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N E W S L E T T E RVOL. xv Editor - Betty Cross JUNE 1978

***** ATTENTION ** SNAP TO *****WASP CONFERENCE Colorado Springs, Colorado

September 27 - October 1, 1978 AIR FORCE ACADEMY

Hopefully by now all of you have received your packets of

information pertaining to the WASP Conference to be held at

the Antlers Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 27-

October I, 1978. If not, please contact me at 450 Lincoln

Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, and I will see that an addition-

al set is sent to you.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Attached is the proposed agenda for the conference. Our

letter dated April 3, 1978, to all WASPs stated that all activi-

ties of the conference will be on a first-come first-serve basis.

We will have many interesting guest speakers throughout the

conference, including Senator Barry Goldwater, Lt. General

K. L. Tallman, Superintendent of the Air Force Academy, and

Col. Bruce Arnold.

WX

I might mention weather and clothing. At this point I would

say anything goes; the fall season is ushered in with the changing

color of the aspen and scrub oak on the hillsides overlookingthe Academy. Occasional strong winds and light snows will al-

ternate with 70 degree (21 degree Celsius) weather and sun-

shine. You might check your newspapers on Denver's weather

and be guided accordingly.

GOLF, TENNIS, ETC.

Some of the finest golfing is available as well as tennis and

swimming. If it is a normal September, you should be able to

swim in the outdoor pool at the Antlers Plaza Hotel.

There is ice skating available at your own expense at the

Broadmoor, a famous resort hotel. There is a cog railroad which

takes you to a very nice zoo. Skiing will not be available at this

time of the year, but some of you might want to go to some of

our famous ski resorts. You could check with Centennial Tra-

vel regarding this.

We would like to have some idea how many people would like

to play golf. It is not possible to play at the Broadmoor unless

you have a friend who is a member of the club. The Air Force

Academy has a beautiful course. They have been contacted

and are fully aware and receptive of our needs. However,

it would be very helpful to know how many might be interest-

ed in playing golf there. The Country Club of Colorado is avail-

able to guests staying at the Antlers Plaza Hotel. Patty Jewett

golf course and Valley Hi golf course, which are city courses,are also available. Also, there are tennis courts nearby. You will

have to provide your own transportation to the various golf

courses and tennis courts.

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SCHEDULEDTOURS

AJ.R FORCEACADEl1Y

Theie is an Air Force Academy tour scheduled for

1bursday morning and Thursday afternoon. There

will be four busioads of 40 people each for eachof these tours, for a total of )20 people for the

two tours. The same schedule for tours of the

Academy prevails for Friday. The afternoon

groups will be brought to the Academy in timeto meet the morning group for lunch.

The conference committee would like to explain

how things came about.. Through the many meetings

and early contacts, we originally met with Lt.General James It. Allen and his staff. In the

normal military tour, the Superintendent and other officers have a given number of years at

each base. Last year General Allen was trans-

ferred to a new base, and Lt. General K. L.Talln>..antook his place. At the time we first

met with the Academy personnel, we went on the

assumption that the total number attending the

conference would be similar to past reunions,

that is )00 - 350 people. Whenit got down to

the nitty gritty of how many buses would beneeded, the Academy had their finances cut for

conferences. It looked like we would have to

hire buses at approximately $2,500.00. However,

they are ma.ld.ngbuses available to us, and we

are indeed grateful. They have four tour guides,

and one tour guide can accommodate one busload

of 40 people. If many people bring friends and

relatives, you can see that the WASP'swill have

priority for these functions. It does concern

us that friends or relatives could be disappoin-ted if they cannot attend some-or-the functions.

This is a WASPGEl' TOGEl'HER,and this is one

reason that the Board requested that you getyour registrations in early.

NORAD N O R A i 5 can acccmnodate only one busload of 40 people for each tour. There will be one tour

Thursday morning, one tour Thur-sday afternoon~

and one each Friday morning and afternoon. This

makes a total of 160 people able to tour NORADfor the two days. We do have a tour scheduled

for Wednesday afternoon for those arriving earlyand might want to take the tour that day.

To explain further - if you are scheduled for

either of the Thursday tours of the Air Force

Academy you would then sign up for the NORADtour on' Friday because of time conflict in tour

schedules.

Also, if you are scheduled for the Air Force

Academy tour on Friday, you would select the NORADtour on Thursday.

If you choose not to take the NORADtou:-, you

would have the option of taking some of the de-

lightful sounding Centennial Travel tours and.seeing our beautiful area. Maybe you would liketo get your own group together and sele?t a tour

of your choice. Or, if thi s doesnIt au:-t .you:fancy, you could just stay around and VlS1.t W1.th

friends. You can come early or stay longer and still have the opportunity of enjoying BEAUTIFUL

ANDCOLORFULCOLORADO.

ACCCMMODATIONSA total of 250 rooms have been reserved at theAntlers Plaza Hotel and an additional 50 rooms

at the Rain Tree Inn. When the Antlers Plaza

Hotel is full, the reservations will automatic-

ally be sent to the Rain Tree Inn, and confirm-

ations will be sent to thos making the reserva-

tions. When you send in your hotel reservation

card, please indicate with whomyou would liketo room.

As of May10 the Antlers Plaza Hotel stopped

taking any reservations by telephone or blanket

reservations unless they are accompanied by a

list of people occupying those rooms. It was

getting too confusing to the hotel and to us to

have the blanket reservations for an entire class

and then the se same individuals sending in their

registration forms. This will eliminate duplic-

ate reservations being made.

MEMORABILIA

The Antlers Plaza Hotel has said if you W~1t tomail posters, memorabil~, etc. prior to the con-

ference, you may do so by mailing them to your-self c10 The Antlers Plaza Hotel, 1978 WASPCon-

fere~ce, Chase Stone Center,. Colorado Springs,

Colorado 80903. The hotel will hold them for you

until the conference.MISCELLANEOUS

A total of 212 reservations have been made for the

conference to date. This is terrific, and we knOl'Tthat a lot more reservations will be received

before conference time arrives.

Volunteers will be needed to help out at the

conference in various capacities. Two of the

most important ones will be helping out in the

sales room selling various WASPitems which will

be on sale. Also, help will be neede to run pro-

jectors and film equipment in the room where the

various films and ta.pes will be shown. If any

of you would like to volunteer, please let usknow.

Penny Garrett would like to express her thanks toall of you :whohave sent articles, pictures, etc.

to be used in the booklet which will be given atthe conference. Time does not permit Penny to

thank each of yeu individually at this time, but

she does want you to know howmuch she appreciatesall the information you have sent to her.

Hey Everybody - please bring your songbooks tothe conference.

Betty Jo Reed

Mary Helen ChappellCo-Ghairman

COLORADOSPRINGS*** 1978Sept. 2 :l - Oct. 1

A VOTEOF THANKSU

On the following page is the complete schedule

of events and their locations to be offered during the Convention, as submitted by your

Chairman of the Convention Committee, Betty Jo

Reed. Thanks for all the hard work and timethat went in to setting this program up. I

know the whole membership joins me in thankingyou and your Co-chairman Mary Helen Chappell. FA . .

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PROGRAM - WASP CONFERENCECOLORADO SPRI NGS, COLORADO

SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER I , 197B

DATE

F r i d ay , S ep t . 2 9

EVENT ! LOCATI ON

NORAD Tour #3 Depar t sAnt l er s P l aza Hot el ( 1 bus)

T I M E

8: 30 am

Wednesday, Sept . 27 Ac ademy Tour #3 Depar t s 9: 15 am

Ant l er s P l aza Hot el ( 4 busses)

DATE EVENT/ LOCATI ON

Regi st r at i onLobby, Ant l er s P l aza Hot el

2 , 0 0 p m - 9 , 0 0 p m

NORAD Tour #3 9: 00 am - f , oon

Academy Tour #1 Depar t s 9: 15 amAnt l er s Pl aza Hot e 1 ( 4 busses)

Academy Tour #1 9, 45 am - Noon

NORAD Tour #1 Depar t s 9. 30 amAnt l er s P l aza Hot el (I bus)

NORAD Tour #1 10, 00 am - Noon

Academy Tour #2 Depar t s 11, 00 amAnt l er s Pl aza Hot e 1 ( 4 busse s)

Ac ade my T o ur #4 De pa r t s 11: 00 amAnt l er s P l aza Hot el ( 4 busses)

9, 45 am - Noon

1 : 0 0 p m - 4 , 0 0 p m

- 2 : 0 0 p m

Noon

Noon

2, 00 pm

4, 00 pm

3, 30 pm

12: 30 pm

1 1, 1 5 a m - 3 : 3 0 p m

Academy Tour #3

Academy Tour #3 Depar t sAi r For ce Academy


NORAD Tour #4 Depar t sAnt l er s P l aza Hot el ( 1 bus)

NORAD Tour #4

NORAD Tour #3 Depar t s N OR A D

Academy Tour #4

LUNCH ( Academy Tour s 3 & 4)Ai r For ce Academy

NORAD Tour #4 Depar t s- NORAD

Noon - 2 : 00 pm

B, OO am - 9, 00 am

7 . 0 0 a m - 8 , 0 0 a m

Noon

1 1, 1 5 a m - 3 . 3 0 p m

Regi st r at i on and Br eakf astAnt l er s Pl aza Hot el

Wel come & Academy Br i ef i ngAnt l er s Pl aza Hot el

NORAD Tour #1 Depar t sNORAD

Academy Tour #2

LUNCH ( Academy Tour s 1 & 2)Ai r For ce Academy

Thur s day , Sept . 28

44- 2 t hr ough 44- 10 cl ass pi ct ur es 4: 30 pm- 6, OO pmNORAD Tour #2 Depar t s

An t l e r s P l a z a Ho t e l ( 1 b us )

NORAD Tour #2



12: 30 pm

1 , 0 0 p m - 4 : 0 0 p m

2: 00 pm

3, 30 pmSat ur day, Sept ' . 30

Cockt ai l Par t y/ Hor s D' oeuvr esAnt l er s Pl aza Hot el

EVENI NG FREE

Appr eci at i on Br eakf ast & WASPMeet i ng, Ant l er s Pl aza Hot el

Lunch ( on your own)

