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NEWSLETTER

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VOL. XIV

GENERAL H. H. "Hap" ARNOLD

Editor - Betty Cross

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WE SALUTE YOU, AMERICA!

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DECEMBER 1977

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JACQUELINE COCHRAN

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**THEY STARTED IT!**Those two great people above struggled for many years to make us a part of the Army Air

Force. How proud and happy they must be at what has finally taken place.

***THEY FINISHED IT!***

Senator Barry Goldwater Congresswoman Lindy Boggs

Historic days never to be forgotten -- November 3rd and 4th, 1977. The House and Senate passed a veter~.

benefits bill and included the WASPs. President Jimmy Carter signed this bill into law November 23, 1977.

Col. w .

Bruce Arnold

Dr. Harold Brown,

Secretary of

Defense

Asst. Secretary

of the Air Force

(Manpower,

Reserve Affairs &

Installations)

Hon. Antonia

Handler Chayes

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. . . ." , ": ' . ~' l . c: be ': '!c : Ck' ! l l ~v:it hout Lee \ ' f ueel \ \ ' r i e; ht ,Luci l e'iI:.:3", u c;:..: .') Fe r , ~; u=ol 1,E l a i ne Har : non, Nat a l i e Fahy,Geor ge ""i '} L or r " i ne Hodger s and t he many ot herf';;.;. "),1\,::', s t eady, har d- wor k i ng gr oup at Headquar -to",!,,, ' . 1i t t - : utwh o m t h i s wo u l d n e ve r h a ve c o r n e t ol;':.SS. HO:1l f or t unat e v i e wer e t hat Pat Huehes r e -~r ' : . edour pr ogr es s w; ekl y i.l'1 t he St ar s and St r i pes ,cO' . <r t c: ; yo f ' Gh e p ub l i s h e r s . , o u r f r i e n ds A l i c e a n dK en Hu bb s . An d h o . . . .' a b ou t t h o s e d i l i g e nt Co r r a n un i -c a : L , n Ca p t a i n s a n d t h e i r ma n y a s s i s t a n t s wh o k e ptt n. : S0 l i ed , Her t s comi ng? Wi t hout t hose cont i nouscor : ~muni cat i on l i nes a l l o f you who wr ot e l et t er sC( ) : 1st Qnt l y, SOl : Cht publ i ci t y and di d t he manyi J l ~i . : . vi dua. lt 2 . sks t hat cont r i but ed gr a i n by gr a i nt o t h e f i n i s h e d l o a f wo u l d n o t h a ve k n o wn wh e nt e act .

" T h e P r e z S a ys "

THANKS l T H AN K S I THANKS! THANKS!

Th er e wer e s o man y who di d s c , muc h whi c h wewo u l d l i k e t o r e c o r d . Ge o r g e Ro d ge r s h a s v o l u n -t e e r e d t o a s s e mb l e t h i s ma t e r i a l f o r v l e v ~n g a tt he Sept . , 1978 r e un i o n a nd r e ~u es t s e ac h o f y o ul " r i t e hi m l i s t i n g wh a t y o u h a ve d o ne o n T V, r a d i o ,publ i c appear ances or what ~ver .

Th er e i s al way s a p. s . an d he r e i t i s . Th an ks

t o S e na t o r s a n d Co n gr e s s p e o pl e i s a " mu s t " ( e v e nt h os e we t h ou gh t o pp os e d u s ) . By n o~ y o u k no wh o w t o a d dr e s s t h e m. Dr . Ha r o l d B r o ~n a n d Ho n .A nt o n i a Ch a ye s wh o s e a s s i s t a n c e t i p p ed t h e s c a l e si n o u r f a v o r ma y b e a d dr e s s e d a s f o l l o ws :

Th e Pe nt ag onWashi ngt on, D. C . 2 0 3 0 1

S t i l l a n ot h e r wa y t o s h o w o u r a p pr e c i a t i o n i swh e n r e e l e c t i o n t i r r ~ c o me s . Ne x t y e a r a l l Co n -g r e s s p e o pl e wi l l b e r u nn i n g f o r r e e l e c t i o n .L i n dy Bog gs a n d Ma r g a r e t He c k l e r wh o s e p e r f o r -ma n c es we r e b r i l l i a n t a t t h e Ho u s e He a r i n gs a swe l l a s t h e o t h e r s we h a ve c o me t o k n O\ " s o we l lwi l l a p pr e c i a t e y o ur g e t t i n g o u t t h e r e a n dIIs t ompi n gll f or t hem. \'ie h av e s e e n h ow t h e p ol i -t i c a l p r o c es s wo r k s . No w it i s o u r r e s p o ns i b i -l i t y t o become mor e act i ve.

Al l mu s t b e h a pp y i n t h e k n owl e dg e o f a j o bwe l l d on e, o f ma k i n g t h i s i n f a c t T HE Y EAR OF T HE

WASPs 1

EDI TOR' S NOT] <; : Bee Haydu was a l so a wi t ness at

t he Senat e Vet er ans' Af f ai r s Commi t t ee hear i ng.

Bee Ha y du i s n o w a t t h e f o l l o wi n g a d dr e s s :Bee Haydu4 2 0 0 N. Ocean Dr i veRi v i e r a Bea c h , F l a . 3 3 4 0 4305- 842- 8225

A TASK WELL OONE

Af t er an i n t er mi na l wai t o f 33 y r s . , ma n y l o n ghour s o f gat her i ng and d i ss emi nat i ng a f f adavi t s ,p i c t u r e s , l ~t t e r s , d o c ume n t a t i o n s , e t c . , o u ref f or t s have been r ewar ded wi t h r ecogni t i on andVe t e r a n' s Be ne f i t s a t l o ng l a s t ! T hi s wa s amo n ume n t a l e f f o r t o n t h e p a r t o f a l l c o n c e r n e dwi t h t h e u l t i ma t e o u t c o me o f V i c t o r y . I t h a sb ee n a h ec t i c y e ar f o r e v er y o ne a nd , d t h ou to f f i c e r s l i k e o u r F r e z , o u r S e c t . / T r e a s . B~t t yNi c h ol a s a nd o ur Vi c e P r e s . , S ar a h h ay de n, p l u st he combi ned suppor t o f t he member s o f OaF , : [ he

u ph e l d t h e o l d a d ag e o f UNl T l ! : Dv / : c . ; STAND - Dl Vl D. : ; DW~ F A L L , A L L f OH m~~A ND ONE F u R A L L , t h i s g r e a tt a s k c o ul d n ot h av e b ee n a c c c mp l i s l i e d. Ou r P r e z ,i n h er me s s a ge t o a l l , h as t r i e d t o t h an k a t .many as poss i b l e who, t hr ough t he i r combi nede f f o r t s , h a ve wr i t t e n a n ot h e r e v e nt i n Hi s t o r y .An h i s t or i c moment , cu l r r Qnat i nG i n Passaee of t h0Bi l l b y Co ng r e s s a nd s i g ne d i n t o b ei n g b y P r e s -i dent Car t er on Wednesday, November 2 3 , 1 9 77 .A day al l Amer i can wi l l r emember RS t he HASPc a me o u t o f t h e s h a do ws a n d we r e f i n a l l y n o t e da s s e r v i n g t h ei r c o un t r y wh en n ee de d. E D.

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PUBLICITYREPORT

Chair:nan: BETTYJANEWILLIAMS

5935 I1cDonie AvenueWoodland Hills, CA. 91)64

P h . 2 1 3 - 3 4 8 - 8 6 7 1

Loud applause and some well ea~ned ~ldos for Pat

Collins Hughe~ (4.'.-6) for her sterling efforts,

writing the weekLy \'iAS?colutln in "The STARSand STFJ:F'E:)". She has proyided a needed cata.lyst in

our com:nunicatiolls .link. Pat has a neat way of

turning a j::h!'a~~e••• we're most fo:-tunate to have her

working in our behalf.

This indeed has been a productive period for WASP

publicity - ir. aJ1 media. As we do not employ a

pref;s-cl ipping se:-vice .<endall artides have not

come to l"Y at.tention, I can on.ly repOI"t of those

are:i5 in ,<bieh I i1 JT l falnil.i.ar. However, I do know

that a size&.bl~ ar,:o~t of press cliFpings have

been sent to he~0quarters and to the WASPhistor-

larl.

Then" has be€'t: fairl,Y const.ant expc'sure in the

pres:; , , :i . . -.C f" fi.~.rly spring, starting with the VIVA

ma[;'nine prct'otion campaign, which tied in with

t;~eir fe~t.u:ce artic1.~, "Those }:agnificent Women

in Their Flying tJiachines" - May issu3 -, guest

appearances on radio and TVof local WASPsacrossthe countI')' were arranged through VIVAoffices and

other !=,ubUC rela t:ions contact s within our own

"WASPorga:;ization. Some 100 prints of the short

film (2 nin.17sec) Ibmr., color/sound (which I

wrote ar,d prod '.1ced with the Air Force) were dis-

1,ri1:;uted to TV station3 througbout the llation and

used wiLh these guest appearances as well as by

news directvI's. Wewere able to get some video-

tapes of t1lt;se TVappearances. Most of you saw

the ";'OfJi,Y" 0how (NBC-TV)when Bee Haydu and other

HASh; wt<r" L,terv:lewed along with Senator BarryGoldVlltter, at the time of the Senate hearings in

lI,ay.

Other magadne featured WASPaI"ticles, i.e. the

May issue of the official Air Force monthly mag-

czine "AI!-tM.AN"; the April issue of AIRCLASSICS

related Byrd Huwell Gral1ger's reflections of op-

erati.on.q1. flj'ing in the WASPprogrctID; and the

April issue "AlRFOHGE",published by the Air Force

Asso~., eave us a feature.

I n t h e L o s A ng el es a re a there w er e l e ad articles

in the Los Angeles Times (featuring Jean McCart)

as well as WJ;.SPlegislative attempts in general

were rel?ted in various community newspapers; atleast 6-8 radio and TVappearances, with some

st.rong eciitcrifils supporting us •• one from William

}randolph Hear:>t, Jr. (Herald Examiner, Sept. 18th)

and another, the following week. The National

ObserVer ran an editorial; vITNGSOVERTHFROCKIES,

a supplemer.t to Elnpire Magazine, Denver, featured

Betty Jo Reed and the WASPstory in their issue

covering all aviation •• a handsome tribute to fly-

ing, publi shed July : 3 , 1977. The Houston Post de-

voted nearly half a page in July; Shreveport Jour-

nal (JUNe;26) gave front page caption and over

half the front page, second section; The Times

Picayne, NewOrleans (JUNE25) along with articles

in the Baton Rouge paper, The Modesto Bee (Central

Calif.) half a page plus another fourth of page

(June 15) with a follow-up of a big Editorial

story a few weeks later as well as a Letter to the

Editor by the Pres. of Stanislaus State College

urging the WASPbe given their rights. I'm certain

that practically every major metropolitan area has

given space to our continuing struggle for recog-

nition •••• most of the WASPshave sent their loc-

ally generated news directly to National and there-

fore I can't report city-for-city coverage.

WASPshave been speakers at various military or

aviation functions, providing direct communication

tc the most interested audiences. I urge! more of

this, whenever the opportunity arises. Your pub-

licity chairman was invited as the feature speaker

at the June meeting of the Order of Daedalions,

Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, Calif. In add-

ition to a handsome plaque, which now hangs on my

den wall, they extended an invitation to all WASPs

to join this prestigious organization, which dates

back to World War I; truly pioneers, they foster

national programs in support of aviation safety.

1heir invitation is f1attering recognition of our

worth to military aviation.

During the American Legion National Convention in

Denver, August 19 - 25, when we lobbied to get

their support for our pending legislationl the

WASPreceived considerable radio and TVexposure

••. thanks to Betty Jo Reed's efforts. TVinter-

views August 18, 19, and 22; with radio on the

21st, which was later repeated.

Dorothy Davis, San Francisco, has been working

hard at it and reports good coverage in the Sun-

day Examiner & Chronicle (August 28) ••• she mingled

with young people waiting in line to see "Star

Warsll•• got them to sign her petition (she was inWASPuniform) an ingenious act, Dottie ••• it paid

off. She is also doing public spealdng and inter-

views on radio and TV.

On August 28th, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa,

Calif., ran an in-depth feature of Florence Ernig

(Mrs. Marshall Wheeler) along with full coverage

of WASPhistory and current efforts.

The public is aware••• we have indeed had a respon-

sive attitude from the news media as a result of the

efforts of hundreds of energetic, willing WASPs•••

making contact at the local level and through their

social and professional organizations. Whenthe

final outcome of our Congressional hearings and the Military Affairs COJID'Ilitteereports become

mown, there will be an opportunity for good pub-

licity follow-up. WEMUSTDOITlll

HISTORIAN'SREPORT- Nov., 1977

This year has been an active year for all de-

partments of the WASPorganization. I express

my thanks to all the thoughtful Fifis who sent

clippings from their local newspapers and even

from out-of-the-way places. Many of these clip-

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BALANCE

ORDER OF FI FI N. ELL A.

Sept ember 17 , 1977

600. 00

2..595.50

8, 721. 30

$6, 125. 80

4. 575. 31

4, 146. 99

$3, 546. 99

$1, 290. 00190. 004l . 3. 85

58. 00

600. 0043. 65

i 500. 00

147.052, 792. 63

46 . 611 33 . 70

23. 01132. 70

15 . 5526 . 60

479. 40200. 00

39. 00$1, 218. 40

Mi l i t ar i z at i on:

Rent - Headquar t e r sWas hi ngt on Recept i on

f or Hear i ngs par t i -c i pant s

Br uce Ar nol d T- S hi r t Gi f t s

Regul ar :Boar d Tr ave lPr i nt i ngL i s t Mai nt enancePos t age

Te l ep ho ne\ ' l i ngs& Pi nsSt at i oner yMi scel l aneousAl l owance - r e t ur ned

c h e c k .

TREASURER 1S REPORTA s R ep or t e d t o t he B oar d

Tr a ns f e r t u nd 15 t r o m s aTi ng s

DuesDonat i 01l 8Sal esRepl acement Checl <s Tr ans f e r of f u nd s f r om

sav i ngsI n t e r e s t o n s a v i n gs a c c t .

On Hand f r om Pr ev i ous Repor t

Recei pt s:

Di s bur sement s :

Fund Account i ng :

Savi ng. $2 , 090. 79Checki ng 1 . 456 , 20

i3.5lt6'99

UC78 - Us e l e s s 7 8; B amb oo Bomb e r , Doubl eBr ea~t ed Cub.

I f y ou k no w a n y, pl e as e j o t i t do wn o n a po s tc a r d a n d ma i l t o Be e Ha y du , 4 20 0 N. Oc e a n Dr i v e,Ri v i e r a Be a c h, F l a . 3 34 04 .

, ~e ar e a t t e mp t i ng t o c or " p i l e a l i s t o f n i c k -name ~ used f or ~J W1: Iai r p l ane s. Exampl e:

* A Be UT THe ~QW CONF ERENCE *

HI SCELL ANEULJ S

H£NOl UAL COl - ' i l ' 1I TTl i l i :Chai r man - J OAN FROSTM. 54 Scr ope Rd.Ry da l , P a . 1 90 46P h. ( 2 15 ) 8 84 - 2 13 0

p i ng s we r e us e d i n t he WA SP He adq uar t e r s i n Was h-i ngt on dur i ng t he Hear i ngs.

The c ol l ec t i on of c l as s bo oks i s gr owi n g. Weh a ve e i g ht , b ut n ee d s i x mo r e f o r a c o mp l e t e s e t .

The mi s s i ng bo oks ar e : 43 - 4 ; 43 - 5 ; 44 - 2 ; 44 - 3 ;4 4- 4 a nd 44 - 8 . Al s o , t h i s y ea r t h e Hi s t o r i a n h asr e c e i v e d b i t s and p i e c e s f r om f l y i ng out f i t s wor ndur i ng ATC ass i gnment s by t he WAFS and WASP t r a i -

nees i n Sweet wat er . The f a mi l y of Gr et c he n Gor man Gr ab a s en t a l l of

he r f l i g ht r e c or d s p l us he r un i f o r m and p i c t u r e sf o r o u r h i s t o r y . S he wa s a v e r y r e ma r k a bl e e v ena f t e r h er WAS P d ay s , a n d wa s a c t i v e u p t o 1 97 7 i nc ommuni t y s e r v i c e f o r t he c i t y o f B ot t i ne au, N. D.

The r e ha s be en i nt er es t s ho wn i n ha v i ng a t e mp-or a r y e x h i b i t av a i l ab l e f o r WAS P s who ne ed t od i s p l ay t he " Hi s t o r y o f t he WA SP s " f o r l oc a l me e t -i n gs , l i b r a r i e s , mu s e ums , s c h o ol s , a i r s h o w, e t c .

The Hi s t o r i an i s i n t h e pr oc es s of as s embl i ng pi c -t u r e s , c o pi e s o f o r d er s , l o gb oo ks a nd a s h or t h i s -t o r y t o b e u s e d o n l o a n f o r ~~o ne r e qu es t i n g i tt h r ough t he Of f i c e o f t he Hi s t o r i an . Wr i t e t o :

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p.O. BOX9212F~r t Wayne, I N 46809P h. ( 2 19 ) 6 72 - 3 23 7

A i r F or c e Ac ad e my , Co l o r ad o S pr i ng s , Col o r ad o .

I n o r d er f o r u s t o u s e t h e Ai r F o r c e Ac a de myf ac i l i t i e s , t t i s mus t b e c a l l e d a " Conf e r e nc e" .Re g i s t r a t i on We d . , S ep t . 2 7 and Thur s . , S e pt .2 8, 1 97 8. Ac t i v i t i e s t h r o ug ho ut S un . , Oc t . 1 ,1 97 8. He a dq ua r t e r s , An t l e r s Ho t e l . Go bs o f d et a i l s wi l l f o l l ow i n e ar l y 1 97 8.

Af t e r r e a di n g a l l t h e ma t e r i a l s e n t t o me t h a twas c or r . p i l e db y t he p as t c ommi t t e e , I f e l t we

~ wo ul d d i s c u s s ma t t e r s a t t h e u p a n d c o mi n g 1 78I Co nf e r e nc e i n Co l o r a do S pr i n gs a s , b y t h en , we

wi l l k n ow t h e s t a t u s o f o u r Mi l i t a r i z a t i o n a ndo u r " T a x f r e e II s t at us .

MEMO TO MElff iERS

- - - - - LOST ~~D FOUND - - - - -F ROM

Be t t y J o Re ed, 4 4- 7 , l o s t h er Cl a s s Bo ok a t Ho tS pr i n gs , Ar k . r e un i o n. I f a ny on e p i c k ed i t u p b ymi s t a k e, wo u l d t h ey p l e a s e r e t u r n i t t o h er s i n c ei t d oe s me an s o mu c h t o h er .

Th e Se c r e t a r y - T r e as ur er

Your du es ar e wel c ome f o ' J :t . h e Oc t o be r ' 77 t o Oct o-b er ' 7 8 y ea r i f ;rou hav e not a l r e ady p a i d t he m,

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HOWEVER, P LEA S ~-

1.. Make checks payable to ORDEROFFIFINELLA!!Q! WaspMemorials, Inc. The name of the'

organization is still Order of Fi.finel1.a

and we ha-ns not set up an account at this

time for WaspMemorials Zlince the OOFacc-

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sure you get your mail.. Aren't you afraid

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MONEY

Tha t ' s vhat ve ai n' t got muc h of . I n s pi t e

o f t he f a c t t h at ma ny h av e d on at e d f u nd s i na ddi t i o n t o due s, v e s t i l l ne ed f unds . We ur ge

t ha t t ho se v ho di d no t pa y Oc t . , 1976 t o 1977~l O d ue s, pl e as e do s o. F or Oc t . , 1977 t o 1978,woul d you pl eas e pay $10 dues and an addi t i onal

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we mu s t a dv an ce f u nd s f o r t h i n gs f o r t h e Co n-

f e r e nc e i n Co l o r a do S pr i n gs , S ep t . , ' 7 8.

COi ' l THI BU' 1' I 0HS

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no t be t a x de duc t i bl e . Or de r o f F i f i ne l l a i s

not a cor por at i on or a t ax exempt or gani z at i on.HASPs ; . 1emor i a l s I nc. i s . Hovever , ve have beenl egal l y advi s ed t hat a t ax exempt or gani z at i on

c a nn ot u s e f u nd s f o r l o bb yi n g v hi c h i s wh at wea r e do i n g i n D. C. T he r e f o r e , i f f u nd s v er edonat ed t o WASPs Memor i al s I nc. and t hen t hesef unds ver e us ed f or l obbyi ng, \ . , r ASPsl ~emor i al s

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jeopardize this. Of course, this is why you

see WASPMemorials Inc. as a return address on

mailings.

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Pul.eeze notify Betty Nicholas of any address and telephone number changes. The Newsletter and many

of our notices are now going via Fourth Class mail

and when they are returned, we pay a premium.

MEMBERSHI P COMMI TTEE

Chai r man: Zi ggy Hunt er , 838 Havenvood, Dal l as TX 75232 Ph. ( 214) 224- 29 05 or

352- 5204

QUESTI ON: ( Fr om one of our 60- pl us commi t t ee

member s) DO WE KEEP LOOKI NG FOR LOST WASPS, NOW THAT THE BI - CENTENNI AL I S OVER?ANSWER: LET' S DO KEEP AT I T- - NOT ONLY TO FI NDM~D WELCOME BACK THE LOST ONES BUT LET' S DON' T

LOSE THE FOUND OHES.

But t hanks t o a l l of you, t he i nf or mat i onk ee ps c o mi n g. Ev en t h e r e s t l e s s o ne s a r e k ee p-

i n g u s u p o n t h ei r n ev a dd r e s s es .

Anot her year r o l l s ar ound and i t ' s dues t i me

a ga i n . Be s u r e t o p ul l t h e me me be r s h i p f o r m i nt h i s i s s u e a nd k ee p u s u pd at e d o n Y OU a nd y ou r s .A v ho l e bunc h hav e a l r e ady " d ue d" i t but i f y ou

h av en ' t , ma yb e y ou ' d l i k e t o p ul l o ut t h at f o r m

a nd ge t o n i t be f o r e i t ge t s s t a ck ed unde r s omeo f t h at o t h er b us i n es s .

An d d o p l e as e k ee p l o ok i n g f o r t h os e o l d c l a s s -

ma t e s o r t h e WAS Ps y ou f l e v v i t h o n b a s e. S en da l o ng a ny c l u es , h ov ev er r e mo t e , a nd v e' l l s t a r t

sear chi ng.

CM~ N1YBODY HELP?

Fr ank i e Br et her i ck s ays t her e i s a WASP Mayes

s omewher e i n F l or i da. I s i t Faye HcWhor t er Mayeso f 44- 1 o r Do r i s A. Ma ys o f 43- 8 a nd do es a ny -body k nov t he vher eabout s of e i t her ?

Rumor has i t El eanor Boysen l ~or gan has movedf r o m he r 2 6t h S t . a dd r e s s i n F or t L au de r d al e , F L .

Wh o c a n c o nf i r m a nd s e nd a l o ng h er c ha ng e o f a dd r e s ~? ' T ent i o n 4 3- 1 ' s . Al s o f r o m t h e F l o r i d agr apev~ne, a- l a- Br et her i ck: WAF Shoemaker has

moved t o 2238 l ~i chel l e Dr . , Sar as ot a, FL.

~AS P L o i s Br i s t o l o f 4 4- 3 h as c ha ng ed h er n amet o Mr s . He r be r t Y ou ng a nd l i v es a t 1 22 6 L o s

Robl es , P omona, CA 91768, P h. 714- 622- 1636. Shehas made i nqui r i es about Bet t y Chamber s . Cananybody suppl y any i nf or mat i on?

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Ka t h er i n e L . ( Bo yd ) Mi l e s , 4 4- 5 , c a l l e d f r o mOr e go n t o g i v e u s he r n ew a dd r e s s a s 4 0 A nge l

Lane, E ugene OR 97402. P ho ne number r emai ns t hes ame.

FOUND~ WAF Dor ot hy Ful t on. Mar r i ed name i sS l i n n a nd s h e l i v es a t 13 550 N. E . 1 0t h Av en ue ,N. Mi a mi , F L 3 36 61. An ybo dy h av e he r p ho nenumber and husband' s i ni t i al s handy?

And a f t e r a l ong s ea r c h f o r he r , we get al et t er o ut o f t he b l ue f r o m E l l en A. Bunc h ( Ho war d)Gr a f f . Sh e l i v es a t 1 01 8 S . Ha l l a da y S, Sa nt a An a,CA 92701. Her 44- 10 buddi es wi l l be del i ght ed.

An d h ow a bo ut t h i s ? Be f o r e we e ve n g et t h ep age f i ni s he d, we ha ve a l o ca t e o n Do r i s Al i c eMa ys , 4 3- 8 t r a i ne e. S he i s Mr s . Ra l p h E. Da vi s ,1 726 Que s t a r L an e, S ar a s ot a , F L .

ANOTHER LOST ONE BUT WI TH CLUES- - Rose G. Cr ow-l ey. Mar i o n T i bbet t s s ays t h i s 43- 8 t r a i nee

mar r i ed a Wi l l i am Abbot t and l i ved at 98 Cr of t on

Rd. , Wo ban, Mas s ac hus et t s . E f f o r t s t o r eac h hert her e have f a i l ed. Cal l i ng a l l New E ngl ander sf o r he l p o n t h i s o ne .

ATTENTI ON, TUCSON AREA WASPS: Dal l as' l oss

i s y our g ai n . Ha z el S ue Ri c ht e r , 4 4- 3 , h as mo ve d

o ut wi t h h er da ugh t e r , Mr s . C. W. P ye at t . S uehas been put t i ng up a val i ant and we now ~el i eves uc c es s f ul f i ght a gai ns t t hr o at c anc er . I t was

di agnos ed s hor t l y af t er her r et ur n f r o m t he Ho tSpr i ngs r euni on. Her l at est phone communi cat i onr e ve al e d t h ey a r e i n t h e pr o ce s s o f mo vi ng a ndwi l l b e s e t t l e d i n a t 75 0 L a s L omi t a s , T uc s on,AZ 8 57 04. P ho ne wi l l b e l i s t e d un de r C. W.

