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-------------— AIR TERMINAL BUILDING — WILL ROGERS F IE L D ----------------------------OCTOBER, 1961

IT'S NEVER TOO LP re s id en t's C o lum n

We ded ica te th is issue of the News L e tte r to our H e a d q u a r te rs group, E lizabeth Sewell, C ha irm an , M ary L ester, N ew s L e tte r E d ito r, R ita E aves, and C arol C raig, H e a d q u a rte rs S ecre ta ry . I a rr iv ed in O klahom a City S ep tem ber 18 from H igh Point, N. C., som e 1068 m iles, six hours, 30 m in ­utes via A tlan ta around w ea th er , fly ­ing alone in th a t red and w hite Bo­nanza. Deedo, b less her, m e t m e a t a t H ea d q u arte rs w ith a v e ry la rg e package of p as t m inutes, files, an d — ' “s tu ff,” D eedo’s favo rite by-word. I had thought I knew ju s t w h a t w en t on a t H ea d q u a rte rs . Now, I find I rea lly had no conception. A pprox im ately half the m em bersh ip w as renew ed and p rocessed p rio r to the f irs t of Sept., th irty days ah ead of the deadline. We g rea tly ap p re c ia te the ea rly and p rom pt renew als. N ext m onth the w ork on the 1961-62 R o s te r begins. Im ag ine proof-reading ev e ry nam e, ad d ress and telephone num ber. And the News L e tte r m u st m eet a deadline every m onth. H a ts off to H ea d q u ar­te rs!

W ish all of you could v isit H ead ­q u a rte rs , see the A m elia E a rh a r t m em entos and the lovely K orean scro ll p resen ted by K yung O. K im . The lib ra ry now contains se v e ra l books au thored by 99’s. “ A Sky of My O w n,” Molly B ernheim ; ‘‘W ings for L ife ,” R uth N ichols; and ‘‘S abres O ver B randyw ine ,” L indy Boyes. It would be nice to add to our lib ra ry . H as anyone a copy of ‘‘H igh, W ide and F rig h ten e d ” by Louise T haden to con- t r i bute ?

Today, S ep tem b er 20, as I w rite the w ea th er is IF R in O klahom a City, but c learing . Hope to wing m y w ay ea s t tom orrow and a tten d a jo in t m eeting of the A labam a and G eorgia C hap­te rs .

K eep flying,Louise Sm ithP res id en t

H E A D Q U A R T E R S COM M ITTEE— E lizabeth V. S ew ell, ch a irm an ; M ary E ester , N ew s L etter E d itor; R ita E aves.

Attention A!! Governors!Please Read CarefullyM ay v/e call to your notice th a t the

tim e is here for you to appoint your SECTIO N SCHOLARSHIP C H A I R ­MAN, to w hom all C hap te rs in your Section will be sending in th e ir A m elia E a rh a r t M em orial S cho larsh ip ap p li­cations in the nex t two m onths o r so.

W hen you have m a d e your appo in t­m ent, will you please adv ise the C h a irm an of each C h ap te r in your Section the nam e and ad d re ss of the g irl whom you have appoin ted , so th a t they will have no difficulty in p roperly d ispa tch ing th e ir app lica tions w hen the tim e com es.

This appo in tm en t should be m ade, and the C hap te r C h a irm an so advised ,

(Continued on P ag e 3) Carol C raig, He v arters Secretary

International OfficersP resid en t

LOUISE M. SM ITH 421 E dgedale D rive

H igh P oin t, N orth C arolinaV ice-P resid en t

BARBARA K IERNA N 124 M yrtle St.

Boston, M assachusettsS ecretary

BARBARA EVANS 40 S tu a r t P lace

M anhasset, N ew Y orkT reasurer

ALICE RO BERTS 719 W. O rchid L ane

Phoenix, A rizonaE xecu tive C om m ittee EU G EN IA R. H E IS E

5019 N. C um berland Blvd. M ilwaukee, W isconsin BARBARA LONDON

551 M argo Avenue Long B each, C alifornia

RUTH D EER M A N 405 Cam ino R eal E l P aso , T exas

D EA D L IN E FOR NEW S The 25th Of E ach Month

PR HintsAre you sending your m eeting no­

tices to your local new spapers?L e t’s s ta r t the new 99 y e a r r ig h t

w ith the reso lu tion to ed u cate the public abou t the 99’s—thro u g h pub­licity. This is ev e ry c h a p te r’s resp o n ­sibility. The very m in im um effo rt to be spen t for th is purpose is the m a il­ing of m eeting notices to th e press.

Be su re th a t your notice includes: Who is in charge and h e r phone n u m ­ber, w here the m eeting w ill be eld, w hat the p rog ram is, and w hen the m eeting will be held—date and hour.

R em em b er the Q uestionnaires sen t from h ea d q u a rte rs to a ll m em b ers two y ea rs ago? M any of th ese w ere n ev e r re tu rn ed by m em b ers . . . and they a re needed fo r ta b u la tin g s ta ­tis tic s to a reasonab le d eg ree of accu racy .

If you ‘‘nev e r saw the Q uestion­n a ire ” o r have m isp laced it, p lease, PLEA SE, individually , o r by chap te r, w rite to C arol C raig a t In te rn a tio n a l H ea d q u arte rs and req u e st the form . F ill it in and send it back by re tu rn m ail! We need the in form ation.

F or those m em b ers who did com ­plete the Q uestionnaire—if th e re is any sign ifican t change in in fo rm ation . . . add itiona l ra tin g s, scho lasticdegrees, honor fra te rn itie s /so ro ritie s , job change, joined o ther o rganizations, flight experience th a t w as " d iffe re n t”. . . p lease, sim ply lis t and fo rw ard to h ea d q u arte rs .

L indy Boyes,P R C hairm an

W e Present

F rom B ru ssels, B elg ium JA C Q U E L IN E COUSIN

You will find h ere w hat w as asked for, m y flying s to ry . I w ro te it in F re n ch a long tim e ago, but it has tak en m e even m ore tim e and h a rd w ork to tra n s la te 1 it in E n g lish !

I took m y f irs t flying lessons a t E lisab e th v ille (ex-B elg ian Congo), in 1947 in a P ip e r Cub, on m y uncle’s suggestion . A fterw ards, I continued m y tra in in g in B elgium in an A uster- A rrow and obta ined by P r iv a te P ilot license in 1948. At th a t tim e m y uncle prom ised m e an a irc ra f t if I su cceed ­ed in ob ta in ing a C om m ercia l P ilot L icense. It is use less to d escribe the h e a r t w ith w hich I stud ied and t r a in ­ed.

D uring th a t tra in in g tim e I flew P ip e r Cubs, A uster-A rrow s, F a irch ild s and for a ro b a tics , T ig e r M oths.

In 1949 I ob ta ined m y C om m ercia l P ilo t L icense and like it w as p ro m ­ised, I received a p lane; m y Stinson V oyager in w hich I still fly and it is a lw ays a v e ry good m ach ine .

W ith m y S tinson I began to m ake "T ax i f lig h t” during th e su m m er, and som e p leasu re tr ip s during the w in ter season . F or these la st fligh ts m y fa th e r used to be m y p assen g e r and th e longest tr ip s n e v e r frigh tened him . At m ore th a n seven ty he ad a p te d h im ­self qu ite w ell to long spo rt flight.

We s ta r te d w ith a tr ip all around M e d ite rra n n e a : Spain, B a le a res I s ­lands, M orocco, A lgeria , Tunis, E gypt, Lebanon, T urkey , C yprus, R hodes, C rete, G reece, C orsica, S ard in ia and Italy .

In 1951 we flew from B russe ls to Capetow n th rough S a h a ra —th a t w as a bit d ifficu lt because of the sh o rt ran g e of the S tinson (less th a n 1,000 km .) and lack of rad io aids. On our w ay we paid a v isit to m y uncle in Belgian-

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Congo, and on the w ay b ack we visited th e C a n a ry Islands.

In 1952 w e v isited Ind ia com pletely, Cylon included. In 1953 w e flew to M alaya and Indonesia, as fa r as Bali Island .

In 1954, m y uncle and m y fa th e r g av e m e m y B onanza, the S tinson b e­com ing a sp a re p lane th a t I use p rin ­cipally for the photo by a ir ; dropping and landing on very sho rt or bad a i r ­fields.

In 1955 we flew all around A fr ic a : E gypt, Sudan, E th iopa , K enya, Zanzi. bar, D iam ond C oast, L iberia , etc.

T hese la s t y ea rs , hav ing had the g re a t so rrow of losing m y fa th e r, I kep t flying ev e ry w in te r to B elgian Congo to spend a few w eeks w ith m y uncle. D uring the sum m er, of course, I go on w ith m y tax i-flights.

Ju s t now I have 2,700 hours flying in about 10 d iffe ren t a irc ra f t having landed on 320 d iffe ren t ae rod rom es of abou t 50 d iffe ren t countries.

Coming EventsO ctober 7

M ichigan SMALL R ace Jackson , Mich.

O ctober 22(R ain D ate Oct. 29)

F a ir-lad y A nnual Ind iana R ace (FA IR )

N orth Vernon, Ind.

O ctober 28 D allas Doll D erby

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This is an E ng lish tran s la tio n of m y K orean rep o rt on the 1961 Con­vention of our 99’s, to the F lying A ssociation of K orea. It w as pub­lished in every K orean new spaper.

Kyung O. Kim

The International Ninety-Nines

(A tra n s la tio n from K orean)

The A nnual Convention of the In te r ­national N inety-N ines, the o rg an iza­tion of W om en P ilo ts, w as held in San Diego, C aliforn ia from Ju ly 1st to 8th, 1961. One of the h igh ligh ts of th is y e a r ’s convention w as the fac t th a t m e m b ers from m any coun tries a ttend , ed it. The m ain topics of d iscussion w ere, the fu tu re p rospec ts of w om en’s av ia tion in the w orld, and in te rn a tio n ­al friendsh ip th rough w om en flyers.

T oday th e re is a good d ea l of cul­tu re exchange in te rn a tio n a lly being ca rrie d on th rough the friendsh ip am ong w om en pilots in m an y lands. This w as m an ifest during the 1961

m eetings of the 99’s both in S an Diego, C alifornia and A tlan tic City, New Je rse y . I am hopeful th a t K orea too will produce m any w om en fly ers and con/tribute to th is g ra tify in g in te r ­national understand ing .

On Ju ly 8th the fo rm al m eetings w ere ended in San Diego. On, the 9th, the tran s-co n tin en ta l a ir ra c e am ong the m em b ers of the 99's began as an im p o rtan t fe a tu re of the annua l con­vention. Two hundred and fourteen m em b ers en tered the S an Diego to A tlan tic City race . The youngest con­te s ta n t w as 20 y ea rs of age, and the o ldest 71. A m ong these a re m any w ith reco rd s of over 5,000 fly ing hours, fou rteen of them w ith m ore th an 10,000 hours.

In our country , the field of ac tiv ity for w om en h as been thus f a r m uch re s tr ic te d and secluded. In A m erica, it is com m on to see w om en pilo ts g iv ­ing flying lessons to m en. One of the p a rtic ip a n ts in th is y e a r ’s 99’s rac e w a s M iss G rac ia S arto ri who r e p re ­sen ted Ita ly . She has 850 hours of solo reco rd , and h as v isited m a n y coun­trie s in N orth , C en tra l and South A m erica. She and I p rom ised to v isit each o th e r’s countries in th e fu tu re . She is a n a tiv e of Rome.

The oldest co n testan t th is y e a r w as M rs. N ina Stokes who is 71. She h as been a te a c h e r in C alifornia, and h er husband , who also flies, is a law yer. T hey h av e te n g ran d ch ild ren . M rs, S tokes flies ev e ry day into th e sunny C alifornia sk ies and she a t tr ib u te s h e r longevity and excellen t h ea lth to th e clean fresh a ir of the P ac ific . We also had a m o th er and d au g h te r te am in the a ir ra c e th is y ear. M rs. N ancy D iam ond, the m other, h as 935 hours of solo flying.

This flying contest am ong w om en from m any p a r ts of the w orld h as not only aroused the in te res t of the citizens of A tlan tic C itv w ith th ° roa^s of th e ir a irp lan e engines, bu t it a 1 so aroused the c ity ’s exc item en t w ith th e ir exhibition of skill and d arin g in the sky.

P lan e a f te r p lane, a rr iv in g from the W est Coast, sw ept th e unDer a ir o* ttm A t l a n t i c O cean before th e '' w ere m an eu v e red to 45 degree slan tings as tbpy ann roached the P n 'im e fieV1 ashore . It w as a beautifu l sigh t of fem inine courage n ev e r to be fo r­gotten.

As a K orean, I am nrmm m rep o rt th a t in the In te rn a tio n a l 99’s A ir R ace of 19P9. i shall have the p leasu re to p a rtic in a te . A fter attend ing th is v e a r ’s g a th erin g of the 99’s I am convinced th a t one of the best w ays fo r the K orean w om en to tak e an ac tive p a r t in the fo rw ard m a rc h of w om en on the w orld stage would be th rough aviation .

Attention A il Governors! Please Read Carefully

(Continued from P a g e 1)AS SOON AS PO SSIBLE, so th a t the S cho larsh ip C h a irm an can appoint her com m ittee and be rea d y for action as soon as the app lica tions a rr iv e . D ead ­line fo r ac ce p ta n ce of app lica tions by Section S cho larsh ip C hairm en is JA N ­UARY 15th, 1962, and the deadline d a te fo r S ection S cho larsh ip C h a ir­m en to g e t th e ir se lections in to the S cho larsh ip T ru s te e s ’ C hairm an , M ar­jo rie F au th , is FEB R U A R Y 15, 1962. T hank you all for your cooperation.