6 , 3 0 p m - 8 , 3 0 p m

8: 30 am - Noon

Noon - 2 , 00 pm

WAFS t hr ough 44- 1 c l ass pi ct ur es 4. 30 pm - 6, 00 pmAnt l er s P l aza Hot el

NORAD Tour #2 Depar t sNORAD

4. 00 pm WASP Meet i ngAnt l er s Pl aza Hot el

Recept i on/ Cash BarAnt l er s Pl aza Hot el

2 , 0 0 p m - 4 , 0 0 p m

6 : 3 0 p m - 7 : 3 0 p m

EVENI NG FREE BanquetAnt l er s Pl aza Hot el

7: 30 pm - 10, 30 pm

S un da y, Oc t . 1 Memor i al Fl y Away Br eakf astAnt l er s Pl aza Hot el

9 : 3 0 a m - 1 1, 3 0 a m

- E ND -

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WASPN:E.VlSU.'TTER

Bee Haydu, President

Sara Hayden, Vice-President

Betty Nicholas, Secretary/Treasurer

Leoti Dea.ton, Board of Directors

Mary JU1I1aWyall, Board of Directors

Committees

Awards, AnnAtkeison

Commemora~iveStamp, Helen Snapp

Historian, Mary Annai'lyall

Membership, ~iggy Hunter

Memorial, Joan Frost

Editor, Betty Cross

Nomination, Kathleen Hilbrandt

Publicity, Betty Jane Willim.s

Service, Della Tissaw

RffiISTRATION

***

Betty J0 Reed Mary Chappell

There has been same confusion about the regis-

tration forms and we wish to clarify any miscon-

ceptions. The $55 fee is per individual. If your husband or any other guest is caning with youthere is another charge of $55 added for each one.

There can be no partial payments; full payment is

required for a confirmed registration. Those who

sent in partial payments, plea.se send in remainder

of payment. Mary Chappell is holding on to your

partial payment until total amount is sent. If your husband or any other guest is coming with you

there is another charge of $55 added for each one.

All registrations must be in and paid for no later

than 8/25/78. This is also the date by which you

must notify, in writing, in the event you have paid

your registration and are unable to attend at the

last minute in order to get a refund on sm.e. After

8/25/78 there will be no refunds. If paid Regist-ration fee is not received by July 25, 78, such fee

will then cost $65 after this date instead of $55

per person. All the above was noted in the litera-

ture sent to each of you. This is to remind all of

you in plenty of time and read your registration

form carefully/ c'mon girls and get those registra-

tions in and let's IDAkethis the best get-to-gether yet. Ed.

Mary says not to be upset by the plural on Wamens

Airforce Service Pilots heading on forms. It was

a Printers mistake and since time was of the essence

there wasn't time for reprinting the forms. She

says so far there haven't been manyregistrations

from 44w6 and asks her class to start getting 'emin so W6has a good representation from their class.

There has been a suggestion from Mary Retick Wells,

44-6, that classes might, when they IDAketheir reser-vations for the Antlers, ask if they can be put onthe same floor with other members of their class if

at all possible as it makes for lots of terrificget reacquainted parties with old comrades.

Arrangements for parking of cars and motor homes

are being made at this time for those whomotor in1

Penny Garrett has already received many pics and

articles from quite a few but doesn't have time let

everyone who has sent them knorl they have been re-

ceived. However, she says they are being received

and wishes to thank all of who contribute.

*BRlNGTOCONFERENCEll-

Those whohave video tapes of TVinterviews,

newscasts or any progrm.s about the WASPs,be sure

to bring them to the Conference in Colorado Springs.

Wehope to have the proper video tape projection

equipment on hand.

"THEPREZSEZ"

"YOU'REIN THEARMYNOW",and so the old adage

of HURRYANDWAlTholds true. I knowit seems

distant, but, yes, we did have a victory in Nov.

177. This victory also opened the door for notonly the WASPs,but for other organizations who

feel they are ~eserving of recognition as veter-

ans. Regulations for all groups must be estab-

lished and to this end a Board has been created

within the Dept. of Defense. It is our under-

standing that the regulation has been made and is being presented to the Veterans' Affairs Commit-

tees, Veterans Administration and all branches of the Military. This is a timely procedure which

explains why so muchtime has past since our in-

itial. success.In the December, 19'76 Newsletter and by special

post card mailing to graduate WASP,we requested

that they please a o not contact the Department

of Defense or any other gover~ntal organization because this action is a delaying one. If we be-

come forceful, aema.ndingand impatient, ~t is not

only bad for the WASPimage which to this point

has been a low profile one ~for wru.chwe owe our

success), but it slow up procedures. It creates

an atmosphere of debate on each issud inaividuals

raise and places our strong allies in a position

of having LOcontinually defend us. Throught Col.

?ruce Arnola 1 have been regularJ.y inquiring howthings are progressing. 1have corresponudnce

from Lhe Legislative Division of the Dept. of theAir Force stating: "The Air foce, .5Executive

Ago:::ntfor the Department of 1Jefen::lt:!,is in the process of preparing an implementing regulation.

This regulation will establish procedures for de-

termining which groups will oe recognized as having performed .ctive duty service in the Armed!,'orces

and will specify application proceaures t.hrough

which groups and inai~duals may apply to have

their service reviewed."Whenthe t.ime comes, we will be contacted ~nd so

we must nowdo the military bit of IWU[;ing".

Hopefully, at the Conference in ~ept. or even

Booner, Lhere will Demore concreLe ~hings t.o re-

port.Asst. Secretary of the Air Force (.Manpower,Re-

serve Affairs & lnsta.llations) Hon. Antonia Hand-ler ~hayes and Col. Bruce Arnold want. t.o t.hank you

a1.Lfor your patience and understanding.

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* * * J ACQUELI NE COCHRAN* " *

Be e Ha y du s p o k e wi t h J a c q ue l i n e Co c h r a n i n Ha y .S he wi l l b e u na bl e t o a t t e nd t h e S ep t . , 1 97 8Co nf e r e n c e b ec a u s e h er h ea l t h wi l l n ot p er mi t h e rt o g o t o s u c h h i g h a l t i t u de s . S he wa nt s e ve r y on et o k n ow " h a t s h e h op es a l l wi . l l h av e a r e a l l y

g oo d c e l e br a t i o n a nd s h e i s s o r r y t h a t s h e wi l lbe unab. Le t . o j o i n us.

1 1 1 1 1 CORPORATI ON - AT LAST ' J J I J .

I J J l l CORPORATI ON - AT LAST 1 1 1 J J

Be c a us e o f l e ga l c o mp l i c a t i o ns , we we r e u na bl et o use WASP Memor i a l s , I nc . as our cor por at i on ,a l t h ou gh we a r e g r a t e ! ' u l t o h av e i t s u s e f o r l o w-cost mai l i ngs. Sar a Hayden f o r med a commi t t eewho wor ked on t he name, by l aws and st r uct UFe o f t he cor por at i on and r epor t ed t o t he Boar d o f Di r ec t or s.

We a r e g r a t e f Ul t o a l l o f y o u, mo r e t h an 4 00 ,wh o g av e u s y o ur t h ou gh t s a nd p r e f e r e nc e s a s t ot h e k i n d o f o r g an i za t i o n we s h o ul d h av e ; it i s

YOUR or g an i z at i on an d we ha ve tried t o a bi d e b yyour wi shes.

S i n c e we h a ve wo n v e t e r a ns ' s t a t u s , WA SP s wi l lgo down i n h i st o r y as THE Women Ai r f o r ce Ser v i ceP i l o t s a nd t h er e s h al l n ev er b e a no t h er s u c hgr o up. I t is f i t t i ng t o l eave t h i s gr oup i nt acta s t h e o nl y o ne s t o b e c a l l e d WAS Ps . We h av et her ef or e chosen t he name wa~ SERVI CE PI LOTSASSOCI ATI ON, I NC. t o be t he l ega l and pr o t ect i nga r m o f a WAS P o r g an i za t i o n t o p r e s e r v e o u r h i s t o r y ,and at t he same t i me per mi t t he admi t t ance i n t oour member shi p of ot her women mi l i t ar y ser vi ce

p i l o t s a s we l l a s t h e t r a i n ee s , i n s t r u c t o r s , a ndot her s who cont r i but ed t o t he WASP pr ogr am.

Th e Or der of F i f i ne l l a whi c h was s et up i n1 94 4 h ad I I t h r e e c l a s s e s o f me mb er s h i p : 1 . A CT I V E( a) char t er ( b ) r egul ar ; 2 . HONORARY: 3 . SPONSOR. I I

Ma n y o f y o u h av e a s k e d q ue s t i o ns a s t o o ur me m-ber sh i p r equi r ement s , and t h i s is t h e a ns we r -we have a l ways been an open or gani zat i on .

Th e Ar t i c l es of I nc or p or a t i on an d By l aws f o l l owt h i s p r e f a c e . P l e a s e r e a d a n d s t u dy t h es e d oc u me nt f as t hey wi . l l be f o r mal l y pr esent ed at t he gener a lb us i n es s me e t i n g i n Co l o r a do S pr i n gs f o r y o ur a c c -ept ance.

CERTI FI CATE OF I NCORPORATI ON

OFWOMEN SERVI CE PI LOTS ASSOCI ATI ON, I NC.

1 . T he n ame b y wh i c h t h e c o r p or a t i o n s h al l b ek n own i s : W~ S ERV I CE P I L OT S A SS OCI AT I ON, I NC. ,a cor por at i on o f The Commonweal t h o f Mass achuset t s .