P ye at t . S ue s o un de d g r e at a nd wi l l be wa nt i n gt o hear f r om some of t he A~i zona WASPs.

L et ' s k ee p t ha t i nf o c ur r e nt a nd f l o wi ng i nnow. Remember , we' ve got anot her r euni on comi ngup and we don' t want t hat mai l i ng t o go as t r ay.

The member s hi p f o r m as ks yo u t o i ns er t a ca r bon .

Yo u hav e no i dea how muc h i t wi l l hel p yo ursecr et ar y and member shi p chai r man i f we can eachge t a c opy and ge t t he ac t i o n s t ar t ed. But don' t

hol d up t he s ho w f or l a ck o f a pi ec e o f c ar bo n . • .we wo n' t a r g ue o ve r a s i ng l e c op y. An d t h ank s

f o r a l l t he hel p o n keepi ng t he member s hi p a l i ve.

REBELS? AREN' T WE ALL?

The Dal l as / F or t Wor t h Wi ng of t he Con: ede r at e

Ai r Fo r c e has t aken t he WASP member s i n t he ar eaunde r t hei r wi ng, s o t o s pe ak . T hey hav e o pe ned

al l t hei r meet i ngs t o WASP and have i nvi t ed t hem

t o be t h ei r g ue s t s a t t he CAF a nn ua l Ai r Sh ow,s t aged ever y Oc t o ber . Mar i e Muc c i e Genar o , 43- 2,Fr anki e McI ner ney War ms, 43- 3, and Zi ggy Hunt er ,

F l i ght I ns t r uc t o r , went f r o m Dal l as t o Har l i n-g en f o r t h e ma i n s ho w Oc t o be r 6 - 10 , a nd f o un d o utwh at i t wa s l i k e t o h av e t he c on cr e t e c ar p etr o l l ed o ut f o r t hem.

Ed . n ot e : T he wh er e abo ut s o f E dy t h e M. r u sk

( Car l t o n) whos e l as t known addr es s was 6650 Fr ank-

l i n Av e. , Ho l l y wo od , Ca . 99 028 i s n ee de d. S he h asbec o me a " 1o s t ll WAS P. I f l o ca t e d, p l e as e ha ve h ercont act Bee Haydu.

Bee & Mr s . Br u ce Ar no l d - " p i n ni n g o f a F i r i "

WOMEN PI LOTSWI LL I AMS AI R FORCE BASE

The Sept . 2nd gr ad uat i on c l as s f r o m Wi l l i amsAi r Fo r c e Bas e had 10 wo men pi l o t s abo ut whomt her e was muc h publ i c i t y . Co l . Br uc e Ar nol d

at t empt ed t o o bt a i n an i nvi t at i o n f o r o ne o r

mo r e o f us t o at t end t he gr aduat i o n s er v i c e.Ho we ve r , e xc e pt f o r t h e i n vi t a t i o n t h at h ad be en

gi ven J o an Ol ms t ed, Lt . Co l . USAF, no WASP wasi nvi t ed. Bee Haydu s ent a mai l - o - gr am t o Co l .

J ohn O. Hanf o r d, Bas e Commander , c ongr at u l at i ngt h e y oun g l a di e s f r o m a l l t h e WASP s a nd a c on -

gr at u l at o r y l et t er wi t h a F i f i nel l a dec al t o eac h

wo man gr aduat e. T he t wo r epl i es s he r ec ei vedar e wor t hy of quot i ng:

" T ha nk y ou f o r t h e p at c h, I a m v er y h ono r e d.Out o f a l l t he gr eet i ngs and c o ngr at u l at i o nsgi v en t o me , y our l e t t e r h as me an t t he mo s t . I

admi r e a l l o f you t hat par t i c i pat ed i n t he WASPpr o gr am. We ar en' t t he f i r s t as s o many want

t o c l a i m f o r u s. Y ou a r e , a nd u nf o r t i l l l a t e l y

s o many don' t ae~nowl edge t hat t o day. E nc l o s edi s an ar t i c l e t hat t he Wi l l i ams AFB paper wr o t e

abo ut t he WASP pr o gr am. T he P ho eni x paper hala comment ar y on t he WASP f l yi ng dur i ng WWI I somo r e i s bei ng hea r d, but I f e el y ou a l l des er v emu ch mo r e . I a m g oi n g t o b e s t a t i o ne d i n

Col umbus, Mi ss. 37 FTS i nst r uct i ng i n t ; ~" T- 37.I f po s s i b l e I wo ul d l i k e t o be a bl e t o me ets o me o f t he wo men pi l o t s i f any ar e i n t hat

g ene r a l l o ca t i o n. T ha nk y ou a ga i n f o r t he l e t t e r .S i nc e r e l y , Ma r y L i v i n gs t o n" ( s he i s a 1 s t L t . )

" T ha nk y ou f o r y our l e t t e r o f c on gr a t ul a -

t i o ns . T hank yo u a l s o f o r t he F i f i nel l a embl em.We wer e t r y i ng t o t r ac k o ne down ear l i er t o

- " s e o n o ur hel met s . We had a ver y enj o yabl e

conver sat i on wi t h Lt . Col . Ol mst ed yest er day.She t o l d us o f s ome o f he r dut i es as a pi l o t .I do t r u l y appr ec i at e your t hought f u l nes s but

a s we b ot h k no w, t h er e i s s t i l l a l o ng r o adahead. Res pec t f u l l y yo ur s , Mar y E . Do nahue"( s he i s a Capt . )

I f a ny o f t he 10 y ou ng l a di e s a r e s t a t i o ne dnear WASPs , i t wo ul d be n i ~e t o i nvi t e t hem

t o y our ho me. I s us pe ct t hey a l l wo ul d l i k et o know mo r e abo ut us .

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Dot t i e Davi s, 44- 10, gat her ed S. F. ar ea WASPs

t o get her f o r a Vi c t o r y get - t o get her No v. 19, ' 7 7 .P r e ma t u r e ? No , s he h ad f a i t h ( a s we a l l h ad ) t h at

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our WASP b i l l wou l d be s i gned s hor t l y by P r es i dentCa r t e r . E xp ec t i n g d el i v e r y o f 1 00 I b s . o f i c e f o rch i l l i ng t he wi ne ( s uppos ed t o be de l i ver ed 2~ hr s .bef or e t he par t y guest s wer e t o ar r i ve) she becameappr ehens i ve \ ~l en an hour bef or e t he appo~t ed t i met he i ce hadn ' t a r r i ved. T hus began a f r ant ~c s ear ch( l i q uo r s t o r e t o l i q uo r s t o r e ) t o g et wh ~t i c e s h ecou l d buy and a r r i ved back a t her home Wl t h ab as i c s u pp l y o f 2 5 I b s . Vd nu t e s l a t e r t h e o r i g i n al

o r d er o f 1 00 I b s . o f i c e wa s d el i v er e d. A b i ts h oo k , n at u r a l l y , s h e c a r r i e d o n a s h os t e s s .

Th i r t y - t h r ee WhS Ps t ur n ed up - - - al l bu t t wo of t hem ( bes i d. es her sel f ) f r om out s i de S. F. Qui t e at u r n - out s ee i ng t ha t t he U. C. - S t an f o r d Gamewas be i ng p l ay~d t hat day. Count i ng f r i ends &nei ghbor " and " 1" I ASPs,about 70 peop l e en j oyed t hecel ebr at i on. Cappy Whi t t ake J ohnson ( 43- 6)br o~ght mount ed WASP phot os t hat she had got t enf r o m He ad qu ar t e r s a nd s e t t h em u p f o r a l l t o s e e .Dot t i e had got t en s ever a l r ecor ds o f I I Hi t Songso f 191 . , 3and 1944" f o r back gr ound mus i c , s o t ?er ewas r r ~ch nost ~gi a. Dot t i e wi shes t o apol og~ze t ot he t hought f ul HASP wl : ~)br ought f r e shl y- baked f or -t u ne c o ok i e s t o t h e p ar t y . S ay s t h ey wo ul d h av e

been s uch f un bui f s omehow, s he never s er ved t hem _ _ an d ev en wor s e- - f or g ot who i t was t ha t br o ug htt heml Dot t i e t ook s ome o f t he cook i es t o a Nur ~-i n' - ' -home wher e t hey del i eht ed some ver y o l d l adi es . Th ~ r es t , s he an d he r f a mi l y ar e en j oy i ng s o, t he ydi ~~l t go t o wast e.Ed. not e: Sor r y I ooul l l l n" t come Dot t i e , soundedl ~ke f ur . , but t hanks f or t he i nvi t e an) ~ay.

" A J 3U U T C O S T R E P O R T II

A f i g ur e o f $ 25 00 - $ 30 00 h as b ee n me nt i o ne d a st h e c o s t o f o ur f i g ht i n D. C. T hi s i s e r r o ne ou s .I t wa s mu c h h i g he r . At t h e r e un i o n i n ' 7 8, Be t t y

Ni cho l as wi l l p r es ent accur a t e f i gur es as t o over -a l l c o s t s .

' " ' " " NOTI GE TO NEW- BORN \ ' i ASPVh" TBRANS " ' "1"

h E ' r ne: 1t i or . edi n t he post car d mai l i ng t o gr aduat e~ASFs , our next s t ep i s t o wa i t . T he Depar t mento f Def ens e n~s t p r epar e t he i r p r ocedur es and as -cer t ' l i n what document at i on t hey wi l l need f r omu s . No ne 0 f u s h as a ny a ns we r s a s t o p r e c i s e l y'. . . .h' i t shc ' . . l l , ub e d on e n ow b ut wh en we d o, y o u wi l lb e n ot i f i e d. P l e as e d o n ot c o nt a c t t h e De pa r t -ment o f Def ens e , Senat o r s , Congr es s peopl e o r anyGuver r unent Agency f or i nf or mat i on j ust now. Bea s s u r e d, a s s o o n a s we k no w wh at i s t o b e d on e,

y ou wi l l b e c o nt a c t e d. Be p at i e nt j u s t a b i tl onged

' NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN I

~t r s . Kat her i ne Dussaq, WASP St af f Execut i ve f ort he Ar my A i r For ces Tr a i n i ng Command, was k i l l ed. , , ! l enher AT - 6 c r as hed a t New Car l i s l e , Oh i o , t hen i g ht o f No ve mb er 2 6, 1 94 4. T he c a us e a nd d e-a i l s o f t h e a c c i d en t a r e n ot k no wn f u r t h er t h ant h at s h e t o ok o f f o n a n i n s t r u me nt c l e ar a nc e a t

17: 17 f r om Washi ngt on enr out e t o Ci nci nnat i .Mr s . Dussaq was on an admi n i s t r at i ve cr oss- count r ysur veyi ng r eempl oyment poss i bi l i t i es f or WomenAi r f o r ce Ser v i ce P i l o t s a f t e r i nac t i va t i on . Shehad been i n Was h i ngt on t o d i s cus s CAA po l i cy oncer t i f i cat i on of WASP.

I t has been t h r ough her ener gy and f o r es i ghtt hat t h i s sur vey of r eempl oyment poss i bi l i t i eswas deve l oped . Her p l anni ng and wor k made pos s -i b l e t he WASP Newsl et t er and pr ovi ded t he bas i sf or our post - i nact i vat i on or gani zat i on.

Th e f u t ur e of t he WASP an d t he i r un i t y af t er i n-ac t i va t i on wi l l owe much t o t he f o r es i ght o f i n -d i v i dua l s l i k e Kat her i ne Dus s aq . We wi l l doever yt h i ng poss i b l e t o car r y t hr ough t he pr ogr amwhi ch she has st ar t ed.

Ed. not e: Above f r om ar t i c l e i n WASP NEVI SLETTER,Ma x we l l F i e l d , Al a . , De c . 1 s t , 1 94 4 i s s u e a nd s u b-mi t t ed t o me by Cl ar a J o ( Mar sh) St ember 44- 3.

THE CHAMPI ON F I F I NEL L A. J ac k i e hu gh es who f l ewher own p l ane t o L ock Haven f r om Fr es no , Ca l i f .

p l aced f i r s t i n t he a i r meet and r ece i ved amongot her pr i zes a t r ophy f r om t he Congr ess of Amer -i can Women, whose Pr es . , Dr . Gene Wel t f i sh, i ss hown mak i ng t he p r es ent a t i on . At l e f t i s W. T .P i per , behi nd Dr . Wel t f i sh i s Cl ar a J o Mar sh,P r es . o f t he Or der o f F i f i ne l l a .

Smi t hso ni an I nst i t ut i onNat i onal Ai r and Space Mus eum

Th e ne w bu i l di ng of t he Smi t hs on i an ha s gi venu s s p ac e i n t h e ~~I s e c t i o n, p i c t u r e d a bo v e.

Th e s pa c e f o r t he pe r i od of t i me t he y ha d t ocover was l i mi t ed and t hey r egr e t t hey cou l d notg i v e u s mo r e c o v er a ge . I n t h e o l d Ai r a nd S pa c eMus eum we wer e not r epr es ent ed a t a l l . Anyonev i s i t i ng t he mus eum wi l l agr ee i t i s wor t h t he

t r i p t o D. C.

WASP HI STORY

Mar t y Wya l l , our h i s t o r i an , i s i n t he p r oces so f compi l i ng a p i c t o r i a l h i s t o r y o f WASP t o beus ed f o r t empor a r y exhi b i t s a t Ai r Shows , L i b r a -r i e s , Mu s e ums , S c ho ol s , e t c . T hi s wi l l b e a v ai l -abl e on r equest .

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"Our Newsletter Editor, Betty Cross, Submitted The Com-

pleted Product For Printing Prior To Going Into The HospitalFor Serious Surgery On Her Hand.

She Is Recuperating At Home and We Not Only Send Her

Our Wishes For A Speedy Recovery, But Also Hope WithHer For The Best Outcome."

Af t er t he mor ni ng House Hear i ngs, Sept . 20, 1977 ont he st eps o f t he Capi t o l , handi ng over t he mor e t han

22, 000 si gnat ur es on pet i t i ons f r om al l over dI ecount r y . L . t o R. J i l l NcCor mi ck, Congr essman J amesQui l l en, CongreSS\'lorlum Har gar et Heckl er , Fr an Acker ,Congr eSS\ ' l OmanLi ndy Boggs, Dor ot hy Davi s, Bee Haydu,Col . Br uce Ar nol d.

ABOUT D. C.

Hhat woul d we do wi t hout PATRI CI A HUGHES andher - " eekl y co l umn i n St ar s and St r i pes? Shek e ep s u s a br e as t o f t h e l a t e s t d oi n gs i n D. C.

Th er e ar e man y ot he r uns ung he r oe s who wor k f o rus cont i nuousl y i n D. C. and we want t o ment i ona f e w. Of co ur s e , COL . BRUCE ARNOL D a nd h i swi f e BARBARA who spend count l ess hour s on ourbehal f meet i ng and over - comi ng many of ourhur dl es; LUCI LE WI SE and LEE WHEELWRI GHT who

wi l l be spendi ng t he next weeks v i s i t i ng t heuncommi t t ed i n t he House and who have spentf ul l t i me at Headquar t er s; DEANE FERGUSON andNATALI E FAI l Ywho hel p so r egul ar l y at Head-quar t er s; ELAI NE HA~~ON who handl es t he t r easur yf or t he Congr ess i onal Hear i ngs f und as wel l ascount l ess ot her t asks; SUSAN BRADLEY ( Co l .Ar no l d ' s secr et ar y) who does so many t h i ngs f orus t hat i t woul d be i mpossi b l e t o l i s t t hem a l l ;C;;;;onGE RODGERS our PubH c Rel at i ons advi sor andt he ! : ' I anyot her s t oo numer ous t o ment i on. Andt nen t her e wer e t hose of you who wer e abl e t oat t end t he hear i ngs (4 f r om Cal i f or ni a, FRANACKER, DOROTHY DAVI S, HELEN SCHAEFER, VI OL1~' , ni : : RZEI CKI ) ,about 75 who l e f t st andi ng r oomonl y i n t he hear i ng r oom. A GOOD DI SPLAY~ Thepr esence of ~ASPs - - expeci a l l y i n uni f or m - -i mpr ess Congr ess and t he news medi a wi t h t hef a ct t h at we d i d e x i s t .

Th os e who s po ke s o wel l f o r us be f o r e t heHouse Vet er ans' Af f ai r s Sub Commi t t ee HON. LI NDYBOGGS, HON. J M~S QUI LL EN, SEN. BARRY GOLD-WATER, COL. BRUCE ARNOLD, LT. GENERAL AND MRS.NI LL I N~ TUNNER, DR. DORA STROTHER, DORI S TANNER,;45. A. . " l TONI AHANDLER CHAYES, MAJ OR GENERAL HARRYA. i <10RRI Sar e t o be commended on t he qual i t y of t he i r t est i mony and convi nci ng del i ver y . Howf or t unat e we ar e t o have such t al ent ed and wi l l -i ng peopl e.

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DEDI E AND CHARLYNE AT SHEPPARD AI R FORCE BASE' S

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FOR HER Dl ! : DI CATEDAND HONORABLE SJ i l i VI CEAS AHEl1BIili OF TH~ WOMl £N AI RFOHCE SJ i l i VI CEPI LOTS ( WASP)DURI NG WORLD WAR I I FROH 1942- 1945. THI S GROUPOF WOMEN ARE COMMENDED FOR THEI R FAI THFUL ANDCONSTRUCTI VE SERVI CE AS PI LOTS I N HELPI NG THEMI LI TARY FORCES OF THE UNI TED STATES GAI N TOTALVI CTORY, - - - - AND FOR HER TOTAL DEDI CATI ON.

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Th i s c i t at i on ( bea ut i f u l l y f r a med ) was pr e s en -t ed as a cl i max of t he Feder al Women' s Week Ban-quet hel d at Sheppar ed Ai r For ce Base Of f i cer s 'Cl u b o n A ug us t 2 4, 1 97 7. Du r i n g t h i s we ek , t h ebase i ncl uded t he WASP i n i t s var i ous act i v i t i es:WASP sl i des shown at Squadr on Commander ' s Cal l s,e x hi b i t s , d i s p l a y s , e t c .

On Sat ur day, August 27, we wer e i nv i t ed t o par -t i ci pat e i n Sheppar d' s " Women i n t he Ser vi ce"s t a t i c d i s p l a y a t S i k e s S en t e r Na l l . Ch ar l y neCr eger sent t wo dozen enl ar ged phot os, t he beau-t i f u l f e l t F i f i ne l l a banner ( t he t h i r d one Rut hF l or ey had made) t hat was used at t he Amer i canLegi on Nat i onal Convent i on, and f l ew i n her se l f f r om Shr evepor t t o hel p me " man t he boot he"l Weal so had t he s l i des f r om t he Ai r For ce Museum

showi ng cont i nuousl y - - as wel l as t wo cases of WASP memor abi l i a. Al l t hi s was i nt er sper sed wi t hcur r ent phot os and d i sp l ays about ser v i ce women.We shar ed t he boot he wi t h young Ai r For ce o f f i cer sand ai r men ( women) , who wer e so i nt er est ~d i n t heWASP and had so l i t t l e knowl edge about us t hat i twas unbel i evabl e l We abl e t o get many s i gnat ur eson our pet i t i on t hat day and mor e t han a dozenai r men ( mal e & f emal e) t ook pet i t i ons t o get s i gn-e d f o r u s .

Th e Comman d at Shep pa r d ha s al way s r ec og ni z edt h e WAS P o n e v er y s p e c i a l o cca s i o n. I n i t s 3 5t hAnni ver sar y Commemor at i ve magazi ne, a f ul l hal f -page i n t he " Women i n t he Ser v i ce" sect i on was

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d ev o t e d t o t h e WASP, a nd I wa s i n vi t e d t o a t t e ndt h e a nn i v e r sa r y b an qu et a s a n o f f i c i a l r e pr e se n-t at i ve of t Le 1t I ASP.

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No Hor ds cc, ' J l dposs i bl y expr ess my deep gr at i t udef or your t hc\ . i eht f u l nesswhen I was " f l oor ed" ! Yourp' 8yer s J your wonder f u l l et t er s , car ds, t e l egr ams8r.d Leod wi she s ( over 300 f r om " MY v I ASPI ES" ) has-t enecl my r ecover y i mmeasur abl y, I ' m sur e. Myn ur se s t o c k g r e a t d el i g ht i n b r i n gi n g i n my s t a c k so f ! ~: a i l J c o un t i n g i t a nd t a pi n g c a r d s a l l o v er t h ed ee r s ~n d wa l l s . T hi s n ~d e my h osp i t a l s t a y 1 1. 1 -: : , osta eal a occas i on whi ch ot her l f l se vl oul d haveb ee n v e r y d r e a r y . ( I wa s a l l o we d v e r y f e w v i s i -tors).

I r . s 7 i t e of devel opi ng a number of unr e l at ed" ai L' 1~ent s"f ol 101v: : . ngt hl ; )hear " i nci dent " , I 1m i ng c od sh a pe novr. I wa s e ve n a bl e t o g o t o v l a s h-i nG~on f or t he Hcuse commi t t ee hear i ng - and I' - l asver ; ! pr oud of al l t he HASPs who wer e t her e- -

a.s al'~'lays!I ' . , : i sh: : .coul d wr i t e t o yo' . !al l J b ut i t i s s t i l l

' 1 : o t pos : 3: : . b1. ef o r me t o wr i t e o r t y p e v e r y mu c h, soI 110; ' ; 0 62Cb o f y ou wi l l a c c ep t t h i s a s a v er y p er -s ~) r : al":'!l<ink y o u" f o r y ou r c onc er n. ( I s t i l l g eta 1' - l ! : . ; Ji:-. my t hr oat . . . . .h en I l o ok a t t h e b o x h ol d -i!::.: yeur r .j e s~8,ges1 )

Her ber t F i sher pr esent i ng p l aque t oBee Haydu at t he St . Mor i t z Hot e l ,NY C Ma y 7 , 1 97 7

At t h e 1 6t h A~1 ua l Re un i o n o f t h e P4 7 T hu nd er -b ol t P i l o t s As s o c . , o ur P r e z , Be e Ha yd u, wa s p r e -sent ed a p l aque wi t h l ar ge Ai r For ce t ype wi ngsf or her ef f or t s on behal f o f t he WASP at t emptt o bec ome mi l i t ar i zed.

Her ber t O. F i sher , Chai r man of t he Reuni on andvet er an c i v i l i an engi neer i ng t est p i l o t , made t hep r e se nt a t i o n o n b eh al f o f h i s a sso c i a t i o n. He r b ,a s a Na t i o na l Di r e c t o r o f t h e Ai r F o r c e Asso c . ,'([as i n f l uent i a l i n suppor t i ng and secondi ng t heAFA' s s i gni f i cant r eso l ut i on suppor t i l ~ Senat orBar r y Gol dwat er ' s 3- 247 b i l l i n r ecogni z i ng t heWASPs f or t hei r out st andi ng WVI I I ser v i ce i n t heAr ; : ; edFor ces of t he USA.

F i sh e r h as b ee n i n a v i a t i o n c o nt i n uo us l y f o r5 0 y e a r s a nd h as b ee n a c o mma nd p i l o t f o r 4 8y ea r s . He i s t h e f i r s t l i v i n g c i v i l i a n t o e ve rbe awar ded t he covet ed USAF " Ai r Medal " by Pr es-

~dent Fr ankl i n Del ano Roosevel t and i s a membero f t h e OX- 5 Av i a t i o n P i o ne e r s Ha l l o f F a me . Hei s p ast p r e s i d en t o f P - 4 7, P - 4 0 a nd CE l - Hu mpPi l ot s Assoc i at i ons.

Th er e wer e ov er 35 0 at t h i s r eun i on an d t hos eWASPs who at t ended wer e: Est her Ber ner , KayBr i c k , K at h er i n e F i n e, T e r e sa J a me s, Be t t y L eFevr e, L i z Lundy, J i l l McCor mi ck, Mar y O' Br i en,Mar t ha Rupl ey, Adel Schar r , J ane St r aughan and

Rut h Tr ees. Th e ne xt r eun i on wi l l be he l d May 12 , 13 , an d14, 1 97 8 i n C hi c a go a t t h e P l a yb oy Cl u b. An yWASP who f l ew a P47 pr i or t o 1956 i s e l i g i b l ef or member shi p i n t hi s or gani zat i on. I nf or ma-t i on can be obt a i ned by wr i t i ng Her b F i sher ,628 Mount a i n Road, Smoke Ri se, K i nnel on, N.J.

07405. Th i s i s a gr e at an d f u n gr o up of f i ght e r pi l ot s

and ever y member and spouse t o whom we pr esent edour pet i t i on s i gned p l edgi ng t o hel p .

(1.. t o r . ) Lee , J heel wr i ght , Dor aSt r ot her , Bee Haydu, Byr d Gr anger ,t J ar gar et Boyl an, Vor i s Tanner , Co l .Hr uce Ar nol d.

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~J o r r . eoJ!.' t he ' wASP who wer e gues t s o f t he Con-;E'nc:'Rtc \1.1' Forc'", a t i t s Ai r s h o 7 7 i n Ha r l i n -

~: C! , .~' r ' , : ~~.Oct ober 6- 9, f eel t hey may have some

e x t r a q ua l i f i c a t i o ns t o a c c ep t t h e r e c en t i n vi t a -t i O: ' lt o Lecome member s of t he Combat Pi l ot s

i-',:,' t h e . " i r s t t i me i n i t s l 3 - y e ar h i s t o r y t h e: : : "n: ' e del ' at . e. ' I ir F o r c e f e at u r e d wo me n p i l o t s i n

it" "I,h'st]-:- ' 17, " WASPs Suzanne ( DeL ano) P ar i s hc f 1.4-b, F ! ' unk i e ( McI ner ney) Har ms of 43- 8 Mar i e; . .; u c c : e ) ' ; e n~r o o f 4 3- 2 , Ch ar l y ne Cr e ge r o f 4 4-

1 0, a nd ' - " A SPF l i g ht I n s t r u c t o r Zi g gy Hu nt e r p i l o t -e d o r s h ar e d c r e w s pa c e d ur i n g s o me o f t h e mo s tvi vi d r e- en! J . ct : : l ent sof Wor l d War I I ai r bat t l es.

