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APRIL, 1963O fficial P ub lica tion of The N inety-N ines, Inc.

H ead q u arte rs , T erm in a l Building Will R ogers F ield

P . O. Box 99 O klahom a City, O klahom a

H eadquarters S ecre tary ,C arol Craig

ED ITO R EU G EN IA R. H E ISE

5019 N. C um berland Blvd. M ilwaukee 17, W isconsin

INTERNATIONAL OFFICERSPresident

LOUISE M. SMITH 421 E dgeda le D rive

High Point, N orth C arolinaVice-President

BARBARA K IER N A N G eneva Road

Andover, M ass.Secretary

MARTHA ANN REA DING 2704 Milton

D allas 5, T exasTreasurer

ALICE RO BERTS 719 W. O rchid L ane

Phoenix, A rizonaExecutive Comm itteeBARBARA LONDON

551 M argo Avenue Long B each, 14, C alifornia

BARBARA J . EVANS 40 S tu a rt P lace

M anhasse t, New Y orkE L SIE A. M CBRIDE

5723 W arring ton Avenue P h ilade lph ia 43, P a .

D EA D LIN E FO R NEW S The 20th of E ach M onth

Need a few m ore q u arte rs to g e t rid of the rest of OKC FU N FLY IN G S P R E E application kits. D on’t “ wish you had one" send th a t 25c NOW to:

D ottie Y oung C hairm an, OKC Air R ace P. O. Box 2398 O klahom a City 8, Okla.

Coming EventsIn te rn a tio n a l Convention

Ju ly 17 - 20 O klahom a City, O klahom a

1963 Pow der P u ff D erby Ju ly 13 - 17

N orth C en tral S pring S ectional M uncie, Ind iana

M ay 3-4-5

South C en tral Spring S ectional Houston, Texas M ay 10, 11, 12th

In te rn a tio n a l A ir R ace W elland, C anada to Hollywood,

F la . M ay 25-30* G eneral C h a irm an :

V irgin ia B ritt 114 S.E. 15th St.,

F t. L auderda le , F la .

N inety Nine T our of B razil, T rin ­idad and C uracao

A ugust 4th th rough 17th

Southw est Spring Sectional M ay 10-11-12

B rasilia Inn, P om ona, C alifornia San G abrie l V alley C hap ter,

H ostesses.

M iddle E ast Spring Sectional A pril 20

B ridgeport, New Je rsey

New E ngland A ir R ace M ay 25

Keene, New H am psh ire

Sky L ady D erby Ju n e 27

M ary Burke, Tulsa C hapter, C ha irm an

Southeastern Section M ay 18-19

A ugusta, G eorgia G eorgia C hap ter H ostesses

M ichigan Sm all R ace August 16 - 17 - 18

K alam azoo, M ichigan A ddress inquiries to :

M aisie S tea rs ,3963 E a s t E. Ave., K alam azoo, M ich.

N orthw est F a ll Sectional A nchorage, A laska

N orth C en tra l F a ll Sectional C edar R apids, Iowa

Powder Puff DerbyA pplications for en try for the 17th

annual P ow der P uff D erby m ust be postm arked no ea r lie r th an A pril 25 and no la te r th a n June 15. A draw ing will be m ade for p lace positions for all en trie s p o stm ark ed A pril 25. F rom then on en tries w ill be num bered in consecutive o rd er as received.

We a re m issing tw o seats of the o range vests, clock signs and flags' from last y e a r ’s race . If you know w here they a re , p lease notify AWTAR h ea d q u a rte rs . D ecide as soon as pos­sible how m any official ra c e p rogram s your ch a p te r will be able to sell. O rders m ust be in by June 5, (see o rd er sen t to each ch ap te r) . The cost to ch a p te rs is 75c and they sell for $1.00 each, so your ch a p te r m akes 25c on every copy you sell.

To get c red it fo r contributions for the 1964 AWTAR in convention r e ­ports, your funds should be in by Ju ly 1. H ow ever, a ll contributions r e ­ceived up to August 31 w ill go tow ards the 1964 race .

See NAA m agazine for ra c e news'.FOR ANY INFORM ATION, AND

FOR A PPLICATIO NS FOR ENTRY, W R IT E :

AWTAR, Inc.T eterboro A irport,T eterbo ro , N .J.

(Enclose 30c to cover cost of m ail­ing)

Pilot's BriefingC h a rte r m em ber F aye Gillis’ Wells,

210 W est 55th St., New York, 19, N.Y., Phone CO 5-5584 is coord inator for “ 99 P artic ip a tio n in the A m elia E a r ­h a r t C om m em orative S tam p C ele­b ra tio n ’’ (See fea tu re sto ry in this issue.) She w rites “ A sim ple w ay for the sections to keep in touch w ith the o vera ll p lans is to have the reporters file th e ir p rog ress each m onth—one c h a p te r ’s clever ideas m ight spark ano ther ch a p te r.’’ Sections' and ch a p ­te rs involved will be in d irec t touch w ith F a y but we would also like to rea d of your p lans in the N inety-N ine News. (E d ito r)

F or in fo rm ation on 99 Tour to South A m erica w rite : Iren e K eith, 84-20A ustin St., Apt. 4E, Kew G ardens 15, N.Y.

M ay 17th is the re lease day of a new book—“W om an Into S pace" by J e r r ie Cobb w ith Ja n e R ieker. P re n ­tice H all is the publisher.

All repo rts and pic tures for the 99 N ew s should be sent d irec tly to the E d ito r in M ilwaukee.

Left to right: Virginia Thompson, Governor, Middle Eastern Section; Jean Ross Howard; Blanche Noyes, Charter member and past president; and Louise Smith, International President at the Washington Air Derby Asso­ciation’s Trophy Award Dinner in honor of Jean on February 23, 1963. The Washington Air Derby Association is the oldest flying club in the country with more than 100 planes owned by its members. The Trophy, awarded an­nually, is on permanent display at the Smithsonian. Doc Hartranft of AOPA, a former Trophy recipient, presented the 1962 Award to Jean.

President's ColumnApril, 1963

FLIGHT TO W ASHINGTON:Page S h am b erg e r and I flew up last

week, landed a t D ulles In tern a tio n al A irport. A pproach contro l brought us in—no trouble and very little tra ffic . . P age A irways, (no kin to P ag e ) , s e rv ­ing genera l aviation, gave us excellent service. We attended theT rophy Award D inner given by the W ashington Air D erby Association, one of the oldest flying associations in the country , who each y ea r honors a m em ber for out­standing partic ipa tion in and con tri­bution to av iation . This y ear, Jean Ross H ow ard w as the rec ip ien t of the aw ard—a beautifu l ste rling silver trophy. Je a n has tak en ac tive p a r t in m any av iation events, and is e sp ec ia l­ly com m ended for h e r cha irm ansh ip of the 1962 W right M em orial Banquet. FLIGHT TO AIKEN, S.C.:

The Sm iths and the Kelleys flew to Aiken to a ttend a jo in t m eeting of the G eorgia and C aro linas C hapters. Highlight w as a conducted tour through the A rm y Air Force R a d a r Installation .

FLIG H T TO RICHMOND, VIRG IN IA: Checking and w orking on the res­

to ra tion of the A m elia E a rh a r t S crap Books'.

GOOD NEW S:Atchison, K ansas is the place, and

Ju ly 24th is the tim e—the firs t day cover cancella tion of the A m elia E a r ­h a r t C om m em orative S tam p. F ay Wells, c h a r te r m em ber, is co -o rd inat­ing N inety Nine p artic ipa tion in ihe celebration and has g rea t p lans—so, following the In te rn a tio n a l Convention on Ju ly 20th in O klahom a City, le t’s fly to Atchison for the C om m em ora­tive S tam p C erem ony on Ju ly 24th.

Keep F ly in ’Louise M. Sm ith

IF YOU’R E B E TW EEN TH E AGES OF 17 AND 70 — YOU’LL WANT TO BE IN OKC, JU LY 16-20, ’63.

P ilo ts: Men or w om en who s ta rt out know ing a g rea t deal about very little and go on learn ing m ore and m ore about less and less un til they know every th ing about nothing.

Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund

As you re a d this, the th ree top sco r­ing applictions for the 1963 Amelia E a rh a r t M em orial Scholarship Award a re being screened by the H onorary judges. T heir ta sk of selecting which one of these will receive th is y e a r ’s $700 A w ard will not com e easy , for they a re all of such high caliber.

The T rustees a re in hopes tha t the tim e is n ea r w hen m ore than one A w ard can be offered. This is de­pendent upon only one thing, IN ­COME! C ontributions have s ta rted com ing in nicely for the cu rren t year, and the response to the suggestion in the D ecem ber N inety-N ine News th a t C hap ters give at least $1.00 per m em ­ber h as caught on trem endously. M any, m any thanks—and keep it co m in g !

Will those who have not yet sent in the ir contribution for this year p lease send th e ir checks (payable to A m elia E a rh e a r t M em orial S cholar­ship) to the AE F und T reasu re r, B roneta D. E vans, P. O. Box 38, Min- co, O klahom a. Individuals w ishing to send a gift or m em orial tr ib u te to the AE Fund a re rem inded tha t they are deduc-table for incom e tax purposes. All donations received p rio r to 3J June will be included in the report read a t Convention in July.

Alice H. H am m ond, C hairm an Am elia E a rh a r t M em orial Scho larsh ip Trustees'

CONGRATULATIONS TO:BETTY P F IS T E R of the Colorado

C hap ter W hirley G irl No. 52.JE R R IE COBB of the O klahom a

C hapter W hirley G irl No. 53.

BEES, BIRDS & B U TTER FLIES W ILL BE P E O P L E WATCHING JU LY 17th WATCHING TH E GALS IN TH E “ OKC FUN F L Y I N G S P R E E ” .

Preview of Race Course OKC FUN FLYING SPR EE

,/ Best July Recipe

(Serves up to 99 Aircraft)

1 PILOT, 99er 1 CO-PILOT

1 AIRCRAFT

Combine and place in OKC by 1500 CST, July 16. For special flavoring add one or more female passengers.

Mix well with other basic ingredients on Will Rogers Field. Spread generously in skies over Oklahoma July 17.

Time carefully and watch for well done-ness. Frost most “well done” with special topping. Sprinkle with additional “decorations”.

“Cut-the-cake” at OKC Air Race Victory Dinner.

Application for this highly recom m ended Group Recipe may be obtained by sending 25c to: Dottie Young, Chairman, Air Race, P. O. Box 2398, Ok­lahoma City 8, Oklahoma.

99 Participation In The Amelia Earhart

Commemorative Stamp Celebration

N IN E T Y -N IN E S TO U RBy Irene B. Keith

D on’t fo rge t the dates August 4th th ru 17th 1963. By the tim e you read this the m ailing of the itin e ra ry has been com pleted. C heck w ith your CH A PTER CHAIRMAN for a ll th e inform ation.

We will leave M iam i—S unday night, August 4th for Sao Paulo , B razil on P an A m erican. We land a t th e new J e t A irport “ V iracopos” around 11 P.M . w ith ap p ro x im ate ly a tw o hour drive to town. B ecause of th e te rra in of Sao P aulo the A irport couldn’t be built any closer nor could the a irp o rt in th e town be expanded. So th is w ill be the longest p a r t of th e trave ling . A ir Bridge A irline to R io de Ja n e iro for four days here. V arig A irlines to B rasilia , the C ap ita l of B razil, a new City. L eave B rasilia v ia P a n Am to P o rt of Spain, T rin idad and th e Steel bands, th en K.L.M. to C uracao, D utch West Ind ies fo r a d iffe ren t Island and last m inute shopping.

The price of the Air fa re is $551.00. The Ground Services $270.70. The Ground S ervices includes a ll m eals, hotels, ground tran sp o rta tio n , tr ip s and taxes. T otal p rice $821.70 a t p re s ­ent rates.

If you can tra v e l on 50% or m ore discount w ith the a irlin es do not h es i­ta te to join us. You w ill pay full ground serv ices, th en le t us know w hat ra te you can tra v e l on so rese r- ations can be m ade.

A $50.00 deposit is n ecessa ry and the la s t date it can be accep ted will be June 18th to confirm space. This will be payable to “ N inety-N ine T o u r’’ and sent to me at the add ress in the M em bership D irectory . This will be put into a se p a ra te account w ith two other 99’s as co-signers as bond.

We have a lre ad y s ta rte d to con tac t people and clubs enroute to a rra n g e the e x tra s th a t will m ake th is a spec­ial tou r for us. Info w ill be m ailed to ch ap te r ch a irm en as soon as' we firm dates and places.

The itin e ra ry shows a ll m eals a t respective hotels. As the social dates a re set, th is w ill be changed and will change the P ric e of ground services. a t j / f o r NOW**

4 WAYS TO FINANCE YOUR CONVENTION TRIP - - -

1. Get your app lica tion k it fo r the OKC F U N FLY IN G S P R E E .

2. R eturn com pleted application early to rese rv e space in race.

3. Be in OKC by 1500 CST Ju ly 16.4. Follow all the clues Ju ly 17 and win

the lo o t!

By Faye Gillis WellsBy now, you all p robably have heard

the exciting new s th a t the A m elia E a rh a r t C om m em orative s ta m p has been approved . The F irs t D ay covers will be cancelled a t A tchison, K an­sas', w here she w as born, on h er b irthday , Ju ly 24.

The 99s will spa rk the AE C om ­m em o rativ e S tam p C elebration w ith a F lyaw ay form Atchison, Ju ly 24, w hich will focus w orldw ide a tten tion on the tru e sp irit of A m elia, as ex ­em plified by the 99s today. This is perfect, tim ew ise for the girls who attended the national m eeting at Ok­lahom a City, Ju ly 17 to 20.

The F lyaw ay plan w hich we a re fo rm u la ting w ith the P ost Office and the A tchison C ham ber of C om m erce, and with the cooperation of the FAA, is as follows:

1. T here will be X num ber, p rob­ab ly 100,000, F irs t D ay covers, w ith a specia l cach e t read in g : “99 Club- A m elia E a rh a r t S cholarsh ip F u n d ’’. These will sell for $1.00 each.

2. The ch a r te r m em b ers of the 99s who have been flying continuously since the organization w as form ed, 34 years ago, will fly aw ay from A tchi­son, K ansas' on Ju ly 24th, to a irp o rts in the four corners of the United S ta tes w hich a re lan d m ark s in A m e­

lia ’s flying ca reer, such places as:a. Los Angeles, C alifornia, w here

she learned to fly and w here she received the D istinguished F ly ing Cross.

b. L afayette , Ind iana , and P u r ­due U niversity , the f irs t col­lege in A m erica to have an a i r ­port and th rough whose ef­forts, A m elia got h e r “ Flying L a b o ra to ry .”

c. Boston, M assachusetts, w here she w as living when she m ade h e r first flight to glory.

d. W ashington, D. C. w here she

w a s recognized by four p resi­den ts ; w here h e r poem ‘C our­a g e ” w as read into the Con­gressional R ecord ; and w here she received the N ational Geo­g rap h ica l Socie ty’s Special Gold M edal, the only w om an to receive it for solo ach ieve­ment.

e. M iami, F lo rida , w here she took off on h er last flight and w here a p laque w as unveiled in her honor a t the In terna tional A irport, la s t year.

f. N ew ark, N ew Je rse y , the te r ­m inus of h e r reco rd solo flight from M exico City.

g. Idlewild, Long Island, w here the F irs t D ay covers' w ill be tran sfe rred t o com m ercia l "F r ie n d sh ip ” (nam ed fo r her tran sa tla n tic plane) flights to E uropean coun tries th a t have honored her: to E ng land ; to the AE Hotel a t W eisbaden, G er­m any ; to F ra n c e w here she r e ­ceived the K night of the Legion of H onor and the Jean n e d ’A rc m edal; to Belgium w here she w as given the O rder of Leo­pold; to I ta ly for the Bals m edal. F ittin g cerem onies a re being p lanned to ce leb ra te the issuance of the C om m erative S tam p in all these countries.