2 . T he p ur p os e s f o r wh i c h t h e c o r p or a t i o n i sf or med ar e as f o l l ows:

Th i s c or p or a t i on is f o r med t o engage i n st r i c t l ye du c a t i o na l , c h ar i t a bl e a nd b e ne v ol e nt p ur p os e s ,f o r t h e p r o s e c u t i o n o f h i s t o r i c a l , l i t e r a r y a n de du c a t i o na l p ur p os e s o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n , t o p r e -ser ve t he h i st o r i ca l i dent i t y o f t he Women Ai r f o r ceS er v i c e P i l o t s a nd t o p r o mo t e a nd p r e s e r v e f o r h i s -t o r i c a l , e du c a t i o na l a nd l i t e r a r y p ur p os e s t h e r o l eo f wo me n p i l o t s i n t h e s e r v i c e o f t h ei r c o un t r y

d =i n g t i me s o f wa r a nd p e ac e . Th e c or p or a t i on s ha l l ha ve t he po wer t o do al l

l e ~a l a c t s i n f u r t h er a n c e o f i t s c h ~: i t a bl e , e d-uc~t j . onal , l i t p. r ar y, benevol ent and hi st or i calpur poses as wel l a . s any ot her power s gr ant . ed t oc h ar i t a bl e c o r p or a t i o ns u nd er t h e l a ws o f t h eComi nonweal t h o f Massachuset t s , Gener a l Laws Chap-t e r 1 80 , b ut n ot a ny o t h er p owe r s .

No mo ne y o r o t he r a s s et o f a ny f un d s h al l bel i ab l e t o at t a . chment , t r ust ee pr ocess , equi t ab l el i e n o r o t he r pr o ce s s , o r t o b e s e i z e d, t a ke n,a pp r o pr i a t e d o r a p pl i e d b y a ny l e ga l o r e qu i t a bl ep r o c es s o r o pe r a t i o n o f l a w t o p ay a ny d eb t o rl i a bi l i t y o f a n y l e ga l p er s o n .

Th i s or g an i z at i on i s he r eb y de c l ar e d t o be ac h ar i t a bl e a nd b en ev o l e nt i n s t i t u t i o n, a nd a l l o f i t s a s s e t s s h al l b e e x emp t f r o m a l l a nd e ve r y s t a t .c oun t y di s t r i c t , mun i c i p al a nd s c ho ol t a x. I t i s

, .

t h e i n t e nt o f t h i s c o r p or a t i o n t o q ua l i f y a s a ne x emp t o r g an i za t i o n p ur s u a nt t o t h e I n t e r n al Re v -enue Code.

3. The member sh i p o f t he Women Ser v i ce P i l o t sAs s o c i a t i o n I n c . , s h al l b e c o mp os e d o f c h ar t e rmember s w~en gr aduat es o f mi l i t a r y p i l o t t r a i n -i ng pr o~ams, r egul ar member s , and ass oc i a t e mem-ber s.

Cl ass i f i cat i on of Member s:A. Char t er Hember s - WAFs, WASP gr a . duat es,

WASP admi ni s t r at i veB. A l l o t her women gr aduat es o f mi l i t a r y

pi l ot t r ai ni ng pr ogr amsC. Regul ar Member s - Per sons a f f i l i a t ed wi t h

t he WASP t r ai ni ng pr ogr am

D. Ass oci at e member sE ac h me mb er i n g oo d s t a nd i n g s h a l l b e e nt i t l e d

t o c a s t o ne v ot e f o r t h e e l e c t i o n o f o f f i c e r s .4 . Ter mi nat i on o f Member sh i p Pr i v i l eges:

A ny me mb er wh o h as n ot p . u d d ue s s h a l l n otb e e l i g i b l e t o v o t e o r h ol d o f f i c e .5 . By - l a ws o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n h av e b ee n d ul y

adopt ed and t he i n i t i a l d i r ect or s , pr es i dent ,t r e a s u r e r a nd c l e r k o r o t h er p r e s i d i n g, f i n an -c i a l o r r e c o r d i n g o f f i c e r s wh os e n ame s a r e s e to ut b el o w, h av e b ee n d ul y e l e c t e d .

6 . T he e f f e c t i v e d at e o f o r g an i z a t i o n o f t h ec o r p or a t i o n s h a l l b e t h e d at e o f f i l i n g wi t h t h eSecr et ar y o f t he Commonweal t h : Mar ch 15, 1978.

7 . T he f o l l o wi n g i n f o r ma t i o n s h a l l n ot f o ra n y p ur p os e b e t r e a t e d a s a p er ma ne nt p ar t o f t h eAr t i c l es o f Or gani zat i on o f t he cor por at i on .

a . T he p os t o f f i c e a dd r e s s o f t h e i n i t i a lp r i n c i p al o f f i c e o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n i n Ma s s a c h u-

s e t t s i s :200 Br oadway, Met huen, Mass achuset t s 01844b . T he n ame , r e s i d en c e, a nd p os t o f f i c e a dd -

r e s s o f e ac h o f t h e i n i t i a l d i r e c t o r s a nd f o l l o -wi n g o f f i c e r s o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n a r e a s f o l l o ws :

P r e s i d en t : Be r n i c e F . Ha yd u, 4 20 0 N. Oc e anDr . , Ri v i e r a B ea c h , F L 3 34 04

Tr e as ur e r : El i z ab et h P. Ni c ho l as , 12 5 W.8 2n d S t . , I n di a na po l i s , I N

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Met huen, MA 01844c . T he d at e i n i t i a l l y a do pt e d o n wh i c h t h e

c o r p or a t i o n' s f i s c a l y e ar e nd s i s S ep t . 3 0d . T he d at e i n i t i a l l y f i x e d i n t h e b y - l a ws f o r

t h e a n nu a l me e t i n g o f me mb e r s o f t h e c o r p -o r a t i o n i s : Oc t o be r 1 5

e . ~h e n ame a nd b us i n es s a dd r e s s o f t h e r e s -~d en t a ge nt o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n i s : S ar aPa y ne Ha y de n , 2 2 S t a d i u m Ro a d, Me t h ue n , MA

01844. I N WI TNESS WHEREOF and under penal t i e s o f per -

J ur y , We, t he be l ow, s i gn ed I NCORPORAT ORS doh e r ~b y c e r t i f y u nd e r t h e p a i n s a n d p e na l t i e s o f p er J u r y t h at we h av e n ot b ee n c o nv i c t e d o f a nyc r i me s r e l a t i n g t o a l c o h o l o r g a mi n g wi t h i n t h e

p as t t e n y e ar s ; We d o h er e by f u r t h er c e r t i f yt h at t o t h e b es t o f o ur k n owl e dg e t h e a bo v e n am-e d p r i n c i p a l o f f i c e r s h a ve n o t b e en s i mi l a r l yconvi c t ed.Be r n i c e F a l k Ha yd u 4 20 0 N. Oc e an Dr . , Ri v i e r a

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ARr I CLE I

S ec t i o n 1 . Na me

~e n mn e o f t h i s o r g a ni z a t i o n i s Wo me n S e r v i c eP i l o t s As a oc i a t i o n , I n c .

ARTI CLE I I

S ec t i o n 1 . P ur p os e. T he p ~p os e o f t h e o r g an i z a t i o n i s s t a t e d i n~t s ent ~r et y i n t he Cer t i f i cat e o f I ncor por at i on.

S ec t i o n 2 . L e gi s l a t i v e a nd P o l i t i c a l P o l i c i e sNo s u bs t a nt i a l p ar t o f t h e a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e

c o r p or a t i o n s h al l b e t h e c a r r y i n g o n o f p r o pa -ganda, or ot her wi se at t empt i ng t o i n f l uencel e gi s l a t i o n, a nd t h e c o r p or a t i o n s h al l n ot p ar -t i c i p at e i n , o r i n t e r v e ne i n , ( i n c l u di n g t h ep ub l i s h i n g o r d i s t r i b ut i o n o f s t a t e me n t s ) , a n yp o l i t i c a l c a mp a i g n o n b e ha l f o f a n y c a n di d a t ef o r p ub l i c o f f i c e .

S e c t i o n 3 . A f f i l i a t i o nAf f i l i a t i on of t he i ' / omenSer v i ce Pi l o t s Assoc-i a t i o n, I n c . a s a n o r g an i z a t i o n, wi t h a ny o t h ero r g a ni z a t i o n o r d ul y c o n s t i t u t e d g r o u p f o r t h ep ur p o s e o f p r o mo t i n g e i t h e r t h e i n t e r e s t o f t h eo t h e r g r o u p o r t h e Wo me n S e r v i c e P i l o t s As s o c -i a t i o n , I n c . , s h a l l r e q ui r e a t wo - t h i r d s v o t eof a l l qua l i f i ed member s .

ARTI CLE I I I

S ec t i o n 1 . F i s c a l The r even ue of t he c or po r at i on s ha l l be de r i v -ed f r om annual member sh i p dues , i nvest ment s ,c o n t r i b ut i o n s a n d s u c h o t h e r me a ns a s ma y b e

a pp r o v ed b y t h e Bo ar d o f Di r e c t o r s , n on e o f wh i c h s o u r c e s ma y b e i n c o ns i s t e n t wi t h t h e p r o -v i s i o ns o f S ec t i o n 5 01 ( c ) ( 3 ) o f t h e I n t e r n alRe ve nu e Co de . No p a r t o f t h e n e t e ar n i n gs o f t h e Wo me n S e r v i c e P i l o t s As s o c i a t i o n , I n c . o ra ny o f i t s a s s et s s h al l e ve r i n ur e t o t h e b en -e f i t o f a ny p r i v a t e i n di v i d ua l . T he p r i v a t ep r o p er t y o f t h e me mb e r s s h a l l n o t b e s u b j e c tt o t h e p ay me nt o f c o r p or a t i o n d eb t s t o a ny e x -t e nt wh at s o ev er . T he f i s c a l y ea r o f t h e c o r -p or a t i o n s h al l b eg i n Oc t o be r f i r s t a nd s h al lend on Sept ember t h i r t i et h o f t he f o l l owi ngyear .