B oard of T ru s tee s A m elia E a rh a r t M em orial S cho larsh ip

P ilo ts ' B r ie fin gTo N ew s L etter R eporters

Send to H e a d q u a r te rs by the 25th of ea ch m onth. H ead each re p o rt as to Section, C hap te r and rep o rte r .MUST be typed.M UST be double spaced .M UST be on re g u la r size paper.

N o N ew s L etter In N ovem b er

T ran sfer Of M em bersh ip"A m em b er w ho h as changed

h e r residence shall com plete a fo rm le tte r, ‘T ra n sfe r of M em ­b e rsh ip ,’ send the o rig ina l to In te rn a tio n a l H e a d q u a r te rs and copies to the c h a p te r from w hich she is tra n s fe rr in g and to the new ch a p te r to w hich she is t r a n s fe r r in g .”

B lanks av a ilab le iro m H ea d ­q u a rte rs .

To All C hap tersSelect your can d id a te for the

A m e l i a E a r h a r t S cho larsh ip A w ard now. The application m u st be fo rw arded to the S ec­tion S cho larsh ip C h a irm an and be in h e r hands p rio r to \he deadline J a n u a ry 15th.

In the Ju ly -A ugust issue of the N ew s L e tte r, we advised th a t le tte rh e ad s ta tio n e ry and e n ­velopes could be p u rch ased a t cost from H e a d q u a r te rs and h ave c h a p te r nam e p rin ted on the le tte rh e ad s . To date , details as to cost, e tc. have not been com pleted so th a t s ta tio n e ry and envelopes will n o t be ava ilab le un til fu rth e r notice is published, e ith e r in the N ew s L e tte r o r in the A rticles for Sale section of the new R o ster for 1961-62.

SO. CENTRAL SECTION

SH R E V E P O R T C H A PTER By H elen Hewitt

Now th a t fall w ith its beautifu l fly­ing w ea th e r is here our ch ap te r is anxious to buckle down to business (no pun in tended). We a re planning a “ coffee b re a k ” fly-in a t Longview on the 27th and alsoi hope to attend the fabulous fly-in a t Tanglew ood on the L ake and visit w ith the D allas C hap ter.

O ur S ep tem b er m eeting w as held in the hom e of H azel N ealey w ith the following new officers p resid ing : Dot- tie P o rts , c h a irm a n ; Dot W ilson, vice c h a irm an ; H elen H ew itt, secre ta ry - tr e a su re r . H azel N ealey is our m em ­b ersh ip c h a irm an th is year, Dot Wil­son is in charge of the p rog ram and yours tru ly is News L e tte r rep o rte r.

D ottie P o rts picked a perfec t w eek­end for h e r tr ip to T u lsa—CAVU all the w ay up and back and she rep o rts a w onderful tim e a t the convention.

By th is tim e D orothy King is e s ta b ­lished in Ipsw itch , E ngland w here her 49% er, Capt. C lark King, is based. We re a lly m iss h er and hope it w on’t be too long before sh e ’s back w ith us.

O ur ch a p te r ex tends best w ishes to B etty Lyons who recen tly becam e M rs, Bill M cK eever. We a re happy to rep o rt th a t B etty is now nav igating around ag a in a f te r a serious au to ­m obile acciden t.

O ur big new s is th a t we have two new m em b ers of whom we a re justly proud — Jo a n C arro ll and B a rb a ra W elsh and as soon as h e r perm anen t license a rr iv es , M artha C hristy w Jl jo in our ranks.

S evera l of us a re ten ta ively p lan ­ning to e n te r the Doll D erby o rig in a t­ing in D allas and will look forw ard to seeing m any of you all there .

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R uth D eerm an . M ary F ra n Seidl and Alice C ottingim a re planning to a tten d the sectional m eeting in D en­v e r th is w eekend. Know th e y ’ll have an en joyable tim e and w ish all of us could go.

A h e a r ty w elcom e to two new m em . b ers to our ch ap te r. They a re N eva P e te rs and Alice Cottingim . U nder­stand th e y 're both fo rm er 99’s and N eva helped organize the E l Paso C hap ter.

W ell, we ce rta in ly had a funful swim p a r ty (though only a few ven tu red into the pool) a t the hom e of our ch a irm an , Lydie W eaver, and 49V2er C am pbell. Billie and M urray C allag ­han w ere co-hosts and the dozen or

so couples who attended had a m a r ­velous tim e.

C ongratu lations to D orothy Black- ham who h as a new baby g ir l nam ed M ary Beth. W e’re looking fo rw ard to seeing D orothy a t m eetings soon.

Je a n K em p and husband , M aury , flew to D enver in Ju ly and th en drove to G rand Lake. T hey have ju s t com e back from Colorado S prings fo r the dea le r showing of the ’62 Ford .

Lois H ailey and son, Andy, flew com m ercial a irlin es to Reno for th e ir vacation th is sum m er. Lois say s they flew th rough som e lovely th u n d e r­s to rm s she would have been w atch ing from the han g ar, had she been in a sm a lle r plane.

Ruby T a tm an and 49%er, Dick, a re on a flying tr ip to L as V egas and will then go on to San F rancisco .

B etty Rouck and husband , Buddy, have recen tly re tu rn ed from a tr ip to New Y ork in th e ir Bonanza. B etty will be joining our group p re tty soon.

P risc illa D uncan and h e r 49% e r had a w onderful L abor D ay holiday. They rea lly m ade the rounds flying from Silver City to Gold Beach, O regon; P a lm Springs, Calif., San F rancisco , C ata lina and then back hom e and all in four and a h a lf days.

C atherine and G uyler M agruder spen t th e ir L abor D ay holiday in L as V egas. We call them our “ V egas K ids.’’ C atherine said the v isib ility com ing back w as the best she had ev e r seen.

M ary F ra n Seidl has recen tly been appointed our m em bersh ip ch a irm an for the y ear. We know sh e ’ll do a good job for us.

We w ere v e ry so rry to h e a r Louella G ilderbloom has changed h er m e m ­bersh ip to the Iowa C hapter. O ur loss, the ir gain.

Ju a n ita B urd ick and 49y2er, Tex, spen t la s t w eek in Colorado and had a w onderful tim e. T hey’re getting v ery excited about going hunting the th ird w eek in O ctober. T ex h as go tten his hunting validation fo r h u n te r 's choice in elk. Ju a n ita says sh e ’11 be getting h er little deer, she hopes! H appy hunting!

Brookie B ozarth checked out this w eek in a 172. Says th is is the firs t tim e sh e ’s been flying th is y ear, or a t least since e a r ly in the y ear.

T h a t’s all for th is m onth. H appy flying to you all.

A LB U Q U ER Q U E C H A PTER B y B etty Burritt

The m onthly m eeting w as held Sept. 19 a t th e hom e of V elm a Wood. 99’s p resen t w ere V elm a Wood, M ary M or. gan, R anda Sutherland , B etty B urritt, M arie G rossete te , Shirley K ay, and S h irley ’s guest, s tuden t pilot L illie Sandoval. M ain item on the agenda w as the election of officers. The new crew for nex t y e a r includes; C h a ir­m an, S h irley K ay; se c re ta ry , M arie G rossete te ; tre a su re r , R anda S u th e r­

lan d ; N ew s L e tte r re p o rte r , B etty B u rritt; m em bersh ip , M ary M organ; and scrapbook, V elm a Wood.

S evera l m e m b ers have been getting used to new p lanes th is su m m er. M arie and husband , N ugget, a re now fly ing a C om anche, S h irley and John K ay have tra d e d th e ir T ri-P a c e r fo r a B onanza and a re hav ing fun ge tting checked out. Y ours tru ly and husband , Roland, tra d e d th e ir Bonanza for an A pache, gave it a tr ia l run to S an ta P au la , Calif., to v isit m y fam ily and w ere w ell p leased . I ’m now w orking on m y m ulti-engine ra tin g .

A fter our m eeting R an d a and John S u therland show ed m ovies of th e ir C om anche tr ip to A laska th is su m ­m e r and the p ic tu res w ere rea lly beautifu l. Also included som e “ good” p ic tu res of “ b a d ” w ea th e r up th e re . T heir descrip tion of th e ir tr ip w as v e ry in te restin g and th e y gave m any good po in ters fo r anyone planning to fly in th a t a re a .

We a re looking fo rw ard to our next m eeting a t M arie ’s as it is to be a H allow e’en costum e p a r ty and no te ll­ing w h a t w e 'll see th e re !

A B IL E N E C H A PT E R B y P eg g y H aw es

O ur f irs t m eeting , o th e r th a n a

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called sh o rt m eeting abou t p re p a ra ­tion for TWAR in Ju ly , found us w ith a back-log of business. F irs t on the agenda w as election of o fficers. E le c t­ed w ere : M axine E lam , ch a irm an ; Jo Ann H am m il, vice c h a i r m a n ; P eg g y H aw es, s e c re ta ry - t r e a s u r e r ; G loria P u ck ett, New L e tte r ; P a tty T alia ferro , m em b ersh ip c h a i r m a n . Second w as a decision to a irm a rk in O c to b e r w ith those not a irm a rk in g clean ing those d a rn brushes.

O ur c h a p te r w as rec en tly ap p ro a ch ­ed to speak before Abilene C lassroom T ea ch e rs a t A bilene C h ris tian Col­lege. M arilyn Schultz and G loria P uckett ro se to the occasion b ea u ti­fu lly and lec tu red on “W om en in A v iation .” Being so d a rn good a t the job they have been asked to give ta lk s before fourth , fifth and six th g rad e school ch ild ren th is y ea r . M arvelous opportun ity here since th e y a re a s k ­ing for in fo rm ation in booklet form fo r th e ir school lib ra rie s and we a re suggesting our “ T h ir ty Sky Blue Y e a rs .”

We lost a m arve lous in stru c to r, Je e p P ric e , in an av ia tio n acciden t in A ugust. He w as n ev e r too busy to an sw er our questions and it is so m e­w h at h a rd to ex p ress the w ays he will be m issed, for his perso n a lity pulled

m an y of us on to solo and beyond the ca ll of im agined fears.

M ary B eth C ru tchfield and 49V2er a re the proud ow ners of a tw in en ­gine; as of th is w riting I don’t know the m ake but know th ey will enjoy the ir fu tu re a irtim e .

This colum n will h e re a f te r be w rit­ten by a p e r t and v ita l person, G loria P u ck ett. We a re changing jobs and 49% er fe a rs fo r our tre a su ry (don’t all husbands trem b le w ith our $ m ark w o rk ? ). I know you will enjoy h er co lum n fo r she does a good job w ith every th ing she tack les.

TIP-O F-T E X A S C H A PTER B y M erle Dunn am

O ur ch a p te r w as supposed to have a luncheon m eeting a t the local In te r ­national A ir P o rt but w as postponed due to H u rric a n e C arla

The G lasson F ly ing S erv ice has m oved from Cuddihy F ield to the new C orpus C hristi In te rn a tio n a l A ir P ort.

Louise and F ra n c is C lark son ’s in ­board cabin c ru ise r w as p rac tica lly destroyed w hen it broke its m oorings during H u rric an C arla .

P a tti (B ird) K ennely is teaching school for th re e two-week in te rv a ls in the D allas and F t. W orth schools as p a r t of h e r sen io r y e a r course a t N orth T exas S ta te T ea ch e rs College.

SAN ANTONIO C H A PTER B y C ornelia D av is

On S ep tem b er 10 we held our f irs t m eeting since June . O ur luncheon m eeting w as held in the Golden D er­rick and the following officers w ere e lec ted : M arian B urke, ch a irm an ;B e t s y H ogan, se c re ta ry - t r e a s u r e r ; Ja n ic e Allison, m em b ersh ip c h a ir ­m an ; and C ornelia D avis, News L e tte r rep o rte r . It w as decided th a t in an effo rt to in c rease a tten d an ce a t our m eetings we would t r y holding our m eetings during the w eek and have evening m eetings. H eretofore, we have a lw ays had a luncheon m eeting on S undays so we a re going to try these n igh t m eetings during the w eek and see if they will be m ore con­ven ien t fo r the girls.

We also w ill e ith e r show a cu rren t film on flying o r have a ta lk on som e ph ase of flying. M a ria n B urke has generously offered to bring in fo rm a­tive in fo rm ation on av ia tion topics.

L e t’s have a good turn-out fo r our f irs t “ new ty p e ” m eeting.

D ALLAS C H A PT E RWe held a d in n e r m eeting a t South­

w est A irm otive, and decided our of­f ice rs of the p a s t y e a r had done such a w onderfu l job th e y should hold office for an o th er y ea r. So it rem a in s : J e r r y Sloan, c h a irm a n ; H azel Corry, vice c h a irm a n ; Jo a n H uckeba, s e c re ­ta ry ; D orothy C olbath, t r e a s u re r ; P a t Je tto n , m em bersh ip .

M arth a Anne R eading m ade a rush tr ip in A ugust to L ittle Rock, A lbu­querque, Tucson and San F ran cisco to v isit A ir F o rce R eserv e people and

discuss the Civil A ir P a tro l’s p a r tic i­pation in the Air R eserve recovery p rog ram .