; u"i a' l y: : . ' sd: r. j us t obs er v i ng t h i s s pect acul ar ,wi t h Ger : ~nr ; bO: : l bel ' Sand f i ght er s dr oni ng over head

and d, opp. i . r , t ~t hei r bombs ( TNT si mul at i ons wi t h

: ' i er y musn: ' oo~i nr ; smoke addi ng r emar kabl e r eal i smt . o t he exp' : ' " . s i nns. - - wi t h J apanes e Zer os , decor at ed

' . - l i t ht l 1 e: r r e d me at b al l i n s i g ni a , i n t h e P ea r lHar bor ' ~f ) : - u- T( ) r as e qu en c e, s wo op i n g l o w t o e x pl o def i er y bCJ Mbs 01" t.lle d e" k i n f r o nt o f t h e v i e we r s -' . - l i t . ha G-l'( s ' , dnp; i ng i n l ow over t he r unway, one

c: ' l ! . : ine 3r~oid n r . a nd o ne g ea r d i s a bl e d, b ut t o uc h -i n ; : ; de: ' . mon t he ot her bef or e pul l i ng up, pur s uedby Zcr os- - ' " i t h p- l , O' s and FM- 2 Wi l dcat pur sui ng

t ! " . eZer ' cs and engagi nr ; t hem i n dogf i ght s- - wi t h

oj d \ ' i Wl I ' . - l ar pl anescomi ng acr oss t he f i el d head-on and cr o : ; s t r ' a f f i c ( whew: s omebody pas s t hef l y swat t er ) - - ' . - l it h c on cu s si o ns s h ak i n g t h e s t a nd s

f r om t he bomb bur s t s - - wi t h machi ne gun and ant i -! ] . i: - e : ' a : ' tf i r e beat i ng a s t accat o on t he ear dr ums -

we ~~, c v pn t h e o bs e r v er f e el s a v i v i d t a s t e o f

~pr'i 81 c" ! T : bat as goos e p i mpl es [ ' u f f l e t he s k i n~ri a l u r . p s t i c k s i n t h e t h r o at .

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~i c n r i 0 us e x pe r i e nc e wh en t h ey we r e i n vi t e d t o b ep R~t i c l p an t s , Ac t u al l y , a Ni n et y - Ni n e, S hi r l e y

: : e s t of { , n g1e t o n, T ex a s , t a k es t h e h on or s a s t h e

f i l ' St .' . - l e r nant o pi l ot a pl ane i n t he s how. Shes l i p- st . : ' eRI ' . edan A'I'-G t h r o ue h t h e i n i t i a l f l y -( , , ' ercn '.;.;'[1 wa r p l a ne : , a t t h e b eg i n ni n g o f t h e;;.;":l~-.:~IJ.~X~r~nvagnnza.

3 ~e P ar i s h ~i t h h er p i n k p - 4 0 ( p ai n t e d i n t h e

C"lCI'S c i t h e L i b ya n De s e r t \ - l i n gwi t h s h ar k t e et ha nd a l l ) l e d t h e f o r ma t i o n o f F l y i n g T i g er s p r i o rt o t : ' l cL ' : l t t acK cn t he ' I ' or a f i ght er s . F o l l owi ng

t h i s seD, l ' , ' ; ' , ce,s h e wa s b r o ug ht u p t h e t a xi wa y i n

; r or , t ( ) : - t : l e st ands and i nt r oduced wi t h a br i ef h i s t o r y o f t . ~e W!~P a nd h er s e r v i c e h i s t o r y a ss he s t o : J d u p i n t h e p l a ne a nd r e c ei v ed t h e

a pp l a us e a nd wa v es o f t h e 7 0, 0 00 s p ec t a t o r s .Cr e c er , Ha r ms , I ; e na r o a nd Hu nt e r h ad b ee n a s k edt o r e r r . a i ni n t h e VI P v i e wi n p; s t a nd a nd t h ey , i n

t u r n , we r e i n t r o du c ed a nd t h e a nn ou nc e r t h en

d ed i c a t e d t h e S at u r d ay s h ow t o t h e WAS P. S ome -

b od y whi s p er e d h ow n i c e i t wa s t o ha ve a who l e' ' ' or l d' : I ar deui cat ed t o t he WASP. Wi t h t h i s publ i c

announce ~l ent t'.-lO mor e WASP s s howed up at t he

r evi e' . - l i ngst n. nd: : ! : axi ne ( Edmondson) Fl ou' noyof "3-8 and , . i ur i el ( Ki est er ) ~. 1ar t i n of 411- 5.

Genar o , War ms and Hunt er wer e i nv i t ed t o r i det h e B- 1 7 i n F r i d ay a f t e r n oo n' s b at t l e s . Ge na r ot o ok mo vi e s f r o m t h e p l e xi g l a s s n os e o f t hei ncr edi b l y c l os e f or mat i ons and t he l oomi ngb ul k o f t h e B- 2 9 l e ad i ng t h e f o r ma t i o n ~us t af e w f e et a wa y . Al l we r e t r e at e d (?) t o t heef f e ct o f e xt r a G' s a s t he i r B- 17, s el e ct ed a st he mi s s i ng man f r om t he f or mat i on of t he s ame

n ame , p ul l e d s h ar p l y u p a nd a wa y , t r a i l i n g t h es mok e of a wounded a i r cxaf t .

WASPS GO I NTERNATI ONAL : Char l yne Cr eger j o i n -e d t h e a bo v e t r i o n ex t mo r n i n g a t t h e i n vi t a t i o n

o f t h e Ca na di a n B- 2 5 p i l o t s f o r a d awn p at r o lf l i g ht . T hi s g r o up c ame a s r e pr e s en t a t i v es o f t he Canadi an War p l ane Her i t age, bas ed at Mount

Hope Ai r por t , Hami l t on, Ont ar i o , Canada. Char l ynea nd F r a nk i e r o de i n t h e t a i l wh er e a c r e w me mb ero bl i g i n gl y r e mo v ed t h e h at c h s o t h ey c o ul d g et

a n u no bs t r u c t e d v i e w f o r p ho t o gr a ph i n g P ad r eI s l a nd ( a nd t h ey p r a c t i c a l l y g ot a f i s h - e ye v i e wo n a c ou pl e o f s we ep s o f t he s ho r e l i n e) . Ma r i e ,wh o d el i v er e d B- 2 5' s d ur i n g WAS P s e r v i c e , a nd

Zi g gy we r e s e at e d i n t h e f r o nt . T he b i g ge s t t h r i l lo f t h e a i r s h ow c a me f o r t h em wh en e ac h wa s i n vi t e di n t o t h e c o - pi l o t ' s s e at f o r 20 mi n ut e s ' a c t u al

p i l o t t i me - - a nd e ac h c a r r i e s t h e s i g na t u r e o f Ge or g e E . S t e wa r t , p i l o t , o n t h ei r o f f i c i a l l yl o gg ed c o - p i l o t t i me . Bo t h a r e s t i l l we ar i n g

v er y b r o ad g r i n s. De nni s Br a dl e y, Co - p i l o t , a ndWa y ne Ro be r t s , f l i g ht e ng i n ee r , a nd t h e e nt i r eCa na di a n c o nt i n ge nt a l l c o nt r i b ut e d t o a wa r ma nd wo nd er f u l e x pe r i e nc e f o r t h es e f o ur wo me n

p i l o t s , p i n ni n g e ac h wi t h t h e ma pl e l e af i n s i g ni ao f t he i r g r o up . T he y a l s o e xt e nd ed a n i n vi t a -t i o n t o a t t e nd t h ei r b i g wa r p l a ne h er i t a ge a i r

s h ow i n On t a r i o n ex t J u ne .

Zi g gy wa s : i n vi t e d b y t h e Mi n ne s o t a CAF wi n ~

t o r i d e i n t he i r B- 2 5 o n S un da y' s s h ow a ndp ar t i c i p at e d i n t h e T hi r t y S ec o nd s Ov e r T ok y o,Bat t l es o f Cor a l Set ! . and Mi dway, and D- DayI n va s i o n. S he wa s mo r e s u r p r i s e d t h an a ny bo dy

wh en , a f t e r l a nd i n g, s h e wa s wa l k i n g t h r o ug ht h e f l i g ht l i n e g at e a nd a s pe c t a t o r c ame r u s h-

i n g u p t o e x c l a i m, " Y o u r e al l y h el d t h at f o r ma -

t i o n be t t e r t h an a ny bo dy . I t wa s r e al l y n ea t . "S he n ea r l y c r a c ke d u p wh en Ma r i e a nd F r a nk i ee x pl a i n ed t h at t h e a nn ou nc e r h ad c a l l e d a t t e nt i o nt o t h e f a c t t h at t h e l e ad B- 2 5 wa s b ei n g f l o wnby f or mer WASP F l i ght I ns t r uct or Zi ggy HUl , . : : er . , .h i s o wn i n ve nt i o n, o f c o ur s e .

A wo r d a bo ut t h e CAF . WAS P i n o t h er a r e as

mi g ht f i n d t h i s j o i n t a s s o c i a t i o n mo s t wo r t h -whi l e i n t ha t i t p r o vi d es a n o ppo r t u ni t y t o

wor k wi t h and s har e mut ual i nt er es t s i n \ - . ' or l dWalI I wa r p l a ne s . T he Da l l a s / F or t Wo r t h Wins o f CAF

h av e o pe ne d t h ei r me et i n gs t o l o c al WAS PS , a l t h ou gh

t h e me mb er s h i p i s n ow r e s er v ed f o r me n o nl y . T he yma de u s t h ei r gu es t s a t Ai r s ho 7 7 a nd r e al l yr o l l e d o ut t he r e d c ar pe t f or a l l e ve nt s . One

me mb er , J o hn Be c ke r , o n t h e Ai r s h o' s s e c ur i t ys t a f f , p r o v i d ed r e d f l i g ht l i n e a r m b a nd s f o re ac h a nd Ha r i e ' s c a r c a r r i e d a n " a l l - p oi n t s "

p as s wh i c h p r o vi d ed t h e f r e ed om o f Re be l F i e l d

d ur i n g t h e s h ow. Ma r i e , F r a nk i e a nd Zi g gy we r ed ec k ed i n u ni f o r m b l u e j u mp s u i t s , d es i g ne d b y

Ma r i e , wi t h a F i f i n el l a a r m p a t c h . Ch ar l y ne a nd

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"ue ',;01'<: some of the original HASP apparel. The

uni :'crrr: blue seemed to catch the eye of innurner-

no2 e n.ut0f;rapb seekers. i\lade the whole bunch

f ee: I j ~e cel ebr i t i es.

'?he oril:inal purpose.of the CAFwas to locate

acquire and restore WWII aircraft, destined for

the ~nk heap. They called themselves rebels

in the beginning because they were rebelling

:;r,ainst the dest.ruction of aircraft that should have beer: pl'eserved but were being ,"hopped up

01' left to l'ot on abandoned fields. As their

fieet of fichters, bo:nbers and some \{1.-J1I foreigh

aircraft crew, they were invited to perform

',It. rr.ilitary bases. Th..':.1; year they secured a

:',e:"!!',aniieinkel HE-Ill bomber, the first German

oom"eel' eve r to touch Juneri can shores. Located

in Spain, it ,,'as flown to England and then

through Scotland, Ireland, i~ewfoundland and finally

to i!<lrlingen just one week before the show. In

~ddition to the celebrity aircraft appearing

in this year's show, celebrity pilots included

GreG "?appy" Boyine;ton (Baa-baa Black Sheep),

Pa']} Tibbetts (13-29 Enola Gay drop on Hiroshima),

'lex iiil.1 (one of original Flyine; Tigers, Gabby

Gab=-eski (A:nel"ica's leading combat ace), and

George Gay, sole survisor of the famed "Torpedo

i::isr:t Squadron" in the Battle of l,lidway. In

addition to the nearly 100 CAFWlHI aircraft,

there were 613 visiting private planes at the

shew.

Durinr, the evening Officer Club gatherings

CAFmembers pledged their support for the WASP

fi ght for veteran Is benefits with hundreds of

petition signatures. i-lany expressed themselves

" - 5 particu~arly incensed that WASPwere still

beinp; denied.

WASP & Canadi an B- 25L t o R Mar i e Gener a, Fr ank i e War ms, Z i ggy Hunt er ,Char l yne Cr eger ••••wer e made Honor ar y member s of t he Canadi an War shi p Her i t age.

S ue P a r i s h , p i n k P - 4 0 &f r i ends at Conf eder at eAi r s h ow - Oc t . 8 , 1 97 7

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Japanese Val, Kate and Zeroreplicas erupt over the field

at the CAF Airsho - coming in

low and fast on the deck.

Be c au s e o f a f r o nt p ag e a r t i c l e i n t h e Oc t . 3 0,1977. Sunday New Yor k T i mes, New J er sey Week l yS e c t l 0 n a b ou t t h e WAS P s wh i c h r e s u l t e d f r o m a n i n -t e r v i e w t h e y h a d r e q ue s t e d f r o m B e e Ha y du , s h e wa sa s ke d t o a pp ea r o n TO T EL L T HE T RUT H. T he s h owwa s t a pe d No v . 9 , 1 97 7 a nd b el o w i s t h e s c h ed ul et h ey g av e h er a s t o wh en it wo ul d b e a i r e d. I f y o u c a l l a T V s t a t i o n t o i n qu i r e a bo ut wh en itwi l l b e s h o wn , b e s u r e t o i d e nt i f y it a s s h ow#3 31 1. P a ne l i s t P e gg y Ca s s wa s t h e o nl y o ne wh og ue s s e d Be e wh o s a i d , " I t s u r e wa s f u n! " T hed a t e s g i v e n b e l o w a r e f o r t h e Mo n da y o f t h e we e k

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The Augu s t , 19 76 News l et t e r c ar r i ed a Di c t u r eand ar t i c l e s ab out t he J une 1 4, 1 97 6 De d i c a t i onCer e mon i e s f o r t he F i f i ne l l a s t a t ue mad e b y AnnAt k e i s o n a n d F r a n ce s Wi t h er s . T he f i n a l p r o du c ti s p i c t ur ed above i n our r est o l ' <3dWi shi ng \ ~e l la t S we e t wat e r , Te x as . Whe n t he t r e e s a r e l a r g era nd f l o we r s i n b l o o m, wh at a b ea u t i f u l s p o t t h i s~~l l b e . Quot i ng f r om t he Mar c h 4 , 1 97 7 S we e t -wa t e r p ap er s e n t t o Be e Ha y du b y Mr s . P o e:" F I F I NELLA MENORI AL MARKER. The f i nal t oc : . cheswer e added t h i s week t o t he " F i f i ne l l a" monumenton t he TS TI Ro l l i ng P l a i ns Camp us , f o r me r homeof t he Wome n A i r f o r c e S e r v i c e P i l o t s . The p r o -

j ec t was be gu n as a Hor i z ons Co ~~t t ee pr o j ec to f t h e S we et wa t e r Bi c e nt e nn i a l g r o up . T hi s , : e ek

t he memor i a l p l aque mount ed i n g r ani t e was p l acedat t he s i t e by J ay Mor gan who was i nst r ument a li n ob t a i n i ng t he monume nt . A Wa l t Di s ne y c r e at -e d b r onze s t a t ue o f " F i f i ne l l a " i s t o b e p er man-e nt l y mount e d d i r e c t l y b e hi nd t he p l aq ue . P i c -t u r e d ab ov e f r om l ef t a r e : Mr s . Wi l s on ( Dor o t hy J ea n) Gue s t , Bi c en t e nn i a l c ha i r man; l . ~r s . Geo r ge( P e gg y ) P oe , hor i zons c own i t t e e c ha i r man; andMor e an . The " F i f i ne l l a " me mor i a l was a p r o j e c tof t he Woman Is F o r u m. " T h e p l a qu e r e ad s :" F I F I NELLAI I Pr esent ed by t he Sv l eet wat e r \ ' i omanls

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home, on t he way t . oSweet wat er , Te~: as " as hi sd ea r e s t l o v e, • . .: her e WASP wer e t r ai ni ng. Absencemakes t h~ hear t gr ow f onder and one n i ght i ni CE do n, J i m h ad F i f i t a t t o oe d o n h i s l e f t s h o ul -de: : r i ght 'Ihere ; ) ' ounor mal l : , 'wear your uni t pat ch.

Th J . r t y - t : , r eey ea r s l at e r F i f i i s no t qui t e asl ovel y b~t t hen nei t her i s her wear er . Howevers h ~ i s s t i l l l i t h e a nd a ct i v e . F i f i n el l a a nd h ~rf r l ends ar e <l l ways wel ceme at Pal m Beach I nt l l

A i r pur t ( Ti l f or d ' s Av i at i cn Cent er ) F l or i da •(" .'T"]f ,.uln, .l . or d, \ . ; hoi s anxi ous t o see t he WASPs

get mi l i t ar y benef i t s, has been vl r i t i ng l et t er sor . our behal f and sendi ng us f unds. )

EAGLt ; PASS H. ~; UNI ON

J OHN H. BUNDYCol . ( Ret ) USAF1612 Ai r For ce Vi l l ageh917 Hav: ms wood Dr.

San Ant on i o , TX. 78227

" News f r om Col . Bundy"

Col . Bu. ndy had 30 v l ASPs assi gned t o h i m at. r ; agl ePilSS wher e t hey ' i er e t owi ng t ar get s f ora 3r i a l ~~n ne r y ca de t s . I n No v . h e, a ga i n , me t

l C o f t h e 3 0 , a f t e r a s p an o f 3 3 y r s . a t a R eu ni o nh e o r g an i z e d . I n h i s wo r d s " a t o t a l s u cce s s " .He says; " ReSeal " ch pr ov i d . ed me wi t h what I consi d-e r e d t o b e 2 4 s o l i d a dd r e s s e s f r o m a r o s t e r o f 3 0I•." . : : >j ' s .L e t t " r s o f i n qu i r y we r e s e n t t o t h es e 2 4ar : i I h"a1' d f r om 21 of t hem. Response came i n t hef or m of r r , ai l ,t el ephone and t hi r d par t y r epor t s. Th e i nqui r y ( a f t e r a s pan of 33 yr s . wi t h no comm-uni cat i on i n t he i nt er i m) was- - "woul d you be i n -

t e1' , ~s t edi n a 33 y r . Re un i o n o f t h e E ag l e P a s s" , r . 3Fs. "The r epl i es pr ovi ded me wi t h a mandat e t ol ay en such a Reuni on. The r esu l t i ng Reuni on wasa. t ot ~l , succ ess a~d embr aced a pr ogr am st ar t i ng' 1I 11. ha Ren: i ez' l ousi : 1San Ant oni o t he eveni ng of Ho v. 3 r : i . No v. 4 - 6 wa s s p en t i n E ag l e P as s a ndFi edr as Negr as and a r et ur n t o San Ant on i o f or aa f a r e ••e l l l u nch eo n o n Nov . 7 t h . Te n o f t h e 2 1.,:1 ..• •5 1 " 5 t i , , , tr esponded t o my i nqui r y par t i ci pat ed111t , he Heuni on, e i ght o f t hese wer e pr esent f ora.l.l e v en t s - f r o m be gi n ni n g t o e nd . Two h ad t or c t ' \ r n t o t h e ~a s t co a s t o n S un da y , No v . 6 . The yca~ f r om N. Y. t o Cal i f or ni a and Nor t h Dakot a t osU' . I t , h Te xa s . Se ve r al ot h er \ ' I ASP sat t ended . Th es ewer e f r om t he cent r al Texas ar ea wi t h a maj or i t y

of t hem f r om ~an Ant on i o . Th i s gr oup hel ped i npr v' l i di ng t r anspor t at i on t o and f r om t he ai r por ta i d i n g i n r e gi s t r a t i o n, e t c . We h ad g oo d p r e s s 'ar . dTI cover age her e i n San Ant on i o , t hanks agai n7,0 t he l oca l WASPs. Our cover age on t he bor der waseven mor e ext ensi ve, par t i cul ar l y by t he Mexi can

TV."

"AS a 1 ' es u i t o f t h e 3 x 1 1 0 3 y e ar s ) Re un i o n,1 h av e b ee n ma nd at e d a ga i n t o l a y o n a r e pe at i n1979. T hi s I wi l l do i f I am s t i l l a bl e t o . "

ED. I mT~: Co l . Bundy sent a l et t er t o I , l econsol i -d: ~t i l 1ghi s or i [ ; i nal -r epor t on t he r ecent \ ' 1ASPr e-uni on he hel d .

III LAST FLI GHT III

NELLI E CARMODY KLEI N ( 43- 6) : Pass ed away i n 1974af t er an 11 year f i ght wi t h Cancer .

S I DNEY MI l LER ( 43- 1) : Passed away Mar ch 29 1977a s r e s ul t o f a s t r o ke s u f f e r e d i n 1 97 0. '

" To t he f r i ends of S i dney Hi l l er - -S i dney wa~ a beaut f u l soul and had many f r i ends.

T~ he r f r 1 en ds , we ar e s or r y t o r ep or t t ha t Si dne yd 1e d ~n Ma r c~ 2 9, 1 97 7. We a r e s a d , b ut i t wa s ab l e s s l n g. S l d ne ~ h ad a " s t r o k e" a bo ut 1 97 0 a ndhad r ea l l y det er 10r at ed physi ca l l y s i nce t hen.~he had a f ear o f becoI Tl i nghel p l ess and i ncap~c-l t a t e d. De at h ca me s u dd en l y a nd q ui ck l y a s a ce r -ebr a l hemor r hage, and we know t hat she i s happyand we ar e happy f or her .

T~ank yo ~ f o r yo ur f r i ends hi p f o r ou r be au t i f u lSl dney Mi l l er .Her Mot her , Mr s . J ohn C. Mi l l er . Her S i st er sLuci a M. Col l i ns, J oan M. Caul son, Mi ner al W~l l s

Te xa s . " '

BETTY LeFEVRE ( 44- 2) : Di ed suddenl y ar ound Oct . -No v. 1 97 7. No d et a i l s a v ai l a bl e .

GRETCHEN GRABA ( GO~) 43- 3: Passed away J une3 0, 1 97 8 o f Ca nce r .

HELEN PARKS f l l i NRY- Tr ai nee ( 43- 1) : Pass ed awayMay, 1977 i n Geor gi a •

E d. No t e : F o r t h os e wh o a s k ed , Ma r g ar e t E .McCor mi ck was ki l l ed i n ser vi ce af t er gr aduat i on,

accor d i nR t o our Rost er .

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Th er e ha ve be en man y c omr r , en t sby WASP s l at el yabout t he name sel ect ed f or t h i s or gani zat i onp r i o r t o o ur i n act i v a t i o n. " Th e Or d er o f " F i f i -n el l a " s e e ms t o l a ce i n a pp ea l t o ma ny a nd y e t t ob e co mp l e t e l y a cce pt a bl e t o o t h er s . I t h as b ee ncr i t i c i zed on t he gr ound t hat i t i s t oo f r i vo l ousa nd e v en s i l l y . S ome t h i n k i t s h o ul d b e s i mp l y

" WASP" . Th e name was s el ec t ed at Max wel l F i el d whe n t hest a f f o f t he Or der was bucki ng Ar my r ed t ape andt he i nvol ved bot t l eneck of coor d i Eat i on t o est ab-l i sh a Newsl et t er . At t h i s t i me, Kay Dussaq camei n f r o m F or t Wo r t h t o he l p u s . I f s h e h a d n otcl ear ed our aut hor i t y t hr ough Tr ai ni ng CommandHdqt r s . we woul d have been b l ocked agai n . Wehad dr e3l I , edof and wor ked on t h i s paper f or sev-e r a l mo nt h s . The o nl y wa y i t wa s f i n al l y c l e ar -ed was as a medi um f or t he exchange of r eempl oy-ment oppor t uni t i es. We r ecei ved per I Tl i ss i ont h r o ug h t h e e f f o r t s o f Co l . P a ul To dd , De pu t y t o

t he Chi ef o f St a f f , A- 3 Di v i s i on, Headquar t er s ,Er ~C, t o use Ar my paper and mai l i ng f aci l i t i esf o r t h e Ne ws l e t t e r . Bu t e v en h e co ul d n ot c l e ara ut h or i t y f o r u s t o u s e t h es e f a c i l i t i e s f o r apost - i nact i vat i on or gani zat i on. So we pai d f ort he i ni t i al mat er i al s our sel ves, bel i evi ng wes h o ul d e s t a bl i s h a t l e as t t h e s t r u ct u r e o f agr oup t o keep us t oget her , and we dubbed i t t he" Or d er o f F i f i n el l a " . I t wa s i n t h e s p i r i t o f f un, and t o avoi d any compl i cat i ons vdth t he Ar my

Ai r For c es . 'I f t h er e i s e no ug h o pp os i t i o n t o t h e a s l t s t a nd s ,l et ' s c l ear t he a i r bef or e our l egal i ncor por at i oni s compl et ed. ( Repr i nt ed f r om t he Mar . 15, 19~

Newsl et t er . Ed. )

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WAFS- All the WAFSsent. indi.vidual letters to

me this year but 115isllFine said she may

take over as Secty. next year. ED.

August '76 I went on a visit to Saudi Arabia tosee the changes after 8 years away from nying

fc,r Arabian American Oil Co. for 17 pl.us years.

Myp13.nned one month trip t,u-ned L'1to 2 months.

Aviation was short. of pilots temporarily and so

I was put to work for 6 weeks £lying F-'Z{s.

Made one trip as 3rd pilot on GIL.

Gip says he's sorry he doesn't. have t.oo muchnews

for Instructors but did send the following:

JOHNNYHUErrhas expanded his real estate opera-

tions and is building 1!EQ:!!2 homes in Da1.las.

