new novel just out on AMELIA EAR­ through. THON and “DEEDO” reported pros and cons o f this experiment. In 1969 HART. I would suggest all of you ignore it. their check-out of the “Start” most success­ the PAR tried it again. Unfortunately, the DORIS RENNINGER, WIAA President ful. “GINA” JORDAN and JEAN BLEN- electronic equipment broke down and they and Ninety Nine membership chairman, KINSOP, Canada’s experienced Powder resorted to the published AWTAR handi­ and JULIE VAN SAAL Governor of New Puff Derby race team, flew THON and caps. York— New Jersey Section had lunch with “DEEDO” over the border to the first race Standard towers with standard equipment IRENE BOLAM and Judge ED KEN­ stop, GREAT FALLS. The Montana girls is what the Board would like at all desig­ NEDY. MRS. BOLAM categorically, em­ are obviously pleased that the race is nated airports too. However, it is not always phatically, and firmly denies that she is coming into their area again with two stops. possible to find airports, with this equip­ A. E. and that is that ! ! ! The South Dakota Chapter is especially ment, properly spaced for gas stops across Included in this issue are the forms for delighted to have the Rapid City stop. This the country. A route is always selected with nominations for office. Now is the time to is the first time the race has gone into South the least possible number of temporary get with it and select your choice of officers Dakota. towers. We don’t like them either. We are

December, 1970 fortunate that the F A A cooperates so that Coming Events we can have the temporary towers when we do need them, otherwise, it would be neces­ December 25, 1970 INTERNATIONAL LIAISON sary to enter and fly a standard pattern. Round The World Race EDITH DENNY, our travelingest 99. In 1967, we did try to fly all the aircraft, 1 Entry — 8 Engine Craft — came up with a beautiful idea — that not only the winners, at the terminus. It No Transponder — No DME. we appoint an International Liaison re­ has been scheduled for the winning and Cracks-In-Ground Navigation Only. presentative to hand-carry regards and protested aircraft to be flight checked in February 9-10-11, 1971 friendship to our far-flung outposts, help 1971. We would like to have photographs Revalidation Clinic solve their problems and route inquiries of previous races, either funny or historical, Santa Monica to the proper committees when the such as running to the clock, for possible May 7 8-9, 1971 roster or the news is late and they don’t inclusion in the 25th Anniversary souvenir Spring Sectional know whom to ask; encourage new program. If you have any of these priceless Santa Rosa, Calif. memberships overseas; and let USA jems, label them as to year and what they members know when internationals are depict, where, together with your name and coming our way, so we can meet, greet, address. Specify if you would like them and when possible, entertain our over­ returned to you and send them to AWTAR seas visitors. Headquarters, Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, Certainly all of us who have travelled New Jersey 07608 abroad have met with wonderful hos­ pitality from international 99s, but this POWDER PUFF LIMERICKS country is so big we just don’t always know when overseas 99s are coming Keep the Pee Pee Dee flying in '72, into our areas! So far the dollars are all too few. The Board thought this a great idea. Ten thousand is our modest goal, EDITH travels so much and knows Come on, 99’s, pour on the coal! so many aviation people, and has already been responsible for at least two of our Say there, gals, are you supportin’ 9500 overseas sections, that of course we your thing? immediately appointed her the first in­ Like the Pee Pee Dee . . . that’s how I sing. 9000 ternational Liaison Representative. She Have you contributed your share of the 8500 will work hand in glove with the mem­ bread? bership chairman and will funnel every­ That cat’s grown up and needs to be fed! 8000 thing to the proper recipient if it doesn’t Your AWTAR Board slaves all the year 7500 go straight there in the first place. ’ round. EDITH says to all you 99s across the 7000 It’s rules, regulations and the impound. world, “ Hope to see you soon — hasta So send in your dollars for ’72, 6500 la vista, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen, It’s a very small thing for so many to do. 6000 huva stee, sayonara, arriverdici, adios, adeus, adjo, vaarwel, selemat tinggal, If the Powder Puff Derby is going to and happy landings.” survive, 5500 . . . The Prez reporting. A W T A R must have funds to keep it alive. 5000 Send in your dollars and show them the way. 1*500 Your financial support is their A-Okay. l + o o o HOW TO KILL A 99 CHAPTER: Do you want to keep the Derby flying? Stay away from meetings, Well, don’t just sit there, nodding and 35oo Or if you come, come late; sighing. 3000 Then gripe about the program, Our Board just can’t do it without the The place, the food you ate. money 2500 And making them try, just ain’t all that 2000 Never join committees, funny. But if you do join, explain You cannot come to meetings, It’s timers and judges and the FAA, 1500 Then come, just to complain! Barbara seeking the means and Kay the 1000 way, If asked for your opinion, Without the funds, they’re on needles and 500 Don’t say a word, not one; pins, Eastern Ontario Then later yell, “ How stupid! Send your donations and watch for their Monterey Bay That’s not what I’d have d one!” grins. Shun, avoid newcomers.... tL ^Jmporature The only way the Powder Puff Derby flies What are committees for? Is on the contributions from us all. And as for getting members, Has your Chapter helped the temperature There’s nothing I hate m ore! rise? Don’t vote in an election, If not, why don’t you answer the call? Better to “smell a plot” .... The temperature is rising so slowly, J < ~ r Or start a rumor going, that A W T A R is in a stew. Was it rigged . . . . or was it not? We're four thousand strong, It’s other, working members So ladies, what’s wrong? Who keep things at their peak; Help! Save them from this to-do! /ttvr/tfi M /5 WANS Still you can howl “what suckers!” Helen Shropshire Or “ It’s all run by a cliq u e !” Helen Shropshire, Chairman p. o. BOX 534 AWTAR Ways & Means, 1972. PACIFIC GROVE. CAUIF. 93950 A n o n . . . .

4- December, 1970 BACKWARD GLANCE COLUMN Friendship through Flying. The AMELIA EARHART stamp and the fabulous coop­ eration from everyone to make its com­ An Ultimatum from my father literally memoration a success. I still get goose- sent me flying. “ Either finish college (I ran pimples thinking of how the girls in all away in my Junior year because I saw no fifty states and in the Capitals of the world, future in being a physical education major) far from the scene of action, did their or find something to do.” So, inspired by parts to make this dream com e true. And the exploits of such flying greats as RUTH then the SEE THE USA Folios for our NICHOLS, BLANCHE NOYES, FRANCES 1967 Convention that once more called for HARRELL. VIOLA GENTRY, LOUISE cooperation far beyond the bonds of flying THADEN, BETTY GILLIES, TEDY KEN­ friendship to accomplish, followed by the YON. PHOEBIE OMLIE and, of course, ceremonies as the 99s presented their Folios AMELIA EARHART, I decided, although to the Heads of State in nineteen countries I had never been up in a plane, to make around the world. Our overseas members aviation my vocation. are not just flyers, they are diplomats as August 7, 1929, I signed up for a flying well, and all of us Statesides should be course with Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, proud we have such members around the Valley Stream, Long Island. JOHN world. With such women power we can do "SUNNY” TRUNK and DAN MOULTON anything we wish to do. were my instructors in that marvelous bi­ I am writing this flying the Atlantic to plane, the Curtiss Fledging, powered by a FAY GILLIS WELLS, Charter member cover PRESIDENT NIXON, as he attends Wright 165 engine. Three weeks later I 9 9 ’s. the Memorial Service for former PRESI­ soloed and the following day, September 1, repacking their chutes and jumping again DENT CHARLES DE GAULLE, at Notre 1929, became the first woman pilot member — a hundred parachuting people in the air Dame Cathedral in Paris tomorrow morn­ of the Caterpillar Club, when the experi­ at one time was not unusual. ing (November 121. And as I look out into mental plane in which SUNNY was show­ I lectured at the Institute of Civil Avia­ that inky blackness I think of the courage ing me aerobatics suddenly disintegrated. tion and went on the delivery flight of the of AMELIA, thirty-eight years ago, as she Fortunately for us, everyone at Curtiss was first passenger plane to Tashkent. It was flew this great, Challenging ocean for the required to wear parachutes at all times. billed as a 37-hour flight, but took 19 days first time, alone, without today's mechanical It was beginner’s luck. Somehow I managed and 40 forced landings later (fortunately marvels, and proved that a woman can do to pull the ripcord and landed without a the Russians steppes are mostly flat) we what a man can do if she really wants to scratch in some sixty foot high trees, at the landed in exoctic Tashkent, the land of do it. And I know she would be proud of edge of the airport and had to be rescued succulent fruit and men with tiny birds up how the Ninety-Nines have carried on in by the hook and ladder division of the Fire their sleeves sipping tea in the teahouses, the name and the spirit of all these women Department. SUNNY was hit by parts of and the fires under great iron pots of pliaf pioneers who blazed that wonderful, world­ the plane and his chute barely opened in beckoning from the hillsides, in the night. wide Trail of Friendship through Flying, time to catch on the trees and break his The Soviets finally let me fly one of their for all of us to follow. fall. He spent three weeks in the hospital. bi-planes and I was the first foreigner to Fay Gillis Wells This unexpected adventure got me a job own a Soviet sailplane, which I gave to a as a saleswoman and demonstrator for Cur­ group of women glider pilots when I left. tiss Wright. FR AN CES H A R R E LL, N EVA On returning to New York, in 1934, I Pros and Cons PARIS and MARJERY BROWN also were helped CLARA STUDER edit AIR­ on the payroll and we used to race from WOMAN in the beautiful Cloud Room at Policy the 57th Street showroom out to Valley the Gotham Hotel. We wrote the copy, sold Recently there have been a controver­ Stream — far more dangerous than flying. the ads, wrapped the magazines licked the sial issue aired in our news. We think HELEN WEBER and CLARA TRENCK- stamps and bundled the magazines off to we owe the courtesy of rebuttal to the MANN (STUDER) were in the publicity the Postoffice. Then WILEY POST asked other side of the argument — in the department. And it was CLARA who me to fly to the Far East with him. I same issue as the plaint. You know, drafted the letter, signed by the Curtiss agreed; then switched plans at the last "Equal Time.” Wright girls, that resulted in that first meet­ minute and, instead, spent my honeymoon So if you have some toe-stepping to ing in the hangar, at Valley Stream, and covering the Italo-Ethiopian war, in Ethi­ do, and can’t seem to get your problem the formation of the 99s. opia with my husband, LINTON WELLS, solved through routine channels, go A year later I went to Russia where I war correspondent, flyer, stowaway on the ahead and send it to the editor. lived for four years, except for a couple of Arm y’s first Round-the-world flight; setter BUT: she will submit it to the com­ trips, one o f five months duration when I of a non-stop, transcontinental automobile mittee or individual it concerns, who lived with FRANCES (HARRELL) and record and a holder of the fastest time will rebut for the same issue. Thus mem­ BILL MARSALIS, and worked at their around the world by plane and boat. bers who missed the March issue won't flying school, at Floyd Bennett Field in My flying was sporadic as we travelled wonder what on earth was going on Brooklyn. extensively. Spent the four years of World when they read the April issue. Pros and It was a wonderful time to be in Russia War II, in Portugese West Africa, buying Cons will be lined up side by side. — most everyone was flying around the strategic war materiel for the U.S. Govern- Being human, we are going to have world, PANGBORN and HERNDON, meent— sisal, mica and industrial diamonds, differences of opinion now and then. POST and GATTY. I spent three weeks in mainly — and flew occasionally with the Let’s hope they will be few and far Novosibirsk, Siberia, making arrangements Governor General of Angola, who had his between, and that we will be able to for WILEY POST’S landing there, on his own airplane. find solutions without telling the whole record-breaking solo flight around the In retrospect, I still think that that hand­ world. world. W ILE Y had asked me to fly to ful of charter Ninety-Nines, who have been These days, you know, with our grow­ Irkusk and help him there, but officials active pilots all these forty-one years, have ing internationalism, the whole world is said if I did, even though isolated on the got to rank with the greats in aviation. our apple . . . Ninety Nines are world gas tanks, I would jeopardize W IL E Y ’S There aren’t too many men who can claim citizens! solo record. It was a time when the Soviet such a record. And I remember two events . . . Prez families spent their free days at the airport that proved the Ninety-Nines, Inc. is indeed making parachute jumps together; then a worldwide organization held together by

December, 1970 Single-Engine Over the Atlantic to Bryan, Ohio, one of the original links of the first transcontinental air mail routes. BRUNHILDE BRADLEY, German-born lieve it or not, after being separated for This flight was in commemoration of the wife of Pan American Captain Kenneth six hours, we located the two Cherokees golden anniversary of the inauguration of Bradley, is a member of the Phoenix Chap­ again over the Atlantic, about 100 NM air mail service between San Francisco and ter of the Ninety-Nines. When Ken hid for West of Ocean Station Juliet. New York. Fifty Silver Wing pilots through­ a route out of Berlin, BRUNI started Although we were faster than the Cher­ out the United States flew the route and making plans for ferrying their Cessna 210 okees, we throttled back and stayed with completed the run by high noon. The overseas. Following are some excerpts from them. As soon as we had a good hearing on RICHARDSONS dedicated their flight as a the letter she wrote to the Chapter telling Shannon, we went ahead and landed 10 historical salute to the brave men who first of her adventures. minutes ahead of them. Shannon sure was flew the route. “... MARJY CROWL witnessed our take­ a welcome sight. The Ocean crossing from Silver Wings organization is a member­ off from PHX-LITCH. on August 8, at 6:45 Gander to Shannon lasted 11:15 hours. We ship limited to men and women pilots who a.m. According to the tower, we used only burned 10.5 gallons p. hr. and had seven performed first solo flight in powered air­ 1,800 ft. of runway. . . . The flight across hours of fuel remaining. Our ground speed craft a minimum of 25 years. JOSEPHINE the country was very smooth. We had no was 154 knots. I had the feeling of being is on her 30th year since August 2, 1970. help from tailwinds. Upon reaching Nash­ suspended in space while over the Atlantic, The Indiana Chapter o f 99’s is proud of ville, Tenn., we ran into IFR and heavy although there was a lot of chatter going on this active member. rainshowers, which lasted until we reached from various airlines. Especially the French the other side of the Blue Ridge Mounts. clattered up the atmosphere. The flight lasted 13:15 hours and we cov­ On Tuesday, Sept. 15, we flew on to ered 1825 NM. Stuttgart, which was another 1,000 NM. . . . Ken and I had decided to make the We encountered moderate turbulence and flight together, because of unforeseen me­ about % an inch of ice on the wings over chanical difficulties . . . we hopped on England and had to fly through another Pan Am again on Friday, Sept. 11, flew cold front over Belgium and Germany. to Moncton, Canada on Saturday, where Upon landing in Stuttgart, we were the airplane underwent an inspection by a greeted by a huge reception. A brass hand Canadian official for proper installation of was playing, barrels of beer were flowing. survival gear and radios. Sunday we waited TV, radio and reporters from all over Ger­ out a storm in Gander and after a thorough many were present. I felt like crying from weather briefing on Monday morning we emotion. This alone made worth all the took off at 06:30 Gander time. trouble and frustration we encountered Mail from Chicago is received by Post­ master GAYLE A. BOWMAN from MRS. Luckily, we were not alone on this ven­ while getting ready and prepared for the flight. JOSEPHINE RICHARDSON, of Decatur, ture. We were joined by two ferry pilots Ind., pilot on the anniversary air mail . . . Our Cessna is based at a small air­ from Florida, who were ferrying two Cher- flight to Bryan, Ohio as her husband okees 235s to Geneva, Switzerland. They port, only 5 miles from where we will be and co-pilot, A. W. RICHARDSON, had decided to go by way of Iceland, but living. I have met many nice people (pilots) assists Bowman in holding the large then changed their minds because of bad at the local airport. There are only two airmail card from Chicago postmaster weather in that region and decided to licensed women pilots and one student pilot HENRY W. McGEE. follow our route. We took off within 5 min­ here. I have met them all. In fact, Portugal utes of each other and communicated on has about 27 Cessnas, almost as many 122.9 with each other also. We lost sight Pipers, and a handful of twins, and a few 7th Congress of Career of the others while entering IFR and had old British trainers. The FAA has about a Women Leaders twenty man staff.” to pass through the storm that had passed by VIRGINIA THOMPSON through Gander the day before. After two Footnote: The Bradleys are residing in hours of IFR and some icing, the whole, Estoril, Portugal, because they could not It was a great privilege to represent our wide, blue Atlantic was before us with only find suitable housing in Berlin. President, B E TTY M cNABB, at the 7th a few scattered clouds here and there. We Congress of Career Women Leaders, spon­ still communicated with the Cherokeer, but sored by the National Federation of Busi­ did not see them. Our auto-pilot also dis­ ness and Professional Women’s Clubs at engaged by itself and tried to do loops on the Sheraton Park Hotel on Oct. 15-16, me. The aux-fuel pump from the aux tank 1970. It was designed to give organizational failed to function because of overloading leaders the opportunity to share ideas, eval­ the circuit while using the HF set at the uate programs of mutual interest and to same time. My husband was able to fix that further the interests and opportunities of by using a different circuit. But the auto­ career women. pilot is still not fixed. We could not get a Th6 Congress, titled "Women in the clear hearing on the first Ocean Station Seventies” , opened with an address by MRS. Charlie on the ADF, although according to CYNTHIA WEDEL, president of the Na­ my calculations the PITA was up. W e then tional Council of Churches and Associate contacted a BOAC jet, who gave a position BRUNHILDE BRADLEY, Phoenix 99; Director of the National Center for Volun­ report to the Ocean Station and asked him ANNELIESE PINTO, Member-at-large, tarism, on “The Place of Voluntary Orga­ to make a 20 degree turn for us. He was Portugal; and prospective 99 PATRICIA nizations in the Seventies.” overhead, ahcording to his contrail. After BENSUADE, private pilot, taken at the A panel discussion on "The Career we could identify him, we knew, that we Cascais airport in Portugal. Woman and Today’s Challenges" brought were 150NM to the South of course. We out that every girl, regardless of various continued on a more Northerly heading with 50th Anniversary barriers, should prepare herself education­ a 40 degrees correction and attributed the ally. It was predicted that the career problem to the mag. compass, although it A ir M ail woman of tomorrow will be a college grad­ had been swang the previous day at Gander. JOSEPHINE RICHARDSON and her uate and have two children. Some of (To this day we have not found the error, 49i/2er, A. W. RICHARDSON, flew their women’s problems were also mentioned: because the compass is normal again.) Be­ 172 Cessna from Midway Airport, Chicago women not being loyal to women, women

December, 1970 not wanting to work for women, and women favor of the Equal Rights Amendment as “gripes” to take back to Washington with “ wet blanketing” the aspirations of other passed by the House of Representatives. him. women. We appreciate the efforts of those Sen­ CHARLES BLAKE, Chief, Engineering MISS MARGUERITE REWALT, Attor­ ators who have steadfastly supported the Division, SST Development Program gave ney at Law and Past President of the Na­ Amendment, especially SENATORS BAYII an in depth slide presentation on the SST tional Association of Women Lawyers, who and COOK who have led the flight. program. This is a case in point of misre­ has worked diligently for the passage of the Sinee we have entered almost every facet presentation or a one-sided representation "Equal Rights Amendment” to the Consti­ o f aviation, the above data applies to us of issues by the news media. tution stated that our Constitution was just as much as to the nurse, the secretary, All the areas of aviation could not be fashioned after the Common Law of En­ the lawyer, the doctor, etc. explored in one single day, but, fitting for gland and that only the 19th Amendment Although our organization is one of the Halloween, everyone went home with trick helps to safeguard us today. She feels that few that does not have a "political arm", or treat bags loaded with packets of infor­ the world can’t survive if we remain “ fem­ we are urged to work through other orga­ mation. This source material was provided inists”. We must become “peoplists”. nizations— to become aware and concerned by the Federal Aviation Administration in MRS. HARRIET CIPRIANI, Deputy about our role in helping to shape the Washington, D.C. PAUL EVANS, Pilot Vice Chairman of the Democratic National destiny of our country and the world. Inspector, Operations Division, the Michi­ Committee, and MRS. ELLY PETERSON, As Pogo in the comic strip says, "WE gan Aeronautics Commission, explained Assistant Chairman of the Republican Na­ HAS MET THE ENEMY AND THEY IS what material would be available through tional Committee, conducted a discussion US.” the Michigan Department of Aeronautics. of "Promotion of Women to Policy Making At the banquet, MISS VIRGINIA R. NONA QUARLES, Special Assistant for Positions”. As you travel around the coun­ ALLAN, Chairman of the President’s Task Women’s Activities, the FAA, Washington, try, encourage women to run for public Force on Women’s Rights and Responsibil­ office. W e need to be heard. O f the 7,650 ities, discussed the recommendations of seats in government to he distributed be­ delegates to a U. N. sponsored seminar in tween men and women, we hold less than Moscow on the participation of women in 4 % , a very discouraging picture and most the economic development of their coun­ of these are in state legislatures. tries. Where should we start — at the grass The social highlights included a Recep­ roots. In politics, the possibilities are there tion at the White House given by MRS. but the question is, “Do we want the re­ NIXON and a Reception at the hotel where sponsibility?” The challenge is ours. MRS. SPIRO T. AGNEW, wife of the Vice MRS. LUCILLE H. SHRIVER, Federa­ President of the U.S., was guest of honor. tion Director, National Federation of Busi­ W e were received first at the White ness and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., House by MRS. NIXON who spoke of discussed “The Talent Bank”. reading, “I Live to Fly” by JACQUELINE This is a non-political organization started AU R IO L of France in the October issue in 1968 to which fifteen organizations, rep­ of Reader’s Digest. THE PRESIDENT resenting 25 million women, now belong. CAME DOWNSTAIRS LATER AND RE­ Our organization is a member of this body MARKED THAT HE Dll) NOT CARE whose purpose is to find the best qualified WHETHER HIS PILOT WAS A MAN OR women for various high level jobs. Of the A WOMAN. JUST AS LONG AS HE OR six women on the Commission to make SHE WAS GOOD. recommendations to the White House, one MRS AGNEW too is a charming person. WILLIAM M. (Tuck) Huey, Deputy Assis­ is from the Talent Bank. At the present After one of the women complimented her tant Administrator for General Aviation time, there are 1,000 names of eligible husband on his handling of a recent discus­ Affairs, made a special note of our women in this bank. sion w ith students on a television interview ‘‘gripes” to take back to Washington The biggest result to come out of the program, she shared a few anecdotes and with him. Congress was the news release that. "The opinions with us. participants attending the Seventh Congress Thus ended a most informative and of Career Women Leaders go on record in worthwhile Congress.

Speakers Bureau Formed by Michgan Chapter SUZANNE CROOK, Reporter

The Michigan Chapter will be establish­ tion Education, FAA, Washington, D.C., ing a speaker’s bureau in an attempt to opened our aerospace education training bridge the communication gap between session. To set this proverb into action he aviators and the non-aviation minded public asked each member attending to speak and between the various segments of the briefly before the group and state their aviation world itself. Speaking engage- chief gripe against aviation, what they meents, films, source material will be co­ liked best about aviation, and what they ordinated by JULIE AUERBACH, our hoped to achieve by attending the program Aerospace Education Chairman. The first Everyone immediately experienced public training session for this ambitious project speaking for herself, and fear of the un­ was held at W eber’s Inn, Ann Arbor, known was dissipated. "To do is to under­ Michigan on October 31, 1970. stand”. Our guests from Washington were “ To hear is to forget impressed to find that we have an articu­ DR. MARVIN STRICKLER, Special Assis­ To see is to remember late and very sincere membership. tant for Aviation Education, conducted To do is to understand” WILLIAM M. (TUCK) HUEY, Deputy the training session for Michigan’s Aero­ With these words, DR. MERVIN Assistant Administrator for General Avia­ space Speaker's Bureau. His enthusi­ STR1CKLER, Special Assistant for Avia­ tion Affairs made special notes of our asm for aviation is most contagious.

December, 1970 — 7— D.C. briefly gave us some pointers on pub­ That was followed the next morning by REMEMBER: If there is any doubt about lic speaking. A model and instructor for by this enlightening gem — the amount of power being used, your set­ the Wendy Ward Charm School in Ann “ Dear Mina. Hold that check! I made ting should be “full rich” for all opera­ Arbor appealed to our feminine nature by a mistake on the amount. I sold $11.10 tions under 5,000 feet. The maintenance giving pointers on dress, makeup, and hair­ in the stamps I had leftover so that you money you’ll save will more than make up styles. can deduct the $11.10 from the amount for the extra av-gas you’ll burn. Among our guests from Washington were that I sent you. (Incidently $4.00 is not ROBERT O’NEIL, Special Assistant for added into the $11.10 that was plus the (Reprinted by permission of Gulf Oil Aviation Education; SANFORD ROGERS, $4.00, meaning a total of $15.10 in stamps Corporation) Aviation Education Specialist; DAVE that I had left over and was deducted WEST, Special Assistant for Community from the figure 1 gave you. Confused? DEADLINES FOR Affairs. WARD MAYRAND, Deputy Direc­ Good! Now I’m not alone. Sincerely” tor of the Michigan Aeronautics Commis­ It was at this point that 1 mailed the NINETY-NINE NEWS sion and JACK FRELINK, Assistant blank check, together with her two letters Director of the Michigan Aeronautics Com­ and pleaded with her to figure it out. Here DEADLINES FOR ISSUE mission were also present. is the reply: September 20, 1970 October Issue We were very pleased to have JANICE “ Dear Mina: Thanks for returning my October 20, 1970 November Issue KUECHENMEISTER, Governor, North letter ... after I re-read it it was more November 20, 1970 December Issue Central Section, and PAT FAIRBANKS confusing . . . even to me. Here is how it come from Cincinnati. LOIS KENNARD, happened ... I purchased $55.00 in NO DECEMBER DEADLINE Chairman Indiana Chapter, also attended stamps (at different times). I kept the ‘ January 10, 1971 January-February Issue with several members from that chapter. 4tf stamps totaling $1.20, I kept $4.00 in February 20, 1971 March Issue The project is an ambitious one. We hope s

3- December, 1970 M e m b e r s A t L a r g e CONVENTION NEWS Dear Barb; (Barbara Brotherton) I do not seem to have LOIS APPER- LEY’S address, so shall pass flying news via you. By now my wings are quite itchy, as I have not been flying since I left Can­ ada, two months ago. I have, however, had the pleasure of meeting three of our 99 members-at-large. In Tokyo we had a de­ lightful lunch with YAE NOZOKI, who is President of the 400 member, Women’s Aviation Association of Japan, and M1DE- KO YOKOYAMA, who runs a pleasant pastry shop in the Ginza and an Aviation Company, and who is also reputed to be Asia’s most proficient woman pilot. In Seoul we were entertained by KYUNG KIM LEE, Korea’s most prominent woman pilot who, among numerous other activities, promotes aviation for women at Colleges throughout the country. As KYUNG KIM LEE had just returned from the 99 Con­ vention in New Hampshire, she could fill me in on this activity. YAE manuals (as well as every other book) for band CHUCK. BENNIE PETERS recently NOZOKI and KYUNG KIM LEE recently under a dollar. Unfortunately my back­ had the privilege of getting 5 hours aero­ were the two participants in a goodwill pack, or rather my hack, won’t tolerate too batics dual from the one and only DUANE exchange flights between Tokyo and Seoul. great a book splurge! COLE in a Citabria. NANCY BEELAND As usual, 99's are proving to be fascinating Do hope airmarking, picnics and the and SUNNY TURNER will be hostesses competent women and the hospitality of soaring experiences all have gone well. Am for the annual Christmas luncheon at these three has certainly contributed greatly slightly jealous I have missed the soaring, Nancy’s home in Greenville. to our insights into Japanese and Korean however, maybe I shall try it in Australia. aviation and life (enclosed is photo of Do hope everyone has had a pleasant CAROLINAS CHAPTER Mideko Yokeyama and self). (Photo not summer of flying. My best wishes go to the MERCY, Reporter received— Ed.) whole Chapter. The trip is proving to be a real success. Happy Flying, Time was when “going to Bennettsville” We are travelling by bus and train through­ Wendy Smith (First Canadian Chapter) meant that some impatient young couple out the countryside and have seen some of was eloping across the state line to seek the most spectacular countryside in the the services of a smiling J.P. Last week Orient, such as the Taroko Gorge in Taiwan "going to Bennettsville” meant that some where the highway is strictly one lane and energetic 99's were joining the North Caro­ is often tunneled or carved into rock cliffs. lina Aero Club and the South Carolina Breakfast Club to help the smiling Cham­ After five weeks in Japan and two in each of Korea and Taiwan, we are becoming ber of Commerce celebrate Aviation Day and dedicate the new Marlboro County quite proficient in sign language. This was Airport. This paved and lighted 4000' run­ especially necessary the first incident, when way lies just west of Bennettsville at Isley the local bus on the backroads of Korea, ALABAMA CHAPTER and is not too far from the eastern hank was stopped and boarded by a team of BENNIE PETERS, Reporter of a big backward J-bend in the Pee Dee technicians, who started mass innoculations Alabama 99’s met jointly with the River. It is surrounded by open country­ —all with the same needle, no less! We Georgia and North Georgia Chapters at side of level cotton fields — just in case. quickly discovered it was for cholera and Callaway Gardens on October 8. Beautiful By ten o’clock, planes were filling the managed to turn up our yellow vaccination flying weather brought out a good crowd. horizon. The traffic was controlled by two cards in time to ward off the attack. From Alabama were JUANITA and FOY gentlemen perched on the main hangar Generally, we have found people friend­ HALSTEAD, ELISE HEILPERN, roof and equipped with a temporary uni­ ly, helpful and interested, with some varia­ CLAUDIA CONN, MAMIE and MARVIN corn. The tie down areas filled rapidly and tions from country to country. Invariably RUSSELL, and new member MARY REL- multitudes of earthlings began to congre­ we find someone who wants to practice his FE with husband CONYERS. BONNIE gate to “oh and ah” over these magnificent English or who is curious about Canada. SMITH, an Auburn University student men and women and their flying machines. Such “contacts” are providing us with our from Evergreen, drove over, and we hope A familiar Bonanza, NANCY DUNCAN best insights into the cultures and eco­ she will soon be a member. at the controls, swung into a parking spot, nomics of Asia. Apart from talking to MARY and CONYERS RELFE recently and NITA HUDMAN carefully climbed people, we are reading avidly as we go, flew to Las Vegas in their Cherokee, a nice down, sporting a huge cast on her ankle. visiting a variety of temples, museums and long 4000 mile trip. ELISE and GENE A fall at school had resulted in badly torn factories, and, of course, looking at the HEILPERN, NANCY and JEFF BEE- ligaments. This will keep her off the rudder landscape. LAND flew to Apalachicola for the annual pedals and on crutches for awhile. A push- Canada seems like years ago, as we have Seafood Festival. We are all looking for­ pull Cessna brought EMILY KELLEY and done so much in just two months. By the ward to seeing MAMIE and MARVIN 491/4ER, STAN, from Winston-Salem. BAR­ time two years have passed I shall probably RUSSELL’S new home in Monroeville; BARA O’CONNOR and 49i/2ER, DANNY, have frogotten my nationality and retired they are still busy with landscaping. a Piedmont pilot, flew their Reed clipped to a hut in Bali with a large supply of JUANITA HALSTEAD accompanied FOY wing Cub from Greensboro. Guests ELIZA­ books (and a small plane, of course!) on a trip to Hawaii in October. They were BETH BENNETT and LYNN DILLARD Incidentally, Taiwan ignores all copyright met by PAT DAVIS, Aloha Chapter 99, o f Myrtle Beach 106 renown flew in from laws and publishes all Jeppson training and enjoyed visiting with PAT and hus­ Star and were joined in the spectating by