Jo Allison h as m oved to th e coun try to ra ise sheep, but if she can ge t a “ sheep s i t te r ’’ sh e ’ll be a t the South C entral S ectional in D enver.

Lucille and T em ple H offer took th e ir two boys and flew to A spen, Colo., for a delightfu l vacation . T hey said m ountain flying w as a d iffe ren t and exciting experience. She called m e w hen she w en t th rough C olorado S prings w here I w as v isiting m y Air F o rce bro ther.

D orothy and Chuck W arren spen t a few days living it up in New O rleans and a re now looking fo rw ard to a m uch planned tr ip to M exico City.

R om ana Upfield has a p rospec tive 99’er, a b ran d new baby g irl.

D oris W eller h as her ground in s tru c ­to r 's ra tin g in reteoro logy . She, Row- ena B urns and M arge B a rr a re flying to O km ulgee th e 23rd to ta lk about the Doll D erby.

S peaking of the Doll D erby, don’t fo rget to get those en tra n ce ap p lica ­tions in to M arge B a rr before Oct. 14.

OKLAHOMA C H A PTER

The O klahom a C hap ter m et a t noon a t G eorge’s R e s ta u ra n t on the field at C liickasha, Sunday, Oct. 1. W ith the w ea th e rm a n 's cooperation , th e a t ­tendance w as excellen t—A rlene Walk- up, J e a n W illiam s and Gene N ora S tum baugh flew in from S tillw a ter in J e a n ’s T ri-P ac e r . S h irley W addell, one of our b ran d new m em b ers , brought a non-flying guest from W ood­w ard in h e r T ri-P acer. A nother new m em ber, Ja n e Abbott, cam e d irec tly from M ichigan, w here she and h er 49y2er, R oger, had spent the w eek­end. We hope h er p re tty blue and w hite “ C om anche J a n e ’’ will be a fa m ilia r s igh t a t all of ou r m eetings. V elm a W oodward, in h er faithful, 170, accom pan ied by Suzette ( F r e n c h poodle) also flew in from n ea rb y O kla­hom a City.

O thers p rese n t w ere F e rn Yount and M arie K etcham from D uncan, N em a M asonhall, M inco; B eth Sm ith, D orothy M organ, M arie H all, M ary L este r and Susie Sewell, O klahom a City; and E m ily F ro s t, N orm an.

N em a M asonhall, ch a irm an , p re ­sided a t the m eeting held a f te r lunch. Je a n W illiam s, South C en tra l S ection’s new vice ch a irm an , rep o rted on the F a ll S ectional held in D enver in Sep­tem b er. W eather kep t the a tten d an ce a t th a t m eeting to a m in im um , but d id n ’t dam pen the en thusiasm of the group—m uch business w as done and lots of fun had by everyone.

C atching up on th e new s, w e d is­covered th a t G ene N ora is now te a c h ­ing flying a t the un iversity in S till­w a te r and W ally F unk h a s a rr iv e d hi C alifornia to te ac h in th a t a rea . A rlene W alkup is ge tting som e tw in engine tim e in an A pache and will

fly th e D allas Doll D erby in a 172 w ith Gene N ora. R ita E av e s and 49V2er, L eonard , keep busy flying to EAA m eetings in th e ir beau tifu l little plane, and B roneta E v an s is constan tly trav e lin g w ith Clyde on business. M ary L e s te r and 49% er, D r. F ay , flew th e ir 172 to L as V egas fo r a few days v aca tio n —the gals do ta k e to th e a i r ­w ays a t ev e ry opportun ity !

The N ovem ber m eeting will be a t B lackw ell, w here Veda M auk will be our hostess.

SACRAM ENTO V A LLEY C H A PTER B y June D evine

E l M acero C ountry Club w as the site of S ac ra m en to V alley ’s S ep te m ­b er m eeting . . . a fly-in luncheon. O ur m e m b ers w ere eag er to try the c lu b ’s new ly ded ica ted tu rf s tr ip and the five who b raved th e s to rm y w ea th e r ag re ed it w as a delight to land upon.

C arol H am m ond , p rospec tive m e m ­ber, landed f irs t in h e r C essna 175. Follow ing p ro m p tly w ere E la ine L a n ­c a s te r and E d ith B rew er in E la in e ’s p lane. H elen M ace and R uth L um m is a rr iv e d nex t in H elen ’s ex p e rim en ta l

L eft to right: June D evin e, G erry M ick elsen , ch a irm an , Ruth L u m ­m is and H elen M ace in H elen M a ce’s F lu tterbug.

F lu tte rb u g in w hich she had won hon­ors e a r lie r a t the L iverm ore Air Show. C arol Bloom and J a n e t M eyer, h e r p assenger, flew in from B uchanan F ield w here they had had to ta k e off on in stru m en ts .

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m an, and your re p o rte r aw aited the flie rs to tra n sp o r t them to the club house n ea rb y . We fea red everyone would d rive on accoun t of the bad w ea th e r but w ere proud and happy to see them fly in, p a rtly because w e’d co llared a new sp ap er pho tographer fo r som e m uch needed publicity .

All p lanes m ade beautifu l landings in the strong cross wind. The F lu tte r ­bug w as such a sensation th a t it w as se lected for the publicity p icture. W hat a P E T —every hom e should have one I a t least one!).

R uth W agner and I w ent to the m eeting “ c a te rp ille r s ty le " (com plete w ith sad faces) since our husbands had flown off in “ o u r" p lanes to a squad ron fish ing trip .

G erry w elcom ed Cleo M errill, our new est 99, a p re tty blond bundle of en th u siasm . Our p rospec ts for “ new blood" a re good—g u es ts T rish M arks, B eryl E iss in g er and Joyce E vans a re ge tting n e a r certifica tion .

C lair R aley , our new m em bersh ip ch a irm an , has p lans to v isit Phoenix F ield th is com ing w eek to m eet the g irls th e re who a re new ly licensed o r n e a r to it. We should reach a sub ­s ta n tia l n u m b er during the com ing m onths fo r C lair is a go-getter.

Adios! W e’re off to the sectional at T o rran ce .

REDW OOD E M P IR E C H A PTER B y June O’Donnell

M yrtle W right flew P a t Stouffer, A nita Connelly and B ette S m ith! our little s is te r) to the T o rran ce Sectional. F rom all rep o rts they had a m a r ­velous tim e and one the re s t of us w ere so rry to m iss. We w ere m ighty p leased about P a t S touffer being e lec ted t re a s u re r for the Southw est Section. She is the g re a te s t and know she will ta k e g re a t pride in ca rry in g out h e r du ties to ev e ry o n e’s sa tis fa c ­tion. We w ere also p leased to have won the a tten d an ce record . N ext y ea r w e w ill even do be tte r.

O ur ch a p te r had a d inner m eeting a t the N apa County A irport for the elec tion of new officers, as follows: C hairm an , June O’D onnell; vice c h a ir­m an, P a t S touffer; se c re ta ry , Anita Connelly; tr e a su re r , G ladys H aney; News L e tte r, M yrtle W right; and m em bersh ip , P ra n D eH aan.

A v ery specia l news item is the addition of N ancy to our chap ter. N ancy is the one m onth old daugh ter of G ladys and C larence H aney. She is a doll and w orth giving up flying for tem p o rarily . G lad to have you both back attend ing the m eetings.

SAN JOAQUIN V ALLEY CHAPTER By B illie W yatt

A luncheon m eeting on S ep tem ber 11, in the hom e of M a rg a re t A ndrew s on R iver Road, m ark ed the re su m p ­tion of m eetings following a lapse of th re e m onths. An election of officers w as held. O fficers for the com ing y e a r a re D orothy Koebel, ch a irm an ;

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Loucel F re em a n , vice c h a i r m a n ; P au line C hristenson, se c re ta ry -trea - su re r ; M arg a re t A ndrew s, m e m b er­ship; Billie W yatt, News L e tte r.

It w as voted to hold ch a p te r m e e t­ings on the second T uesday of the m onth a t 12 o ’clock noon. M em bers p resen t w ere L au ra M ay C raw ford, Loucel F re em a n , Ev H endley, D orothy Koebel, J e r r ie W atkins, E lva V ictor- ino, Billie W yatt and M a rg a re t A n­drew s. E verybody p rese n t rep o rted a busy su m m er w ith considerab le fly ­ing being done.

L au ra M ay m ade a nine day flight to A nchorage and F a irb an k s , A laska and a w eek long flight to low er C ali­fornia in h er Bonanza. D orothy Koebel spen t two w eeks flying in Old M exico and ano ther flight to Ohio and M is­souri in the Navion. M arg a re t kept the 182 busy going back and fo rth to V isalia to see the g randch ild ren .

E lva Bonanzaed to S an ta M onica for an O ptim ist m eeting . Ev and W alt flew the Stinson over to C ayucas and landed in a p as tu re then w alked down to the beach and skin dived for aba- lone in the ocean. Ev rep o rts the fish ­ing is legal w ithout tanks.

J e rr ie p lans to fly h e r T ri-P a c e r to Oregon and W ashington and to M c­Call, Idaho, for som e fish ing a t P a y ­ette Lakes. Loucel few the Stinson over to N evada se v e ra l tim es to see F ra n , o therw ise m ost of h e r flying h as been by ca r. Y ours tru ly has been busy running a g a ra g e w hile 49V2er h as been having a se rie s of o p e ra ­tions, the la tes t being over L ab o r D ay w eekend. We still have hopes of p u r­chasing an o th er plane.

LOS A N G EL E S C H A PT E R By Dru B enefiel

A fter finishing the annua l rep o rt for the fall sectional, it seem s like it m igh t be fun to read o ther rep o rts h e re—to find out w hat ch a p te rs have done during the p as t y ea r. Who knows, we m ight be ab le to “ sw ipe” or sw ap som e id e a s !

We w ere so p leased to have so m any v isito rs a t o u r S ep tem b er m e e t­ing—G eri Hill and her fellow te a c h e r a t South H igh (T o rrance), Jo M c­B ride ; Irene L everton (SFV w ith a new, Shining ATR) and h e r studen ts, R uth D eB ardos and D orothy Sindon; and Joyce D ra p e r’s friend, R uth Swift. Hope they will join us a t the O ctober m eeting to h e a r the adv ice of the ATC rep rese n ta tiv e , P au l Allison.

Our m em bers have been v aca tio n ­ing here and th e re during these su m ­m er d ay s: R ebecca H eld ju s t had to m ake the best take-off ev e r from S anta Ynez w ith all those “ a irp o rt ey es" w atch ing . She rep o rts S an ta Ynez is long on hosp itality but a bit sho rt on fac ilities. R ebecca also te lls us th a t P ism o B each is a g re a t p lace —for fly-ins and c lam m ing. K atee Moskow (K atee B raithw aite) is never

on the ground these days. H er life is a “ ro u n d ” of A paching to S eattle , Las V egas, San D iego or ju s t anyw here h e r h u sb a n d ’s business dem ands. With all th is, she c a n ’t se ttle down long enough to schedule th a t M EL ride w ith the FAA. H u rry up, we need a new M EL in the ch a p te r! Sally B royles who has been in stru c tin g and teach ing ground school a t C enter A viation during the su m m er vacation , trav e led no rth w ard in la te A ugust to p ick up the school’s new S tea rm an . D orothy B each ler has been collecting s ta te s th is su m m er — Illinois, Ohio, New York, W ashington and those be­tw een. Joyce D rap er, the envy of us all, has been trav e lin g in C anada an d A laska—even a tten d in g the a v ia ­tion w orkshop in A nchorage—lucky o n e ! Poor R achel Bonzon, who loves to fly, has been grounded by a m a jo r w hich seem s to h av e ta k e n th e best p a r t of the su m m er.

A new ra tin g has been acq u ired : yours tru ly , D ru Benefiel, a nervous w reck a f te r d em o n stra tin g 1 h e r te c h ­niques for FAA, is now a ground school in s tru c to r in m eteorology. I ’m hoping th a t m ore ground school r a t ­ings will be added!

O ur ch a irm an , M ay Ann (C raig) Kaslow, had a w onderful tim e a t the

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av ia tion w orkshop a t Long B each Col­lege w here she w as the sp e ak e r on “ F lying as a H obby .” H ere she joined o ther 99’s—Iren e L everton and Shirley Roboinson in sh a rin g the joy of fly­ing w ith those who a re not acquain ted w ith its p leasu res .

Now, w e’re looking fo rw ard to m e e t­ing old friends and renew ing old acq u a in tan ces a t th e F a ll Sectional hostessed by the Long B each C hap ter in T o rran ce . M ore—m ore in D ecem ­ber.

EL CAJON V ALLEY C H A PT E R By Isab elle M eC rae

A pprox im ately 65 people, com prised of 99 m em b ers , 49% ers and guests a t ­tended the patio d inner-danee held a t the hom e of W alt and A ileen S aunders S a tu rd ay night, Sept. 16. This w as a joint social a ffa ir betw een the m e m ­bers of the S an D iego C hap te r and the new ly-form ed El Cajon V alley C hapter.

N ewly e lec ted officers of each chap ­te r w ere in troduced resp ec tiv e ly —and the ch a irm en of the social even ts of the 1961 In te rn a tio n a l Contention and p re-race ac tiv itie s w ere honored—as well as husbands and friends who gave m uch of th e ir tim e and effort in p lanning and ca rry in g out the events.