CAREYBOWLESand WILLIETISH!.ERhave called whenin town or passing through and we had long phone

con\~rsations. BOWLESstill with Flying Tigers

~nd TISHwith United. Both are flying DC-8s.

I saw Dav:tdLambat a WASPget-together at Red

Bird Airport in Dallas in April 1977. Dave has

retired from Texas International where he had bean a DC-9Captain.

I missed th•• Hot Sprines affair becaul5e I had justre~,urned fran S.A. and had to make a trip to

Abi.1.ene, but did see some of it on the TV news-

cast th~re.

I would like to corrrnendPat Collins Hughes on her

Cohuns in Stars and Stripes. She makes the

WASPC~~e Tery well.

I'll wind this up as I just received a call tell-

ing me that we will be departing in a few days

on a trip to Singapore in a Gultstream I. A

friend has an air freight line and I will be

goi.ne as 3rd pilot. Should be an interesting2 week trip.

As usual, I'll clos& with an appeal to my Fellow

I!1structors to send me any tidbits of your

doings for the 1978 Newsletter ••• as well as

news of others YOL maykeep in touch with, oneway or another.

and the bau-hoe fell through the ees5pool, I

jUIllpedinto my trusty Buick & <iruve to D.C. to

spend the week-end with my son-in-law. He's a budding lawyer and had a smnmerjob with the

Navy dept. Wedid the town up royal.ly - ending

with a Sunday ChampagneBrunch at the Bolling

Field Officers Club! Then, I drove to Atlanta

to spend a week or so with some of my old budd-

ies. Stopped in D.C. on way back and this time

we gave Georgetown a whirll Fun, FunII I Came

hometo find siding going up on house (which was

still intact and hadn't folded up in the middle

as l' d expected). The summerwas too hot for me

to do much 'capt sort Qf clean up after the

daily wor~enls mess and lollygag in a friends'

pool. Myson, Rob, came home from Navy in Aug.

to get married. 'He had a beautiful wedding and

we all had a ball - then he went back - but will

be getting out, after 6 years. Now~I have my

reservations on a round robin night, to Tulsa

to see my daughter, Dugie. in her Jrd year of

law school, then back to Atlanta for a little

elbow-bending and eventually homel

BARBARAERICKSONLONOONhas had a busy year.Youngest daughter Kris became a mother in Hay

with a nice big baby boy-so I joined the ranks

of "grandma"-She lives in San Clemente so is

close enough for me to baby sit on occasion.

Terry, my oldest, has been flying for Western

Airlines for nearly 2 years and hopes to get allwindowseatll on the 737 in a few months. Wes-

tern nowhas 6 wonen flying--more than any other

airline and they are all doing great. Terry is

stationed in San Francisco and her husband, whom

she married in February, is a pilot for United

Airlines and he, also, is stationed in S.F.

Their schedules are sometimes overlapping-but do

manage to see each other quite often. Terr.y and

I just returned from a Seminar and p~~el on Wo-men's career opportunities in Aviation given for

the Hawaii School for girls. There were 3 women

airline pilots--and 4 service womenpilots--the

Air Force, Army~ Navy and Coast Guard, also three

womenfrom General Aviation and 2 Ex-WASPs.. It

was very interesting to talk with the service

girls and see how they are accepted and t~eated

in the modern service in comparison to our ser-

vice during WillI. There's no longer any female

chain of command. Once they've completed train-

ing, they are just a name, rank and serial # and

are assigned to duty depending on their standing

in their class and their request. The Navy and

Air Force girls are flying jets-the Navy in an

operational Squadron at Mira Har, CAand the Air

Force at Williams Field in Arizona-and she will

continue to train and became an instructor. The

Armygirl is a maintenance Test pilot for Heli-

copters in Ft. Lewis, Washington and has 40 or

so mechanics under herj the Coast Guard girl

flies a helicopter in Search and Rescue in

OREGONand is the only womanpilot in the Coast

Guard. Really a ver.y interesting meeting.

I am still in the aviation business at Long

Beach Airport (Barney Frazier Aircraft, Inc.)

and I I \Y office is right next to the airline Term-

inal. I keep flying often but never get very

far awa7 so, give me a call and come b7 for a

cup of coffee and a visit.

GIP D. OLDHAM,Jr. - SEGTY.

6008 W. Univ. Blvd.

Dallas, Tex. 75206

INSTRUCTORS:

KATHKDJ(Sis) FIUE: "Highlight" of my year was

the day I picked up James.y, Del Schaar &Jim and

Liz Lundy and brought them hane for dinner and

overnight-so we could all appear next day at the

St. Moritz, N.Y. for the P-47 IIJugll Club Reunion.

Wewere wined, dined and danced allover N.Y.

Haddinner at Marian Mackey's Restaurant and a boat ride around Manhatt.an, ~ a P-47 flyby!

Made our debut on TV. Wewere on CBS* 7 & 11 PM

News-also, NBC, ABC& WNLW.Never had 50 much

fun. Janey Straugham and I shacked up together -

Twitter & husband were there. All in all, about

11 WASPand 1 don't think I'll ever cane down off

this Cloud 9. The guys, as )0 years ago, were

marvelous to us and I couldn~ believe that we

wera as crazy as way back then! After that, I

decided to put up a real firsplace in my little

house and after they cut all the main beams in

the .front, a hole in the living room floor (so

1 could look down and see the car in the garage)

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NANCYBATSONCREWSsends the sad news of her hus-

band Paul's death on Mar. 8, after a long ill-

ness caused by diabete11a We're very sorry to

hear of this Nancy1 With her son~-shelp, however,

Nancy started towing aerirl advertising ba.nnerlJ

along the beach with her Super Cub last swmner.

Says that was a new experience and this w.inter

she plans to go back to flying Sailplanes again

here in Calif. as she'd rather fly than do ~-

thing else.TERESAJAMESflew from Fla. to N.Y. in Mayto att-

end the P-47 Reunion. Stayed at Sis Bernheim

Fine's overnight.. liMyGosh, she keeps growing

younger. II The gals had a dinner party at Marion

Mackey's (De Gregario) restaurant Felix "in the

Village" - minds went blank - they couldn't re-

memberthe words to Zoot Suits and other songs

of Sweetwater days - "too manyMartinislll Went.

to Wash., D.C. for Senate hearings on WASPle&-

islation and those WASPfrom that area deservemedals for the job they are doing for their sis-

ter WASPs. SawBarbara Donahoe Ross at the hear-

ing. Went to lunch at her ranch home in Va. and

caught up with 25 yrs. of news. Flew to Tampa,

Fla. to see Betty Gillies land at termination of Powder Puff Derby. She, Gert Tubbs and I spent

the afternoon reliving Wilmington days. Betty

looks the same as she did 30 yrs. ago. Came

back to Lake Worth to find I had a call from a

long lost WAF••• Dorothy Fulton Slinn, 13550 N.E.

10th Ave. ,N. Miami 33661. Weare going to visit.

I've been busy working on WASPlegislation and I

urga everyona to do all they can to help by sup-

porting requ8sts in "Action Now"letters from

WASPHeadquarters. Luy to all my old buddhs

at Wilmington!

ADELASCHARR:M7life resembles a soap opera ser-

ialized into strange and unusual episodes. My

first birthday girt in August was a Tiolent

thunderstorm. I thought the thunderbol.t wascoming to bed with me, but it was Hugin, 7 I J : 1 " huge

black German shepherd, who was firghtened enough

to want to be protected by' me. the big coward.

Upon arising., 1 discovered that lightning had

struck my house, plaJing havoc with the electri-

cal syst~ exploding bricks to enter Tia t.he

upper northmfst corner of the kitchen, leaYing

an acrid smell and plaster dust covering ~-

thing it coul.d, eYen inm-de t.he cabinetll. (lotstruck a tree nearby and burnt wood covered the

entire back yard). The telephone was 1IIJl1sabl.

for several day8 and it took a month before the

company cleared the line of wlIat.evln' calumd out-

rageousl;y loud static. An elel:tri.c clock in the

dining room exploded. Fortunateq, the electri-

cians repaired the wiring and the tuckpointer

repaired the brickwork. (11m still waiting far

a contraator to plaster and pamt. the kit.chen.

Could do it myse-ll', but the insurance adjustor

contactsd someone agreeable to the can:pa1V).

Next day 1 took Hugin, the dog, along on my

visit to an elderly retired nhool-teacher I

bring garden produce"- On the way heme, 1

had to stop at eYfSr7redl.ight and Hugin became

nausea.ted all over the back seat. Andthat eTe-

nin&. I bl:oke off part of a ~ Fortunately,

though my dentist was on vacation, 1 phoned a

friend of his and the tooth was filled the n.n

morning. lid let the OlIt-of'-doors work: get ahead.

of me becanSll I aQul.dn~ handle it. all br my-

sel!.. At'ter DIilm1" tritSli, final.ly had a 70ath show

up to work. He worked an boar and disappeousd.

So, kids dontt want to work these days? Nega-

tin. One camebr a week later and was so wil.l-ing to wori: it. almost ld.ll.ed me to keep ahead of

hiJn, showing him howthings are done myway.

After an entire WIIII11l!lr of' adventures, (my sister

and I tQOk an Alpine va~OIl, not bei"ore moret.rouble the day ...,..left.), starting with the "JUG"

Reunion in NewTore in Ma;T,and interrupted by'

my attempts to per-suade politicians that 'bhe

will of the people is justice for the WASPand

to perBl1ade people to do something about it, 1

must regret to say that my goal--"the canpleted

first draft of my writings is not finished. Get-

ting the WASPstatus changed is first priority

and it's what the book is about, a.n;rway••• To

showwhat we did in hopes that legim.ators would

feel impelled to make up far Congresnonal ne-

glect all these years. So, now, itls back to

the typewriter and .!!ll projeJlt, for that canlt

wait any longer. Incidentally, 11mup and work-

ing at 5:00 A.M. dail;y and in bed before nineso it's best to write to me; I do that better

than talking.

DELPHINEBORN:Movedto Amari1.lo fran San Fran-

cisco lWVeI'almonths ago. I met Betty Gi1.lies

in Dallas, in July, for what was too short a

time. Despite the rigors of th8 99' s last"Powder Puff l1eovey, she looked Dll11'Telou:sl.ywell

and overshadowed everyon8 else in the area of'

enthusiasm. and energy. Recently, 1 lunched withneighbor Florine Miller Watson and her daughter •

Chris, who is almost as beautiful as her mother.

Florine not. onl.r has lIwn.Ioas ideas 'in the hop-

per' J she accomplishes twice as muchas -three '.other people. One of my pet d:i:rersions has been

cOnYersing with Barbara TowneFasken. She has

become an interior deeoratar and a fine one.

One thing I've managed was to get off to the

Air Foree Museumat Wright-Patterson, the best

remB.ining parts of two WAFSuni1'orms. "Best"

or not, the pants had sma.ll holas in the seatJ

One item, after all t~ years, was missing-

the 'oversealSl type cap. If' one of you has one

and would wish to donate it to the 1IIl1S8UDl.

Please do get in touch with me.

KATHERINETHOMPSONRAWLS:I amon final count-

downfor my last year as swim:ningpro at the

Greenbrier, White Sulphur. Springa, W.Va. Wi) 1

be retiring on Jan 31st and to think I came up

here 21 ~arll ago for the S'llIlIll8r to open and

m anaa e the -.ne w " poo.l. Thoss were wonderful

and exaiting ~s but I'1Il hCll1&Sickfor Fla..

and re&1l.7 looki:ng forward to JD7return-.

HAwnI\ tllotm siIn3 we sold 74 Brava 4 yeaM!

ago. These W.Va. bills are for "the births, not

old ladi4nl like me in an aged Bingle engine

Cesma.. But, 11~, I'll find & ~lyi.ngclub to join when I gst back to the rlat lands.

Don't knowwhat my address will. be but I can

al~s be reached through the 5lrlmning Hall of

Fame in Ft.. Lauderdale. If ~ WASPsget that

way I hope tl187 will look II1II up. .

~ GILLIES: It has been & good yea:r. Last

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j;

July, I took our Beech Baron in the final Pow-

der Puff Derby, - Long Beach, CA. to Tampa6

FLA. Had Gertl"Ude Lockwood as co-pilat and

Nancy Bird Walton of Australia as passenger.

We had a balU While in Tampa, enjoyed a get.-together with WAFSTeresa James and ~de

Tubbs, spending an entire ~""'ternoon in a How-

ard Johnson restaurant hash1ng over old timesl

They both looked just great. Barbara Londonhad planned to fly the Powder Puff Derby wi:th

me but had been in an auto accident and washaving problems with her back, (she 1s ok now).

Then there was the Ninety-Nines Iut'l. Conven-

tion in San Francisco in August. Bud and I

went over to Italy to visit with our daughter

and her family on the 2nd of Sept. We came

home on the 19th on a British Airways CONCORDEll

Flying in the Concorde was a tremendous thrillfor mt:l. 23 miles per minute -- Mach 2 at

58,000 ft. I FabulOt1sU And such a BEAUTIFUL

airplane! The hostess was nonchalantly serv-

ing cocktails as we flew through Mach 1.

EDnote: Thanks to Betty and her stamped and

addressed "notables" for the wonderful responsefrom the WAFS. Terrific ideall11

BARBARADONAHUEROSS: It was great to go to the

Senate hearings and be part of 37 WASPsattend-

ing. Teresa James was the high-point. Hadn't

seen her since WiL~~ngton and she looks marve-

lous. Apparently, tlre blue mrl..form is about

to be at the Smithsonian. Why dOl;)sn't one of

you who has a grey one offer it for Posterity?

Wouldn't it be great to have them part of theact too?

(Delphine sent everything 'cept the overseascap). ED.

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43-1 Secretary: G. C. (BROWNIE)KINDIG

17205 North 14th St.

Phoenix, AZ. 85022

BYRDHOWELLGRANGER has returned to teaching

after a year'~ sabbatical during which time

she traveled to Greece. She spent ma.n;rlong

hours, before and after her trip, compilingevidence for presentation to the House and

Senate in behalf of ot1r fight for militariza-

tion. She is looking forward to her retirement

from teaching at the Univ. of Arizona in Jan.

Byrd has been honored by election to the U. of

Ariz. Hall of Fame. She has su'tlnitted infor-

mation for inclusion in the forthcoming edi-

tion of WHO'5 WnD in the World's Women. She

will be completing three other books. Looks

as though Byrd will be more active in retire-ment than in teaching!

HELENPARKSHliliRY,a trainee with W-l who resign-

ed because of a ruptured spleen, passed away

in Mayat her home in Georgia.

MARJORIEGRAYmay be faced with a mandatory re-

tirement from Grummanand, if so, plans to

travel around the country a.'1dpossibly a trip

to Australia to visit relatives.

MARIONMACKEYDeGREDORIOand her husband spent

their vacation in Montreal and Quebec. Don't

believe the restaurant business is conduciveto long vacations.

ELEANORBOYSENMORGANhas been traveling around

having spent some time in Washington, D.C.,

NewYork and Connectieut.

MARYLOUCOLBERI' NEALEand Ray started flying

again and are taking refresher courses to re-

new their Flight Instructors Rating. They have

planned a trip to Hawaii in the Spring where two

of her oldest children were born. Mary Lou heard

that Marge McCormickpassed away years ago __

wonder if any wa s p in other classes who may have

knownMarge can verify this?

JANESTRAUGHANJOINEDTHEP47 club this year and

went to their Reunion in N.Y.; and a good time

was had by all. After t"he meeting, Marion De

Gregoria entertained them at her restaurant in

the Village. Jane's husband is now retired and

they spend most of theiT vacation at Fenwick

Island -- Whoops, almost forgot --- the high

light of' the year f'or Jane was the birth of her

first grandchild, a boy.

MAGDATACKElearned that a golf course isn't al-

ways safe -- she wrenched her kne~, wore a kne~

brace, then stepped into a pot hole and ended up

in a hospital for surgery --- a torn cartilage.However, she is now back on the golf course but

her game needs some Improvement, so she says.

GERRYNYMANis proud to announce the birth of an-

other grandson, Her son Cliff has received his

full Commander'5 rating in the Navy and is fly-

ing the G-3 jet. Gerry continues working on

two state public health boards and two county

boards. Her vacation this past year was spent

visiting her children and grandchildren. Van

was very fortunate in that he was not laid off

in the recent closing of so many copper mines.

BETTYTACKABERRYBLAKEfinally took time off from

her duties in real estate to go to Honolulu to

visit her Mother who is not well.

As for yours truly, I worked part-t:im~ most of thesummer substituting for legal secretarie"s who

were on vacation. Last week I went to Las Vegas

for a mini-vacation and the day before I left,

my purse was stolen --- have been spending hours

on the telephone and writing letters to stop

payments on credit cards and obtaining new id-

entification cards, all of which will take a

couple of weeks. Las Vegas anyone? CLARICE

B.I!;SSENT,43-3, was indeed a big help, not only

loaning me a purse and taking me to dinner, but

later she and Lucky took me downtown to Western

Union to obtain money which was sent me by a

friend in Phoenix. All in all, it was a night-

mare. Comeon 43-1s, let's have a good showing

at the Colorado Springs Reunion next year!

43-2 Secretary: MARIONS. BROWN

P.O. Box 797

Patterson, La. 70392

GINI ALLEMANDISNEY's greeting, "Hope you he8l"

from all 43-21 1, would be an answer to a class

secretary's prayer. She now has a new address

and telephone number, after living in the same

place for 24 years; 5904 East 46th St., Tulsa,

OK74135. Gini says, liThe mOTeunovered a few

forgotten WASPpictures fran tra:ini:ng at Hous-

ton, as well as assigmnent at NewCastle, Wil-

mington, De. Brought back a few memories and

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inspired me to write a few more letters to Con-

gress on S247 and HR3321.. Fa.l.1activities are

beginning even though the temperatures are inthe 90s. I ama trustee for our Bar Auxiliary-

scholarship fund which tries to help kids go on

to college and just had the pleasure of seeing

a young man receive the first payment of a$ 1,000 grant. Not much at today's cost, but

we feel it helps."

BETTYEAl'JESJOINERwrites, "Our son Mark, 24, isin graduate school at U.C. Berkeley. It was a

busy summerfor me. In late June I joined my

husband in Baltilliore on a business trip.. Gotto see my good friend, VIRGINIAYATES,43-6, in

Wash., D.C. She and I went to the WASPoffice

at the Army- Navy Club, and joined LEEWHEEL-

WRIGHT,43-6 and NATALIEFAHY,43-4 for lunch.

Natalie is running the office. The three of uswere in Dallas together. On July 18, I left for Worcester College, Oxford, England, where I was

enrolled in a course in Landscape Architecture.Had a wonderful time at Oxford, a truly excitinglearning experienca. I ~ve been active in supp~

orting the WASPcauae for militm.zation via TV

newspaper articles and speeches." 'I~S CRITCHELLis enjoying good healthe while keep-

::.ngbusy with the unique aviation curriculum at

Harv,r MuddCollege. She continues to be the

faculty rep to teach all the two and three year long aero courses, act as chief flight instruc-

tor for the Bates Foundation's flight school for the college, and serves them as pilot examiner.

Being part of the college keeps her busy with

student activities. "They graduate one or two

ex~ellent womenpilots eVfrr'Yyear or so, mostgo~ng on to Commercial and IFR, etc. However,

they are all scientist and not destined for

commerCial aviation. Three of our grads, in-

cluding one giTl, have applied for scientist

astronaut.". "Myhusband and I enjoyeU. a superbvacation in Alaska at McKinley Park. The high-

point being a flight around the great mountain

at close quarter. I! liMydaughter Sandie Clar is

Clar is Commercial and IFR rated and attended

the Ninety~Nines Convention in SFO. She is mar-

ried to an aerodynamicist &CFI and lives in

San Diego. II Iris served as Chief Judge for the

start of the Powder Puff Derby.

KAYGOT!C~AFFEYhas been doing her part in supportof our flght for recognition and militarization.

She is still teaching dance at Humboldt State

Univ. and travelil)g a lot during summers and

holidays,..; She and her husband, Keith, went toMain Folk Dance camp and the AudubonWorkshop.

They spent a week at Davidls Folly (East Penob-

scot Bay, Maine) and two weeks on Grand ManonI sland in the Bay of Fundy. IIGlorious birding!!",

Kay reports. She has taken her second class physical and will start flying again after nine

years.MARYTROTMANO'BRIENis the greate.t when it canes

to keeping in touch. She says that she doesn't

have any exciting news; just golf and bridge and

traveling a bit, while maintaining two homes---

one in Conn. and one in Tequesta, Fla. Marylocated MARTHAPOTTERPHILLIPSin Bar Harbor, ME.

JARYJOHNSONMcKAYwrites, "I am still wor1d:ngas

a technical writer for Citibank' 8 computer di"Vi-

sion in Los Angeles. Mae and I keep very busy

going to school, figure skating, traveling, and

visiting my two daughters and four grandchildrenin San Diego. (Myother daughter is marrilld and

in Denver, 50 we don't see each other 50 often,

al though we spent a weekend in Vail skiing-to-

gether in March.) I have made five trips Eastthis year to help my 89 year old parents, whohave had a difficult time since my Dad broke his

hip in January. I Jm sorry we were. unable to

make either of the last two reun:l.ons. Weevengot as far as making reservations in Reno.1l

What a delight to hear from MARGARETKERRBOYLANll

Myletter caught her at a busy time. She was in

the midst of wedding arrangelllElnts for her son-

the rehearsal dinner and receptimn to be in

their home.. (The latter hoated by the bride's parents who are from Pa..) There was an excell-ent, almost full page, story in the WashingtonPost on Margaret and the WASP. Perhaps she will

do a story for the Newsletter on her work with

the FAAand her travels with. her husband as a

diplomat.RUTHHELMDAILEYhas been busy this past year as

Communication Capt., We15ternWing, Sec 2 for the WASPRed Alert. Ruth says, III ha~ enjoy-

ed it and look forward to Reunion '78 so I can

meet the girls who are names and phone numbers

to me now. Myhusband is retired and breeds

Quarter Horses to keep busy. We sold our bus-

iness in Texas, and I have devoted my time to

volunteer work ---- church and politics on thelocal level. I broke my hip in May and have

a metal ball, however, amwalking without crutch

or cane and hope to be up to my mile a day run t by the f~rst of. the year. Mydaughter, Sidney, ,

teaches :-n a pnvate school in Tucson" and 1!!Yson Jay ~s a sophomore at Baylor Univ. in Waco,

Texas.

Clas~ 43-2 is going to have a new secretary. Insp~te of being another one of those busy, busy,

gals, MARTHAWAGENSEILRUPLEYhas agreed to take

over. All of you that have be~ good about keep-

ing in touch, get those cards and letters toMarty. Those of you that never answer, at least

send a card to let her knowthat your address is

correct and that YOll'Te receinng your mail.

After a week of trout fishinl in the Sierras,

MARTHAmoved to Fallbrook, CA. She attended the

P47 Republic Thunderbolt Pilat's Assoc. Meeting

at the St. Moritz in N.Y., May6 - 8. There

were at least eight WASPthere and the ID6Il treat-

ed them great. RUTHTREES and MARY0' BRIENwerethere as \nJll as Prez, BEAHAYDU.RUTHFRANCK-

LINGREYNOLDScame down trom the farm in theCatskills and spent a few days. "Wewandered

around NewYork like two Jdds from the countryhaving faD sating a lot of good food. II Martha'

continues, "I did some skiing last winter with

the S. B. Ski Club at Ban!! and Lake Louise and

then at Taos, N. M. Wereally suffered fr~ lack

of snow out here. I've also begun to play tennis

this past year, and though I'm hardly past the

Advanced Beginner Stage, I intend to keep it up

until I ama good player. WhenDove season 0p-

ened, Bob Stevens and I h1mted on some ranches

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around Fallbrook, which is very rural •. Wehad

some fair shooting. (Bob Stevens, the cartoon-

ist, writer and combat pilot, was guest speaker

at the P 47 banquet.in N.Y. He lives in Fall-

brook, CA.) The West Coast P 47 Group will meet

at Terminal Island NAS, with space for overnight-

ers at the Queen Mary Hotel. The first week in

Nov. I will leave for. Vero Beach, Fla. and from

there take a cruise to the Bahamas.II

Your poor ole, tired sect7. is about to put away

the typewriter. It has been terrific making con-

tact with'.'so mar.ygreat gals from 43-2. Husband

J. D. and I are still flying charter and instruct-

ing in Patterson, La., deep in the heart of oil

and shrimp and Cajun country. Wehope you all

will come to see us. In the meantime - we luv ya.HARlONSCHORRBROWN

43-3 Secretary: BETTYARCHIBALDFERNANDES

3050 Spruce Dr. Rte. 1

Hernando, Miss. 38632

ESTHERBERNERis still in Indianapolis and BErTY

F:'.:R.NANDESstill in Hernando, MS.LOISHAILEYis working to nenew her pilot's lic-

ense. She visited her son and family in Houstonrecently.

ELAINEJONEShas removed her make-up, pulled back

her hair, donned old clothes and moved to ~~uias a golf bum.

REAMEDESis tending a large garden.

DORASTROTHERspent mest of the year preparing for

her appearance at the Senate hearing in Mayand

the House hee.ring in Sept. for WASPmilitariza-

tion. S~e was extremely gratified by all the

help we received in the halls of Congress, in

the Pentagon, and particularly by the leadership

of Cel. Arnold. She is still in charge of the

design group in the Eng'g. Dept. of the Bell

Heliocopter HumanFactors Eng'g. and Cockpit

Arraneement. She was banquet speaker at the

Ninety-Nines Int'l. convention in San Francisco.

BERTHATRASKYand husband spent their vacation in

Alaska where son showed them the state. Her

gardens at home and the lake keep her busy and

happy, especially beautiful this time of year with mums.

LOIS ZItER has renewed her instructors rating,

bought a Cessna 150 and started a flight school.

She has soloed three students and they are on

their way to Private licenses. All this from

a to~m of )00 people. Her husband is stillcounty judge.