E nroute to these term in i, the g irls will touch down a t key a irp o rts . F or exam ple, enroute to Los Angeles, th e re probably would be a landing a t Denver, w here m em bers of the 99s would be w aiting in th e ir planes to fly the F irs t D ay covers northw est to Salt Lake City, Boise and O lym pia. In th is m anner th e 99s w ill b lanket the capitols of A m erica w ith th e ir special Am elia E a rh a r t C o m m era­tive F irs t D ay covers, and th rough the ir tie -ins w ith the com m ercia l "F rien d sh ip ” flights, a t Los Angeles, M iami and Idlew ild, expedite the ir distribution th roughout the world. All these key points w ill h av e a p ­propria te cerem onies w ith local digni­taries and ou tstand ing personalities, who have w orked diligently tow ards1 the approval of this honor fo r A m elia.

This will give the sections’ an op­portunity to honor the c h a r te r m e m ­bers, a t the ir local AE C elebrations. E ach section over w hich th e c h a r te r girls will fly should consult the maps, flying conditions, local V IPS and con­sider other fac ilities; then suggest the best possible stopovers from all these angles, for the AE b irthday parties. The details w ill be w orked out with the individual girls. I t looks like the N orth C entral section is go­ing to he the busiest w ith flyers

streak in g across th e ir te rr ito ry to L a ­fayette , W ashington, New Y ork and Boston.

W hoever is in charge of the over­n igh t local ce leb ra tion on the 24th, should b ea r in m ind th a t the C h a rte r g irls still h av e a h a rd d a y ’s flight ahead of them , so they should not be subject to too m uch feting. R em em ­ber, the te rm in a l ce leb ra tions w ill be on the 25th.

E v ery ce lebra tion should have dancing, for Am elia considered “ dancing the loveliest pas ttim e in the w o rld ” ; also, it will give the crowd a d iversion in case the flyer is delayed by w eather.

We a re w orking out a ph ila te lic tie- in w ith genial M r. Ja cq u e s M inkus, who head s the G im bel’s S tam p de­p artm en t, w hich handled A E ’s covers on h er first flight and are planning on working w ith the o ther 38 E m pire s tam p G alleries th roughout the U nit­ed S ta te s on a com bined prom otion; but m ore about th a t nex t m onth, a f­te r the s ta m p is unveiled. This ce re ­m ony will probably be held a t the A viation Club in W ashington in April.

T here a re lots of exciting ideas* in 1he p lanning s ta g es—tie-ins w ith li­b raries , airlines, the Zontas, the Coast G uard , the Air F orce, Wing Scouts and V IPS to m ake th is the m ost fabu l­ous com m em ora tive s tam p c e le b ra ­tion in h istory . W atch the new sletter each m onth for m ore details.

Air Age Education Spotlight

By Perry RobinsonA num ber of in te resting le tte rs

have been received by your a e ro ­space education c h a irm an indicating the inspiring w ork being done in this field. I tak e p leasu re in passing the good w ord along.

This m onth, m ay we tu rn th e spot­light on the Tucson a re a Ninety- N ines? Mrs. Shirley M arshall is C h a irm an of the E duca tion C om m it­tee w hich has' been ca rry in g on an ac tive p ro g ram in support of the N a­tional A erospace E ducation Council, or we should say in support of ae ro ­space education.

They have successfully p lanned a P enny-a-P ound A irlift D ay for the last two years, and th is y e a r they flew som e 122,000 pounds of happy passengers'. The sum of over $1200 ea rn ed w as m atched by the S tate D e­p artm en t of A eronautics. Thus, they had som e $2,500 to spend on av iation education m a te r ia ls for the schools in Tucson and the surrounding towns. Consequently, the A rizona NAEC In- s titu tiona l Service m em bersh ip r e ­

port showed an increase in 1962 from 86 to 232. The N inety-N ines have sup­plied num erous Institu tional Service m em bersh ip s of aerospace education m a te ria l in the Tucson and Tucson a re a schools. This w as accom plished th ru the ac tive liberal support of m any local N inety-N ines. O ur cong ra tu la­tions !

The N ational A erospace Education Council, 1025 C onnecticut Avenue N orthw est, W ashington 6, D.C., has offered generous cooperation in m ak­ing ava ilab le to N inety-N ines the nam es of schools in the ir local a re as th a t subscribe to NAEC services. This will enable in terested N inety-Nines' to establish rappo rt w ith air-m inded te ac h e rs who can then take advan tage of the local N inety-N ines as a con­trib u tin g resource group in furnishing speakers, providing exhibits, and buying av iation education m ateria ls for school lib raries.

If you w ish fu rth e r in form ation r e ­g ard ing NAEC services' along with free copies of m a te ria ls for your lo­ca l C hap ter, you m ay w rite to Dr. E van E vans, E xecutive D irector, N a­tional A viation E ducation Council. (A ddress given above.) Dr. Evans' is an outstanding school m an and a dynam ic national leader in the field of ae ro sp ace education.

Am ong other N inety-N ines who h av e ac tive ly supported the NAEC Institu tional Services for local schools a re Jacque line Cochran, A rlene D av­is, F ra n ce s Nolde, P age Sham burger, and our president, Louise Sm ith.

I hope you have enjoyed the above “ sp o tlig h t” . We a re sure th e re are m any N inety-N ine C hap ters doing ou tstand ing w ork in NAEC and other educational fields. Will you please r e ­port to m e your in teresting activ ities including nam es of sponsors, since your pro jec ts will c a r ry inspiration to all of us, and we would like to give c red it to our ac tive groups. Which C hap ters will a t tr a c t the Air Age Spotlight for the M ay “99 N ew s” is­sue? W ill your nex t cu rren t le tters fea tu re C hap te r aerospace contribu­tions to the NAEC, a Model A irplane Club, the Civil Air P a tro l Cadets an d /o r Wing Scout Troop activ ities?

P lease keep the av ia tio n /sp ace edu­cation reports ' com ing. F or your in­sp iring le tte rs we a re deeply ap p rec ia ­tive.

P e rry Robinson, C hairm an , Int. A ir Age E ducation C om m ittee, 99’s, 1922 - 38th S treet, N orthwest, W ash­ington 7, D. C.

T hree th in g s a pilot c a n 't u se : The runw ay behind, the altitude above and the gas in the truck .

C onven tionBriefing

A ren’t you glad we sta rted early? W ith all this planning tim e, th e m ore we w ork the b e tte r it g e ts ! We hope you’ll p lan early , too.

W atch nex t m onth in the M ay issue for p ictures and stories.

R E M E M B E R TH E DATES: P re -Convention Air Race, Ju ly 17.

OKC in ’63 C onvention: Ju ly 18. 19 & 20.

We apprecia te the help and in te rest of all the South - C en tra l Section.

E lizabeth (Susie) Sewell C onvention C hairm an

OREGON CHAPTER By Betty Johnson

The date of the N orthw est annual P e ttico a t D erby has been changed to S atu rday , Ju n e 22nd. All en tra n ts a re to m ake a t least two four inch p e tti­coats' w ith your nam e and ad d ress a t ­tached to leave a t designated landing a re as during the race to signify you have been there . All N inety-N ines in the N orthw est Section a re eligible to com pete in this nav igational effici­ency contest. You will be given the course route on F rid a y night before the rac e and be tho roughly briefed the nex t m orn ing before th e rac e . It is suggested you have a co-pilot.

A celebration banquet w ill be held in G resham S a tu rd ay night a t the E lks Club. All those from out-of-tow n will have rese rva tions m ade fo r you to s tay a t the Golden K night M otel in G resham w hich is close to the Sky­w ays A irport in T rou tdale , Oregon. R eservations should be sent to C h a r­lotte Dodson (Mrs. L andon L. D od­son) 9231 S. E . Tenino Court, P o rt­land, Oregon along w ith your check for $5.00 reg is tra tio n fee. June isn ’t fa r off so be thinking about it now.

D ual honors go to Jo a n B ueerm an, P ortland , who just received h e r C om ­m erc ia l, and h e r tw in-engine ra ting . Joan has1 been ro lling up flying hours, having ju s t re tu rn ed from an exc it­ing tr ip to M exico and a second tr ip to Los Angeles w here she saw M yles R uggenberg who sends his best r e ­gards to all the N inety-N ines. Jo an took h er fligh t check w ith Myles.

A nother in our group of w hich we are ex trem ely proud is A lthea A dam s

NORTHWEST SECTION

who did a g re a t big job w orking on the O regon E ducation A ssociation Convention held in the P o rtlan d M e­m oria l Coliseum , M arch 21st and 22nd. S peakers w ere S enato r W ayne Morse, C olum nist D rew P earson , H a z e l B lanchar, P re sid en t of the N ational E ducation A ssociation; R e p re se n ta ­tives from th e NASA Space Mobile, Mr. P a t Cody, M r. J a c k Sorensen, Mr. J e r r y O chab and Mr. R obert Mc­Curdy. F rid a y afternoon speakers w ere Colonel C harles R eager from E d w ard s A ir F o rce B ase, C alifornia, and C ap ta in W illiam J . Knight, test pilot for the D yna-Soar . . . the f irs t w inged aero-spaced c ra f t to be ea rth launched and re tu rn e d to a conven­tional landing.

A lthea has been responsible for a g re a t deal of p rog ress in Aero Space E ducation in bring ing to the a t te n ­tion of the ed u cato rs the im portance of flying as it is today and of the trem endous po ten tia l of the fu ture . In M ay, A lthea is leav ing fo r four w eeks in A laska to w ork w ith the s ta ff on the Aero S pace E ducation su m m er w ork shop.

Ann Brown, P o rtlan d , w as a fea ­tu re guest on a television p rog ram show ing h er flight tra in in g from the beginning w ith an in te resting docu­m e n ta ry of pictures, in terview s and a com plete flying sto ry concluded w ith scenes from last y e a r ’s D erby.

A rlene B aker and Bobby H ayes w ere hostesses for the M arch m eet­ing a t H illsboro A viation w ith th ir ty m em bers and guests p resen t. Mr. C lyde D octor, F ligh t In s tru c to r from H illsboror A viation spoke on the n av i­gational prob lem s involved in the la st P e ttico a t D erby and how to avoid these p roblem s in the fu tu re .

T w enty-four m em bers and guests w ere present a t the L ebanon m eeting in F e b ru a ry w ith hostesses Je an Ab­bott and E velyn R ackleff. E velyn w as unable to be presen t because of ill­ness.

ALASKA CHAPTER By Lavelle Betz

A specia l m eeting w as held a t Gwen Jo n e s’ hom e on M arch 7th to d iscuss our St. P a tr ic k ’s D ay B re a k ­fast to be held a t H a rd e s ty ’s A ir S erv ­ice h an g a r a t M errill F ield from 8 a .m . to 2 p.m . on M arch 17th.

Added a ttra c tio n s will be Kiddie rides by KoKo the K E N I Klown, a ir ­p lane rides by H a rd e s ty ’s, and green popcorn balls by 99’s w ith proceeds going to en larg e our convention fund. The usual h am and eggs, pancakes, coffee and cocoa-all-you-can-eat v a r ­iety p rep a re d by th e local ch ap te r of the 99’s will be served . Those presen t a t th is m eeting w ere P a t G ilda, M ar­

lene H ardesty , P a t Moore, R uth O’- Buck, P a t McGee, Gwen Jones and L avelle .

On M arch 15th we spent th ree and a ha lf hours m aking popcorn balls a t P a t M oore’s hom e. We sandw iched in our reg u la r business m eeting between popcorn balls. N eedless to say we had a “ b a ll” ! P re sen t a t th is m eeting w ere Gwen Jones and d au g h te r Lyn, P a t G ilda, R uth O 'B uck, M arlene H ardesty , L avelle Betz and daugh ter Beckey, and P a t M oore w ith h er m oth­er also th e re to pitch in and help.

The Ski-Bug has' b itten sev era l of our m em bers recen tly w ith R u th out­doing the rest of us in skiing ab ility— m aybe th a t is because she has m ore tim e to p rac tice ! She is now able to ski down the m ountain a t A lyeska Ski R escort. P a t M oore and fam ily , Gwen Jones and fam ily , P a t McGee and fam ily , L avelle and fam ily have all taken up skiing. L e t’s hope th e re w on’t be any broken legs am ong this' crow d of am atu e rs !

Gwen Jones w as recen tly elected S e e re ta ry -T re a su re r to rep lace P a t G illespie who had to resign. Gwen is doing a w onderful job of it, too.

Well, I ’ll ski you next tim e!

FAR WEST CHAPTER By Margaret Layton

The F eb ru a ry m eeting w as held a t P o rt Townsend A irport in our cam p ­er. I h a v e n ’t soloed the cam per, so D ick drove in down the night before.

E lene D uncan drove to P o rt An­geles, ren ted the T ri-P a c e r and flew to our m eeting.

E van L aR ue had again taken the p lane to work, so B a rb a ra LaR ue and M ary K ackanek had to drive. They brought a m ost w elcom e gues’t, M ari- lou F airch ild .

F or a b irth d a y p resen t M ary re ­ceived a check ride in a T ri-p ace r.

M ary and B a rb a ra a re still w ork­ing w ith the G irl Scouts and rea lly enjoying the experience.

P lans w ere m ade to pain t the m a rk ­ers' a t P o rt Angeles. The one a t P o rt Tow nsend h as ju st been pain ted this week.

We a re all m aking te n ta tiv e plans to e n te r the L ipstick D erby th is Aug­ust. It is being sponsored by the W es­te rn W ashington C hapter.EASTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER

By Helen R. CrumNow th a t m ost everyone is hom e

from w in ter vacations - - lim ited and ex tensive—and the w ea ther is co­operating , ten of us took up w here we left off (two m onths ago) a t a lunch­eon m eeting in Y akim a M arch 9. In the absence of C ha irm an M arie Reyn- nells, whom we m issed, E the l Wiks- tro m efficiently presided.

Since Gini R ichardson could not join us for lunch, we h ad a sho rt dis­cussion a t the a irp o rt about the p ro ­posed a ir tour for wom en fliers w hich Gini and Millie Shinn h av e been p la n ­ning. It w as decided to hold it May 18th—rain date M ay 25th. We will be m eet in W alla W alla for b reakfast, lunch in Spokane, tea in W enatchee— the end of the tour. F u rth e r details w ill be sent to those w ishing to tak e p a r t la te r.

We have a p rospective m other and daughter team for fu tu re a ir races. K athleen H itchcock’s daugh ter, K am , who presently is a t S tanford U nivers­ity, is our newest m em ber. She is anxious to continue h e r flying during sum m er vaca tion a t hom e. K am is interested in m usic and d ra m a when not flying. L ast fall I had the fun of going to Bend, Oregon, for lunch w ith Kathleen and K am a t th e controls. Due to a rap id change in w ea th e r K athleen put in a d is tress ca ll to h er husband who flew down in jig tim e in the ir Baron to pick us up but K am m ade it hom e cred itab ly in the Sky- lane with h e r instruc to r. K athleen is not only w orking for h e r com m ercial in the Skylane but is pilot or copilot in the Baron on m any ex tended busi­ness trips.

Lygie H agan , in her Com anche, b rought B a rb a ra Thisted an d Millie to the m eeting, and h e r husband, who had just shed his cast which he has worn since his accident last fall. Lygie did all the flying during th e ir two m onths in the South and Mexico Avhcre they enjoyed sev era l w eeks with the Hensons at M anzanillo. She a t ­tended a pilo ts’ luncheon in Phoenix. Lygie and Alice K ennedy a re adv is­ors to an en thusiastic group of Wing Scouts in Spokane. She also is going to instrum ent ground school.