December, 1970 another guest, 106 RUTH WHITE, from large picture window and see any planes A short business meeting was conducted Swannanoa. taking-off and landing. More of us girls by ANN CONWAY in the beautiful new The flying 99’s were met by Chairman should spread our lazy and rusty wings and conference room of Volusia Aviation. After­ EVIE HYMAN, PAGE SHAMBURGER, fly in to the meetings! Birds don’t walk all wards we had lunch at the Bali Broadway. LOUISE SMITH, LOUISE THADEN, and the time! They fly ! ! ! Hint hint. Our Gossip and legitimate news gleaned from NANCY WRENN and the next-to-the- Christmas party will be held at SHIRLEY the meeting and at lunch was as follows: shortest-chapter meeting in recent history D AVIS’S home on the 19th of December. The December meeting will be a com­ was conducted in the FBO’s office. Bring booze and food and prepare to have bined meeting with Florida’s Suncoast and The celebration, band, and air show a jolly good time! Goldcoast Chapters and the Grasshoppers lured us hack outside. The C-5A didn’t Where, oh where were the flying gals on at the Sanford Airport (formerly the San­ show up for its fly-over, but our own BAR­ the day set for our chapter Apt Party?? ford Naval Air Station). Space Ports’ An­ BARA O’CONNOR drew gasps from the LOIS PORTER, Apt chairman, was all nual Treasurer Hunt will be held in Or­ crowd with her smooth aerobatic perfor­ ready for eager 99’s and only KATTY lando February 10th. mance. BARBARA was just hack from the STREHLE and FRANCES SARGENT BETTY TRACY up and changed her Reno Air Races and was getting ready to came. name to H A W K S via a new husband. Best shove off for the California 1000 the next The N PA is sponsoring a proficiency air wishes for future happiness, BETTY. week. She was sporting a brand new race starting at Tamiami Airport with a JOAN DAVIS has been ill. We are so Women’s Aerobatic Team patch on her triangular route of 300 miles for college sorry JOAN. Hope you will be (lying again jacket and we felt mighty proud of her students in Dade county and Broward soon and will be at our December meeting. accomplishments. There were static dis­ county. Our chapter plans to help out and WANDA GARSON has moved to Long plays, performances by radio controlled to make this race a success in every way Beach, Mississippi and is transfering to models, a breathtakingly beautiful sailplane possible. that Chapter. Mississippi, your getting a demonstration by the capable GREN SEI- RUTH FLEISHER and MARGARET good member. We are sorry to lose her. BELS, and more aerobatics by BOB RUS­ FIELDS both are home from the hospital NORMA McREYNOLDS acquired a new SELL in a Waco Meteor, and BEVO and are on their way to a speedy recovery. daughter-in-law in September and DOT HOWARD in his famous Buecker Jung- Hope to see you soon, gals. M acNAMARA’S getting a new one in meister. CONNIE STAFFORD, MARY BAR- February. It was a fine air show on a lovely, warm RER, and CECIL HATFIELD all flew to MARY and ROY DIXON have bought day. The Chapter enjoyed its own cam­ Managua, Nicaragua to talk to PRESI­ a new airplane and she says R O Y made araderie. W e visited, talked, sat in the sun, DENT ANASTACIO SOMOZA about the her go to work to help support it so she and missed you gals who couldn’t be there. plans for the 1971 Angel Derby which will may not be able to attend our meetings as FRAN M ILLER and SYLV IA ROTH sent terminate there next May. often. Hope you can manage at least at word of their activities. They are especially A college student and 99 from the Hud­ few, MARY, we need you and miss you. proud of a recent student, another Myrtle son Valley chapter was our guest at our CY and DON BEERS flew up to visit Beach 106ite, ROBLEY GEDDES, from November meeting and her name is PATRI­ their daughter, JO ANN!!, at the University Fort Myers, Florida. ROBLEY passed her CIA BARONE. She is attending Miami of North Carolina, in October. Instrument and Instrument Instructor rat­ Dade Jr. College. Her mother attended Planned for meetings in the very near ings while studying at Miller Aviation. some of the 1929 meetings to form the 99’s future are another visit to the Altitude Note to the Suncoast 99’s . . . here’s a good but she did not join at that time. Chamber at McCoy AFB, Orlando, and a prospective member for you all. She’s a KATTY STREHLE and BRET, son of ride on an aircraft carrier at Mayport Naval real flier and works with the FBO at Fort SHIRLEY DAVIS, together won 1st place Station, Jacksonville. Better not miss our Myers. in the EAA spot-landing contest and won next meetings, Space Port Girls, if you Our December 16 meeting at Kitty Hawk 2nd place in the short-field take-off con­ want to be included in these fun activities. will be old stuff when this comes off the test. This was held at the Pompano Airport Remember there was a limit on the num­ press. So might be the MAN WILL a few weeks ago. ber that could attend the last time we NEVER FLY MEMORIAL SOCIETY, if Sister MARGARET MARY BOREK, went to McCoy. all of these 99’s Chapters converge as who transfered to our chapter last April scheduled. Hear tell they have an extra­ from the Eastern Pennsylvania chapter, GEORGIA CHAPTER ordinary speaker lined up. What a mem­ had a beautiful write-up about her in the SHIRLEY NESMITH, Reporter orable way to end a great year. November issue of the AOPA magazine. So, Happy Days to you all. I hope the We are all proud of her and we hope she With winter winds beginning to blow, New Year opens up a whole new vista of can make it to more of our meetings. Con­ There’s one thing we want to know. exciting flight for everyone. It certainly gratulations to you, SISTER MARGARET! How many of you girls across the state, should when all twenty-six of us try to get HELEN SMITH just got back from her Have been APTed as of this date? APT. vacation to “beautiful” New Zealand, “sur­ Our chairman says we all should be prising” Australia, “untouchable” Baili, Proficient pilots so the world can see. Indonesia, “interesting” China, and “ pollu­ It’s great to belong to an organization FLORIDA GOLDCOAST CHAPTER tion” Japan. At any rate, she had a glori­ Like the 99s that has determination. BEBE SEDLACEK, Reporter ous time sightseeing in those “far-a-way” By becom ing APTed, we’ll stay in shape, “All clear for take-off” . . . “and away places. And make all 99s really fly great. we go!” SHIRLEY DAVIS and BEBE Clear skies and beautiful autumn col­ SEDLACEK flew with K IT TY K A T Z in FLORIDA SPACE PORT CHAPTER ored leaves was the setting for a picnic at Callaway Gardens when the Alabama girls her fabulous Piper twin Aztec to our No­ CY BEERS, Reporter vember meeting at North Perry Airport. flew in and met with the North Georgia It was BEBE'S birthday and President Florida Space Port Chapter’s November and Georgia Chapters November 8th. All SHIRLEY DAVIS presented her with a meeting was held at Daytona Beach. Due kinds of prizes were given away — one for piece of “delicious” chocolate cake with a to a heavy fog which decended on our fair the best spot landing, one for the prettiest white candle on top. The gals present all city about 9:00 a.m. and didn’t burn off landing, one for the girls flying farthest, sang Happy Birthday. Thanks a million to until noon, our Flyin turned out to be a and assorted other prizes. 99s have a lot of all of you! DOTTIE RITTER owns North Drivein. Attending were ANN CONWAY, talent and really get a chance to prove it Perry Aviation and was so sweet to let us NORMA McREYNOLDS, and CY BEERS in these fun contests and races around the use her place there for our meeting. It is — D A B : DOT M acNAMARA and M A R ­ country. up stairs and almost like being inside a GARET STANNAH — ORL; and JERI Attendance from the Georgia Chapter control tower as we could look out the SNYDER — J AX. was good with ALYCE and BRYON

— 10— December, 1970 STRONG, JENNY and BILL PREETOR- Mobile, Alabama. JOANNE is now APT. Must say after this joint meeting, all of IUS. GAY, WALT, and JOY CAGLE. JEAN TH A C K E R is taking instrument us encouraged more joint meetings where BETTY and HAROLD McNABB, NANCY instruction and has passed her written ex­ we can exchange ideas and keep abreast PETERSON, CAROLYN KENNEDY (who amination. Good for you, JEAN. CRAIG of each others activities. captured the prettiest landing prize), and HOLLY SMITH and their three chil­ The North Georgia Chapter raffled off a SHIRLEY N eSMITH, and prospective dren flew to Cincinnati, Ohio in a Cessna prize and this was won by a drawing and mem hers SAN DY M YE R C H IN and hus­ 182. We enjoyed smooth air and fall colors MARIANNA WILSON, a guest of CARO- band from Ft. Benning and JUDY HALL going up, but weather brought us down in I.YN DUNN won the prize. MARIANNA and husband from Macon. I can’ t remem­ Bowling Green, Kentucky for several hours is a student pilot and we hope to have her ber all the other names but the other on our way home. Many thanks to Bowling as a 99 one of these days. Her instructor chapters had good representation and we Green for their hospitality and the use of is a 99 and a member o f the North Georgia were delighted to have Alabama 99s visit their flying crying towel. Chapter, JOYCE SOX, who not only in­ us. W e missed ESTH ER W R IG H T who We have two new members among us structs but really goes to work on any goal was in the Bahamas at the time, M A RIA N now, TOY HICKS and SANDY ROBERTS. she sets, one of them for this year being SCOTT, LEE REIS, DEE LOWE, and I hope to have a brief sketch of our new to win a trophy the first year of sailing in HAZEL FERGUSON, and hope to see all Ninety Nines to include in the next issue. competition — and this she did. Congratula­ of you over at the Atlanta Control Center Til then, a safe and happy holiday to you tions to JOYCE and now we wonder what in December. all. her next goal is? BETTY McNABB has just returned from The International Officers and Board met a Instructor’s Revalidation Course in Col­ NORTH GEORGIA CHAPTER in Atlanta in November and some of the orado Springs. MAVIS CHEEK, Reporter North Georgia Chapter had the pleasure of ALYCE STRONG has something new The North Georgia, Georgia, and Ala­ joining BETTY McNABB. SUSIE SE­ for her Cessna Cardinal — a “jill's john” . bama Chapters had a joint meeting, flying WELL, JOAN HRUBEC, VIRGINIA She recommends all you cross country fly­ into Pine Mountain, Georgia on Sunday, BRITT, PAGE SHAMBURGER, PAT JET ers get one — it’ s really great since there's November 8th. SHIRLEY HOLMES of the TON, EDITH DENNY and WALLY, and no “filling stations” along the airways. North Georgia Chapter made the arrange­ BEA STEADMAN for dinner one evening I finally made it off the ground and back ments with the Airport Manager and one during their stay. They were busy with 99 (Safely) in a Cessna 140. A fter learning of the arrangements was throwing flour on business and it was real considerate and to fly a 150, it’s quite different. Those tail the runway to determine winners of some nice of them to share a part of one evening draggers really keep you thinking ahead. prizes for various reasons. CAROLYN with us. W e were flattered and enjoyed I was recently informed by a fellow not to KENNEDY from the Georgia Chapter won getting together with them for the short call tailwheel airplanes “tail draggers”, a prize for the prettiest landing, 49’/4’er time that we could. since no one calls the tricycle landing gear RICK GEORGE from the North Georgia “nose pushers”. Which do you like to fly Chapter, won the prize for the landing SUNCOAST CHAPTER best? They're all a barrel of fun, aren’t closest to the flour line, (I think this is PENNY COUCH, Reporter they? See you next month. called spot landing competition), JENNY Beautiful weather on Wednesday Novem­ PREETORIUS from the Georgia Chapter ber 11th welcomed Ninety-Nines and one MEMPHIS CHAPTER won a prize for landing closest to the time guest to the Lakeland Flying Service in HOLLY SMITH, Reporter called for the meeting (meeting was called Lakeland. PEARL ALWARD added to our for 11:00 a.m. and JEN N Y came in at good spirits by giving her description of The Memphis Ninety Nines are proud as 11:02 a.m. and that’s pretty close), ALYCE the perfect solo student, then changed the we can be of BETTY DUNN and her hus­ STRONG from the Georgia Chapter won tempo of our meeting by reminding us of band WINFIELD DUNN, the next gover­ a prize for traveling the furtherest distance, the purpose of the Ninety-Nines and offici­ nor of Tennessee. I hope to be forgiven for Savannah, Georgia, and CLAUDIA CONN ally pinning our two proud new members, mentioning B E TTY first, but we all know from the Alabama Chapter won a prize for JUDY LARKIN and BETTY HOOD. who stands behind a successful man. the most time solo the past month. There’ll be another new member to an­ The weather cooperated beautifully for The Judge for landings was SHIRLEY’S nounce soon, so stay tuned. our fly in at Kentucky Dam State Park. 49]/2'ER, ED, who sat at the end of the We voted unanimously to contribute to Attending were MARTHA and FRANK runway, after throwing the sack of flour the National Intercollegiate Flying Associa­ TOBEY. VIRGINIA and EVERETT across it for a line to try to land on, and tion to help to promote the flying interest PROCTOR, JOANNE and JOHN MUR­ watch all the planes miss, veer, touch of our young people. THELMA DAWSON DOCK, NETTA and DOUG HOLDEN, down, bounce or whatever. Bet that was a was selected to apply for the AMELIA JEAN and CARL THACKER, GLADYS show within itself. EARHART Scholarship Award this year — ESTES, JENNY COOK, CHRIS BROWN, All in all it was a good get together. good luck THELMA. We are again proud MARY OLIVER, NELDA WILSON, DOT The best count we could get from this joint of our DOTTIE BIRDSONG. She has been WILSON and guest FRED GIBSON. After meeting, which included 49(4ers and 24(4* named to serve on President Nixon’s Na­ lunch at the resort, plans were made for an ers, since it was planned as a family ven­ tional Women’s Aviation Advisors Commit­ early fly in and the annual Christmas party. ture and the weather was perfect, was tee. The football season and Thanksgiving approximately 50. Was a nice meeting and December will be a fun filled flying holidays have given many of us a chance we got to renew- acquaintances and see month. We'll be joining Spaceport and to fly. M A R Y and JOE STAN LE Y flew to some of the gals that we hadn’t seen for a Goldcoast Chapters and the Grasshoppers the Arkansas-Rice game in their Cessna spell. 49(4er’s too. A picnic lunch was the in Stanford on the second Wednesday and 182. JENNY COOK flew to Tampa, Florida program of the day with a bus picking all B E TTY SM ITH is hard at work planning and M ARY O LIVER flew to New York for of us up at the airport and taking us to a dinner meeting scheduled on the evening Thanksgiving. MARTHA and FRANK the Overlook Shelter in Callaway Gardens of the 5th to initiate our new 49(4ers. TOBEY flew their Debonair to Gulfport, Park, which overlooks the lake framed by January will be a ‘Paint In’ at the Bird­ Mississippi. NETTA and DOUG HOLDEN the beautiful color of turning leaves. Some song Airport so bring your jeans! flew to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. GLADYS elected to spread a quilt on the grass to and GEORGE ESTES met ROSEMARY enjoy the big, wide, blue open spaces with TENNESSEE CHAPTER WILLIAM’s husband BOB in Redfield, their lunch. Others ate lunch and then MARIE A. HURLEY, Reporter South Dakota for pheasant hunting. CHRIS hiked around the park, inspecting the BROWN has joined the Memphis Soaring azaleas, (some still in bloom), testing the Tennessee 99's are most proud of member Society and is taking glider instruction. foot bridges and just wandering the paths EVELYN JOHNSON who was recently JOANNE and JOHN MURDOCK flew to thru the woods. appointed to the Women’s Advisory Com­

December, 1970 — 11— mittee of the F. A. A. by JOHN SHAFER. EVELYN ARNOTT, newly married, at­ This is a most elite group, and we know tended the banquet with her 49'/^ and he EVELYN will do an outstanding job as won the trophy. she continues to add to the many contribu­ NO. CENTRAL RUTH and MERRILL flew home from tions she has made to general aviation. Mansfield after the banquet by the light October found us in Tullahoma for a SECTION of the moon and a display of northern combination meeting and “Fly In”. Tulla­ lights. homa is a center for antiques and experi­ If you take a trip, send me a card for mental, and we all enjoyed being a part of ALL-OHIO CHAPTER the news. Also, I have saved cards for years. the First “Fly In” sponsored by those RUTH LOVE, Reporter friendly people. EDNA BROYLES and CHARLOTTE PARISH furnished us with Ruby Mensching has been appointed to CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAPTER a most delightful lunch that they cooked the FAA Women’s Advisory Committee on JAYNE SCHIEK, Reporter Aviation to serve for three years. This 32 with their own little hands. Thank you Wonder of Wonders! A beautiful day EDNA, and CHARLOTTE! We were glad women committee advises on matters relat­ greeted us for our November meeting which to have M A R Y AN DERSON with us, and ing to commercial and general aviation. was held at Willard Airport at Champaigne. RUBY recently flew down to Atlanta to she thanked all the 99’s who helped her in JAYNE SCHIEK, flying a Cessna 182 with her bid for the nomination for governor. help her mother celebrate her 94th birthday. D. A. NORCROSS, co-piloting, landed di­ Sometime during October BEE REID, EDY and JOHN MAXIM flew again to rectly behind KATHLEEN WOODS flying and LADY McREYNOLDS headed to Flor­ Connecticut and Martha’s Vineyard. On the a Cessna 150 and was clocked by the tower ida again for Suncoast’s Poker Run. They way home they stopped in Rochester and as landing closest to 10:15 and thereby won gave out some story about being the first met another Ninety-Nine MARCIA GITEL- the prize offered by Hostesses LEAH ones there, the first ones finished, and still MAN. NANCY LEE MALM is learning WARREN and LIBBY KAISER. Twelve not winning anything. But then there usu­ acrobatics in a Stearman. VIRGINIA members, 3 guests, and 2 49*/4ers attended ally is a credibility gap in the information TOOPER on the faculty at Cleveland State the meeting which began with a business those two put out. They did have a great in special education. MARGARET and session at 10:30. Lunch was catered at the time, and enjoyed their visit with DOTTIE JOHN WELLINGTON flew to Pompano airport at noon and following this a most BIRDSONC. Beach, Florida. informative talk was given by RALPH Tennessee 99’s want to extend heartiest Our sympathy to our member MARY FLEXMAN, Director of the Institute ol congratulations to Memphis 99 BETTY' LEE whose husband, FRANKLIN was Aviation at the University of Illinois. MR. DUNN whose husband, WINFIELD DUNN, killed in an auto accident in October. FLEXMAN told of his involvement with was recently elected Governor of Tennes­ ANNETTE and JOHN FEDOR have the pilot training programs of the Air Force see. We would like to welcome BETTY to switched to a Bonanza. We saw JANE and the Airlines and what effects findings, our chapter if Memphis can share her. It KUYOTH scrubbing her plane clean at training changes, and studies will probably must surely he the first time there has been Wagon Wheel airport. JANICE KUECHE- have on the future of training of pilots in a “ 49!4er" in the Tennessee State House. MEISTER placed fourth in the Michigan general aviation. He stated that he felt that Last week found us all up at Tri-Cities. Small race held in October. She also won the Private Pilot and the Commercial pilot The weather was glorious for a change, the highest score for a non-professional ratings as they now stand are obsolete in and we were glad to see some faces that pilot, and the highest score for a team. many phases — that the private pilot rating haven’ t been around for a while. W e’re JAN was flying solo in a 172. is a “license to kill” and the commercial happy to pass along the report of LADY Top ten listed at the achievement awards rating a license to go barnstorming and McREYNOLDS, stating that, Our chapter banquet: DONNA FULKS, JANICE that the entire training program needs a has twelve A P T members for the 1970-71 KUECHEMEISTER, CAROLINA LUHTA, complete review and revision. With such year. Everybody get APT so we can be JOAN MACE, EDYTHE MAXIM, thought provoking statements as these, he 100 per cent! MARION MOYER, MEREBETH ROTH. outlined what he hopes will be the future I was glad to see ex-member HARRIETT CAROL STEPHAN, MARCARET WELL­ methods of teaching piloting skills in the SMITH over for a visit home the other INGTON, MARIE WOLF. future. Sunday. SHE and BILL have moved to North Carolina and as yet HARRIETT Two of our guests were student Pilots in has not joined up with those gals. Hope the Champaigne area. They are GRETTA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ASS GREEN and GERMAINE LEDOUX and they’ll get together soon. AND STW ENT PILOT CERTIFICATE In the “ What’s New Department: they have become members of our 66 NANCY FISHER and BETTY WICKER program. Our third guest was MARY WALTERS from Chilicothe who came with are the proud posessors of instrument rat­ .^Catherine Louis* Luhts BARBARA BRUSSEAU. Barb wrote later ings, and MARIE HURLEY has a new 12361 Coucord-HaaWen ftd. Commercial rating. EDNA BROYLES and Painrsvllle, Ohio 44077 that they had to leave the meeting early CHARLOTTE PARISH are owners of a because MARY had a flying lesson at home t»IH JmFoMT ! WF\',M’ ] »7 Cessna 150. Sure will be good to have them 8 ■Rii— — a most important lesson for her since she 9 ’4 -7 0 | 21" I 7 ■14’H Brown!Br B lua flying again. soloed at that time. i n e t *h« n •dicol «>o ‘d « 'd i r'*< io*

— 12— December, 1970 who might be interested in showing these one 49*/4er participated. The weather was Hope there aren’t any pieces left over, films can contact Barbara. perfect, after a not-so-great early morning KAY! Our Chapter agreed to co-sponsor the forecast, and the Wisconsin countryside Everyone plan now to join us for our 1971 Illi-Nines Air Derby to be held at enroute was perfectly beautiful — with blue Illinines Air Derby, coming up on May 21, Kankakee. May 22 and 23. lakes surrounded by gold and crimson trees. 22, and 23, 1971. Race Chairman C H A R ­ ARLENE JOHNSON spent October 18 MARY STROH announced our next fly­ LENE FALKENBERG says plans are com­ with her husband and JEAN REID and away would be to Peoria on Saturday, Nov. ing right along for the Derby, which will the Navioners at the Dells, Wisconsin. De­ 7th. She brought along her bulletin board fly out of Kankakee. spite the cold, rough, and windy weather, to sign up pilots and “ take-me-alongs” , and Our deepest sympathy goes out to Sister 30 planes came from 7 states. Contests this also had a sign-up sheet to organize 99s 99 M ARION JAYN E in the loss o f her time were quite different. One contest was who might like to fly somewhere together husband, GEORGE, on October 28th. a slow flight race on a five mile closed on weekdays. course with no zigzagging allowed. The Chicago Area 99s flying in the Michigan GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER “SMALL” race this year were CHARLENE winner took 18 minutes! Another contest MARGARET WRIGHT, Reporter was a take off and landing event consisting FALKENBERG and her 49t/2ER, GERRY of landing closest to but beyond a line and and RALPH KRAUSE, JEANNINE TEL- Hooray, we are now 30 years old and then taking off closest to, but before LEKSEN, HELEN SAILER. JULIA KON­ still full of steam. We blew the candles out another line. The lines were just 200 feet GER and ELSIE WAHRER. at a very chilly Hanger Party and danced apart! Our own PAM STOWELL and JUDY to a mighty hot band. MARY ANN NOAH LEAH WARREN told us that her hus­ SUIT placed second in the Indiana Fair- (THEN) installed our new officers at half band, SAM, had a “near miss” type heart ladies race. Well done — “Fair Ladies” ! time and the reins were turned over to attack, but that he has been resting in the SANDY KLOCH, who is secretary for DONA RIDGEWAY, Chairman; JOANN hospital since October 16 and is doing EAA Chapter 15, helped out at the Chicago MAPLE, Vice Chairman; THEDA very well. Area EAA fly-in and air show at Joliet at BENNINGFIELD, Recording Secretary; the end of September, selling food tickets FRANCES DUNFIELD, Corresponding Chairman, JEAN WEST, and husband to hungry aviation enthusiasts. New mem­ Secretary; and EDYTHE VICKERS, Treas­ BOB, planned to go to Detroit in November ber SUE MICHALEK stopped out to say urer. to discuss sailboats. D. A. NORCROSS re­ hel!o and see the show, and SANDY was Our November meeting was held at the ported that she and JA Y N E SCHIEK had happy to meet DORIS ANN NORCROSS Dave Smith restaurant with our new chair­ a delightful luncheon with HELEN SAILER and JANE SCHIEK of Central Illinois man, DON A R ID G E W A Y presiding. It was from the Chicago Chapter. HELEN’S home Chapter. good to see many familiar faces that we town is in McDonough County where VIRGINIA and GEORGE COFFEEN haven’t seen much of lately; MARILYN JAYNE and D. A. live, so occasionally she flew commercial to Hawaii for a wonderful DICKSON, JOY GREEN, NONA MARTIN, comes down to look after family business. 2-week vacation in Honolulu and the outer and COLENE DRUMMOND who has be­ Best Wishes to GLORIA FARR who islands. They felt very fortunate to be in com e our first aerobatic pilot. married JOHN TH O M A S on October 19th. Honolulu for the 1970 Hawaii Air Week, The third time is truly a charm for we JOHN is an aviation enthusiast, flies a and attended the air show and visited with finally had a good Tuesday and flew out Cessna 172 and is building a JEANIE’S members o f Aloha Chapter 99s. to Point Lookout Airport at Branson, Mo. TEENIE. RUBY ANDREWS just got GEN BOWMAN spent her summer in and visited the College of the Ozarks. checked out in a Musketeer and says she the Virgins, as usual — jet both ways. She Our pilots were BOBBI MILLER, JOAN likes the plane a lot. She still doesn’t like will be jetting down to Little Rock over REINDL, and MARY ANN GORDON flying the Mooney that she and her husband Thanksgiving to the wedding of her niece. carrying JOANN MAPLE, ROBERTA own and so rents a 150 for fun flying. PAT CLARK flew to Dallas by BETTY JONES, ROSAMOND OLIVER, MAR­ 49i/ 2ER VIC A N D R E W S reports that the BONIFF to fly the Dallas Doll Derby. GARET WRIGHT, FAY GLENN, and Thorp T-18 on which he has been working Weather prevented flying the race in the THEDA BENNINGFIELD. We couldn’t flew for the first time on October 28. VIC air, so they “flew” the Doll Derby at the believe that not only did the students build built the engine, an 0290-G Lycoming motel by writing the Derby answers that the airport but they built the college and ground power unit, and painted the alumi­ could be determined by map info only. operate it as well. How ’bout it, a tuition num. He says that at a cruise of 2100 r.p.m.; PAT and 49 Vi’ER FRAN flew the Texas free college— all they ask for is your “blood, 145 miles per hour is indicated. Sounds Air Tour in a Baron. Busy PAT passed her sweat, and years”. FAY GLENN made a great! multi-engine check ride, and FRAN met short stop on the way to deliver one of DEED HOLCOMB flew into Macomb her at O’Hare that night with two orchids her famous cakes to the tower operators at Municipal to pick up the daughter of a — one for each engine! The CLARKS re­ Springfield, Mo. friend who was attending Western Illinois cently lost their Bonanza in a hangar door A new 99 has been born; daughter of University there and had just enough time mishap, so now maybe they are hoping PEGGY and DAVE NICHOLS. A grand to dial this reporter’s number and say “ HI! for “twins” ? little pilot I’m sure she’ll be. I’m here and we had a great trip up and We have lots of new ratings this month: we are heading back!” Not even enough Our new Chairman DONA RIDGEWAY BARB WHITE has a brand-new commer­ has just flown in the new Windecker, all time for a cup of coffee. Our next meeting cial license, while PAT FRIEDMAN just will be on December 5 at Mount Hawley plastic airplane called the “Eagle I” with got her instrument rating, and JESS the test pilot yet. She thought it was a Airport at Peoria where all the Peoria PINKOS a multi-engine. members have asked us to be their guests beauty with 285 horse and 48 gal. fuel Also, ARLENE ODEGAARD is the new at a Smorgasbord. capacity in each wing. Knowing DONA, weather lady (certified SARS weather ob­ she’ll probably be our new Kansas City server) reporting for Elgin Airport, passing dealer one of these days. CHICAGO AREA CHAPTER her written exam with 100% right. SANDY KLOCK, Reporter Our Christmas Dance is Dec. 17th at the The well-known gliding team of BARB Bellerive Hotel. Come everyone and bring Our October meeting found us again at and CORKY WHITE and PAT RUZICH a friend! Elgin Airport. Chairman NITA FINEMAN will be teaching ground school at Deerfield High School next semester for private, com­ introduced to us our 23 committee chair- GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER (wo) men — it sure looks like a busy year mercial and instrument. NOSEY NINE, Reporter ahead! KAY HALLEY and her 49^ ER ED are Our fly-away up to Fond du Lac on Octo­ in the process of taking their Cessna 120 ’Tis the time of the Turkey and soon the ber 10th was a giant success. 19 gals and apart for an annual and reupholstering. Ho Ho Season will be upon us. Just a