M ost of the ch a p te r m em b ers have re tu rn e d from vaca tion trip s and a re back in the groove—rea d y for a new y ear.

D ottie S an d ers and 49%er, Bob, flew to Ja ck so n Hole, Wyo., and other points of in te re s t la te in Ju ly . Boo C hristian sen and C hris had a flying vacation . D oris R itchie and fam ily m ade a low flying tr ip to h e r old hom e in K ansas a f te r two a ttem p ts (firs t tim e one of h e r ch ild ren becam e quite ill and the tr ip w as postponed). E rn S tan ley h as been on an extended v acation . And of course, L ucky M ac H untington and Aileen S aunders and B a rb a ra T u ck er spent th e ir vacations in A tlan tic City.

T en ta tiv e p lans have been m ade to form an au x ilia ry organization , to be called the “ R oad R u n n e rs ,” for w o­m en in te rested in flying who do not h ave p ilo t’s licenses. W ives of m en will be w elcom e in the group.

The ch a p te r received its c h a r te r a t the F a ll S ectional m eeting a t T o r­ran ce , Calif., Sept. 23-24. M em bers a ttend ing w ere D ottie S anders, Boo C hristensen and B a rb a ra Hill, also H a rr ie tt Allen. They autoed in and spen t all day S a tu rd ay and S a tu rd ay evening. B a rb a ra Hill is a new m e m ­ber of o u r group.

H appy land ings until next m onth!

LONG BEACH C H A PT E R B y C laire W alters

The S ep tem b er m eeting w as held in the lovely hom e of E lean o r W eem s, Long B each, w here la s t m inute d e­ta ils of the F a ll Sectional w ere w orked out.

All ch a p te rs w ere rep resen ted as 115 99’s reg is te red a t h ea d o u arte rs in the Ju m p 'n Ja ck . Tw entv-five a i r ­p lanes landed a t T o rran ce A irport as heavv clouds m oved aw ay giving us a b righ t, sunny w eekened for a change.

A d inner p a r ty w as held a t the P alos V erdes C ounty Club F rid a v night for th e e a r ly a rr iv a ls . The TAR dom i­n ated the ch a tte r. W hat e lse? S a tu r­day w as concerned w ith a luncheon, the m eeting , and side tr ip s around the local a re a . On S a tu rd av evening, 99’s and 49% ers a tten d ed the lauau , and I m igh t add . had a verv good tim e. D r. R obert D onaldson, m edical o fficer on the X-15, and o ther N orth A m erican A viation p ro jec ts , spo'-e on the p roblem s involved in high a l ti­tude f’ight. An in te restin g film on the X-15 w as also shown.

Ju d y W agner and W anda Ja c k e t w ere in ch a rg e of a r ra n g e m e n ts for the sectional, and did a trem endous job. In fac t, all the guys and gals did a good job.

New officers w ere elected , and we consider ourselves v e ry fo rtunate , in­deed, to have the new governor, C eri Hill ( tra n s fe re e from th e B ay a r e a ) a m e m b er of ou r chap ter.

BAY CITIES C H A PT E R By Jean K aye T in sley

One of the m ost in te restin g m e e t­ings of the y e a r w as held la s t F rid a y at th e lovely Los Altos hom e of Anne R am bo, who had recen tly re tu rn ed from a tr ip to 44 countries, Anne is one of B ay C ities m ore fam ous m e m ­bers . . . and if you re a d “W ho’s Who in A m erican W om en’’ you’ll see why Ann show ed us slides of h e r tr ip and gave the m ost fasc in a tin g com m en­ta ry , a f te r w hich we w ere all se rved delicious sandw iches and goodies. In T urkey , Ann m et and flew w ith two 99’s. E dibe K utucuogen is d irec to r of tra in in g a t the m ilita ry a irp o r t in A nkara . She also m et S ab ida Gokcen there .

M ary M essersm ith rece ived h e r co m m erc ia l S ep tem b er 9 and leaves for M exico in a w eek w here she will 182 and C om anche around until M arch of 1962. T here m ay ju s t be a sudden influx of 99’s to P u erto V illarte .

Juanda. B igelow ilew in the S ilver W ings fligh t to ce leb ra te Bob F o w ler’s flight w est to e a s t 50 y ea rs ago. Bob w as a t our S p ring S ectional h e re in P alo Alto in A pril. The S ilver W ings is an o rgan ization of pilo ts who have been flying 25 y ea rs o r m ore. The firs t leg of the flight w as from O ak­land to P o rte rv ille . The w hole flight w as a re la y beginning in O akland, Calif., (Bob o rig inally took off from Golden G ate P a rk in S an F rancisco ) and te rm in a tin g in T eterboro . T otal tim e—10 days. Ju a n d a and h e r pilot flew the f irs t leg in a 1929 K rieder- R isner open cockpit, but the p lanes on each leg of the flight w ere all d iffe r­ent. I c a n ’t even spell som e of them , but then, th is hum ble pilot has m any y ea rs of flying ahead before the S ilver W ings group would consider her.

We w ere in form ed th a t M arion D iet, rich has tran sfe re d from the S a c ra ­m ento C hap te r to B ay C ities. H u rrah ! It only took us four y ea rs . Hope to see h e r a t som e of the m eetings— and have you rea d h er a r tic le in a recen t issue of M cC all’s all about fem ale type a s tro n a u ts?

We a re anxiously aw aiting the r e ­tu rn of those lucky ones who w ere ab le to a tten d F a ll S ectional in T o r­ran c e the w eekend of S ep tem b er 23.

R em em ber, s ta r t planning your tr io w est, south or north , w h erev e r you a re , to the 1962 P ow der Fuff D erby takeoff from O akland, Cab'f., and ail the fun and frolic p lanned for you by the B ay C ities C hapter.

REDW OOD E M P IR E C H A PT E R B y M yrtle A. W right

O ur c h a p te r spen t an en joyab le day a t L ake T ahoe A irport on Sunday, Sept. 10. Since th e second an n iv e r­sa ry ce leb ra tion of the a irp o r t took p lace on our reg u la r m eeting day, we com bined the fly-in b rea k fa s t, a i r show, and ch a p te r m eeting .

We w itnessed the crow ning of the

L ake Tahoe b ea u ty queen and h e r two p rin cesses . M iss K ay S ta rr , who w as a p p e a rin g in Tahoe, crow ned the queen. The H am ilton A ir F o rce Base c ra c k d rill te am , w ith th e ir singing d r illm a s te r, g av e a th rillin g exhib i­tion of p rec ision m arch in g . We w ere show n th roughou t the cockpit of a C-119. We sa t in the pilots se a t and had a g ran d sta n d view of the a irp o rt ac tiv itie s . W hile occupying th is g ra n d ­stan d sea t, th is w rite r w as ab le to ta k e m ovies of an A ir F o rc e helicopter re a lly going th ro u g h its paces.

B ridgeford F ly ing S ervice of N apa, S tockton and L ake Tahoe gave free a irp lan e r id es to ho lders of the lucky b re a k fa s t tickets.

J u s t a f te r b reak fas t, we held our m eeting and, e lec ted officers fo r the com ing y ea r. T hey a re : C hairm an , June O ’D onnell; vice ch a irm an , P a t S touffer; se c re ta ry , A nita Conley; tr e a su re r , G ladys H aney ; N ew s L et­te r , M yrtle A. W righ t; and m e m b er­ship, F ra n D eH aan.

H e re ’s to good w ea th e r and m ore “ fly-ins’’.

SAN G A B R IE L V ALLEY C H A PT E R B y S h irley G ilm ore

C u r s e c re ta ry rep o rted a t the Sep­te m b e r business m eeting th a t our

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ch a p te r h as a n a v e ra g e of 88.1 flying hours p er m e m b er fo r the p as t year. C onsidering the fac t th a t th e re a±e no in s tru c to rs , and only one com m ercia l tic k e t in our group, we a re very p r-u d of th is record .

N orm a W ilcox, our ch a irm an , flew to S an Jo se in h e r T ri-P a c e r to bring h e r daugh ter-in -law and ch ild ren hem e to A rcad ia , Calif. She th e n had to re tu rn to S an Jose w hen h e r d augh­te r becam e ill, and s tayed to ca re ior the fam ily . She m anaged to ge t in som e n igh t flying w hile th e re , as w e.l a s a tr ip to O regon w ith h e r b ro ther an d two d au g h te rs . She re tu rn e d to so u th ern C aliforn ia from S an Jose a f te r d a rk w ith a w onderfu l ta il wind, u,.u av e rag ed 160 m ph.

G inny and R ussell G ra h am m ade m an y tr ip s from E l M onte A irport to C ata lina Is land tran sp o rtin g seven te en a g e rs , fou r ad u lts and a ll the luggage and food for a w eek. The good old A pache did a te rr if ic job. G inny h as been tak in g h e r daugh ter, Ju lie , aged 10, fly ing in the A pache. Ju lie has proudly s ta r te d h e r log book and has logged one hour dual, w hich included shallow tu rn s as well as s tra ig h t and level.

J a n e and Roy H aa g flew Polly P helps and D ick King to Banning, Calif., to pick up p a r ts fo r P o lly ’s

N avion. The H a a g ’s local flying for the p as t m onth h as included trip s to L eevining, B alboa and O ceanside.

Y our re p o rte r flew th ree m em bers of h e r fam ily to N ut T ree, n e a r S a c ra ­m ento, for lunch on L abor D ay. My 49% er h as been te m p o ra rily grounded w hile recovering from a sp inal su r ­gery , a lthough I took him for a little a irp o r t hopping recen tly . He hopes to be back in the p ilo t’s se a t in the v e ry n e a r fu tu re .

SANTA CLARA VALLEY C H A PTER B y N ata lie B ossio

P a tti Sherwood of P alo Alto ho st­essed our S ep tem b er 7 business m e e t­ing. The firs t item on the agenda w as election of officers. E lected w ere : C hairm an , Je an n ie M cE lhatton ; vice ch a irm an , P a tti Sherw ood; sec re ta ry , Jo E dd lem an ; tre a su re r , D o r o t h y M onohan. We a ll w ish to exp ress our th an k s and app recia tion to M ayetta B ehringer, our outgoing cha irm an , and h e r s ta ff for the g re a t job they have done th is p as t yea r.

All m em b ers p rese n t unanim ously favored the sa le of K atydids again th is y e a r as a fund ra is in g pro ject.

H appy flying, Jean n ie and D ave M cE lhatton , the proud ow ners of a C essna 180 rec en tly purchased .

P a t G ladney and V ivian E sle r flew a neighbor to L ake T ahoe recen tly in P a t ’s 180 C essna. T hey spen t the n igh t and v isited w ith K ay S ta rk ; the nex t day flew on to Lone P ine for lunch.

M arian and H erm B arn ick sold the ir F a irch ild 71 and M arian delivered it to S p ark s F ield in Reno. The F a ir ­child w ill be used to hau l cargo and supplies from a ran c h out of M cD er­m ott. The B arn icks also enjoyed a w eek ’s flying vacation in C anada r e ­cently . A m ong o ther th ings they en ­joyed v isiting a t the Cariboo-Canim R anch out of 100-Mile House in B ritish Colum bia.

We w elcom e new m em b ers Alice T ay lo r and Ann Y ounger to cu r ch ap ­te r , as w ell a s p rospective m em b er C aro l Speegle who ju s t recen tly p ass­ed h e r p riv a te pilot flight te s t. Caro! w as D ell H au k ’s studen t, and the g irls a re a lre a d y planning to fly nex t y e a r ’s P ow der Puff D erby. Dell is re tirin g from flight in stru c tin g and spends her sp a re tim e flying occasional c h a r te rs and slow -tim ing new ly m ajo red en ­gines a t S alinas. Dell also gave your re p o r te r a dem onstra tion ride rec en t­ly in the new P ip er C herokee, and i t ’s a cutie.

BAY CITIES C H A PTER B y Jean T insley

In o rd er to have as m any m em bers a s possible a t our A ugust election m eeting , the m eeting w as held one w eek la te a t the hom e cf L indy Boyes. The re su lts of the election w as as follows: C hairm an , G ail L ane; vice

cha irm an , H elen K elton; se c re ta ry , E l e a n o r W ilson; tre a su re r , Deby B yram ; News L e tte r, Je a n T insley.

L indy has been elected se c re ta ry - t r e a su re r and R uth R ueckert, second vice ch a irm an of the Bay A rea A via­tion C om m ittee. L indy’s new novel, "S ab res O ver B randyw ine,” has not yet been put on the bookstands, but all in te rested 99's can con tac t L indy fo r a personalized copy.

We chatted too briefly w ith M arj F au th about h e r tr ip to E urope, Egypt, Lebanon, Jo rd a n and Isra e l. D eby B yram had a delightful v a c a ­tion in C anada flying a 140 on floats. D eby soloed a float p lane and had her seap lane ra tin g before h e r land ra ting . Je a n and Bud T insley flew to the S an ta C lara A irm en ’s A ssociation annual picnic w ith Chuck and June B anfe in C huck’s Super-V—the sam e p lane Chuck flew solo around the w orld. Quite a p lane—and quite a pilot!

Bay Cities C hap te r w ishes to con­g ra tu la te our new in te rn a tio n a l of­ficers.