S e c t i o n 2 . Di s s o l u t i o n

Up on t h e d i s s o l u t i o n o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n t h eBoa r d o f Di r e c t o r s s h a l l , a f t e r p a yi n g ~r ma k-i n g p r o v i s i o n f o r t h e p ay me nt o f a l l o f t h el i a bi l i t i e s o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n, d i s p os e o f a l lo f t h e a s s e t s o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n e x c l u s i v e l yf o r t h e p ur p os e s o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n i n s u c hma n ne ~, o r t o s u c h o r g a ni z a t i o n o r o r g a ni z a t i o n so r g a r u z e d a n d o p er a t e d e x c l u s i v e l y f o r c h a r i -t a bl e , e du c at i o na l , o r h i s t o r i c a l p ur p os e s a ss h al l a t t h e t i me q ua l i f y a s a n e x emp t o r g an -i z a t i o n o r o r g an i z a t i o ns u nd er S ec t i o n 5 01 ( c )(3) o f t h e I n t e r n al Re v en ue Co de o f 1 95 4 ( o rt h e c o r r e s p o nd i n g p r o v i s i o n o f a n y f u t u r e Un i -t e d S t a t e a I n t e r n a l Re v e nu e La w) , a s t h e Boa r do f Di r e c t o r s s h al l d et e r mi n e. An y s u c h a s s e t s

no t s o d i s po se d o f s ha l l be di s po se d o f by t hea pp r o pr i a t e c o ur t o f t h e c o un t y i n wh i c h t h ep r i n c i p al o f f i c e o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n i s t h enl o c at e d, e xc l u s i v el y f o r s u c h p ur p os e s o r t os u c h o r g an i z a t i o n o r o r g an i z a t i o ns , a s s a i dCo u r t s h a l l d e t e r mi n e , wh i c h a r e o r g a ni z a e d a n do pe r a t e d e x ~u s i v e l y f o r s u c h p ur p os e s .

Sect i on 3. Due aDu e a s h a l l b e d e t e r mi n e d b y t h e me mb e r s a t aGener a l Bus i ness meet i ng.

ARrICIX IV

Sect i on 1 . Member sh i p

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Th e membe r s hi p of Women Se r v i c e P i l ot s As s oc i a-tion, I n c . s h a l l b e c o mp os e d o f c h ar t e r me mb er s ,women gr aduat es o f mi l i t a r y p i l ot t r a i n i ne pr o -gr ams, r egul ar member s, and ass oci at e member s.

S ec t i o n 2 . Cl a s s i f i c a t i o n o f Me mb er sA. Char t er member s : W. A. F . s , W. A. S . P . gr ad-

uat es and W. A. S. P. Admi ni st r at i ve.B. Ot her women gr aduat es o f mi l i t a r y p i l o t

t r ai ni ng pr ogr ams .

C. Re gu l a r me mb er s : P e r s o n s a f f i l i a t e d wi t ht he W. A. S. P. t r ai ni ng pr ogr am.

D. Assoc i a t e member s .

Sect i on 3. Vo t i n g P r i v i l e ge s o f Me mb er s .Each member i n good st andi ng sha l l be ent ~t l edt o c a s t o ne v ot e .

Sect i on 4. Ter mi nat i on of Member shi p Pr i v i l egesAn y me mb er wh o h as n ot p ai d d ue s s h a l l n ot b ee l i g i b l e t o v o t e o r h ol d o f f i c e .

ARTI CLE V

Sect i on 1. El ec t i ons .A. T he e l e ct e d o f f i c er s s h al l ~c l u de a t l e as t

a P r e s i d en t a Vi c e P r e s i d en t , a S ec r e t a r y ,a T r e a s ur e r ' a nd s u c h o t h er o f f i c e r s a s ~h emember shi p mf ' . yf r om t i me t o t i me det er nu. ne.Ot her el ect ed posi t i ons i ncl ude t wo member so f t h e Bo a r d o f Di r e c t o r s .Al l o f f i c e r s s h al l b e e l e c t e d b y b al l o t a t

B. a g en er a l b us i n es s me et i n g, e xc e pt t h at t h eP r e s i d en t a nd t h e Vi c e P r e s i d en t s h al l s e r v e

. . of t wo y ear s but s hal l not exc eeda~~ t dt wo c o n s e c ut i v e t e r ms . T he S ec r e a r y a nt he Tr easur er sha l l ser ve a mi n i J m. unof t wo

year s . " , h

Th er e s ha l l be t wo el ec t ed membe r s of t . eC. Bo ar d o f Di r e c t o r s wh o s h al l s e r v c e a ~-i mu m o f f i v e y e ar s a nd s e v e n y e ar s .

D. Al l c a nd i d at e s f o r e l e c t i v e o f f i c e s h al l b egr aduat e mi l i t ar y pi l ot s . .Al l v ac a nc i e s i n o f f i c e s h al l b e f i l ~e d b y

E . s e l e c t i o n a nd v ot e o f t h e Bo ar d o f D~r e c t o r s

a nd s h a l l b e f o r t h e u ne x pi r e d t e r m o nl y .

ARl ' I CLE VI

Sect i on 1. Dut i es o f t he Boar d o f Di r ec~or s Th e man ag emen t of t he c or p or a t i on an d ~t s pr o -p er t y i s v e s t e d in t he Boar d o f Di r ect or s .A. T he Bo ar d o f Di r e c t o r s s h al l b e c o mp os e d o f

a t t h e l e as t t h e P r e s i d en t , t h e Vi c e P r e s -

i d en t t h e S ec r e t a r y , t h e T r e a s ur e r , t , , / , Oel ect ~d member s, and t he i mmedi at e PastP r e s i d en t wh o s h a l l s e r v e f o r t h e t e r m o f t he i ncumbent Pr esi dent .

B. Me e t i n gs o f t h e B oa r d o f Di r e c t o r s ma y b ecal l ed f r om t i me t o t i me by t he Pr e si dento r b y a ny t h r e e me mb er s o f t h e B oa r d . T heBo ar d s h al l h av e a l l d ut i e s a nd p owe r s a sset f o r t h i n t he Cer t i f i cat e o f I ncor por a -t i o n. I t s h al l b e i t s d ut y t o c ar r y o utt h e p ur p os e s o f t h e c o r p or a t i o n a c c o r d i n gt o t h e l a ws a nd a s p r o v i d ed i n t h es e By l a ws .

Th e Boar d s ha l l au t ho r i z e t he ex pe nd i t ur e

o f f u nd s n ot b ud ge t e d a nd s h al l s e l e c t a na ud i t o r t o c o nd uc t a n a n nu al a ud i t . S uc hf i n an c i a l r e po r t s s h a l l b e p r e s e nt e d a t t h egener a l busi ness meet i ng .

C. T he P r e s i d en t s h al l b e Ch ai : ma n o f t h e Bo ar d ;s h al l p r e s i d e a t a l l g en er a l b us i n es s me et -i n gs a nd me e t i n gs o f t h e B oa r d o f Di r e c t o r s ;sha l l appo i nt a l l o f f i cer s and commi t t eesu nl e s s o t h er wi s e s p e c i f i e d; s h - . l l c a r r y o ut

t he co l l ect i ve wi shes o f t he member sh i p andbe t he i r spokeswoman on mat t er s o f pOl i cy .

D. T he Vi c e P r e s i de nt s h al l a s s i s t t he P r e s -i d en t i n t h e p er f o r ma nc e o f h er d ut i e s ;s h a l l p r e s i d e a t t h e g en er a l b us i n es s me e t -i n gs o r B oa r d o f Di r e c t o r s me e t i n gs i n t h ea bs e n c e o r r e s i g na t i o n o f t h e P r e s i d en t .

E . T he S ec r e t a r y s h al l b e r e s po ns i b l e f o r t h ea c c ur a t e a c c ou nt o f a l l t r a ns a c t i o ns o f t h eg en er a l b us i n es s me e t i n gs a nd Bo a r d o f Di r -e c t o r s me e t i n gs , a nd s h a l l b e r e s p on s i b l ef or mai nt ai ni ng t he Member shi p Rost er .

F . T he T r e as u r e r s h al l b e r e s po ns i bl e f o r t hec o nt r o l o f a l l mo ni e s d ue t h e c o r p or a t i o na nd h ol d r e c e i p t s f o r t h em; ma k e r e po r t o f

t h e r e c e i p t s a nd e x pe nd i t u r e s a t t h e g en er a lb us i n es s me e t i n gs ; a nd t o t h e Bo a r d o f Di r -ect or s as r equi r ed.

G. T he d ep os i t o r y f o r t h e c o r p or a t i o n f u nd ss h a l l b e d es i g na t e d b y t h e B oa r d o f Di r e c t o r s .

ARTI CLE VI I

Sect i on 1. Commi t t ee sA. T he P r e s i d en t , u po n t a k i n g o f f i c e , s h al l

appo i nt a Cha i r man and member s f o r each o f t he St andi ng Commi t t ees. The St andi ng Cam-mi t t ees sha l l be:1. Hi s t or i an2. 1- 1emor i a l

3 . Re c o gn i t i o n4. Membe r s hi p5. Nomi nat i ng

B. T he P r e s i d en t ma y a pp oi n t s u c h S pe c i a lCommi t t ees as she may deem adv i sab l e ands h e s h al l h av e t h e a ut h or i t y t o f i l l v a-c a n c i e s e x i s t i n g o n S t a nd i n g o r S pe c i a lCo mmi t t e e s . T he P r e s i d en t s h a l l b e a nex o f f i c i o member o f a l l cOl l l l l l i t t eesex -cept t he Nomi nat i ng COl I I I I I i t t ee.

ARTI CLE VI I I

Sect i on 1. I n s i g ni a a nd Of f i c i a l P i n Th er e s ha l l be an of f i c i al i ns i gn i a c al l ed

" F i f i ne l l a" as r eg i st er ed wi t h t he Copyr i ghtOf f i ce , Women Ser v i ce P i l o t s Assoc i at i on , I nc . "A. No a r t i c l e s h al l b e s o l d b ea r i n g t h e o f f -

i c i a l i n s i g ni a wi t h ou t t h e a pp r o va l o f t h eBoar d o f Di r ect or s .

S ec t i o n 2 . Us e o f Wo me n A i r f o r c e S er v i c e P i l o tWi ngs

A. T he s a l e t o a nd u s e o f W. A. S . P wi n gs s h al lbe r est r i c t ed t o W. A. S . P gr aduat es on l y .Bona f i de co l l ect or s and museums may ob-t a i n t hese wi ngs t hr ough t he Boar d o f Di r -ect or s.

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ARTICLEIX

~ection 1. Publications

A. Newsletter

1. The newsletter shall be sent to all

members without additional cost.

2. The newsletter editor shall be appoint-ed by the President.

B. Membership Roster

1. The membership roster shall be sent toeach member according to the provisions

in the St~nding Rules.