December, 1970 — 13— moment to muse over the fact that we’ve BEETZ, MARION TAYLOR. JEAN LEN- buckets and brushes were then toted to a lot to he thankful for concerning our NERTSON and NOSEY NINE who en­ Terry Field. Zionsville and on to Aretz Air­ Chapter— a finer flock of female flyers and joyed the autumn flight and then a leisurely port northwest of Lafayette; the last was a friends found nowhere! So let’s spread chat and lunch together. RUTH LAKE roof top at Columbia City. The templets some of our enthusiasm and good cheer arrived a bit late (who said anything about so carefully designed and constructed by during this holiday season — we flyers are “Z” time?) but decided the deep dish apple LOIS HAWLEY and BARBARA SIM­ fun people with a lot to give in friendship pie was worth the trip with or without the MONS make the task much easier. and good will. rest o f us. BILLIE and CARL ANDERSON flew It’s a fact; it’s a M UST — for St. Louis Wouldn’t you know that ROSEMARY west for a leisurely vacation of fishing . . . and Powder Puff ’71. Trail blazers, KAY ROTH won’t be among the regulars at our GARNET and DEAN MOGLE also headed BRICK, Chairman of the Board of AWTAR, next few meetings due to teaching Private “that-a-way” in their Cessna. Upon reach­ and Assistant Route Directors, BARBARA Pilot Ground School in the St. Louis adult ing Yellowstone National Park, they rented RIGGS and DEDO HEISE were in St. education program. a camper and enjoyed a sight seeing tour Louis in early November to plan with Spirit ERMA and JACK MANZO enjoyed a of the area . . . CULLIE HOLST and her of St. Louis Airport officials and Ninety November flying sojourn out west which 49l/2er attended their daughter’s wedding Nines for the July 5-8 visit by the PPD included a visit to Las Vegas. Can you in Toronto. Plans are to return over the participants. We are eager, anxious and imagine celebrating your birthday on Friday Thanksgiving holidays. Since you were let excited that we’ll have the privilege of host­ 13 in one-arm bandit country? Seems a down on your initial encounter, CULLIE, ing and meeting many of the Powder pretty risky challenge to Lady Luck, Erma! here’s hoping for good weather for your Puffees. Preparations are already underway Don’t know if we should say NORMAN November trip . . . SUZY MATHIAS has to make St. Louis a memorable “Must” LAMB is coming up or down in the world, been drafted to conduct a ground school for those glamorous gals in their gallivant­ but he made his first parachute jum p at for second year Hoosier Capitol Wing ing machines. Also, the Chapter is looking Greenville International on October 31. Scouts. The course is designed to aid the forward to greeting BARBARA RIGGS How’s that for a “trick or treat” feat? girls in passing their written exam for when she returns in May to finalize details Seems NORM was just too used to spot private license . . . BARBARA JENNING’S for the PPD. landing on a hard surface runway and found shiny new Cessna 172 is a beauty . . . MID Our gal, VAL JOHNSON did her bit to out that’s a no-no without a plane! Inci- CASSIDY introduced her daughter, JEAN, publicize the Powder Puff when asked to dently, recent Ninety-Nine, JUDY BUBACK to the Ninety-Nine Section Meeting. MID speak to the St. Clair Lions Club— brought assisted in the parachute training. has been working intensly on getting JEAN back in the air again . . . PAULINE and them up-to-date re the facts and fun of BETTY BOARD reports husband, JIM BOB GENUNG purchased a 1963 Chicken- the PPD. (of 100% written instrument exam fame) hawk, sorry, I meant a Skyhawk . . . the AMY LAWS announced the St. Louis recently socked it to ’em again and acquired SM ITH S, BILLIE and SA V A G E that is, Planetarium will be the setting for the big his instrument ticket. left in their plane — destination unknown. aviation ball to be held May 29. This should To all who share our aviation bond, the Bet anything they’re off on a sneaky sec­ be a real swinging affair supported by the BEST of the HOLIDAY SEASON from ond honeymoon . . . local flying groups with aviation personali­ the Greater St. Louis Chapter, and may ties from the Alton Air Show which is many of your happy hours be flying ones. scheduled for Memorial Day. The St. Louis KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CHAPTER Ninety Nines will be most active in promot­ DIANE STAFFORD, Reporter INDIANA CHAPTER ing and planning this event. PRISCILLA BARR, Reporter The report is going to be pretty brief The racey bunch has been at it again. this month. The first o f the year we are MARY ELDERS our recent gain from the The headlines taken from the Fort Wayne going to get going on our A.P.T. program, Cape Girardeau Chapter took third place Journal-Gazette read “Woman Pilot Wins and looking for near 100% cooperation. in the New England Air Derby . . . The Wings For ’Copter.” This article was writ­ And, by the end of January, our chapter St. Charles Air Race (312 miles) found ten about our Indiana chapter member, should be incorporated. a few sisterly rivalries among the Ninety JOSEPHINE RICHARDSON. The article Nines with TEX WICHENHAUSER claim­ went on to state that MRS RICHARDSON MICHIGAN CHAPTER ing second place (her first race, too) and won distinction among Adams County avi­ SUZANNE CROOK, Reporter RUTH LAKE sneaking in fourth. JEAN ators when she became the county’s first and RICH LENNERSTON and FRAN and woman helicopter pilot. JOSEPHINE flew The Michigan Chapter held its regular AUGIE HENKE also teamed up for this a B2B Brantly, Lycom bing 180 h.p. heli­ meeting November 1, 1970 at Selfridge race. copter on her first solo flight. Three cheers AFB. JULIE AUERBACH and MAJOR Got to tell it like it is — N O RM A for JO ! MYRON CONGERS co-ordinated the ar­ BRAUCH and BETTY BOARD were We were most happy to have DR SHIR­ rangements for us. MAJOR MYRON CON­ among the fearless five ferrying Mooney LEY SIEW. from Johannesburg, South GER and SGT. HEFFERON of the 305th Cadets from Kerrville, Texas (everybody Africa, speak at our October meeting. Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron pro­ knows that’s way down by San Antonio) SHIRLEY flew the ATWAR this year and vided a program on air rescue and survival to East St. Louis, Illinois. A real experience related her trials and tribulations before, procedures. This included a film on the of one thousand miles of rigorous flying during and after the race. Her delightfully training involved for the actual air force and the weather didn’t cooperate one bit. witty talk also relayed many flying experi­ missions. SGT. HEFFERON gave a demon­ Those Mooney Cadets are cute little hugs ences that took place in South Africa. stration of equipment which private pilots — the VW of the air — and claimed a great DR. SIEW has her doctorate in pathology might utilize. Flares, strobes, mirrors, pock­ deal of attention wherever they landed. Both and is presently associated with Indiana et kits, radio gear, candy bars, surgicals, BETTY and NORMA felt they acquired a University Medical Center at Indianapolis. and one’s own resourcefulness were dis­ lot of practical flying experience during the Since DR. SIEW is already a member of cussed. Our members were then treated to trip hut thought they must have looked like 99’s, our plans are to make her an active handbooks on survival and a ramp tour of a formation of confused ducks winging member of our chapter. the stratocruisers. north! Artists we’re not, hut watch us paint! Michigan is pleased to welcome EILEEN Due to restricted visibility our Kentucky This fall five new locations have been air WEHR and PAT TREGIDO as new Ninety Dam State Park trip was rerouted to marked by hearty crews. Eagle Creek Air­ Nines. Mexico, Missouri last October 21. It actually port at Indianapolis was first to receive our M ichigan’s 1970-1971 officers and chair­ turned out to be a very lovely day for expert touch. We then did our duty on the men are: MARJORIE HATFIELD, Chair­ VAL JOHNSON, JANE NOYES, GERRY elementary school roof at Oxford. The man; WINIFRED DuPEROW, Vice Chair-

— 14— December, 1970 man: BEVERLY PRICE, Secretary; LIISA NORMA SMITH is compiling a history and BOB JANSSON for the luscious DIXON, Treasurer; MARGE ASHTON, of our chapter and of the Velie Monocoup, chicken dinners that kept us going. Public Relations; LILLIAN SNYDER, an aircraft manufactured in Quad-City. It Each year our chapter awards an achieve­ Membership; SUZANNE CROOK, News­ will be presented in booklet form to new ment trophy to the outstanding member for letter and Program: ELLEN ZAITZ, Sixty members. ROGER and NORMA SMITH the past year. During the October meeting, Six; JULIE AUERBACH, Aerospace Edu­ are also printing forms to be placed in a secret ballot was held to determine the cation; OLIVIA BOTTOM, Scrapbook; FBO’s. It is a Polutant Project form to be winner and at the November meeting the SAMMY McKAY, Ways and Means; filled out by local pilots when they see an trophy was awarded to WANDA COTH­ BERTHA McMENEMY, Flower and Gift; obvious polution problem. Forms will be RAN. It is a tremendous thrill to be so WILMA FARRAR, Amelia Earhart Schol­ sent to a central office in the United States. honored. I love all of ya’. arship; HELEN WETHERILL, Nominat­ LINDA NORMOYLE and CAROLYN Have you ever wondered how the tower ing; GLORIA SCHAEFER, NIFA; MARI­ POBANZ reported that so much money operators, FBO’s, etc., feel after the LYN SIDWELL, APT; DOROTHY was made at our Rummage Sale that we AWTAR has gone through? NAIDA BOR­ NOLAN, Name Badges. expect to be able to manage the plane fare DER, WANDA COTHRAN, JOY FEAK. The sky is the limit. This should apply for a really humorous type speaker for the JOHNNIE HICKEY, LILY SANDOVAL, to every aspect of our lives. WILMA FAR­ Fall Sectional. and JANE SPILLER flew up to Farmington RAR, AE Scholarship Chairman, hopes We are sorry that RUTH and DOUG recently to find out. All personnel assured that everyone will pay special attention to SOLLEY are moving to Northbrook, Illi­ us they thoroughly enjoyed having the pages 9-12 of the October “Ninety Nine nois in December. Chicago-Area take note. Derby go through. However, I did think News” and apply for one of the four schol­ BOB and SH A R O N EHRICH flew Com ­ the tower people looked a bit apprehensive arships which will be awarded in amounts mercial to New Orleans. They crossed their when one asked if the Derby was to come up to S900. Each Chapter is permitted one fingers during the whole flight, but the through there again next summer. applicant for every twenty members. Aim pilot remained conscious anyway, so they Happy to report that MARIE CROSSE- high and apply. weren’t needed in the cockpit to perform T E TE is out of the hospital and well on M ichigan’s first group o f A P T aviatrix a spectacular approach and landing. BOB the road to recovery after her recent illness. include JULIE AUERBACH, DOROTHY took several pictures of the action at the Vacation time still. LAURA MARIE BREWER, KAY CHAMBERLAIN, SU­ Sea Plane Base and they ate dozens of W EBB and 49'/£, DON, flew to Montana. ZANNE CROOK, BONNIE KRENTLER. oysters. Saw lots of forest fires along the way, but MARJORIE HATFIELD, DOROTHY NEIL POBANZ. 49>/2ER to CAROLYN, most exciting, LAURA MARIE caught her MEADOWS, DOROTHY NOLAN, BEV­ passed his Flight Instructor Written Exam. first trout. ERLY PRICE, MARILYN SIDWELL, and JANE SPILLER and 49>/2, JOHN, had GIGI KATZ has a share in a Cherokee LILLIAN SNYDER. a taste of all kinds of weather on a trip 235. She likes to have control of her prop Weathered In: MARGE HATFIELD will to Erie, Penn., Washington, D.C., Atlanta, pitch. he undergoing surgery after a two week Ga. where they had their first experience SHARON EHRICH is on the Speakers stay in Harper Hospital. We are very sorry with the upside down wedding cake traffic. Bureau of Illinois Central College with the our chapter chairman has been ill for such According to JANE it was quite an experi­ topic “Flying the Powder Puff Derby.” The an extended time, but hope that she will ence. And from Atlanta on to Houston and Chapter was thrilled that a Flying speech soon be “flying high” again. Corpus Christi, Texas and back to Albu­ was listed just after the President of the High Performance Pilots: MARILYN querque. C ollege, until the 49'/^ers pointed out that SIDW ELL flew with the F A A on November DONNA DENTON and 49% DAVE, flew it was an alphabetical listing of speakers’ 17, 1970 and became the chief instrument to Long Beach, Calif, for a sail boat show names. flight instructor for Malibu Aviation. Nice in connection with their business. work. PHYLLIS WOLLEY won the Name the New Horizons: KATHY STILWELL will Newsletter Contest. The winning name was become the bride of DENNIS PATTON on “Not Sphragistics and Not Toothpicks”. November 20, 1970. They will make their The judges chose her entry from the hun­ residence in Mt. Clemens. dreds received for the obvious reasons. Tantalizing Trips: ELEONOR and PAUL We are anxious to see the new retract­ TITLOW spent two weeks in Wyoming able gear Cardinal that Cessna is going to this past September. They took the AOPA surprise us with next year. Even your Mountain Flying Course and the Wyoming favorite FBO hasn’t heard about it yet. Air Tour. They reportedly “had a ball” . MARY and BERNIE MAZUREK flew to Florida in October to attend the AOPA Convention and then flew onward to the Air marking chairman, BERNIECE Bahamas for four days. Freeport, Marsh I. CENTRAL SWARTZ, right, assisted by SHIRLEY Harbor, Treasure Island Bay were points JANSSON, middle, and guest BEV of landing. Their Cherokee C-180 flew like SECTION STYES, left, put finishing touches on “ a magic carpet” . the M at Alameda Air Port. MARETTA and TOM SIMPSON re­ cently flew to Erie, Pennsylvania and then KKKKKK m to Charleston, West Virginia to visit rela­ ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER y t r -1 r ' r rt-r - »mfV frj rr l iFjv (L*lv IVIVV V I-<>1 tives. WANDA COTHRAN, Reporter I wish everyone lots of safe and happy flying for Christmas and the New Year. Do Chalk up another air marking for ABQ let me hear from you. chapter. BERNICE SWARTZ, air marking chairman, assisted by NAIDA BORDER, PAT CICARDO, WANDA COTHRAN, QUAD-CITY AREA CHAPTER MILLY ELRICK, JOY FEAK, JOHNNIE, SHARON EHRICH, Reporter HICKEY, SHIRLEY JANSSON, RANDA VON and CH A R LIE A L TE R flew com ­ SOUTHERLAND, and guest BEVERLY mercial to Washington, D.C. for business STYES made Alameda Airport an easier The Albuquerque Chapter's and to visit friends and former airplane place for student and transient pilots to ment Award this year was partners. find. Our sincere thanks to ROLFE BLACK Wanda Cothran.

December, 1970 — 15— DOROTHY MANNAHAN is back from REDBIRD AIRPORT IN THE SPRING. Europe where she was too busy sightseeing WE ARE ALL HAPPY TO BE THEIR on the ground to get checked out in a HOSTESSES AN D HOPE ALL OUR 99s plane and sightsee from the air. WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. The Albuquerque Chapter sends to all, We are proud of BARBARA POWELL wishes for a Merry Christmas with the plane who is sporting a brand new Commercial of your choice in your stocking and weather Pilot with an Instrument Rating. Congratu­ to match for all the coming year. lations! RUBY ROGERS is working on her Instrument ticket. ARKANSAS CHAPTER We hope KATHY LONG has not had to MARGUERITE NIELSEN, Reporter move out to make room for the 400 straw bags, which she is storing, for the Inter­ Little Rock will be a Must Stop for 1971 national Convention next summer. Hope Three smiling examples of Chaparral A W T A R and also a Stop for 1971 Angel everyone has good sharp scissors! That’s “muscle" airmarking at Deming New Derby. KAY BRICK and BARBARA 400 99s to cut out, Gals. RIGGS flew into Little Rock to meet with Mexico. Left to right: DOTTIE McNALLEY, RENE HIRTH and KAY PAULINE WINTHROP, JUDY COBB, the Arkansas Chapter. RUTH GRAY is to BOND. BARBARA POWELL, SUE WIEMAN, and be Chairman of the Stop and RAMONIA PEG ONG were present at the Antique and SLOAT Co-chairman. RAMONIA and Airmarking at Deming highlighted the Experimental Airplane Fly-In at Weed CHARLENE POE are planning to fly in the September meeting. Las Cruces was marked Patch “ International” airport recently. It 1971 A W T A R . K A Y NEW TH is Race earlier in the year with the gals providing was all great except for the weather. Chairman for the annual Arkansas Aero the muscle and equipment and the respec­ ELINOR JOHNSON winged her way to Club Race to be held in Little Rock next tive towns buying the paint. Leavenworth, Kansas, to visit at the home summer also. KAY was RAMONIA’s house The past year has also included two of an associate Warden. She enjoyed all guest this week. successful flight clinics, with the able co­ but a departure from a “ cinder” runway. Third annual Fly Lady Derby winners operation of the FAA. Another fund raising More recently she has been out in San are: LUCILLE CHEETHAM and NORMA project this month went over well. A catered F rancisco. LONG 1st, LORETTA GREEN and dinner preceded the vicarious thrills of a DOROTHY WARREN flew a Cessna 421 CORKY GREEN 2nd, MARGE NIELSEN short, but dramatic acrobatic demonstration recently, and is back at Precision Flight and LOUIS C. BELTER, M.D. 3rd, MARGE and flying with the Auburn’s of Beechcraft School part-time. PHYLLIS DUKE and NIELSEN and LOUIS C. BELTER, M.D. into Mexico and looking down through the family are off to Mexico over the Christmas 3rd, MARGE HUDSON 1st Leg, and mists of over 19,000 ft. into the crater of holidays, and the ONGS will head to Puerto MARY CORNELSON 3rd Leg. Also, de­ MR. ORIZABA, then to western United Vallarta. Sounds like fun and good places serving mention are ARLENE WALKUP, States, flying as low as 120 ft. below sea to practice their Spanish. CAROL WADDELL, NEMA MASON- at Death Valley. Would you believe we have three motor­ HALL, LEE BROWN, ANN CATLIN, cycle enthusiasts among us? MARGE PAT WAY and Co-Pilots for a race well Not wanting to end my first report on BARR, MARTHA ANN READING, and flown. Annual Youth Derby was called off an unhappy note, I’ll report first that ELINOR JOHNSON, The opinion seems to due to weather, rescheduled again for next IRENE FREY has been temporarily summer with same race course, Wiley Post grounded due to an operation on her foot, OKC to Van Buren, Arkansas to Cushing, but HANK has been logging lots of hours Oklahoma to Wiley Post OKC. flying her husband, JIM, around the state, CHARLENE POE is happily flying her as usual. new Bellanca, visiting relatives in Stuttgart and now planning her flight to Lubbock DALLAS CHAPTER for the football game. SUE ANDREWS, Reporter Arkansas 99s and Arkansas Aero Club will hold a joint Christmas Party in Little Airmarking has really become our forte. Rock December 12. Cocktails, Dinner, and Lancaster airport is now sporting new 60 Dancing. foot numbers. It required 15 99s and fam­ Left to Right: KATHY LONG, PEG ONG, Merry Christmas and Happy Flying to ilies plus 80 gallons of white paint, but no SUE ANDREWS, ZELLA TAYLOR, LIL you all. one can miss Lancaster now. Our airmark­ ing chairman, BARBARA POWELL, will TAFEL, ROWLAND JOHNSON, SUE WIE­ MAN, MARY DEKINDER, MARY and LEE have little airmarking pins for all who CHAPARRAL CHAPTER KITCHENS and Son, and BOB TAFEL. helped. Our members included: KATHY JOAN RUNDEL, Reporter LONG, HELEN WILKE, PEG ONG, LIL Let me first introduce myself as chap­ TAFEL, BEVERLY and ZELLA TAYLOR, arral’s newest member, stepping in to keep SUE WIEMAN, MARY KITCHENS, ELI­ membership up with the loss of BARBARA NOR JOHNSON, JAN WAHRER, LOU GILL. MARQUESS, PAULINE WINTHROP, At the August meeting last year’s officers MARY DeKINDER, and SUE ANDREWS. were re-elected by popular assent for a job PAUL CAMP, the airport manager, pro­ well done—KAY BOND, president; HANK vided everyone with a great chicken lunch HALLINAN, vice-president; MERNIE and other goodies. The 0 -0 weather Satur­ BURDEN, secretary; and CONNIE ROSE, day morning (October 24th) made is hard treasurer. to find the airport and paint it, but it did RENE HIRTH, from Deming, came in cut down on air traffic until the paint all smiles to that meeting, still flushed with dried! PAULINE WINTHROP provided her recent successful flight test to complete entertainment by volunteering JACK, her Present are: ZELLA TAYLOR, LIL TAFEL, her commercial license. KAY’s husband, 49'/2er, to give rides in their lovely red MARY and LEE KITCHENS and family, Waco. The ride in an open cockpit was a CAL, was RENE's instructor. She always ELINOR and ROWLAND JOHNSON, PEG comes in “all smiles” and no wonder, by the real thrill for several of us. ONG, JAN WAHRER, LOU MARQUESS, November meeting she had passed her AT OUR INVITATION, THE ANGEL HELEN WILKE, KATHY LONG, and SUE written instrument exam. DERBY IS SCHEDULED TO STOP AT ANDREWS.

16 — December, 1970 be that flying is easier and requires less doughnuts waiting for us at the “ terminal” . have been busy giving APT checkrides. adrenalin! I should explain that we airmarked the Had yours lately? Don’t forget the Christmas party on Fri­ town instead of the turf-strip airport. Can A swinging Christmas party for Houston day, December 18th at 7 :00 p.m. It will be 99s, 49(4s and guests is in the hopper at the Sherwood Forest-West-Apartments. . . . JACKIE KELLY and committee have See you there. Merry Christmas and a Very scheduled a buffet at Royal Coach Inn’s Happy New Year to all the 99s. Top-of-the-Castle. Now if we can just make it across the moat without being devoured HOUSTON CHAPTER by a dragon. M. E. OLIVER, Reporter At deadline the BUDDY BYERSES and the JERRY BAKERS are packing their The 1970 Texas State Aviation Associa­ toothbrushes for a Thanksgiving caper at tion in Houston attracted a number of our the Covadonga near Valles, S.L.P., Mejico. chapter members and their 49*/4’s, in­ They and about eight other couples plan cluding CELIA and HANK PARRISH. to fly down for their south-of-the-border MARILYN and JON CURTIS. ADELLE playcation. Ole! and JERALD BAKER, MARY and BUDDY BYERS, and of course RUTH and TOM OKLAHOMA CHAPTER HILDEBRAND, the hard-workingsecretary/ treasurer team of the TSAA. Lucky Shades of the old WPA! However this SAUNDRA NIX, Reporter group is the crew from Houston 99’s ADELLE took home the big prize of the Oklahoma Chapter’s November meeting airmarking Galveston Scholes Field. convention, a Mitchell turn-and-bank coor­ consisted of a fiery border clash with those dinator. TSAA ficionados are excited about rampaging Kansans up at Ponca City. Funny their Mexico train trip planned for Jan­ — used to he, the only border clashes Okla­ uary. Birdmen riding a train? They’ll have homa had were down in the middle of the to give us the lowdown when they return. Red River when Texas was trying to take Twenty members and four guests made their half and our half too. But now, the for a lively November meeting at Aero- Kansans are getting uppity (since they’ve Tech, Hobby Airport. Twenty lashes with having the Intl. convention and all), and a wet noodle for anyone complaining of on Nov. 8, they marched down upon us, nothing to do following SALLY COX’s Air with their GENERAL McEWEN threaten­ Activities report. We expect to be well rep­ ing to capture our whole state for her con­ resented in San Antonio for the Spring vention fund, if we didn’t cooperate and Sectional, and shortly thereafter we’re plan­ lend our support peaceably. ning a RON fly-in to Bandera, probably at Me — I’ll go peaceably— because that the Flying L Dude Ranch. Sounds like a A crew of Houston 99's and an assort­ convention they’re planning sounds like a winner. Then a large delegation should be ment of 49V2’s and 24% ’s are shown ball! on hand at the International Convention in hard at work repainting the Scholes But back to our joint November meeting, Field airmarking at Galveston, Tex. Wichita next August plus several PPD we had some 35 members and guests pre­ entrants from hereabouts, after which we’ll sent from both Kansas and Oklahoma. hurry home to finalize plans for a penny-a- you imagine trying to get “SCHULEN- Topping off the day was a spot landing pound ride, hopefully. Interspersed with all ENBURG” on the roof of a two-plane contest, which was really a contest with those events, we’re already off and running T-hangar? winds gusting to 40. Winner was CAROL on an airmarking spree with MARY Congratulate me! Reason being promo­ BOND, a guest of the Kansas Chapter, who BYERS heading that committee. Ten chap­ tion in October to Captain in Civil Air has just got her ATR. Taking second was ter members and one prospective re-did Patrol, Headquarters 22nd Group. I drove BETTY MURRELL, Kansas member. Galveston’s Scholes Field, then treated to Fort Worth in November for the Texas MARTIE SCHROEDER (Ok) and PAT themselves to a delicious seafood dinner at Wing Conference of C.A.P. with my Com­ McEWEN (Kan) were the losers, but in one of the island resort’s restaurants. That manding Officer, LT. COL. JIM OLIVER, my book, they win a pat on the back for group included ADELLE BAKER, LOUISE better known as my 49*/2, and a Colonel in even trying in that wind. And M A RTIE BICKFORD, ALMA JEAN BUSTIN, the “Nervous Navigators.” Which reminds (who was our hostess) was out there in a MARY BYERS, TRUDY COOPER, me, JIM and COL. MYRL BICKFORD Cessna 180, of all things. From the way SALLY COX, BETTY FRITTS, GAY (they’re all Colonels in the NN’s) advise she handled it, I say she deserves whole­ HARRIS, M. E. OLIVER with her prospec­ me that their ranks of Nervous Navigators heartedly that new CFI rating. tive 99 GENE GONZALES, and BILLIE are growing by leaps and hounds. Qualifi­ Oklahoma guests were BETTY HELT WYCHE. (Shud that b CRUDY TOOPER? cations for membership are chiefly being and JEAN GRATZ, student pilots from — L U V) a male pilot married to a Ninety-Nine. The Ponca City. Okla. members present were Schulenburg airmarking, joint project of men have their certificates of membership, MARTIE. ESSIE TALIAFERRO, MARGE San Antonio and Houston Chapters, hap­ dues, and name-badges. Anyone who quali­ HUDSON, SKIP CARTER, RUTH pened on a chilly but CAVU day. ALMA fies and is interested, write to OLIVER or JONES, DOTTIE YOUNG, BETH SMITH, BUSTIN, ADELLE BAKER, MARY BICKFORD (see Houston Chapter 99s in ANN CATLIN, DOROTHY MORGAN. BYERS, BETTY FRITTS, MARGE your roster for addresses). N O RM A W Y N N , JUDY FILA (w ho has HUTCHINSON and M. E. OLIVER with Enjoyed meeting our two first-timers at printed up darling invitations for us to prospect GENE GONZALES represented the November meeting, LINDA TURK of send to prospective 99’s), PAM BUGG, LU Houston 99’s, while petite but dynamic Beaumont, guest of DELLE HIGHTOWER, SK ILLERN (w ho we hadn't seen in a long VEL KIKER did the honors for her Alamo and PAT JAMES, guest of MARILYN time), RITA EAVES, ME, and LUCILLE city gals. We also were assisted by Houston HOFFMAN. PAT’s a new pilot, but LINDA PREGLER. (LUCILLE says I never put Petticoat Pilots MARCI BUTLER, EMMA tells us she’s working on Commercial and her name in. That's because something LOU SCOTT and JANICE IVES. Appar­ CFI, with “only” 43 hours to go. LINDA always makes her late, and so she doesn’t ently none of us is dieting, because again is also active in Civil Air Patrol in get her name on my role. But she’s not all we headed for the nearest food emporium Beaumont. bad. She’s taking a course which will to alleviate the appetite we had worked up. MAYBELLE FLETCHER and MARY enable her to teach illiterate adults to And on top of that, VEL had coffee and JANE NORRIS, two of our instructors. read, and I think that’s great!)