ALABAM A CHAPTER By G ertrude C. Luther

The S ep tem ber m eeting w as held at W ade Inn Sunnyside B each, P a n a m a City, F la ., on the 3rd a t 11 a .m . Lt. Col. F lo rance F in tak , G eorg iana W a r­rick , Ju a n ita H alstead , M innie W ade and G race B ailey w ere p resen t. The t r e a s u re r ’s rep o rt w as read by J a n W arrick and w ays and m eans to in­c rease our bank account w ere d is­cussed. We a re going to send an y and all unneeded clothing to Ja n W arrick in D eca tu r and she n going to try to se ll them . Also, we hope to ra ise som e m oney by giving rides for a penny a pound a t our nex t m eeting on O ctober 1 a t C lanton, Ala.

We will have ano ther m eeting th is m onth w ith the G eorgia C h ap te r in M acon on Sunday, Sept. 24.

The w eekend w as m ost enjoyable . The W ades and sev era l g irls flew in to the sectional m eeting w hich w as held on S atu rd ay . Our national p re s i­dent, Louise Sm ith, w as am ong those who attended .

Cora M cDonald and yours truly- m ade the tr ip to San D iego (as I th rea ten ed ) v ia San F rancisco , w ith ­out m ishap. R e tu rn w as an o th er th ing because of the w ea th er th a t a ll the contestan ts had to face, too. Those people in S an Diego su re ly tre a te d us royally and it w as w onderful to be there .

The new officers for the A labam a

C h ap te r for the com ing y ea r a r e : E velyn Brown, c h a i r m a n ; H elen G rove, vice c h a irm an and m e m b e r­ship c h a irm a n ; G race B ailey, s e c re ­ta ry ; J a n W arrick , tr e a s u re r ; and G ertru d e L u ther, N ew s L e tte r r e ­porter.

GEO RG IA C H A PT E R By M yrtle T hom pson C agle

The G eorgia and A labam a C hap te rs m e t jo in tly a t C ochran F ield , M acon, G a., on Sunday, Sept. 24, w ith 15 w om en pilo ts in a tten d a n ce and a t le a s t ha lf th a t m any 49t ie r s . Of th is group, we gained two new m e m b ers ; F ra n c e s P eaco ck of A tlan ta, who flew in w ith hubby J a c k in a C essna 150, and R uth M iller of T ifton, a ll by h er p re tty self in a n A pache.

F o u r g irls w orking on th e ir p riv a te licenses w ere guests , and we have a new policy to keep our “ p ro sp ec ts” com ing to our m eetings until they a re elig ib le for m em bersh ip . My M acon g irls a r e : Joyce H a m e r and Helen M organ. I say M acon, they a re A ir F o rce w ives, live on Robins A FB and fly w ith the ae ro club in C essna 150’s w here I teach .

New m e m b er H elen C rosby of A thens brought two stu d en ts w ith her

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in h e r D ebonair, Lucille B etts of Wat- kinsville and Ja n e B rasw ell of A thens.

O ur in te rn a tio n a l p residen t, Louise S m ith of H igh P oint, w as p resen t and p resided a t our insistence. Before our m eeting got un d erw ay she had each g irl in troduce h erse lf and' te ll about h e r flying. W ith Louise in h e r Bo­nanza w as C aro linas C hap te r m e m ­b er Je a n n e H arley of S p artan b u rg . S. C.

T he A labam a g irls a rr iv e d in a C essna 310. P re se n t w ere M innie W ade Sr. of C lanton, Ju a n ita H a ls tead of M ontgom ery and Bennie P e te rs of M arion.

A rden H ubbard , G eorg ia C hap ter ch a irm an , flew in w ith h e r husband in th e ir C essna 180.

New officers e lec ted w ere : Vicech a irm an , C arolyn K ennedy, P a rro tt , who flew in in h e r C om anche; s e c re ­ta ry , H elen Crosby, A thens; and M yrtle Thom pson C agle, m em bersh ip ch a irm a n and N ew s L e tte r re p o r te r . I am a fo rm e r C aro linas C h ap te r m e m ­ber, and now live in M acon.

O ur nex t m eeting w ill be a t C allo­w ay G ardens A irport a t P ine M oun­ta in , Ga., a t 1 p .m . for lunch on S un­day, Oct. 15. You-all com e . . . and b ring your 49% e r and all th e w om en studen ts or p riv a te pilo ts you can find. See you th e re w ith a p lane load.

CAROLINAS C H A PTER By B etty H am ilton

C aroline and 49% e r Les H em bel w ere hosts for our m eeting Sunday, Sept. 10, on th e ir houseboat on L ake M urry . We landed a t th e Colum bia A irport and w ent by c a r to the lake. Bunny, H en ry H am m ond and Caro w ere th e re to help en te r ta in us. A g ran d tim e w as had by all, sw im ­m ing, w a te r skiing and boating, fol­lowed by a cookout w ith m arvelous s te ak s and all the fixings.

We w ere v ery proud to have our own Lcjui.se S m ith as in te rna tiona l p residen t, and we feel the 99's a re v e ry lucky in th e ir choice. O ur new ch a p te r officers for the y e a r a r e : C ha irm an , G ale E a s t; vice cha irm an , N ita H u d m an ; se c re ta ry - tre a su re r , Je an n e H arley .

We will be g lad to w elcom e S ara Shonk when she re tu rn s in O ctober a f te r se rv ing two y ea rs w ith the S ta te D ep a rtm en t in K abul.

O ur nex t m eeting will be October 1, in P in eh u rs t, by specia l invite of P ag e S h am b u rg er for the dedication of the new a irp o rt. N ovem ber 5 we w ill m eet in W inston S alem w ith E m ily K elly as hostess.

T hose a ttend ing the L ake M urry m eeting w ere Louise S m ith and 49%er H erm a n w ith d au g h ter L inda, E m ily K elly, G ale E as t, Je an n e H arley , Bunny H em bel and B etty H am ilton and 49% er J im . Sylvia Roth, who w as co-pilol for F ra n c e s M iller in the race , w as a w elcom e guest. P oor F ra n ce s cou ldn’t m ake the m eeting as she w as giv ing an exam to a s tuden t for his in s tru m e n t ra tin g .

B y E LEA N O R B. HORN

W ith so m any of our N ew E ngland Section going p laces and doing th ings th is su m m er, v e ry little new s has fil­te re d th ru to yours tru ly . The A ugust m eeting a t S a ra H aydon’s su m m er hom e w as a tten d ed by a handfu l of m em b ers , how ever, re p o r ts a re th a t it w as an espec ia lly n ice m eeting.

Now th a t fall h a s a rr iv ed le ts get som e new s item s in the m ail, a cco m ­panied by photos by the 12th of the m onth ; new s is slow a rr iv in g in the N orth C ountry and we th ink it goes out by "dog s le d ” ! P lea se help by sending new s item s in a s e a r ly as possible.

E. W. W iggins’ helicop ter visited W olfeboro rec en tly to sp ray the a p ­p ro ach ends of the ru n w a y to kill the b irches th a t grow fa s te r th a n they can be cut. A lthough it is only two

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w eeks since the sp ray ing , th e re su lts a re a lre ad y ap p a ren t. The New H am p sh ire S ta te A eronau tics C om ­m ission h as installed a U nicom a t the seap lane base on W inter H arb o r— w hich m akes two se p a ra te in s ta lla ­tions a t W olfeboro.

O ur S ep tem ber m eeting is sch ed ­uled to be held a t Bedford A irport w here a H an g a r F ly-in m eeting will ta k e up m ost of the day w ith M r. H alaby of the FAA as guest sp eak er.

Rv JE A N N E S P IE L B E R GWo had our firs t business m eeting

of the season on Sept. 19, a t our fa v ­o rite re s ta u ra n t, F e rd i’s, opposite the U. N. Building. It w as like “ Old H om e W eek’’ again , w ith a beau tifu l tu rnou t.

We g ree ted K ay B rie1: P a t W n -son back from a p lane de livery to A laska. They m ad« Ihe tr ip in 44 h rs. desp ite poor w ea th er. They had the p leasu re of being en te rta in ed bv P e a r l L ask a a t F a irb an k s . R ene N ielsen a t P a lm e r and M a rg a re t Cook a t .An­chorage. They got the royal t r e a t ­m ent. E a tin g m oose s teak s, hunting c u rra n ts and ra sp b e rr ie s and ea tin g squaw candy w ere som e of th e ir unique experiences. They m e t and had a cha t w ith our 99s a t Minot. N. D., Ann A nderson and G enevieve S ogaard . F ligh t tim e hom e by je t 7% hours. Well, nex t y e a r K ay will d e ­live r a je t and re tu rn by rocket.

Bobby P re s ta s had an equally th r ill­ing groun plane delivery to E urope. She co-piloted a P ip er A pache ac ro ss the ocean bv w ay of G ander and the Azores. The flight back in a P ip er Com anche, w hich had been on ex ­hibition in E u rone for som e tim e, w as also a th rille r . Bobby te lls a v e rv in­te re s tin g sto ry and said she would be perfec tly hnpov to flv anvw here w ith a good pilot, if the p lane w as a P iper.

M arion Lopez, D oris R enninger, M arg H orn, K eung O. K im , C hris W inzer, Viola G entry and P eg av N o r­ris a ttended the E a r ly F lie rs of Long Island w hich m et a t the Suffolk Coun­tv A ir F o rce B ase on Sunday, Sept. 12th. The m eeting honored w om en in av iation . M rs. Edw in M usick and M rs. E ddie Schneider B lack w ere guests of honor and Viola G en try p re ­sided. C lara A dam s, who is a “ F irs t- e r ” put on one of h er in im itab le p e r ­fo rm ances and played the piano b ac k ­w ards.

A lm a H arw ood, who is now the proud g re a t g ran d m o th er of eight, brought w ith h e r a d inner guest, Lt.

Col. Ludw igsen, fo rm e r s e c re ta ry of the 99’s in 1939 and 1940.

Louise F a irb a n k is up in the a ir aga in in a C essna 172 and C om anche 250.

D orothy C able flew “S a ssy ,” her L uscom be 8E, to M obile, A labam a. W hile in M obile she m et H elen Grove, 99 of the M obile a re a , who showed h e r S outhern hosp ita lity to D ottie and it h a s left h e r still glowing.

K ueng O. K im is back w ith us a fte r th re e and a half m onths in h e r native K orea w here she is endeavo ring to o rgan ize a group of w om en flyers. H er hope is to get a p lane back to th em so th ey can re a lly fly.

M arg G ray is p resen tly em ployed w ith In te rn a tio n a l E le c tr ic Corp. at P a ra m u s , New Je rse y , a s a T echnical W riter. A new v en tu re for M arg. Lots of luck.

O ur G overnor, M arion Lopez won the T raveling A w ard for one of her w a te r-co lo rs w hich she exhibited at th e G reenw ich V illage sidew alk Art Show. This m eans th a t th e p ic tu re

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will trav e l, not M arion. We a re very proud.

M arg ie D avis sa id th is is a good tim e to o rd e r your C om pass Rose pins for C h ris tm as g ifts for yourself and your 99 pals.

W E ST E R N NEW YORK C H A PTER

O ur S ep tem b er business m eeting- luncheon w as held on W ednesday, S ep tem b er 20th in the E xecu tive Room of the beau tifu l new E xecu tive H otel a t G re a te r Buffalo In te rn a tio n ­al A irport. The officers e lec ted for the com ing y e a r : P eg W ahl, c h a ir ­m an ; T e rr i P irru n g , v ice ch a irm an ; Jo a n Leslie, s e c re ta ry - tr e a s u re r ; E th ­el F ed d ers , c h a irm an of m em bersh ip c o m m itte e ; and Lois R inck, N ew s­le tte r re p o r te r and publicity . We wish to th an k B erth a M eana for h e r p ast e ffo rts a s ch a irm an .

C ongratu la tions to T e rr i P irru n g in acau irin g h e r G round In s tru c to r 's ra tin g . Now our T e rri has h e r eye on a G lider P ilo ts ra tin g , and she has been fra te rn iz in g w ith the R ochester S oaring Club, w hich in tu rn h as in ­v ited our ch a p te r m e m b ers for a dem ­on stra tio n G lider or S oaring F ligh t a t B a tav ia A irport. P lan s a re u n d e r­w ay for a ioint m eeting w ith the Ro­ch e s te r S oaring Club to be held a t the T read w ay Inn a t B atav ia , d a te to be announced.

Jo an Leslie, fo rm erly w ith the fa m ­ous C ypress G arden W ater S k ie r’s r e ­

tu rn ed recen tly from a flight to R ich­mond, Va. in h e r C essna 175. Joan rep o rts th a t h e r th ree young daugh ­te rs a re also accom plished w ater sk iers .

E the l F ed d e rs h as had an active su m m er. B esides two se p a ra te trip s South, she h as been en terta in in g a t h e r su m m er hom e in C anada.

O ur new ch a irm an . P eg W ahl has been shopping around for a Cessna 175. Any inform ation on the av a il­ab ility of th is m odel would be a p p re ­ciated .

It w as announced th a t th e re will be a tw enty-five cen t fine for anyone caugh t not w earing her 99 pin a t all m eetings . . . A m eans of enrich ing o u r t r e a s u r y !

The nex t m eeting will be held on M onday, O ctober 16th, a t R u sch ’s on L akesho re Road. All m em b ers a re u rged to bring prospective 99’e rs to th is luncheon at 12:30 p.m .