2. No member shall permit the membership

roster to be used for commercial pur-

poses without approval of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLEX

Section 1. Amendments

A. The Bylaws may be amended at the general

business meeting, provided the revision or

amendment shall have been published in the

newsletter at least sixty days prior to the

general business meeting.B. To become effective, any Bylaw amendment

IlIUstreceive a two-thirds vote of all mem-

bers present at the general business meet-ing.

ARTICLEXl

Section 1. Rules

A. The Standing Rules shall be the rules to

direct the specific duties of all officersand appointees and shall contain an out-

line of policies approved by the Board of Directors.

B. The latest revised edition of Robert's

Rules of Order shall govern the conduct of all meetings of the membership and theBoard of Directors.

HISTORIAN'SREPORT

June, 1978

The WASPdisplay which is available for local

exhibits and lectures contains twelve different

articles covering our training, assignments and

militarization in 1977. It was exhibited May 20,

1978 at the NewJersey Air Force Assn. Conventionwhich saluted "Womenin Aviation". Our own DORA

D. STROTHER was the featured speaker, and their

centerfold of the program contained WASPpictures.

This packet contained many of Gretchen Gorman

Graba's WASPrecords. She was stationed with the

5th Fighter Group at Love Field, Texas. Please

reserve the display at least one month in advanceand allow 10 days for delivery.

It is very difficult to knowwhere there are

WASPEXlUBITSin IlIUseumsand libraries unless I

aminformed, and I would be very ha.ppy to hear

where we have exhibits. The following places aresuggestions:

Air Force Museumat Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

International Women's Air &Space »~seum, Dayton,

Ohio '. r h. t DCSmithsonian Institute, "as ~ng on, ••

San Diego Aero-space Museum, San Diego, CA

(Exhibit was destroyed by fire and needs re-

placement items.)

State Museumsand University Libraries

Local Historical Museumswhere WASPslive.

A reminder: Ple.se go through your stored WASP

material and box it with labels on the outside as

to where you want it to be delivered at the time

of your death. Many times your family will not

treasure your WASPthings as IlIUchas you do, nor

will they be apt to knowwhere they should be don-

ted unless you instruct them IN WRITING.

MARTYWYALL,Historian

P.O. Box 92.l2

Fort Wayne, IN 46899

*** NCMINATINGCCMMITTEE-lHl*

Chairman: Kathleen A. Hilbrandt425 Franklin Ave.

Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. 07604

201-288-3196

NOMINATIONOFOFFICERS

The Nominating Committee of the Order of Fifi-nella present the following slate of officers.

These candidates will be voted on at the Confer-

ence in September at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

President - Sara Hayden 44-W-IO

Vice President - Betty Nicholas 44-W-7

Secretary/Treasurer - Ruth Florey 43-W-4

Ncminations will be accepted from the floor.Memberswho cannot attend the Conference should

cast their vote before September Z7, 1978 by send-ing in a ballot to Kathleen A. Hilbrandt, Ncmina-

ting Chairman, 425 Franklin Ave., Hasbrouck Heig-

hts, N.J. 07604. Please indicate on the outsideof the envelope that this is a ballot. Your bal-

lot will be held to be opened at the meeting

when Nomination of Officers will be presented.Awrite-in vote is permissible.

Weare happy to announce that Betty Cross has

consented to continue as Editor of the WASP

Newsletter. Our since1'l1.thanks to Betty for acc-

epting this enormous responsibility.

Kathleen A. Hilbrandt, Chairman Nominating Committee

Selma Cronan - Member, NominatingCommittee

Alice-Jean Starr - Member, Nomina-ting Committee

Did you forget? Please try to rememberl

Send back duu before SeptemberU

$10 to Betty Nicholas

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PUBLI CI TY CHAI RMAN SEEKS YOUR HELPl l

I n o r d e r t o ma ke a c o mp r e h en s i v e r e p or t o n p ub l i c -i t y a c t i v i t i e s , Bet t y J a n e Wi l l i a ms a s ks a l l WASPswh o p a r t i c i p a t e d i n p ub l i c a p pe a r a n c e s , g a ve i n -t e r v i e ws ( r a d i o , T V, ma g az i n e o r n e ws p a pe r s ) t od r o p h e r a l i n e a n d S UI I I I I I a r i z et h ei r i n di v i d ua l a c -t i v i t i e s . Br e v i t y s h ou l d p r e v ai l • • j u s t i n di c a t eh i g hl i g h t s o f t h e ~c t i v i t y • • be c a us e mo s t o f t h en e ws c l i p p i n gs h a ve b e en s e n t t o Ma r t y Wy a l l , o u rh i s t o r i a n , i f y o u f o l l o we d Bee ' s r e q ue s t .

No w t h at Co ng r e s s a nd t h e P r e s i d en t o f Un i t e dSt at es have passed l ~gi s l at i on t o f or mal l y r ecog-n i z e o u r wa r t i me e f f o r t s , we wa n t a g o od r e p or t o f t he ef f or t s WASPs expended t o make t h i s poss i b l e .Ap pr e c i a t e h av i n g y o ur i n pu t s i n h an d b y 1 5 A ug us t .S e nd i n f o r ma t i o n t o a b ov e a d dr e s s . I n c l u de t a l ksb e f o r e g r o u ps i n a d di t i o n t o a n y o t h e r p e r t i n e ntpar t i c i pat i on t hat you have made. I n f or mat i ons h o ul d s t a t e ( a ) T y p e o f c o v e r a g e; ( b ) Na me o f I n t e r -v i e we r ; ( c ) Na me o f n e ws p a p er , T V, r a d i o s t a t i o n o ror gani zat i on; ( d) Appr ox i mat e t i me i nvo l ved wi t h i n -t e r v i e w o r t a l k ; ( f ) Wa s c o v e r a g e f a v o r a b l e t oWASP s ?

Bet t y wa s a f e a t u r e d s p e a ker a b ou t t h e WASP a t

t he Avi at i on/ Space Wr i t er s meet i ng i n Mar ch.S he s a y s , I I Wh at ma k es i t u ni q ue i s t h e f a c t t h atwo me n i n a v i a t i o n we r e h o no r e d a n d we h a d a n a i r -l i n e p i l o t , a p r e s e nt Ai r F o r c e p i l o t ( Ca pt . L aS a uc e ) f l y i n g C- 1 40 Is I t h i n k a nd o ne o f t h e wa -men se l ect ed f or ~st r onaut t r a i n i ng ••• pl us your st r u l y •• •we h ad q ui t e a b i t o f p ho t o t a k i n g, b utI h av en ' t s e en a ny p r e s s r e l e as e s , a s y et . "

* * * J ACQUELI NE COCHRAN HONORED* * *

On F r i d ay e v en i n g, Ma y 1 9t h , t h e Ae r o c l u b o f S ou -t h e r n Ca l i f o r n i a , u nd e r t h e a u s pi c e s o f t h e Na t -i o n al Aer o n au t i c s As s o c i a t i o n , h o no r e d J a c q ue l i n e

Co c hr a n a s o ne o f t h e g r e at p i o ne er s o f a v i a t i o ni n t h i s c e nt u r y . T hi s , t h ei r f i r s t o f p l a nn eda n nu a l b a nq ue t s , wa s h e l d a t t h e Ma r i n a Ci t y Cl u b,l . f a r i n ad e l Re y , n e ar Lo s Ang e l e s A i r p o r t , o n t h eP a c i f i c Oc e an . Mr . F r a n F o x , f o r me r h ea d o f t h eLo s Ang e l e s De p ar t me n t o f A i r p o r t s , s e r v e d a sMa s t e r o f Ce r e mo n i e s a n d p r e s e n t e d J a c k i e wi t h apr oc l amat i on f r om Mayor Br ad l ey i n dec l ar i ng t hat

d ay " J a c qu el i n e Co c hr a n Da y " i n t h e c i t y o f L o sAngel es - - t e l egr ams and gr eet i ngs wer e ext endedf r o m Pr e s i d e nt Ca r t e r a n d o t h e r n a t i o n al f i g ur e s

Bud dy Ro g er s , wh o s e r v e s o n t h e Boa r d o f Di r e c t o r so f t h e Ma r i n a Ci t y C l u b, a n no u nc e d t h a t t h e MCC Th ea t e r t h i s yea r ha s be en de di c at e d i n he r ho no rand name.

C ou nc i l wo ma n Pa t Ru s s e l p r e s e n t e d J a c k i e wi t h abeaut i f u l pr oc l amat i on f r om t he Los Angel es C i t yCo un c i l a c c l a i mi n g a l l o f h er o ut s t a nd i n g f e at e ;s o me t wo h un dr e d g ue s t s j o i n e d i n t h e c e l e b r a -t i o n. Ge ne r a l Ch uc k Y ae ge r a dd ed h i s p r a i s e f o rh er a bi l i t i e s a s a p i l o t h av i n g f l o wn wi t h J a c k i eon many mi ss i ons i n mi l i t ar y a i r c r a f t i n r ecenty e ar s . Ae r o s pa c e ma na ge me nt , T on y L e Vi e r a nd

o t h e r p r o mi n e nt a v i a t i o n p e r s o n a l i t i e s a s we l l a ss o me 1 5 WASPs we r e o n h a nd t o a d d t h e i r a p pl a u s ea nd s h i l r e i n t h e e v en i n g' s e v en t s . I t wa s a v e r y j oy ou s oc c as i on an d J ac k i e was l oo k i ng qu i t ewel l .