December, 1970 — 17— Back in October, we met in Norman and and assistant MILLIE BARRETT (Lin­ is a housewife and mother, and yet finds beard MR. BOB CARTER discuss the aero­ coln) got the necessary names on the dot­ time to work toward her multi-engine space education class he is conducting at ted line, they were so tired of waiting, rating. Putnam City High School (OKC suburb). they almost left in disgust. But because HELEN and JOHN EHRLICH have Jn case you missed that meeting, don’t they are true 99’s, they hung in there and moved into their newly-built home, and a think you've missed out on the subject of more or less got Minden airmarked. It was house-warming was held for them by their aerospace education completely. ANN CAT- more or less because according to VERA, flying friends. Now that all those details L1N and 1 are going to rationally and the paint nearly froze and with the high have been taken care of, there will be more professionally debate the pros and cons of humidity, the “lastability” of this job may time for flying. the way the training of teachers for aero­ be quite short. JOEY KUBESCH has invited us to visit space education has been handled in Okla­ Our annual Christmas Party should be her at her new home in Peru, Indiana. homa, at our January meeting in Chick- over when you read this. The gals who live Since there is an airstrip on her grand­ asha, and believe you me, it promises to in Omaha are attending to the major father’s farm, we are planning a fly-in over he like nothing since LINCOLN debated details with PAT WOLFE in the lead. there next spring. DOUGLAS! Time we 99’s stopped sipping Perhaps we will have some pictures for Best wishes to you all for a happy holi­ tea and got down to attacking the issues. you in next month and introduce a few day season, and may Santa bring a sack R ig h t?! of our members to the rest of you 99’s. full of good flying weather to everyone. A few reminders, now. Pay your dues, From the Nebraska Chapter — Have a inventory your I’d Rather Be Flying tags Happy Holiday Season and start off the SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER and your cards, and send both to treasurer new year at your best. PREGLER on the double. Then come to MARIAN BURKE, Reporter the XMAS party Dec. 5 at ARLENE OMAHA AREA CHAPTER The San Antonio chapter enjoyed a busi­ WALKUP’S in Stillwater, bearing a blat­ GEORGIANN RYNEARSON, Reporter ness meeting and delicious luncheon at the antly inappropriate gift to exchange with home of MARYANNE and JOHN GREER someone for one of the same, and a covered BARBARA KREJCI hosted the Novem­ on Sat. No. 14. Wonderful Mexican food dish. ber meeting of our chapter at her home. was just right on such a cool windy after­ Finally, we were proud to see the smil­ CHARLENE MYERS drove up from Bel­ noon. MARIAN BURKE brought two ing face of RITA EAVES the other day, levue and the other seven girls, BETTY guests . . . prospective members LEE beaming at us from the cover page of JARVIS, ROSEMARY BLOCK, INEZ SEXTON and SARALDA ROSS. Orbit (the Sunday magazine of the Daily STOCKER, LUCILLE ULEMAN, VER- Plans were discussed for the spring sec­ Oklahoman). Inside was a story about the DAYNE MENZE. LAVONNE TRIPP and tional along with a possible safety meeting airplanes she and husband LEONARD have GEORGIANN RYNEARSON, were all for December. built. Also mentioned was our member from Omaha. Also in attendance were three More new members . . . MARY JEWEL DOROTHY MORGAN, the lady who in­ Sixty Sixes, a new one, ROSEMARY FISHER from Port Lavaca, Texas. She has spired RITA to learn to fly hack in barn­ BLOCK’S daughter, DEBBIE, and two old a private license. Husband, KING is a storming days, and later sponsored RITA faithfuls, BOBBY McCAFFREE and contractor and pilot. She has 2 children into 99’s. DOROTHEA PHARRIS. and 2 grandchildren. The family transporta­ Because it is that time of the year in tion is a shiny Cessna 182. NEBRASKA CHAPTER this part of the country, we thought it ap­ MARGARET RUTH CLEGG has a pri­ HEIDI UNDERWOOD, Reporter propriate to have JOE WENZL of the F.S.S. show us two films, one on airplane vate license. Husband ROBERT is also a Ladies, Rev up your engines! We are icing and one on fog. Since both can cause pilot. They have four children and are the excitedly awaiting your arrival in July for harrowing experiences, a refresher course proud owners of Cessna 206. They are from this year’s AWTAR— the 25th one. Two is good for all of us. M R. W EN ZL also Port Lavaca, Texas. Welcome to our group stops have been selected in Nebraska — discussed the plans for the expansion of gals! We hope that both you and your M cCook and Lincoln. Lincoln is the first Eppley Airfield. 49(4ers and families will enjoy our organ­ confirmed MUST stop thanks to the Lincoln The members were reminded that the ization. Chamber of Commerce who said yes to a Amelia Earhart Scholarship application REMEMBER THE SPRING SEC­ 31,000 donation to AWTAR general fund. forms were in the last “ Ninety Nine News” . TIONAL! Early in November, AWTAR representa­ Plans for our Christmas party on Decem­ WHERE? SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. tives visited the two cities as part of their ber 12 are well under way, with M A R ­ W H E N ? A P R IL 23, 24, AND 25. trailblazing of the route from Calgary, GARET SOBECK again asking us to her Canada to Baton Rouge. Representing the beautiful, spacious home. The food and WHY? COME AND FIND OUT! Nebraska 99’s in McCook was MARION entertainment will please both the guys WE’VE GOT GREAT PLANS FOR LARMON (McCook), who will also serve and the gals so circle this date on your YOU! 1970 IS ALMOST GONE. IT’S as that stop’s chairman and in Lincoln, calendar. BEEN A GREAT YEAR. HAVE A VERA BARTUNEK, SHIRLEY AMEN, CHARLENE MYERS is an ambitious H A PPY H O LID A Y 99’S. ST A Y A P T ! and EVELYN SEDIVY (all Lincoln) met one. She works as a medical technologist, FLY SAFE! AND WE’LL SEE YOU with the AWTAR gals and other aviation IN 1971. persons. EVELYN will serve as Lincoln’s stop chairman. SHREVEPORT CHAPTER Planning has already started; commit­ KAY ALEXANDER, Reporter tees are being lined up; contacts are being made with local organizations. We plan on NEW S F LA S H ! JOAN C A R R O LL is making these the best stops you gals have the first member o f our chapter to become ever landed at. So all you Powder Puffers APT this year. We’re all so very proud of — W e’ll see YOU in July. her! After a lapse of nine years in her Our latest airmarking (Oct. 16) was career as an active pilot she has, in a brief almost a disaster. Between winds, cold time, changed from a Piper Colt to a 250 weather, low ceiling, mag trouble, radio Commanche. Quite a feat in such a short time after such a long absence from flying. difficulties, high humidity, and little coop­ Working on the runway numbers at the HELEN HEWITT is her very capable in­ eration from the home folks (at first), Broken Bow, Nebraska Airport, are: airmarking chairman, VERA BARTUNEK LUCILLE ULEMAN, INEZ STOCKER, structor. JOAN, HELEN and JERE SAUR purt near quit on the spot. Once VERA VERDAYNE MENZE and BETTY JARVIS. celebrated JOAN'S becoming APT by fly-

— 18— December, 1970 in;; over lo Gregg County Airport for In January our chapter plans to invite was BUFFY FOSTER, of Denham Springs lunch. all area women pilots and student pilots and to make it interesting for the girls, we On November 7, Shreveport 99's air to a salad supper at SA R A H H EN LEY’S had a sideburn contest, which was won by marked the Natchitoches Airport. JERE home. HARRY FITZGIBBON of Lafayette. And SAUR, SARAH HENLEY, HELEN HE­ (K A T H Y CASTON is a half A T R pilot. yours truly, won the money hat ! ! ! That’s WITT. MARTHA and RAY CHRISTY, She passed her written with a 75 and will a new fund raising project, but we are MARY and LARRY LTIERISSON, JOAN begin training with T. M. SMITH, Airport keeping it “ under our hats” . CARROLL and EVELYN SNOW were Flying School, Addison Airport, Dallas on Needless to say, the weather was the ably assisted by RAY CARNEY, F.B.O. at Dec. 1st. That’s when her head will return most beautiful I have ever seen in La. in Natchitoches, the Airport Advisory Com­ to proper size . . . ED) 15 years and so between the weather, the mission and some of the students of the company and the activity it was an enjoy­ Professional Aviation Class at Northwest­ SOUTH LOUISIANA CHAPTER able day for all. Thanks to all of the fixed ern University in Natchitoches. The city POWDER PUFF DERBY ’71 base operators along the way, at the stops, of Natchitoches furnished the paint and TERMINUS COMMITTEE but especially to MR. PAUL FOURNET the delirious picnic lunches. Good weather, WHITE HOUSE INN — ROOM 501 in Lafayette for the use of their facilities. good workers, and good food made for a 1501 NORTH 3RD STREET Our Chapter members who made it by plane successful air marking. EVELYN SNOW’S BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70802 daughter, B E TTY HEISE, flew solo cross BEVE TITZER, Reporter country to Natchitoches that day and joined the air marking group. The witches were out on their brooms In behalf of aerospace education, Shreve­ this halloween, but the South La. Chapter port 99’s will entertain JOAN CARROLL’S of the 99’s were out in their planes. We Cadette Girl Scout Troop #122 with a sponsored a poker run including Baton Hangar party on November 22. Each scout Rouge, Houma, Opelousas, Eunice, La Gros will be treated to a free plane ride. This and terminating in Lafayette. LUCY and will be the first ride for most of these girls SNOOPY awards were given for the best and they are very excited. The troop is poker hands and the mini skirt contest working hard toward earning the Avia­ winner. That’s one way to get the men to tion Badge in scouting. They have already participate in a poker run, don’t you agree? toured Downtown Airport and its facilities The winners were: Best Pilot Poker Hand, as one of the requirements. ALLEN TOMLINSON — Non pilot, ELIZA­ Congratulations to JERE SAUR’S 49’/ 2 , BETH EDWINS — Pilot Passenger, SHIR­ HENRY! He recently earned his instru­ LEY JOHNSON of Route 6 — Box 310A, ment rating. Palestine, Texas. The person holding the oldest license was 99er BONNIE FEATH­ South Louisiana Chapter members with Shreveport 99's will provide the entertain­ their Honda Mini-Trail Bike being raf­ ER, Youngest Pilot, PHILIP HILLMAN of ment for the Ark-La-Tex Airmen’s Associa­ fled at the Pilots Poker Run Terminus in tion Christmas Banquet. Look out ED Larose, La. JANIE and JIM KIMBALL, Lafayette, La. Left to Right: GLORIA SULLIVAN! We’ve got a “r-r-really big in their Bonanza, were the first plane to HOLMES, MARGARET RUTH, "JIM" show” with original skits and song and arrive and M EL P O R TE R in a Cessna 310 LAFLEUR, BONNY FEATHER, BEVE dance routines. was the last. The winner of the mini skirt TITZER.

“Number One.” JOAN CARROLL is the first member of Shreveport Chapter 99’s to become APT this year. She was checked out in her 2 5 0 Commanche by 99, HELEN HEWITT.

MARY L'HERISSON, SARAH HENLEY, Awtar Headquarters Entourage meets with Terminus Chairmen in Baton Rouge. HELEN HEWITT and JERE SAUR getting Left to Right: MOLLY STOCKWELL, Terminus co-chairman, BARBARA EVANS, ready to paint. BARBARA RIGGS, PAT WARD, Terminus chairman, KAY BRICK, MARIAN ANDREWS.

December, 1970 — 19— or broom were MOLLY STOCKWELL, GLORIA HOLMES, JANIE KIMBALL, ELEANOR LOWRY, POLLY BAUGH­ MAN, MARGARET RUTH, JAN PHIL­ LIPS, LORNA WHITNEY, BONNIE FEATHER, PAT WARD, CAL MER­ EDITH, SHIRLEY BERNHARDT, GIN­ GER EDWINS, JIM L eFLEUR, LYNET- TE LOEWER and myslef, BEVE TITZER. It surely was nice to have GLORICE WILLS (formerly of our Chapter) now of the New Orleans Chapter participating in the poker run. She won the award for the “oldest airplane” . News item: GLORIA HOLMES was hired by the Baker High School to fly over the school and drop leaflets prior to a highly competitive football game at their Eastern Idaho Chapter picnic at Rexburg, honoring airport personnel. Standing, pep rally. This was a first for the area. left to right: SHIRLIE JOHNSON, DICK REEDER, MERRELL CHISTENSEN, ELDON 1 understand she scored perfectly, hitting HART, MERRELL ANDRUS, PAT DUKICH, BEVERLY LEDBETTER. GLENNA LINDER- the field just where the kids were. PAT MAN, GLEN JEX. Seated, left to right: ELAINE PARTRIDGE, DIANE JEX, MARGARET WARD says she wishes she had known STANFORD, DARLENE SCHIERS, PAT CHASE, CAROLYN RIZZE, MARY KILBOURNE. this beforehand because her Alma Mater Children: ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE and TONY RIZZIE. was the opposing team and she would have flown over their school and really given at MARY KILBOURNE’s home, the lun­ revision of the application forms, manned them some VIP treatment too. cheon hostessed by members of the Eastern the booth for the distribution of the forms, Last hut not least, we were honored to Idaho chapter and attended by the early and completed the initial screening of qual­ have 4 A W T A R members with us the last arrivers to the meeting. Her messages and ified applicants. This scholarship is avail­ couple of days in October. They met a words of advice were received enthusias­ able to any full time, regularly enrolled number of our leading citizens and with tically and we do hope that she will visit student at Idaho State University, to en­ various Powder Puff Derby Committees. us again. courage young peope to fly. Helping with We never realized how much behind the Other highlights of our meeting were the the distribution of the scholarships at Idaho scenes work there was to a Powder Puff presence of MRS. DON SAMUELSON, State University were DIANE JEX, PAT Derby. wife of Idaho’s Governor, and MR. GENE DUKICH, BEVERLY LEDBETTER, VIR- Our next meeting will be at GINGER P. RUTLEDGE, Executive Director of the G1NIA FINKELNBURG. ELAINE PAR­ EDWINS Home in Baton Rouge. It will be Idaho Nuclear Energy Commission, with TRIDGE, MARY KILBOURNE, ARLENE our annual Christmas Party. Fun, fun, their interesting and informative messages. BAILEY, and DARLENE SCHIERS. The fun! ! ! MR. RUTLEDGE spoke on “ Nuclear initial screening was done at a meeting at c* Energy Development and How It Relates the home of DIANE JEX. Attending this to Aviation.” meeting were DIANE and GLEN JEX, Our congratulations and best wishes to PAT and MICKEY DUKICH, PAT and the newly installed officers of the North­ DEAN CHASE, ELAINE PARTRIDGE, west Section. They are: Governor: MARY VIRGINIA FINKELNBURG, BEVERLY KILBOURNE, Vice Governor: HILDA LEDBETTER, CAROLYN RIZZIE and ELLIOTT, Secretary: BARBARA LaRUE, son, TONY, and a guest, FRITZ STEEL, Treasurer: VAN ADDERSON, Executive from El Monte, California. Board: LAULETTE HANSEN, JO NEAL A R LEN E B A ILE Y has been busy check­ HARRIS, and RANDEE HILTON. ing out in the Piper Cub that she and The matching aprons worn by the mem­ HERSHEL now have. bers of our chapter during these Northwest PAT and MICKEY DUKICH bad a trip EASTERN IDAHO CHAPTER Section activities were made by DIANE to Reno to attend the Air Races. In spite DARLENE SCHIERS, Reporter JEX. Thanks, DIANE. of the somewhat rough and windy flight, We were truly honored at our Northwest The weather was bright and sunny for the show was great. Section meeting to have our charming our picnic at the Rexburg airport in Our next meeting will be a Christmas International President, BETTY McNABB, October. SHIRLIE JOHNSON and MAR­ party at a time and place to be announced. with us. She was welcomed at a luncheon GARET STANFORD were co-hostesses. The lunch was our way of saying, “thank EASTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER you”, to some who helped with gifts, etc. ALBERTA ANDERSON, Reporter for convention. Those attending were PAT and MICKEY DUKICH, DIANE and The annual rummage sale for our fund GLEN JEX, GLENNA and BOB L1ND- raising was held November 4th with very ERMAN, MARGARET and “JINX” profitable results. There were such few STANFORD, CAROLYN RIZZIE and son, members that turned out for the work TONY, ELAINE PARTRIDGE and daugh­ session or contribution of salable material ter, ELIZABETH, PAT CHASE, SHIRLIE it has been suggested they send monetary JOHNSON, MARY KILBOURNE, contributions instead. In all fairness, the BEVERLY LEDBETTER, DARLENE load should not be put on such few members SCHIERS, SUZIE BILGER, FRANK when this is the only fund raising project HINCKLEY, DICK REEDER, MERRELL for the whole year. CHRISTENSEN, BOB VANWAGENEN. We wish to offer our heartiest congratu­ Newly installed officers of the northwest MERRELL ANDRUS, and ELDON IIART. lations to North Dakota Chapter on receiv­ Section, left to right, BARBARA LaRUE, ing their Charter on December 5. Secretary; MARY KILBOURNE, Gover­ At the request of the GALYN and nor; HILDA ELLIOTT, Vice Governor; ESTHER STONE Flying Scholarship com­ LYGIE HAGEN and her 49'/2’er, and VAN ADDERSON, Treasurer. mittee, our Chapter has cooperated in the CORN IE, spent a week in Victoria, B. C.

— 20— December, 1970 attending conferences on Prepaid Medical Pacific Air Race on Oct. 6. The route was usual accident to their Cub. Halloween Insurance. They reported the city and San Diego to Parker, Arizona, Yuma, Ari­ night a couple of drunks, neither of whom weather as very beautiful. zona and back to San Diego. Incidentally, knew how to fly an airplane, untied a Super IRENE ANRODE reports a total of 13 they flew a Comanche B 260. Cub belonging to the Sulpher Creek Ranch women enrolled for private pilot licenses at Our thanks to VAN ADDERSON who, and fired it up. Fortunately for them, they our local Felts Field. This certainly gives as member of the board of Pacific North­ lost control of it on the ramp instead of in us great hopes for increasing our chapter west Aviation Historical Foundation, co­ the air but damaged four airplanes in the membership. ordinated the staffing of volunteer atten­ process. The Stoker Cub was the least MINNIE BOYD, Pullman, Washington, dants at the Flight Museum at the Seattle damaged and they’re flying once again. will be hosting the November 15th meeting Center during the months of June, July GENE NORA JESSEN had the good for­ at her home. All members and 49,/4’ers and August. Thanks also to girls from our tune to ride through an extensive back are invited to attend the meeting and chapter who volunteered. country tour with a U.S. Forest Service dinner. This has been an annual affair for For the second year our Chapter has pilot in a Cessna 180. The strips ranged in our chapter for some years so we are look­ brought home the Achievement Award length from one thousand feet to a half ing forward to a good turnout. from Northwest section convention. Last mile, were located in the river bottom or Your reporter and her 49*/£’ ER, ROD, year CHARLOTTE KAMM and this year mountainside and most of them were one spent two weeks in various parts of Cali­ VAN ADDERSON. These hard working way. Then a week later she rode on a map­ fornia. Two of our highlights were attend­ girls are to be congratulated. ping flight in the Forest Service Queen Air ing the U.S.C. vs Wash. University football Our November flight was rained out, to shoot pictures of Crater Lake in infra game at the Los Angeles Bowl and the so the meeting was held at BERTHA red. The process is usually used to locate Kaiser Pro Am Golf Tournament at McMILLAN’s home in Federal Way. Plans forest fires through smokes but also to Silverado. were made for our Christmas party to be measure any heat in extinct volcanoes. Ole man winter is fast closing in on us held at the home of CHARLOTTE KAMM Our November 7th meeting was to have in the Northwest; but so far our flying on December 12. And DARLIN BEACH been a fly-in to Jerome to meet with the weather has held most days. This sharply was warmly welcomed into membership in Eastern Idaho Chapter. We got rained and reminds us of the fast approaching Holidays GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER. fogged out so did it the following weekend and a very busy season. Best Wishes for a even though the E. Idaho girls couldn’t join very Merry Christmas and Happiest of New IDAHO CHAPTER us. FRAN BROWN, ELOISE STOVER, Years. EULA LOGSDON, Reporter JO ANN CAMPBELL, JANET and FLOR­ ENCE WATKINS went in a Cherokee 6 GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER If you’ve ever flown in to some of Idaho’s with GENE NORA JESSEN from Boise. smaller airports, you’ve probably taken ad­ KATHLYN STEARNS, Reporter HILDA ELLIOTT flew the family Skylane vantage of our courtesy car program. Our from Payette. Newest member MAE and IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT: aeronautics director is the world’s greatest RAY COPENBARGER came from Hager­ Of special interest to all “ NINETY at begging old cars and we pilots fix them man, CAROL and VINCE COOKE from NINES” is the appointment of our up for use at airports too small for taxicabs JEROME and other guests were MINNIE ILOVENE POTTER to the WOMENS or other transportation to town. A recent PRESNELL and ED McCARTY from Kim­ ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AVIA­ courtesy car work program found FLOR­ berly and JACK RENCHER from Boise. TION. This commission meets semi-annually ENCE and JANET WATKINS, ELOISE Our hosts JOY and DICK WAITE trans­ and the appointment is for a three year STOVER, FRAN BROWN and GENE ported us all to town (they have the bus period. ILOVENE will fly to Washington, NORA and BRIANA JESSEN on the food company in Jerome — isn’t that handy!), D.C. November 29, for her first meeting. detail (mechanics work up quite an appe­ fed and movied us and we hated to leave. An accomplished flight instructor, heli­ tite!) and JOY LOU WAITE, CAROL They also got us a beautiful day for flying. copter pilot, and FAA Flight Examiner, COOKE, JO ANN CAMPBELL and LU­ Flying and friendship is the perfect ILOVENE POTTER is extremely well- CILLE TAYLOR working as grease mon­ description of the Ninety-Nines. qualified for this position of national keys. Who says 99’s aren’t versatile. importance. We welcome two new members, CAROL MONTANA CHAPTER Greater Seattle Chapter celebrated its COOKE of Jerome and MAE COPEN- JUDY McCRUM, Reporter first anniversary with a fly-in to Arlington BARGER of Hagerman. We’re so delighted Oct. 14. Our original plans had called for to have these enthusiastic new Ninety- On a hazy, but otherwise beautiful a flight to Kelso, Wash, but pockets of fog Nines. November 7 morning, fifteen Ninety Nines in that area made it necessary to fly to And with the good we must report the set out for Lewistown, Montana. our alternate airport for the meeting. It bad. One of our chapter’s charter members, ELSIE CHILDS, HELEN DUNLOP and was a beautiful warm day and our meeting BARBARA HORNBACK, is back in the PAT JOHNSON flew “ Charley” from was held on the open air deck of the hospital once again. During the worst period Helena: LAULETTE HANSEN flew the restaurant. A surprise of a beautifully dec­ of her illness her young son-in-law was 182 from Great Falls; and LOUISE orated cake and special commemorative killed in an airplane accident. Another BUTCHER drove from the family ranch in charms were presented to the girls by former Idaho 99, BETTY PRAKKEN now Winifred, driving only because the Chero­ CHARLOTTE KAMM and BETTY DEN­ of the Columbia Cascade Chapter, recently kee had a flat. Billings girls, D OROTH Y NEY. Those present on this special occa­ returned to Idaho upon the death of her CRAIG, BETTY NYNN, and JULI PEDEN sion were: VAN ADDERSON, FLORENCE mother MRS. STIEGELMEIER. Our hearts flew in a Commanehe piloted by JMC. DR. BELL, FRAN BRYANT, BETTY DENNEY, are with BETTY and BARBARA and their JEAN BLENKINSOP, Member-at-Large, IONA FUNK, JOYCE HARDING, CHAR­ families. flew to the meeting from Alberta, Canada, LOTTE KAMM, BETTY KRAMER, LYN CLARK is on an extended for fun with 49l/2ER PETER and son M A RC in THORA MORGAN, ANITA MORRISON, flight we’re all anxious to hear about. a Debonair. During the meeting father and and KAY STEARNS. Four guests were FRAN BROWN spent a week in Seattle son fished in one of Montana’s famed also present. Chairman CHARLOTTE but went the dangerous way on four wheels. streams but caught nothing. KAMM, reported that we had received a The GOULDS (former member ANN­ HELEN DURHAM, Greater Seattle check for $50.00 from Washington Chapter ETTE) now own a Twin Comanche so Chapter, visited the meeting. She and her of AOPA for our help during the Flight perhaps she’ll once again be in the ranks. husband spent the weekend hunting in Seminar at Renton in September. JOY WAITE flew some ladies to Jackpot, Montana. Congratulations are in order to ILOVENE Nev. (Idaho’s little Las Vegas) for lunch Lewistown girls included CAROL FRA­ POTTER who as copilot with JAN GAM- and got our chapter some nice newspaper SER, MADONNA SMITH, FLORENCE MELL of Denver, came in second in the publicity. The STOKERS suffered an un­ MAJARUS, and Chairman, JOAN ORLEY.

December, 1970 •21— On October 29th, THON GRIFFITH’ her son, JOHN PRETTYMAN, lucked out Orange County Chapter, and DEEDO and will be training at McChord Air Force HEISE, Colorado Chapter, visited Montana Base for six months which means he can on their way along the route of the 1971 still avail himself of MOM’S HOME- Powder Puff Derby. They were flown from COOKED meals while serving Uncle Sam. Calgary to Great Falls by JEAN BLEN­ (Sorry, but we cannot use colored pic­ KINSOP and GINA FORDAN, also of tures — Ed.) Calgary. After the Great Falls stop THON and DEEDO flew “commercial” to Billings. SOUTHERN OREGON CHAPTER Chapter Chairman, JOAN ORLEY is our ALINE SHARP, Reporter featured member, JOAN’S flying began in 1965 when in September she earned her Eight hardy 99’s drove to the November meeting at the Fireside Inn, Roseburg. Not private. This was done in A Tripacer; a that our weather is that bad, only on meet­ DOROTHY CRAIG and CAROL FRASER “coffee grinder” for a radio. In 1967 she preflighting the Cessna 150. ing days and Sundays. Among those miss­ got her Commercial rating, and in 1968 ing, GERRY PARKER was grandmother­ her Multi-engine. ing the safe arrival of an eight pound boy, Since the Tripacer, JOAN has flown almost as big as his mother, to daughter, Bonanzas, a Travelaire, Baron, Cessna 310, VICKIE-MARIE PARKER ASHBY. Con­ Turbocharged Cessna 207, and most re­ gratulations VICKIE and husband PAT. cently the newest family addition, Twin Congratulations also, to PEGGY TREAT Bonanza 488B. on getting a Commercial rating to add to “I always wanted to fly,” JOAN said. “My husband, JOE flew in the Air Force her Instrument. It was good to have MER- LENE LAWLESS LANHAM with us again, in W W II. It all started for us when we she has been getting her Mrs. took a trip to Yellowstone Park with our five small youngsters and had to take the It is a sadness to hear that GLAD YS BURRILL IS resigning as Chairman, but ditch twice. we were able to persuade MAXINE PIKE “JOE said from then on we fly, and we to fill in for GLADYS, and are looking Checking over answers with WILLIE started looking for an airplane.” RIMBY are JEAN BLENKINSOP, CAROL JOAN and JOE have participated in two forward to a great year for Southern Ore­ gon Chapter. FRASER, PAT JOHNSON, and LAULETTE Flying Physicians tours, one to Alaska HANSEN. when 26 airplanes were involved, and one to Vancouver. The ORLEY family is an WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER active one. Besides JOAN and JOE, PRISCILLA COOK, Reporter R A N D Y, 17, K R IS T A , 16, SO REN , 14, We are pleased to find the American JOSEPH MARC, 10, and MIKE, 8 all Association of University Women gave a enjoy skiing. The Twin Bonanza is large Fellowship gift in the amount of $500.00 enough to take the whole family — and in JAY LAWRENCE’S name. It was pre­ seven sets of ski equipment. sented to the American Association in Washington, D.C. and is to be used on MT. TAHOMA CHAPTER behalf of foreign students. JAY was very MARY LYMAN KIRK, Reporter active in the AAUW and sponsored many foreign students during their stay in Seattle. Having recently passed their first anni­ This reporter and family were honored versary, the Mt. Tahoma Chapter is settling by a visit from ASTRONAUT NEIL ARM­ down to some serious thought to serving Chairman, JOAN ORLEY, beside 44B, a STRO N G during a business d inner at our plane big enough to cary five kids, two their community. We are planning to begin home. It was very inspiring to shake the pilots, and ski Gear for all! working with a local girl scout troop, con­ hand and converse with the first man on the sisting of 19 girls, who have requested help m oon ! The group first gathered at Sky Craft at in working for their aviation and weather Our Christmas get-together will be at the the Lewistown airport, in the green car­ badges. LORETTA PRETTYMAN and home of DELLA KOSS. May we wish peted lounge. Everyone was given a piece MARY KIRK plan to attend the next meet­ Happy Holidays to all! of paper and pencil and directed to the ing to get acquainted and work out details adjoining hangar to pre-flight a Cessna 150 on the project. W e think it will be fun. WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAPTER Our November meeting was held at the already worked over by WILLIE RIMBY JAN AMUNDSON, Reporter of Sky Craft. There were twelve deliberate Daffodil Bowl restaurant in Puyallup where problems to be found. “Any more than we were toasted with pink champagne, a Willamette Valley Chapter held an eve­ that,” JOAN said, “ should be reported to thoughtful gesture from our “kitchen crew” ning meeting in October so that the -19!4’s WILLIE.” who served our anniversary dinner in Au­ could also attend. SALLY and KEN He was clever: Air intake filter removed; gust (LARRY BLUMER. WARD KLEM- HAEVERNICK and their children had bird’s nest (a real one) inside the cowling, MO, DEAN MELVILLE AND TONY taken a trip to Rodesia so that KEN could well hidden as a bird would d o ; flat and GROUT.) set up a medical clinic in a remote village low tires; loose gas caps; no wing tip BETTY PORTNOY was on hand with They gave us all an exciting evening of light reflectors (green wing tip light was pictures and stories about her new son movies, slides, conversation, airplane adven­ on the left side, red on the tail); no air­ born in September. Mother is looking good tures and a look at the collection of arti­ worthiness certificate; and many others. and from the snapshots would have to say facts they have acquired. We were all a- Needless to say, WILLIE was busy putting the same for her son. mazed at how “game” SALLY was to do his plane together when we went on to Guest at our meeting was JEAN KES­ all this with a broken pelvis she received the next part of the meeting. By the way, SLER, brand new private pilot of only in a skiing accident just before they left ELSIE CHILDS found four things extra three weeks, who flies out of Port Orchard. Oregon. She traveled in a wheel chair or for W ILLIE to fix. We’re hoping she will like us and decide on crutches but sight seeing through the All travelled by car to JOAN ORLEY’S to become a new member. wilds in a bumpy Land Rover seemed like home for a beautiful luncheon and business Other news of interest (especially to the final test. meeting. LO R E TTA P R E T T Y M A N ) is word that Traveling to Lebanon for the evening