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CHICAGO A REA CHAPTER B y ALICE STOLTZNER

Once in aw hile, I becom e v ery d is­couraged w ith Chicago w ea ther. The la te s t fo recast ind icates th is will be an o th er w eekend on the ground. Com ­p la in ts a re out of o rder, how ever, b e ­cause we have had som e beautiful days. The Cronins took ad v an tag e of delightfu l golf w ea th er to fly the ir C lipper up to L ake Lawn, W ise, for 1S holes. A lm ost any w eekend, the C ronin’s C lipper and the M isiow iec’s M ooney can be seen flying to P eoria , L ake Lawn, Mt. H aw ley or Rockton for d inner. W henever possible, M arie tak es one, two, th ree or four of the ch ild ren along. L eda and Lloyd Misio- w iec flew th e ir M ooney up to the ir fav o rite C anad ian fishing spot over L ab o r D ay w eekend.

Ju n e B asile has h e r In s tru m en t r a t ­ing. She w as a little blue a f te r selling the 175 th a t took h er th rough h e r first TAP: but h as since checked out in a D ebonaire. M ary B eritich has been up in th a t Cub C ru iser again . This tim e w ith Ju n e as a passenger.

Alice K udrna w as p rac tic ing hold­ing p a tte rn s over Polo Omni with Louise Kokesh as safe ty pilot. Louise, D olores M osher, E ve and H arold W hite took ad v an tag e of L abor D ay H oliday to fly up to M ontello. Alice DeW itt took an hour off to p rac tice Lazy 8s and C handelles, then rushed hom e to pack h e r son off to college. The w eekend before, she took the J-3 to M itchell F ield for EA Addison C hap te r m eeting and ra n into the

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Cronins. Today, Alice w as headed for the W ace A ir M eet in D ayton, Ohio, but I 'm a fra id the w ea th e r m an d idn ’t cooperate. It w as IF R in the pa tte rn , la s t tim e I looked. Sylvia Roth, E ve and A lton C hilcoat bought a C om anche. T hink I ’ll d rop in a t P alw aukee and see how chances a re for a ride.

MICHIGAN C H A PTER B y M arion H offm an

Our S ep tem ber m eeting w as held a t Jackson M unicipal A irport. M r. J a y K leinert, P rin c ip a l of M ichigan C en­te r Ju n io r H igh School and w inner of M ichigan 99s scho larsh ip to M iam i Aero Space W orkshop a t O xford, Ohio, w as our speaker.

Je a n R eynolds h as been appoin ted to Air Space E ducation C om m ittee of the S ta te of M ichigan.

D orothy W oodham s is ju s t back from a tr ip to C anada, fishing, in a S tinson S eaplane. The fish w ere good, but the w ea th er w a sn ’t.

Je ssie W alke, pilot, and h e r h u s­band, nav igato r, flew the ir Stinson to A tlanta, G a., for a w eek. She got som e good experience in m ountain flying.

Nolde W inkler received h e r lim ited In s tru c to r’s ra tin g August 14, soloed a studen t 5 days la te r and, sen t him up for his p riv a te flight te s t on Aug. 3 1—w ith a to ta l of 50 hours — and he p a s s e d !

It w as p re tty hard to get everyone se ttled down to ge t an y new s — every one w as so excited abou t the SMALL ra c e com ing up Oct. 7.

D ottie A nderson of Bluffton, Ohio, w as the firs t en try in the race . She flew to Jack so n w ith h e r p ap e rs to m ake su re it w as official. She is fly ­ing a b rand new P ip er C herokee in the ra c e —so far, the only en tered . At the tim e I received the new s, th e re w ere only 16 en tries , but h av e been about 60 inquiries.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS C H A PT E R By K athleen K. Hudson

August and S ep tem ber have been busy ones for m ost of our m em bers. So busy, in fact, th a t I have not been able to ca tch up w ith som e of them to find out w hat they have been do­ing. Will try to have m ore new s for the next News L ette r.

B a rb a ra Jen ison from P a r is a t ­tended h er favo rite rac e th is y e a r which is the fam ed H am bleton ian a t DuQuoin, Illinois. Bonnie F e rre ll and her husband from E ldorado a ttended the F lying P h y sic ian s’ Convention in Reno, N evada. T hat m ust have been a w onderful trip . M ary H endrix of M attoon m ade a tr ip by c a r to W a te r­loo, Iowa, recen tly because th e ir T ri- P ace r had ju s t been sold.

We a re looking forw ard to the F a ll

S ectional m eeting in Chicago the w eekend of S ep tem b er 29th. It is fun to see old 99 friends and to m eet so m any new friends.

W ISCONSIN C H A PT E R By L yd ia Jen sen

P ic tu resq u e Ish n a la on M irro r Lake, W isconsin, w as the m eeting p lace for our S ep tem b er Fly-in. T here , fou r­teen of us had S unday D inner o v e r­looking the n a tu ra l b eau ty of p ine­fra m ed M irro r L ake. O ur F ly-in h as been held a t Bell A irport, B araboo, from w h ere we had gone by cou rtesy c a r to Ish n ala . D ora F ritzk e a rr iv ed from M ilw aukee in h er C essna 140; N ancy S te ine r from Fond du L ac in h e r F ra n k lin (n icknam ed “ F ra n k ie ” because the big p lane had seem ed such a F ra n k en ste in w hen they w ere stru g g lin g to get it into flying condi­tion ); Anne R oethke from M ilw aukee in h e r C aribbean and your c o rre s ­pondent in h e r T ri P a c e r from M adi­son. O ther m em b ers who attended w ere E rn ie Voelker, Sun P ra irie , M ary S eym our M adison, R om ona H uebner, Fond du Lac, and Avis P e t ­e rson from S auk City.

It w as an in te restin g and en joyable m eeting . The day w as sunny and th ru

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the la rg e view windows p lacid M irro r L ake shone like a beau tifu l gem in its exquisite se tting . The convention w as lively. O ur new ch a irm an , D r. Anne R oethke had ju st re tu rn ed from Reno w here she had been a ttend ing th e clin ical m eeting of the F ly ing P hysic ians. She had m any in te re s t­ing th ings to tell u s about the in s tru c ­tion she had rece ived in m ountain flying, abou t su rv iv a l k its and how to ac tu a lly pu t into use the various th ings c a rrie d in them .

Anne is full of en th u siasm for fly ­ing and for the N inety-N ines and has a w ay of insp iring o thers to w ork for the C hap ter. She has m any ideas and suggestions about how we can in ­c re ase our ac tiv itie s and it is ev iden t th a t she is going to m ake a fine c h a ir­m an.

A m ong our gu es ts we w ere p leased to include two fo rm e r m e m b ers of o u r ch ap te r. Isab e l M yrland of Mon- tello and Je a n e tte Z ap a ta of M adi­son. T hey w ere a nice s tudy in con­tra s ts . — Je a n n e tte had been the youngest w om an pilot to have ea rn ed a license in W isconsin w hen she got h e r tic k e t se v e ra l y e a rs ago. Isab e l h as long been known as W isconsin’s F ly ing G ran d m o th e r . . . e v e r since

she received considerab le publicity by w inning a coveted trophy in the 1950 TAR in h e r P ip e r V agabond (of course, we now have o ther flying g ran d m o th e rs in W isconsin including ou r w ell known D eedo).

ALL-OHIO C H A PTER By J a n ice R. K u ech en m eister

The A nnual M eeting of the All-Ohio C h ap te r w as held a t the hom e of R uth and A1 Theis, L am b ertv ille , M ichigan, ju s t ac ro ss the Ohio border, Sunday. S ep tem b er 17. I t w as a beau tifu l day and we had m any fly-ins. Those in a tten d a n ce w ere : M arv F ecse r , Aut- r ie and K arl L ehr, Je a n H ixson, W in­nie C aughey, M arilyn Collette, R osa­lie B rach t, Jo a n H rubec, M arjo rie G orm an, H elen and J im Sam m on, E dy M axim , B ette M cM ann, R uth and A1 Theis, F ra n c e s F ra n c is , M ar­ion and C harles B etzler, C l a r a T h arp e , J u a n ita H em m inger, M ar- th a t F isch e r, H a rr ie t W ladyka, J a n ­ice K u ech en m eiste r; p rospectives Dolly Sm ith , P a t H anes, T essa P lu m ­m er, all th re e a re from C leveland and Sue H ughes from A kron. Sue S m ith w as th e g u es t of M arjo rie G or­m an.

A fter disposing of som e unfinished business and rep o rts received from the ch a irm a n of the d iffe ren t com ­m ittees, the election of the new offi­ce rs w as announced. The new offi­ce rs fo r the com ing y e a r will be C ha irm an , Ja n ic e K uechenm eiste r; V ice-C hairm an, H elen S am m on; S ec­re ta ry , W innie C aughey; T re a su re r, R osalie B rach t.

To M ary F e c s e r and M arjo rie G or­m an, ou r out-going C h a irm an and V ice-C hairm an, respec tive ly , and to the C om m ittee C h a irm en and Com ­m ittee M em bers, we w ish to thank them for g iving of th e ir tim e and en erg y in help ing to advance th is fly ­ing o rgan ization in its purpose and p restige . We have as of th is d a te seventy-one m em b ers in the C hap­te r.

F u tu re m eeting p laces and dates a re : O ctober 15, P o rt Colum bus. No­v em ber, A ch ievem ent A w ard P re se n ­ta tio n B anquet. M a rg a re t C allaw ay is m aking a rra n g e m e n ts and the date w ill be announced la te r . D ecem ber 10, C h ris tm as p a r ty a t Edy M axim ’s hom e. Anyone vvishin gto m ake a bid fo r a m eeting in the rem ain in g m onths, p lease con tac t the C hairm an .

J e a n and Doc B onar have ju s t r e ­tu rn ed from a tr ip to E u rope w ith a specia l s topover in V ienna . . . H a r­rie t W ladyka has been asked to se rve on the N ational C om m ittee for “ P ro ­je c t M ap’s ” (m ore a irp o rts ) . . . . F ra n c e s F ra n c is will be leav ing us soon. H er 49V2er, Rod, is now re tired from the A ir F o rce and is attend ing the. U n iversity of A rizona in Tucson.

F ra n c e s and th e ch ild ren will join Rod as soon as th e ir hom e in C olum ­bus is sold. F ra n c e s w an ts the m e m ­bers of the ch a p te r to know how m uch she h as enjoyed knowing and being one of them . F ra n c e s is ex tend ing an inv itation to p lease com e and see h e r w henever you a re in Tucson . . . Joan H rubec and M arilyn Collette w ill ta k e to the a ir in P ee Wee for a w ee k ’s vacation . T hey will s ta r t out w ith the N orth C en tra l S ectional m eeting in C hicago and then on to the southw est. T hey will be re tu rn in g v ia the SMALL ra c e in Jack so n , M ichigan . . . P ro s ­pec tive P a t H an es is w orking tow ard h e r a ir f ra m e license. P a t h a s reb u ilt a T ay lo rc ra ft . . . We w ere g lad to see p rospec tive T essa P lu m m e r up and around a f te r a siege in the h o s­pital.

IOWA C H A PT E R

By G inny K oestner

A brigh t and sunny la te su m m er day broke forth for our S ep tem b er m eeting in A m es on S ep tem b er 10th. Coffee fu rn ished by H ow ards F ly ing S erv ice p receded d inner a t a local r e s ta u ra n t. A good nu m b er of fly-ins included a new P ip er Colt rec en tly acqu ired by H elene H olton of C h a ri­ton. M any happy flying hou rs as you pile up tim e, H elene. My in fo rm ation is not com plete a t p resen t but I u n d e r­stand we have added tw o new m e m ­b ers to our ro ste r. M ore on th is in the nex t issue bu t a w arm w elcom e fo rm all of us.

O ur new p ro jec t for O ctober is the T ea ch e rs A ir L ift in C hariton on the 15th of the m onth . W hat b e tte r w ay to g ive A ir Age E duca tion a boost th a n by tak ing our te a c h e rs aloft. L e t’s all tu rn out and m ake it a su c ­cessful day.

S evera l m em b ers a re m ak ing p lans for attend ing the F a ll S ectional in Chicago. Two or th ree p lanes le a v ­ing a t various tim es should m ake for good a tten d an ce

H elen F la h e rtv has re tu rn e d from h e r vaca tion in Ire lan d and c laim ed it w as even b e tte r th a n she had hoped for. We have ye t to h e a r all the little sideligh ts on the tr ip —know th e y ’ll be w orth w aiting for.

K een O ctober 15th, T ea ch e rs A ir L ift, C hariton , on your ca len d ar. W ould love to g re e t an y of you who could v isit w ith us th a t day.

IN DIAN A C H A PTER

By A lm a H artm an

S ep tem b er 17 a t the lovely country hom e of M arty and E ugene W yall, n e a r F t. W ayne, the new officers of th e Ind iana C hap te r held th e ir f irs t m eeting . Those o fficers: C hairm an , G loria R ich a rd s ; V ice-C hairm an, M il­d red C oulter; S ecre ta ry , M ildred C as­

sidy ; T re a su re r , R ae C aw dell; and S erg ean t-a t-A rm s, P a t P a tte rso n , p rom ised us a y e a r of in te restin g a c ­tiv itie s well spiced w ith fun and soc ia­bility.

F irs t o rd er of business w as the com pletion of p lans for the second an n u a l F a ir-L a d v A nnual Ind iana R ace (F A IR ). P a t P a tte rso n is c h a ir ­m an of the p ro jec t. R ace d a te is Oc­to b e r 22. You need only to be an In ­d iana re s id e n t of the fem a le v a rie ty w ith a valid pilot license to qualify .