TRAVE L NOTE TO L OS ANGEL ES ARE A WAS Ps

I n your behal f , Bet t y J ane Wi l l i ams at t empt ed t os e t u p a g r o up a i r f a r e f r o m t h e L . A. a r e a t o Co l -o r a d a S p r i n gs f o r t h e f o r t h c o mi n g c o n f e r e n c e a n df o un d t h at t h e n ew " c h i c k e n f e ed " c l a s s o f t r a v elo n Co n t i n e nt a l A i r l i n e s i s t h e mo s t e c o no mi c a l t ob e o f f e r e d • • • $ 1 23 r o u nd t r i p f r o m L o s Ang e l e s I n -t er nat i ona l A i r por t d i r ect l y t o Col or ado Spr i ngs .S he h as t e ns t o a dd t h at t h er e a r e o nl y 4 2 s e a t sa v ai l a bl e o n e ac h f l i g ht a l l o c a t e d f o r t h i s c l a s sa nd t h ey wi l l n ot b l o c k o f f s e a t s i n a g r o up n ame .Reser vat i ons I I 1Ustbe made i n an i nd i v i dua l ' s name,s o ma k e y o ur r e s e r v a t i o ns e ar l y . Be t t y s u gg es t sr e s e r v i n g s p ac e o n F l i g ht 1 0, l e av i n g L A X o n We d-n e s da y , S e pt e mb e r 2 7 a t n o on , a r r i v i n g C ol o r a d oS pr i n g s a t 4 : 1 2p m i n t i me t o g e t t o t h e h o t e l ,f r e s h e n u p a n d e n j o y t h e e v e ni n g a r r i v a l a c t i v i -t i e s wi t h f r i e nd s . Re t u r n f l i g ht t h at s e e ms c o n-v en i e nt i s F l i g ht 8 8, Oc t . 1 s t , l e av i n g t h at S un -d ay a t 4 : 4 5p m a r r i v i n g L AX a t 7 : 2 Op n. I f e no ug ho f t h e WASPs b o ok r e s e r v a t i o n s o n t h e s e f l i g h t s

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t h e s a me k i n d o f c a ma r a d er i e c a n b e e n j o y e d a s wa se v i d e nt o n t h e Ho t S pr i n gs t r i p .

COCKTAI L PARTY&

LUNCHEON

A c o c k t a i l p ar t y a nd l u nc h eo n h on or i n g t h e Ho n.An t o ni a H. Ch ay e s , A s s i s t a nt S ec r e t a r y o f t h e Ai rF o r c e ( Of f i c e o f Ma n po we r , Re s e r v e A f f a i r s a n dI n s t a l l a t i o n o f Ai r F o r c e ) , a nd L t . Co l . S hi r l e y J . Ba c h, Sp ec i al As s i s t a nt i n t he s ame of f i c e,

wa s h el d a t F t . Mc Na i r Of f i c e r s Cl u b. I t wa sg i v e n b y t h e Wa s h i n g t o n g r o u p o f WASPs , o n J u n e1 s t , 1 97 8. Co l o ne l Br u c e Ar n ol d wa s t h er e a nd

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a surprise guest was our mi n Dedie Deaton. The

honored @~ests we~e presented with plaques.

Mr. Ed Nolan of Monroe, LA. and President of the

China-Burma-India HwnpPilots Association, announ-

ced that the 33rd Annual Reunion of the Associa-

tion will be held at "The Lodge" in Vail, Colo-rado on Wednesday, August 30th to Sunday, Septem-

ber 3rd, 1978. President Nolan said the Associa-

tion consists of USAF,.ARMY, NAVY,China Nation-

al Airline Corporation, Flying Tigers, Royal Air

Force, COllllllercialand General Aviation and Air-

line Pilots and bonafide crew members who flew

the dangerous Him.a1.ayanroutes during WWll.

Reunion Chairman is Mr. Robert E. Nesmith, 6738

Long Drive, Houston, TX77017 (713)644-5571;

Co-Chair.manis Robert Sizemore, Box 146, Olmito,

TX78575 (5l2)541-12ll; Executive Secty. is Mrs.

Jan Thies, CBI HumpPilots Assoc. ~ 808 Lester St.,

Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901 (314)785-2420.

All WASPsare invited to attend.

The P47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association invitea

all WASPJug jockeys to their 1979 meeting in

Los Angeles, members or not. ANYP47 pilot is

eligible-combat is not a requisite-and the men

are delighted with the opening of their ranks to

WOOlen pilots.

lliMBERSHIPCOMMITTEE

Chairman: ZIGGYHUNTER

838 Havenwood

Dallas, TX75232

214-224-2905

Gadzooksl HowWASPsdo flitl But th~s to

all of you who did make up duplicate copies when

you sent your membership forms, both Betty and I

were able to keep up a more current record of all

y~ mo~ arOWld. Your double copy has cut our

t~e and ~creased our effectiveness' tremendously.

Wedo appreciate it. Already at least one change

occurs on every one of the roster pages.

We still have a way to go but the way is l!lUch

shorter now and we are cOOlingup with more finds

every week. If you tally up the asterisks by

lost graduates in the Class List Section of your

roster, you will find we've lowered the number t o 99 .

Classes 43-2 and 44-1 only need to locate one

grad each to complete their locates on the grad-

uates. With their whole class concentrating its

total energies on the search, Ross (Kary) Ander-

son 43-2 and H. Lorraine (Fiedler) Raymondof 44-1

stand a good chance of carning off the "lost" list.

And, if each class will zero in on at least one

of its lost ones, weIll have at least 18 more WASPs

to invite to the Colorado Springs shindig. Class

43-.3 has reached its goal of zero lost and can

now concentrate on its 4 lost trainees. Tied for

greatest number of lost grads are 44-5 and 44-6.

A new bit of information has come to light on

Karla D. (Mogensen) Jordan 44-5. Her entry add-

r~ss was 109 John St., Seattle, WA. She attended

Central Wasmngton College at Ellensburg, Iv A ..

She was married to Jordan in 1948 (marriage records

might be on file either at Seattle or Ellensburg.

She attended Colorado State College at Greeley,

Colo. and was a member of the WomensArmyCorps,

as reported in the Avenger of 5/19/44. YouWASPs

in Washington might see howgood you can be at

detective work. And please let me mOIO{ if you

have or can get the phone n~~bers of the follow-

ing members of your class. Wewould like to add

them to the roster info.

43-.3 Elaine Jones, Florence E. Knight, Virginia

Pierce, EmmaWare

43-4 Rosalie L. Grohman, Betty Martin, Nancy E.

Staples, Virginia Watry, Virginia Wood

4.3-5 Jeanne P. D'Ambly, Honica Frasseto, Eliz-

abeth E. Greene, Julia Ledbetter, Irma

Weigel, 4.3-5(t) Mary AnnWetherby and

Hazel S. Wolf

4.3-6 Rita Stwnp, Elizabeth Sullivan, Hargery

F. S. Ware

43-7 Betty J. Clark, Mary Walters

4.3-8 Elizabeth Hunoz 43-8(t) Jerry Horu

44-1 Eleanor Vaughn, 44-l(t) Jo Anne Fuller and

Ivy L. Hedgecoke

44-2 Jean Cole, Marjorie Johnson, Hary HcCallum,

Mildred W. Palmer, Frances Smith, MargaretWalker

44-.3 Marjorie Christansen, Josephine Gale, Pat-

ricia Weaver, Mary Louise Prine

44-4 Ethelyn M. Young

44-5 Betty Cozzens, Peggy McCaffrey, Martha

Rountree, Phyllis Strauss

44-6 Juner Bellew, Audrey Ducote, Nannette

Fuller, Lasley J. Williams

44-7 Ann "Mimi" Sheean

44-8 Doris J. Daniel, Cathleen B. Dooley, Beu-

lah Thruston

44-10 Mary Jo Germaine~ Janis Wheatley, Patricia

Rideout, 44-l0(t) Isabel GordonWAFSDorothy Fulton Slinn

? 45-l(t) Eleanor Wagner

INSTWeldon Atkins, A.T. Moore

Please send any you have to me as soon as

possible.

LATEADDRESSCHANGE:

43-4 Hagerstrom, Virgie Lee (Jowell)

c/o R. H. Jowell

6018 Clover Ridge

Houston, TX96941

(SH) Box 358 Ponape

Caroline Islands 96941

She an~ husband ~ames P., are still yachting.

She was ~ Dallas ~ March but said she missed

getti~ me by phone. Virgie Lee, you'd better make ~t to Colorado Springs this year.

From notes on the membership forms looks likewe can expect the biggest turnout ever at Colo

Springs. Hope Ann Griffin Gleszer has nowrecei-

ved her material for registration. And all your

notes were,really appreciated. Hy apologies for

not ~8Wer~ng your inquiries about the veterans benef~ts but I had no information either.

As long as you must keep moving around, don'tforget to keep those address and phone number

changes carning in. It's the best way to keep intouch.

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FIFI AWARDCOMMITTEE

Ann Atkeison, Chairman

hand vote to see if there is indeed enough int-

erest in getting a fund started and for what pur-

pose, statues, plaques, living memorials or a

helping hand fund.

Date 5/22/781111 LASTFUGHT ""

The following guidelines govern the Order of Firi-nella Award:

1. The Award is given in recognition of a signi-

ficant contribution made to the WASPprogr~,

The Order of Firinella, or the the world of aviation and aerospace.

2. The recipient may or may not be a member of

the Order or have been a WASP.

3. A single Award is made to a person meritorious

of the award at an O.O.F. reunion. This does

not imply that an Award is given at every re-

union, but that it is given only when merited

and only at a reunion.

4. The Award shall be presented by the incumbent

President of the Order or her next in office present in case of her absence.

5. The Award presentation shall be made at the

main reunion banquet of the Order. The ban-

quet shall be lmown as the "Order of Fifinella

Award Banquet.1I

6. The recipient of the Award shall be kept secret

by the Award Committee and the presenter, and

shall not become lmown to the recipient or

others until the moment of presentation.

7. The duties of the Award Committee have been

fulfilled in their entirety when the Award has

been presented and the committeels files on

candi~tes submitted have been given to the

Order Historian. At this time the committee

is disbanded.Recipients of the Order of Fifinella Award:

1. Col. Wm.Bruce Arnold in honor of Gen. H. H.

Hap Arnold

2. Jacqueline Cochran

3. Leoti Clark Deaton

4. Al Harting

5. The People of Sweetwater, Texas

6. Dr. Daca J. Dougherty Strother, Ph.D.

7. NancYHarlmelJ. Love

All who wish to submit Award candi~tes, please

furnish complete data to the Award Committee before

August 15. 1978. Mail ~ta to:

Ann Atkeison3848 West Biddison

Fort Worth, Texas 76109

MlliORIALCOMMITTEE

Chairmant Joan Frost

1454 Scrope Rd.

Rydal, Pa, 19046

Ph. (215) 884-2130

I ~ still awaiting news on our Tax:Exempt Sta-

tus. This seems to be the last important step to

get cleared now that we are officially veterans

of WWII. At our convention, we should take a

44-4 Betty Hayes passed away several years agoas a result of cancer. Betty had been onthe "lost" list for years and had married

J.O. Roberts some time ago. This informa-

tion was received from MAGGIEDIFFINCHURCH

as a result of Mr. Roberts advising her of

Betty's passing.