GRETCHENGOID-1A.N passed away in July after a long

bout with cancer. She wanted to see another

spring and attend another WASPreunion in her

motor home. I hope she got to things green up,

as she said. Ed's Note: During the winter in

conversations with Bee Haydu, Gretchen discussed

her plans for her funeral. She so loved her

WASPdays, that she was viewed in her uniform

and American Legion Post No. 42 gave her a

Military'Service. She arranged for her uniform

and all her rnemorabelia to be given to our

Historian.

43-4 Secretary:. RUTHUNDERWOODFLOREY

Rte. 1, Box464

Odessa, r x . 7976)

The Reunion in Hot Springs has got to be the

greatest.. MaDythanks to those who spent many

hours preparing for us to have all the fun. 1£

you were not there, let me tell you it's worth the

time, e£fort and price to make the next one. I am

giving Bucky a breathing spell as she has had this

job for 25 years, and taking on a Travel Agenc::y-

since retiring from Braniff. However, before her

move to Albuquerque, N. Mex., she has taken a side

trip to St. Paul's Hospital in Dallas for some

Tests. You did a great job keeping track of us

and we give you our t-hanks and love.

KATILOFTSTREBLEis teaching part time at Miami-

Dade CollllIlUIlityCollege (South.) in Aerospace Dept.

She and her husband took a two week flying trip

to Alaska in their G-IB2. Fran Sargent went with

them and is also teaching at Miami-Dade.

"UZ" PEARCELUNDYmet her' husband at Pursuit

School in Brownsville. Lived in Bdmonton, Al-

berta, then operated a flying school in Live Oak,Fl... Her husband is a Sr. Pilot for N.A.L.

Oldest daughter was Navy :ntmee. Nowmarried and

mother of only grandchild. Youngest daughter

has .been hostess for T.W.A. for B years and is

based in Chicago. Liz and Jim attended P-47

Convention in San Juan and are the only husband

and wife team who belong to the "Jug Clubu•

MARYROSSOLEWISwent to graduate school at U.C.

at Berkley in Physics Dept. She and Hal met and

married at Berkley, movedto Princeton, N.J.

where he was associated with Institute of Advan-

ced Studu and Mary worked for the Computer Pro-

ject there. This Computer is now at the Smith-

sonian Inst. Later, Hal. became Pro!.. of Physics

at U.V. at Berkley and Mary worked for NavalResearch and did Research at U.C. for North Am-

erican Aviation. Returned to Princeton where

she helped in MeteDrologieal Research. In 1956,

Mary got her Inst. rating and taught P.U. stu-

dents to fly. Movedto Madison, Wise. as Hal

was Prof. at U. Of Wise. Mary taught a little

flying and did a bit of !.erryin~ Movedto

Santa Barbara in 1964. Doing a little 199"ing,

little flying, and a lot of mothering too daugh-

ter who has pilots lic..., Instrmnent & Multi-

engine rating. Son is still in High School.

WILLIEJEWELLPEACOCKKELLYlives with husband

Dick in Lake City, Fla. Works in Personnel Ser-

vice at local V.A. Hosp. and looks forward to

retiring in 1,166 days. Willie hopes to attend

all future reunions.

LYDIALINDNERKENNYworked for N.S.A., G-2 and "',

state Dept. (where she served in Korea from 62

to 64) after WWll. Ran a translation business

in Wash., D.C. for 5 years. In 1972, she took

a job in NewYork as a management consultant

in '1l.ranslation/Publishing Industry. Does Vol-

unteer work as hostess for foreign students and

the U.N. de-legates' in her spare t:iJne. Plans to

return to Wash., D.C. where-her son and daughter

live. Took trip to Australia, New:i.ealand and

Talbit (sp:) this part 8tllllIllor-.

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FRANCESROHRERSARGENT,after marriage and three

children, started back to work in Miami-Dade

CommunityCollege. Got her Bachelor in Bus.

Adm. and Masters degrees. Teaches College Comm.

Pilot, Air Traffic Qontrol and Aviation Adm.

Program in the Aerospace Dept. With Prof .• rank

Fran added Flight Instructor for both Airplane

And Instrument to her Cert. Was awarded the 99'8

Amelia Earhart Scholarship and used this to get

her Air Transport Pilot Cert. Also, has comp-

leted Commercial Gliders rating. This past summer

she took. lessons in Hang,Gliding. Arter trip to

Alaska ~th Kati, she jo~ned friend5 on a raft

trip down the Rio Grande.. Ownsa Piper Asteek

for fun trips. Active in 99'11, Air Pilots and

University Aviation Assoc., faculty advisor for

Collage Interc:01.1egiate flying team. and on

council for National Intercollegia~ Flying

Assoc. Has also served on Accrediation Task

Teamfor College Aviation Programs. Her three

children are married. Her son is in G~and both daughters are a short distance from her

"PETE" MADISONVANLOMwas Flight Instructor at •

Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. and Oregon State

College. Married Gerald in 1949 in Portland Ore. Has 5 children and works at Tektronix,'

Inc., manufacturers of Oscillosco~ and related

instruments. .

JANEWAITEFLIESBACHmarried Navy Pilot lIChet" in

1947. Has three:. daughters who live and work in

Calif. All the g:l:r15 learned to fly and the

youngest soloed Sail Plane at 16 and Citabres

at 16. Chet is still flying and Jane is his

Navigator on the business and pleasure trips they

take. He and his brother are having a "Swift"

rebuilt for hunting and football trips. Chet

has served 20 yrs. on the Nebraska Aero. Comm.

Jane is active in Christian Education and a Trus-

tee of the West Neb. Hosp.

GI'/ENDOLYNECOWARTHICKERSONhas done some nightand Instrument instructing. Married Jim Hicker-

son in 1945 and lived in Long Island, N.Y. and

Pittsburgh, Pa. They have two..SOn1!S,one Cmd.

James H. Hickerson, a P.O.W. Movedto Corpus

Christi, Tx. in 1965 and works at Layout Artist

Instructional Bedia Center, Corpus Christi

Ind. School Dist. She has lots of fun playing

golf and flying. .LYDADUNHAMKEEFEhas one husband and three sons,

Plus one daughter-in-law and one grandchild. Has

done some teaching, worked as a secty. and also

a legal secty. Quit work in June to enjoy liv-

ing. Latest hobby is Belly Dancing and she

brought pictures to prove it.HELENSNAPPlives in Wash., D.C. Area where Ben

owns a restaurant business. Helen works at

Postal Service Hdqs. in D.C. They-have three

grown sons, one of them still at home. She and

Ben travel when they can and see as many WASPs

as they can.IIDEDE"JOHNSONMOORMANmarried ole Hank, a tow

target boy from CampDavis, N.C. and has five

children. Lived in Japan for 6 yea:rs. Came

back to Tenn., S. Carolina, Oklahana and ended

up in the Fla. Key-B. Dede works for the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service at National Key Deer

'~ild1ife Refuge. Busy with ecological problema

of Gov't. Served on W.A.C.O.A. for 3 ~ar13 (eaw

Loretta Beatty, Hene Nielson, Rub7Mullins Men-

schin&-, Viqinia. Hash and Bet.t," Hass Pfister).

MARGERYMOOREHALBENstationed in N.C. and Ga. inTowTarget Sqd. After deaeti vation returned to

Roanoke, Va. and got flight instructor rating.

Workedfor Garner Aviation at Suffolk, Fred-

ericksburg and Richmond, Va. Married student pilot 2nd Lt.. Donald E. Halben, V.S.M.C. who

was then sent to the Far East upon graduation.

Joined him in Tsingtao, China :in 1947. 25 yrs.later, they went back to the Far East, this time

to Japan, for Don's final tour. While there,

Margery joined the Navy Aero Club at Atsugi.

Returned to the U.S. in time t.o attend the Reno

reunion. Don has retired from the Marines and

they live in Oceanside, Ca. Both their girls

are married and the eldest has 2 children.

CONNIELLEWELLYNHAVERTONis a Social Service

Supervisor with the Santa Barbara County Welfare

Dept. She has been with this Dept. for 18 yrs.

and works with Children Protective Services,

supervising children in Foster' Homeswho are

under the serviaes of the County. Connie is

flying again and plans to renew her license.She is active in ~anta Barbara Chapter of 99's.

Plays on WomenIs Softball Teamand learning toSquare Dance. Connie lives with her 17 year

old daughter.BETTYNAFFZI~IN married rellow pilot at Love

Field. Has 2 children. She is a housewife and

a "perennial student" at Univ. of North Alabama

for 12 yrs. Graduated with major in biologJ' and

teaching. Active in Enviormanta1 program,

mainly anti-litter and recently, anti-nuclear

power."EDDIE".PEDLARBISHOPil!l currently serving as Dir-

ector of Child. Developnent Teacher Technician

Program at Prentiss Jr.. College in Miss. Serves

on State Commit.tae of Family Lire. Pr-es. of •

South Miss. Transactional Analysis Assoc. (T.A.),

Secty. of Pinebelt Mental Health Assoc. Jimteaches at Univ. of Southern Miss. IIEddie II and

Jim have four children. One son is a Dentist,

one a dental student, one daughter with a Masters

Degree in Career Counciling, and another daugh-

ter working on her Masters Degree in Geography

and Natural Rescmrces. Has 2 grandchildren.

Eddie is a member of American Univ. Women, Kappa

Delta Gammaand Mississippi Psychological Assoc.

NANCYBAKERis Alaska supervisor for Field Enter-

prises Educational Corp. in Fairbanks, Alaska.

She was so busy 'bobbin' around seeing people in

Hot Springs she didn't fill out a sheet for me.

Do knowshe ha5 bought. a home in Fairbanks that

has in-door plumbing, electric lights and the

works. She even brought pictures to prove itand to show off her beautiful dog and window cat.

JEANTRENCHBROWNarrived late so didn~ get into

the class picture nor fill out a sheet for me.

She lives in Philadelphia.MARYEDITHENGLEand her husband arrived in Hot

Springs by Boat.. Havom't figured out how they

did this and we would all like an explanation.

HELENSCHAEFER lives in San Bruno, Ca. Has recen-

tly retired from the Air Force Rsserve as a Lt.

Col. She was commander of her squadron which

was composed of male pilots and lil ole Helen.

They get together often for fun and have a great

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~~~e. Helen is retiring, also, as Police Dis-

patcher so she .~ll have plenty of time to gad

about. She visited with Bert Miller in Dallas

on her w~y homefrom Hot Springs. Had lunch

with Alberta Head and went down to Ennis for

dinner •.lith "Vi" ThompsonMason and her husband.

On her way out of Texas she stopped in Odessa to

visit .lith me for the night. It was fun to gab

til midnight with Helen. She went with me thenext morning to have my tooth pulled and it was

good to have her moral support. In El Paso, she

called Nancye LoweCrout and gave her a message

from IT.eabout not \'iriting, attending reunions,

etc. Nancy is teacting school.

BERT~ULLERhas a metal business in Dallas. They

make things to customers specification. Hear she is quite a good bowler.

?TJTHFLOREY:"I'm still plodding along as a vrife,

nether, mother-in-law, and grandmother. Still

~orking vrith clay and attending a few County

Fairs here and there to sell a few. Doing some

work with mentally retarded children teaching

ceramics. Play tennis, golf, mowgrass, over-

haul moters, fish and goof-off a lot. I surehope you girls will keep me posted on your act-

i vi tie s. Even if you think you aren't doing

anything, we want to hear from you so we keep in

contact. So~e of you have never given us news,so, come on and drop a line."

43-5 Secretary: JILL McCORMICK

4920 N. State Rd. 43

w . Lafayette, Ind. 47906

The reunion at Hot Springs was greatl 43-5 had

l3 members there: Anne Shields, Betty Shea Boyd,

~arge Popell Sizemore, Dorothy Ebersbach, Helen

Porter Sheffer, Sylvia DahmesClayton, Yvonne Pate-

man, Ellen Croxton Evans, Margaret Cox Stegall,Dora Bochanek Focht, Gayle Bevis Reed, Edna Nodi-

sette Da'r.ls. and Jill McCormick. I. (Jill), had a unique experience of bathing in a special pool

located in one of the Hospitals which was espec-

ially built for Rheumatoid Arthritis victims. It

had a ramp with a rail for entering the pool or if

unable to walk, there was a chair lift for enter-

ing. The water Temp. was 980or 430Celsius _

what a soothing feeling! \vant to thank Dora Focht

and her husband for transporting me back and forth

to Hospital and Motel. Pat Pateman and her Air

Force friend Marty Stanton had a get-to-gether

supposedly for just 43-5, but I do think that we

had some 44-5 mixed in. However it was fun! I

flew to the convention in a Bonanza with Esther

Berner (43-3) Pilot, Marty Wyall (44-10) Co-pilot,

Betty Nicholas (44-7) Engineer and I was Steward-

ess. It was a 5 seater Bonanza and I entered the

plane thru the baggage door with much help from

the gals. As one observed, it looked as if Betty

and I were not speaking to one another. Betty sat

with baggage on her left side and I sat behind her

with baggage at my right side. Even tho we looked

uncommunicative, I was quite able to pass the re-

freshments forward to Bett}'" and she forwarded them

to the Crew. The trip was great both directions--

beautiful VFRto Hot Springs and IFR on-top back

to Indianapolis} I was in super-hands.

HODGSON,MARIONSTIDEMAN-received Marion's note

too late to get in the last Newsletter. Shesaid she was hoping to receive news of publica-

tion of her recently written novel? (Amystery

novel based in St.Simons Island. Marion report-

ed her husband Ned is nowPresident of First

Life. Marion is, also, hard at work on Cookbook

#4 to be entitled "One -Armed Cooking". Congratsto you both. Marion hal' three children, two are

married and the youngest, John, is still at home

and known as their "Baby Dinosaur". He' s 6' 4lr •

ROCHOW,DAWNSEYMOUR--Dawn'snote arrived too late

for the 176 Newsletter in which she hoped to make

the Hot Springs reunion. What happened Dawn, we

no saw you? She, apparently, had 3 High School

Seniors graduate in June '76. Wecongratulate

all of them! Dawnand her husband will be spend-

ing the wet, cold winter in Tucson on her husband' B

doctor's orders. Bill, their son, is selling

real estate in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and

his wife Mary is Junior High ~'i.brarian. They

have three children in college: Samat Clarkson

Tech, Wiz at the Univ. of Arizona, and Marge at

W.Va. Wesleyan. Amyis a junior in High School."Quite a familylt. Dawnis owner and t chief op-

erating officer l of RochowSwirl Mixer Company.

rEER. SHIRLEYSLADE--Shirley reported on her Xmas

card that her husband is about to retire so they

have left Houston and gone to Rockport "the Texas

Riviera". They have a cute house with a huge sun

deck overlooking the water. And there is fiShing,

crabbing, and swimmingat their doorstep. What

a life, Shirley, I'll be down!

WILLIAMS,VIRGINIAARCHERsays that writing letters

for the WASPBILLShas been educational and she

has become acquainted with some of the N.E. gals

(a plus) while in Wash., D.C. She found inter-

viewing some of our Reps a frustrating experience.

Her year old grandson and his mother came fromEngland to visit. Her son, who is in the Air

Force and flying F-4' s, has been stationed in

England for four years and has been transferred

to Las Vegas. He was going to be visiting before

reporting there. Virginia has the very time con-

suming job of Regent of Old Concord Chapter of

the D.A.R. but enjoys it.

NUTT,MARIEANNEBEARDlives in Fla. where she is

working in the control tower at WithamField,

Stuart, Fla. and loves both. She's busy fixing

up her cottage and has her young 80 yr. old

Mother living with her. Also preparing for the

biennial flight review again, but does still keep

flying a bit in spite of helping with calls and

paper work for the WASPbills.DeGRAYIRENEFRlliD has made the permanent move to

Port'Isabel, Tx. She has just been through the

evacuation for the impending hurricane Anita

which fortunately went South to Mexico instead or hitting Port Isabel and South Padre Island.

It still leaves them with all the unboarding and

reassembly or lawn f'urniture, etc. She is tbri v-

ing on the ambient' The shelling is great, clear

water and law tides; body BtU'fing is marTelou'o'i

exerci!ll!lj the t,1'CIUthave been biting like there

is no t amoI I OM; and the pelicans, barons, egrets,

and gulls peroh on the sand bar in tront of the

house and are a constant. delight. She sends an

invite to 8Ve17Olleto cane see her.

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KARl. FRANCESGREENwas a police IroIlI8nfor l'f~yra.

when she had to taka ear~ retir;~ment and have

cataract operation!1 on bot.h 61'6'8. She has beenworking as a Security Officer since in a large

department store. Recently, she was almost. ~stroyed bT a womanwhen she 8.M'"e'litedher for

stealing $16.00 worth of stationary. The womanstOJllpfN •• Francttst foot with a.WOC<isn soled shoe

and broke four bones in her foot so, Frances has been getting around with a cast. on her lett legfor a IllOntb..or more. (1 wonder if they get HAZ-

ARDPAY). Dana, her older daughter. will grad-

uate from eollege next year in Special Educationand has given Frances two granddaughters. Stacie

who is 10 yrs. old and Kari who is five. Lesliehas been going to tha nun since she graduated

from high school and is also a manager of a Gour-

met Food Section in a dept. store. Frances flewto Galveston for a family reunil)n rls:it with her

90 yr. old Mother who st.ill lives alone. takes

care of her own house and has a good sied gard

each year.LINDNER.IRENEGREDORYworks for the Pres./V.P. &

Chief Pilot (her darling husband) of Liminer AT.i.-

ation. Her twenty year old Daughter Janet earned

her Private Pilots license on 8/18/17. two days

before she drove her Pinto (Dad drove a Loaded

station wagon with her belongings) to I J ..iI iiQ i'i;Univ. for her Junior year there. The three Lind-

ners new 747'6 to Hawaii fram Dec. Zl, '76 'toJan. 8, t77. Janet worked in the bank five days

a week during the stmmer i flew, worked at the

airport~ and practi~ed and played on a women's

softball team (The team. came out fourth in tha

State of Iowa). She also ate, slept, dated and helped her Momremember that "Old pilots never

die, they just fade away". Irene has talked to

all pertinent parties in the state of Iowa about

the WASPmilitarization.

3TORTZ,CARYLJONESand WINWOOD,43-7 flew to Fla.in May. This was naryl's rettzrn to flying after

30 years. There they visited old friends incl-

uding Kaddy Landry~ 43-7, and then on to Fort

Worth to visit JOUll1Garrett, 43-6. Caryl hasescaped from teaching [~ter 22 years. She has

just returned from a trip to Mexico and she and

Win Woodare planning to go to Montana in Oct.

ObT.i.uusly, she is enjoying her retirement from

teaching.SCHAFFER,ELLENORKURTENhas retired from the Post

Office after 22 yrs. Her feet were killing her--

three operations on them in five years. Her days

of high heels are over but she is walld..ng (not

dancing) and happy to be able to .get around as

well as she does. Her husband Gt.orge is still

with the library at La Puente High School. In

Nov. they will be installed 6S the Worthy Matron

and Worthy Patron of East.ern Star in a chapter

which is the oldest in So. Calif. They have donea lot of visiting of other chapters this past

year since George has been the Pres. of the So.

Calif. Assoc. of Associated Patrons and Ellenor

has been Recording Secty. of the Associated

¥~trons. Even when they go fishing in their

camper at Calif. lakes and streams, they carry

clothes along suitable for attending meetings,

and enjoy every bit ~of it. Ellenor hasn't flown

in five years (since her brother sold his air-

plane). She has found that a Past Matron of an

Ill. Chapter of Eastern Star has movedto Mon-

rovia - - Fran Smith Tuchband of 44-2.MUNDTROBERTAhas been working at the Courthouse

, . tin Alliance, Nebr., occasion~ and tr.png 0

learn howto operate a farm since her father died last Fall. She has found neither to be very

lucrative but a real challenge.

mAN, JOSEPHINEPITZ lives in McLean, Va., and has been working with WASPhdqs. trying to push the

VETSstatus bills. She will be taking her two

daughter s with her next year on a two weeks sld..

trip to Austria and Switzerland. Doesntt that

sound interesting?RINGENBERG,MARGARETRAYis a member of the Silver

Wing Frat. which made a COllIIIlemorativeflight,

Aug 31 1977 marking the 50th Anniv. since thePost Office turned the transportation of the Air

Mail over to private contractors. This anniv.was.'commemoratedby having more than 40 volunteer

members of the Fraternity fly from N.Y. to S.F.

and from S.F. to N.Y. over the original trans-

continental route, with each pilot flying approx-

imately 100 miles. Margaret's flight was 180

miles from Chicago to Bryan, Ohio. Margaret'sdossier read as follows: Margaret J. Ringenberg:

(Mrs. Morris; - - - Soloed Nov. 21, 1940 in Piper

J-3 - - -Grandmother of Wright Brothers-Jon and

Joey--Mother of son Michael and daughter Marsha

Wright---Indiana 99 --- WASP--- Silver Wings

Fraternity ---- Indiana Aviation Assoc. --- Nat'l.

Aeronautical Assoc. --- AOPAMember--- 3 time

winner Illinois Race --- 1st place Indiana Race---

1st in Michigan Race --- Flew 20 Powder Puff ,Derbies (placed in top ten) --- Flew "Angel Derbylf

(International Race) --- Flew "Air Race Classic" \1st place (Ogden to Cheyenne) --- Pilot of Singl~,

Multi-engine Airplane --- Flight Instructor:

Instrucm.ent, Multi-engine Airplane.

THOMPSON,MARJORIESANFORDand her husband have atwin-engined Travelaire and belong to the Bon-

anza Society. They flew with 13 other planes

of the Southwest Chapter of the society on a

ten day tour of Mexico --- Guadalajara, Morelia,

Puerto Vallarta. etc. The next planned tripis to Carlsbad Caverns. They also use the plane

for hunting trips and take their two German

Shorthair hunting dogs with them. The dogsseemto enjoy the trips as JilUchas Sandy and her husband do. Sandy has been writing letter~ to

the Congressmen on WASPMilitarization als".

WHITE,HARRIETURBANfinished a stint in Biling-

ual Education in an elementary school with four

different languages. Then took off and joined

her youngest son Tan (#5) and the family wherethey had been living in Quito, EcuadOI", for six

months. She saw snowcapped mountains, the

Equator, and the prlmiti:ve Marimba group Tomhad

studied with on the Ecuador coast. They return-

ed via Panama and Costa Rica, visiting old Univ.

of NewMexico friends. Nowshe is worldng with

Pueblo and Navajo Indians teaching English and

Adult Education which she finds fascinating and

creative. She taught in Las Cruces with Mexican

Univ. students and travels qu:l..tea bit, so isconsidering trying to get her license again.

HAMMOND,VIRGINIAWILSONstayed in general avia-tion with local FBOat Ann Arbor, MI. Married

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in 1947 and left active participation to raise

a family with every intention of returning "some

beautiful dayi'. She made the triumphant return

with much help and encouragement of the Garden

State 99's and the NewYork Chapters of 99's

(to Quote, "The greatest bunch ever"). She up-

dated herself by securing her Basic and Instru-

ment Ground Instructors Ratings----also took the

CFn written but that is as yet an unfinished activity. At this time they were living in New

Jersey and she soon had a full agenda of ground

school and aerospace/education classes goi~ at

Paul VI High School, COIIIIIllIIlityCollege, Adult

Ed. evening classes and Boy Scouts. She attend-

ed a speci'al Aerospace Ed. summerprogram at

Rutgers Univ. in Trenton, EJ. Shortly thereafter

she became Pres. of NJ Aerospace Ed. Assoc. for

the purpose of promoting Aero~aee Education

throughout the state. This was in '76 and

shortly after the first compact and affordable

simulator was offered at the market place. A

friend with the FAAsuggested they take a close

look at the new 'device' and found it to be a

great "hands on motivator". Virginia and her husband returned to Mich. and looked forward to

some quiet flying. She feels that flying has

become 50 very sophisticated and pressures upon

pilots so great and she became acutely aware of

a greater need for a more Professional Approach

to our pilot training techniques so has contin-

ued affiliation with Analog Training Computers,

Inc., the NJ manufacturer of the simulator. At

• present she has been busy talking with the local

. press about the WASPveterans benefit bill, with

much success.

HUNTER,CELIAmovedto Washington, D.C. June 6, '77

•to serve as interim (probably one year ) Executive

Director of the Wilderness Society, a national

conservation organization. Previous to this, she

served as the Pres. of the Council, a part-time

preoccupation, which sh~ traded for a full-time

job. She finds.living in Wash., D.C. is a far

cry from a log cabin in Dogpatch, on the out-

skirts of Fairbanks, Alaska, but it has com-

pensations such as good theater and the fasci-

nation of being involved in an ongoing process

of govermnent. Liabilities include Washington'.s

hot, humid climate with its air pollution. Says

bike riding to work is hazardous but breathing

the air daily is downright dangerous. Celia has

managed to get back to Alaska once a month since

July, but prospects are slim from there on out.

She's met a number of D.C. area WASPs,among

them 43-5, Dodi Pitz Egan. Her partner in Camp

Denali, Ginny Hill Wood, 43-4, has guided a

backpacking trip across part of the Artic Wild-

life Range this ~r.

CLAYTON,SYLVIADAlIMEShas been namedAsst. Gen.

Mgr. of IOTAEngineering, Im~. IOTAis involv-

ed in research and development oJ: Energy Saving

ballasts for fluorescent lights. Someof the

ballasts will be on test at PG&Ein S.F. soon,

also on demonstration in the governor's office

in Sacramento in a Solar Project. Sylvia took

a trip to Iowa and Minnesota in July to attend

family reunions by both of her Mother's and

Father's families---one July 24th and one July

31st. She is the proud grandmother Illf a little

girl born on Memarial. Dsy whomshe is enjoying

immensely since she lives with Sylvia's son and

his wife in Tucson.. Her daughter and son-in-law

who are both captains in the army are in Advance

Finance School at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind-

ianapolis, and will be going to Germanyin Jan.'78. Sylvia and her husband are already making

plans to visit them there. Being Program Ohair-manfor the. El Sol Chapter of the Amer. Bus.