December, 1970 — 22— were BONNIE and BRAD BRADFORD, and NIKKI is planning to become active covered number two son, KIRK, working ROSE and ROY STOLSIG, VIOLA and again in our group soon. on a Private license while going to college DALE GREEN. BEV SAXON and JAN Our Christmas party will be in Cody on in the Seattle area, and extremely enthusi­ AMUNDSON from the Eugene-Creswell Sunday, December 13th, and a carry-in astic about flying. area. From CORVALLIS were BETTY dinner, since we think this will create more JESSIE NOLL and husband, DOUG, STARKER, JANE CAPIZZI, ROSETTA interest on behalf of the 49*4ers. If they bought RUTH O’BUCK’s number one Cub. VENELL, and guest LIZ NUCHOLLS. don’t come willingly this time, we may RU TH is now looking for a Cessna 180 on Lebanon members present were EVELYN resort to just plain brutal tactics! floats, as a stablemate for number two Cub. and ED RACKLEFF. MERCEDES and Plans were made to bake an Anniversary New transfer, BETTY ROGERS, had a BENTLEY ALTIZER and the HAEVER- Cake and present it to the Worland Flight very eventful summer. She and her husband, NICKS. Service Station. It may be a little late for flew up from Texas in an Ercoupe. They We're delighted to welcome 99 member their 50th anniversary celebration, but they report beautiful weather except for Colo­ LIZ NUCHOLLS from San Fernando Chap­ are such great fellows, that they may not rado, where 50 knot winds and a front ter. LIZ is a Biology teacher on "leave” mention the tardiness. forced them to land on a dirt strip and from her husband and son in California We pointed with pride to our beautiful call for more fuel. BETTY then went to so that she can get her doctorate Degree airmarker as we left Powell, and impressed Las Vegas, met a friend, and flew to Mon­ in Science Education at Oregon State Uni­ the new Airport manager on the work of terey and entered the Powder Puff Derby. versity. As if this wouldn’t be enough to the 99s, and pledged ourselves anew to do They flew a Beech Debonair in the race till her year, she has also taken over as more airmarking next year. to Bristol, Pa., and report encountering house mother at a Fraternity House in weather of all kinds. BETTY WISHES us Corvallis. We're all hoping LIZ can find luck in getting some entries from Alaska time to meet with us often during her time in future AWTAR events. Our preference in Oregon. for “bush” planes and STOL performance SOUTHWEST in Alaska leaves most of us with equipment WYOMING CHAPTER that is rather ill-suited to cross-continental MABEL BLAKELY, Reporter SECTION travel. Maybe we can find some hardy soul who is willing to fly a Super Cub in next The weather for our November Fly-in year’s race. Only one word of advice from meeting at Powell was absolutely perfect! ALASKA CHAPTER your reporter, who has made the trip from The only snow that I saw all day was JANET C. PESSEL, Reporter Lock Haven to Alaska in a Cub: Take very around my hanger at Lander. My two Alaska started the winter season with thick, soft cushions! favorite passengers, DOROTHY MISNER a roar, and then it fizzled out. We received JAN PESSEL and GAR, met JO W ALCH and MARIE ENCELMAN were waiting some snow and cold weather for a few days, and KEN last weekend and ended up flying for me in W orland, where the weather is and then it turned to rain, leaving many of 40 miles to have a hot dog roast on a always calm and the temperature mild. us waiting for the snow, and some o f us friendly sandbar of the Susitna River. Our two Powell members, ELAINE MON- with the bird on skis and nothing to use Actually, the excuse was rabbit hunting, CUR and BETTY WITZELING had all it on. BLANCHE KRAGER and her hus­ but the hunting was a little slow and those the arrangements made for our meeting at band put their Cub on skis and managed caribou hot dogs tasted mighty good. the Skyline Cafe. Chairman RANDY HIL­ to get in two days of flying before the As this report is being typed up, it is TON presided over the business meeting, thaw arrived. Ski plane enthusiasts such snowing again. Maybe now we can get the as we all sipped coffee, and caught up on as RUTH O’BUCK and your reporter are skis on the bird and begin that time of old business, since this was the best at­ waiting patiently (sort of) for the winter year when every open spot beckons as a tendance that we’d had in many months. to get down to serious business. potential landing strip! RANDY’S husband is finally letting her The Alaska Chapter has some new mem­ fly their newly rejuvenated M ooney; bers as transfers from the “lower 48.” ALOHA CHAPTER ELAINE is talking more snowmobiles than ELSIE CULVER transferred from Montana, JANE KELLEY, Reporter airplanes: NIKKI WEAVER and her hus­ and has been flying to get current again band are the proud owners of a new Arrow, and become acquainted with the Anchorage Several Aloha Chapter members recently area. BETTY ROGERS from the High Sky enjoyed lunch at Honolulu’s South Seas Chapter in Midland, Texas, is making her Restaurant with guest NITA THORNTON new home in Anchorage and hoping to (San Gabriel Chapter). NITA, filled with meet everyone in the local chapter. Wel­ the “wonders of Hawaii”, supplied us with come to the North! all the outer island gossip, seeing as we PAT McGEE flew commercial to Idaho localites don’t get around as often as do because of illness in her family, but dis­ some of our guests! MARGUERITE WOOD then invited her to fly about Oahu in M A R G U E R IT E ’S Cherokee 180, and the two apparently so enjoyed themselves that the following day found them winging their way to beautiful Hana on the island of Maui. Speaking of outer islands, WIN MILLER just returned from three days on Hawaii, KAY WILLIAMS, (Left) from Belle Four- che, S.D. shown receiving $250 Scholar­ where a volcanic vent is spewing forth. ship Award from WANDA BUSFIELD, Win reports that there’s apt to be a lot of also of Belle Fourche (center) and LOIS "Vog” on Oahu soon . . . we’re downwind SAXTON, (right), S. Dak. Chairman, KAY of the volcano and that’s Hawaiian for has been attending 99 meetings for a “volcanic smog” ! couple of years and has been very Our November meeting was a workshop interested in flying and 9 9 ’s — WANDA on “Weather in Hawaii”, and work we did! and DOROTHY MOORE of Lead, S.D. MAJOR LEROY JOHNSON, Detachment will assist her in ground instruction. Aloha Chapter members enjoy lunching Commander, Weather Detachment, Hickam KAY will use award money for flight with visitor NITA THORNTON (far left), instruction at Busfield Flying Service who was brave enough to sample AFB, volunteered his knowledge concern­ at Belle Fourche. Hawaiian poi. ing winter “ fronts” in the Pacific, complete

December, 1970 — 23— with slides. Honolulu FSS supplied the We sponsored the Pilots’ Forum this fall. MAXINE TURNER and 49!/2 TED have Ninety-Nines with excerpts of Hawaiian A very successful day was filled with VFR helped plan the TAFT OILDORADO cele­ Island weather tapes, which we laboriously session in the morning, an 1FR session in bration. They promoted a breakfast fly-in deciphered. MARGE BARRET, who is the afternoon, coffee and doughnuts all day, on a late October Sunday. working on her Commercial certificate, and prizes for the lucky ticket holders. During a TV news report of our disas­ flew over from Maui in her Beech Mus­ ELLEN TRINDLE ably represented women trous forest fires in September we were keteer for the workout. Perhaps we’U all in aviation on the panels with FAA, FSS, surprised to see at the end of the film a be a little quicker at reading those weather ATC, ARTC, ACC, General Aviation Dis­ familiar Cessna 182 and pilot. It was our sequences now! trict Office Weather Bureau, and California competent and courageous PATTY PIPER Big plans are under way for a Christmas Division of Aeronautics. who flew the cameraman where he wanted season cocktail party which will also be a Under the chairmanship of MARIANNE to take pictures. surprise for MARGUERITE WOOD, honor­ LAXAGUE the 2-Cents-a-Pound Fly-Up We need money. So we are selling fruit ing her for her years of work and devotion netted about 80,000 pounds lifted. Eleven cakes. Luckily, we have sold them for two toward General Aviation and the Ninety- planes were in the air from 11 a.m. until years and have a list of anxious and pleased Nines. For those of you who have seen 5 p.m. with only respite for a quick lunch. customers. Everybody and you will be wel­ Tora, Tora, Tora, M A RG U ER ITE was the There were over 200 flights. Extra attrac­ comed by us with refreshments including female instructor in the yellow Stearman tions were a T-6 Trainer and a Stearman fruit cake. who found herself surrounded by Japanese crop duster plane taking passengers. All LAURINE and LOREN WITMER are attack planes early the morning of Decem­ proceeds went to the Muscular Dystrophy returning from a flying vacation to the ber 7, 1941. Following events temporarily Associations of America. Bahama Islands. closed her flying school, but she’s still Not all our activities are work. We also Everybody was at the California 1000 instructing and glad to help any aviator or play, as you can read below. race at Mojave the middle of November — aviatrix with a problem. Meeting with Fresno Chapter 99’s was we and 50,000 other people and 2,500 The girls have challenged the guys to a enjoyable. They scheduled a night fly-in to planes. It was more of a sight to see the spot landing contest at Dillingham AFB Bakersfield and we joined them for dinner spectators’ small planes flying in and land­ late in November. The “fly-in” will be a at the airport. They are enthusiastic flyers ing at the rate of one every three seconds joint effort between the Ninety-Nines and and hard workers in aviation projects. on adjacent runways than to see the beau­ members of the General Aviation Council How about being 23 years old? We cele­ tiful racing planes wheeling and gliding of Hawaii, and will be followed by a pot- brated with a chapter birthday party Octo­ around the pylons of the race course. luck dinner. (Boys always follow girls ber 29. ALICE PEMBERTON was honored when theres’ food involved!). At one time, as the only present member who is also a BAY CITIES CHAPTER the Air Force, to help their boys with spot local charter member. ACHSA HOLFEL- KATHY MARQUARDT, Reporter landings, painted a large yellow bottle on DER presented ALICE with a charm Hello again from the Bay Area, we bor­ the approach end of the runway. So, time bracelet. Then ACHSA showed us pictures rowed from Santa Clara Valley Chapter to get off this typewriter and practice of her recently completed 4-month world and had JEANNE McELHATTON speak “hitting the bottle!” cruise. to us about starting an Air Age Education Traveling with three friends by boat, Program in the Francisco Schools for our BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER ACHSA HOLFELDER reports seeing the meeting in November. FLORENCE MOODY, Reporter west coast of Mexico, the Panama Canal, We were very happy to welcome MARGE Bakersfield Chapter’s new officers with the east coast of South America, and across FAUTH back from her six months trip to Chairman JUDITH FAULSTICK leading the Atlantic to Capetown. Flying inland Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, us have set a pace of work, work, work. from Capetown they saw among other and many days on her ship. MARGE re­ Did she get these ideas by attending the places Dar es Salaam and Mombasa includ­ ported: I spent three months within Au­ Southwest Sectional at Los Angeles? LOR­ ing the parks where wild animals are pro­ stralia, with visits in Sydney and Mel­ ETTA GRANT, vice-chairman, keeps bring­ tected. Back to the ship, the itinerary bourne, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin, ing new members, JOAN PAYNTER writes included Singapore, Hong Kong, Keelung, Brisbane, and Toowoomba, including 5 to us the secretary’s minutes, and PATTY Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, and finally days in the bush of the Alligator River PIPER, treasurer, keeps asking for money, San Francisco. Her many beautiful slides country. Had the pleasure of flying with money, money. attest a pleasant journey. Australian gal pilots in Melbourne (FRE DA THOMPSON in a Beagle Pup), in Adelaide (with KATHRYN HENDERSON in June Powers’ P ip e r), and in Darwin (with HELEN BLACKBURN in a Cessna.) It was also in the Blackburn Cessna, with husband DICK at the controls, that I flew into the wildlife sanctuary on the Cobourg Peninsula. We landed on a jungle strip where the ranger took us by jeep through the reserve. Bird life along the North Coast is fantastic-there are incredible num­ bers, sizes and varities of wading birds and water fowl at every patch of open water in the area. Thanks to the incredibly warm reception by the Australian fly gals-Ninty- Nines and Australian Women Pilots’ As­ sociation members alike at every place I stayed, I had a perfectly wonderful time with luncheons, dinners, visiting their homes, and sightseeing everything in their areas. They quadrupted the pleasure of my Four donors to the 20-a-Pound Fly-In for Muscular Dystrophy board the Beechcraft visits everywhere, and I can’t say enough Bonanza. FLORENCE MOODY points out the steps, JOAN PAYNTER, owner and pilot, smiles them a welcome, and the Civil Air Patrol cadet is ready to fasten seat about their friendliness and warm hospi­ belts and secure the door. tality. Bless them all!

December, 1970 JANE CHADWICK flew down to Santa making final wedding plans. Her To-Be is had a very satisfactory lunch at nearby Barbara with her husband in their Chero­ on his way to Captain’s School prior to Columbia, so “ All’ s well that ends well.” kee Arrow and -hurrah! he let her act as taking #1 position at the controls of a By the way, congratulations, BEV & KATH- pilot in command both ways. United jet. That means HEATHER will 1E for winning first prize for your respec­ CAROLINE SCHUTT is starting acro­ definitely be moving to Denver. HONEY tive classes and to BETTY & CAROL for batics. She finds it lots of fun. She took and MIKE COWAN took time off for a a close second and third. The Author also her sister and a friend of hers to San Diego flight to Independence, Oregon, where found a footprint and wants to say a spe­ for lunch recently, attended the Western HONEY renewed friendship with her sev­ cial “thanks” to VOLINE for a perfect Bonanza Soc. meeting in Sun River, Ore. eral hosts from this fall’s Palms-to-Pines fly-away. And attended the CCAA meeting in Air Race. PAT APPLE leaves mid-Novem­ KATHY McNAMARA & 49l/2er KEN Bakersfieid. In her spare time she flew in ber to spectator the Mohave Air Races. have a new “bird” — Cessna 210 — very the Alameda County Chapters Poker Race. GROUNDED: JOAN HANSON is volun­ nice, but KEN, how do you close the gear GAIL LANE and MARGARET GER- tarily limiting her air time in order to doors when the bird is parked? H A R D T flew in the Britten-Norman accumulate funds for a European vacation Air Marking Chairman, CAROL BU­ Islander out of the parking lot at Candle­ next summer with 49'/4 ERNIE. They plan GAY, organized (and I do mean organized) stick Park. Various organizations and the to hop into a Volkswagon camper and a paint-in at Greenacres Airport in Visalia. press were invited to see the plane which leisurely see the continent. (Envy, envy.) The entire job took less than 2 hours and is to do a one month trial flight of STOL BARBARA LAPOINT is anxiously await­ we even stopped for coffee and donuts. flights between tbe parking lot and the ing the completion of the new fabric job MARIE KEMPLE. her husband and her Sacramento fairgrounds. We were sorry to being done on her Cessna 120. (B A R B and grandson flew to Mexico and will vacation hear that LILLIAN AN DERSON , in M in­ hubby are quite proud of their easy-going there for 3 weeks. Certainly wish I could nesota. had a run in with a bale o f hay on little tail dragger. They placed 8th in a have stowed away with them. her farm and the hay won. She suffered a field of 45 in the Reid Hillview Proficiency Operation Raincheck was a huge success leg gash and then a reaction from the Cruise. It may not be fast, but it’s staunch with all who participated. We especially tetanus shot. We hope you're fully recov­ and predictable.) Working long hours, but want to thank WILMER COPE, RON ered, LILLIAN. still finding time for some cockpit calis­ WILSON & BEN NICHOLAS. November 15, the weatherman obliged RUTH JACQUOT sent word she was to thenics is TONI KUHNS. Her 49>/2 DALE with a beautiful day for the New Cayame meet Wray Robertson for lunch recently has found 8 to 10 hours of desk work at fly-away. A spot-landing contest was held and was excited at the prospect of being his business for her to do. A bushel of work to make everything just a little more in­ able to get in some flying. She is getting for a tablespoon of pay, it would seem. teresting. BETTY MacPHERSON with itchy feet again. If they decide to keep the Golden West is planning a Fly-In to the 49l/2er CAL won first, VOLINE DODGE­ big Sharpe Depot open in Stockton she Nut Tree the last of this month. The gals SON and 49'/4er PAUL placed second, and may try Helicopters. from the Bay Cities, Santa Clara, and Alameda chapters have been invited to join CAROL BUGAY with guests, JIM STE­ We are forging ahead with plans for us for a bite of lunch and a get-aquainted VENS & children showed for third prize. tbe 1971 Spring Sectional. Everyone is hard session. Others who attended were KATHIE Mc­ at work with her own project — spear­ VIVIAN HARSHBARGER is our most NAMARA and KEN, CLAUDINE headed by our co-chairman ROSE SHARP recent member. Just in time, for the grape SHREWSBURY and CLAY, SARA JANE (Bay Cities! and PHYLLIS CANTRELL vine has it that our December meeting will CLOUSE and DON, JUNE COLE with (Redwood Empire) Southwest Section gals BILL & children and guests from Van — and the rest of you, too — mark the feature a wee bit of Christmas Cheer- Nuys, BUD MILLER & ELLEN TRINDLE. dates on your calendar now to come to Irish coffee and persimmon cookies. After a very satisfying luncheon at the Santa Rosa — May 7, 8, 9th. Viva the Irish! And MERRY CHRIST­ Buckhorn Inn, the party adjourned to their MAS to all of you. That’s it for this time-we hope you all various homes. have a happy and safe holiday season and where possible get in some good, safe, FRESNO CHAPTER LAS VEGAS VALLEY CHAPTER flying. LOIS BEELER, Reporter ELIZABETH HELLER, Reporter Did ja ever want to know how the “ bride GOLDEN WEST CHAPTER left at the church” felt? Ask VOLINE My first attempt at National reporting — oh boy! Being a 99 sure leads to some in­ KIMBER ROTHANS, Reporter DODGESON and 49*/^er PAU L — they weren’t left at the church but at Frog teresting and rewarding experiences. The Golden West members are in the num­ Town! ’Twas one glorious Sunday a.m., Powder Puff Derby has been one. All our bers racket? Imagine what potential a when we — VOLINE DODGESON and gals working on the race enjoyed it. bookie would see in our conversations-- 49’/2cr PAUL with guests, ANN & SAM The fall season started off with the in­ "The 182’s a smart choice. No, the 310 SPEAKE; SARA JANE CLOUSE and stallation of our new officers. Members, beats that one out. Forget it, I place my 49>/2er DON: JUNE COLE and 49i/2er 49Vjers, and guests enjoyed a lovely din­ bet on the 235 for all-round satisfaction. BILL & CHILDREN; KATHY McNAM- ner at the Alpine Village prior to the in­ No dice, it’s the 140 . . . .” A fter an im- ARA and 49'/2 KEN; BEVERLY MAR­ troduction o f the new officers. JOANNE promtu poll the results ran like this: JANE TIN and 49>/2er DAVE; CAROL BUGAY NELSON is our new Chairman, MAR­ BAKER ventured a preference for the with guests. BOB & HELEN STEVENSON GARET MOORE, Vice Chairman, CAR­ Cessna Cardinal as a comfortable cross and VALERIE JEFFRY; BETTY Mac- OLE DE PUE, Secretary and PRIS ALEX­ country machine, but HEATHER PHERSON with guest MARLENE MOSS ANDER, Treasurer. M cN EIL’S com eback was, “ Oh the Cessna and yours truly, LOIS BEELER and 49*/4er MARILYN and DON ANDREWS and Skylane is the greatest plane around.” JERRY with daughter DEBRA and friend their two children flew to Canada in their HONEY and MIKE COWAN recently pur­ CATHY UPTON — met at Chandler armed 172. They returned by way of San Fran­ chased a fully-equipped Skylane, but that with charts and plotters ready to begin cisco and Modesto so they could visit with new acquisition will have to compete with the search for “Big Foot.” The search MARILYN’S flying mother-in-law. MARI­ their Cessna 206. (Rough choice!) was to terminate at Angels Camp with one LYN reported that it was a great trip. JEANNE and AL ABRAMSON have just o f the stops at Frog Town, but somehow-, CAROLE DE PUE packed husband BEN, invested in another 182 (their last one was all the Charts were misprinted or all the baby GENEVIESVE, and dog Annie into taken to its happy hunting ground in a plotters warped as no one went to Frog their 182 and took off for Wisconsin and Tahoe crunch.) Looks like the limited poll Town and VOLIN E & PA U L just sat and Pennsylvania. CAROLE left BEN in Wis­ leans toward the 182. sat on their own private little lily pad. Ah consin and then took three days to fly on Travelin’ on: HEATHER McNEIL is well! We did all get to Angels Camp and to Pennsylvania because she got behind a

December, 1970 warm front. JOANNA and BILL NELSON unsuccessful struggle to right the plane and Aztec (2) NORMAN’S multi-rating and let TWA do the flying and went over to get it away from the rising tide. Before (3) MAXINE'S getting her private pilot’s London and Paris. We are looking forward their airlift the following day, the plane ticket. A lot of 99 members will remember to hearing all about that trip. I went the had been badly battered by waves. This M A XIN E as the welcoming member at the other way and let Western fly me to Hawaii was one of the longest rescue operations Santa Monica Airport during the sectional. for a week’s vacation. Had a great time conducted by the area Coast Guard, who (She was the one that showed you pictures too. RUTH and BEN HILLMAN did their were amazed at the Title’s complete sur­ of her new grandbaby, remember?) Our traveling by car and visited family in Red­ vival gear and called it a sort of a model chapter feels the best way to make a candi­ lands and Big Bear. for others. Veterans of Baja flying, they date for membership feel welcome is to put New member FLO M EN DEN H ALL has had planned a camping trip in the La Paz them to work! captured our imagination with her flying area. Our chapter had one entry in the KA- experiences. She’s a former Air Force MARGARET and DICK CALLAWAY CHINA D OLL RACE November 7th, Nurse and learned to fly during her service are just back from 3 weeks in Europe and, HALDIS RAWCHFUS and VIRGINIA career. FLO wasn’t too thrilled recently for MARGARET, another week in New SHOWERS. (Surprise) They both had when she was taxiing out for takeoff at Me- York catching up on visiting with Ninety- praise for the good job by the Phoenix Carran Field. A pilot on final mistook the Nine friends there. girls of choosing nice airports to find. We taxi strip for the runway and FLO had to FLO OHL and family are again proud understand that H ALD IS’ unerring sense go off into the dirt to prevent a collision. aircraft owners. They have just bought a of direction, uncanny pilotage and superb NORMA GUNDERSON was excited over 1969 Skylane. Congratulations, Flo. navigational efforts enabled them to find her son soloing. He is away at college in BETTY HANSEN attended the Navion Bagdad Airport in only 25 minutes and Oregon so she couldn’t be there to watch. Fly-in at Holtville. LYN BOGIE spent a finish the race in 22nd place. Of course And PRIS ALEXANDER is helping her lovely 4-day cruise to Catalina and Santa this thorough knowledge of the route en­ husband build a 1967 Chevelle stock car Cruz. She expects to be flying to Albu­ abled them to pass on navigational tips to to be raced in NASCAR and SCCA within querque for Thanksgiving. MEL RICHINS so he could get second the next year. HONEY PYES must be Thanks to KEN WALTZ, DOROTHY place in the Roadrunner race later in the canning again, we missed her at the last WALTZ and MARIE HOEFER got to at­ afternoon. Wouldn’t you know MYRTLE meeting. MARGARET MOORE got away tend a day at Edwards Air Force Base as a SNODGRASS and ARABELLA BROAD- from me before I could get any late news part of a group of Los Angeles area avia­ BOTTOM would take full credit for that out of her. She is helping us with the tion parts suppliers whose inclusive tour one? Henry Ohye race tho. was hosted by Edwards as an informative RACHEL BONZON, DOROTHY PEPIN goodwill effort. Briefings and movies cov­ CAROLE DF, PUE, MARILYN AN­ and SALLY LA FORGE flew' up to Mac- ered the base and functions of its various DREWS and yours truly have been com­ Gillivray Ranch near Paso Robles to check parts, the school for test pilots, actual test peting in several of the Barf Bag Bombing it out for future flyin. Unfortunately so procedure movies (such as dead stick land­ and Spot Landing contests held at North many of the members are already being ings from space) and studies of the C-5A, Las Vegas Air Terminal. We don’t rate caught up in holiday affairs, that we have very well as bombardiers. The hest I could A-4, F -lll in various configurations. DOR­ shelved the chapter fall fly-in until after OTHY and MARIE got into the cockpit ever do was 2nd place in the landing con­ the first o f next year. Really, there’s no of the C-5A. test and contrary to some opinions there such thing as a wasted trip when you go by were more than? two of us landing. The C LAIRE W A L T E R S is enrolled in wood plane. MacGillivray Ranch should be lovely shop at C IT Y COLLEGE in Santa Monica. same Sunday MARILYN won the Red in the spring, and I understand you col­ Baron Award for highest score. A dubious Recently she flitted down to Palm Springs lected some colorful weeks for Thanksgiv­ honor to be sure. But one of these days in the Queenair for a VA program meeting ing decorations. we may all make a first place. — and to Monterey to show her Australian The chapter had its regular meeting No­ And as the sun slowly sinks in the west, flight films and speak to the Flying Farm­ vember 11 at Fleetwings Aviation building we wish you all happy flying and see you er’s Convention. SUE BOLTON is teach­ at Santa Monica Airport. Our thanks to soon. ing ground school for CLAIRE’S R.O.T.C. FBO MARSHALL MOSS, not only for be­ program for U.S.C. Navy trainees. ing host on this occasion but for support, KAY FITZPATRICK is busy preparing LONG BEACH CHAPTER assistance, facilities, etc. during the Sec­ for work with the Cypress College flying DOROTHY WALTZ, Reporter tional and airlift and for being, in general, team and is doing instrument work in a generous to our needs. What a bunch of travelers: So many have Fraiser Simulator. Mom GENE got some had interesting trips it’s hard to tell o f them Apache time left seat to Calexico and back, It was decided at the meeting that, in all, but here are a few ... and logged some solo night XC in a Chero­ line with rising costs, we would increase JUDY and ELLIS WAGNER are just kee 140 being ferried back from Las Vegas. the dollar value of the two scholarships to back from a 2-month trip to Africa. They Right now she’s busy editing the annual be awarded this coming year. We will be did well on two safaris into the wild game WASP newsletter. advertising the scholarships. However our country, and got a bird’s eye view of va­ Congratulations to TERRY LONDON, Scholarship Committee Chairman VIR­ rious areas while flying an Aztec, Navajo recipient of last year’s Whirly-Girls schol­ GINIA SHOWERS would be the person to and a “ push-puller.” arship, who has just added a helicopter contact for more information and/or ap­ LEE and WIN TITLE have nothing but rating to her ASMEL/Instrument ratings. plication. We are aiming for a date of April praise for the Coast Guard search and res­ 1st for final decisions, on these scholar­ ships. So if you have recommendations we cue unit which airlifted them from the LOS ANGELES CHAPTER would be pleased to consider them. Nat­ Baja beach where they had to leave their JO ANN STEIERT, Reporter Tri-Pacer to the mercy o f the tides last urally we are looking to expand our chapter month. Engine malfunction — apparently Okay, so there’s an award for the “early membership so awards will go to girls in from contaminated fuel — caused them to birds” who get their news in promptly. our geographical area. take a precautionary landing, after drag­ What’s for the ones that just make it under We are planning to meet some members ging the area. Bad luck caused the nose the wire? Here I go again, and I don’t of Orange County Chapter tomorrow night wheel to dig in just as they were almost even know if I made last month’s deadline. for dinner at State Restaurant and after­ stopped. An easy flip damaged the plane Since there is no December deadline, it wards to tour the FSS at Los Angeles In­ only slightly, and them not at all. It was just may be that I am really early bird ternational. It promises to be a fun and a case of unloading their camping and sur­ with January report. informative evening. To report after the vival gear to high ground, making radio Multiple congratulations to MAXINE and fact on this would cut the deadline too contact with an overflying plane, and an NORMAN HAIDY on (1) acquiring the close! 1

— 26— December, 1970 mercial license a couple of weeks ago and Fly-in of Western States Association of just a day or so before JOHN CARRUTH­ Shreiffs Air Squadrons. Four planes from ERS received his commercial rating. San Diego flew formation, landed in for­ The Selvidge’s have been entertaining mation, and took off next day in diamond company lately — their son and daughter- formation. KEN and BERNICE flew the in-law from California and a brother-in-law lead plane for the “Poor Man’s Blue from Florida. Angels.” While they were there they were BRANTLEY and EUNICE DICKEY and given a tour of the Search and Rescue children were in El Paso for a couple of facilities at the Base. KEN is the liaison days the last of October with no time to officer between the San Diego County Sher­ contact friends. Their most fun day was iffs Department and the Aero Squadron, spending an entire day flying with JACK and the Chief Coordinator for air search PHILLIPS — would you believe flights in and rescue. BERNICE flies as the observer We are also planning our Christmas three different lanes and still not one to in their Piper Cherokee which is fitted with party for December 19th at N O R M A FUT- ow n? extra gas tanks for search and rescue. In TERMAN’s house. (See what happens That’s all the news for now. Good flying the last two years they have been on more when you miss a meeting NORMA.I This to you all! than a dozen search and rescue missions should be something to look forward to, in the mountains around San Diego and and to mark on calendars, since most of Baja, California, in addition to sighting the members have sampled N O R M A ’s hos­ PALOMAR CHAPTER stranded mountain climbers, stolen auto­ pitality 011 work meetings. If we can enjoy PAM VAN DER LINDEN, Reporter mobiles, lost hikers, and escaped dope smug­ ourselves that much making Tiki’s, imag­ Our October meeting was a luncheon at glers! Their last search was a record. They ine just wishing each other Season's Greet­ Solvang, a fascinating village, real Danish sighted the downed aircraft within 14 min­ ings. See you then. style, with gift shops, pastry and candy utes after take-off. Unfortunately all 3 Since next month is the no-deadline stores, and authentic old country atmo­ occupants had perished. BERNICE says month, I would like to make special wishes sphere. We were happy to have 12 members their work is intensely interesting and excit­ for all my fellow members now. I trust the of the Orange County Chapter join us at ing, though sometimes somewhat gory. To season of the overgross bird will enjoy its the Mollekroen where we were served a aid in search and rescue she advises above own special place in your affections, but delicious Smorgasbord. Due to fog on the all that if you can land your aircraft safely not on your waists, midriffs or hips; that coast MARY PEARSON, with SKIP DAR­ stay with it — it is much easier to spot a your Christmas Stocking be full to over­ WIN and ESTHER WHITT, PAM VAN plane with waving occupants than to find flowing hut never “ run” ; and that your DER LINDEN with AGNES LONGEVIN a lone pilot who has strayed away in search New Year’s resolve include at least one and RUTH DILG, and WANDA MILLER of food or water. Example: This summer new rating or proficiency. with 49V& DEAN, were the only Palomar a student pilot on solo X-country landed See you next year. members to land at Santa Inez that morn­ his small plane in a rugged area of Baja, ing. BETTY KITCHIN and 49‘/2R BOB California. KEN and BERNICE sighted NORTHERN ARIZONA CHAPTER showed good foresight and flew in the the plane intact within 48 hours. The young EUNICE DICKEY, Reporter evening before. The FBO at Santa Inez has man had wandered away to seek help and a fleet of 1964 Chevvies that he rents for his body was not discovered until a whole We have winners in our midst! PENNY $5.00 a day each with a full tank o f gas. week later at the bottom of a canyon. CARRUTHERS, pilot of her 225 horse­ These are great for driving into Solvang power Beech Debonaire and DOT WARD, Our Christmas party this year will be a for shopping and exploring, out to Lake co-pilot won first place in the Kachina Doll potluck Mexican BBQ at the ranch home Cachuma for water sports, or just for tour­ Air Race sponsored by the Phoenix 99’s on of HILDA and BILLIE PETTROSS in ing the beautiful countryside. November 7th. It is a proficiency race with Escondido. We are all looking forward to the perfect score 100% and PENNY and 17 members and guests were present at this. HILDA’S parties, complete with Pinata, November meeting and there was much DOT scored 99.6420%. How about that for are always a real thrill. Since this will be discussion on our AMPAR (All Men’s Pal­ near perfection! Thirty planes flew the the last letter before the holidays, MERRY women’s proficiency flight; the race start­ omar Air Race) which is to be a round CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW robin from Palomar Airport November 21st. ing at Phoenix-Litchfield Airport to Bagdad YEAR TO ALL! to Parker and back to Phoenix-Litchfield. 40 kits have been mailed out and 15 entries received to date. AGGIE LILJEGREN, last year’s winner SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER DEL HINN and GENEVA CRANFORD (who came in second this year) presented AUDREY E. SNOVEL, Reporter the SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER ro­ from the Monterey Chapter came down to tating trophy to our winners, who also won tell us about DEL’s project flying drug Now that the flurry of excitement regard­ a $50.00 cash award, an individual trophy samples and medical supplies to Santa Bar­ ing the possibility of Amelia Earhart still for each of them and trophy for best in bara for Direct Relief Foundation. DEL has being alive is over, I think it is noteworthy aircraft type they were flying. This was a been collecting the needed items through that our local newspaper, in publishing the first race for both PEN NY and DOT and the Women’s Auxiliary and flying them to story, called us “the Ninety-Nines, an old- we’re very proud of them. Santa Barbara for distribution to needy timers’ flying club”. That’s worth a few Northern Arizona 99’s enjoyed a Hallo­ nations. Congratulations, DEL, it sounds belly laughs, to say the least! ween potluck dinner on Oct. 24th held in like a wonderfully worthwhile project. Five It was back to business again after a the lovely home of PENNY and JOHN Polomar Chapter members signed up to summer of mostly fun activities at our Octo­ CARRUTHERS. Those attending were help. ber meeting. DELL HINN from Monterey ANNA MACKEY, still aglow from just The Chapter very regretfully accepted Bay and JEANNIE McELHATTON from earning her private pilot’s license and her the resignation of NELL CONNOLLY, one Santa Clara Chapters visited us to request friends MELANIE FRAZIER, DOT and of our most active Charter members. NELL our aid in flying surplus medical supplies WAYNE WARD, JEAN and BOB KNOTT has moved to Huntington Beach to be near down to Santa Barbara. Our girls were quite and 66 JANINE WITT and her husband — 49'/4R PAT’s new business at Meadowlark enthusiastic about the project and DELL all of these from Flagstaff. Also there were Airport. We’re happy that NELL has joined immediately signed up a whole batch. JUNE ELOISE and HARNER SELVIDGE from Orange County Chapter — our loss their DEVINE and FLORENCE BREEN have Sedona and EUNICE and BRANTLEY gain! already made a first run. This is a charity- DICKEY from Cottonwood. BERNICE DEERING and 49y2R KEN type project and the girls are donating MARY LOYA has just received her com­ flew to Hamilton Air Force Base for the their time and aircraft. The supplies will