44-6 MARYSHAWPETERSON(t) passed away on Feb.

24th, 1978 of cancer at Luke AFBHospital.

She had planned to see everyone at the Con-

ference in Colo. Springs, along with Clair

A. Peterson. Clair says she may still try

to make it.

IN M E M O R IA M

The watchers saw it fall---A perfect body with its borrowed wings;

But as they had no visioned eyes at all,

They could not see there, circling in glad rings

That other body gloriously climb,

Unhampered and elate,

Heedless of wind and cloud - of space and time,

To make a landing at the Leaderls Gate.

I think he did not lmowaught dropped to earth,

Save that he lighter flew ---

Save for his birth to undreamed height,

But to his ears

There rose a cry, a sound of bitter tears,

That overfiowed the brim;

This was the only pain he took with him;And this he bore, for that he learned eire long

Howall their weeping would be turned to song.

(Author Unlmown)

The above poemwas sent to Bee Haydu by Capt.

George Rodgers (WASPLorraine Rodgers husband)

when he h~ard of her mother's death (Feb. 1, '78),

He said liThe attached poemis from my 1941 Avia-

tion Cadet yearbook -- I have derived much com-

fort from it in the aftermath of a death. I

lmowour parents flew with us every time we ran

into the wild blue yonder so the words are not

inappropriate in the case of your Mom.1I

**C0MMEl-10RATIVEST.AMP**Ccmmittee

Chairman: HELENSNAPP

6416 Olmi Landrith

Alexandria, Va, 22307

Senator Barry Goldwater, Congre.t>WananLindy

Boggs, and CongresswomanMargaret Heckler are

sponsoring a Commemorative Stamp for WASPs,

It w:iJ.l go before the CommemmorativeStamp I,;orran-

ittee on July 28. If they agree, it would take

at least two years as research must be done, etc.I have had a nice response from the Senator and

Congresswomen. More on this at the Convention.

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SALESROCMATCONFb;RE."lCE

Hours open will be:

Wednesday: 7 PM to 9 fl.'l

Thursday: 10 AM to 5 PM

Friday: 10 AM to 5 PM

The above hours are IF we have enough help!!!Volunteers are needed, and that is for three or

four hour shifts. Please see Sara Hayden ahead

of time when you get there, and write NOWto let

her know she can depend on you. If there isenough help we may be able to open additional

hours and the times will be posted at the regis-

tration desk.

If you plan to bring anything at all to offer for

sale, you must arrange this with Sara NOW! Wesimpl;r cannot be organized and have ;rou bring in

something at the last minute, plus all items

sold must be approved by the Board of Directors.

You will also be expected to help in the salesroom.

***WASPWINGS*>**

WASPwings, sold to graduates only, are auth-

entic WASPwings (NOTa replic~.) available thr-

ough the Board of Directors of our organization.

Any other WASPwings are not authentic.

The wings are available to bona fide collectors

and museums by order only. The Standard Ope-rating

Procedure is as follows:

The selling of the authentic WomenAirforce

Service Pilot's regulation WINGSto museums and

bona fide coilectors shall be handled by the

Treasurer or her designated representative, whoshall be a WASP.

Whena request is received, a letter shall go

out to a WASPliving in the area of the buyer,

requesting that she contact this person, see the

coilection, and send a letter to the treasurer

or representative certifying that she has done 60and identifuing the collection by name if there

is one.

The organization shall then send to the proposed

buyer a form to be signed which shall read as

follows: "This is to certify that the purchase

of the authentic WASP(WomenAirforce Service

Pilots) wings is made for the purpose of their

becoming a part of my collection ,'

and will not be worn or otherwise used for conm-

ercial, promotional or personal gain", signed and datea.

Upon receipt of this signed form and $25. 00contribution, the wings may be shipped and shall

include a signed certificate of authenticity.

There shall be only one WASPwings sold to a

collector or museum.

II THEWASPTRAINEESCULPTUREII

Dorothy Swain Lewis, Creator

Dot was a flight instructor for several classes

at Sweetwater before joining 44-7, graduating

with ~~-5. Her long association with trainees

prompted the creation of the little figure in thezoot suit, as it seems most representative of the

shared experiences COl!lll1onto all of us.

There are three models. The oriehlal 5~" sculp-

t.ure is a heavier bronze with the green patina,

available on order. The other model is a liehter

bronze - there are five left and Dot plans to dis-

continue this model. The larger 7~11 sculpture has

to be cast hollow to prevent cracking as it cools.

This involves core casting in the lost wax pro-

cess, which means the wax model is hollow and hasto be filled with a core material before the in-

vesting and burn out, for the final casting in

bronze.

111111 SERVICECCMMITTEE111111

Chairman: DELLATISSAW

Cottonwood, AZ86326602- 634- 2760

Weare attempting to form a Conmittee to deter-

mine howmany, if any, of our members are in need.

This Committ.eewould like to knowthe names of

those who are ill, have been hurt or who are alone

so letters could be written asking what we can do.

If anyone knows the names of those who fall in

any of these categories, please write me. (Della)

This ccmnittee will, also, include writing to

any of our members whomay be lonely!

FANMAILFOR\'JASPs

To Tell The Truth, which was shown in Phoenix

Arizona yielded the following ran letter whichwas forwarded to Bee Haydu.

IIRegarding ,your intervie •.- of the WASPs.r was an

Attendan~ Telephone Operator at the Signal Office

at Williams Air Force Base near Phoenix, AZbe-

tween 1943 and 1945 . Service Personnel c~ intothe office where I worked and placed their phone

calls. I met everyone from Comma.ndingOfficer

to the "G.I. S". No one had the respect of the'service personnel above that of the WASPs. It

was not mentioned on your program that the WASPs

tested planes ~ the men pilots new them.

Andno one was quicker to praise the WASPsthan

the SerTlce Personnel themselves. I was a civ-

ilian employee paid by the Mountain Bell and un-

der some of the regulations of the Air Force so

my viewpoint was objective. Whena \iASP entered

the office, Service Personnel had a silence of

respect. After the WASPleft there were comments

of respect that I ofter wished the WASPscould

have heard. I sincerely hope they get the pen-

sion and other things they so richly deserve.

Myfeelings for them runs very deep, even though

I never knewany of them except as customers and

womenwho were so highly esteemed. I always

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. • .

thought it such a shame that so few people besides

the pilots knew of their accomplishments. They were

always the epitome of high respect. Bless all the

WASPs.II (Unfortunately, this was unsigned and noreturn address .•~

Can anyone identify these women? Please send

this information to Bee Haydu.

CONFERENCEFUGHTS TO COLORADU:iPRINGS

(NORTHERNCALIFORNIA)

Arranged by

Jean M. Neill 44-8

ST., HELENATRAVELCENTER

1367 Main Street

St. Helena, CA 94574(707) 963-7178

SPECIAL ROUNDTRIPEXCURSIONFARE - $168.00

WED9/'Zl LV OAKLAND5:10PM ARDENVER8:20PM

LV S.F. 6:00PM AR DENVER9:12PM

LVSAGTO 2:35PM AR DENVER5::37PM

AR COWRADO SPRINGSvia connecting !lts.

SUN10/01 All late afternoon return connectionsleave Colorado Springs about 6:30 PM•••

OR

Advise other preferences of dates,times, and itineraries. The Excursion

Rule allows one additional stopover (at extra fare). Excursion Fare seats

are UMITED. REX}ULAR Fare is $210.00

A $5.00 non-refundable deposit willhold space for you until final payment($163.00) is due, August 21st. Tickets

will be mailed the week of September

1st.

111 DOESANYONEKNOW?111

A Robert L. Chadwick, 45A Ohio St., Sattelite

Beach, Fla. 32937 has requested if ~ of us know

~he nama and author of a book which he describes::

liThe book, if my memory serves me, concerned air-

craft, gremlins, and I believe that the hero of

the book was an injured RAFpilot who the gremlins

helped to get requalified and back .flying. II He

thought that since it had to do with greml~s, oneof us might recall this book. Anyone so doJ.ng,

please pass the information on to Mr. Chadwick.

II WASPHEARINGSII

Francie Meisner Park 44-10 advises anyone wish-

ing a copy of the 461-paperback bound book of

WASPhearings can be obtained on request to your

Representative. She is writing to see if there is

a like book on the hearings in the Senate.

ANOTHER "THE PREZ SEZ"

July 1, 1978

Today I received a transcript of remarks made by Hon. Anton-

ia Chayes and Col. Shirley Bach at a meeting with Wash. D. C.

WASPs important enough, I thought, to "hold the press." Here

are some of the points quoted from a ta pe made by Dedie

Deaton.

Hon. Antonia Chayes: " ... The problem was the Bill that

finally dumped the whole burden of every claim of every

organization on the Dept. of Defense. I had volunteered and said

said, "We in the Air Force will be the Executive Agent and

will take personal responsibility for getting the regulations."

We had some determined opposition but all in all, it was simply

marvelous ..... Where are we doing on the regulations? Wehave been working on those regulations with all the other Ser-

vices, the Veterans' Committee, and with the Veterans Admin-

istration. We are just about through with the coordination pro-

cess. Shirley has been working on this ..... We are going ahead

with the move now to go through the Comptroller and then it

will be published in the Federal Register, and it will have to sit

there for 30 days. Then the applications will come in. It has

been a very slow process of negotiation ..... The regulations

are legally really superb and they are good technically. There

are always bugs in regulations that you have to live with. You

will always say, "I wish I had thought of that." But on the

whole it has been a super job. And it is going to be workable.

.... I want to thank you for not sending in any letters and

for not making any phone calls. Because I personally have had

over 500 since February, not from WASPs, but mostly fromthe Maritime Service, from all over the United States."