Alice flew h e r Cub as fa r a s R ich ­land for the m eeting. When she tried to get perm ission to com e to Y akim a in h e r prize possession (sans rad io) the Tow er changed h er m ind so M in­nie Boyd picked her up en rou te from Pullm an. Alice says she can h ard ly wait to explore th is country. She and Millie m ade a good s ta r t in F eb ru ary .

The Boyds re tu rn ed recen tly from a month in P a lm Springs spent sw im ­m ing and bowling. W hile th e re they saw Selm a V andercreek from the E astern Idaho chap te r and h er 49%er. E thel and Wik took tu rn s flying th e ir Aztec in F eb ru ary to Phoenix and I os Angeles. In P hoenix she m et 99 Ju an ita Newell, a Cessna 310 pilot for a construction firm .

Gini has been doing som e skiing a t Sun Valley and is now busy n eg o tia t­ing spray contracts ' w ith the United

S ta tes F o re s try Service. Jo an Rorke, one of those present, is assisting w ith CAP classes. She h as enrolled for p re m ed courses th is sem ester a t Y akim a V alley Ju n io r College. This- teds have s ta rted a landing s trip n ea r th e ir hom e. We w ere g lad to h av e Helen E rnsdorff w ith us. H er ground school class is a lm ost over for the season. Bonnie, who was' unab le to com e, had just re tu rn ed hom e in two days from M anzanillo w ith Chet in th e ir Apache. H er nex t new s probably will be a m ulti engine ra ting .

Our next m eeting w ill be in P end le­ton for lunch A pril 20th.

MONTANA CHAPTER By Winifred Lovelace

O ur ded icated C hap ter S ecre tary , B etty Nunn, has spent m ost of the w in te r sending ca rd s to a ll of our 32 m em ers announcing a lte rn a te dates for postponed m eetings. We a p p e a r to lack the knack of picking flyable S a tu rd ay s for them . M issoula w as to be the spot for Ja n u a ry but severe w ea ther all over the sta te th a t m onth, (s tan d a rd for Ja n u a ry ) froze out the o rig ina l and a lte rn a te dates. All the o p e ra to rs ’ engine h e a te r s and a ll the w ea th er m en couldn’t get the 99s to ­g e th er again .

F e b ru a ry w ea ther re len ted , and a l­lowed a few lucky m em bers to fly to G rea t F alls , but disallow ed a t least 10 of us who w ere defin itely planning to fly from E aste rn M ontana, N orth D akota and S outhern M ontana.

The M arch 16th m eeting at H avre looked m ore like old tim es. A long dis­ta n ce call to H elena a t dead line for this repo rt revealed th a t a dozen or so fly -bab ies reach ed H avre . Among them w ere Bobby K ra m e r and V ivi­enne Schrank. who flew up to G las­gow to pick up ‘•som eone” who w as doubtless P earl McGill. W eather be­tw een M alta and H avre caused them to tra d e th ree w heels for four—th a t’s persistance.

T ow ard afternoon the low snow clouds’ west, south and southw est lift­ed, a few hours too la te for the stay - at-hom es.

All of our usual donations have been voted ' 'i n ” a t these m eetings, and the good news is th a t M ary Jo Jan ey has consented to C h a irm an the 1963 Big Sky R ace again.

S ev era l M ontana 99s w ere delighted and proud to see our N ational Vice- P re s id en t’s ap p earan ce on teleision “ I 'v e Got a S ecre t" in F eb ru ary . B a r­b a ra K eirnan is' a cred it to us all, and so is the “ Colt for K im ".

M arge Rolle is feeling b e tte r a fte r an inspection tour a t M ayo B rothers, th e y inspected H E R ! D orothy Sabo likew ise, a fte r a su rg ica l bout at BIL.

O ur April m eeting will be in H elena and the M ay one in Billings, so w e’ll see you in the Spring. P lease bring or send your new s to m e !

WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER

By M axine FancherO ur Air E ducation C hairm an , M ar­

ian M orton, has tossed quite a chal- lence to our chapter. She has a r ra n g ­ed for us to produce a series of te le ­vision shows over the U niversity of W ashington E d u ca tio n a l television station, KCTS beginning the 30th of April. T here will be a v a rie ty of A via­tion top ics concerned w ithin our in­dividual experiences. The original production will be aired in the even­ing a t 5:45 and will be h ea rd for five successive weeks. A science-course com m ittee will be viewing it, and will request p a r ts of it to be adopted to a six th -g rade television science class being p repared for nex t year.

Bob and M arion Morton and some friends spent a delightful ten days in la te F e b ru a ry a t Aspen, Colorado, w here every day w as sun-filled and ski-able. She found it m ore th an dif­ficult to get h e r “ nose to the grind­s to n e” over dead lines for the rough d ra fts of the TV shows due a few days a f te r h e r re tu rn hom e. We will hand it to h e r—she has the know-how and the acquain tances a t the U ni­versity to m ake th is ven tu re valuable to the N inety-N ines and the com m un­ity.

P a t McGee is still fighting for the rig h t to use h e r contact lens and in ­s tru c t com m ercially . H er case is now before the full Civil A eronautics Board a fte r H ea rin g -E x am in er Russel A. P o tte r in te rp re ted FAA regu la tions to read aga inst the contact lens.

P a t feels th a t losing reg u la r g lass­es would be a g re a te r em ergency th an if one or even both of contact lenses' w ere lost since ophthalm olo­g ists ag ree th a t con tac t lens users find the ir uncorrect vision b e tte r for sev era l hours a f te r rem oval of the contacts. P a t has w orn contacts since 1957 during all w aking hours, and sta tes fla tly th a t s'he will not go back to reg u la r glasses. She is anxiously aw aiting the resu lts of her appeal.

I ju st got a first hand repo rt of a helicopter tr ip from Culver City, C ali­fornia to S eattle com peted yesterday . Ilovene P o tte r, w ith husband Les as n av ig a to r brought her new Hughes hom e in seventeen hours and th irty - four m inutes. She rep o rts a perfectly delightful trip , flying a t 500 or so feet over the hgihw ay, w ith no traffic , w eather, or o ther ca r and a irp lane w orries to contend with. I said, “no tra f f ic ,” but ac tu a lly n ea r Gosham ,

Oregon, she m et a helicopter. The two H ughes sa t down in a handy spot and exchanged ideas, and plans. Ilovene, licensed w om an helicopter num ber fifty, gave F ra n ce s B era, num ber forty-nine, a r id e in h e r new “ b ab y ” while she w as in th e L os Angeles a rea . Les, w hose previous helicop ter tim e am ounted to fifteen m inutes, adm itted th a t the sc ra tches on the top of the bubble w ere not the re w hen the fac to ry m ade deliv ­ery . By the tim e they a rr iv ed in Seattle he w as converted and enjoy­ing him self. An ex p e rim en ta l landing on the P o tte r hom e c a rp o rt b rought som e fifty specta tors—m ostly sm all boys'—to the scene, so Boeing F ield is now the helioport in use.

Our F e b ru a ry m eeting w as a din­ing room a t P an tle y ’s ju s t off Bellevue A irport. At the m eeting we voted to ask for the beginning of the 1966 AWTAR in connection w ith the n a ­tional convetion of the Ninety-N ines, Inc.

We continue p lans for a L ipstick D erby in connection w ith the S eattle Sea F a ir ea rly next A ugust. The a v ia ­tion com m ittee of the R enton C ham ­ber of C om m erce has asserted the ir cooperation in any w ay we need. The Renton A irport will be the s ta r t and the te rm inus of the all-w om an race .

B etty C urran rep o rted a p leasan t flying trip to Las Vegas'. We again e n ­joyed seeing our new est m em bers, Kay P ark in son and J a y L aw rence. The M arch m eeting will be held a t the H aitt House ad jac en t to S eattle - T acom a A irport.

KEN ENGLAND SECTION

ALL WOMAN NEW ENGLAND AIR RACE — M ay 25th a t Keene, New H am psh ire! Sponsored by the New E ngland Section, th is over-200 m ile round robin is a “ pro fic iency” race, w ith trophies aw arded for the first five places, pilot and co-pilot. Bolh hand icap speed and gas p ar a re pertinen t to the best s'core—to com e the closest to both is the goal.

F ly-in M ay 24th to Keene A irport for im pounding and inspection; you 'll find out W H ER E you ’re going’ a t the pilot briefing F rid a y night! S a tu rd ay b reakfast and w eather briefing , and rac e take-off a t 10 a .m . F ly-over identification requ ired a t all check points. T im ing from take-off to flight - over-finish line! A w ards banquet a t Winding Brook Lodge M ay 25th.

R ace C o-C hairm an “ P a t” Russell and B a rb a ra K iernan h av e set up new ru les and regulations, and opera ting p rocedures fo r the annua l New E ng­land race , b ased on the successful M ichigan SMALL race . Get your a i r ­c ra f t and co-pilot rese rv ed fo r M ay 25th—and sharpen up the navigation!

Sounds like fun for all — w rite AWNEAR, c /o B a rb a ra K iernan, G eneva Road, Andover, M ass’., for p a rticu la rs and en try blank (enclose 50 cents for postage).

EASTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER

By Lois AuchterlonieThe Spring Section M eeting of the

New E ngland Section w ill be held M ay 26th, at Keene, N. H. The E as te rn N .E . C hap ter will hostess’ the lunch­eon m eeting.

Anyone w ishing to contact Chris S eaver will have to com m unicate w ith Cloud 9—as a b irth d ay gift h e r two children, J a n and Dick, gave h er a tr ip to E urope th is sum m er. She p lans to see re la tiv es in D enm ark , and v isit Oslo, S w itzerland and the A ustra lian Alps.

Lois W artm an spent the m onth of M arch skiing in S w itzerland—on a w ell-deserved vacation from h e r w ork and night-school routine!

O ra S tevens announces the opening of the coffee shop in the new adm in is­tra tio n building at T aunton A irport. This rea lly keeps O ra busy—but she’s g lad to see the N inety-N ines who drop in for a cup of coffee w ith her.

F ra n and S teve P o rte r h ad been tak ing ad v an tag e of the FEW days of w eekend flying in the a rea , in th e ir Navion. Steve m onitors Bedford T ow er on his hom e rad io —and can recognize the N inety-N ines voices— every tim e.

M ary W arford h ard ly let the ink d ry on h e r P riv a te license before s ta rtin g h er in stru m en t course. Nice going, M ary.

J e r ry G ard iner and 49-V2’er H ank, went Island hopping v ia B onanza in the C arribean , visiting Hopetown and Rock Sound. W e’re looking fo rw ard to a L im bo dem onstration , J e rry .

B a rb a ra K iernan w as J e r r y ’s p as­senger as fa r as W est P a lm Beach, w here she visited w ith June Douglas and enjoyed the F lo rida sunshine af!- e r spending the school vacation ski­ing w ith h er two sons in F ran co n ia .

R ae T o b er’s exhuberance is c a tc h ­ing—and she is1 in dem and for ta lk s for various groups. R ae is w orking o her degree in physical education ; h e r fam ily should be “ physical f itness” consc ious!

See you a t th e AW NEAR rac e at Keene, N.H. — M ay 25th!

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CHICAGO ARE \ CHAPTER Rv Nit a F inem an

Q uite a spell ago in our nation’s h istorv. a g rea t eroun of youn" ladies flew th e ir h earts out in an outfit called the WASP- short for W om en’s Air F o rce S ervice P ilots. One of the very ta len ted gals who instructed these h igh-fly ing W A SP’s was the g uest speaker fo r our F eb ru ary m eet­ing—an am azing person by th e nam e of Ziggy H unter. Ziggy, who cam e to the Chicago Area C hapter from Texas draw l and all, held us spell­bound recoun ting som e of the adven­tures, h ila ritv and pathos th a t she and the o ther girls experienced while m em b ers of this fam ous squadron. Before she becam e one of the th ree fem ale fligh t in struc to rs for the WASP at A venger F ield in Texas, Z iggy tau g h t Navy personnel. At p re ­sent, she is verv m uch engrossed in her position w ith the G irl Scout Council and travels around th e coun­try serv ing the Council w here the be­nefits of her varied background are needed. We are g ra te fu l to the F eb ­ru a ry m eeting hostess com m ittee for a fine program and to Joan Baldwin for providing h e r cozv ap a rtm en t and tasty coffee and goodies.

I t was good to see M ary B eretich a t the m eeting . M ary, too, w as in the WASP and it w as fun to lis ten to her and Ziggy rem in isce .

Back row: June Basile, Lois Seketa, Tracy PiliU’s, Alice DoWitt. Front row: Loyal M. Liken of Northwest Orient Airiines, Capt. Kim, Nell Brown. Chicago Area 99s were on hand at O’Hare Airport when Kim had a stopover on the trip back to Korea and presented her with Northwest Orient Airlines’ gift, an arm ful of roses.

C ongratulations to Ju n e Basile who received h e r com m ercia l rating . W hile m ost of the 99’s in the a rea sat and d ream ed of w arm er and m ore desirable fly ing w eather, Ju n e got out in m any below zero days and did it the hard way. And th e ex tre m e cold was only one obstacle. H er dad who had been ill for the past six m onths was growing stead ily w orse and pass­ed aw ay the day before she took h e r flight test. B ecause the 24-m onth v a l­idity of h e r w ritten exam w as due to expire, she could w ait no longer. We are glad you m ade it, June!

A special opportun ity presen ted it­self to Chicago A rea 99’s w hen Capt. Kyung O. Kim had a stopover at O’H are F ield before re tu rn in g to K or­ea. Capt. Kim, a m em b er of the K or­ean W om en’s Air F orce, was aw ard ­ed a P iper Colt w hile in th e east as a resu lt of the 99’s con tribu ting 2,500 S & H G reen S tam p books (3.000,000 stam ps!). Lois Seketa, Alice DeW itt, Nell Brown, Ju n e B asile and T racy P ilurs w ere on hand to g ree t Capt. Kim a t the airport, and N ell Brown presented h e r w ith an exquisite bou­quet of roses from N orthw est O rient Air Lines. Capt. K im ’s visit in th is country w as cu t short due to the ill­ness of her m other. T he g irls w ere enchanted w ith h e r charm and w ere grateful for th e up lifting experience of m eeting her personally . W e hope tha t she m ay soon re tu rn .

GREATER ST. LOUIS CHAPTER By Rosamond Joly

The M arch m eeting was held a t M arian K irtz hom e and fea tu red guest speaker, Bill E ast, of the Missouri Highway P a tro l. Bill is a helicop ter pilot and gave an in te resting speech on the use of the helicop ter in police work. P lans w ere discussed for the Anril m eeting, ten ta tiv e ly se t for A r­rowhead A irport w ith A rleen Davis, NAA S ecretary and E ugene Utz as po ­tential speakers of the evening. A n­nouncem ent w as also m ade th a t the Sky I ady D erby would s ta r t on June 27 from Alton M unicipal A irport and future discussions would be neces­sary for activating our p art in th is program . C ongratu lations to P rom ise Jenkins on becom ing a 99. P rom ise received her private p ilo t’s license in October.TID BITS:

N um ber one for av iation prom otion this m onth goes to D el S charr who is invited to p artic ip a te in the R uss D a­vid Show, S tation KSD-TV M arch 27 at m idnight. Del w ill be in terv iew ed regarding h er past av iation activ ities and experiences. Del, as an active m em ber of the Air F orce Association,

will also be a ttend ing the Aero Space Conference held in cooperation w ith St. Louis U niversity in F lorissant, Mo. R u th T aksel is also p lanning to a t­tend th is conference.

The D uenke fam ily is planning a P a lm Springs holiday, including LA and D isneyland, late in M arch.