WomensAssoc. give's her a little extra to do to

keep busy.McCORMICK,JIll. lost her Student Roomer at the

beginning of Spring Semester. Consequently, she

spent the worst part of the winter by herself.

Twostray cats namedONEand TWOmovedin so she

wouldn't be alone and got along very well while

the ice and snowwere on the ground; as the

weather improved, Twochased One away so Twohas

been taken over as a pet. In May, Esther Berner,

43-3, and Jill went to NewYork City to attend

the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Assoc. reunion. They

opened the reunion to WASPswhether or not they

were P-47 Pilots so they could tell our story atthe business meeting and get some .300people to

write to Congress for'us. Our Prez, Bee Haydu,

gave an excellent talk during their business

meeting. Upon Esther's and Jill's arrival on

TWAat LaGuardia Field they were met by NBC-TV

and photographed debarking from the aircraft

and all the way to the baggage pick-up. Also

were interviewed as they drove to tile St. Moritz

Hotel. Jill. never did get to see it on TV;

however, they did see WASPsin the bowof the

excursion boat they took around Manhattan Isle

when that was shown on TVin N.Y. City. All

during the three day week-end events, they were

surrounded by the media and got lost of coverage

for both groups. After the reunion , Esther and

Jill went o \:.'b to Oyster Bay, L.I. and spent five

days resting and visiting with Lt. Col. Marge

Gray, USAFRes., Ret., and WASP43-2. Jill says

she has had a very dull swnmertrying to cure an

open ulcer on one of her legs. Hope it was better

by the time Jill went to Wash., D.C. for the

House Committee hearings.

Ed note: Thanks to Jill &Syl'J:i.a Clayton for

the cooperative get-together on their class

news. J:iJ.L is still your Secty. (43-5).

43-6 Secretary: JOANI\IIGARRETT

1504 Lamplighter Lane

Fort Worth, TX76134

817-293-6796

WILSON,MAURINEBRUNSVOLD just returned from a

trip to Maui along \'d.th husband Flen, daughter

-20 yrs. old and son 16 yrs. old. Their fourth

trip. Maurine haan't been flying nmch since

she flew in the Powder Puff Derby a year ago

as her son broke his leg and was on crutches

for 4 mos. and 4 trips to school daily took

most of her time. She and her husband went to

Puerto Rico for their vacation and do lots of

boating in-between times.

WHEELWRIGHT,LEEwent on a tour of Europe-Austria,

Hungary, Czechoslavakia, Yugoslavia &Germany.

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DUES NOTI CE AND MEMBERSHI P I NFORMATI ON

Or der of Fi f i nel l a

Dues Donat i on: $10F or : Oc t o be r ' 77 t o ' 78Payabl e t o: ORDER OF FI FI NELLASend t o: Mr s. Bet t y Ni chol as

125 West 82nd St r eet

I ndi anapol i s, I N 46260

Member s hi p I nf or mat i onPl ease send car bon copy of t hi s f or m

t o:

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She has wor k ed l ong and har d a t WASP Hdqs . ands a y s i t h as b ee n a ma r v e l o us t i me f o r h er p er -s o na l l y . L ee wa nt s t o a dd h er t h an ks t o a l lt hose WASPs who have wor ked 50 t i r e l ess l y f oro ur c a us e .

J OHNSON, CAP PY - Ca pp y an d L yal l f l ew t o L on do n f o rf i ve days , t hen t o Y ugos l av i a wher e t hey boar deda c r u i s e s h i p f o r a t r i p t h r ough t h Gr eek I s l es ,At hens and I s t anbu l . ( Wh i l e i n I s t anbu l , t heymet a shop- keeper who st i l l v i v i d l y r emember edt h e d ay h er b us b an d h ad c r a s h - l a nd ed h i s s h op -up B- 24 t her e , and t he peop l e wer e pani ck ed ,t h i nk i ng t hey wer e bei ng i nvaded. ) A f t er t hei rc r u i s e t hey s pent a week i n Y ugos l av i a be f o r er e t u r n i ng home. Cappy t ook a phot ogr aphy c l as sl a s t s e me s t e r a t J u ni o r Co l l e ge a nd s a y s s h ebecame hook ed. She never goes anywher e wi t houth er c a me r a a nd d oe s a l l h er o wn d ev e l o pi n g a ndpr i n t i ng. T h i s s ummer s he made s ever a l phot of o r ays t o Car me l , t he Bi g Sur a r ea , t he Mendo-c i n o Co as t a nd t h e Hi g h S i e r r a s a nd h as n ' tf ound anyt h i ng t o exc i t e her s o I I l Uchs i nce s hel ear ned t o f l y , Cappy was Cha i r man f o r t he No .

Cal i f . ar ea f or Conmuni cat i ons on RED ALERT.KOCHE R, P E DeY HE L BURN s ays t hey' r e s t i l l a t s amea dd r e s s . No p i l o t i n g, b ut t h ey f l e w t o Co pe n-hagen, b i ked acr oss Denmar k , f er r i ed t o Os l o ,t ook t r a i ns and pl anes t he 2000 mi l es Nor t h( nor t h o f t he Ar c t i c Ci r c l e ) and en j oyed t hemai l boat ' s f r equent s t ops i n t he s mal l t ownsa nd c i t i e s a l o ng t h e c o as t s o ut h t o Be r g en .Managed a f ew days h i k i ng i n t he mt s . bet weenBer gen and Os l o be f o r e head i ng home. Not on t hegr ound 12 hr s . be f o r e t hey t ook o f f f o r Anchor -a ge , a no t he r 5 h r s . o f j e t l a g1 T hi s wa s a nemer gency f o r t he i r s econd s on T er r y was i n t heh os p i t a l , b ut s h e' s h ap py t o s a y h e c a me o ut o f i t q ui c k l y a nd we l l , a nd i s a l r e ad y b ac k a t wo r k

o n o n e o f t h e h ou s es h e' s b ui l d i n g. No . 1 s o ni s do i ng P ubl i c Def ender wor k i n Br uns wi ck , Ga . ,No . 3 s on i s go i ng back t o Co l umbi a Bus i nes sSchool , af t er a summer wor k i ng f or an i mpor texpor t f i r m. Daught e r Debr e wi l l be i n herf r e s h ma n y e ar a t T uf t s Co l l e ge t h i s y e ar . P egs ays E r i c cont i nues a t Co l umbi a ' s Schoo l o f I n t ' l . Af f a i r s , but expect s t o r e t i r e i n J une .She i s wor k i ng f u l l t i me f o~ our env i r onment -wat e r r a t her t han a i r - cons t i t u t i ng t he pa i dst af f f or t he Ci t i zens Advi sor y Commi t t ee t ot he NYC Ar ea~~de Wast ewat er Management Pl anni ngP r ogr am, a 2 - year f eder a l l y f unded e f f o r t t opl an f or br i ~: g i ng wat er s up t o t he f i shabl e,s wi mmabl e Feder a l S t andar ds . P ar t o f t he j obi s edi t i ng t he bi mont h l y Newsl et t er . She hoped

t o g et t o Co l . Ha l Bw1 dy ' s E PAAF E ag l e P as sRe un i o n, n ot h av i n g g ot t e n t o a ny s i n c e t h e f i r s tone wher e t hey a l l f e r r i ed p l anes t o and f r omL ock Haven.

HOORE J EAN GARLAND 'i. Hus band pas s ed away s i x year sago' a f t e r 37 year s o f mar r i age. Had one ch i l d ,s o n a nd h e h as f o ur c hi l d r e n - 2 b o ys , 2 g i r l s .Has ' been l i v i ng on a ~l i ne Far m wh i ch got t o bet o o mu c h f o r h er t o h an dl e . S he ' s i n t h e p r o -c e s s o f s e l l i n g i t & movi ng up ar ound Bl oomsbur g( St i l l wat er ) , Pa. Has pur chased a mobi l e homeand wi l l l e t ever yone k now when her addr es schanges when t he move i s made.

STORY, I RMA I I BABEI I - Had a f i r e l ast D&c. whi l es h e wa s o ut o f t o wn a nd f o r c e d h er t o mo v e o uto f t he o l d ' homes t ead' 1 She s t i l l wor k s f o rSant a Fe E ng i neer s , a cons t r uc t i on company , andt r ave l s qui t e a b i t . I r ma was a Ma j o r i n t heAF R. Ho pi n g t o s e e e v er y o ne i n Co l o . S pr i n gsi n S ep t . , ' 7 8. S ay s s h e p l o t t e d f o r a y ea r t o

get a f r ee eveni ng i n F t . Wor t h t o s ee J oannGa r r e t t ; ma de i t o n t h e 7 t h o f S ep t . a nd n o J oa nn , s o s he ( J oan n) f l un ks ho s t es s . I r ma' sn ew a dd r e s s i s 8 29 W. Av e . J - 1 2, L a nc a s t e r , Ca .9: 534.

ANONSON, MOYA MI TCHELL - Sent ar ound 250 l et t er st o f r i ends t o send t o t hei r Congr ess men &Sen-a t o r s o n Ve t s t a t u s , g ot a l o c al T V S t a . t o g i v eh er a c o u~_ e o f mi n ut e s ( t h ey d i d t h i s a bo ut 1 0t i mes ) . She had a ca l l f r om L i l l i an Ca l k i n " , E no4 4- 5 wh o n ow l i v e s i n p t . S t . L u c i e , F l a . u ad n' tk no wn h er b ut h op es t o s e e he r s o on . S he h adbeen a t t he Senat e Hear i ngs • I I Fo r amus ement o rsomet h i ng, I del i ver I I Meal s on Wheel s" f or Mar t i nCi ~y Counc i l f o r Ag i ng - ent e r t a i n a l o t and t r yt o k eep hous e . We ' r e a t t empt i ng t o s e l l our s as

we ' ve pur chas ed a Condo near by . Our f r i endspr ef er t o cal l i t a ' ' Pandemoni umll b ut we f e el i t ' st he way t o go. Ar oh r et i r es - one mor e year - t hen,we p l a n t o d o s o me t r a v el i n g a s l o ng a s o urh ea l t h h ol d s o ut . I wa s a 1 s t L t . i n Re s er v et h en r e s i g ne d a bo ut 5 y e ar s l a t e r . My h us b an dA r ch and I f o l l ow t he O. P . C. ( Out boar d Races )Our l as t t r i p was t o E uf au l a , Al a . , a char mi ngt own, ( as Mar t ha Smi t h Bul l ock al ways t ol d medur i ng t r a i n i ng) . Had many shor t er t r i ps t oa t t e nd Ra c es . Ne x t c o me s t h e F l a . Ai r S ho w a tKi s s i me e. I t i s s u ch f u n t o s e e C . A. F . o f Ha r -l i ngen wi t h t hei r many v i WI I p l anes- as wel l ast h e ma ny n ew o n e s . We g o v i a v a n a nd s p en d 2whol e days j ust wat chi ng &smel l i ng and 11m s o

h ap py t o b e n ea r a i r p l a ne s . Ho pe t o s e e a l o to f y ou ga l s ne xt F al l . I c an' t mi s s t hi s o neas Col or ado was a f avor i t e ar ea of mi ne.

RANCE, HARY RUTH wr i t es t hat Nel l e Car mody Kl ei np as s e d a wa y i n Au g. o f 1 97 4, b ut t h e OOF wa s n otn ot i f i e d. He r h ns b an d Ru s s h ad wr i t t e n t h at s h ed i e d o f c a nc e r a f t e r f i g ht i n g i t f o r e l e v en y r s .Mar y Rut h s ays s he ' s no t do i ng anyt h i ng i n t e r es -t i ng except needl epoi nt at t he moment .

RI CCI , L OL A P ERK I NS - J u s t 3 5 y e a r s a nd 3 d ay sa f t e r my f i r s t Cu b l e s s o n, I ma de i t i n t o t h e

J et Age wi t h a L ea r j et Rat i ng l as t Nov . - aL e ar d oe s n' t h av e t h e " f e el " o f f l y i n g, b ut i tcer t a i n l y i s " up- up- and- away" l T hen back t o t he

Tr a vel ai r f o r a v i s i t t o Ed I S mot her i n NYC,

wi t h a s i de f l i t e t o D. C. and a de l i ght f u l t ouro f t h e Ai r &Space Mus eum t o s ee t he WASP d i s -p l a y. F l e w u p t o Va nc o uv er I s l a nd f o r a f e wdays o f s ummer vacat i on a f t e r a ho t , s weat yt r i p t o T ampa i n t he f i na l P owder P u f f Der by i n J ul y- c ou nt e d 22 ot he r WASP f l y i ng ab oa r d t ha tl ast f l i ght , and met many mor e at s t ops enr out e.Al l comment ed about t he Hear i ngs on Mi l i t ar i za-t i on - now, o f cour s e , we k now we ' r e " back t o t hed r a wi n g b oa r d " , b ut i n t e r e s t wa s h i g h. P ut o nenew engi ne i n t he a i r p l ane i n Mar . and p l an t omo un t t h e o t h er i n De c " s o ' 7 8 s h ou l d Oe agood vacat i on- f l y i ng Y l J ar 11 At t ended one l ocala r ea gat her i ng t o c l ue us i n on how Congr es swa s h an dl i n g o ur c a s e - a p l e as a n t a f t e r n oo n o f

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meet i ng many new k i ndr ed soul s . I f t he Mi l i t ar -i z a t i o n P r o j e c t d i d n ot h i n g e l s e , i t DI D g et u sf i r ed up and r e- uni t ed.

TI BBE TT S, MARI ON - I mov ed ov er t o L ar go , F l a. i nAu g. ' 7 6, f r o m T e x as , a nd h ad a b al l p ai n t i n g,paper i ng and l ear n i ng about a l l t he l ove l y f l ow-e r s , e t c . we h av e h er e . T he n, t h i s p as t Ma ymy s i s t e r C l a i r e and her hus band came down f o r

a vacat i on &

l ook- see at t he ar ea wi t h t hought so f mov i ng down f r om Mas s . s oon . Wi t h i n 36 hr s .we h ad t o h av e t h e s e r v i c e s o f P ~a ~1 Bd i c s , e t c .and a qu i ck r un t o t he hos pi t a l f o r emer gencys ur ger y on Cl a i r e . Seems t he l ong cont i nued us e

o f As p i r i n p r oduct s f o r Ar t h r i t i s had eat en par to f h er s t o ma c h. ~g er y wa s r e qu i r e d t o b ui l dher a new d i ges t i ve s ys t em. So, bewar e o f As -p e: i n - ~t c a n b e f a t a l . we n ea r l y l o s t h ert Wl ce & ~t was t he P ar a - Med i cs who s aved herS I •

he s now do i ng beaut i f u l l y and s eems t o havea new l eas e on l i f e , F r ank came back t o Mi ddl e -bor o, Mas; . &s o l d t he i r hous e . He ' s r e t i r i ngOc t . 1 ; Cl a i r e b ou gh t a h ou s e i n L ar g o o nl y4 mi l es f r om me. I dr ove her home t o Mi ddl ebor o

&ar r i ved j us t be f o r e L a00r Day and s t a r t ed t oh el p h er p ac k . S he g i v e s t h e i n s t r u c t i o n o nwhat goes wher e , e t c . and I ' ve f ound mus c l es I ' df o r g ot t e n a bo ut s i n c e l a s t y e ar . De di e c a me o v erf o r a v i s i t p r i o r t o Cl a i r e l eav i ng t he hos pi t a l .We h ad l o ng p l a nn ed o n h er v i s i t &I h ad h op ed t ohave a get - t oget her o f ga l s f r om t he a r ea wh i l eshe was t her e. J pu t out an SOS t o Mar y ( Nes b i t )Hear n ( 44- 5 ) and s he cont ac t ed as many as s he

. . • c o ul d o n s h or t n ot i c e . Re s ul t wa s l o ve l y l u ne -. o n a t h er h ome wi t h 1 0 WAS Ps p r e s e nt . I t wa s s ogood t o s ee Ded i e agai n &s he l ook ed t e r r i f i c asusual .

J OHNSON, CAP PY WHI T AKE R ha s r et i r ed as you r c l as ss ecr e t a r y a f t e r s er v i ng f o r f i ve year s i n t h i s

pos i t i on . Cappy camo frOlll Calif. Her

husbandi s r e t i r i n g a nd s h e a s k ed t o b e r e l i e v ed o f h erd ut i e s . S he h as d on e a f i n e j o ' c f o r a l o ng t i mea nd we a l l o we h er a b i g v ot e o f t h an ks . I l e ar n -e d f r o m Ca pp y t h at e ac h c l a s s s e c t y . p ay s h er o wnexpens es t o cont ac t c l as s member s f o r news andno one mi nds , except t ha t MANY 00 NOT ANSWE R. Iagr eed ( J OANN Gi 1RETT) t o ass ume t he sect y ' s .dut i es unt i l our next meet i ng i n Co l o r ado Spr i ngsin 1978.

}ARRETI ' , J OANN - I at t ended my FI RST OOF Reuni ona nd I ' m s o g l a d I we nt ! I T WAS GRE AT F UN. Ni n eof our c l assmat es wer e t her e- - - Cappy \ f u i t t aker

J oh ns on, Vi r gi ni a Br oome Wat er e r , L ee L eo na r dWheel r i ght , I r ma " Babe" St or y, Mi _dr ed McLel l andChr i s t i ansen, Evel yn Tr ammel l , Nancy Rut h J ohnson

Th or ne , I r ene Mag l i a an d mys el f . I was " s el ec t ed"as Sect y . , t hos e o t her e i ght member s d i dn' t evenv o t e . P l e as e s e n d n e ws a bo ut y o ur s e l f , y o ur f a m-i l i e s , wh at y o u' v e b ee n d oi n g, wh er e y o u h av ebeen o r a r e go i ng and any o t her i n f onnat i on you' dc a r e t o s h ar e . I f y o u a r e n o l o ng er i n t e r e s t e di n be i ng cont ac t ed , P L E J ~E , t ak e t he t i me t o d r opa not e and as k t o be r emoved f r om t he 43- 6 cont ac tl i e t . . T h i s wi l l r educe t he wor k and expens e o f t h e c l a s s s e c t y . Ma y I e nc o ur a ge y ou t o s u pp or tyour o r gani z a t i on by payi ng t he $10 . 00 yeadydues- - member shi p year r uns f r om Oct . t o Oct .Our o r gani z a t i on badl y needs your f i nanc i a l he l p :

es pec i a l l y wi t h t he hear i ngs i n f u l l s wi ng. l ~ow,l e t me t e l l y ou t h at I f l u nk ed S ec t y . Wh en I r e -ce i ved t he car d f r om our E di t o r on Aug . 25t ht e l l i ng me t he dead l i ne f o r news , I was l eav i ngt own f o r a 5 week s t r i p s o I i mmedi a t e l y ca l l edBe t t y Cr o s s i n Ca l i l . a nd y e l l e d HE L PS S he a gr e edy o ur l e t t e r s c o ul d b e s e nt d i r e c t t o h er . I t ' sbeen a l o t o f year s but WASP - days memor i es a r e

s t i l l s t r ong. I r emember be i ng t h r own i n t o t heWi s h i n g We l l b y s o me o f y o u; ma r c h i n g a l o t o f y o ui n t o a g r ands t and on a J u l y 4 t h ce l ebr a t i on a tA bi l ene, T X. ; n i ght - coach i ng i n Mor s e code bybay- mat es t hat saved my sk i n; I r emember t hef r i endshi ps , I r emember , I r emember . Let ' s hangt o ge t h er a nd h ea r f r o m y ou s o on . I h av e a s u gg -es t i on - - - s t a r t your s e l f a " do l l a r ll pi ggy bankf o r t he r euni on i n Co l o r ado Spr i ngs i n ' 78 now! !

McANALLY, MARGARET CASTLE - I ' m st i l l t eachi ng4 t h g r a de a t Bo r o n, CA. My c h i l d r e n a r e a l l i n -v ol v ed i n s k y d i v i n g. My y ou ng es t i s a s e ni o ri n c o l l e ge . Af t e r J u ne , 1 97 8 I ' l l b e a bl e t oa f f o r d anot her ha i r net ! I s pok e t o Congr es s manWM. Ket chum about t he WASP i ss ue at our 2O- Mul e

Te am Day s as wel l as my f a mi l y an d f r i en ds s end -i ng t e l egr ams , l e t t e r s and car ds t o Senat o r s andCongr es s men.

MADDEN, ANN CRI Si t l ELL- L i f e seems t o become mor ecompl i ca t ed r a t her t han s l ough i ng o f f . T hef r i n ge b en ef i t s a r e s o g oo d h er e t h at s e v en o f t he t en ch i l d r en cont i nue l i v i ng a t home butI I Hot her ll i s a bl e t o d o h e r t h i n g t o o. I ' v e b e-come ver y i nvol ved wi t h t he Char i smat i c Movementa nd l o ve i t . Am al s o l e c t u r i n g s e ve r a l d ay s aweek on t he K i ng T ut exhi b i t cur r ent l y t our i ngt he count r y and on s ever a l o t her a r t - r e l a t edt o pi c s . Ho pe f u l l y o ne o f t h es e d ay s I ' l l b ea bl e t o a t t e nd o ne o f t h e r e un i o ns . T he y s o un dr eal l y gr eat !

SMI T H, MAnNE ST h" WARD - J us t c l os ed es c r ow on myn ew h ome i n Ra mo na . I t ' s a n o l d h ou s e b ut I a mde l i ght ed wi t h i t . T he t e l ephone won1t be i n-s t a l l ed unt i l Oc t . 24t h . Af t e r s e l l i ng my homeo f 2 6~ y e ar s a t 1 07 3 Ag at e , S an Di e go , l a s t Ma r o h,mov i l l t . ,one who l e b l ock t o 980 Agat e t o a r ent edhous e wher e I have been camped and c r amped f o ra l mos t 7 mos . , i t ' s exc i t i ng t o agai n have a per -manent home. Dr i v i ng t he same 30 mi l es t o myof f i ce , wh i ch wi l l r ema i n i n San Di ego, wi l l besomewhat t i r i ng but wor t h i t . Any WASPs get t i ngt o Ramona- - do cal l . My ' phone wi l l be l i s t edt her e , t oo l a t e f o r t he CW1e nt d i x e c t o r y , o f cour s e . P eg ( MARGARE T ) Wi s s l e r Rober t s , 43- 6 ,a nd h er h us b an d J a y , l o s t t h ei r b ea ut i f u l h omeand a l mos t a l l o f t he i r be1. . mg i ngs i n t he Sant a

Bar bar a f i r e . T hey wer e ca l l ed back f r om ad i s t a nt i s l a nd a s t h ey h ad j u s t s t a r t e d a n 1 8mont h t r i p a r ound t he wor l d . T hey p l anned t or e s ume t h ei r t r a v el s a s s o o n a s t h ey t o ok c a r e o f t he r equi ~ed det a i l s becaus e o f t he l os s .

E D: T o a l l me mb er s o f 4 3- 6 - - Y ou r g r e at r e s po ns ewa s t e r r i f i c a nd . t h os e o f y o u wh o s e nt y o ur d ue st o me f e ar no t ! I s e nt a l l c he ck s o n t o y ourS ec t y . , Be t t y Ni c h ol a s , s o i t wi l l b e n ot e d o nt he book s .

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43-7 Secretary: MARYHELENBURKE

1700 Seaspray Apt. 2119

Houston, Texas 77008

DRUMMOND,EMERALD- Elnm;rcame tc- Palm Springs and

visited me for several days prior to the Powder

Puff this ye-ar. She is still with the Fire Dept.

in the City of Los Angeles and still goes toHawaii on vacations, which nowrun into 6 weeksa year. Looks great and we had such fun visi.ting.

Maxine (Edmandson) Flcmrnoy, 43-8, of Alice, 'IX.,was going to try to meet us in Palm Springs but

found she didn't arrive hane from Greece and

Italy until the day be.fore <f e were to leave, so

had to f'orego the trip. Her 3 gi:r-ls are married

and Maxine is a proud grandmoi;her, too"

BURKE,MARYHELEN- Only had a few short notes

fran our class be1'"oresending tms in. I had

the pleasure of riding co-Pilot in the Powder

Puff Race this yrrcI:r with Mary Jane Norris. We

had a great time and I even passed myMedical

again. Every year one wonders abcmi;it. Since

the 1st of Aug., I have been working at NorrisAviation, Inc. flight school on Andrau Airpark,

Houston, TX.. Something to keep me busy and it

is very heartening to see howmany womenare

interested in flying. Manyyoung girls who are

fortunate to have parents with money and can en-

joy learning without scraping for the price of a lesson.

43-8 Secretary: MARGESLEFRIOOEDRESBACH

1302 Walker Lane

La.Habra, Calif. 90631

JANHATCHDOWNER is doing fascinating work in av-

iati.on. She's restoring old aircrai't and l'lans

to assist in building "anotherU (Get thatl) air-

plane next year. Additionally, she's done TVdocumentaries and magazine publieity on the sub-

jact of aircraft restoration. As eventful as

1977 has been, imag:ine what 1978 will be like

when she starts Calif. compet:ttion with these

airplanes she's restored.

EFFIE PRATTKEMPTONhas joined the ranks of us

retired sehool teachers. Several eye surgeries

have nece15sitated abandoning flying but, thank-

fully, she still ean drive. She enjoys her

roles as organist for the ehurch Sunday School

and being grandmother to fourteen.

JOCELYNMOOREEVERNHAMhad a beautiful trip to

England and France last spring. An interesting

and certainly challenging part of her work at

the library is giving shadow shows tor chi.!dren.JANACRAWFORDEBERLYhas been performing hel' civic

obligation serving jury duty tms summer, and

~one who has done this knows it leaves little

time for other activi.ties. She attended the

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing and

hopes to be present at the House hearings on

our behalf. The girls in the Va., Md., D.C.

area frequently get together- to keep their WASP

friendships active. Elaine Harmon, 44-9, gave

a luncheon last winter. In the spring about

24 met at a D.C. restaurant and they plan to con-

tinue this once or twice a year. Jana writes

that Lois MacKemlie, "the samebttbb11' gal", was

the instiga1;or of tbis idea. .