Lt. E rh m a n of CAP and Capt. V each of the Air F o rc e spoke to the group on the contribu tion we m ight m ake in O w ner-P ilo t cap ac ity d u r­ing em erg en c ies . We w ere u rg ed to consider vo lun teering our se rv ices .

M arty se rv ed a delicious m eal a f t­e r the business m eeting . A ppetites appeased , W esley R ichardson e n te r ­ta ined the g roup w ith ou tstand ing m ovies of the even ts lead ing up to and around the AWTAR.

W ORTH M EN TIO N IN G : E s t h e r B renner, F ield R e p re se n ta tiv e on A eronau tica l C om m ission of Ind iana.- H elen G rahn , h appy over the a d ­

v en t of tw ins—h er d au g h te r-in -la w ’s.

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B y K ate M acario

O ur hosts for the A ugust m eeting, K ate and H erm a n B arcus, provided a lovelv evening for the tw enty-eigh t m e m b ers and guests w ho attended . A delicious buffet su p p e r of tem p ting d ishes, p rep a re d and served by the v e rsa tile M rs. B arcus (who also is a balloonist and can sp eak five la n ­guages) w as p a r ta k e n on th e patio. A fter ea ting , w e ad jou rned to the sc reen - enclosed b reezew ay, and. w hile thu n d ersh o w ers continued off and on all evening, w e held our m e e t­ing and a f te rw a rd s took v icarious p leasu re in th e B a rc u s’ Ju n e v a c a ­tion. T hrough the use of film s and slides, we trav e lle d to G reece. Ita ly and A ustria , rode w ith th em in the C ham onix cab le c a r th a t ca rrie d them betw een two m ile - high peaks (and w hich se v e ra l m onths la te r m ade head lines w hen the tow cab le w as sev ered by a F re n c h je t p lane flying n e a r Mt. B lanc). The m agnificence of Mt. B lanc w as d isp layed in the

professional - like p ic tu res taken by H erm an , and w ith h is keen m em ory of nam e, p lace and incident brought alive the film s to all of us . . . E lsie M cB ride showed h e r film on the ’61 P ow der Puff, and th a t, too, w as m ost in te restin g and fun to see.

In addition to our m em b ers and som e 49V2S to cam e, we had som e prospec tive new com ers. H azel F els of L a n c a s te r b rought E llen Dunkle from neighboring M an h e im ; E llen ’s husband is an F.A.A. M edical E x ­a m in e r and the two of them fly in a club T ri-P a c e r . Alice H am m ond brought J e a n and J im Wilson, both helicop ter pilots, who fly out of T u r­n e r A irport. M ildred A lbertson of W est C hester, who has attended be­fore, w as accom pan ied hv fellow Flv- ing F a rm e r D oris Conklin, a student nilot a t W est C hester A irport. D oris h as been nam ed D irec to r of w om en’s ac tiv itie s in R egion 1 (which ta k es in P en n a ., N. J ., N. Y., Md., Del., and V a.) of the N ational F ly ing F a rm e rs A ssociation . . . New m em ber, e x ­p ec ta n t Joyce H ard ing , cam e with the F e ld m a n s; sev era l w eeks la te r Joyce had h e r firs t, a boy . . . I t w as n ice to have busy Dr. Leland S te tser com e w ith C ecelia and the S turte- v an ts . . . Irene W irtsch a fte r m ade it sa fe ly to th is m eeting . W hile driv ing to N ancy D iem and’s in Ju ly h e r ca r w indshield w as hit by a rock on the E a s t R iv er D rive, sm ash ing the g lass. Ire n e w ill te ll anyone it is sa fe r tofly.

The fly-in to P a tu x e n t N aval Air S tation on Sept. 10th w as successful for som e and a d isappo in tm en t to o th ­e rs who d id n ’t m ake it. The w ea th er th a t m orning w as m arg in a l and while som e took the d irec tive th a t no p lanes would be landed a t P a tu x e n t a f te r 10:00 A. M., lite ra lly (this la te r p rov­ed to be d iffe ren t as p lanes took off and landed m ost of the day), o thers w ere ab le to m ake it. The F els flew in, the Chalows. the S tu rtev an ts . M a r­cia and C arl M usson, E rm a Keyes and K ay W ilhem v cam e w ith E rm a ’s b ro th e r in h is 195. T here m ay have been o thers, but these are: all th a t I know of from our C hap ter. B ecause of such a la rg e num ber of people, the g irls did not get toge ther for a m eeting as o rig ina lly planned.

A nn P iggo tt ca lled K ate B arcus from Lock H av en w hen she w as not ab le to m ake the August m eeting. She m entioned she is sending h e r four ch ild ren to school in Sw itzerland with the M ax C onrad ch ildren . She will be accom pany ing them in the ir flight to school . . . S peaking of flying to school, m v 49% flies five of our chil­d ren to and from school w hen his schedule and w ea th e r perm it. Since we a re m oving in a few w eeks, we

s ta rted the ch ild ren in th e ir new school so tran sfe rr in g them w ouldn’t be necessary . We have a land ing s trip by our fu tu re hom e and the school is but a few m inutes rid e from there .

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By P at M cG eeThe S ep tem ber m eeting w as held

in the A laska A irlines T erm in a l build­ing a t P a ine F ield , n ea r E v e re tt. The big su rp rise of the evening w as the appearance, of “ L ydg ie” H agen, who w as in S eattle w ith h er 49% er for the m edical convention. The tim ing was p e r fe c t!

The firs t o rd er of business w as to cast a unanim ous vote th a t Louise N iem i be w elcom ed as a new m e m ­ber. Louise h as visited m eetings tw ice and the ch a p te r m em b ers w ere delighted to add h e r to th e group.

M ildred P earso n w as la te fo r the m eeting, but she m ade it. The firs t p a rt of the evening she spent in S p an ­ish class, the en ro llm en t session for a course she w ill be tak ing . It sounds like fun -m aybe she can teach the re s t of us, and we can conduct our m eetings in conversational Spanish next year!

The officers for the com ing y e a r w ere elected , w ith the se c re ta ry fo l­lowing in struc tions to c a s t a u n an i­m ous ballot for the sla te . M arion Owen is our new C hairm an , Van Ad- derson is V ice-C hairm an, P a t M cGee will be S e c re ta ry and W innie B lythe will rem a in as T re asu re r.

R etiring C ha irm an H elen Appel read an item from G R E E N CROSS SOUNDINGS, the N ew sle tte r for the Seattle-K ing County S afety Council. I quote: “The G enera l A viation S af­ety C om m ittee of the S ea ttle -K in" County S afety Council w ill be used as an exam ple for local a ir sa fe ty com m ittees in o ther cities ac ro ss the nation, accord ing to R alph Kuhli, P u b ­lic S afety D irec to r for the N ational Safety Council. An exhibit fea tu rin g the S eattle C om m ittee is now being built for d isp lay th roughout the fo rth ­com ing N ational S afety C ongress in Chicago. The sam e exhibit will be on d isplay in S ea ttle next y ea r a t the C entury 21 Exposition, Kuhli said. C entral fea tu re of the exhibit w ill be a m assive photograph of the com m ittee by nationally known free-lance photo­g rap h e r P au l V. T h o m as.” All of the

w om en on th is com m ittee a rp m e m ­bers of W este rn W ashington C hap te r. T hey a re : T e rry K ellogg, IloveneP o tte r , V an A dderson, M axine F aneh - e r and yours tru ly , P a t M cGee.

At the end of th e business m eeting Ilovene P o tte r showed slides tak en during the convention in San Diego and along the rou te of th e P ow der P uff derby . T h ere ce rta in ly w ere som e ta ll and tow ering clouds in those p a r t s !

The P o rtlan d C hap te r sponsored a “ P e ttico a t D erb y ’’ on A ugust 20th. and five of our gals w ent down to join in. Ilovene flew down w ith h e r fam ily , d ropped th em off and flew the race , and re io ined th em a f te r ­w ard . She w as in h e r C om anche 180. H elen Appel flew a C essna 145, w ith W innie Blvlhe as co-pilot. Van A dder­son and M axine F an ch e r, in V an 's S kylane, received a trophy fo r p a s s ­ing m ost d irec tly over the P o rtlan d Omni, one of th e check points. The rac e w as from Seaside to T rou tdale . E veryone is looking fo rw ard to a r e ­pea t nex t y ear.

Y ours tru ly (P a t M cGee) w as in P o rtlan d th a t day, fly ing down w ith a s tuden t in a C essna 175.. W ith ju st a little m ore tim e w e would have

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landed in T ro u td a le for th e finish of the rac e , but had to ge t back, u n fo r­tunate ly .

B etty C urran , who did a lovely job of hostessing the m eeting on S ep tem ­b er 18, rep o rted th a t she and 49% er Vic flew to R eno and L as V egas e a rly in S ep tem ber. T hey in tended to tak e in the F ly ing P h y sic ian s Convention, but a rr iv e d too la te to re g is te r . They fly a D ebonair.

T e r ry Kellogg joined 49% er D ave on P ac ific N o rth ern A irlines on Sept. 17th fo r a tr ip to A laska to v isit h e r d au g h te r and fam ily in A nchorage. She re tu rn ed hom e S unday evening (the 24th) to find th a t she w as sole nom inee for G overnor of the N o rth ­w est Section.

G inny A ndrew s and 49% er N ick sold th e ir C essna Skylane, but d id n ’t s ta y out of th e a ir for long. W ithin a m onth they pu rch ased a C essna 172 and a re all se t to tra v e l again .

S ev era l from the ch a p te r a re look­ing fo rw ard to a tten d in g the Section­al M eeting in M ontana on S ep tem b er 30 — but m ost a re p lanning to go by a irline . The w ea th e r has been V FR for so long th a t it c a n ’t possibly last an o th er w e e k ! It should be a big day fo r those who m ake it.

ALASKA C H A PT E R B y H elen Stoddard

O ur S ep tem b er m eeting w as held a w eek e a r ly because we had gotten our d a te s m ixed up and R uth O’Buck, our C ha irm an , had a lre ad y baked a cake so we had our m eeting a t her p lace.

O ur p lans a re all m ade for our a n ­nual 99’s picnic a t Willow a ir s trip . We have se t the ra in d a te for Oct. 1 and snow d a te M ay 13, 1962.

T e rry Kellogg from S eattle w as in town for a sho rt v isit so we got to ­g e th e r for pie a t the A irport cafe. T e rry gave us som e v ery good ideas fo r w in te r w ork for our chap te r.

OREGON C H A PT E R By C harlotte D odson

The O regon C h ap te r is now one y ea r old. It has been an ac tive y e a r — at leas t we th ink so. O ur m eetings have been in te restin g and well a ttended . O ur m em b ersh ip h as grown.

T he firs t m a jo r p ro jec t w as the P e t­tic o a t D erby. It w as not a ra c e but a sa fe ty and n av iga tional contest. The even t w as held A ugust 20 and the rou te w as from Seaside, O regon to the P o rtlan d -T ro u td a le A irport w ith check points along th e rou te. Not be­ing pro fessionals a t such undertak ings

m any sligh t e r ro rs w ere m ade. It is sa id th a t “ You L ea rn By D oing.” — we learned . The purpose in hav ing it a con test r a th e r th an a ra c e w as to s tre s s sa fe ty in fly ing and to p ro ­m ote in te re s t in w om en in av iation .

The co-operation of the T.V. and Radio S ta tions plus the w rite - ups g iven us by the local as well as ou t­lying new sp ap ers w as te rr if ic . Non­flyers, Suzanne R ichards, S taff W rit­e r for the O regon Jo u rn a l and Ju lie Courteol, S taff W rite r fo r the O regon­ian , flew the rou te as o b se rv e rs w ith 99ers L illian O ringdulph and A rlene B aker.

Suzzane and L illian won the prize fo r being the sm a lle s t p a ir to en te r

T roph ies and p rizes w ere donated by businessm en . A irport opera to rs , A irlines and individuals. T heir in te r­est in the o rgan ization w as asto u n d ­ing and v e ry m uch ap p rec ia ted ■— b ecause w ithout them it would not have been a success.

O ur undying th an k s and a p p re c ia ­tion go to the S easide C ham ber of C om m erce who w ere our hosts for the s ta r t of the d erbv and brought SUN­SH IN E for take-o ff tim e, to the Civil A ir P a tro l, m ann ing the check points, to E rn ie H elm s, o p e ra to r of Skyw ays a t the P o rtlan d -T ro u td a le A irport and the em p 'o v ees who w ere our hosts at the fin ish line, and to R alph M cGin­nis of the O regon S ta te B oard of A ero­n au tics who superv ised the ra c e and ra te d th e w inners. A specia l w arm th an k you to the 49% ers, w ithout w hose patience, un d erstan d in g and help we would have go tten now here.

Lillian O ringdulph, Lucy D ru c k e r and th e ir co-w orkers a re to be co n g ra tu l­a ted on a job w ell done.

B ecause of som e stuff ca lled “ fog” in Seaside, S a tu rd ay , those p lanning to land th e re w ere obliged to land a t A storia, a few m iles to the north . 99er Lucy D ru c k e r and h e r 49V2er, Ken, saw to it th a t everyone w as g iv ­en ground tran sp o rta tio n to Seaside fo r the banque t and th e ir n igh ts lodg­ing. Sunday m orn ing they , w ith the help of the Seaside C ham ber of C om ­m erce, took the group b ack to A storia to get th e ir p lanes so they could fly back to Seaside for the take-off. If th is sounds confusing—it w as.