R uth Lake inform s us h e r son is spending 6 m onths at L ackland AFB. Ja c k and Golly M iner are leaving M arch 16 for a w eek in sunny F t. L auderdale. An exciting ac tiv ity w as outlined by D orothy H aupt. Seem s th a t the H aupts have a fly - in for lunch to som e a irpo rt one S unday a m onth w ith various o ther couples. The idea has in te rested at least two people in tak in g fly ing lessons. Sounds like an excellen t fun - idea w hich also p rom otes in te res t in gen ­eral aviation. Also in the new s is Jan N oyes's husband , F rank , who rec en t­ly in troduced K leer P lex for rem o v ­ing deep sc ra tch es on plastic w ind­shields.

The St. Louis C hapter m ay feel an a ir of pride in the fac t th a t the ir sc rip t for “ P e ttico a t P ropw ash’’ has been req u ested by ano ther ch ap te r for possible use a t th e ir Spring sec­tional.

INDIANA CHAPTER By Muriel Dykema

We had a m ost w onderful St. P a t ­r ic k ’s Day m eeting in M arion, In ­diana. The M arion C ham ber of C om ­m erce w elcom ed us w ith H oosier h o s­pita lity unequaled in m y experience. E ach fly ing 99 w as g reeted a t the a ir­port by M ayor and M rs. E dw ards and m em bers of the C ham ber. A fter our chairm an , P eg Coulter, received a dozen roses, the en tourage had a pol­ice escort to the Holiday I n n ! We had a record a ttendance of 41 99s and m any m ore guests. A fter our busi­ness m eeting and luncheon, we heard a w elcom ing address from the M ayor and a spokesm an from the M arion Convention and V isitor’s Council of the M arion C ham ber of C om m erce. Our guest speaker was Colonel W il­liam M. Bowden, Vice C om m ander of the 305th B om bardm ent Wind, B unker Hill A ir F orce Base. Col. Bowden, a com m and pilot w ith 23 years m ilita ry service, gave a fasci­nating ta lk on the B58 H u stle r and showed a m otion p ic tu re on th e Bler- iot T rophy. We all w ant to thank M ar­g a re t P e tty for a tru ly s tim ula ting m eeting.

Lots of news th is m onth. O live M c­C orm ick is the proud ow ner of a Cessna 205. Ja n e S im m ons ju st r e ­tu rn ed from a live pigeon shoot in Reno, Nevada, and p lans to attend

the In terna tional Shoot in M adrid, in April. M artha H olst, advisor to P u r­due Pilots, Inc., w ill accom pany and chaperone the club to the N ational In terco lleg ia te F y ing Assoc. M eet at Southern Ilinois U niversity in April. O ur charm ing redhead A lm a H art­m an ju s t re tu rned from a tr ip to Dis­neyland and Las Vegas v ia Bonanza in a record 12 hours to Kokomo. J a n ­e t and John B arnett, both pilots from Indianapolis, w ere guests a t our M ar­ion m eeting. They flew in low with a strong cross wind in th e ir new “ 500” F es tiv a l C hrysler. Nellie and Evan A lger spen t a w eek in Houston, Tex., recen tly . Dr. Ju lia H ayes from Ft. W ayne selling h er 1959 Cessna 175. Our cap tiva ting luck gal, Sue H ively, saving pennies for a plane, had to buy a new car instead. Such is life! I t was good to see Billie Sm ith again back from a 6 w eeks’ stay in F lorida. Soph and Neal Payton fly ing via Lake C entral to F t. L auderda le on v ac a ­tion. Neal sitting in back w ith the passengers this tim e.

We have several very fine bowlers in our group. J ill M cCorm ick cam e in 3rd in singles and team standings and 11th in the doubles in th e L afay ­e tte Citv W om en’s Bowling T ourna­m ent. Jo a n Collins, bowling on two Indianapolis team s, ju s t retu rned from the S tone’s T ournam ent in Cin­cinnati covering 5 states. W e’ll be anxious to learn the results.

We all hope our rum m age sale in Indianapolis on M arch 30 will be a howling success. Soph Payton and D orothy S m ith have rea lly w orked hard on it.

Of course, our big news th is m onth is the N orth C entral Sectional Con­vention at the Van O rm an R oberts H otel, 120 W. Howard St., M uncie, Ind., May 3rd th rough 5th. M any of our m em bers have been w orking full tim e on th is for m onths now. They are hoping to m ake this a m em orable experience. All flying guests will be transpo rted from th e a irport to the hotel. The hospitality room s will be open F rid a y evening for snacks. S a t­urday a.m .. J il l M cCorm ick will hold a com plim en tary re fresher ground school. Our luncheon will include a High F lv ing F ashion Show sponsored by the Ball S tore in M uncie, followed by the business m eeting. The ev en ­ing will unfold w ith cocktails and banquet and guest speaker, P au l J . R odgers. Vice P resid en t of Sales and P ublic R elations of Ozark Airlines. T here will be a Las Vegas Nite for prizes to round out the program . Peg C oulter would like to receive advance reserva tions by April 25th. They will be $10.00 in advance or $12.00 a t the

door. P lease m ake ho te l reserva tions d irec tly to the R oberts. See you in M uncie in M ay . . . Safe fly ing!

ALL-OHIO CHAPTER By Marge Gorman

Our M arch m eeting was held on St. P a tr ic k ’s D ay in Colum bus a t th e A rm y D epot’s O fficers Club. H os­tesses M arilyn M iller and M arion Betzler w ere on hand to g ree t ev e ry ­one.

I t w as a lovely day—our best since last fall. Only you had to be on th e ground to app rec ia te it. Gale force winds w ere in effec t and only 4 a ir­planes w ere able to m ake it in. M ari­lyn Collette, R uth Love, C laire P h il­ips w ith Jan ice K uechenm eiste r and B ette M cM ahan w ith A uthrie L ehr all m anaged to m ake P o rt Colum bus while the re s t of us chose th e h ig h ­w ay. You could even fee l th e ex ­trem e crosswind on the In te rs ta te so our hats w ere off to the fly-ins.

Bonnie M iller, M ixie H eckelm an, V irginia S chum acher, M ary Schea- fer, H elen Sam m an, C lara Tharpe, Jean Hixson, Rosalie B racht, M ary Foley, J e r r i C rabtree, Joyce E vans, Joan H rubec, E dy M axim , Jean Bo- nar w ere presen t for the m eeting and w onderful lunch th a t followed. N or­m an C rabtree, the new Ohio D irec ­tor of Aviation, spoke to th e group afte r our m eeting about the program he sta te has ahead for the com ing year.

Ja c k Reed, of the Colum bus Con­tro l Tower, also spoke to us concern ­ing airp lane safety. I t was a p leasure to m eet him afte r read ing his articles in the Ohio A viation News each m onth.

C laire Phillips said they have p u r­chased a D-18 and w ill have the ir Cessna 310 for sale.

R osalie B rach t announced the A k­ron girls w ill sponsor a booth M arch 26th to 30th during th e Akron Hom e and F low er show. This will be held righ t on A kron M unicipal A irport. M any artic les of in te rest fo r w om en pilots w ere passed around and will be shown there . E veryone was ra th e r silent on news th is m onth b u t it w as so encourag ing to hear from fo rm er m em ber Ann Ash now in W eisbaden, G erm any, th a t she m issed our news one m onth we are inspired to again m ake the deadline.

WISCONSIN CHAPTER By Ruth Lembke

Our Dora F ritzke appeared on WTMJ-TV, channel 4, recen tly when she was interview ed as a C areer- W om an P ilot, guest of the "T w elve to T w en ty” program . A ttrac tive young teen - ager, M ary M uente, of W auwatosa E ast High, a m em ber of

the C ouncil, appeared w ith Dora and questioned her. N aturally , D ora m ade us proud of h e r responses about the 99’s, and we saw th e em blem in a good close-up on h e r lapel.

Toney was hostess to the ch ap te r for the M arch m eeting . It w as held in h er deligh tfu l ap a rtm en t. A m ong th e group who arrived to see the col­ored slides of th e E x p erim en ta l P lanes and the A ntique P lanes tak en at the N ational E.A. m eeting in R ock­ford, Illinois, and in Iowa, w ere these people: M a r i l y n F ifield , D oraF ritzke , Deedo Heise, M arie M itzen- heim , D ot P arks, and Anne Roethke.

N ancy Gloid. of Capitol D rive A ir­port, b rought the slides. A nother guest, Lucile, was also th e re .

Talk w hich followed revealed th a t A nne had ju s t re tu rn ed from F lo rida w ith a beautifu l tan . She had only praise for her new C om m anche w hich had been in itiated into its f irs t long cross-country , including a w ate r hop to N assau.

MINNESOTA CHAPTER By Ginny Mayer

About a th ird of our m em bers faced the b itter cold, w indy outdoors on W ednesday evening, F eb ru ary 20th and attended our m eeting a t th e hom e of Joyce Johnston, St. P au l (her 49%er, B ruce, is associated w ith G eneral A irm otive, Cessna D ealer, H olm an F ield).

H elen M asterson brought the m e e t­ing to order and afte r the read ing and approval of the previous m e e t­in g ’s m inutes and trea su ry report, various appo in tm ents w ere discussed and we now have the new office ho ld ­ers, who we know will do very w ell: Joyce Johnston, acting secreta ry (during the absence of M a r i a n C ham plin who is now over in E urope w ith h e r husband for several m onths; D orothy Ryan, tre a su re r (Thora K ron reg re ts very m uch being unable to continue w ith the fine trea su ry r e ­cords under her care, but we hope to see T hora at som e of our fo rth ­com ing m eetings).

R uby St. Onge g rac iously accepted our scrapbook and the new book w ill be well laid out.

Our new m em ber, Ruby St. Onge, is real ac tive in fly ing and eagerly w orking tow ard h er com m ercial m u l­ti-engine ra ting . This evening Ruby showed an in te resting film tak en en- rou te to the A rctic fishing resorts. As you can w ell im ag ine , a irc ra ft is the only w ay in and out of these r e ­sorts. The film showed operations; from shins used fo r transporta tion , set-ups for refueling a t th e strips, som e landings in soft fields and sink­ing in m any inches w hile tax iing , to

th e goal of those tak ing p art in th is ac tiv ity —excellen t fish ing—N orthern P ike averag ing th ir ty (30) pounds in w e ig h t!

S everal m em bers h av e been tak ing p art in a bit of fly ing during these w in te r m onths, so flight tim e is kept active.

W ednesday evening, A pril 21st, we will m eet w ith R ita O rr in F airibau lt.

GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAPTER By Sarah Gorelick

The W ishbone R estau ran t on M arch 8 w as the scene of our la tes t g a th e r­ing. Those in a tten d an ce included S hirley Ray, M illie M oran, L averne D evine, M arilyn Dickson, E laine M orris, K ath ryn Peck. B etty S im p­son, M arjory F a rre ll and S arah G ore­lick. P lan s w ere m ade fob m any com ­ing activ ities. R uth S tafford and S te l­la L ehm ann w ere appointed C hair­m en for our P en n y a Pound Airlift. Com ing races w ere discussed and m uch en thusiasm for participation was d isplayed by those in a ttendance. Sarah G orelick reported on progress of the K ansas City stop in the Pow ­der P uff D erby. F lo rida seem s to be a t trac tin g m any of our m em bers. L a­verne D evine re la ted details of her Ja n u a ry trip . B etty Sim pson has re ­cen tly re tu rned from vacationing in F lo rida and Sun Valley. T ravelling not quite so fa r w as S hirley R ay who re la ted w ith a geam in h e r eye of chauffeuring th ree m en on a recen t fly ing trip to W ichita. M arilyn D ick­son is operating the Unicom at Sur- bannan, so anyone in the a re a give her a call.

M ary A nn Noah and G race H arris w ere off via Bonanza to Phoenix.

R uth S tafford , who still h a sn ’t learned how to sav no, (to o rganiza­tions, th a t is), was busily engrossed w ith the Pern Day Clothesline Sale. H eard they cleared over $22,000.00 (tw enty-tw o thousand do lla rs). Wow! R uth, also as Vice - P resid en t in C harge of Special E ven ts for the K ansas City Aero Club did an ex ce l­len t job on the M arch D inner M eet­ing w hich featured speaker Bill T ear

S arah G orelick has joined a “ Dolls for D em o cracy ” P anel and is g iv ­ing speeches for th a t group. She also recen tly sooke to th e students of Bar- stow School on "W om en in A viation.”

B ette r w ea th er is ahead so hope to be seeing all in the air.

IOWA CHAPTER By Helen Flaherty

Mrs. M arion (Verna M ae) P rochas- ka w as hostess to the Iowa 99s in W aterloo on Sunday, M arch 10. T here was lots of blue in the sky, hence m any fly-ins. The ones who drove w ere a w a r d e d the Mud-W ump

Award, as th e ir p lanes w ere m ired up to here in; fron t of the han g ar—Spring thaw. 28 eager a ir-m inded people en ­joyed a fine d inner a t th e airport, after w hich the guests re tired to the N eiderhauser H an g ar and a business m eeting was held by these dedicated people, all of w hom are in line for the E ager B eaver Award, who are getting th ings in g rea t shape fo r a sensational sectional in CID this fall. You'll not w ant to m iss th is one. You should just h ea r all the exciting plans. Mrs. John, M ary Lou B allensky of Sigourney is our new est m em b er and we extend a w arm w elcom e to her. M em bers attend ing w ere P eg and Jim Ong and 3 little Ongs, who Moon- eyed in from M arion, Len H unt, F airfield and Bea Jobe, O ttum w a, came in B e a’s M ooney, H azel and Glen Sigafoose via a 170 from M on­tezum a, N orm a and Doc C hristian ­son flying a Com anche from Tipton, Dawn M iller and K itty H ach Moon- eyed in from Am es along w ith Tena H ealey from Newton. (T here should be a M ooney Award som e place around here .) G lenelyn R issm an plus 3 little R issm ans flew in from D aven­port and M ary Lou and John B allen ­sky flew in from Sigourney. H elen - jane W ebster and d augh ter and Lois and Ray G range all from Des Moines drove in and all w ere aw ard w inners. Esther N eiderhauser was co - hostess with V erna M ae. T hey had an in te r­esting movie lined up, but tim e also flew and the business at hand used up the allo tm ent.

GREATER NEW YORK CHAPTER By Irene Keith

Yours tru ly p lanned the M arch m eeting f o r C hairm an , K am ala; which w as held at the Sky C hief’s R estaurant, A m erican A irlines T e r­m inal at Idlewild. T here w ere tw en ­ty-nine m em bers and guests present.

Our guest speaker was to be Capt. Sokol of A m erican A irlines, but w ith Idlewild fog-bound, he had to d ivert to B altim ore and C aptain Sapp, his Chief Pilot filled in for h im . Capt. Sapp has been w ith A m erican Airlines for tw en ty -th ree years w ith a b reak for World W ar II. H e told us about the train ing the je t pilots receive for com m ercial fly ing and the probable next aviation age of M aeh ITT. We then toured A m erican ’s D ispatch Of­fice, w here D uty D ispatcher, Mr. An­derson, explained th e m any problem s of a w orking airline. Mr. Tony Isnar-

di then explained the LBM F ligh t P lan n er. In the je t age, f ligh t p lan ­ning has had to speed up to keep pace. This com puter will tu rn out four possible plans per flight, then the D ispa tcher and the Captain d e ­cide w hich w ill b es t fit th e needs of the specific fligh t; even the cost if figured .