ANDREASHAWis deep in the effort-s of. gett1ng a

house blIii~ before the NUl lob.est raJ.n~ and/or

winter set"s in. Shels doing her awn c~acti.ng,

ana as Andy sa:ys regarding building, pre-

d t cry a lot.-II Moving-in time should be pare th°ough" Wish we all could go to Kirkland,soon • warm-

Washington for a good old-faslrl:oned housei.ng f or Andy. .

LOIS DOBID.NAUCHTERLONIEt.ook tJ.me out from her

duties as techn:i.cal editor to enjoy the beauty of

Scotland in the spring with her husband, Car~. I Edinburgh the -.;u.eenwho had rel~1ve5 there. n ,

w",smaking her Jubilee official vi.sit and t:rey

saw her 4 times in one day. Lois says she 1s1t f th guards and co orslovely and the pageau tO Y 0 e .

are very :impressive. That was spr1ng and now

in the fall it is salmon fishing in the San J~r Islands. (I think: salmon fishing woul~ be sa s-

fying-not only to the palate but catic~g one

would give you the satisfaction of kn~g youhad saved it fran that long arduous tr:Lp up-

stream. ) One of these days Lois and Carl hope

to retire to the great Northwest.

MAliC[AWENZELMIIRERhas added another exciting

trip to her many others. A hi.ghlight to this

latest one was chartering a Cessna on floats and

flying over the fjords lower than the tops of

walls and houses along the ~orth Sea. Phi.! is

going to retire fran the bank in Nov•. so th7

y've

sold their Bedford home and plan to w:LDterl.n

their newOeean Reef hane in Fla. and summerin

Weekapaug, R.I. Marcia called Pat Pratt Stark

after finding her listing in the new roster.

She's still flying and amamber of the 99'5.

DONNASPELLICKGLENDINNINGis another of those

whose big event of '77 is their first grandchild.

Her husband, Bob, also retired this year 50 they;

too are off and running. It was Aspen in Marchand' Bermuda in Sept. (Sounds like such fun!)

Donna says she's been with "Country Gal", a Jr.

shop in Westport, for 14 yrs. and is nowmanager.

HELENTIUGGLUTS, the vi"Vacious, efficient secretary

for 43-8 for so many years, is busy cleaning

quarj;z for their fireplace, hoping to get it done

before the stone mason arrives. Friends of

theirs have a gold mine and let them go rock

hunting where they foand some beautif'ul quartz

rock. It's easy to visualize Helen and Jack

ensconsed in front of a glowing "fire this winter

enjoying the fruits of their labor. They, also,

are involved in comIty planning and a water pro-

ject involving 7 dams in the SierraB. As Helen

says, "It's important, but it is also too manymeetings". In June, Cappy and Lyall Johnson

(43-6) had a dinner for Sacto area WASP. In add-

ition to the goodcanpany and good food, Helen

especially enjoyed seeing the beautiful home Cappy

and Lyall dlnti.gned and built themBel~

ELEANOR ~ OLSEN"WaS19:i:rl:ngbi:rth-l to her first

grandchild this year. Whenlast heard from, her

bag was packed and she was all reatiy to leave for

Conn., hoping amid all the excitement to know how

to act when the big event oeelll ed. (They tell me

it all canes back:1;0 yeo.-pretty quickly", Eleanor,

but I'd sure like the opportunity to find out for

mysel..r.) She has been to Colorado Springs twice

since itwae acided to have the '78 reunion

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t he r e and wr i t e s , " Ther e c ou l d n' t b e a mor e ap p-r opr i at e pl ace. "

L OI S NA SH, one o f our t a r g e t t owi ng b omb e r p i l o t swi t h f l y i ng e x pe r i e nc e i n B - 2 6' s , B - 1 7' s , B - 2 4' s ,a nd B- 2 9' s , i s e nj o y i n g t h e S ou t h t h i s f a l l .S he a n d h us b a nd , Al , v i s i t e d t h ei r t wo s o n s a n do ne d au gh t e r - i n - l a w i n Ga . a nd Al a . Ne xt y ea rt h o ug h, r e ga r d l e s s o f o t h er t r a v el p l a n s , s h e ' s

l ook i ng f o r war d t o our Col o r ad o r e uni on , andt h i s t i me s h e I I I b r i , ; g he r g ol f c l u bs . L o i ss har e d a c oupl e o f mar v e l ous ne ws p ap er a r t i c l e swi t h me. Ful l page st or y Bar r i ngt on- Gour i e rR ev i e w on Nov . 1 1, ' 7 6 and b i g wr i t e - up unde r' Op e ne r s ' i n Chi c ag o T r i b une Mag . on 7 / 3 1/ 7 7.

EL I ZABETH STAVRUM LUX, f ond l y r emember ed as Buzz y ,wa s o n e o f o ur " l o s t " o n es wh o wa s r e - d i s c o v er e di n t i me t o mak e i t t o our Hot S pr i ng s c onv ent i on .

To s ay t h e l ea s t , Buz z y i s bu s y J Sh el s s t i l lf l y i n g, a t t e nd i n g g r a d s c h o ol , i s a d oc e nt a tt he s p ac e mus e um, and i s r e a l l y e x c i t e d ab outp a i n t i ng, wi t h s p e c i a l c onc e nt r a t i on on wat e rc o l o r s . I n Au g. , s h e h a d a ma r v el o us t i me , l i t hh er s o n v i s i t i n g h er d au gh t e r &husb~l d i n Mex .

I R I S HEI L1}Ui l i SCHUPP, anot her of t hose we ol d t i r r ~

r e u i on i s t s e n j oy e d r e uni t i ng wi t h f o r t he f i r s tt i me i n Hot S pr i ngs , has t humb s f u l l i n y ar dwo r k . I r i s a l s o i s a n ot h er o f t h os e f o r t u na t eenough t o l ay c l a i m t o t he t i t l e of Gr andmot hera nd , l a s t Ch r i s t ; 1 . a s , s h e a nd Bi l l h ad t h e p l e as -s ur e o f ha . v i ng a l l t he i r c h i l d r e n , t he t wogr andchi l d r en and t he i r g r eat - g r andmot her f or t heh ol i d ay s . T he y, t o o, e nj o y t h ei r s a i l bo at a ndr a c e i t wi t h t h e l o c al y ac ht c l u b. I n Ma y, anumb er o f t he WA SP i n he r a r e a we r e s p e c i a lg ue s t s a t t h e Ae r o S pa c e a nn ua l c o nf e r e nc e a ndl u nc h eo n a t Co c o a Be a ch .

! ' 1ARGOTRECK, , d . t h husband Tom, and t he i r t wo dau-ght e r s spent Chr i s t mas i n t he Bahamas wi t h Sant aC l aus wb ~r i ng a b at h i ng s u i t , a v e r y p l e as ant

and war m r e l i e f f r om t he b i t t e r c o l d t he y t adi n Mo . l a s t wi n t e r . ( I c a n v o uc h f o r t h a t I I b i t t e rc o l d" ) a s I s a w s n ow i n St . J o s ep h b ef o r e o urOc t . Hot S pr i ng s g et - t og et he r . ) B ut , i n F e b. ,s he f ound A c ap u l c o a l i t t l e t oo war m. S he r e f e r st o i t a s a I I wa l l t o wa l l b od y p l a c e t o o h ot f o rt e nn i s o r g ol f a f t e r 8 A. M. " . Ma y b r o u gh t h era n u nwe l c o me v i s i t t o a K . C. h os p i t a l f o r ac omp l e t e h i p r e pl ac e me nt . Gr a t e f u l f o r t he won-d er s o f mo de r n d ay s u r g er y , s h e s a y s t h at a ! ' t e rJ we ek s o n c r u t c h es o n l y t h e me t a l d et e c t o r a tt h e a i r p or t s k n ow s h e h a s a l a r g e h UI I k o f s t a i n -l e s s s t e el i n t h e b od y.

I RENE i ! . l STER~' J GLAND and her husband, wi t h t hr eec h i l d r e n o n t h ei r o wn , a l s o a r e d oi n g a l o t o f

t r a v el i n g. L a s t wi n t e r t h ey we nt t o t h e Ca n ar yI s l a nd s , Mo r o c c o, a nd P er u . T he h i g hl i gh t o f t h eP e r u t r i p was a r i d e up t he A mazon f r om l q ue t ast o a j u ng l e c a mp wh er e t h ey s p en t a f e w d a y sv i s i t i n g I n di a n v i l l a ge s . T he y' r e t a k i n g a c u ef r om t he an i ma l s , who s e e m t o e x pe c t a har d wi n t - .e r , a n d d i g gi n g i n t h ems e l v e s f o r a l o ng , h ar ds e as o n. I r e ne s a ys t h ey ' d l o ve t o h av e a ~WAS Ps i n t h e a r e a Vi s i t t h em. T he i r h ome i s l o c -a t e d o n Rt e . 1 71 , !mi l e e as t o f Tu f t anbor oCor ner s .

MARGE SELFRIDGE DR ES BA CH s ay s one o f he r g r e at e s tp l e as ur e s t h i s f a l l was r e c e i v i ng s o many I Dar -

ve l ous l e t t e r s f r om member s of 43- 8 and wi shesspace woul d a l l ow t he oppor t uni t y t o i mpar t mor eo f t h ei r n ews t o t h e r e s t o f y ou . Ma r g e' s s a d-d es t n ews i s t h e l o s s o f h er mo t h er o n S ep t . . 2 1 s t .

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MARI E MOUNTAI N CLARK r epor t ed t hat Mi ch. had l ot so f s n ow t h i s pa s t wi n t e r a nd i n F e" . , a f t e r ab ea ut i f u l d ay o f s k i i n g, s h e b r o ke h er h i p. S hei s s t i l l o n c r u t c h es a s o f Se pt . A f e w we ek saf t e r he r p ar e nt s c e l e br a t e d t he i r 6 5t h A nn i v . ,h er Mo t h er p as s e d a wa y i n Au gu s t . S i n c e t h en ,Mar i e has b ee n s p e ndi ng as muc h t i me as p os s i b l ewi t h h er f a t h er . Ma r i e , l e t ' s h o pe 1 97 8 i sb et t e r f o r y o u.

I DA ( S k i p ) CA RTER' s mot he r p as s e d away e ar l y t h i ss umme r . He r mot he r was an Ok l ahoma ' 8 ge r , s oS k i p has many ant i q ue s and me me nt oe s t o d i s p os eo f s i n c e s h e a nd RUT H J ONE S wi l l h a ve t h e s a meaddr ess somet i me t h i s f a l l . Ear l y t h i s summerS k i p . and R ut h c ame e as t t h r ough Oh i o and t r av e -l e d d own t he A t l an t i c Coas t t o Key We s t , F l a .wh er e S ki p c a ug ht a r e c or d BI G f i s h . S he mu s ta wa i t t h e e nd o f t h e s e as o n t o k no w i f s h e wi n sa n y o f t h e p r i z e s .

MARDO CRANE ~~ot e t hat she at t ended ~~ A i r For ceOf f i c e r ' s A s s oc . c onv ent i on i n Ca l i f . . S he me t J er s h' s hu s ba nd Co l . " Sa l t y " O' Rou r k e who ha dc ha r ge o f o ne o f t h e wo r k s ho ps . S he wa s p l e as -e d t he WA SP r e c e i v e d g ood p ub l i c i t y and r e c og-n i t i o n. Ma r do s a ys s h e i s s t i l l b us y o n s e ve r a lb ook s and wi s he s t i me wou l d s l ow d own.

DEBORAH DI CKENS spent Mar ch and Apr i l i n Cal i f .a t t e ndi ng s e v e r a l Ar t i s t Wor k s hop s . Th i s aut umns he p l ans a mot o r t r i p t h r ough t h S mok y Mt s .I t ' s a g r e at p l a c e f o r a r t i s t s a nd I wo ul d e x -

p ec t t o s e e De bb i e wi t h a s k e t c h b oo k a nd c a me r a .GENE F I TZPATRI CK wr ot e about t he " mi n i - bash" at

I KE KEALY WORDEN' s home t h i s spr i ng wi t h over4 0 WAS P a t t e ndi ng and m~ l e t t e r s f r om ot he r swh o c o ul d nl t a t t e nd . P l a ns we r e d i s c u s s e d f o rt he Congr e s s i ona l He ar i ngs on t he WA SP s t a t us .Ge n s a i d he r g r andd aug ht e r a r r i v e d De c . 2 4t ha nd we i gh ed o nl y 4 l b. 8 o z . a nd s he ga ve he : al o g b oo k s h o wi n g s h e h ad f l o wn 2 7 h r s . d ua l ~nt h e l a s t P P D f r o m C a l i f . t o De l a wa r e . F e w g l r l sc a n c l a i m s u c h a f l y i n g s t a r t .

RUTH CRAI G J ONES AND S J aP CARTER came t hr ough Ohi ot h i s S ep t . e nr o u t e t o Ne w E ng l a nd t o s e e t h ef a l l f o l i a ge . T h ey a r e e nj o y i n g t h ei r r e t i r e -

ment .

NADJ A GADOWSJ a KOSTUK ( Gadget ) r epor t s t hat hus-b an d Bi l l r e t i r e d i n J u ne . T h ey s o l d t h ei rhouse and mov<: l di nt o a condomi ni mum at Der by , sohe r ad dr e s s i s now 1 7 6 S hag bar k Dr i v e , De r b y ,Co nn . 0 681 4. T he y a l s o a c qu i r e d a c o nd o a t N.My r t l e Be ac h , S . C . and t h i s s umme r t he y hav ebeen busy mov i ng .

E MI L Y P ORT ~ K L I NE h ad a n i c e s u r p r i s e wh enBE T TY WAL L ROBE RT S c a l l e d h er i n Au g. a n d s a i ds he i s l i v i ng i n May wood, N. J . and wor k i ng f o rt h e Ame r i c a n Ca nc e r S oc i e t y i n N. Y . T he y g ott og et he r and we nt t o Was h i n~o~ f o r ~he WA SPhear i ngs. Emi l y and Bet t y Vl . sl t ed ' Wl . t hJ ERSH

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s h e i s s t i l l i na nd e x pe c t s t o g etS he p l a n s t o a t t e n d

O' R OURK E a n d h e r h us b a n d wh o l i v e i n t h e Wa s h .a r e a. E mi l y h as p as s e d t h e N. J . b oa r d a nd i sn ow a Re al E s t a t e Br o ke r . S he s a ys s h e i s l o ok -i ng f or war d t o t he next WASP Reuni on.

MARTHA WI LKI NS ~i l TCHELL sent a new addr ess : 2601A i r l a n e, P h oe n i x , AZ. 8 50 3 4.

MARY KOTH McCABE i nt er r upt ed her t r avel s t h i sspr i ng t o at t end t he WASP get - t oget her at I KE,K EAL Y HORDE N' s h o me i n CA . Na r y s a y s t h a t wh l l et r avel i ng t hr ough Sweet wat er she f ound t hay ar eb ui l d i n g a b i g ge r c o u r t h o us e a n d t h e WAS P Me m-o r i a l wi l l b e mo v e d t h e r e .

ALBERTA HUNT NI CHOLSON was a member of t he t ourt o I n di a i n F e b. s p on s or e d b y t h e 9 9' s . S hea t t e nd ed t h e 9 9' s c o nv e nt i o n i n S . F . I n ~' u l ys h e r e t i r e d a nd i s s o b us y s h e wo nd er s wh y s h edi dn' t r et i r e sooner .

ANNE NOGGL E i s s t i l l t e a c hi n g p a r t t i me a t t h eUn i v . o f Ne w Me xi c o . S he h as , a ga i n , r e c ei v eda g r a n t f r o m t h e Na t i o n al E nd o wme n t f o r t h e Ar t sa n d i s p l a n ni n g a t r i p t o E ng l a n d, " J a l e s , S c o t -l a n d a n d F r a n c e i n t h e s p r i n g t o p h ot o g r a p h t h ep eo pl e . S he o \ ~ a s ma l l s a i l b oa t a nd s a i l s

o f t e n o n a l a k e n ea r Al b uq ue r q ue . Ca r e f u l An ne ,d o n' t l o s e a n Ymo r e c a me r a s i n t h e l a k e .

V I RGI NI A STELL O' NEI LL shar es a news c l i ppi ng wi t hme f r o m t h e Mi a mi He r a l d . I t wa s a v e r y n i c e

wr i t e - u p a b ou t WAS P O' NE I L L , n o w a r e a l e s t a t eb r o k e r o f S o ut h Mi a mi , a n d s o me o f t h e o t h e r WAS Pi n t h e Mi a mi a r e a . Gi n ny wa s d e l i g ht e d t o h a v eCAROL " / OOD OSNUN' s addr e ss However , my t ypi nge r r o r s c a u s e d s o me d i f f i c u l t y i n c a l l i n g Ca r o l ,b ut t h e n s o me t i me s t h e h un t i s a s e x c i t i n g a st h e f i n d . I t s h o ul d b e C AROL WOOD OS MUN, 1 6 52Hi g hl a nd Dr . , S ol a no Be ac h , CA 9 20 75 - P h. 7 14 -4 81 - 9 14 5. T ha nk s Gi n ny . Gi n ny a l s o t a l k e d t oP HY L L I S RY DE R a nd s a i d t h at i t i s s o n i c e t h eya r e i n t o uc h a ga i n a f t e r s o ma ny y e ar s .

MARY J ERSHI N O' ROURKE ent er t ai ned EMI LY KLI NE andBETTY ROBERTS when t hey wer e i n Washi ngt on f ort h e WAS P h e ar i n g s . S o un d s l i k e 4 4 - 1 wa s we l l r e -p r e s e nt e d a t t h e h ea r i n gs . We AL L t h an k y o u.

ANNE BARTHOLF RAWLI NGS i s s t i l l busy at t endi ng hor seshows and pl ans t o at t end t he Gr and Nat i onal Mor -g an Ho r s e S ho w i n Ok l a ho ma Ci t y i n Oc t . S he s a J sh e r d a ug ht e r a n d f a mi l y a r e n o w l i v i n g i n Da l l a sa nd h er s o n a nd h i s wi f e a r e s t a t i o ne d a t Ab i l e ne .

DOLORES MEURER REED r epor t ed t hat GENE FI TZPATRI CK i s i n E ng l a nd a nd wh en s h e r e t u r n s t h ey p l a n t of l y t h e P a c i f i c Ai r Ra c e i n Oc t . Wh i l e Do l o r e swas i n San Di ego, she cal l ed CAROL WOOD OSMUN andt hey l ook f or war d t o a mi n i - r euni on of 44- 1 WASPl i v i n g o n t h e We s t Co a s t . Do l o r e s s a i d t h at s h e

has a pr obl em wi t h a l l her hat s •••••gr andmot her ' sb on ne t , r a nc h h at , h el me t a nd g og gl e s e t c . Do n' two r r y Do l o r e s , I a m s u r e y o u l o ok g r e at i n a l lof t hem.

MARJ ORI E EI . l . . FELDTRE ES s a ys t h at s h e i s s t i l l p l o d-d i n g a l o n g o n h e r d i s s e r t a t i o n wh i l e t wo o f h e rc h i l d r e n a r e s t i l l a t h ome . I n F e 9. , s h e e nt e r -t a i n e d t h e WAS P i n t h e K . C. a r e a a t h e r h o me a n dt h e y h a d a g r e a t t i me .

J ANE O. ROBBI NS ha s r et u r ne d t o Co l or ad o. Her ad -d r e s s i s 1 49 8 K i n g Av e . , B ou l d e r , Co l o r a d o 8 03 0 2.

BETTY WALL ROBERTS at t ended t he WASP hear i ngs i nD. C. wi t h EMI LY KL I NE. Bet . t y i s s t i l l wor k i ngf o r t h e Ame r i c a n Ca n c e r S o c i e t y a n d d o es p l e n t yo f t r a v e l i n g. S h e i s o u r Go o dwi l l Amb a s s a d or .

BARBARA MANCHESTER ROBI NSON sent a car d f r om Hawai iwh e r e s h e a n d h e r h us b a n d v a c a t i o n ed t h i s s u mme r .S h e s a i d i t wa s a d e l i g ht f u l t i me v i s i t i n g wi t ht hei r gr andchi l dr en and par ent s .

PHYl l I S RYDER spends ' her summer s i n Wi se. and wi n-t e r s i n N. J . S i n ce a l l o f 4 4- 1 F l t . 2 h av e b ee nf o un d, wo ul d n' t i t b e g r e at i f a l l 2 2 o f F l t . 2

we r e a t t h e n e x t R eu ni o n ~ANNE HOPKI NS WHI TE r epor t ed t hats c h oo l a t Ar k a ns a s T ec h . Un i v .a n Ac c o u n t i n g De g r e e i n J u n e.t h e E a gl e P a s s r e u ni o n .

EI LEEN KEALY WORDEN ent er t ai ned mor e t han 40 WASPt h i s s p r i n g wh e n p l a n s we r e ma d e f o r t h e u p-comi ng hear i ngs i n Wash. Seems war m weat her cer -t a i n l y d oe s a t t r a c t WAS P. A q ui c k c h ec k o f t h er o s t e r s h o ws t h a t a b ou t 1 / 3 o f t h e WA SP l i v i n gt o d ay a r e l o c a t e d i n Ca l i f .

PEARL BRAGG LASKA ent er ed t he Powder Puf f Der by asa c o - p i l o t b ut a l o c k ed b r a k e o n t a k e- o f f l e f tt h e m wi t h t h e i r wo u nd e d p r i d e , a s P e a r l p ut i t .P ea r l a nd h er s i s t e r p l a n a v a c at i o n i n S pa i nt hi s wi nt er .

LUCY HEDGECOCK & J OANNE FULLER, we ar e del i ght ed t oh av e f o un d y ou . T he y l i v e o n a s ma l l r a nc h n ea rBe l l i n g ha m, Wa s h . J o An n e l i v e s o n t h e r a n c h a n dwo r k s a t t h e Ge o r g i a P a c i f i c P u mp Mi l l i n Be l l -i ngham oper at i ng a machi ne t hat makes f l ock .L u c y l i v e s a n d wo r k s i n S e at t l e a n d l o o k s f o r wa r dt o r e t i r e me n t a t t h e r a n c h. L u c y i s Ad mi n i s t r a -t o r f o r Co mp r e h en s i v e S e r v i c e s a n d wo r k s f o r t h eS t a t e De p t . o f L a b or a n d I n d us t r i e s Re h ab i l i t a -t i o n Ce nt e r f o r I n j u r e d Wo r k e r s . S he h as a s t a f f t hat t r i es t o hel p i ndust r i a l l y i n j ur ed wor ker sr e c o v er a n d h o pe f u l l y . r e t ~- n t o wo r k . T h ey c a l lt h e i r r a n c h " T h e Ha r d l y Ab l e R an c h " b e c a us e t h e ywe r e h ar d l y a bl e t o k e ep t h e wo r k u p, a nd a tt i me s c o u l d h a r d l y ma k e t h e p a yme n t s . S o un ds

l i k e a d e l i g h t f u l p l a c e . J EAN~" TT E J ENKI NS, you r s t r u l y , s pe nt t he s ummer

vacat i on hel p i ng wi t h pr epar at i ons t o cel ebr at et h e 5 0t h An ni v . o f Ne w P hi l . a i r p or t n ow c a l l e dHa r r y Cl e v er F i e l d . J o hn Gl e nn d i d n' t ma k e i t t o

t h e d i n n er , b ut Ha r r y Cl e v e r ' s f i r s t s t u de n t wa s

f o un d i n F l a . a nd h e r e t u r n ed t o b e t h e b an qu ets p ea k er . He s a i d t h at l i t t l e d i d h e r e al i z e wh enhe st ar t ed f l y i ng 80 l o n g a g o h e wa s ma k i n g h i s -t o r y . Al mo s t 5 0 y r s . a go , h e wa s a 1 9 y r . o l dh i g h s c h oo l s e ni o r wh en h e s o l o e d t h e L i n c ol nP ag e. My f i r s t f l i g ht i n s t r u c t o r s we r e a t t h ed i n ne r a n d a r r a n ge d f o r me t o j o i n t h e S i l v e rWi n gs . T hi s if> a nat i onwi de or gani zat i on of p i l o t s wh o s o l o e d mo r e t h a n 2 5 y e a r s a g o.

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E l l e n K ei l . Ph yl l i s , L o r r a i n e, a nd Mo l l y l i v e i nt he ar ea and have been hel p i ng " Our Cause" i n manyw. y s f r o m t h ei r a dv a nt a ge o us l o c a t i o n; we o ~ t h emmany, many t hanks f or a l l t he t i me and ener gy t heyhave s pent . .HOLL I E Bf i l l Nr : SHI CKS i s i nvi t i ng al l t he ' i i ASPl . nt he

' i h . sh.ar ea t o a l uncheon i n her home i n Geor ge-t o ~~ Oc t . 1 5t h , a nd sh e i s i n c l u di n g a ny o t h er s

wh o h ~p pe n t o b e i n Wa sh . a t t h at t i me . T hi S .

Wash. gr oup has r ea l l y shown di l i gent l eg i s l at l . veef f or t s and gener ous hospi t al i t y.

PHYLLI S TOBI AS FELKi R now has her own pr i nt i ng bus-i ness and has hel ped t ur n out some WASP Communi -c a t i o ns , a l o ng wi t h t h e h el p o f h er s o n.

LORRAI NE ZI LLNi R RODGERS at t ended bot h t he Senat ea nd Ho use He a r i n gs , a nd b es i d es h er a c t i v i t i e s ,h er h usb a nd J o hn h as sp e nt ma ny h ou r s a nd su p p-l i ed t r emendous " know- hm. " i n hel pi ng us wi t ht h e n ews me di a e t c . Ma ny , ma ny t h an k s t o y o u, J oh n, f o r c ar i ng . By t he way, Con gr e s s womanMa r g ar e t He c k l e r sa i d o ur wi t n esse s h ad t h e b estd oc wn en t e d t e s t i mo ny sh e h ad e v er se e n a t a Ho useVet er ans Af f ai r s Commi t t ee Hear i ng.