December, 1970 be shipped to underdeveloped countries MARIE LEWIS, BETTY WHARTON, TUCK of Colorado Springs, Colo., with around the world. MARGARET MOODY, DOTTIE KLOTZ, CLINTON KREUTZER of Salida, Colo, as It was also agreed at this meeting that BARBARA THISTED, LYNN BRIGGS his co-pilot, was the first place winner and we would set up a scholarship fund in the and CLEO and BOB HUTSON. They all was given custody of the Sam Steiger memory of HELEN MORGAN (whose Last provided their cars and time in transporting Traveling Trophy. Flight was reported last month) to be clinic attendees between the airport and The co-ordinating chairmen for these awarded jointly with the Zontas at our the hotel. events were BETTY JO SMITH and BEV annual joint dinner meeting in January to In another bit of civic service, ELSIE POWELL, who, along with RUTH LUND- the CAP cadet most deserving of a flying WATSON, LYNN BRIGGS, CLEO BERG entry chairman, did a superb job scholarship. MARY ELLEN JONES, a HUTSON and MAUDE GORDON were of organizing the races and banquet. The Captain in the CAP and one of our newer hostesses at the San Diego Aerospace Mu­ Phoenix Chapter is proud of their efforts members, is coordinating the award. seum for the League of Cities Day in and those of their committee chairmen and On what was probably one o f the most Balboa Park. They greeted the wives of wishes to thank them and the many con­ beautiful days of the year, our group took several hundred visiting city officials from tributors, contestants, 49*/4ers and friends their first fly-out in many a season. They all over California. who made this event such a success. These chose the beautiful Monterey Bay for their Our Halloween Carnival which we co­ Annual Races are held the first week end destination. SHIRLEY LEHR, our new sponsored with the El Cajon Chapter was in November each year. W on’t you join us Flying Activities Chairman, coordinated a great success. About 200 party goers in 1971? the event and some 20 gals and guys flew joined in the fun and enriched our chapter Another desert airport became clearly in in six different aircraft. coffers while winning delightful prizes at visible from 10,000’ wben the Phoenix We are quite elated over the selection of the game booths, munching pop corn, and Chapter airmarked GILA BEND. October DARLENE GILMORE to be International sampling the liquid refreshments. We will 10th was the day the 40’ letters were laid Flying Activities Chairman. We’re sure that be dropping our witches and goblin decor­ out and painted. Also included were the ALBERTA NICHOLSON had a hand in ations for snowflakes and Santa Claus on runway numerals. this because she knows what an excellent December 19 when we will have our Christ­ Ninety-Nines making up the work party job DARLENE did on the Sectional level. mas party in place of the regular December were Airmarking Chairman AGGIE LILJE­ This is the first time, to my knowledge, meeting. PAT OSMON is hostessing the GREN, MELBA BEARD, ERNA BLATT, our chapter has had someone connected affair at the home of a friend who has lots MARY LOU BROWN, SUE HARPER. with an International Office since GERRY of room and it will be a pot luck. ANN MOUSER, MARGE HINKLE, RUTH MICKELSEN was International President MARGARET MOODY and family flew LUNDBERG, ALYCE MAU, JUANITA in 1953. Congratulations, DARLEN E, from their Bonanza with the Coast Guard Auxil­ NEWELL, BEV POWELL, RUBY SHEL­ all of us. iary Flotilla 12 (an all airplane flotilla) in DON, SUSAN STORM and MARJY a fly-by at the annual Admiral’s Review in CROWL. Also assisting were prospective SAN DIEGO CHAPTER Long Beach. After the fly-by, the aircraft members CLYDENE BISHOP, BONNIE BONNIE ADAMS, Reporter landed at Torrance and spent the rest of WILLIAMS, MARY WEAVER and PAT McGINN; 49>/2ers DALE LILJEGREN. Fall has brought some lovely flying the day with boating flotillas at Long Beach BILL BLATT and JOE STORM: and sev­ weather and our members have been taking harbor. eral children and guests. advantage of the Southern California cli­ Happy Holidays from the San Diego mate. BETTY W H A R TO N flew to St. Chapter! We would like to welcome five new mem­ George, Utah, to pick up 49'/^er CLAUD bers to our Chapter and to introduce them who had been hunting in that area. LYNN PHOENIX CHAPTER to you. They are: CAROL BORGERDING COULTHARD went along to keep her SUSAN STORM, Reporter who received her private license in July, company. LOIS and HARRY BARTLING 1970. She and her husband, HANK, man­ buzzed over to Palm Springs for lunch and Excitement was the order of the day age a flying club which helps as she works a week later flew to Van Nuys for lunch November 7, 1970, as 30 planes were lined on her commercial. They and their 3 chil­ and a visit with TH ELM A and NORM up for the 7:30 a.m. take-off of the Third dren live in Phoenix. CLYDENE BISHOP SMITH. PAT OSMON and ELEANOR Annual Kaohina Doll Air Race (women has 200 hours SEL since starting to fly in RICHARDSON flapped their wings to San pilots) at Phoenix-Litchfield Airport. The 1968. Her husband, ROBERT, is the presi­ Luis Obispo where PAT attended a plan­ route was a closed course from take-off to dent of Rhodell Aviation at Deer Valley ning committee meeting for the Cal Poly Bagdad, Ariz., thence to Parker, Ariz., and and CLYDENE is also employed there. Women’s Physical Education Workshop. back to Phoenix-Litchfield. The Roadrun- She lived in Texas and taught school before PAT, who is a major in the CAP, also ner Race (men pilots) featured 18 aircraft, her marriage to BOB. MARY WEAVER is noon take-off and a reversed course from spent one Saturday taking eight CAP a re instatement. Her hushand, REX, is a cadets on orientation flights. MARIE the morning race. A cold front moving doctor-pilot and MARY manages a Bellanca through the area caused some cloudiness LEWIS and her 49'/4 were guests of the dealership. They live in Mesa. PATRICIA and gusty breezes. Some pilots reported a WHARTONS on a hop to Imperial one day GOTSCH is from Prescott and has had her “bumpy” ride, especially in the afternoon. for a delicious Mexican lunch. private license since Sept. 1969. Her hus­ We are all very proud of MARIAN The winners: PENNY CARRUTHERS band JAMES is a flight instructor and taxi BANKS who has been appointed to the of Sedona, Ariz., with DOT WARD of pilot at the Prescott Airport. BONNIE Women’s Advisory Committee on Aviation. Flagstaff as her co-pilot took first place in WILLIAMS has had her private since May Now we will have a real pipeline to Wash­ the Kachina Doll Race and won custody 1969 has been flying many years with ington! MARIAN and BETTY LAMBERT of the Barry Goldwater Traveling Trophy her instructor husband ROGER. One of her attended the FAA-AOPA Flight Instructor for the coming year. AGGIE LILJEGREN, more memorable trips with her husband is Revalidation Clinic here in San Diego winner of the 1969 Race, presented the “Alaska by Citabria.” Both now teach where BETTY renewed her Gold Seal trophy to PENNY and received the second in the Phoenix Union School District. rating. They also assisted with registration place award for this year. She flew solo. In October JESSIE WIMMF.RS bad the for the clinic. In connection with the clinic, Other trophies were awarded to RUBY good fortune of flying a multi-engine air­ seven members joined the crowd at the SHELDON, co-pilot NYLE LEATHAM, craft from London to New Delhi, India via AOPA Flight Safety Foundation seminar third place; NANCY EPPARD, co-pilot the following route: London; Nice France; one evening and LYNN BRIGGS won a DOTTIE McKINNEY, fourth place; and Athens, Greece; Ankara, Turkey; Tehran, door prize! Others assisting at the clinic MARY VIAL, co-pilot PAT GOTSCH, Iran; and Karachi, Pakistan. She then were BONNIE ADAMS, LOIS BARTLING, fifth place. spent two weeks sight-seeing — including a EVELYN TRIMBLE, MARIAN BANKS, In the Roadrunner Race JAMES SHAT- trip to Agra, India, to see the fabulous Taj

28— December, 1970 Malial. JESSIE worked the San Diego Hawaii where she was royally entertained an AF Base requiring special permission to AOPA Flight Clinic on the November 6th by the Aloaha 99’s. She especially wants to land, our first order of business was to weekend. thank MARGURITE WOOD who took her check with HELEN BECK, who had pre­ BETH USSHER flew to Hanksville, Utah, flying, WINN MILLER who made her a viously sent in all the necessary forms for for a week of hiking in the Maze Country. lei, and DOROTHY KELSEY. DOT REED our proposed flight to the Air Traffic Con­ She reports this to be truly different coun­ and JANE KELLY who showed her great trol Center at Palmdale. HELEN said that try with many awe-inspiring rock forma­ kindness. San Gabriel wishes to thank three of the planes had been cleared to tions. Aloaha for making a 99 feel right at home. land, but the others had not received per­ CLYDENE BISHOP flew to Ft. Worth, MARIE CAWYER, when she isn’t work­ mission. ER M A informed the members that Texas, for the National Aerobatics Contest. ing for her instrument rating has become the base commander was contacted and he Her husband, Bob, flew the new Champion the jolly green giant of her neighborhood. was very emphatic about complying with Decathlon by Bellanca in the air show. It seems husband EARL felt she needed A.F. insurance regulations. some exercise so he bought her a garden Several members had not gotten their tractor. Now she is out planting peas and papers in, but wanted to visit the Center. SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER having a fine time. P A T INW O OD warns They said they would fly into Fox Field, PORTIA CORNELL, Reporter us not to invite her out for a fish dinner. at Lancaster, and then drive over. The Once again the Brackett Air Fair is tak­ She has been cleaning and smoking fish group also decided to bring along husbands ing much time from our 99ers. MARGA­ and hopes never to see any again! DORIS and boyfriends, as passengers, only. RET LAWSON is overall finance chairman CORWIN Is studying for her instrument The following week we, who were going and is worrying over the budget. SYLVIA written. MARY FALK took a friend flying to Palmdale, got together for pictures for HAMILTON, our recent graduate of Otis on one of our smoggy smoggy days and all the local newspapers. Art Institute, is donating her time to set the poor friend could see was a few Chino Halloween, Saturday. October 31st, was a up the official program. She has designed a cows. SHIRLEY JUSTIN remembers the beautiful clear day with moderate tem­ beautiful cover and is doing all the program fine time she had sea plane flying in W is­ perature and very little wind. THELMA art work. The 99s will be in charge of five consin. She probably would like to be DREW came the longest way to be with refreshment booths and staffing them will there now. MARIE LEWIS is off to see the us. She had just moved from Camarillo to take all our members plus our loyal air races at Mojave. MARIAN MAR- Porterville and we were all glad she and 49igers. Now if it just doesn't rain on Dec. RIOTT’S 210 is off bird hunting in Kan­ her husband could be with us. MARION 5 and 6 we’ ll be set. sas, but it didn’t take her along. Now she FICKETT and HELEN BECK went to Fox has to hunt up a ride to the fly in. P O R TIA Field and decided to stop for lunch on the The FAA were our special guests at our CORNELL is also looking for rides these way to Center. PAT ROWE flew with last meeting, November 12. Three of the days. She and husband GARY sold their ERMA CHRISTIAN and her husband in controllers from Brackett Field Tower 150 to JANE LAMAR. It seems her flying their Bonanza. JOAN STEINBERGER took spoke to us. VERN T R Y O N who has been school was getting too big for one plane. along, in her Cherokee. BILLIE HERRIN with the FAA only six months spoke of the Our November fly-in was held at Im­ DODSON and her husband. The gals in training school he attended in Oklahoma perial County Airport. Chairman DORIS the Bonanza and Cherokee decided to join City. Out of 20 in his particular class only CORWIN brought two planes full of MARION and HELEN. SHIRLEY SEND- one was a girl. He says the FAA is en­ friends from Morrow Field and also gave a RAK and her husband with ANNLOUISE couraging women to becom e traffic con­ lift to planeless PORTIA. BETTY SAN­ SWANSON and her boyfriend landed at trollers so lets get on the ball. FORD and husband arrived in their Muska- Palmdale A.F.B. with a picnic basket full JOHN HURLBERT spoke of the proper teer but decided to head on for Montgom­ of goodies. It was too nice of a day not to procedures to use when flying to or from ery Field in San Diego. The day was beau­ picnic. an FAA controlled field. He made particu­ tiful but the sky was marred by smoke At Center, we were told that security lar emphasis of Special VFR conditions. from the bad San Bernardino County fires. was still tight. If we had tried to go sooner, ED BIRD conducted a question and answer Merry Christmas and Happy New Year we would not have been allowed in, due period where our members put the FAA on from San Gabriel Valley!! to severe troubles with the militant groups. the spot several times. Security was still very tight, but armed Southern California has recently been guards were no longer posted all around plagued with either fog, smog, or strong SANTA BARBARA CHAPTER the fence as they had been the previous winds. Consequently our gals haven’t been ANN LOUISE SWANSON, Reporter week. doing a great deal of flying. However these Our chapter devoted the month of Oc­ In a film we were shown how traffic is are the reports from those who admit to tober to learning more about the air traffic handed off from one sector to another sec­ doing something more exciting than work, control centers, in particular the Los An­ tor, and from center to center as a flight work, work! geles Center located on Palmdale AF Plant progressed across country. Then came the NITA THORNTON spent two weeks in 42. At our regular meeting held at the grand tour of the facilities of the Center. Lobster Trap Restaurant, an FAA movie, Not only was it very interesting but it was WHERE IS MY TRAFFIC? was shown informative. We all had turns listening into before dinner. This was done so we could the conversations of the people at Center talk about what we had seen and have a communicating with their traffic. I, for one, chance to jot down questions to be an­ would recommend all pilots to visit the swered by our speaker, ANNA REITZ. Center in their areas. We were all AN N A spoke to us in detail about the op­ impressed. eration of Center. Although the film was The twilight flight home was clear and produced in 1962, at about the time greater smooth. On the way, we kept a look-out use o f radar was coming into being, the for the Great Pumpkin. film clearly showed how Center handles W e have decided that each month the IFR traffic both manually and with the use chapter will plan the activities around one of radar. The film gave those members not theme so that all of us can be better in­ familiar with Center’s control of instrument formed. traffic a better understanding as well as P.S. W e would like to suggest that the MARGARET LAWSON (R) listens as those who fly instruments. scoring in the A T W A R be changed so that, NITA THORTON (L) explains chart of the Hawaiian Islands where she visited After not only a good dinner but a talk­ instead of miles per hour above the handi­ this summer and was entertained by ative dinner, ERMA CHRISTIAN called cap speed, the score should be a percentage the Aloaha Chapter 99’s. the meeting to order. Because Palmdale is above the handicap speed.

December, 1970 — 29— SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER member ANN GEOFFRION on November (well, of course!), and “really greased one BETTY HICKS, Reporter 12th...VERA ARNOLD and PHYLLIS on at San Carlos, praise the Lord!” PIERCE flew separate airplanes to Santa SH IR LE Y M ILLER reported a flight to The subject of the November meeting of Barbara in the medical airlift for Direct Porterville. Chico was the destination for Santa Clara Valley Chapter was given Relief Foundation. The organization is a JEAN and HARLEY MURRAY, who vis­ tragic emphasis during the third week of non-profit one, whose objective is to dis­ ited Harley’s father and their two sons at­ the month, as members joined the search tribute donated medicines to needy insti­ tending college there, with a stop for lunch for a no-flight plan aircraft missing between tutions abroad. JEANNE McELHATTON at the Nut Tree on the return trip. Reno and San lose. On November 19th, flew the right seat with PHYLLIS, while CHARLOTTE and CHUCK MORRILL MAJOR RUSSELL A. FLEMING of Ham­ Monterey Bay’s DEL HINN co-piloted for took a desert vacation jaunt in their Chero­ ilton Air Force Base Search and Rescue VERA... It was an exciting solo flight for kee 180 to Bryce Canyon, Sedona, and Tuba unit was the chapter’s meeting speaker. His KATHY GRUPE during November’s sec­ City, where they visited the Indian Hos­ theme: file a flight plan! ond week. Destination was Louisiana, where pital. DOTTIE McALLISTER flew her M ARIO N BA R N ICK flew her Baron in KATHY was to pick up her Mother for mother to Durango, Colorado, and returned the November llth-13th hunt for JOHN the return flight. But KATHY and the 172 solo. (It’s a Small World Department: SEARS’ missing Cessna 205. She was found some very uncooperative weather in CHARLOTTE and CHUCK landed at joined by SCV Chapter’s IRENE LEVER- New Mexico and was grounded in Gallup. Bryce just moments before DOTTIE flew TON and ANN GEOFFRION, along with There are many worse fates, claims over the VOR there and made a position Bay Cities’ DALE GRAVES. The Cessna, KATHY, than being a solo Ninety-Nine report. Since neither of us knew the other with two aboard, had departed Reno in surrounded by men pilots equally cautious was planning a trip in that direction, what the teeth of a mountain wave, with the about the weather . . . And back with a delightful surprise for the FSS to add, Sierras partially obscured by clouds. The MARDO CRANE, who this time asked the after giving me the altimeter setting, last report from the plane was that Sears Santa Clara County Branch of Pen Women, “CHARLOTTE says Hello!” ) was detouring south to find a V FR route “Why fly? Why write?” in a recent address The big activity of the month was the to San Jose, also reported as marginal. to that group. Then, we may safely as­ rummage sale. And what does a competent, IRENE, who knows the Sierra Nevadas sume, MARDO provided convincing an­ cool-headed lady pilot with a Commercial better than the back of her hand (so busy swers to both questions ... Newsletter’s SCV License and Instrument Rating do when with flight instruction is this A T R that she reporter recently wrapped up her fourth she’s unpacking a box of rummage and has little time for contemplating the back class of Foothill College’s (Los Altos Hills) suddenly comes upon a nest of newborn of her hand), opined the pilot had tried a “Operation Co-Pilot,” a college Community mice? She jumps on a chair and screams, route through one of the passes south of Services “Short Course” planned to put a that’s what! (W ell, the jum ping on the Reno. The BERNICK-LEVERTON-GEOF- bit of color back into those alabaster chair is a slight exaggeration, but anyhow FRION-GRAVES crew scoured the passes knuckles of pilots’ wives. Over 125 right- we hear SHIRLEY MILLER is busy think­ for two days. seaters have participated in the course, ing up a different money-raising project for Sears and his passenger were found, both which offers GAT trainer option. Santa next year.) JEAN MURRAY was so glee­ dead, on November 13th, nosed into the Clara Valley Chapter members who have fully telling about SHIRLEY that she 2,000-foot hills which rim San Francisco assisted in the program are MARION BAR­ didn’t tell us how much money we made Bay to the east of Oakland, 180 miles NICK, VERA ARNOLD, LAYNE HACK- on the sale, but presume it was lots, as west of Reno. ETT, ANN GEOFFRION, KATHY always. MARDO CRANE’S “Ladies! Rev Up GRUPE, SALLY ROHLFING, JANET It is very good news that MARGARET Your Engines,” advertised as a “romantic HITT, HELEN MURPHY and MARY ANDREWS is fast recuperating from her novel to help you know and appreciate, SMITH. Curriculum emphasis was on co­ surgery. We hope to see you next month, more than ever, what goes on behind the pilot type usefulness: basic navigation, MARGARET! scenes in the famous All-Women Conti­ weather reports, chart reading, VOR posi­ HELEN McGEE was the only one to fly nental Air Race,” is now thundering off the tion fixes, radio communications and how in to Stockton for the November meeting presses of D'Angelo Publishing Company in to put together a survival kit. at JEAN MURRAY’S. (Ceiling: 450 feet. Monterey, ready for immediate delivery. Those instrument ratings do come in There’s certainly no one who knows the SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER handy!) Driving in were RENE NEALON, AWTAR more intimately than MARDO, THELMA HANSEN, CHARLOTTE MOR­ DOROTHY McALLISTER, Reporter who started it all. The book should have RILL, LAURA MAY CRAWFORD, EV wide appeal among race pilots, present and Hats off to our very own Chairman, LA- HENDLEY, one guest, and Stockton gals past, whose curiosities demand to know VERNE CUDGEL, for receiving the well- SHIRLEY MILLER and EV JOHNSON. what girl pilot heroine in MARDO’S fic­ deserved Southwest Section Woman Pilot tional account had time for both racing of the Year trophy! Not only does LA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHAPTER and romance! ... D’Angelo’s address is 171 VERNE do some mighty adventurous flying, WANDA STRASSBURG, Reporter Webster Street, Monterey, California 93940. she tells about it so entertainingly after­ Not only will you learn about how to par- ward that we all feel we’ve been there This Chapter, in cooperation with the lay racing and romancing, but you’ll be with her. Congratulations, LAVERNE! County Pilots Association, is helping to contributing to the AWTAR itself. All Our own little monthly award for Long­ staff and feed an APT Program for local book proceeds go into the race fund. est Distance Flight goes to LAURA MAY pilots. Friday evening, November 20 will see DONN ERNEST HILE is news in San and GENE CRAWFORD, who went all the a group of six flight instructors holding Jose! Young DONN, the 16-year-old son way to Boston, Mass., and on to Bangor, forth on new regs, good operating prac­ of SCV treasurer JERRY HILE, soloed Maine, for a two weeks stay, then on to tices, and safety procedures. On the fol­ the family Cherokee 180 on that memor­ Palm Beach, Florida, for a week’s visit lowing Sunday, the same group of instruc­ able birthday. DONN’S instructor, who with their daughter and grandchildren tors will offer, free, a pilot aptitude check could be forgiven for an uncommon ner­ there. ride. vousness at runway’s edge, was 49'/^er DON TH E LM A and ELW OOD HANSEN flew Chalk up one more flying grandmother F. HILE, DONN’S father. DONN’S big­ to Castle AFB, went through the high alti­ ... MARCI and BOB BARNET are offered gest problem in flying, pointed out the tude chamber there, and attended the class congratulations! "San Jose Mercury” in a three-column fea­ on the effects of hypoxia. THELMA reports DR. BETTE and DOC ADAMS have a ture on the youngster’s achievement, is get­ that ELWOOD flew home in a friend’s gorgeous new Cessna 210. ting to and from the airport. DONN plane while she piloted the Skymaster back Let’s talk about LAURIE SINTON . . . doesn’t have a driver’s license! to San Carlos with two skeptical Airsheriff LAURIE began her flying career in San It was a commercial license for chapter friends aboard. She got them back safely Luis Obispo and soloed there in a Cessna

— 30— December, 1970 150. Rancher husband JACK , with a long EN, BARBARA DUNKLEY, and VIVIAN background of flying, was the staunchest WARD, who is the mother of WILMA “urger” of this activity. She did have to NICHOLS. procrastinate somewhat since she was at­ Have you ever tried marking out a name tending Cal Poly as an English major, and and number in soda pop bottle caps? serving as help-mate on the Canyon Ranch Frankly, I don’t recommend it. It seems as of Shandon, their home. though the runway was due to get another Commuting the 40-some miles to college coat of oil, so they figured it we could and the airport did not deter her and she just give them a rough idea of where the got the Private license, spurred on by name and numbers went with the bottle JACK, before they left for a flying tour of caps, they could come in later and fill in the west and Canada in their Bonanza. with paint. We nailed each bottle cap in LAURIE has had much diversified ex­ place, so instead of coming home with perience, having flown his Cessna-Robert- BARBARA WELSH (1.) with co-pilot yellow fingers which we normally get from son 180, Navajo, and the Bonanza. She ad­ JAYNE HUNTER (Tucson Chapter) be­ the paint, we came back with black and mits to JACK’S apoplexy when she so fore take-off in the Pacific Air Race at blue ones! much as taxi’s any of the planes, but con­ San Diego on October 10th. BARBARA Three days later we did Canyonlands, fesses to beautiful crosswind landings. (Tucson chairman) is really moving that but all that was required there was a She is one of our cleverest and has a Commanche around. She was also an entry in the Reno Air Race in August. center stripe and the numbers on each end talent for one-liners which bring down our of the runway. Those helping out were very august house. Everyone should have DARLA TOWNLEY, VIVIAN YARDLEY, a Laurie in their group, but since there’s A special meeting Nov. 9 brought out LILA FIELDEN, NANCY REULING, only one ... sorry, gals, we’ve got her! specially dedicated members to address in­ vitations and thank-you’s. Among those who JOAN BARTON, ELOISE WILCOX and showed up were JANET ROBERTSON, BARBARA DUNKLEY. TUCSON CHAPTER GINNY COOK, JUDY PREBLE, BARB Our November meeting was held at the KARY A. MERCKER, Reporter WELSH, VIRGINIA EDWARDS and Ogden Airport. HELEN HILBURN, who Big news from Tucson this month was MAGGIE SCHOCK. is not quite yet a 99 but is working hard the 12th annual Penny-a-Pound airlift held Despite all these common efforts, many on her private license, entertained us with on Sunday, October 25. As our major proj­ members found time for extra-curricular lovely slides of a trip that she made in July ect of the year, we evinced the usual fine activities like racing and ballooning. of this year with her husband and two cooperation of owners, operators, news me­ JANE HUNTER lucked out on a ride children to the Arctic Ocean and back dia, husbands and other buddies. in a hot-air balloon, and garnered not only through Alaska. They had many lovely air Despite lavish publicity, the pace re­ a thrilling experience, but some wonderful shots of the region and a very interesting mained steady and sedate, and totaled an tales from a hot-air balloonist. Frankly, it’s narration to accompany the photos. They approximate 65,000 pounds airlifted. An fascinating and we’re glad JANE got her flew in a Cessna 172 and camped out nearly innovation this year was the 15 minute ride. every night. Helen made a tent out of an flight instruction rides given by NORMA DOT JENKINS and VIRGINIA ED­ old parachute that fit over one wing, and WILCOX. Ten people took advantage of WARDS teamed up for the Kechina doll they were quite comfortable. They were the special $5 offer, and received certifi­ race in Phoenix in early November, as did gone for three weeks and had a marvelous cates for their time. BARB WELSH and NORMA WILCOX. time. Those attending the November meeting, A slightly-pooped-but-pleased gang gath­ Both teams worked hard and had a good ered at JUDY and JIM PREBLE'S after­ time, and had the added thrill of cheering besides HELEN and her 49*/2 HAROLD, wards, for the customary rehash and tacos. on Dr. JOHN WELSH and NAT WILCOX were DARLENE SUELZLE, JOAN BAR­ VIRGINIA COOK was hostess for the in the Roadrunner race that afternoon. TON, JOAN WILLIAMS. JANE PATTER- Nov. 2 meeting, where the rehash was BARB and JANE HUNTER were prob­ SON,VALERIE PATTERSON,ELEANOR more thoroughly indulged in, and plans ably the only team in the PAR with the IRVINE, ALBERTA NICHOLSON, DAR­ made for the Good Bird party. This "thank distinction of having a home-grown ground LA TOWNLEY, LILA FIELDEN, ELOISE you-all” was set for Sat., Nov. 21, at crew-. Forced to leave Tucson less than WILCOX, DONNA ODEKIRK, BARBARA LORRAINE and LEE YOCUM’S. VIR­ three hours before impound deadline be­ DUNKLEY. TERI WOJCIK, MOURINE GINIA EDWARDS and MAGGIE cause of an unavoidable holdup with the SHURTLEFF, BARBARA BARLOW, VIR­ SCHOCK were our food co-ordinators and aircraft, they found VIRGINIA EDWARDS GINIA WILKONSON, MARION O’LEA­ did a bang-up job. and MAGGIE SCHOCK waiting to lend a RY, NANCY REULING and DEE helping hand so they could make their RICORD. Oh yes, and JO WINTERLING briefing on time. The “ground crew” had with her 49*4 SKIP and their two girls. ventured to the coast to watch the start of ELEANOR IRVINE has been busy lately the PAR and to visit relatives. All’s well helping her 49*/4 GREGG build a sail­ that ends well — even if it wasn’t first plane. DARLA TOWNLEY has joined the place, it was first-rate! Olympic Flying Club and is getting signed off in a Cardinal and 172. UTAH CHAPTER NANCY REULING and LILA FIELD­ BARBARA DUNKLEY, Reporter EN have been making night instrument approaches at Ogden, Hill Airforce Base, We’ve had quite a bit of activity for a Salt Lake City and Provo. change, and it feels good to be flying again. We airmarked two strips within three days, (left to right) NATHAN and NORMAN both of them a few miles from home. Please send News Clippings, Pictures, WILCOX, BARBARA and DR. JOHN First came Green River, and those girls etc. to SCS 99 Scrapbook Chairman: WELSH at Litchfield airport for the helping out there were JOAN WILLIAMS, Phoenix Air Race on Nov. 7th. The JO WINTERLING, DEE RICORD, DON­ Marge Nielsen Tucson girls participated in the Kachine Doll Race as a team and their 49’ers NA ODEKIRK, WILMA NICHOLS, VIV­ J&J Ranch teamed up later in the day for the IAN YARDLEY, JANE PATTERSON, Route 1 Roadrunner Race, both teams using the JOAN BARTON, ALBERTA NICHOL­ Van Buren, Arkansas 72956 WELSH’S Commanche 250. SON, NANCY REULING, LILA FIELD-

December, 1970 ■31— were some black moments along the way, area and be giving out information con­ when we thought, that all the hope was cerning the 1971 Powder Puff Derby from lost. Calgary to Baton Rouge. I would like to tell you a few words Raffle tickets will be going on sale shortly about her as a person. She was born in for a circle tour of Canada’s north starting Germany, married an Englishman and later from Calgary-Whitehorse-Inuvik-Sach Har­ became a widow. She has a daughter CO- bor and return. RINNA, twelve years old, born in Germany Welcome to our newest members: TRU­ as well. It was here in Bogota where she DY ARMSTRONG, Calgary; BEATRICE learned to fly and decided to make it her KERNOHN, Edmonton: and SUE BAT­ career. ANGELIKA used to work as a TERBURY. Plans for our November meet­ translator. She speaks German, English, ing include an all day survival seminar. French and of course Spanish. December will see us gathered at Olds for MARIAN O’LEARY and her husband All I can say now is good luck to you our Christmas party. And of course every recently flew to St. Louis to exhibit a revo­ ANGELIKA, and lots of success in your Tuesday afternoon we are working at the lutionary new fiber glass mine scaling bar newly started career. Powder Puff office in Ascot Agency Build­ which is manufactured by Rock Tools, In­ ing, Calgary Airport. Join us if you can! corporated, of which Marian is President. JO WINTERLING and her family flew to Phoenix recently in the family Cessna 170, to participate in the Kachina Doll Race. JO says she came in somewhere be­ tween first and last, and had a great time. Her daughter, KATHY, was her co-pilot.