NEW S FLA SHES:M ina E lschner ju st re tu rn ed from

a fabulous seven w eek island hopping tour of the C arribean Islands and got in som e tim e in a C herokee 180 and an A ero-C om m ander. Bobby P restas put tim e on a C herokee w hile on v a ­cation and loves th a t little a irp lane . . . B etty P a tto n lost ground tra n s­po rta tion driv ing hom e in a snow storm from the a irport . . . P a t A r­nold and Louise H yde are sk in-d iv­ing and sunning off a schooner (w ith Ja n e H art) around the V irgin Islands . . . Sue Sivade is acqu iring a 49V2; Dr. C larence W him s of A tlantic City, N .J., on 16th April. They will be hon ­eym ooning around the w orld via P an Am, before Sue loses h er pass p riv i­leges by qu itting them to live in A t­lantic City . . . H elen Stone was on “ To Tell the T ru th ” and won $100. She donated $25 to the AE F und th rough our chap ter. M any Thanks . . . Allie Rullo and h er 49V2er spent a w eekend in Lockhaven, P a., w ith a w onderful Saturday going th rough the P ip er F ac to ry . . . Ju d ith M oran and Sally Buegeleison have passed the In s tru m en t w ritten , now for the F lig h t work. In the M arch issue of AOPA P ilot, an a rtic le on “ Island H opping in the B ah am as” by Sally . . . H elen Czykowski hopes to have her seaplane ra ting as soon as the Sound thaw s out. Irene K eith is the guest speaker for th e W .I.A.A. M arch 19th, on “ D ispa tch ing” . . . F ay Wells w as a t our M arch m eeting to explain the launching of the A m elia E a rh a rt S tam p and the F irs t F lig h t folders p rog ram to take place in Ju ly .

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BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER By Jo Dunham

A lthough our F eb ru a ry 17th m eet­ing was not scheduled for a luncheon, th a t is w hat it tu rn ed out to be. K now ­ing the S anta B arbara g irls w ere fly ­ing in for lunch, a few of us thought w e’d be on hand tq g ree t them . Due to w ea th er only th ree of them , plus one husband, m ade it. but tw elve of our ch ap te r w ere there . N ice going, M e m b e rs !

A1 H uber and Ja ck Viles o f our a ir ­port office visited our m eeting to of­fer assistance on the Race plans.

The S anta B arbara gals will give us a hand on the race. We are looking fo rw ard to w orking w ith them .

B ert H aycock was p leasan tly su r­prised last m onth a t a b irthday d in ­n e r by som e of th e P o rte rv ille local pilots w ith a trophy, an a irp lane in ­scribed w ith her nam e and “ O ut­standing W om an P ilot, P o rte rv ille , 1962.” (She says “T h an k s for the vote of con fidence .” ) B ert also received a new ADF, now being installed in her Cessna 175, so had been driv ing to a ttend m eetings.

R hoda and Alice w ere guests r e ­cently of the Zonta Club, to whom Rhoda spoke on the AWTAR. This was R hoda’s second ta lk to them , the first tim e (last year) it w as on the 99’s organization. The Zontians are v ita lly in terested in the 99 activities as A m elia E a rh a r t was a m em ber of both. They have offered the ir services during the week prior to the race .

E dna, B ert, and B everly attended the luncheon fly-in a t M ojave on F e b ­ru a ry 28; guests of San Fernando V al­ley 99’s.

Irm y l F itzgerald repo rts the P o r­te rv ille C ham ber of C om m erce has taken over sponsorship of the 16th A nnual M oonlight F light, w hich has alw ays been a popular event. Irm yl, who fo rm erly w orked w ith the Por- te rv ile A rea P ilo ts’ Assn. as th e ir S ecre tary w hen the even t was first planned, is assisting. M ore from I r ­m yl later.

P eggy A rcher sold her Cessna 120 last D ecem ber and is “ out of the a ir” for the present. She and h e r 49V2 Mel, bought a S m ith M ini-P lane and are spending th e ir evenings and w eek­ends rebuild ing it, try ing to have it ready for the spring flv-ins th is year.

R hoda and W arren Thom pson just re tu rn ed from a tw o-w eek fligh t to M exico, via Nogales, down the coast to P u erta V a'larta , G uadalajara, and to M exico City for six days. The w ea­th e r was perfec t the en tire , fabulous trio . The Thom psons are opening a new shon: an im nort shop, specializ­ing in M exican arts and crafts . R ho­da savs buying in Mexico is ouite an experience. She looked un the only 99 listed in M exico Citv. E leanor Mc- Convi'lw a m ost a ttrac tiv e g irl w ith loads of personality . She invited the Thom psons to her lovely apartm en t for a m ost enjoyable evening .

Bakersfield C hap te r 99’s m et Sun­day M arch 17th in the P i'o ts Room a t Meadows Field. We w ere to have the R ace Board in attendance but the w ea ther ju st w ouldn’t perm it it,

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how ever, they w ill be on hand nex t Sunday to go over som e m ore very im portan t details on th e R ace. The la s t m eeting was attended by C hap ter C hairm an M rs. Alice P em berton , R ace C hairm an, Mrs. R hoda T hom p­son, D eputy R ace C hairm an , Mrs. L aurine W itm er, H ospitality and A c­com m odations C hairm an, Mrs. F lo r ­ence Moody, Im pounds chairm an , Jo D unham , T ran sp o rta tio n cha irm an , Mrs. B everly N ewton, Inspection chairm an, M rs. Lee W all, P ub lic ity chairm an , P risc illa Spencer a n d m em bers Irm y l F itzgerald , Bobbie Blackwood, E dna Long, and two guests, Ann Dula, Visalia, JoA nn Main, Visalia.

TUCSON CHAPTERBy Frances Francis

We held our M arch m eeting at the hom e of B arbara W elsh and enjoyed her cozy fireside. Also e lec ted h e r to the board as a rep resen ta tiv e of the m em bers a t large.

The AWTour date th is year w ill be August 17 th ru 21. Stops and details to be announced la ter.

Our ch ap te r now boasts 21 m e m ­bers and w ill soon h av e 22. N ew est being M ajor Meg Guggols, U.S. A rm y, and G race Page, Las Vegas, N evada. Meg has tran sfe rred to F o rt H uachuca from a 2 year to u r in G er­m any. Gaining M eg we lose M ajor M ary A rm strong, who tran sfe rred away from F t. H uachuca to G erm a­ny! Dot Jenk ins and S h irley M ar­shall flew down to see Meg recen tly •md enjoyed lunch w ith h e r and a lour of the post. G race P age and h er husband run Page F lig h t School lo­cated at M acaran F ie ld in L as Vegas. W elcome to you, new m em bers, i t ’s nice to have you join us.

L aura Bohanan and V irginia E d ­w ards accep ted inv itation of P hoenix chapter to jo in them for luncheon la s t m onth and had a m arvelous tim e. E n ­joyed seeing old friends and kep t us in s titches w ith h igh points of the guest speaker’s talk.

Thru the efforts of our cha irm an , m em bers w ere invited fo r a tour of L ufthansa A irlines’ 720 w hich had been in Tucson fo r tra in in g of pilots. H ad we known in tim e, found out we could also have gone along on the ir last 4 hour tra in in g fligh t before they left. They will be back nex t y e a r— h e re ’s hoping the inv itation still s ta n d s ! P a t Nolen and husband T ru ly off for a tr ip to E urope before E as­ter, flying the ir C om anche to M iami and taking com m ercia l f ligh t from there.

H ear th a t P a t M unson and fam ily are planning trip to M exico City when

school is out, but v ia the highw ays ra th e r th an skyways.

R osem ary Gallon flew a quick round tr ip to Los A ngeles recen tly .

The M arshalls w ere off again to F lagstaff snowbowl few w eeks ago and w ill soon fly off to G uaym as again for som e of tha t good fish ing at San Carlos Bay.

SACRAMENTO VALLEY CHAPTER By Darlene Marsh

We m ay have set aviation back fifty year, but we had fun doing it! W hat’s za t? W hat’s the red light b link in ’ for? W hat's for lunch? . . , these w ere only a few of the questions fired at the unsuspecting air force crew stand ing by th e ir RC-121 rad a r plane on the m orning of M arch 9 a t M c­Clellan Air F orce Base in S acram en ­to.

A tour of the base had been a rra n g ­ed for the chap ter and the group viewed the F-106 (D elta D arts) and w ent aboard an RC-121. W hile C h a ir­m an F lo rence B reen, Carol H am ­mond, M arianne M cDonald, Ju n e De- vine, and R uth L um m is w ere up fron t in the cockpit area ask ing questions, Joyce Evans, H elen Mace, P a tric ia M arks, and D arlene M arsh w ere keep ­ing the crew busy a t the ra d a r con­soles in the m ain section of the plane. At the sam e tim e G erry M ickelson, R uth W agner, and guests M artha Jan e Shesler, E m ily Sederholm , Jean Kay M cClelland, and D orothy H unt- lev w ere inspecting the k itchen f a c ­ilities. Bay Cities C hapter visitors R uth R ueckert and M arion King m eanw hile w e r e already outside counting the num ber of m ushroom s painted on the fuselage rep resen tin g the p la n e ’s partic ipa tion in nuclea r tests.

Im m ed ia te ly afte r the tou r the gals m et at the Caravan Inn for a business and social luncheon. G erry M ickel- sen w as p resen ted the raffle g ift ( t r a ­veling clothes han g ers and line), won by visiting R uth R ueckert as it was G erry ’s b irthday — so we tu rned it into a b irthday party .

L ast m onth it was repo rted th a t June and J im D evine had resisted the urge to trad e in th e ir B onanza and w ere ju s t picking one up in W ich­ita fo r a friend . . . but they have been sm itten and th e re ’s a red and w hite one on i t ’s w av to the El Ma- cero C ountry Club s trip w ith the D e­v in e’s nam e on it.

F or those of you having trouble con tac ting M arianne M cDonald at hom e, you m igh t as w ell g ive up. Ju s t call any of the n u m b ers at S ac ra ­m ento M uni and sh e ’ll e ith e r be lo­cated at P a tte rso n ’s on S unday’s d is­patch ing a irc ra ft ; or w here h er C-172

is tied down and sh e’ll be untying it for im m ed ia te fligh t; or airborne w here she’s tak ing in stru m en t in ­struc tion ; or on an orien tation flight w ith CAP g irl cadets; or out check­ing out in the C-182 and the Mooney M aster as she recen tlv did. D oesn’t leave m uch tim e for ea ting or sleep­ing, but we believe sh e ’d ra th e r be flying.

Palo Alto was the destination of seven m em bers for luncheon a t the luxurious new C abana M otor Hotel Carol H am m ond niloted the C-172 w ith guest Anna M arie B all; C hair­m an F lo rence Breen in her red and w hite T ri-P ac e r had passengers R uth W agner and Ju n e D evine aboard: and C laire R alev in “ C lara-B elle’’ (Tri- P acer) w ith friend F ritz i H ughes. H i­aleah R eilich (recen tlv transferred from Sac. V alley to Bav Cities C hap ­te r) , m et the group and furn ished ground transporta tion .

Y ours tru lv found a few clea r days recen tlv w hich enabled m e to flv a C-182 to N ana for lunch, and another dav a C-172 to Colum bia for a pound of fudge. E xpensive fudge!

O ut w est here we have lots of cow­boys and Ind ians but the Com anche R uth W agner is associating w ith is m ore of the airborne varie ty . The W agners recen tlv traded the ir C-180 for the Com anche, and you should see th a t papoose fly it.

G enevieve Conlin and hubbv have th e ir eves on a new M oonev M aster and G enevieve is cu rren tly being checked out in it and wo doubt if she can resist tak ing it hom e w ith her.

F inal p repara tions a rc being m ade by the chap te r g irls and th e ir fam i­lies p lanning the flight to M azatlan, M exico, from Sacram ento . A full r e ­port on th a t nex t issue.

SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER By Natalie Bossio

As a firm believer in the adage th a t la te news is b e tte r than none I though t you m m ht a ll be in terested to know hat Carol and P ete Veris je tte d to C hicago for the C hristm as holidays, p a rticu la rly in view of the h o rrib ’e fly ing w eather th a t prevailed in the Bay A rea during th a t period. They w ere not onlv very fortunate to get out of fog-bound San T7rancisco on S atu rday m orning, the 22nd, but trav e led f irs t class on tourist tickets as w ell. E nrou te they discovered tha: Fan F rancisco w as not alone in th n'r w ea ther p roblem s — Chicago had its share too and Carol and P ete finally arrived at m idnight afte r a noon San F rancisco d ep artu re . Thev got the re the long w ay—via St. Louis. But th e ir ten days in Chicago w ere w orth every

bit of the ir travel tr ibu la tions, Carolsays.

C hairm an Jean n ie M cE lhatton hos­tessed our Ja n u a ry m eeting . M ayetta Behringer, M a r g S tandish , P atti Sherwood, P a t G ladney, H elen N el­son, Amy Sylvestri, Carol V eris, and your reporter, attended . A lot of busi­ness w as taken care of and re fre sh ­m ents w ere enjoyed a fte r the m eet­ing.

Our F eb ruary m eeting w as held in the hom e of Jo E ddlem an. M em bers nresent w ere : C hairm an Jean n ie Mc- F 'ha tton , Carol Veris, M arion W ag­ner, Jack ie P etty , M ayetta B eh ring ­er, Pauline B erti, D orothy M onahan, and H elen Nelson. A m ong other things, the F resno C harte r F ly -in on April 6 and 7, and a fly-out to G rass v aUev M arch 3rd to an old gold m in ­ing com m unity near th e S ierras w ere discussed. P lans also w ere m ade for a tim oerw are party at the hom e of M arilyn Anderson on M arch 14th, Proceeds of w hich are to go to our chanter treasu ry .

\rd e ll Hank sta rted h e r new job with Salinas E ngine W orks the first of March. She has a'so applied for the A m elia E a rh a r t Scholarsh ip and if she is the chosen one. w ill use it to get her In stru m en t R ating . Best of Luck, A rdell!

The B ehringers have purchased a 180 to fly the fam ily to V alparaiso , Chile, w here Bill is being assigned to the Naval Mission. Bill has been a t ­tending an orien tation course in W ashington, D.C., since the firs t of the year. L a test w ord has it th a t they will leave the Bay A rea Sunday, March 24th, for the new assignm ent. We all w ish all the B ehringers a h a p ­py two years in Chile!

P at and Ja ck G ladnev, P a tti S h er­wood and M arg Standish h av e been busy taking Spanish lessons w ith M avetta in an ticipation of a fligh t to Chile to visit M ayetta and Bill. T en ­tatively, the date has been set fo r October th is year.

AH of us w ere sorry to h e a r that Jackie Jo o ’s husband. Charles, was killed in an a irp lane acciden t n ea r Half Moon Bay, recen tly , and all of us extend our sincere sym pathy .

REDWOOD EM PIRE CHAPTER By Myrtle A. Wright

The Redwood E m pire C hapter m et at Napa County A irport on M arch 10th. Several topics of aviation in te r­est w ere discussed. One topic w as the N orthern California Council of A via­tion Associations. This o rganization w arran ts som e looking into as it may be the “helping h an d ” tha t p rivate aviation needs.

B ette Sm ith , our N apa R egister re ­po rter and new est m em ber so fa r is doing a w onderful job of rep o rtin g all flying ac tiv ities in our area. She is convincing the non-flying public th a t a irp lanes and a irpo rts are h e re to stay. Along w ith B e tte ’s tasks of keeping books for h e r con tracto r hus­band and repo rting for the w eekly paper, she has accepted the role of air - m ark in g cha irm an for the R ed ­wood E m p ire C hapter. We know she will do a good job of this.

R u th R ueckert and M iriam Brugh of B ay C ities C hap ter w ere w elcom e visitors at our m eeting . They are a l­w ays p leasan t com pany. O ther guests w ere P eggy and S andra C antrell, d augh ters of our Phvllis, our new L it­tle S isters, Becky L ightfoot and E dna Catalli. B ecky is fly ing out of Santa Rosa and E dna from N apa. We had a new m bem bersh ip applican t, J e a n Rogers of N apa. W ith all these new pilots, the Redwood E m p ire C hapter is gaining in s ta tu re . We m iss seeing Anna B renner and Ja n e H arra h at m ost of our m eetings but these two ladies have bona fide excuses. M em ­bers p resen t w ere Ju n e O’D onnell, G ladvs H aney. A nita Conley, P a t Stou'ffer. H azel B ertagna , P hyllis C antrell and M yrtle W right.