The banquet a t the S eas id er H otel S a tu rd ay evening afforded a n ex ce l­len t opportun ity to ge t acquain ted . R alph M cGinnis spoke on sa fe ty in flying. He stated, th a t if even ts such as the P e ttico a t D erby would cause just one person to ta k e a few e x tra hours of dual they w ere w ell w orth w hile.

“Som ething m ust be w rong w ith the co m p u ta tio n s.” w as the re m a rk m ade by f irs t p lace w inner M a rg a re t Teu- fal, H illsboro, Oregon, w hen th e sh in ­ing tw o-foot-tall s ilv er trophy , don­ated by L ipm an Wolfe and Co., w as p resen ted to h e r by L ip m an ’s H aro ld W cndel.

M a rg a re t h as 41 solo hours in h e r 1948 P ip er PA-11. We a re v e ry p le a s ­ed th a t she has now becom e a 99.

Second and th ird p lace w inners w ere 99s G re tchen F ra s e r of V ancou­v er, W ashington, and R u th W ickan- d e r of H illsboro, Oregon.

Gini R ichardson , Y ak im a, W ash­ington, won the p rize for com ing the fa r th e s t d istance. Gini also added in ­te re s t to the S a tu rd ay n igh t banque t by re la tin g som e of h e r unusual e x ­perien ces as a com m erc ia l pilot and in struc to r.

M rs. Gordon A dderson, a W estern W ashington C hap te r 99 from S eattle , sco red for com ing closest to the OMNI check point.

C ur firs t A nnual P e ttico a t D erby is over—we have learned m uch—and a re in aw e of those hand ling the AWTAR — so now we s ta r t on nex t year.

The S ep tem b er 15 m eeting w as held in Condon, Oregon, w ith L o rra in e B ates as our hostess. A buffet lunch ­eon w as served a t the Condon H otel. T he guest sp eak er, M ajo r Anna Bridge, coord ina to r of w om ens a c tiv ­ities for the CAP, spoke on the role w om en p lay in the CAP. A fter lunch w e w ere tak en to the Condon SAGE R a d a r S tation w here we w ere g ree ted by B ase C om m ander B ruce M ercer and given a to u r of the. S tation by Lt. Noels. A tr ip to the Condon fa ir w as also sla ted but we becam e so in te r ­ested in the R a d a r S tation we w ere

com pelled to om it the fa ir and re tu rn to th e Condon A irpo rt fo r a business m eeting before d e p a r tu re tim e.

G uests a t the m eeting w e r e : C a r­olyn F a tla n d , J e rry d e a n M ercer, P e g ­gy F la tt , D onna H ard ie of Condon, T heolynn Aune of H illsboro, Je a n R eed of M ikkalo and Anna B ridge of P o rtlan d .

N ew m e m b ers joining our ch ap te r since the P e ttico a t D erby a re M ar­g a re t T eufal, R ifka P ra tt , Ja n e Cap- isi, N orm a C assidy and Bobbi H ayes.

O ctober 12 is th e nex t scheduled m eeting . We will m eet a t the P o r t­land In te rn a tio n a l A irport fo r lunch. C laude Thom pson, Chief S uperv iso r of P o rtlan d F .A .A ., will be the sp e a k ­er.

E A ST E R N W ASHINGTON C H A PT E R

B y M ary L. R eyn n ellsA ssociation a t the convention in B el­

lingham in A ugust. E the l flies an A pache and is piling up the hours.

M innie Boyd gave a re p o rt on the AWTAR a t the W ashington F lying F a rm e rs convention in W enatchee in A ugust. She and E the l W ikstrom took top honors in a rad io quiz given a t the convention. M any of our N inety- N ines a re ac tive in the F ly ing F a r m ­ers . P hy llis F ra n z w as p as t queen

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and our Bonnie H enson is now the re ign ing queen.

L ygie H agan a tten d ed a W estern W ashington ch a p te r m eeting w hile in S ea ttle a t a m ed ica l convention w ith h e r husband . She also spen t p a r t of a day a t the F ly ing P h y sic ian s con­vention in R eno w ith our D eedo H eise. She rep o rts a m ost in fo rm ative day spen t a t S tead AFB brush ing up on su rv iv a l and m oun ta in flying.

R EA D IN G W E L IK E D : “ The P u lse of the R A C E” by D eedo H eise. The f irs t blow by blow re p o rt w e ea rth - c re a tu re s had of th a t ra c e w ith w ea ­ther.

T H E R E HAVE B E E N SOME CHANGES: E la ine Moe m a rrie d R ay L. F ry Ju n e 17. R ay isi a p riv a te pilot and w orking on his co m m ercia l. They did a lot of local flying du ring the su m m er in a C essna 140. A fligh t to th e C a lg a ry S tam pede in a f rie n d ’s B ellanca w as a h ighlight of the su m ­m er.

W E A RE O F F to a flying s ta r t w ith a S unday fly-in S ep tem b er 24 a t M in­nie and C arl B oyd’s. M innie served a buffet d inner to m e m b ers and fam il­ies. T hese fam ily fly -in ’s offer perfec t fam ily fun, espec ia lly when zeroed in

w ith the Boyd fa m ily ’s carefu l p lan ­ning.

AWTAR AND CONVENTION R E ­PORTS w ere given by Je a n Carbon, Lygie H agan , M innie Boyd and Millie Shinn. Millie recen tly m oved to Spo­kane and is tra n s fe rr in g to our ch ap ­te r.

N EW O F F IC E R S a re : M arie L. R eynnells, ch a irm an ; E thel W ik­strom , vice c h a irm an ; Lygie H agan, s e c re ta ry and B a rb a ra Thisted, t r e a s ­u re r .

A IRM ARKING ra te s top p rio rity for the y ear. We will m eet the second w eekend of each m onth on e ith e r S a tu rd ay or Sunday. You will be notified by card . O ur m em bers a re w idely sc a tte re d so every m eeting is a fly-in. E a s te rn W ashington m eans ju s t th a t half a sta te .

TH E NORTHW EST SECTIONAL M E ETIN G in M issoula, M ontana Sep­te m b e r 30 p rom ises to be a live one! M eetings sp a rk en thusiasm and we hope to com e hom e all f ired up. M em bers p lanning to a ttend a re : M innie Boyd, Lygie H agan , B a rb a ra T histed , M illie Shinn, and M arie R eyn­nells.

H E R E AND T H E R E : Je a n Carbon p lans to re tu rn to Costa R ica soon. E the l W ikstrom w as elected secre- ta ry - tre a su re r of the W ashington P il­ots. B a rb a ra T histed spent two w eeks w ith the fam ily on a p riva te island on the L ake of the Woods, 120 m iles S outheast of W innipeg, C anada. They flew hom e on a V anguard (quite an a irc ra ft) cru ising a t 460 M PH. She p lans to fly to Los A ngeles in O cto­b e r for a m onth.

ON FIN A L: Our O ctober m eeting will be a fly-in to P endleton, Oregon, Sunday. O ctober 15 a t 11 a .m . This will be a no host luncheon at the field re s ta u ra n t followed by a business m eeting . See you in PDT.

E A ST E R N IDAHO C H A PTER By S elm a V anD erereek

The m onthly m eeting of the E aste rn Idaho C hap te r of the 99s w as held in P ocate llo a t the hom e of our new P resid en t, M ary K ilbourne. Seven of ou r ten m em b ers w ere persen t plus our little s is te r, Ja ck ie Joo. Jack ie w as qu ite excited about h e r im pend­ing flight check w hich would qualify h e r for a p riv a te pilot license. If Ja c k ie passed h e r flight check, Idaho F a lls would en joy a new and lovely m e m b er of our C hapter.

M ary served a w onderful brunch to the g roup in h e r lovely hom e which n estles about half w ay up a ta ll m oun­ta in n e a r Pocatello . W e had a breath- tak ing ly beautifu l view as we d is­cussed our 99 business.

We discussed m any posibilities for p ro jec ts in w hich our C hapter could p a rtic ip a te . A ir education w as rec e iv ­ed w ith m uch en thusiasm . E ach of us

volunteered to be a m em b er of our M em bersh ip C om m ittee and to w ork a t a ir education in our own re sp e c ­tive com m unities.

M ary took p ic tu res of the C hap te r and our new officers fo r the y ea r.

It is in te resting to note th a t ev e ry m em ber of our C hap ter had flown a t least one cross - country during the preceding m onth. Most of them had flown m uch m ore th an one cro ss­country.

99 Membership ListNEW

N E W E N G L A N D S E C T I O N W O O D , J a n i c e L . ( M i s s )34 B l o s s o m St .B o s t o n 14, M a ss . L A 3-8770

M I D D L E E A S T S E C T I O N S L U S H E R , R o w e n a P o f f ( M r s . C l in t o n E . )112 L e w i s A v e . W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.S a lem , V a . D U 9-6808

W I L D E R , B e a t r i c e ( M i s s )4507 S o u t h 3 4 th St .A r l in g t o n , V a . T E 6-4889

N O R T H C E N T R A L S E C T I O N F O L E Y , E d i t h V i r g i n i a ( M r s . D e a n C .)1210 S cho l l R o a d I o w aA m e s , I o w a C E 2-8061

W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.

M I L L E R , D a w n J o a n ( M r s . G e o r g e B . )1643 C a r r o l l A v e . I o w aA m e s , I o w a C E 2-4912

P R O C H A S K A , V e r n a M a e ( M r s . M . F . )2331 L o m a S t . I o w aC e d a r F a l l s , I o w a C O 6-1381

R I S S M A N N , G l e n e ly n L a w l e s s ( M r s . )407 W e s t 3 rd S t . I o w aM u s c a t i n e , I o w a A M 3-4553

H U I T T , M a r i e t t a H . ( M i s s )2022 L a k e w a y A v e . M ic h i g a nK a l a m a z o o , M ic h . F I 2-8884

S O U T H C E N T R A L S E C T I O N J O H N S O N , E l i n o r R e a y ( M r s . R o w l a n d E . )432 3 M ’d d l e t o n R o a d D a l l a sD a l l a s 29, T e x a s F L 1-4875

H O U C K , B e t t y To ( M r s . G eo . L . “ B u d d y ” )5812 P a r k m o r t t C i rc le E l P a s oE l P a s o , T e x a s J U 4- 277 8

N O R T H W E S T S E C T I O N A B B O T T . F r a n c e s J e a n ( M r s . R a y m o n d L . )725 L e b a n i t e D r i v e O r e g o nL e b a n o n , O r e g o n 258 -5616

C A P I Z Z I , E l e a n o r J a n e ( M r s . J o s e p h )565 R o s e S t . O r e g o nS a lem , O r e g o n E M 2-9907

H A Y S , B o b b i e L a V e r n e ( M r s . F r a n k P . )K e a s e y R o u t e O r e g o nV e r o n o n i a , O r e g o n H A 9-6932

P R A T T , R i v k a A . ( M r s . C. E . )6211 S . E . 4 8 t h O r e g o nP o r t l a n d 6, O r e g o n P R 1-1777

T E U F E L , M a r g a r e t E ’i z a b e t h ( M r s . J o h n )1170 E a s t T u a l a t i n V a l l e y H w y . O r e g o nH i l l s b o r o , O r e g o n M I 8-1021

N I E M I , T o u i s e A l a s k a ( M r s . W m . F . )10635 202 N . E . W e s t e r n W a s h i n g t o nR e d m o n d , W a s h . T U 5-1513

S O U T H W E S T S E C T I O N G U N D E R S O N , N o r m a J . ( M r s . E d w i n W . )314 C o u :n a L o n g B e a c hL o n g B e a c h 3, Ca lif . G E 9-49 66

C A N T R E L L , P h y l ’is N o r i n e ( M r s . R e x )2112 B e r k e l e y D r i v e R e d w o o d E m p i r eS a n t a R o s a , Calif . L I 2-1870

M E R R I L L , Cleo M :Jdre d ( M r s . C h e s t e r W . )1709 C a t h a y W a v S a c r a m e n t o V a l l e yS a c r e m e n t o 25, Calif . I V 7-0941

D E N N E Y , Tune F l e t o ( M r s . J o h n L . )1819 T w i n P a l m s D r i v e S a n G a b r ie l V a l le yS a n M a r i n o , Ca lif . A T 1-2047

R E IN ST A T E M E N T SM I D D L E E A S T S E C T I O N

D W I G G I N S , H a z e l K ( M r s . )1012 E a s t W a k e f i e l d D r i v e W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.A l e x a n d r i a , V a . S O 8-2325

N O R T H C E N T R A L S E C T I O N R I G L E R , J u n e D e N io ( M r s . J o h n B a r r )1228 L i n c o ’n B l v d . I o w aM u s c a t i n e , I o w a A M 3-4243

C R A N E , M a r g a r e t A n n ( M i s s )12326 T o r r e y R d . , B o x 57 M ic h i g a nF e n t o n , M ic h . M A 9-9296

S O U T H C E N T R A L S E C T I O N P E T E R S , N e v a K n i g h t ( M r s . H o w a r d )1114 C h e y e n n e T r a i l E l P a s oE l P a s o , T e x a s P R 2- 5522

N O R T H W E S T S E C T I O N M \ H L B E R G , M a r i l y n M . ( M r s R i c h a r d K e i t h ) 3009 E l l i s S t . W e s t e r n W a s h i n g t o nB e l l i n g h a m , W a s h . R E 4-3307

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