COLOMBIA ORCHID ANGELICA CHARD, New Female co-pilot SECTION S. A. M. second largest Colombian air­ L. to R: Painters ANOLA LAING. ELEA­ line. This is a first. W e’re gaining on NOR BAILEY, SUE BATTERBURY, them. ISABEL MOSER, MARG HUNZIKER. Those giant numbers 24 feet by 8 feet MARIA HELENA BOTERO, Reporter took 5 gallons of paint each. I am not the official reporter, but since this article is about her and her achieve­ ments, it will be my pleasure to tell you all CANADIAN about ANGELIKA. You see, here, we are all very happy, SECTION because our reporter and fellow 99, AN­ GELIKA CHAND, has officially been ac­ ALBERTA CHAPTER cepted as a Copilot in S.A.M., the second ANOLA LAING, Reporter largest Colombian airline. This makes her the first woman in South America, to fly Such a busy chapter! October 17 saw us with an airline. at Claresholm painting the numbers on the It sounds quite easy to say those words, newly paved runway 08—26. Thanks to but making them come true was quite an­ everyone who helped including two guests other matter. It took somebody with a lot — HAZEL VALLEAU, Edmonton and ISA­ of tenacity and integrity to convince com­ BEL MOSER, Claresholm. Our newest mon people, pilots and boards of directors; member, SUE BATTERBURY, flew down L to R: RITA SINCLAIR, LORNA DE that a woman could fly commercially and from Calgary solo in a Cherokee 140. Dur­ BLICQUY, ELEANOR BAILEY waiting for do what is expected from her with the ing a short meeting at lunch time ideas DEEDO HEISE and THON GRIFFITH. capacity as a man. The prejudices were were discussed for the Powder Puff Start; L to R: ANOLA LAING, THON GRIFFITH, many and very varied, the worst came from then back to our painting. ELEANOR BAILEY working out the details of take off. the pilots themselves, they did not want to October 27 ELEANOR BAILEY, RITA have a woman in the cockpit, this was be­ SINCLAIR, myself and LORNA DE BLIC- WESTERN MANITOBA CHAPTER lieved to be a disturbing influence. QUY of Ottawa met DEEDO HEISE and JEAN T. ROSE, Reporter This struggle went on for months, at THON GRIFFITH at the Calgary Airport. every chance ANGELIKA showed them, The following 48 hours were most fact-filled Six of our 99’s flew to Regina in Sep­ that they were wrong. First getting one of and informative days. Our chapter enter­ tember to attend the Section meeting of the the highest grades in ground school, and tained Thon and DEEDO at the Husky Western Canadian Section. after spending days watching the mechan­ Tower Tuesday night. The view was fan­ The Western Manitoba Chapter has em­ ics work, until she learned the ways and tastic and the food delicious. We know barked upon an exciting project — we have whereabouts of all the different mechan­ you’ ll all enjoy it next July. Wednesday just bought the shell of a T 33 Jet Fighter. isms on the plane. When the time came for morning a press conference was called; W e propose to erect this at the entrance to her check-ride, she could argue with the the afternoon was spent with airport per­ Brandon Airport. As this is quite an am­ instructors, as to procedures, because she sonnel. Details seem to be falling into place. bitious venture for nine girls to undertake, was sure of her knowledge. As you can It was good to see LORNA DEBLICQUY we are all working hard to finance the gather, the airline was really very lucky to again. LORNA was ferrying a plane from mounting of the plane on a pedestal at the have such a well prepared Copilot join Edmonton to Ottawa and had to spend a site. One such money raising venture has them. couple days in Calgary because of weather. been plane washing and waxing for mem­ She now has flown her hours as an ob­ November 18 and 19 will see us at the bers of the Brandon Flying Club. In spite server and has passed her two months trial 2nd International Aviation Conference to be of the elbow' grease required it has proved period. Now we can breathe easily, there held in Calgary. We will have a display to be fun. The Cessna 310 belonging to JIM

December, 1970 MasDONALD, husband of former GOV­ it will he easier to commute hack to Can­ and industry is using more aircraft every ERNOR RUBY, proved to be a lot of air­ a d a !) year. This more than stresses the need for plane to wax, but the finished result was ELAINE and BRIAN McGEE are build­ a regional system of business airports and worth all the teetering on top of step- ing a more permanent nest in Palm Beach. the necessity of expanding present facilities ladders. in existing ones. The Fall dinner meeting GERDA FRIEBERG has just returned We have also been making up survival o f C.O.P.A. ties in beautifully with this from a fun trip to Mexico, her Cherokee kits and selling these to pilots calling at thinking and there will be a first Ontario Arrow is sick and still awaiting parts from Brandon Airport on their way north. showing of a grand new colour film “ Com­ Mr. Piper. W e’ ve missed seeing you at th« We have a great party lined up and by munity Airports” — illustrating the enor­ Airport GERDA, and hope it won’t he too next month I hope to have recovered su- mous advantages an airport offers to small long before you’re hack working on that ficiently to report on it. communities. A Senior Government Direc­ instrument rating again, there is nothing tor will speak on relative government policy more discouraging when you’re on course and financial assistance. C.O.P.A suggests and our instrument ticket has to be one that you take your local municipal Coun­ o f the hardest to attain. cillors along. All our training standards have been up­ Nice to see a good sprinkling of 99’s graded recently, the Ministry of Transpor­ at the new series of Pilot Refresher Courses tation has introduced a new supplementary being held in Toronto, again through the exam and Flight Tests require a greater auspices of C.O.P.A. November through degree of proficiency, which we must admit April, the first Monday in every month is all to the good for our own safety and at the Seaway Hotel. Some of the subjects protection. The M.O.T. incidentally is the covered, ATC Traffic Procedures, Weather new name for the D.O.T. which we rather Services, Air Safety, Nav. and Radio Aids, enjoyed, referring to them as the D.O.N.T. Flight Planning. For a nominal fee of $1.00 LOIS APPERLEY became the proud Western Manitoba 99’s, MILLIE MUR­ — who can afford NOT to go? Our Avia­ owner of a Cessna 172. Her husband doesn’t RAY, SHIRLEY MENNIE, SHIRLEY tion Education Survival Clinic, was such a ALLEN and MARJ POLO hard at work fly, but insisted on giving her a new digital success last year, is to he repeated early in on the Murrays Plane to raise money ADF and a second radio with a VOR, as he 1971. To be held at the University of for the latest project. is getting quite enthused about navigation. Toronto and open to the general flying It really is commendable that these gals, public, or anyone interested. Another extra, we have several in our Chapter, are the we will be working on in June, the Cana­ only flying members in their family, that dian Governor-General’s Cup Air Rally, to takes a lot of extra determination. Speak­ he at Guelph Airport, Ontario. This well- ing of determination, one of our newest known event can be anywhere in Canada, members, petite JULIA TRENT, just got so this is a good year to plan to participate her float endorsement at Toronto Island. as it will never be any closer to home. Her PPL was interrupted by a trip to A plug for our Sectional Annual Meeting Africa with her film-director husband to next Fall Dates: September 24th to 26th make a movie, time ran out and she had Place: Ascot Inn (on final 23 R for Toronto to do the entire course over again, so now International) There are some very special she plans to do lots of cross country trips goodies cooking for the 491/4-ers and we and build up solo time. don’t just mean the Long Island Duck din­ Air Traffic control is an unusual career ner or the Baked Yukon dessert! So mark that doesn’t appeal to many women, hut one this one early on your New Year’s calendar. of our youngest members, GAIL STAN­ FIRST CANADIAN CHAPTER Tim e flies and by the time this gets in FIELD, is presently on course at Toronto SHIRLEY ALLEN, Reporter print we’ll have lots more of that fluffy International Airport and enjoying it im­ white stuff on the ground and be winging The weather was ZILCH , but it was by mensely. Since flying in the Angel Derby our way to the Honey Pot for our pre- far one of the most interesting meetings we last May (and that was her second trip Christmas party. Ski-ing in the afternoon, have ever had. Going through Dominian down South in a Cherokee 140) G A IL got if that’s your thing, dinner, a dance and Helicopters at King City, seeing the whirly her Commercial License and we are real apres ski clothes are in order for an infor­ birds in various stages of assembly and proud of her. mal fun evening. Ho Ho Ho to you too. repair, while our guide very patiently ex­ GILLIAN HOLDEN and PAT CON­ Haev a good Christmas! plained the Theory of Flight and answered NELLY are also working on their Com­ all sorts of questions. We were privileged mercial ratings — GILLIAN passed her to see some of the most spectacular colour written, so its back to the hood — lots of MAPLE LEAF CHAPTER slides taken by one of the crews on location, luck girls! HILDA DEVEREUX, Reporter surveying iron ore on Baffin Island in the Something mysterious is going on these Northwest Territories. It was a glimpse The November Meeting held at the Royal days at Toronto Airways, all the Chopper into another world, of unbelievably low Simcoe Lodge, Simcoe, Ontario, November Traffic Reporters are taking fixed wing in­ temperature, where dead reckoning is al­ 7th, was a real busy and interesting meet­ struction, even DINI PETTY, my spies tell most impossible and aviation fuel costs ing. We were able to outline our entire me, is flying the circuit at Toronto in a anywhere from $3.00 to $5.00 a gallon. year’s schedule of Meetings under the M ooney Super 21. At the close of the year, a few of our direction of our Chairman, JOAN COR­ original First Canadian Chapter members W e're APT, since the last issue — BETT and Program Chairman JACKIE will he hanging up their snowshoes for DOROTHY WEST, BARBARA BROTH- FRAMPTON. We plan to travel around good and taking up residence in the warm­ ERTON, ELIZABETH LANE, GAIL our large territory and locales are as fol­ er climes. As I type, we are having our STANFIELD, LOIS APPERLEY & RUTH lows: Dec. — London, Jan. — St. Thomas, first snow fall of the season, the first of PROUSE. Feb. — Brantford, Mar. — Kitchener, April many. SYBIL and CHARLIE DUNN will LOIS APPERLEY, our 99 rep for the — Sarnia, May — Maple Leaf Award Din­ be basking under a Bermuda sun — ESME Central Ontario Aviation Council, reports ner in City of Winner, June — Poker Run, and JOHN WILLIAMS are looking for a that the Survey has revealed that General July — Brantford, Sept. — Windsor, Aug. hideaway in the Bahamas (the Skynight Aviation aircraft in Canada outnumber the — Sarnia or Centralia (depending on our has flown down there so often, they figure Commercial Air Canada fleet by 100 to 1, program). I think this is a very fine outline

December, 1970 — 33— as it will give everyone a chance to fly to let me know about Windsor. DORIS Anyway our congratulations to both meetings and also it should stimulate mem­ KORBY — what’s new in Stratford? BEATRICE and LEMINA. bership. Thanks to IVANKA ZUZEK our DOROTHY ELDER— what about Hensall? BETTY CONES has “had a go” at a other Simcoe member for attending to and BERNICE ESKRITT. please keep us helicopter — she was taken up for a ride meeting arrangements. Our member travel­ posted on what’s going on in the Chatham and was allowed to try it herself. She was ling the greatest distance to the Meeting area. MARIE SPENCE, my new boss absolutely enthralled and says “It’s the was Secretary, JEAN McEACHERN, who comes from Wallaceburg, so how about only way to travel!” travelled 140 miles each way and is doing keeping us up to date on Aviation News Finally, I had an interesting ferry trip a terrific job for our Chapter. there. Our Christmas Meeting to be held taking a Britten Norman Islander out to Now that the First Canadian Chapter on Saturday, Dec. 5th will be a Christmas Tahiti (the “ long way round" via Asia and is rotating their “Meet The Bunch For Fly-In to London. Hope to see you all then Australia I and am just about to leave with Lunch” dates to include some Sundays we and special invitations are going out to another one for Sydney, Australia. hope to get together with them more often. First Canadian Chapter members to join Sunday, Nov. 1st found JOAN CORBETT us, for a strictly informal gathering around and her co-pilot dad, JIM, flying to Windsor the Christmas Tree. for coffee and Kitchener for lunch where Our New Year’s Toast — “HERE’S TO my 49V2 ER ALFRED and I caught up with WICHITA AND FUN IN ’71” NEW ENGLAND them. Had a real nice visit with HELEN AND JERRY BARTER, NEIL AND BRITISH SECTION SECTION SHIRLEY MACDOUGALL and LOIS and JANET FERGUSON, Reporter JACK APFERLY. MR. RED BLACK of the Kitchener Flying Club made us wel­ Oh dear. I’ve done it again — missed CONNECTICUT CHAPTER come and was kind enough to allow the another News Report! But this time it BOBBIE HERBERT, Reporter writer to spend some time in their new really couldn’t be helped, as with the time Link Trainer under his direction. it takes for magazines to reach us I didn’t Lucky u s !— on two accounts, that is . . . one, that we can boast about our This close liaison at these meetings will read of the new arrangements (i.e. combin­ Charter member TEDDY KENYON, and be very good in our working and planning ing the Jan-Feb issues instead of the Nov- Dee issues) until it was too late to make two, that the sun shone that lucky Saturday, for the 1972 International Convention to the Nov. issue deadline. November 14th, when TED and TEDDY be held in Toronto. We had our election meeting at SHEILA hosted a meeting of our Chapter. Nestled Our deepest sympathies go to FAY GAR­ SC O T T ’s flat, and our officers for the com ­ in the hills o f Old Lyme, Connecticut, with DINER who had to make a fast trip to ing year are: GOVERNOR GILLIAN a spectacular view of the River is their Scotland where her mother passed away CAZALET (2nd year), Vice-Governor unique and lovely home, tastefuly decorated shortly after her arrival. We missed you BETTY CONES, Secretary EILEEN with mementos of years gone by. F A Y but are thankful that through the HOULDER, Treasurer GAY ABSALOM, We had a brief meeting in the morning, medium of flying you were able to arrive Membership Chairman and P.R.O. SHEILA followed by a buffet featuring many special­ in time to be a com fort to her. SCOTT, A. E. Scholarship and Sir Alan ties, rooked and served by Chapter mem­ Just heard that ISOBEL WALLS is in Cobham Trophy Committee Chairman bers. Those 49*/^ers who joined their wives the hospital and we wish her a speedy PAMELA HUNTLY, and you’re still stuck for the day had a tour of TED’s laboratory recovery. with me as reporter. Our thanks to DAWN in the morning, and while they were Now that I have taken on a full time TURLEY for her sterling (ouch!) work "hangar-flying” after lunch, TED took the secretarial position, guess I shall have to as Treasurer over the past two years. gals on a tour. He has designed and manu­ concentrate on week-end and night flying. Our Gov. GILLIAN CAZALET has factured a gyro stabilizer which can be I am working for a nation-wide Insurance leaped off to Zambia for a spell of flying mounted on a camera, binoculars, rifles, Company whose Home Office is in Port there. I believe her company, Skyways, is etc. W e first looked through a regular pair Huron, Michigan, and it’s fun being asso­ supplying crews to Zambia Airways, but of binoculars, hut once TED mounted the ciated with people all over the Continent this is a guess my part and may be gyro stabilizer to these, it made all the both at work and in my membership in the 011 way off beam. (I haven’t seen Gillian since difference in the world! One could see with Ninety-Nines. Now, more than ever, mem­ the Ninety Nines race and this Zambian such clarity and evenness. We couldn't help bers of the Maple Leaf Chapter I shall deal cropped up rather suddenly). This but be impressed by the exactness and depend upon you to forward me items of means Gillian will miss our annual party ingenuity he used to balance the gyro interest in your area. MILLIE HOREN — which is rather sad. which was done electronically. This will ELIZABETH OVERBURY has been ap­ take the precess out of the gyro and make pointed Chairman of the PEL/Training for safer and easier flying! TED is also Study Group at the British Airline Pilots working on a digital computer and a new Association. They meet every month and instrument he has designed which will deal mainly with the training and licensing replace three instruments we now see on of pilots and certain medical matters. the airplane panel. He has had many suc­ ELIZABETH has sat on this Study Group cessful ventures in the past and was one as a member for the past five years and of the pioneers of the auto pilot system. has now been honored by being appointed TEDDY helps her husband in the labora­ Chairman. Our warmest congratulations to tory and is one of his best assets, especially her for winning recognition in this highly now that she is the proud owner of a commendable way. Cherokee 140. Both got their commercial SHEILA SCOTT and ELIZABETH licenses back (after being inactive for a OVERBURY attended the “Woman of the number of years) and checked each other Year” luncheon recently — another honor out in the Cherokee! W e assume that Taken at the Hotel London at the Maple to members of our Section. TEDDY will resume her former occupation Leaf Chapt. Annual Meeting are the Two domestic pieces of news: as test pilot for TED's new inventions. We members of the new executive for 1970- BEATRICE PAUL has a baby son called certainly wish them every success in their 71. Left to Right BERTHA SNELGROVE, ventures! Vice-Chairman JEANNE McEACHERN, THOMAS, and I hear via the grapevine Secretary JOAN CORBETT, Chairman, that LEM IN A G ORDON is married (and The luncheon also gave us a chance to HILDA DEVEREUX, retiring Chairman I believe has been for quite a while, but welcome a new 49^er and to extend our and FAY GARDINER, Treasurer. the news took some time to filter through). best wishes to our new bride and groom.

— 34— December, 1970 IRENE BATES and SGT. MAJOR DAVID make our Ninety-Nine World Go-Round! LePORE (Best Attending Co-Pilot), GENE R. ESHELMAN were married on November Lucky MARY to be able to accompany WOODWORTH (Best Downwind Land­ 4th in Ashford, Connecticut. DAVE is with DAVE on all those business trips! ing), and yours truly (Best Intentions) the ROTC Detachment at the University of because I had to work and only made the Connecticut in Storrs. IRENE has two sons, EASTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER last one. The Outings turned out to be a JOE (18V2) who is in Marine Aviation, and KATHERINE TOMPKINS, Reporter lot of fun and we’re looking forward to the STEVEN ( 15*/2) " h o is a high school sopho­ next series. Many thanks to HARRIETT Eastern New England Ninety Nines flew more. STEVEN is a gourmet cook (which is FULLER and VIRGINIA BONESTEEL for to La Fleur Airport in Northampton, Mass. why we like luncheons at IRENE’S house!) organizing them. for the November meeting. Hostesses JOAN and to surprise his parents, he whipped up That about exhausts the news supply for BURLEY and ANNE PRINGLE arranged a cocktail buffet for over fifty people! Con­ a while so I’ ll sign off wishing you a lunch for us at the quaint Wiggins Tavern. sequently, we consider DAVE a pretty lucky Happy Holiday Season and Good Flying to Speaker PAUL STEWART, controller at guy! But then IRENE does gain a son, All. Bradley Int’l, talked about “the Pilot and DEREK (7) and a daughter, DEBORAH Air Traffic Control”. Also a flight instruc­ (1 0 ), PLU S a Cessna 182 currently based tor, MR. STEWART spoke of gripes about at Windham. Happy Flying to you all! controllers and as a controller he revealed Former New England Section Governor pet peeves about pilots. We enjoyed his wel1 N.Y.-N.JL PEG DAVIDSON has been spotlighted in balanced, humorous and helpful talk. I the news again which certainly is good At the November meeting, LUCILLE SECTIOW1 publicity for the Ninety-Nines. She was in­ % FLYNN and MARILYN FENTON were terviewed by the Hartford “Times” for the pinned. LUCILLE flies her Bonanza out of feature “Accent.” Pictures were taken at GARDEN STATE CHAPTER Worcester and is a Flying Grandmother. the New Haven Airport and in actual flight, JERRY ROBERTS, Reporter MARILYN is from Tew Mac Airport; was so we shall eagerly await the Spnday edi­ a student of RIPLEY MILLERS before Garden State Chapter shared a most en­ tion about mid December! she became a private pilot. BARBARA lightening experience yesterday with 99’s New member MARY SUISMAN (CFI) SPOFFARD and LAUREL OLIVER were from Eastern Pennsylvania, Hudson Valley, is now in the air charter business operating accepted as members. Greater New York and Long Island. The out of Trumbull Airport. The name of the There have been a lot of busy pilots program was entitled, Ninety-Nines Avia­ company is Air Leasco, Inc., twin-engine around here lately. DORIS PRESTON and tion Education Workshop, Garden State passenger and cargo service to all points. HARRIETT FULLER have acquired com­ Chapter, 14 November 1970, Monmouth MARY flies a Beech Baron. mercial ratings. MARY SHEA is preparing Airport. True, a lot of work went into the W e sincerely hope that each of you will for her commercial flight test, and is meet­ planning and setting up of the meeting. make an effort to get APT this year. Now ing with interested high school students for But, from there on the work was a joy to that Governor FR AN P O R TE R is offering an informal aviation education group at the all who participated, produced and received. a Governor’s Trophy to the Chapter with Hopkins Academy where she teaches. LU­ To begin at the beginning! Last July the most APT members, let’s all get on the CILLE FLYN N is taking instrument in­ VIRGINIA HAMMOND, our Aerospace Ed­ hall! struction at Worcester. Guest SKIPPY OR- ucation Committee, attended a “Workshop” The New England Air Derby ran into LITZKI flew to Florida for the Annual for educators put on by HOWARD A. problems with weather this year. After AOPA Plantation party in October and had BUESCHEL, Aerospace Education, State much waiting and “hangar flying,” it was a great time but missed seeing MONA of New Jersey. JUDY MELTSNER and postponed until October 17th. The weather BUDDING who was also there. ISABEL GAY MAHER are members of the N.J. was still unpredictable, but PEG and DON BLODGETT flew to Denver to visit her Task Force for Aerospace Education and DAVIDSON did enter the Derby, placing daughter in her Bonanza. CHUCK and live by the motto “Educate the educators fourth and receiving the second place VIRGINIA BONESTEEL are the happy to educate the youth!”’ Cessna award. The Treasure Hunt, held new owners of a Cessna 182. ANNE Well, this all sounds very technical and over until November 7th, was won by PEG PRINGLE is working hard at instructing you somehow get the feeling that if you and DON with the help of their two teen­ and charter flying but found time for Treas­ are not a Wright brother, an engineer, a agers, RICKY and JIMMY. This time they ure Hunting at Newport, Rhode Island with certified professor or at least a ground in­ received the first place Cessna award along JOANIE, BOB, and baby SETH BURLEY. structor, this service activity is not for you. with an inscribed pewter bowl. Good Fly­ Also “ hunting” from our chapter was JUDY VIRGINIA was so excited about promot­ ing! G ILLIS and CORA C LAR K in a 172 and ing this program, she brought HOWARD All of us who attended the Fall Section MARY ANN LIPPITT in her Luscomb. BUESCHEL to one of our meetings just meeting at Keene, New' Hampshire had a F RAN P O R TE R is looking forward to an for introductions. It was then we set a defi­ wonderful time! The day was well planned engine change and conversion after which nite date for a “Workshop.” and thought out by the Northern New Eng­ she says she’ll be flying much more, now- Invitations and notices were duly sent out land Chapter and covered a full day’s activ­ just locally. MONA BUDDING plans a and we knew full well that our attendance ities from the early meeting, right through trip South for Christmas. DO PULIS and depended wholly on the weather. This past a delicious luncheon, guest speaker, after­ LOIS AUCHTERLONIE took the AOPA week we experienced constant rain, drizzle, noon program, etc. PEG DAVIDSON was Mountain Flying Course and had a wonder­ poor visibility, low ceilings — it was just first from our Chapter in her Cessna, ful time flying with three planes to Bryce awful. Saturday was CAVU. Absolutely followed by BOBBIE HERBERT in her Canyon and Grand Canyon. DOT and her phenomenal because today is Sunday and Bonanza, with CONNIE MAC LEISH on 491/4er went via donkey to the bottom of IFR again! We had hoped for thirty peo­ board. Touching down next was NINA the canyon and reports flying is safer! ple; thirty-one gathered in a friendly, warm HETMANENKO at the controls of a BILLIE, STU, and STU SR. made a 30 day atmosphere of the panelled, fire-placed Cessna, with CYNTHIA KEMPER and flying tour of the country in a Cessna 172. meeting room of Monmouth County Air­ RUTH CROWELL on board. Number 3 on Among stops were Jackson Hole, Carter port. “ final” was N AN CY T IE R in her Cessna. Lake, the 747 Plant, New Orleans and A graciously warm welcome by VIR­ Bringing up the rear, in her Arrow, was a visit and Yankee ride with DICEY GINIA HAMMOND as she introduced EVELYN KROPP with JERRY GARD­ M ILLE R in Washington. HOWARD BUESCHEL who immediately INER on board. We all missed our Chair­ The winners of our BFO’s (Bonesteel- captured all hearts and interest with his man MARY NEIL who was out in Dallas Fuller Outings) were LAUREL OLIVER eloquence. He, in turn, introduced SELMA talking to PAT JETTON and HAZEL Mc- (Most Hours Flown to BFO), BARB SPOF­ CRONAN. SELMA is a long-time friend KENDRICK and all those other gals who FARD (Most BFO’s Attended), MARIE of many of you, and she is too modest about