P lans for attend ing the F resno C hanter C harter w ere m ade and the Spring Sectional in P om ona was dis­cussed We hone to see a lo t of m e m ­bers from the Southw est Section in F resno on Anri I 6 and 7 to get F resno C hapter off to a rea ' “ fly ing” s ta rt.

See you in P om ona in. M ay.BAY CITIES CHAPTER

By Doris PurdyThe 31st A nniversary of the Bay

Cities C hapter w as celebrated a t a gala d inner p artv on M arch 22nd, w ell a ttended bv 99’s and 49V2’s.

M iriam Brugh and R uth R ueckert toured M cClelland Air F orce Base w ith the S acram en to V alley C hapter on M arch 9th. S tayed overn igh t w ith G errv M ickelsen and the nex t dav had a deligh tfu l visit w ith the R ed ­wood E m p ire C hapter.

R u th R ueckert and I indv Boves a tten d ed NAA m eeting M arch 14th and enioyed a prize-w inning BOAC color film on Hong Kong .

I indv Boves attended m eeting of C alifornia Council of A viation Asso­ciation^. of w hich our chan te r is now a m em ber, and h ea rd Clyde B arnett, S ta te A viat’on D irecto r, sneak on leg ­islation pending before the S tate a f­fecting aviation.

I indv Boves h ad the th rill of flv- ing new M ooney M aster to F resno for dem onstration purposes recen tly .

H ialeah R elich took M ary F ields

for a test-hop in h er 182 afte r it was m ajored.

Gail L ane and D orothy G arliepp flew to Clear L ake during M arch.

D eby B yram is hobbling in a w alk­ing cast and thanks a ll the 99’s who visited h e r in the hospital. Hopes to be flying again soon.

E leanor W ilson is hom e from hos­p ita l afte r m inor surgery .

We sav fond farew ells to Ja n e t F e r ­guson who has re tu rn ed from ' Hawaii and le ft for the E ast Coast.

EL CAJON VALLEY CHAPTER By Boo Christensen

F lig h t in struc to r Mac H untington had the p leasu re of assisting Jam es Dennis to achieve h is am bition of soloing on his six teen th birthday. Jam es, who is the son of R oadrunner B arbara Dennis, has his goal on be­com ing an a irp lane m echanic, and w ith this in m ind was determ ined to solo as soon as allowed. At n in e -th ir­ty A.M. the day of h is b irthday , he was tak ing h is d riv e r’s license te s t; at 2:30 h is solo fligh t: a t 3:30 was throw n in the fam ilv pool by his bro­th e rs as in itiation into the fam ily fly ­ing circle.

SAN DIEGO CHAPTER Bv Stella Hardin

The reg u la r m onthly m eeting was held on M arch 15th at the hom e of Lyn Briggs, co-hostess. R uth Props- ner. New m em bers w elcom ed into the ch ap te r w ere Jam ie Swanson and Ju d y (Kiesling) Boekman.

Rubv K eavenv. G ertrude Lockwood accom panied B etty Gillies in her B eechcraft Baron, to the last two San F ernando C hap te r’s F lv -in ’s to M ojave and B erm uda Dunes They enjoyed the F ly -ins and w ere so e n ­thusiastic th a t on ADril 1.5th, the San Diego C hanter will hostess the San F ern an d a F ly -in to P a lo m ar A irport, followed by a luncheon at B etty Gil­lies’ hom e.

R oberta Johnson won the CAP scholarshin solo course, sponsored bv the San Diego C hapter and the El Cajon Valiev C hapter. At th is w rit­ing, she is well on h er w ay w ith th ree hours of dual.

W ing Scouts are planning an o v er­n igh t tr in on M arch 22-24 to C uvam a- ca. It will be p rim itive cam ping with tents, cooking and fun w ith snow.

Rubv. M arion Jepsen . Lois B artling and th e ir A W er’s a re p lanning to a t ­tend the Snring F ly-in to F resno on A pril 6 and 7th.

E lsie W atson won the P ot of Gold $16.46. She d id n ’t have fa r to go to spend the loot, as afte r our short m eeting , we held a W h’te E lephant Sale. G erry V ickers did a w onderful job as auc tioneer, and T erry Vasques

as fashion (WOW) model., We are now settled for ano ther year w ith dresses, skirts, fry -pan , w affle iron, jew elry and our T reasu ry is $58.00 richer.

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER

By Trixie-Ann SchubertOur piece de resistance for the

m onth is the S an F ernando Valley C hapter W om an1 P ilo t of th e Y ear banquet for Which F ra n k K ingston S m ith w ill fly out from th e e a s t to ta lk flying w ith us. H e ’s a pilot w ith single and m u lti eng ine ra tin g , au ­thor ( “W eekend P ilo t,” “ I ’d R a th e r Be F ly in g ,” “ F ligh ts of F a n c y ,” and “ C om puter G uide” ), and s till finds tim e fo r a lively law p rac tice in P h il­adelphia and W ashington. The chap­te r pilot of the year is selected on a point system w ith c red it given for hours flown, r a t i n g s acquired , speeches on aviation, in stru c tio n g iv ­en. etc.

F ly in cha irm an Je an in e Ceccio is going all out on frequen t fly-ins, w ell organized, well a ttended . F ive ch ap ­ters and 38 w om en piots flew in to M ojave on the desert for lunch and talk . Had the whole airfield to o u r­selves, excep t for the J a p a n airlines je t pilot who selected th e site fo r p ractice touch and go 's . . . in a 707. A w eek la te r we flew into the new and beautifu l B erm uda D unes a ir­strip—so new i t ’s no t o n th e section­al charts yet, had lunch at the Coun­try Club, and ag a in hostessed gals from several o the r chapters. T hat fire truck at the end of th e runw ay? Ju s t a custom ary precaution w hen ANY group flies in, explained the flight line attendant.

E llen T rind le few h e r p a ren ts to E l Centro, m ade an o th er tr ip to L as Vegas. Kay M eade had been down in Mexico, and F lorence D ittm ar took her ch ildren to Aspen, Colorado, w here the ski slopes beckoned. L ater, she flew to W ichita to fe rry back a Cessna 205 via D enver, O klahom a City, Dallas. M ary K em per to Mo­jave and B erm uda D unes, and to check out B rackett F ie ld w here the soring sectional w ill be held . G etting F. K. Sm ith h e re for th e M arch ban- auet and planning the aw ards d inner down to the la st posie and publicity P icture is M ary ’s job as cha irm an of the aw ards d inner.

Donna F ish er flew an A pache to D e s e r t Air, a ttends in stru m en t ground school, sp reads h e r aviation enthusiasm from the 99’s to o ther f ly ­ing clubs, th e Icarians. f ’rinstance.

Lois Miles soloed an o th er s tuden t and betw een in stru c tin g and duties a t V alley P ilo ts m anages to tu rn up at the F ly Ins.

Rose G erlach flew to M azatlan, is m aking constan t use of h e r new p r i­vate ticket. So is p rospective 99. B et­ty Malone, w ho got h e rs Jan . 18th, is attend ing our m eetings, and flew to the dedication of Y um a a irpo rt g e t­ting in som e tim e as co-pilot of the Queen Air.

A udrey S chutte passed h er in s tru ­m en t w ritten , flew to P alm D ese rt w ith a studen t the day of our B erm u ­da D unes fly-in. M aybe in the fu tu re she can m ake those s tuden t cross countries jive w ith our fly-ins. Zona Siggins flew to D esert A ir P a rk , and arrived solo a t th e B erm uda D unes fly-in. Ja n e t H ard in took som e Bel- lanca duel and has been busy w ith h e r E rcoupe in the C .A .P. search groups involved in locating th ree m issing sm all planes this m onth.

PHOENIX CHAPTER By Melba Beard

In th is m onth c ram m ed w ith ac ti­vity, we a re still excited over our c h a p te r’s rec en t lunch and program for all w om en pilots in A rizona, held at the Sky Cove a t Sky H arbor A ir­port. Phoenix . C o-chairm en Ju a n ita N ew ell and J im m v e Shelton w ere as­tounded and delighted as we, th a t som e seventy w om en cam e to join in the fun of h an g a r fly ing and to hear the H onorable L orna Lockwood, A ri­zona S uprem e C ourt Judge , g ive a p ercep tive and hum orous account of her in troduction to fly ing in the air- nlane of ch ap te r m em ber V irginia Hash, atto rney . O ur thanks too for the favors and door prizes donated bv m em bers and friends, and th e e n ­te rta in in g M ariachis, courtesv of J . H. Welsh and Son, w hose lively m usic added to the success of the occasion.

N ot being sure th a t space w ill p e r ­m it listing all 70 p resen t, will m en­tion just a few visitors. Besides our own m em bers, and pilots and s tu ­dents from local schools, w ere v is it­ing 99er’s Lvgie H agan of Spokane, D om estic M em bership C hairm an; T ucson C han ter C hairm an V irginia E dw ards who flew up in a flite of five o ther Tucson m em b ers; C har­lo tte K elley of Boston: and fromY um a ,prospective m em bers. B ever- Iv H orlev and G ew ette F ry , bring ing p am M essenger of the Y um a Sun; and one of our c h a rte r m em bers now inactive. V era Dawn W alker of Cac­tus. M ario rie H arris of S aguaro A via­tion in P hoenix brought six teen of h " r w om en students and pilots! We hope our guests and friends enjoyed the event as m uch as we did.

At the recen t “ P hoenix 100” stock nlane race at D eer Valiev, several 99’s w ere seen w atch ing th e events,

including B etty S harm an of Sedona, M ary Vial, “ M ike” Dover, M arjy Crowl, P a t L am bart, and M elba B eard of Phoenix. Leah S tu a rt of N e­b raska was th e re w ith h er 49% er who had official duties, as did G race H ar­ris of K ansas Citv. P re sen t too was G rea ter K.C. C hapter cha irm an M ary Ann Noah.

Our M arch business m eeting was held a t th e hom e of W ilm a Bland. M em bers and guests n rea tlv enioved p artic ip a tin g in a gam e contrived by ch a irm an P a t L am bart. F rom old air ch arts she had m ade up the en tire rou te of the 1963 AWTAR, but block­ing out the nam es of the stops. The gam e was to iden tify the stons. Also, from a se lec t lis t of past partic ipants and th e ir handicaps, those present w ere to see how close th e y cam e in figuring how each h ad actually p lac­ed. I t w as not only fun. bu t challeng­ing. The ch a p te r voted to m atch each donation to th e AWTAR w ith eoual funds, for a to ta l of $4 each. Two guests p resen t who had attended the luncheon w ere R u th C rom er who files a Bonanza and is asking serious oues- tions about the AWTAR, and E dith McKav, w orking h ard on her P riva te . To s tim ula te th e ch a p te r’s in te rest in bring ing prospective m em bers to our m eetings. M em bersh ip C hairm an J u a ­nita Newell announced th a t a prize w ill be aw arded th e m em b er bring ing in the m ost new m em bers.

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER By Betty Du port

O ur w hite elephants w ere auctioned off at o u r M arch m eeting w hich was held a t W rights Air S erv ice a t H aw ­thorne A irport, proceeds going to AWTAR. R ebecca Held furn ished the m ost delicious little goodies th a t we m unched on th e en tire evening.

C ongratu lations to W ally Funk on receiv ing h e r M ulti-engine ra tin g .

These 99s have been tak ing advan­ta g e of Southern C aliforn ia’s beau ti­ful fly ing w ea ther la te ly : Ann L ud­wig w as a guest of the San F ernando V aliev ch a p te r on th e ir fly-in to the new B erm uda Dunes C ountry Club w here a verv w arm w elcom e was extended by the B erm uda D unes of­ficials. Ann flew up w ith Ardie Tren- bolm in h e r 170B. R ebecca Held has been w orking tow ard h e r AOPA 360 degree ra ting . The H eaneys and Du- port s flew south of the bo rder for a week end of re laxation at R osarita Beach. M odern “ O ver the r iv e r and h ere we go to g ran d m o th er 's house”

16 d av old K ristopher Lew is Kas- 'ow did it in a Skvlane. M omm y, M arv Ann and Daddy, Leon, w ent along for the ride.

UTAH CHAPTER By Alberta Nicholson

Our F eb ru a ry m eeting s ta rted e a r ­ly at the hom e of E un ice N aylor for the purpose of tak ing u rg en t business m atte rs before the t r e a t of the ev en ­ing. Mr. and Mrs. W oodrow W alton honored us w ith th e ir p resence and gave an account of th e ir tr ip —com ­plete w ith slides - as esco rt to the CAP Cadets to G reece last sum m er. E veryone was p resen t w ith th e excep ­tion of one or two out-of-tow n m em ­bers—even Sally Wells and husband w ere here from C edar City.

t ucile C hristopherson has been do­ing a lot of flying- a fligh t to P h o e­nix. another to C edar and to Overton, Nevada. M aurine S hu rtleff of Ogden was verv ac tive in the air search for another p lane downed in a h eav y snowstorm last S aturday.

June Ravbould has received her Blue Seal C ertifica te . She is the only one to get th is C ertifica te th rough the Salt Lake FAA office “ by fligh t te s t.’’ I did not know w hat a Blue Seal C ertificate was and I learned th a t those licenses w hich w ere issued before in strum en t fly ing w as in c lu d ­ed in the P riv a te fligh t test, m ay go up w ith the inspector and do the in ­strum ent p a r t of the te s t and receive a new1 cerificate w ith a Blue Seal on it. June is in a new fly ing club and doing a lo t of flying these days.

W here did I learn all of th is new s? Wo had our M arch m eeting S atu rday night a t M argare t L oy’s hom e and a l­though we had ju st had our biggest snowstorm -about two fee t—and the crowd was sm all, we did m ore flying during the evening th an m any have done in a year. E un ice is still busy w ith her Aero Space ac tiv ity w ith the CAP and repo rts th a t four m ore bin'll schools w ill add it to th e ir cu r­riculum next year. M axine Nielson of Soringville is taking a C om m ercial Course in S ait L ake tw ice a w eek and hopes to m ake the g rade in tim e for the Race th is year.

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER By Sally Matson

Our F eb ru a ry m eeting was held at the hom e of G ertrude Barnes. We welcom ed Jean Sugden as a new m em ber, and had as guests E llen Morse, Irene G arre tt, D orothy Ged- des and V irginia W agner.

On Jan u ary 23, N orm a W ilcox flew Penny Swone, Polly S toehr and me to the luncheon at D esert A ir P ark . The San F ernando C hapter girls w ere hostesses. Ju n e D enney, Rose Ann Ford, and B etty H um ble flew out with Shirley G ilm ore in the Skylane. Besides our ch ap te r th e re w ere re p ­resen tatives from the Los’ Angeles,

Coachella V alley and, of course, San F ern an d o C hapters.

Shirley G ilm ore had the “ priv iege and p le asu re ’’ of speaking in M onro­via to a local w om en’s organization on w om en in av ia tion and the P ow der P u ff D erby.

On Ja n u a ry 10, Polly S toehr a tte n d ­ed the Region 7 C onvention of the In ternational F ly ing F a rm e rs in D en­ver. On Ja n u a ry 31st she attended a m eeting in L ansing, M ichigan, and F eb ru a ry 1 and 2 attended a conven­tion at South Bend. Indiana. L ater this m onth our busy lady attended m eetings in K ansas and Texas. She and F red put 40 hours on the B onan­za in N ovem ber—getting as fa r east as F redericksbu rg , V irginia.

H arry e tte B arker ju st checked out in th e ir new ly purchased Cessna 172. F eb ru a ry 12, N orm a W ilcox took the ch ildren fly ing again . We finally sold our C om m onw eath th is w eek so I w on’t have to expain it any m ore. I w ill m iss it as I w ill be w ithou t a flying m achine for I don ’t know how long.