During a Question and Answer period: (Col. Shirley Bach)

"Do you have any idea when we will become veterans?"

"As soon as this is in the Federal Register for 30 days, the

Board will be formed. So I think I would say 5 - 6 months

before the Board would actually start considering applica-

tions. And certainly when the regulation appears in the Federal

Register, I would recommend that all of you read it so that you

will know precisely the steps to take."

"The only problem is that the legislation dumped on the Dept.

of Defense includes 'any other similarly situated group.' And

it does not give any time specification, so that it could be any

time, of any war, which makes a great difference."

"The Dept. of Defense was very much behind the WASPs. If it

had just been WASP legislation, there would never have been aquestion."

In addition to untold amounts of credit for the WASPs re-

ceiving anything at all through the efforts of Hon. Antonia

Chayes and Col. Shirley Bach, we owe thanks and gratitude

to Mrs. Florence Madden, lawyer in the Office of the Sec-

retary of the Air Force, Office of the Gen. Counsel who

worked closely with those "on the Hill" to help draft the

regulations. In reviewing not only the amount of work done

by these three women but the fact that Hon. Antonia

Chayes placed her position in jeopardy, I am awe-stricken.

She could have been fired because she so sincerely be-

lieved in our rights to become veterans and "stuck by her

guns." Whatever we do receive, I trust we shall all be

grateful.

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WAF~- KATHRYN(Sis) B. FINE- SEeTY.

Buckbery l>1t.Road.

Tomkins Cove, N.Y. 10986

KATHRYN(Sis) FINE: "I'm still bubbling along

in my own inimitable way - accomplishing not-

hing. Picked up my paints and easel again

after a twenty year breather, as the latter day"Grandma Moses", and amhappily bouncing from

that to Idtchen walls, etc. Have an on-going

limousine service, driving people to and from

airports or wherever, and am shortly going to

Tulsa 1;,0 see my daughter, Dugie, graduate fromLawSchool.

DOROTHY(FULTON)SLINN- Well, looky whomwe found

in Florida - ole Fulton - busily driving a sch-

ool bus and just as she says, hanging in there.

She'd love to hear from anyone in the mood to

write and promises to reply promptly.

Ed note: Have no address for Fulton so dropa note to Sis for same.

HELENMARYCLARK- Her son, Gerry, called to say

that, unfortunately, his mother ~s quite ill

and in a nursing home. Wewish her a speedy

recovery.

TERESAD. JAMES- James.y says she hasn't done

anything interesting ~ately - but is staying

close to home and helping her sister who re-

cently had a back operation. However, she still

seems to be in the middle of everything. Said

Kathryn Rawls stopped by on her way to her new

condominium in West Palm Beach, is fine, and

is busily furnishing ~t. Esther Poole Berner

and Betty Nicholas flew in one weekend and stay-

ed with Bea Haydu. They all had a great Chinese

etinner, compliments of Bea' s ever-loving mate,

Joe. She, also, spoke (via telephone) to GertieTubbs who is worldng in a Hospital by day, and

going to night school and Barbara Poole Shoe-maker, who is selling Real Estate. Both arefine.

BErTYGILLIES- True to the "Mighty Atom", Betty

writes that she hasn't been doing much this

year. Elccept - "flying fun' l.ast June & July

in the All.-WomanTranscontinental Air Race Cam-

memorative Flight from Palm Springs to Tampa

in her Baron, with Nancy Bird Walton of Austra-

lia and Gertrude Lockwood. She says Gertie

Tubbs and Jamesie joined her and spent a great

afternoon in Howard Johnson's, chit-chatting and

drinking iced tea. That was the longest "fly

yourself" ••rip she made last year, but of course,

~here were shorter ones to the 99 Convention in

San Francisco, on. to Washington State with theAviation Country Club of California and others,

but somehow, she doesn't seem to be logging as

much time as she used to. Her oldest grandaugh-

ter (18) has been staying with them since Jan.,

attending Palomar College, and will return home

to Rome, Italy, at the end of the Spring Semes-

ter - with a Private License in h,,:nd. All. of

which makes grandma and grandpa very happy and

proud. Her 9th grandchild will soon be a year

old. WOW!If all this isn't enough, she'll be

going to the 99 Convention in Canberra, Austra-

lia, in August and then it's on to visit daugh-

ter Pat and family in Italy, via Hong Kong, Ban-

gkok, Iran, Turkey and Greece. Well, Betty, weall wish you many more Catenary Asymtotes, which

in the vernacular means Happy Landingsl

ADELAR. SCHARR- "For years, I have taken inspir-

ation from an old Ideffer pear tree that I pass

daily on IllY walk to the mailbox. Whenwe moved

here in 1950, its heartwood had already rotted

beyond repair. Through the years, insects and

exposure continued to demolish the pith untilthe entire trunk is only a wounded, gnarled, un-

sightly shell. Storms have pruned the tree's

limbs ruthlessly. One wonders howthe tree sur-

vives. I couldn't bear to cut it down. For,

every spring it puts forth leav(js and blossoms.

In the fall, it offers its fruit fromthe cripp-

led branches. Howtenaciously this aged tree

continues the role for which it was intended!

I, too, amno longer young and vigorous; dis-

eases and stresses have left their marks for all

to see. Nevertheless, I keep on trying, just

like the tree. During this past disastrous win-

ter, snow drifted four feet high between my house

and the road. For five weeks in all, as a re-

cluse, I spent wondrous uninterrupted hours mul-ling over research material and fashioning it

into chapters of a plain and honest recital of

what life was like for us female military pilots

in World War II. I have faith I shall not be cut

downbefore it is completed. It's nothing fancy,

for I'm only a kieffer type, too, you know.

BARBARAERICKSONLONDON:Amstill at Long Beach

Airport selling airplanes. Things were slow

during our 4 months of downpour-but nowthatitt s spring-things are more active. Really

enjoy being a Grandma-finally got the hang of

it--and is much easier now that he walks and

tries to talk. Terry is still excited about

flying for Western and she and Bob are able to

get their schedules fairly much in line so they

have time off together. Amloold.ng forward to

the WASPreunion in Colo. in Sept. and to seeing

everyone again. Amstill trying to get a 6th

Ferry Group reunion started-but takes time tolocate everyone. Anyone coming into Long Beach

Airport-please look me up and cerne by__ for a

visit. My office is right north of the TerminalBuilding and eas.y to find.

KATHERINERAWLS; "I finally did it! After 22 yrs.

as swimpro and pool manager at the Greenbrier,

White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., I retired on Jan.

1st and returned home to Fla. Just bought a

condo in Royal Palm Beach. It really feels good

to be a lady of leisure. After getting settled

from moving in I hope to join a flying club.

I Ive missed flying since my .3 partners and I sold

our 172 .3 years ago. I'd love to hear from anyof you gals if you're in west Palm Beach area.

Mynumber is 79.3-5599.

FLORENEMILLERWATSON:Sent her news straight from

where she wrote it (her car). Quote: "Chris & I

are driving from Texas to Florida by the out-of-

the- way Tenn., N. &S. Carolina, Georgia route

- just for the fun of it. Will be gone .3 weeks

and plan to Gpendmost of the time in the Miami

area and some time in the BahamaIslands. I'm

still teaching business &secretarial subjects

at the college level and each year it seems the

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Paris, Ie 3 Octobre 1977

43-1 Secretary: G. C. BROWNIEKINDIG

17205 North 14th St.

Phoenix, Arizona 85022

En recognaisance de sa contribution a la,promotionet au developpement de l'aviation et en particulier

des femmes

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MAGDATACKEreports she has no exciting news _

only plays golf six days a week - bowls one day _

plays bridge - goes to dinner dances and par-

t~.B - lU.il.y !lUi; btl 4liXCiti.u~,I.,,,,t iiuwldl>like

plenty of action. In June, she plans to go to

NewJersey and visit her Father whowill be 95

years old. MagdaIs sister, Kay, whotook this

reporter for her ~ airplane ride at Teter-

boro, NewJersey, in a Cub, visited Magdare-cently.

DOTTIEYOUNGcalled from Oklahomaand it was in-

deed a pleasure to hear that she is well con-

tinues working, and flies nowand then. '

BROWNIE~NDIG f:in&l1.yfound an ideal permanent

part tl.lJ1ejob - 8 hours a week - which is only

five minutes from home. III work for an accident

reconstruction expert - absolutely fascinating

howhe can determine the speed of a car at the

time of impact from skid marks, the position of

the cars, etc. Also spent a day with Gerry and

we planned our trip to Colorado Springs.1I

Brownie hasn't heard from the rest of 43-1. says

perhaps they will surprise us and showup ~t the

Conference. She says, IIAfter all we were the

. .

,

gu~nea p~gs at Houston and now that we have fin-

ally been recognized as Veterans, we should havea gala celebration. II

43-2 Secretary: MARTHAWAGENSEILRllPLEY

4650 Dulin Rd. #18

Fallbrook, CA92028

According to the roster, we are 33 out of our or-

iginal group of 43 (one of us is missing - does

anyone knowthe whereabouts of Mary Darling

Graves? If so, please let me know.). Can we

get 33 together in Colorado Springs? No other

meeting will ever have a greater attendance or be

more important to us. Andwho could miss the

chance to celebrate our unbelievable change instatus? Or the chance to thank those who worked

so hard and long to make it comeabout? Or the

chance to get firsthand knowledge of what it will

mean to us? Or the joy of such long-delayed re-

cognition. Let's all BETHERE!l!

LEWISECOLEMANADIE(who at this moment of writ-

ing, May 22, is just landing in Greece with hus-

band Doug): Really no great changes in our

lives except that our two grandchildren are

giving us muchpleasure. Nowthat the miserable

cold, icy, snowyweather is over, we can plan

to seo them more often. Doug is still with

Kaiser and not in the least interested in re-

tiring. I'm still controller of a local con-

tracting firm - I'm ready to retire. but pro- bably won't until we're ready to leave here

(Erie, Pa.). Myhours are my own. Mydays,

too. I play golf when the weather is right

(not raining, not too hot, not too humid, etc.).

Also do volunteer work with one of the hospi-tals and the YWCA,so amkeeping busy. Wehad

a wonderful trip l

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