December, 1970 — 35— her talents. She is an Aviation Education flight. Also shown was the NBC-TV Docu­ HUDSON VALLEY CHAPTER Writer in addition to her other accomplish­ mentary film, “ALL THE WONDERFUL SHIRLEY DINGMAN, Reporter ments and spoke of the time, effort, energy THINGS THAT FLY”, narrated by Frank and thought that goes into producing an Blair, NBC Newscaster. All kinds of air­ This is the first newsletter from our chap­ elementary school textbook. For example: planes were shown, all except gliders. ter in quite some time and the first report­ “The helicopter goes up, up, up.” The ac­ ANESIA “SHORTY” MACHARDO re­ ing assignment for me. As a new member companying photograph has all verticle turned to Rio after a short visit to New of Ninety-Nines, I had no idea “involve­ lines. The simple terminology like "check York, Washington and San Diego. ment” meant this much, this soon. I’ll try out” that is so commonplace to us, has to BETTY LOU HUBIN and husband TOM to catch up on as much news as possible. be explained to editors, printers and the have offered their beautiful new home in Following a relatively quiet summer as children as well. Upper Saddle River, N.J. as the site for vacationing Ninety-Nines went their sep­ Then, ELLEN BRESLOW, third grade the Chapter’s annual Christmas Party, arate ways, we look back to see that our teacher of Glen Cove School, was intro­ Saturday, December 12th. It promises to Chairman MADELYN EYLES and DORIS duced. Though she doesn’t fly, she is en­ be a wonderful affair. MILLER took advantage of the short dis­ thusiastic about aviation and she knows Retiring Chairman HELEN EGAN, was tance to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire what she wants to teach her youngsters. honored for her splendid leadership at a to represent our chapter at the Convention. When she told us what she needed from us, luncheon on October 18th at Teterboro's After eleetions at the September meeting, it was so easy and simple, it seems almost Hasbrouck House with twenty-five members we started off a new year with new officers. ridiculous — She, and her colleagues, would and guests. T o follow HELEN’ s chair, is We join in our thanks to MADELYN like us to share our simplest flying experi­ M IN A ELSCH NER. It will be hard to EYLES for a job well done, and welcome ences; pre-flight, gasing the aircraft, flight measure up to HELEN’s leadership, her DORIS MILLER as our new Chairman. planning, simplified weather briefing, taxi enthusiasm, personality and dedication. The positions of Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, procedure, take-off thrill, etc. They would Past President, Chapter Member Recording Secretary and Corresponding like to see slides of your trips and they BLANCHE NOYES honored the Greater Secretary are being adeptly filled by would like to visit small airports. She N.Y. Chapter by attending the luncheon SHIRLEY BUTTS, BETTY HURD, MIN­ pointed out that we have access to a wealth for out going Chairman HELEN EGAN. NIE OSTEYEE and MARIANNE BUR- of interest stored in our memories that VIRGINIA HAMMOND has announced HANS respectively. hould be shared with the litle ones. that the Aerospace Workshop was held Our Kail Sectional Meeting was held It was my pleasure to take ELLEN and Saturday, November 14th at Manmouth October 3 at the Sheraton-LaGuardia Inn HOWARD for a “pattern flight” in my County Airport, Landing fee was waived in New York. We were pleased to be rep­ precious 206. She was fascinated, and I was for all who attended. resented by Chairman DORIS MILLER and overjoyed. JUDY went with us to explain JANE VAN EPS currently at 75,000 49‘/2er BILL, MADELYN EYLES, NANCY what made the plane fly! miles of traveling world wide, for the cur­ MOORE and JUNE SIMPSON. Because of The meeting continued until twilight en­ rent year, and hasn’t been on vacation yet. this and several other conflicts, our Oc­ veloped our area. HOWARD BUESCHEI. Vacation, another swing through the South tober meeting had to be cancelled and the told us how to obtain pertinent materials Pacific and Orient, will add another 30,000 November meeting postponed. However, we and introduced JAMES E. VARANYAK, miles. Pan Am does make the Going Great. are eagerly awaiting the November meeting Supervisor of Flight Safety and Education, PEGGY SHINN is now MRS. RICHARD as we expect Charter Member MRS. JEAN New Jersey. JIM spoke of the future of NAUMANN having gotten married October DAVIS HOYT as our special guest. aviation in New Jersey and the State’s pro­ 3. Congratulations!! One of our enthusiastic members, JANE posed development plans. He was most HELEN EGAN soared at Sugar Bush, TH E U R E R, has moved to Pennsylvania but gracious in answering all types of questions Vt. Her first flight in a glider at helm from she plans to remain active with us. Sounds concerning safety, existing operations and 2,500 feet. to me as if she is trying to build up flying future operations. DORRIS RENNINGER has been ap­ time! It was an enlightening day! pointed by Jack Schaffer, Administrator of SH IR LE Y BUTTS is doing her “ thing” to stay proficient. She and her 49!4er traveled Our people in the news— SANDY DUMA the FAA, a member of “THE WOMENS passed her Commercial and Instrument ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AVIA­ to Ohio State University in the early sum­ writtens and JANIE MARTIN her Instru­ TION” . Her Lt. son “ Rennie” just received mer to take a refresher course. ment written. ALMA HITCHINGS won 2nd his private pilots license at Minot, N.D. Y our reporter would like to finish by place in the New England Air Derby with MARION ANDREWS just returned from showing off her new Commercial license. ELLIE M cCU LLOU GH as co-pilot, and 5th Baton Rouge, La., reports the enthusiasm She thinks it goes well with her Instrument place trophy in the New England Treasure running high there for the terminus of the and Ground Instructors Ratings. Hunt, with CLAIRE KRUICA serving as 1971 Twenty-fifty Powder Puff Derby Jub­ co-pilot. ilee. LONG ISLAND CHAPTER JANE VAN EPS finding using full flaps IRENE HENRY, Reporter GREATER NEW YORK CHAPTER in a Cherokee a lot easier these days after BARBARA EVANS, Vice-President and losing approximately 50 lbs. of excess “bag­ LISA HEBO, Reporter Treasurer of the AWTAR, flew with two gage” . Think I had better introduce myself to other girls, a portion of the 1972 race route CATHERINE BROOKS very actively the readers. I am a very newcomer to the into Baton Rouge. La. They were well flying CAP and Wing Scouts. Flew to Ninety-nines. I hold a Private Glider rat­ received by the So. Louisiana Chapter. teacher’s Meeting in Atlantic City — fall ing. Took instruction at Chemung County THELMA BAKER participated in a CAP weather remaining spring-like. Airport from Schweizer Aircraft Company alert and flew her airplane to the Albany- at Elmira, N.Y. Hold the rank of Major in This news reporter is spending her two- Schenectady area. Civil Air Patrol and am a Squadron Com­ week vacation in Merida, Cozumel, Chiehen JO and JIM O’BRIAN’s airplane, dam­ mander. I work for Pan American Airways Itza, all in Mexico and then on Thanks­ aged in the recent Republic Field squall, as a Reservation Supervisor. So far this giving Day, she’s leaving for Finland for is now fixed, painted and looks beautiful. year, I have flown 42,000 miles in com­ rest and sauna; a five day trip. JIM, in co-operation with the Board of mercial airlines. As you can see, I like to IRENE KEITH just returned from a Education of New York City CAP’s spent travel. Route Check for Pan Am to Fairbanks and one day flying underprivileged children at HERB FISHER of the Port Authority, Anchorage, Alaska. She also dispatched the Republic Field. JIM said the children were showed two films, “THE TEN TAKES first scheduled 747 passenger flight which thrilled and grateful with the experience of FLIGHT” of the new McDonnell Douglas has now flown more than one million “ First-Flight” . DC-10 jet transport roll out and its first passengers. Our own ELLIE McCULLOUGH and

— 36— December, 1970 ALMA HITCHINGS from the Garden State WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER Until next time — FLY HIGH AND DRY Chapter, came in second in the New Eng­ PEG PIEPER, Reporter (You better not drink to that!!!) land Air Races on Oct. 17. They were also Western New York 99ers, 49V^crs and the first all-women crew to win in Almas' guests had a delightful dinner at the Old trusty Cherokee 180. Red Mill Restaurant in Clarence, N.Y. in By press time, ELLIE will have under­ November. It was followed by a very short MIDDLE EAST gone minor surgery and will, hopefully, be business meeting (everyone was too full to fully recovered. SECTION ANNA DIETRICH will be hoarding a talk). Those present were: ARLENE BRAY, ETHEL FEDDERS. DONNA JOSS, 747 at Thanksgiving Time, with grandson, TRI-CITIES CHAPTER JERRY PAINE, PEG PIPER, TERRI PIR BRITT for a visit with daughter BETTY ANN SAMMONS, Reporter RUNG, KATHY POTOCZAK. and JEAN in California. VALVO along with 49>/2ers: BILL JOSS, Tri-Cities is finally getting organized with RUTH DOBRESCU, with 49%er our nine members. Almost all of us have CHARLES and family, off to Jamaica for PETER PIEPER. HENRY POTOCZAK and BURT VALVO. a title or a specific job — PATSY GAL­ a weeks holiday. LOWAY, Chairman; LIBBY DUNNE, Vice- DONNA FLAUM, former instructor at DON DUERR, President of the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft As­ chairman; JANET GRAVER, Secretary- Zahn’s Airport, is now employed by United Treasurer; EVELYN RICHARDS, Public­ Airlines as Dispatcher at LaGuardia. Since sociation was our guest speaker. DON reported there are over 50,000 EAA mem­ ity and Public Relations; GLORIA BILL­ passing her ATR written, DONNA’S trying bers from all corners of the world except UPS, Scrap Book; and ANN SAMMONS, the “back-door" into Airlines. Reporter. ANNIE GOLEMAN, our artist, MARGE GRAY, our Lt. Col. in the Air the U.S.S.R. He showed a color/sound film produced by his fellow chapter members is designing a cover for the Scrap Book Force Reserve, is on annual active tour of showing many of the activities of the local and MARY BROWN, from Clarksburg, duty for two weeks at the Pentagon in EAA Chapter. It was extremely interesting W.Va., is inactive due to location. Washington. and entertaining. I am sorry more of our In May, PATSY GALLOWAY, LIBBY M A R IL Y N HIBNER has been flying to members were not present to see it. DUNNE, and JAN ET GRAVER flew to Montauk on week-ends. Seems she’s gone All of us are very proud of JEAN Williamsburg, Va., to the Sectional Meet­ "Lobster Crazy”. KEITH, her husband VALVO for being selected Parlimentarian ing to receive our Charter. Although 49l/ier, finally won his F.A.A. battle in get­ for the N.Y.-N.J. Section. She will do a EVELYN RICHARDS could not go, she ting his medical certificate back after a hang up job. It’s going to be all law and provided the Cessna 206 for the journey. lapse of three years. Congratulations, order from now on girls!!!!. (Reporter’s Our final plans for the Morgantown KEITH. Note: Personally, I think she’s too bashful.) Powder Puff Derby stop were completed The Chapter fly-in on Nov. 1st, was at­ Speaking of a bang up job — DONNA in June. PATSY GALLOWAY, LIBBY tended by JOAN FLEISHMANN and JOSS spent 4 days in Millard Fillmore Hos­ DUNNE, JANET GRAVER, and ANNIE 49'^er, ARTHUR along with THELMA pital recuperating from a freak accident. COLEMAN were our real workers. BAKER and friends. They had a delicious DONNA was riding her bicycle (VFR too) EVELYN R ICH ARD S flew up to help one lunch at the CAVU Restaurant near Ko- and over she went. For years, her mother afternoon, and much needed assistance was helt Airport in Wallkill, N.Y. JOAN would has been worried about DONNA flying received from the local C.A.P. ADELAIDE appreciate a better turn-out for these gath­ around the countryside. I’ll bet DONNA’s TINKER, Washington, D.C. Chapter and erings she plans. mother has changed her mind. RONNIE JOHNSON, Central Penna. Chap­ PEG FORD and yours truly, represented T E R R I PIR RU N G is at it again — would ter, were also a great help. A certificate of the 99s at the official opening o f the Suf­ you believe she tired aerobatics in a Cessna appreciation has been sent to MRS. VIR­ folk County Airport in Westhampton Beach, Aerobat. That girl is always up in the GINIA SECRET of Bridgeport, W.Va., for L.I. on Oct. 17. This Airport, formerly an air. ED and TERRI are enjoying their her assistance to TA R24 on her return Air-Base, is located 5 miles from my home "A pache” . flight from Philadelphia. and we plan to base our airplane there in KATHY POTOCZAK and her 49!/2er August saw our same officers elected, and the near future. HEN RY flew to Flushing, L.I. for the fall in September, we proposed for member­ IRENE BRUNKS now a “ Whirlygirl” . section meeting and then on to St. Peters­ ship, LINDA STEWART, from Charleston, GUS ANDERSENS’ “Ladybird” is cur­ burg, Florida for three days and on to W.Va. Linda is a controller in the Charles­ rently being checked out on repair work Hollywood for the A.O.P.A. party. After ton Tower and has her Commercial license after new Ceconite covering knocked out the party they went onto Bowling Green with single and multi engine and instru­ all the instruments. GUS is anxious to get and Auburn, Alabama. They had to set ment ratings, and is working on her in­ it in condition to complete test for Com­ down at Ashtabula-Jefferson, Ohio because structors rating — a very busy “Tower mercial Rating. o f snow. All in all it was a delightful trip. Flower” . Our Penny-A-Pound, scheduled for Oct. JE R R Y PAIN E is working nights at Ba­ September also brought us some much 24, was cancelled due to Insurance prob­ tavia, N.Y. V.A. Hospital. It sure was nice needed revenue. Our members manned the lems that were eventually resolved. to see and meet JERRY at our November concession stand during the annual Penny- On Nov. 19, our Chapter will celebrate meeting. a-Pound Fly Day at the Huntington Down­ its 5th birthday with a dinner party honor­ ETHEL FEDDERS continues to com­ town Airport. Proceeds from the flights — ing our Chapters’ Charter members. Mem­ mute hack and forth to Canada. There’s a take offs and landings every 18 seconds for bers being so honored are DORIS AB- lot of smuggling going on across the border 8 hours — went to the Heart and Cancer BATE, DOROTHY BOCK, ANNA DIET- —limrn!!!! I wonder!!! Funds while we reaped the profits from RICH, RUTH DOBRESCU, BARBARA M A RC IA G ITTE LM A N flew to New the pop and candy sales. Great fun was had EVANS, VIOLA GENTRY, (Charter- Hampshire for a Lease-a Plane fly in. by all. Charter Member) MARGE GRAY, ELLIE Boy! can our chairman ARLENE BRAY EVELYN RICHARDS attended the Ohio McCu l l o u g h , m a r g a r e t p o t t s and hang that gavel. I happened to he sitting Aviation Trades Association in Columbus HONEY KATE TRATTLER. Our guest next to her and she missed my hand by a on Oct. 10th, where the principal speaker speaker w ill be LIZ PECK, former 99 and fraction of an nich. ARLENE logged time was JOHN BAKER, newly elected Chief of “old time pilot” who will, I’m sure, amuse piloting a couple of charter trips this General Aviation under the Department of and inform us, with her great stories about month. She was glad to see 99er GLORIA Transportation — very interesting. flying in the “good ’ole days” . Stick around, SANTUCCI when she landed at Utica, N.Y. PATSY GALLOWAY and her 49'/2er, gals, for pictures and story of this historic From all o f us in Western New York RED, visited in California and Arizona for event in next i s s u e .... (Send it and we’ll to all 99ers all over the world — a very six weeks. While in California they visited run it— Ed.) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. with Virginia Wegener of the San Gabriel

December, 1970 — 37— Valley Chapter. They got back in time to on November 17th. The title of her paper Milton, Ontario, Canada 878-2594 make the Middle East Sectional meeting in is “Public Use Heliports, STOLports, V- First Canadian Wilmington, Delaware. Ports — A Cure for Congestion.” Parish, Nora (George) 116 Annabelle Street JULIA CARROLL flew to Nags Head Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Kitty Hawk on her vacation. The 383-5971 NEWSLETTER REFERENCE INDEX First Canadian Wright Museum proved to be most inter­ Prowse, Marian Ruth (Leonard P.) esting. She also flew to Dallas where she Amelia Earhart Scholarship 19 Lynnwood Drive, #309 Information Sept. & Oct. Brantford, Ontario, Canada visited the F.A.A. and stopped to visit with 519-753-6464 our editor, HAZEL McKENDRICK, but APT Program Sept. & Oct. First Canadian Directory of 99 Owned/Operated Trent, Julia (John) she was not there at the time. 50 Dale Avenue My 49i/2er, FRED SAMMONS, and I Airports Sept. Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada Gen’l Avn. Accident Prevention Program 924-8863 took a flying vacation to Ft. Smith, Arkan­ First Canadian sas. We borrowed one of EVELYN RICH­ Aviation Weather Forecasts September York, Patricia Anne Newsletter Instructions Sept.-& Oct. Apt. 1203, 30 Speers Road ARDS’ Cardinals as our Tri Pacer had had Oakville, Ontario, Canada a ground accident. The Cardinal, like a 845-0835 First Canadian Cadillac after the Tri Pacer, and that 99 MEMBERSHIP LIST Rubin, Joan Eleanor (William) beautiful visibility after the smog of the 8105 Kildare Road "NEW" Cote St. Luc, Quebec, Canada Ohio River Valley made for a wonderful SEPTEMBER, 1970 489-0407 trip. Coming home we stopped over night M ontreal at Kentucky Dam and at Rough River State MEMBERS-AT-LARGE de Beauregard, Marie-Josephe (Georges) WEST CANADA SECTION Parks. They both have beautiful lodges, 19 Avenue de B re tte ville Yergens, Darleen Eileen (Ernest V.) wonderful people, and really good food 92-Neuilly, France 2900 Park St. 722-60-89 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada with the air strip right there. Kentucky is Uiicny, June Ju (Steve) 523-6525 to be commended for their park system. Office of the Comptroller A lberta Hq. 8th U. S. A rm y W e also stopped at Bardstown for a visit APO, San Francisco, Ca. 96301 NEW ENGLAND SECTION to My Old Kentucky Home. CAVU until Wideroe, Turi Ball, Claire R. (Stanley M.) we got near home, back to the smoke and Drammensveien 342, Lysaker Round Lake Road Oslo. Norway Ridgefield, Ct. 06877 haze, but fun to go and fun to come home. 538182 438-2778 Connecticut FINNISH SECTION Suisman, Mary J. (Joel) WASHINGTON D.C. CHAPTER Laurila, Ritva Anneli (Heikki) 281 G ardiner Ave., Apt. J-5 CLEO SHERBOW, Reporter H akam aki 3 D 20 New London, Ct. 06320 Tapiola, Espoo, Finland 203-443-4754 Ebberson, Lillian E. (Chauncey T.) Our November meeting was held at the 426283 Nallinmaa, Outi Marja 152 Audubon Road home of MARYANN JESSUP. Our chapter Hameenpuisto 43-45 A Warwick, R. I. 02888 Tampere, Finland 781-8700 is growing so fast with new members and Eastern New England Salotaival, Leila transfers, we will soon need to rent a hall Yliopistonkatu 9 A 30 Demers, Jane G. (Lucien A.) Turku, Finland Dorset St., RFD #1 for our meetings. Our guest speaker for the So Burlington, Vt. 05401 921/331347 evening was DR. STANLEY A. FAVAN- 863-6914 No. New England ZIEMNOWICZ, who talked about Electric SOUTH AFRICAN SECTION Impediment Pletamorgraphy, which is the Bassett, Mary McKellar (Conn) NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY SECTION study of the blood supply to various parts P. O. Box 122, N elspruit, Clevelger, Lillian H. (James J.) White River, Tvl., South Africa 1604 Palmer Way of the brain and its relation to human be­ W hite River 21 Manasquan, N. J. 08736 havior. This is a relatively new field of McWilliams, Lorraine (Vernon A.) P. O. Box 6070, Dbn North 223-0203 medicine still in its experimental stages. Garden State Natal, South Africa Zilincar, Dolores Jane (August J.) As it is perfected it should have an im­ 837393 8 Line Road Wessels, Lynette Carol (Anton J.) portant place in determining the causes Holmdel, N. J. 07733 11 Winifred Crt., Ampthill Avenue 201-946-4419 of many civil and military air accidents Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa Garden State that go unknown. Barlia. Betty P. (Louis) EAST CANADA SECTION 9 Shoshone Path Member VIRGINIA THOMPSON re­ Riches, Mary Louise Oakland, N. J. 07436 cently attended the Seventh Congress of 844 Connaught Avenue 201-337-4373 Ottawa 14, Ontario, Canada Greater New York Career Women Leaders. This is sponsored 828-3052 Pigott, Barbara Helen (John W.) by the Professional and Womens Organiza­ Eastern Ontario 3 Old Church Road Wilkinson, Beverley Jean W arren, N. J. 07060 tion. A full report of this meeting is or will K irk's Ferry P. O. 201-755-1949 be reported in the N EW SLETTER. Quebec, Canada Greater New York Cooney, Eveline Anne VIRGINIA THOMPSON was recently in 827-2735 Eastern Ontario 103 A lton S treet California, guest at the home of HELEN Bieck, Elaine Dorothy (Allan) Syracuse, N. Y. 13215 21 - 42nd S treet 315-475-8705 MURPHY. She visited with former chapter Toronto 510, Ontario, Canada Hudson Valley members MAYETTA BEHRINGER and 259-2085 Felsen, Gertrude (Morris H.) Route 3, Box 249 JANET HITT. VIRGINIA also visited with First Canadian Chilcott, Joan Elizabeth (Ernest M.) Kingston, N. Y. 12401 FRAN GRANT. FRAN as you probably 129 Glenholme Avenue 914-331-8741 Hudson Valley know has served very effectively as our Toronto 10, Ontario, Canada 532-2511 Roehrig, Elaine C. (Charles A.) Sentinel at the past few International Con­ First Canadian RD #1. Box 307 U tica, N. Y. 13502 ventions. Gray, Patricia Godson 46 Saintfield Avenue 315-797-0026 Gals in the chapter are beginning to get Don Mills 406, Ontario, Canada Hudson Valley Conrad, Carole Ann POWDER PUFF DERBY FEVER, which 447-2558 First Canadian 38 Pashley Road is, if you don’t already know, the looking Greply, Elizabeth G. (Larry) Scotia. N. Y. 12302 518-399-7079 around for sponsors and airplanes for this 128 Glen Manor Drive T oronto 13, O ntario, Canada New York Capital District 25th Anniversary Race. CLEO SHERBOW 691-4224 Cummings, Marilyn M. A-10 Queens Drive started three months ago teaching her First Canadian Luther, Edith Schenectady, N. Y. 12304 twenty-one year old daughter how to be 54 Deepwood Cres. 374-5417 New York Capital District co-pilot in a race. Don Mills, Ontario, Canada (B)445-6625/(H)444-4024 Green, Ruth G. (R obert I.) JEAN ROSS HOWARD is addressing the First Canadian 1 Mill Road Joint AIAA Symposium on Environmental MacKay, Lenora Fae Latham , N. Y. 12110 (Ronald A.) 785-7545 Effects on VTOL Designs, Arlington, Texas, 108 Charles St. New York Capital District

— 38— December, 1970 Jandron, P atricia M. (John L.) Griffin, Barbara G. (Richard J.) C am pbell, Jo Anne (Charles B.) 165 M arshall Avenue 848 S. Johnson Ct. 6008 Lubkin Schnectady, N. Y. 12304 Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Boise, Idaho 83704 377-5634 985-2466 375-4348 New York Capital District Colorado Idaho Lillard, Fredna (Marvin M.) Cooke, Carol Jean (E. Vincent) MIDDLE EAST SECTION 2150 Urban Drive Rt. # 2 Blair, Joanne W. (Howard W.) Lakewood, Colorado 80215 Jerome, Idaho 83338 R.D. #1. P. O. Box 327 237-6257 208-374-4036 Colorado Idaho Bellefonte, Pa. 16823 814-355-2283 Meisel, Glenda Lee (Richard L.) Crawford, Florence I. (Charles H.) Central Pennsylvania 7081 Beacon Way 602 West Third St. Davison, Helen Smith (Ellison L.) Westminster, Colorado 80030 Rugby, North Dakota 58368 4011 Dragon Rouge Drive 429-5860 776-6197 North Dakota G ibsonia, Pa. 15044 C olorado Almand, Janice Arlene Dahle. Martha M. 'Mitzi' (Thomas A.) 443-5124 Central Pennsylvania 12825 Cranberry Lane Mohall, North Dakota 58761 Jones, Mary Elizabeth Dallas, Texas 75234 756-6684 241-4334/241-3864 North Dakota 1208 Berwick Road S m ith, Lorraine L. (Ted R.) Ruxton, Md. 21204 Dallas O’ Hara, P Phyllis Perry (Thom as P.) 1226 N. 19th VA 3-7838 4345 Buckingham Drive Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 M aryland El Paso. Texas 79902 North Dakota Pearce, Martha .V Kringle, Lorna Ann (Paul R.) 739 Dunedin Rd., Apt. E 533-6636 23227 — 1st Avenue West Portsmouth, Va. 23701 El Paso Bothell, Washington 98011 488-7352 Maddock, Suzanne Carole (Frank W.) V irginia 1909 Galahad Lane HU 6-2487 Arlington, Texas 76010 Puget Sound SOUTHEAST SECTION 277-8013 Haussler, Shirley Jean (Louis W.) Golden Triangle 1715 Hull Road Hood, Betty B. (Douglas W.) Espy, Betty Jo Tate (Curtis L.) Medford. Oregon 97501 200 D riftw ood Road, S.E. 773-1604 St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 601 George, Apt. 110 Midland. Texas 79701 South Oregon 896-8935 Erickson, Patricia Ann (Tim) Florida Suncoast 915-MU 3-3965 H igh Sky 12219 N. E. 61st Larkin, Judith A. (John J.) Kirkland, Washington 98033 Rt. 2, 53 Hidden River Road Cooper. Trudy (L. Gordon, Jr.) VA 2-0509 Sarasota, Florida 33577 101 Cedar Lane C ircle Western Washington 813-322-1171 Seabrook, Texas 77586 Mucklestone, Susan Q. (Robert J.) Florida Suncoast 877-3349 5201 N. E. 43rd H ouston Seattle, Washington 98105 NORTH CENTRAL SECTION H offm an, M arilyn W. (Carl C.) LA 3-4206 9023 Sandpiper Feibel, Joan Staples (Robert L.) Western Washington Houston, Texas 77036 2886 Mt. Holyoke Road 774-3195 Columbus, Ohio 43221 H ouston SOUTHWEST SECTION 486 1312 Rich, Ruth Ann (George) All-O hio Given, Jeanne Carole 211 N. Ann 30204 E. Hwy. 91. Box 25 Fishel, Sandra Sue (Derry L.) Barstow, California 29311 257 Woodridge Columbia, Missouri 65201 333-7213 714-256-9230 Tallmadge, Ohio 44278 Coachella Valley 673-6089 Nebraska Brown, M argaret L. (Sam A.) Walton, Margaret Rilla (Marell) All-Ohio 5565 Pray Street Jordan, Patricia Jane (Charles) P. O. Box 818 Ada, Oklahoma 74820 Bonita, California 92002 1055 Larkstone Drive 479-4474 Worthington, Ohio 43085 332-1338 Oklahom a El Cajon Valley 451-9638 Paolini, Veronica Ruth All Ohio Staton, Nawasa A. (Robert V.) 11849 E. Kings Canyon Road Gibbens, Barbara Jean 300 N. Alpha Sanger, California 93657 5133 St. Charles Road Mangum, Oklahoma 73554 875-3212 Bellwood, Illinois 60104 405-782-2496 Fresno (B)54 7-6200/(H >969-8458 O klahom a Masterson, Rebecca Deck Chicago Area Jacobs, Mary Virginia (Claud B.) P. O. Box 1051 Hersee, Nancy Jane (Albert) 201 Kent. P. O. Box 67 San Mateo, California 94403 Route #1, Box 325 Yoakum, Texas 77995 Golden West West Chicago, Illinois 60185 512-293-4460 Mendenhall, Florence (Elbie) 231-2836 San Antonio 1901 E. S tew art, Apt. A Chicago Area Skinner, Sammie Jo (Travis D.) Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Stones, Deborah Lynne Rt. 3, Box 50, Lot 5 384-3915 10658 C anterbury St. Humble, Texas 77338 Las Vegas Valley Westchester, Illinois 60153 San Antonio Anderson, Kathryn Ardath 562-2569 Baughman, Pauline M. (Charles H.) 760 Termino Avenue, Apt. 4 Chicago Area Long Beach. California 90804 Biddle, Carol Ruth (Herbert D.) 12459 E. Milburn Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815 438-9505 8114 Graham Road 275-9443 Long Beach Indianapolis, Indiana 46250 South Louisiana Cole, M ary Elizabeth (John R.) 849-4069 Crow, Jeanie Frances (Bruce L.) 12582 Leda Lane Indiana Garden Grove, California 92640 Burroughs, Bettie Jo (Charles A.) 141 Kush Lane Corpus Christi, Texas 78404 534-7257 205 Louise Avenue Orange County Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933 884-6459 Tip of Texas Fudge, Jean S. (Ray) 362-4755 105 W. Sycamore St. Indiana Eberle. Margaret Ann Anaheim, California 92805 Gorski, Gail 3200 East Baker Circle (B)535-8412/(H)633-1769 7008 F oxcroft PI., H u n tin g Creek Kansas City, Kansas 66104 Orange County Prospect, Kentucky 40059 913-AT 7-5088 Scott, Sonja Maria 228-8846 Topeka P. O. Box 1116 Kentucky Bluegrass Denney, Hildred Maxine (L. D.) Big Bear Lake, California 92315 Chamberlain, Katherine L. (Ray W.) P. O. Box 930 866-4877 220 N. Kinney Guymon. Oklahoma 73942 Orange County Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858 338-3482 Free, Janice Lee (Stuart) 773-5433 Top of Texas P. O. Box 185 M ichigan Stanfield, Harley Jean (Jay E.) Vista, California 92083 Tipton, Frances Jane (Walter B.) 418 N. Academy 724-1300 9654 Sarasota Guymon, Oklahoma 73942 Palom ar Detroit, Michigan 48239 338-6437 Bolstad, K athleen M. (Owen C.) KE 2-5767 Top of Texas 2460 Piping Rock Drive M ichigan Vestal, Suzanne Burdge (Robert E.) Reno, Nevada 89502 Marsh, Lisa Ann (Glen W.) P. O. Box 31 358-2784 15 S. 1st St., Apt. 1405B Guymon, Oklahoma 73942 Reno Area Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 338-3394 Henderickson, Greta E. 338-3077 Top of Texas 3910 Orangewood Drive M innesota Fair Oaks, California 95628 NORTHWEST SECTION 967-4036 SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION Sacramento Valley Pugh, C arolyn C. (George L.) Briggs, Ardis Marie (Rolla) Williamson, Helen Eastman P. O. Box 156 5200 Nahaho Way 2530 Cordova Lane Portland, Arkansas 71663 Boise. Idaho 83703 Rancho Cordova, California 95670 737-2346 208-343-9174 916-635-8172 Arkansas Idaho Sacramento Valley

December, 1970 -39— S turtevant, Jeanne G. (Sabin P.) MIDDLE EAST SECTION Shore, Nancy lone (John G.) 11845 Highwater Road R. R. 2 Granada Hills, California 91344 Moore, Alice W. (Robert L.) Johnson, Kansas 67855 363-7785 1945 Cathedral Road GY 2-2428 San Fernando Valley Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania 16652 Kansas Morrill, Charlotte Perry (Charles P.) OL 9-1914 Edmondson, Constance Joan (John B.) 570 Chaucer Street Eastern Pennsylvania 710 J S treet Palo Alto, California 94301 Gering, Nebraska 69341 321-1213 436-2245 San Joaquin Valley SOUTHEAST SECTION Nebraska Rowe, P atricia L. (H enry A.) Fisher, Mary Jewel (King) 5102 Cathedral Oaks Road Hicks, Toy Anne (Beuran D.) P. O. Box 183 Santa Barbara, California 93105 1465 Dardon Avenue Port Lavaca, Texas 77979 967-2836 Memphis, Tennessee 38116 524-4751/524-4286 Santa Barbaira 398-7369 San Antonio Belgum, Evelyn Elaine (Richard J.) M em phis Ridley, Mayoe Porter (Melvin R.) 1958 Sycamore Glen Brink, Linda Hoik (Edward W.. M.D.) P. O. 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December, 1970 This is the ONLY Format accepted by the International Nominating Committee — Nominees’ acceptance forms must be attached.

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