AR San G abriel V alley m em bers a re busy g e tting read y for th e South We~t Sectional. M ay 10, 11 and 12th.

F o u r p lanes found th e ir w ay th rough big holes on th e clouds for our M arch F ly -in to D eath Valley. The b rave w ere Ju n e and Jo h n D en­ney, D orothy and M erlin Geddes, S h irley and Carl G ilm ore, and G inny and Russell G raham w ith Rose Ann F ord . It was a beautifu l, w arm day a t F u rn a ce Creek R anch w here all had lunch at the ca fe te ria and toured the grounds or rode horseback. The fligh t back was exciting and in te r­esting. Som e flew low over th e valley floor w ith a ltim e te rs reg is te r in g b e­low sea level. This is the low est spot in th e USA. A dust sto rm around D aggett forced the panes to h igh a l­titudes, as dust clouds billowed to over 10,000 ft. T here was su rp ris in g ­ly little tu rbu lence in sp ite of strong up and down drafts.

GEORGIA CHAPTER By Betty W. McNabb

This is a rem o te control new sletter. F or the M arch m eeting , w hich was to include finalization of plans for the Southeastern S ectional m eeting, G eorgia 99’s p lanned a fly -in to A i­ken, S.C., (w ith an inv itation to C ar­olina 99s to join us.)

Standing before ihe “ Presidential Chariot” are Major Gilbert H. Cal­laway, com m ander of the 861st ra­dar squadron, Louise Smith, 99 President, Virginia Kleeb of the Georgia Chapter, and Captain Rich­ard E. Davidson. The picture was taken at the Aiken, South Carolina, Airport, prior to a tour of SAGE March 10. Georgia 99s planned the flyin and invited the Carolina 99s as guests.

T here was a free tank of gas for the longest distance flow n; the “Tin P la te ” aw ard for estim ated tim e and fuel consum ption, the business m e e t­ing, luncheon at the Air F orce F ac ili­ty—and, b est of all, a tou r of SAGE (Sem i - A utom atic G round E nv iron ­m ent.)

Je a n Voyles m ade it from A tlanta in h e r Cessna 210. B e tty Cones and 49% er in the T u rn e r AFB T-34 got off late, but qualified for the fuel. But only because B etty M cNabb, who though t she had the gas in T i-M oun’s ta n k for sure, sat in P anam a City, F lo rida , 336 m iles away, and hangar- flew w ith five o ther pilots while the fog sa t on the runw ay.

V irginia and F red K leeb drove over from A ugusta; R uth M iller and her 49%er, Dr. Jim , A pache’d in from Tifton. T here w ere several Carolinas 99s and th e ir b e tte r halves—Interna- oional P resid en t Louise S m ith and H erm an w ere there , Jean and Bob H arley from S partanburg , E m ily K el­ley from W inston-Salem , and A m alie Stone W alker from G reenville.

The SAGE tou r rea lly im pressed everyone and we are m ost g ra te fu l to the Air F orce personnel who gave so generously of th e ir tim e.

Now we announce the sectional plans:

G eorgia C hapter, 99s In ternational, invite m em bers of the Southeastern Section to Bush F ield, Augusta, Ga., 18-19 M ay. (H usbands and children too.) You will stay at the exciting new C ontinental A irport Hotel ju st a s to n e’s throw from your airp lane.

B ush F ie ld offers “ Red C arpet”

service, (really—w ait and see!) E very fac ility is there , f ligh t serv ice s ta ­tion, control tow er, w eather, rep a ir facilities, hangar, an excellen t re s ­tau ran t, the la rg est sw im m ing pool in th is p art of the country, golf ava il­ability , a deligh tfu l lounge and pleas­an t m eeting room s.

R ates are $25.00 single or $22.00 per person double. This takes care of one n igh t at the H otel, plus th ree m eals, including a steak cook-out S atu rday evening and a cocktail party . (Sun­day breakfast, S a tu rd ay luncheon, S aturday d inner.)

And the speaker? None other than our beloved Bevo Howard who has som e very im p o rtan t th ings to say to all of us.

Ten do llars will be aw arded to the w inner of the efficiency race in to Bush. Inform ation about th is race, pa tte rn ed a fte r la s t y e a r ’s, w ill go out soon.

P lease m ail your accep tan ce shee t to V irginia Kleeb, (Mrs. F re d ) M ax­well House, Apt. 517, Augusta, as soon as possible. Include a $5.00 deposit w hich will be appied to your hotel bill, or if som ething p reven ts your a t­tendance, w ill be refunded to you as late as 13 M ay. Y our accep tance m ust be in on th a t date, too.

We hope everyone in the section and som e besides, w ill be fly ing in to Bush F ield for th a t w onderful w eek­end in May. W hen G eorgia is at its p rettiest.

TENNESSEE CHAPTER By Evelyn Bryan

The first fly-in m eeting of the y ea r was held on Sunday, M arch 17th, at the -'M orristow n M unicipal A irport. M ary Ja n e Q uarles and E velyn B ryan (M orristow n 99’s') w ere delighted to see such a fine tu rn out. Can you im agine a m eeting w here all the girls w ere able to get in by p lan e? W eather w as very cooperative, it c leared in tim e and in spite of the fac t th a t M arch winds w ere running ram p an t, everyone was able to fly-in. Yes, even a visitor from the G eorgia C hap ter! Jean Broyles from A tlan ta had brought her son up to K noxville in her Cessna 210—h er son a ttends the U niversity of Tennessee — Je a n w as w eathered out of A tlan ta and couldn’t get back so cam e on up to M orris­town to be w ith us. We w ere deligh t­ed for the opportunity to m eet th is lovely person and hope she w ill m eet with us again soon.

O ther fly-ins w ere Dot Jones in her D ebonaire, LaVonne Jo llay and Dot Searle in LaV onne’s Cessna 182, Irene Flew ellen and S a rah Duke in Irene 's Cessna 175—all these w ere from C h a t­tanooga. R uth T hom as — tak e note

girls, we a re finally getting R uth back into the 99's and a re we g lad !, has rebu ilt h er Cessna “ 130” (th e re w as nothing w rong w ith it excep t it had been sitting in the barn for the past six years) and has it pain ted in te c h ­nicolor. If you see a cute little Ces­sna pain ted ev e ry color in the r a in ­bow, ju st look around and you will find R uth som ew here nearby. R uth brought B a rb a ra B etts along to the m eeting w ith h e r and we w ere so glad to have her. Hope she will be­com e a 99 one of these days. We w ere also delighted to have 49V2ers Jo llay , F lew ellen, Jones and Q uarles w ith us and also 2434ers, two little Searles and one little Q uarles. It w a s an in te re s t­ing m eeting and plans w ere m ade to m eet again at Knoxville Island A ir­port on April 14th a t 11 a.m . Hope the crowd will be even b e tte r next tim e. You who w ere not th e re m iss­ed a very in te resting m eeting and lots of fun. Looks like I left M ary Ja n e and E v ely n off the lis t of who w as at the m eeting, but never-the-less we w ere the re too.

MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER By Janet Green

This should be a very “ new sy" le t­te r since it h a s been about six m onths since th is ch ap te r h a s been heard from .

In A ugust we exchanged our wings for sa ils and went for a cru ise on E the l R adzew ics yach t the " S a m b a ” . Cora M cDonald w as hostess assisted by prospective m em ber B etty B ragg. M em bers and 49V2ers w ere m et a t G ulfport M unicipal and taken to the h a rb o u r w here the w onderful cruise began. B etty has since pu rchased a Cessna 140 and is flying out of the Red G ap s trip , w here we understand , a re som e excellen t fishing spots.

The S ep tem ber m eeting w as held in B rookhaven w ith Mrs. J im m y M oreton, M rs. W illiam S istrunk and Mrs. J . C. B arne tt, J r . , a s hostesses. We had fun w atch ing o thers m ake som e beautifu l cross wind landings then w ent to the offices of the M is­sissippi P ow er C om pany w here a film on the use of our com putors was shown by Dr. J im B arnett, who also spoke to us on av ia tion in M ississippi. A delicious1 lunch had been p repared by the hostesses and w as enjoyed by all.

October say a t least half of the ch ap te r off to the sectional m eeting a t Southern P ines, N orth C arolina. Cora M cDonald and M arie K epper flew to M arie’s T ri-P ac e r . E thel Radzew ics, B ern ice K elly and Ja n e t G reen w ent in J a n e t’s Skylane, and w ere surprised and delighted to win a gold-plated toaste r for f irs t place in

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the efficiency flight. They also cam e the longest d istance of 800 m iles. It was such fun m eeting the o thers there.

MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER By Jane Williams

O ur M ississippi w eather has been the absolute “ w o rs t” ! We had snow seven or eight tim es w hich m ust be a reco rd of som e sort. And the cold! W hat ever happened to tha t jet- s tre a m ? The firs t Round Robin le t­te r reach ed me in M arch. So here 's our news.

C ora w rites th a t we have two p ros­pective m em bers, one in S tarkville and one in T erry . Also urging ev e ry ­one to go to the sectional in A tlanta in May. And from Jackson, cam e g reetings from B ernice and E thel.

S evera l of our g irls a re w orking on new ratings. J a n e t G reen passed her com m ercia l w ritten in D ecem ber . . . and w ith our lousy w ea ther h asn ’t had too m uch tim e to get on with the p rac tice for her check ride. M arie K epper w rites th a t she 'll soon be Jackson-bound for an instrum ent exam . F rom N atchez, M iriam Loe w rites th a t she and 49er Ju stine a re tak ing a m eterology course sponsor­ed by th e ir N atchez F ly ers Club. This flying club, m ade up of N atches peo­ple, is very active. They com bine a civic pride w ith the ir av ia tion in­te re s t and sponsor a fly-in to the n a ­tionally fam ous N atchez P ilg rim age. This y ea r the fly-in will be held on the w eekend of M arch 29-31. The F ly ­e rs have a rra n g e d a jam -packed schedule w ith tours of the fam ous and beau tifu l old m ansions, a fish and chicken supper, luncheons and pageants. O ur Mississippi 99s couldn’t s ta r t our y ea r off be tte r! T hanks to M iriam for a rran g in g th is w ith the F lyers.

OKLAHOMA CHAPTER By Comanche Ja n e Abbott

The firs t two m onths of this new y ea r have been difficult ones w ea­ther-w ise and som e h a rsh re len tless1 blows left th e ir m arks nationw ide— O klahom a w as no exception and the rev e rb e ra tio n s cut down our a tten d ­ance a t the M arch m eeting.

The O klahom a C hap ter of 99s met on M arch 17 in O klahom a City at the H uchins Hotel in the room s of the P resid en tia l Suite, no less. The rooms w ere exquisite ly done in w all tones of off-white com plim ented by fu rn ish ­

ings of a royal blue as to be a queen’s delight.

M arie H all, our g racious hostess, w as dressed in m atch ing blue. To­gether, M arie and h er surroundings set the stage (for a lovely afternoon for a ll of us’. We w ere allowed only a flee ting 'g lim pse of her 49%, B rew ­er, who is m an ag e r of the Huckins Hotel. >.-■

It w as an afternoon of w ork w ith N em a, our beloved ch a irm an who serves us in th a t capac ity w ith the firm ness and finesse of an a rtis t. “Susie” Sewell, general convention cha irm an , and h er com m ittee c h a ir­men gave p rogress rep o rts reg a rd in g preparations' for the convention in Oklahom a City, Ju ly 17-20. Responses a re m ost gratify ing , especially those from the ch ap te rs of th e South Cen­tra l Section. E n thusiasm is m ount­ing and local inoerest and coopera­tion gives fu rth e r assu ran ce th a t the convention will be one to rem em ber.

Some of our m em bers m et w ith Jean Thom as p rio r to the m eeting. Jean ie is' our very ta len ted m em ber

"(Chuck and Jean ie a re professional en terta iners via music rou te) and she is p lanning a delightful su rp rise for convention delegates. T hat, and the race course a re top secret so we will have to “w ait to see” .

The la test trophy being added to a growing list of ach ievem ent aw ards which will go to ou tstand ing 99s is offered by Soon-Airs of O klahom a, an organization of w om en to prom ote the science of aviation. Nine of our 99s a re m em bers of Soon-A irs’ Sewell, Woodward, M organ, Lester, Hall, Young, E vans, M asonhall, Abbott. Jane Abbott is the c lub ’s president. Requirem ents for the aw ard will be announced by the aw ards com m ittee of the 99s.

Velma W oodward attended th e N a­tional Security S em in ar conducted in Tulsa F eb ru a ry 18 th rough M arch 1 along with th ree o th e r re p re se n ta ­tives' from the W om an's A uxiliary to the O klahom a S ta te M edical A ssocia­tion. L ater she spent a week in Jo h n ­son City, T ennessee and re tu rned via Chicago to spend an evening w ith h er seven-m onth old grandson.

Beth and S m itty flew com m ercia l airlines to G rand R apids, M ichigan, to the funeral of M ildred and Ted Goodwin, s is te r and b ro ther-in -law of Sm itty, who w ere killed in the M iam i airline crash on F eb ru a ry 12. E ach m em ber of our O klahom a C hap ter extends deepest sy m p a th y to the Sm iths in the ir loss.

Dottie Young, our helicopter p ilo t- instructor, and Susie Sewell m et w ith the O klahom a City C ham ber of C om ­

m erce last w eek to fu rth e r conven­tion plans.

N em a M asonhall visited the Tulsa C hap ter in F eb ru a ry and w ith Je an W illiam s. On h er re tu rn hom e she visited A rlene and Hoyt W alkup in S tillw a ter and T ric ia and Sol Sm ith in F a irfax . “ Seeing so m any old friends w as most en joyab le" she says.

T ricia and Sol recen tly m ade two a ttem p ted trip s to Hot Springs, A r­kansas, to b ring hom e th e ir 172 afte r being grounded in the reso rt town ea rly in M arch. I h a te to adm it it, but C om anche Ja n e w as w eathered in for a n igh t no fa r th e r aw ay th an Tulsa, th ree w eeks ago.

R ita and L eonard E aves a re now selling p lans for the N esm ith Cou­gar. These a re the sam e type plans w hich they us'ed in building the “ C higger” . L ette rs and inquiries re ­g ard in g these p lans have been r e ­ceived from such fa r-aw ay places as A ustra lia , C anada . F ra n ce , F orm osa, South A frica and New Zealand.

B roneta E vans cam e to the m eet­ing from h er o ther hom e in M angum —by w ay of bus. A rlene W alkup piloted a p lane from S tillw a ter b rin g ­ing h e r passengers, T ric ia Sm ith, F a irfax , S haron F isher, S tillw a ter and C arol W addell, W oodward. Carol, you rem em ber, is the 99 who is1 con­ducting ground school a t W oodward. F rom a s ta r t of fourteen students, ten will try for th e ir w ritten in th ree w eeks. C aro l's efforts should inspire o ther would-be 99s into som ething m ore th a n wishful thinking.

HOUSTON CHAPTER By Sue Collins

Com e to the Bay in M ay!T he M arch m eeting w as two hours

of details and decisions for the Spring S ectional m eeting. How m any con­ventions does a ch ap te r have to hos­tess to not need a thum b constantly on the panic bu tton? But isn’t it am a z ­ing how every th ing w orks out, ev e ry ­one has a g rand tim e, and the ch a p ­te r takes h ea rt and courage in hand and volunteers for b igger jobs?

Come to the Bay in M ay!Until the p as t w eek i t ’s been IFR ,

m eaning most of us grounded. Next week tho, a couple fly-ins a re sched ­uled. L ast S unday ea g e r m em ber-to- be O ra M ay Boswell flew a 3-legged solo xc in h e r 175, followed by her husband and 99 Louise and M yrl B ick­ford in th e ir 170, just for fun ‘cause it w as such a p re tty day.

Come to the Bay in M ay!W e've lucked out on a full moon for

the m oonlight cru ise around G alves­ton Island F rid a y night, M ay 10; now if the w ea th er is CAVU, w e’ll be dee- lighted !

Com e to the Bay in M ay!At the Luau S a tu rd ay evening a

com bo will p lay d inner music and afte rw ard , for dancing . . . so bring your Golden S lippers!

Come to the B ay in M ay! F or Sure!

TIP OF-TEXAS CHAPTER By Saumlra White

On Feb. 23, our last m eeting was held a t P au line G lasson’s a t In te rn a ­tional A irport in Corpus Christi. Since the w ea ther w as bad, the Valley girls w ere unable to a ttend . F ourteen were presen t a t the m eeting th a t S a tu r­day noon. M em bers present w ere Lena Jackson , S hirley P agan , M ar­gare t W eaver, M erle D unnam , Hild- red R oberts, Je an Beck, P a tti Ken­nedy, V eda Tennent, Loanna H aley, E la ine N eedham , Rookie Bean, and a guest, S and ra Allee. T hat m orning Je a n Beck and m yself held a ru m ­m age sale . Since th e ru m m ag e sales have been slow, we decided to sell E as te r candy and a re quite pleased w ith the resu lts. Also, to raise money for a irm ark in g , we a re hav ing an a irlift in McAllen on Sunday, M arch 31.

EL PASO CHAPTER By Eunice Dickey

P risc illa and J im D uncan w ere in M azatlan , Mexico recen tly ; spending six days the re ju st relax ing . They spent a couple of days in Tucson on th e ir w ay back.

The D uncans belong to the Civil A ir P a tro l and joined in the search the first of this m onth for the Apache m issing on the flight betw een Las C ruces and Phoenix. P risc illa says bad w ea th er has ham pered searching in th e ir area .

Lela C arw ard ine had an adven tu re on h e r tr ip to Mexico. She has w an t­ed to fly into M exico for som e tim e since she’s flown in alm ost every o th ­er d irection in h e r 120. The w eather d idn’t co-operate for flying so Lela still has a flying trip to Mexico to look fo rw ard to. The busses and tra in s w ere running on schedule so Lela had a delightful tim e.

TULSA CHAPTER By Gay McCauley

Tulsa C hap ter is' h appy to welcom e two new m em bers—D orothy Johnson, who received h e r p riva te ticket Feb ru a ry 13; and Lee B aker, who flies a tw in Aztec. F o rm er 99’e r Im ogene A rnot, who w orks with T ulsa A irport M anager P a t Combs, w as a special guest a t our M arch m eeting, held in the lovely hom e of our ch a irm an , Jan M auritson. We a r e w orking on Im o­gene to “ re -en lis t.“ Busines’s m atte rs d iscussed w ere m ainly finances and w ays and m eans of aiding in the OKC in ’63 Convention. We also be-

gan lining up planes for the tr ip to sectional m eeting in G alveston in May. So be p repared , Houston C hap­ter, w e’re a ’com in’.

Our Sky D iving 99, Ju d y H eilm an, has done it again . She h ad a nice write-up in the O klahom a City T im es as the only girl jum ping a t th e F a ir- view Inv ita tional Sky D iving M eet in F eb ruary .

M ary Burke, C ha irm an of the 1963 Sky L ady D erby, announced the race for June 27 w ith a course from St. Louis to Quad City A irport, Illinois, to Epley Field, O m aha, and the back to K ansas City for WNAA Convention. Sounds like an in te resting and def- ferent course and we hope you all will en ter.

W hat w ith the tricky w eather, our m em bers have been m ostly g round­ed. Jean R ands got in som e Cessna 180 tim e on a m oonlight flight back from L iberal, K ansas, to O km ulgee. Colleen W hite and M ary Shattock have each m ade sho rt cross-country hops from T ulsa to O km ulgee. Ja n and Don M auritson m ade a flying business tr ip to O klahom a City and while th e re visited w ith Je a n and Chuck T hom as.

As C hapter repo rte r, I have urged our m em bers to do m ore flying (so I can fill up this colum n). W e’ll see next m onth if I had any effect.

DALLAS CHAPTER By Elinor Johnson

Our F eb ru a ry m eeting w as held a t Ihe hom e of M ary Gauss. A fter som e business, we had two film s. One was' a P iper film of a tr ip to fe rry an A pache from the fac to ry a t Lock- haven to South A frica. B eautiful scenery. The o ther w as a NASA film of John G lenn’s o rb ita l flight in F riendship 7, a very com plete record of the p rep a ra tio n s for the fligh t and the flight itself, including m ost of the ground track in g stations. We w ere all worn out by the tim e we got John Glenn safely aboard the ca rrie r.

Jo Allison and M artha Ann R eading suggested th a t we p lan a fly-in to the B i g Bend country som etim e. It sounds w onderful, and we hope we can do it soon.

Our next m eeting w ill be a joint one w ith WNAA a t w hich Sue Connal- ly will give a ta lk and show slides of h e r tr ip on th e S. S. Hope.

Hope to have m ore news nex t tim e, w ith the com ing of spring and good flying w eather.

KANSAS CHAPTER By Gene Nora Stumbough

The K ansas 99’s have been doing lots of g a lav an tin g th is p as t m onth.

In fac t th e ir absence plus the flu bug th rea ten ed our an n u a l ru m m a g e sale in M arch. The show w ent on, how­ever, and a few s ta lw a rt m em bers ca rried on and brought som e neces­sa ry dollars into the till.

W e’ve had sev era l nice new sy le t­te rs from som e of our trav e le rs . H er­m an and M arie E ng lem an have m i­g ra te d to P hoenix ( tem p o ra rily , we hope) for his health . T hey’ve enjoyed "to u ris tin g ” and now a re settled in Sunnyslope. M arie is w orking as an o p era to r for T y le r P rin tin g —and w orking h a rd a t it. She m isses both K ansas and h er a irp lan e — know she would love hearing from you a t 2923 W. G lenrosa, Phoenix 17.

P h ila and F ritz K nitig have been visiting th e ir son in P hoenix too and enjoying th e ir g randch ild ren . She p a rticu la rly enjoyed m eeting 99’s, a t ­tending th e ir m eetings, and touring a 707 w ith them . She told of m eeting som e lovely gals and advocates a l­w ays ca rry in g the ro s te r w hile tra v e l­ing.

P a t M cEwen deserves th ree loud cheers for snagging th a t in stru m en t ra tin g . She and Owen ce leb ra ted by a je t tr ip to M exico w ith a group of W ichitans. Of course, sh e ’s been T ravel A iring on sh o rte r trips w ithin the b o rders too. D onna and Tom S hirley have enjoyed th e ir annual w in ter vacation in P u erto V allarta , M exico. I t ’s a 9 V2 hour fligh t from D odge City and they do it in one stop a t the border. The S h irleys consider it th e ir p riv a te parad ise and lam ent the fact th a t the world has d iscovered it and invaded.

We Beech gals have been logging tim e too. Joyce Case recen tly spent a week in Ind ianapo lis giving dem on­s tra tio n r id es and then an o th er w eek all over the E ast on persona! a p p e a r­ance engagem ents. Then she brought hom e a good case of flu. I spent two w eeks in F lo rida on s im ila r duty and then a w eek in A lbuquerque. At ihe end of the w eek Jo y ce and G arn ett H astings' jo ined m e th e re for our D is­tr ib u to r 's big opening. G arn e tt r e ­cently took a jau n t over to S pring­field, M issouri to tak e her m o ther io v isit rela tives. S and ra C allaw ay spent a w eek in Chicago at the C onstruc­tion E quipm ent Exposition - th e re w as our a irp lan e on d isplay in the m idst of the heavy road equipm ent and the av iation elem ent d rew a lot of in te rest. S a n d ra ’s sis'ter, M argo, is now living in W ichita.

I had a nice v isit w ith M ary Ja n e M cKillip in L ittle Rock who sent h e r best to everyone. She rep o rts little ac tiv ity th e re by w om en pilots—know­

ing th a t little gal, sh e ’ll s tir up some of her own before too long!

M ildred E arly , besides doing a m a r­velous job on the ru m m a g e sale, has' been subbing a t the rad io sta tion . H er fam ily w ill a ll be hom e for spring v a ­cation soon so she’ll be running.

W e’re all looking forw ard to the Spring S ectional in G alveston, m ann­ing the TAR stop in G rea t Bend, and Convention in O klahom a City in July . T he ca led ars a re circled and w e’re r a r in ’ to go.

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER

By Irene N. WirtschafterO ur c h a p te r ’s loss will be another

c h a p te r 's gain—T here m ust be some rea l g la ro rous w ay to tell the Tip of T exas ch ap te r th a t they will be g a in ­ing one of our vary valued m em bers —our ch a irm an —A rlene F eldm an. A rlene and Arnold, h er flying 49V2 , and h e r son, Logan, a re leaving P h ila ­delphia to se ttle in V ictoria. W e’re all w ishing them the best of luck in th e ir new venture.

N ancy D iem and, our cu rren t vice- ch a irm an , will lose h e r "v ice” and will tak e over as cha irm an .

T his m onth we a re officially w el­com ing L ucetta S harpe aboard as a full-fledged 99. She w as pinned th is m onth.

A great in teresting and fun tim e was had in H arrisb u rg on M arch 2, a t the fligh t in struc to rs clinic and a t the 1963 flying season kick-off dinner. Ann P iggott, N ancy Y audes and Helen Sheffer journeyed in from Lock H aven w ay; and E lsie M cBride, Arlene F e ld ­m an, Peggy Borek and Irene W irt­sch afte r drove in from P hiladelph ia . R uss B rinkley, the publisher of Q uadran t, the general ch a irm an for the ac tiv ities got our unanim ous vote of thanks.

Alice and R ay M eisenheim er a re off aga in — this tim e on a skiing trip . C ecilia S te tser heard all these cold plans. T hat rea lly helped w ork up h er en thusiasm for her v aca tio n in St. P e te rsb u rg , F lorida.

O ur girls can step into all kinds of s ituations w e’ve a lw ays said. Je rry R oberts did a very ab le job as a Boy Scout leader when h er husband took ill just before a scheduled field trip .

It ju st d id n ’t seem righ t th a t our a irm ark in g m eeting M arch 16 w as to pain t "M o rrisv ille” w ith o range paint. M aybe th a t ’s w hy the leprechauns sent ra in before the job could be fin-

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ished on the day before St. P a tr ic k ’s day. This a irp o rt in M orrisville , P e n ­nsylvania, is owned by Y vette H ort- han, a p rospective 99, and h er hus'- band.

Fly-ins w ere H azel F els and N aom i Noll; M arie D ’A lterio and E lsie M c­Bride; Betty T racy ; and B eth S turte- vant. Incidentally , Beth has been r e ­sponsible for te lling th is re p o r te r a ll about the ac tiv itie s of th is c h a p te r’s New Je rsey m em bers. O thers w orking w ere Arlene and Arnold F e ldm an , Ann Shields, Irene W irtsch afte r, Alice H am m ond, C arol Arnold from P rin c e ­ton, N. J ., ano ther p rospec tive 99, Judy Hopkins—and Bob Hopkins and his friend, A1 H eller, our m ost e n e r­getic w orkers along w ith Peggy Borek, our a irm ark in g cha irm an . Bob Hopkins (Ju d y ’s 49%) so fa r has one wing on his hom e-built M aran d a Super 14.

More p lans w ere discussed for the Penny a Pound D ay a t W ings F ie ld— May 16. Ann Shields will be coordin­ator a s well as public ity ch a irm an , in w hich job she will be aided by Elsie M cBride and Iren e W irtschaf­ter.

“ Balloons U S A” is the exciting them e of the S pring S ectional m eet­ing a t the B ridgeport, New Je rse y airport A pril 20 a t 11 a .m . (ra in date April 21). M any unusual ac tiv itie s a re being planned.

And, in the following week. T h u rs­day evening, A pril 25, all 99’s a re in­vited to a panel discussion on genera l aviation sponsored by the A ir T raffic Control A ssociation a t P h ilade lph ia In ternational A irport. M ost im p o rt­ant—Alice H am m ond and Ann Shields will be panel m em bers. E verybody come join us!

WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAPTEH Ily Jean Ross Howard

On Ja n u a ry 30, C h a rte r m em ber Nancy H opkins T ier w as the guest speaker at the annua l Zonta A m elia E a rh e a rt D inner h er sub ject the 99’s, of course.

As S ecre ta ry for C hristian E d u c a ­tion of the D iocesan of V irginia for Episcopal W omen (N ancy ag rees this is quite a title !) She h a s been on a busy speaking tou r in C onnecticut, Pennsylvania and Texas.

V alen tine’s D ay w as snowy and slippery—so the m eeting a t B etty F ish e r’s house w as m ost exclusive— attended by Plazel Dwiggins, V irginia Thompson and V elta Benn. But these clever ones m ade 250 valen tine tra y favors lo r the DC G eneral H o s p ita l- ju st as m any as usually done by the whole chap ter.

Our favorite te s t pilot, Don L ynam ,

has been t r a n s f e r r ^ J refet. TheC hap te r had a farw V v?.® h/^f-dance in honor of N ancy and Don a t the Boll­ing F ield O fficers Club. E llen B a te­m an w ith the help of h e r teen-age sons provided the c lever eronau tica l dec­o rations and a huge W ashington M on­um en t candle as a good-bye souvenior for N ancy. Am ong the guests w as one of V elta B enn’s fligh t students, Con­g ressm an H em phill of South C aro ­lina. H ighligh t of the evening w as Don L y n a m ’s orig inal rec ita l of a Test P ilo t’s lam ent w hen h e ’s' g round ­ed for sea duty. N ancy w ill be living in C alifornia during D on’s tour, she’ll be a gay addition to your ac tiv ities on th e Coast.

R u th F reck le to n and H edy Ja ffe h ad som e in te restin g CAP duty in F e b ru a ry w hen the A rlington, V ir­g in ia S quadron w as invited to visit the Air F o rce A cadem y. R u th served as the PIO and H edy as one of the chaperones. Both w ere given tim e on the righ t in the C-54 on the flight.

M ore CAP news—Ada M itchell as' C oordinator of W om en’s A ctivities is now Lt. Colonel M itchell -c o n g ra t­u lations Ada.

F o r a ll the 99’s, our sym pathy to Ada on the rec en t d ea th of h e r m o­ther.

I w as tru ly proud th a t our In te rn a ­tional P resid en t, Louise S m ith and P age S h am b u rg er, fly ing rep o rte r of Cross C ountry News, flew to W ashing­ton for the W ashington Air D erby A s­soc ia tion ’s T rophy D inner w here I w as presented the 1962 A w ard by Doc H artran ft of AOPA.

E llen B a tem an is se c re ta ry of WADA and again a rran g e d beautifu l an d ap p ro p ria te decorations. The local 99’s tu rned out in full force—they w ere te rr if ic —and it w as p a r tic u la rly good to h av e B lanche Noyes there- looking h er gay self again .

The N ational A viation Club h ere in W ashington presented Jacqueline C ochran w ith an ach ievem ent aw ard a t a recep tion on M arch 13. 99’s and fo rm e r WASPS w ere th e re ; B lanche Noyes, F ra n c e s Nolde, Nona Q uarles, C laire C allaghan, Je a n H ow ard and B a rb a ra W ard L azarsk y and husband, Joe. T h ey ’ve jus't re tu rn ed from a S ta te D ep a rtm en t assignm ent in Ind ia. I ts good to h av e them back.

C ard from Mitzi and Gil K eller th e y ’re on a flying vaca tion to St. Thom as.

O ur nex t m eeting will be a t 6:45 p.m . a t the MATS T erm in a l a t N a­tional A irport.

Mr. L eonard Skitzky of the F ed era l A viation A gency’s F ligh t Service w here he is the tra in in g officer will be our guest speaker.

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