MARGE GI LBERT STZVJ J ut Tsent me a copy of an i nt er est -

i ng ol d docwnent , a Commendat i on t o. Al l WASPs~Cl ass 44- 2- C at t endi ng B- 26 School l . nDodge Cl . t y ,Ka ns a s , d at e d 1 3 A pr i l 1 94 4. I t s t a t e d t h at i twas j , ot ed wi t h gr eat i nt er est t hat on t he B- 26Pr ocedur es Cour se ( gi ven by Capt ai n Gr andj ean)t he aver age gr ade of t he WASPs was 77. 8% whi l et he aver age gr ade of t he mal e st udent s was 74. 6%a nd t h a. t a l l WASPs c o ul d we l l b e p r o ud o f t h ehi gh mar gi n of super i or i t y demonst r at ed i n ~hi st h e mo st ~n po r t a nt g r o un d sh c o ol c o ur se . S l . g ne dby J ohn D. Todd, Maj or , Ai r Cor ps, Commandant .

Th i s c op y was f o r war de d t o WASP Hdqs . t o be ~omea p ar t o f t~~ docwnent at i on of t he WASP achl . eve-me nt s . S o, T a ke a b o w, y o u 2 0 me mb er s o f 4 4- 2wh o we r e i n t h at B- 2 6 Cl a ss a t Bo o t Hi l l . Ma r g ea nd h er h usb a nd Ra y a r e b ot h wo r k i n g a nd a l lseems wel l . Thei r son Mar k gr aduat ed f r om Sout h-e r n I l l i n oi s l a s t De c . ( Ph i Be t a K ap pa ) , a t t e nd sGoshen Col l ege and r et ur ned t hi s summer f r om at r i - me st e r i n Po l a nd . Da ug ht e r K ar e n i s a so p h.i n h i g h sc h o ol .

BETTY l eFEVRE cel ebr at ed her b i r t hday wi t h us i nWa sh . t h e n i g ht b ef o r e t h e h ea r i n gs . S he ' s b ~sysel l i ng r ea l est at e , but get t i ng r eady t or et l . r e ,a nd s h e' s s t i l l a n a c t i v e p i l o t . S he a nd h erdaught er had an i nt er est i ng f l y i ng vacat i on t o -get her l ast swnmer t o Mar t ha ' s Vi neyar d. Theysaw ANNE BERRY LESNI KOWSKI whi l e t her e and had an i c e v i s i t wi t h h er .

~~RGhRET EHLEnS TWI TO compl et ed her Commer ci al r e-qual l . f i cat i on l ast year ~t h her f or m~r Sweet -

wat er i nst r uct or , Fr ed Br l . esse. She l . Snow ~r k-i n g o n h er i n s t r wn en t r a t i n g. Hu sb an d Wa y ne l . ~a Nor t hwest Ai r l i nes p i l ot , and t hey' r e p l annl . ng

t o do some f l y i ng t oget her af t er he r et i r es i n1 98 0. Ma r g ar e t f l e w b y a i r l i n e o ut t o L o s ~g -el es af t er t he Hear i ngs and, whi l e t her e t r l . eda ga i n t o l o c a t e K ay Cl e v er l y , wi t h ou t a ny l u c k :

MARY SAU~DKRS WI LL SON, combi ni ng ci t y and f ar m l l . f e,wr i t e s sh e c a n ' t g et a wa y o n v a c a t i o ns o r a ny -t h i n g e l s e b ut s h e h a s wr i t t e n h er S . C. S en -at or ~ and Repr esent at i ves r egar d i ng 5- 247 andH- 3 32 1, a nd se n t ma i l - 0 - g r a ms. S he a sk e d t ose n d h er r e ga r d s t o a l l o \ u " " o l d " ( q uo t e ) c l a ss - .

mat es whom I saw i n D. C.FRAN LARAWAY SMI TH has been wr i t i ng Congr ess r e-

g ar d i n g o ur WAS P Bi l l s , t o o . A l so , sh e r e c e nt l ysel ect ~d and cast I l Per i od of Adj ust ment " by

Te nn es ee Wi l l i ams f o r a Nov . Pr od uc t i on by t heWe st b ur y P l a y er s Gr o up sh e d i r e c t s . F r a n h adh er f i r s t h el i c o pt e r r i d e o ve r h er h ou s e l a s tf a l l a nd s h e s a i d i t wa s t h e l o ve l i e s t f l y i n g

she' d ever exper i enced- - dr eam- l i ke hover i ng,gent l e ski mmi ng. Fr an' s daught er Lesl i e wasmar r i ed Aug. 21, ' 77. " We' r e a l one at home t hesed ay s a nd ma y g et t o t r a v el p l a c e s mo r e , " sh esa y s . T r y t h e Co l o r a do Re un i o n n ex t y e ar , F r a n.1 g ua r a nt e e y o u' l l e nj o y t h at b ea ut i f u l A i rFor ce Academy- - - t he absol ut el y gl or i ous chapel ,t he magni f i cent mount ai ns, t he meadows and t r ees,and t hey' ve t aken down t he " f or men onl y" s i gn!

Yo u' l l f i nd mos t of us s t i l l l oo k pr e t t y go od ,d es F i t e o ur a dv an c ed y ea r s ! An d we c a n s t i l lsi ng!

DORI S FUI ~I AN E I C~yALD wr ot e pr ot est i ng t hatt h at t h e n ew r o s t e r h as h er l i s t e d a s a me mb ero f 4 4- 1 a s we l l a s 4 4- 2 , a nd t h at s h e n ev er wa s .Can' t b l ame you, Dor i s , f or want i ng t o be count -

e d i n o nl y 4 4- 2 .KATE LEE HARRI S ADAMS get s ar ound- - - l ast year a

t r i p t o Ru ss i a , a nd t h i s y e ar " a f a bu l o us t r i pt o t he Or i ent i n Apr i l when t he cher r y b l ossomswer e i n f ul l f l oom- - t oo beaut i f ul f or wor dsl "S he a dd s , " We s t i l l h av e o ur P i p er Ar r o w a nd g ett o t a k e a n o c c as i o na l t r i p i n i t . We h op e t o g ett o N. C. and see my f a. " l i l yt her e t he end of Oct . "K at e L e e ' s e sp ec i &l l y d i sa p po i n t e d i n t h ose T e x-ans Ray Rober t s and Ol i n Te••gue. She wr ot e t oal l t he commi t t ee member s ani had man, y r es ponses ,most l y f avor abl e , but Teague l i st ed obj ect i onssuch as' mor e pay t han cadet s whi l e i n t r a i n i nga nd t h an a 2 nd L t . a f t e r t r a i n i n g. " ( S ec ' y . ' sNot e: Not t r ue, Mr . Teague)

CLARI CE SI DDALL BERGBMANN at t ended t he Nat i onalAi r Ra c e s i n Cl e v el a nd o n L a b or Da y wi t h h erdaught er and checked i n at t he WASP Boot h t her ewhi ch was or gani zed by Mar y J ones f or obt a i n i ngpubl i c i t y and s i gnat ur es on our pet i t i on. ( Over1 70 0 s i g na t u r e s we r e s e c ur e d. ) S i d a nd 1 h ad ap l e as a nt v i s i t . He r d au gh t e r l o ok s s o mu c h l i k e3i d d i d when at Sweet wat er - - and t he sar neni cesmi l e . Be e Ha y du a nd h usb a nd J o e d r o v e a l l t h ewa y f r o m Ne w J e r se y t o h el p o ut a t t h e b oo t h !

MARY ELLEN KE1L has been ser vi ng as Communi cat i onsCa pt . f o r Oh i o , Mi c h . , a nd I n d. i n t h e WAS Pst r u gg l e f o r r e c o gn i t i o n. S he , a l so , h el p ed o uta t t h e WAS P Bo ot h a t t h e Na t ' l . Ai r Ra c es . Ha v-i ng at t ended bot h t he House and Senat e Hear i ngsi n Wa sh . , sh e f o un d i t a v e r y e du c at i o na l e x pe r -i e nc e t o s e e o ur n at i o na l g ov t . a t wo r k , a nd aver y hear t - war mi ng exper i ence t o see t he spi r i tand abi l i t y o f WASPs i n act i on and t o l ear n mor eabout t he h i st D~y of t he WASP •••• Mar y E l l en hasr e t i r e d f r o m t e a c hi n g a s o f J u ne a nd i s h op i n gf or a t i me of cont empl at i on bef or e ask i ng " What ' snext ?" .

RUTH WOODS shar ed a b i t o f her Nat ur e l s r et r eat ont h e sh o r e s o f Ce da ~ Cr e e k L a k e n ea r Ma ba nk , T x . ,wi t h t he Dal l as/ For t Wor t h WASP i n Oct . She and" Li t t l e Mama" Woods and f r i end, Bet t y Mat z, ar emovi ng per manent l y t o t hei r beaut i f ul l . akesi dehome at 143 Robi n Hood Way, Mabank, TX 75147.

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S he wo ul d l i k e a l l h er f r i e nd s t o n ot e t h e n ewaddr ess . VI OLA ( THOMPSON) MASON, 43- 4, has be-come a per manent asset t o t h i s Dal / FW gr oup and j oi ne d t he op en - a i r " f i s hi ng, ea t i ng an d c ha t t -i ng" Woods get - t oget her host ed by t hE: Woods- Mat zt r i o. DOROTHY HAWK, admi ni st r at i ve ass i st ant t o

J ac quel i ne Coc hr a n, i n t ho s e ea r l y c l as s days ,

got her f i r st per sonal i nt r ~duct i on t o what af un- gr oup t hi s i s. MARl E ( MUCCI E) GENARO, 43- 2,f ound t hat da i l y t er ~i s exer c i se d i dn' t qui t econdi t i on her ar m f or f i sh i ~Z and cast i ng butdec i ded she waJ go i ng t o have t o get mor e pr ac-t i ce. FRANCES ( GI Ml i LE) McADAMS, 44- 10, and

H~bby ~o~' 1i e ( or Mac a: : ;we know hi m) , showed upWl t h f l sh l ng t ackl e and a l usc i ous cake desser tpr oper l y i nsc r i bed wi t h WASP i nsi gni a on t op.ZI GGY HUNTER, WASP Fl i ght I nst r uct or , compl et edt h e g r o up . Ma c , t h e o nl y D,e.n, was a wel co meaddi t i on t o t he gr oup, and shar ed h i s f i sh i ngexper t i se wi t h Mar i e and Zi ggy.

44- 3 Secr et ar y: NARGAl l l i TCHAMBERLAI N Ti I l ' I PLI N

4727 East Cambr i dge Ave.Phoeni x , Ar i zona 85008

J UNE BRAUN BENT s t at ed s he an d hus ba nd J oh n ar es t i l l q ui t e a c t i v e i n Gl i d er s a nd t h at s h e h adsol oed •. T~ey r ecent l y made a t r i p t o Washi ng-t on t o Vl S l t t he Aer o Space Nuseum whi ch sher epor t s i s a ~r uST.

ANN BRCTH~R. . , )F l UNK i s busy wi t h t hr ee j obs - - _ t e ac h i n g s c h o ol , p r o f e s s i o na l mu s i c j o b o n t h eweekends and hel p i ng her husband r un a r est au-r ant i n t he new cOr nnul ni t yof Puebl o West , Col o.She r epor t s " I squeeze i n a l i t t l e t i me wi t h anador abl e gr anda~ght er I hope I can t each t o f l ys o me d ay a s I d l l J h er Da d. " An n p l a ns o n a t t e n-

d i n g t h e ' 7 8 r e un i o n a nd h op es mo r e o f o ur c l a s swi l l be t her e.L OI S BHl S TOL h as b ee n l o c a t e d. Af t e r a c o up l e o f

t ~l e ph on e c a l l s I f o un d h er i n Po mo na , CA. He rf l r s t h us b an d, Be r t Ri c e , p as s e d a wa y 1 2 y e ar sa go a nd s h e i s n ow Nr s . He r b er t Y ou ng . S he h asf our gr own sons and pr omi sed t o send me a r un-d own o f . h er a c t i v i t i e s o f r e c en t y ea r s , b ut a so f n ow l t h as n ot a r r i v e d.

V. &' t GI EBRYANT BUCHELE i s anot her I had hoped t ohear f r om. I t e l ephoned her whi l e v i s i t i ngnear by i n Okl ahoma l ast year . Her husband wasMayor of Caneyvi l l e , Kansas and t hey wer e act i ve~n r an7 h i ng •• ~hey had done a l o t o f t r avel l i ng,l nc l udl ng a vr l p t o Aust r a l i a t o v i s i t a daught ert her e . They have an~t her daught er a l so .

GLORI A Di VO~ SCHWAGr R wr ot ~ t hey wer e get t i ng t hef r i nges of Hur r i cane Babe. She and husband Hankmade a t r i p t o Fr ance t o v i s i t t he i r son Chr i swh o t e ac h es j u s t o ut s i d e Pa r i s . T he y l o v edFr ance~ Ge~many and Hol l and, havi ng cr ui sed upt he Rhl n7 l nt o Hol l and. They wer e i mpr essed byt he Amer l can Base at Hei d l eber g - t o quot e " Boy,d o t h ey h av e t h e p l a ne s o v er t h er e l - it i s HUGE" .Mar gar et Har per Wat son ( 44- 1) and husband El merhad j o i ned Gl or i a and Hank f or t he ce l ebr at i onof t hei r 20t h anni ver sar y and Gloria sa i d t heyh ad a b al l .

STAHLEY G~ONA r epor t s a f u l l busy l i f e . She st i l lhas one son at home who i s st udy i ng dent i st r y .

Two ot h er s on s an d a da ught e r l i ve ne ar b y wi t h

10 gr andchi l dr en. St ar l ey made a l . Bngt hy t r i pt o Washi ngt on, N. Y . and Chi cago and a l so r epor t st h e Ae r o S pa c e Ce nt e r a ma r v e l . S he i s n ow b a c kat wor k i n Or t hodont i st r y but f i nds t i me t o pl ayt e nn i s , wa t e r s k i a nd t a k e c a r e o f a wa y wa r dpony and Appal ousa mar e and t wo cat s . Her Dado f 8 2 y e ar s h as b ee n wi t h h er f o r s e v er a l mo s .

a nd S t a r l e y s a ys h e wa nt s t o g o - g o - g o. S het h i n k s t h i s i s b et t e r t h an l u s b ei n g f l a t o n h i sb ac k t h ou gh s h e ' s a f r a i d s h e ' l l g et o n h er s .Ca n' t b el i e v e i t , h owe v er , a s s h e s e n t a s n a p-s h ot wi t h o ne o f h er S OI l S - s h e l o ok e d y o un ge rt han he. St ar l ey p l ans t o make t he next r euni on.

BETTY J ANE HANSON El l ENBERG, i n spi t e of t o! " nt en-~n s i n h er h an d, wr o t e t o s a y s h e h op es t o ma k et h e ' 7 8 r e un i o n. He r o l d es t s o n, Bi l l , i s wi t hF l i ght Mai nt enance f or Bel l Hel i copt er s , I nc . i nI r an. No. 2 s o n is a commer c i a l deep sea d i vera nd h er y o un ge s t s o n , wh o a c t e d a s h er c o - p i l o twhen she had a mooney, i s bui l d i ng f i sh houses.Her daught er i s i n F l a . wi t h t he Navy Reser ve.Bet t y r epor t s havi ng hear d f r om Shi r l ey HauganWunsch, who wi t h her husband Bob, was spendi ngt he s ummer i n Nor way.

CECI LY ELHES CRA' vi FORDi s anot her gr andmot her •••••h av i n g o ne g r a nd s on , a ge 1 . S he i s g oi n g t oschool t wo n i ght s a week t o qual i f y f or RealEst at e Br oker l i censi ng havi ng been a sa l esmanf o r t h e l a s t f e w y ea r s . An d, i n Ne w Yo r k City

n o l e s s . S he a l s o h as b ee n b us y wr i t i n g l e t t e r son t he mi l i t ar i zat i on.

ANN DAHR' S new book, " Cl ear ed f or Landi ng", i sc o mi n g o ut i n t h e s p r i n g wi t h Dr y ad Pr e s s . Al o ng p ar t o f t h e t i t l e p oe m i s q uo t e d i n F . L e eBai l ey ' s book on f l y i ng saf et y " Cl ear ed f or t heAp pr o ac h " . S he ' s d oi n g a c o l l e c t i o n o f h er wo r k( r eadi ng i t her se l f on cass et t es) f or t he Wat er -s h e d F o u nd at i o n c a l l e d " H i g h Da r k " . F o r t h os ei n her ar ea, she has a r ad i o pr ogr am on WAMUWa s h i n gt o n a t 1 1: 3 0 A. M. T hi s p as t J u ne a nd J ul y, s he t au ght f o r t he Amer i c an Wi nd Sy mphon yAr t s pr ogr am i n t he Pi t t sbur gh ar ea and t he pastwi nt er and spr i ng d i d sever a l pr oduct i ons of Poet r y and Dance ( chor eogr aphed t o her wor k) att he Washi ngt on Pr o j ect o f t he Ar t s and t he sur -r oundi ng ar eas. She' s managed t o wor k on ourmi l i t ar i zat i on and had j ust r ecei ved a ca l l f r omh~r r epr esent at i ve t o have pi ct ur es t aken wi t hh i m a nd o t h er WAS Ps i n t h e a r e a. S he , a l s o ,ment i ons a l ! yr . o l d gr andson who i s a " DOl J . . " .

" J AKE" J ACOMI NI J ESCHI EN sent a wonder f ul c l i ppi ngr e t h e Po wd er Puf f De r b y. L a s t Ap r i l h er h us b a ndsuggest ed she ent er . Daught er Ann sa i d " me t oo"

and l i kewi se d i d st ep- daught er J ody. Thoughn ei t h er h ad a l i c e ns e t h ey b r o k e r e c o r d s a nd o b-t a i ned t hei r pr i vat e j ust i n t i me t o make t hedeadl i ne and become t he onl y mot her and t wo-d au gh t e r t e am i n t h e r a c e . J a k e a nd h er d au gh -t er s wor e t he WASP T- shi r t and wer e met at Dal l as,

Shr evepor t and Miami b y o t h er WAS Ps . By t h i st i me sai d t hey wer e get t i ng t oo bi g f or t hei rhat s t o fit. J ake was t r emendousl y i mpr ess edby t he or gani zat i on and p l anni ng whi ch had gonei n t o t h e r a c e . J a k e a nd h us b a nd Br u c e we nt t oAl a s k a a nd e nj o y ed a c r u i s e s h i p u p t h e I n l a ndPa s s a ge . T he y v i s i t e d a y o un ge r d au gh t e r in

Anchor age f or t he summer and J ake a l so f l ew af l oat pl ane whi l e t her e. She r epor t ed mi l l i ons

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o f l a k e s wi t h l a nd i n g a v ai l a bl e a ny wh er e . Ho pewe c a n h ea r mo r e f r o m y ou a t t h e r e un i o n, J a k e .

J ULI E J . e ; NNERST EGE was on TV Cha nn el 7 ( ABC) f ort he WASPs. She had an i nt er v i ew combi ned wi t ho l d p i c t ur es and a f i l m c l i p t o make a f i ve mi n-u t e se g me nt o n t h e n ews b r o a dc a st . S he r e po r t e dt h e h i g hl i g ht o f h er y ea r a s b ei n g t h e f u n o f do i ng t he " Fo l l i es" i n Mi l waukee f or 2500 peopl eni ght l y dur i ng t he summer . An enc l osed c l i pp i ngf r om t he Mi l waukee Sent i nel had gr eat t h i ngs t osay a. bout t he show whi ch concer ns show peopl e ,vet er an showgi r l s who r et ur n t o t hei r o l d t heat erf or a r euni on dur i ng whi ch o l d t heat r i ca l ghost sar e unl eashed. Quot i ng f r om t he ar t i c l e " Theaudi ence was r ea l l y t ur ned on by • . •• J ul i e J enner ' st a p d an c e • • • " J u l i e i s n ow b ac k i n Re al E s t a t ebut p l anned t o at t end t he House Hear i ngs i n Sept .i n Was hi ngt on.

CLARA J O MAHSH STEMBER at t ended t he Senat e hear i ngsi n May and sai d Dor a St r ot her ' s t est i mony r eal l yma de h er p r o ud t o b e a l i v e. S he i s As s i s t a ntPr o f . o f Ar t T he r a py a t t h e Co l l e ge o f Ne w Ro c h -e l l e i n Ne w Y o r k , a nd h as b ee n c o nsu l t a nt a r tt h er a pi s t o n se v e r a l c h i l d a bu se p r o gr a ms. S he

i s wor k i ng on her Doct or at e i n Ar t Ther apy/ Cur r -i cu l um D~vel opr r . entf or Hi gher Educat i on. Sher epor t s mi nor gr umbl i ng at ger i at r i c doct or alc a n di d at e s a nd i s g i v i n g t h ou gh t t o j o i n i n g t h eg r e y p an t h er s . S he h as a s o n h e r e i n P ho en i x 50

h op e we wi l l h ea r f r o m y o u o n y o ur n ex t t r i p t h i sway.

I ShBi ' LL E ! ' I i c CRAEHAL E r e po r t s a j o y ou s y e ar o ut s i d eo f s o me i l l n es s i n t h e f a mi l y . S he a nd Bo b, h erhusband, t our ed I ndi a and Nepal wi t h member s o f t h e Ni n et y - Ni n es i n F e b. a nd Ma r c h . S he sa i d i twa s o ne o f t h e g r e at e s t t r i p s s h e h ad e ve r t a k en .She i s an Honor ar y Li f e Member of t he I ndi an Wom-e n P i l o t ' s Asso c . a nd t h ey e nt e r t a i n ed t h em r o y -a l l y . I t ' l l p r o ba bl y b e r e pe a t e d i n 1979 80 i f

a ny o ne i s i n t e r e s t e d l e t I sa b el l e k n ow. Bo b a ndI sabel l e a l so f l ew t hei r Comanche back t o Nebr askaf or a f ami l y r euni on i n Aug. , en j oy i ng unusual l yc o ol we at h er a nd l o t s o f r a i n . I n J u l y , t h ey h adt h ei r s i x c h i l d r e n a nd g r a nc c h i l d x en ( 1 4) a l lh ome . S ev en c o ul d n ot ma k e i t - - As I s a be l l er e po r t e d, t h ese b el o ng t o Bo b, t o me a nd t o u s .S he p l a ns t o r e t i r e n ex t y e ar a nd l o o k i n g f o r wa r dt o our r euni on.

P1TA hl j RPHY hI SCHl ' l l i YER,wh o we a l l k n ew a s " E dd i e "r epor t s not h i ng newswor t hy except f or baski ngi n t he l i mel i ght of 6 d au gh t e r s a nd 2 so n s a nd1 0 g r a nd c hi l d r e n. On e so n h av i n g j u s t g r a du a-t ed f r om Annapol i s and a daught er pr esent l y i nt h e Ph ys i c i a ns Ass i s t a nt s p r o gr a m a t S o. W.

Me di c a l S c ho ol i n Da l l a s . S he h as b ee n h el p i n gwi t h t he WASP Mi l i t ar i zat i on and get t i ng t o-get her wi t h t he ot her ' r j ASPsi n t he Dal l as i nt h e Da l l a s a r e a . S he r e po r t e d h av i n g se e nHa z el S ue Ri g ht e r o f f o n t h e p l a ne t o v i s i t ad au gh t e r i n T uc s o n, Az .

" S I SSI E I I S I EBi l t I do appr ec i at e havi ng your car de v en t h ou gh y o u sa y t h er e ' s n ot h i n g e x c i t i n g t or epor t f r om Okl ahoma Ci t y . Hope you can makeo ur r e un i o n a nd wi l l b e l o o k i n g f o r wa r d t o se e -

i ng you t hen. .KRI S SWAN L ENT coul d not make t he Hot Spr i ngs r e-

u ni o n a s a s i s t e r d yi ng o f c anc er n ee de d h er a thome. She and &oi l y Chapi n 0.4-10) made t he

Ho use h ea r i n gs wh er e sh e sa i d sh e f o un d t h atwo nd er f u l sp i r i t wh i c h h as l i n k ed u s a l l soc l o se l y t o ge t h er . K r i s r e po r t s a f u l l l i f e :f i l l ed wi t h vo l unt eer wor k, gar deni ng, b i b l es t u dy , b ad mi n t o n, t e nn i s a nd t h e c h ur c h . S hehas f our ch i l dr en and t hr ee gr andchi l dr en a l ll i vi n g n ea r b y wi t h e x c ep t i o n o f o ne so n i n Re -d on do Be a c h, Ca . S he , p ar t i c u l a r l y , r e qu e s t si nf or mat i on. about Bet t i e Scot t ( her baymat e) ,h ow sh e d i e d a nd wh er e sh e wa s s t a t i o ne d. Al so ,sa y s t h e we l c o me ma t i s a l wa y s o ut sh o ul d a ny -o ne b e i n t h e NY C a r e a .

MARY WATERS HOLDEN has been busy as Co- Capt . i nnor t her n Cal i f . wi t h Cappy J ohnson of Sact o .Ma r y r e po r t s h er l i f e i s a v e r y h ap py o ne wi t hmuch t i me bei ng spent wi t h her husband Bob ont h ei r b oa t i n S au s al i t o . T he y h av e s a i l e d h ert o Br i t i sh Col umbi a and Baj a , Mexi co. They' r enow bui l d i ng t hei r dr eam house up i n t he h i l l sof Woodsi de, Ca. She r ecent l y met WASPs Dor ot hyDa v i e s o f S . F . a nd K ay ( Go t t ) Ch af f e y o f E ur e k aand hopes t o make t he r euni on next r euni on.

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t i ng home whi ch st ar t ed wi t h havi ng Rut h Shaf erF l e i sh e r ' s a i r l i n e t i c k e t i n s t e a d o f h er o wn .S he h as h ad a c o up l e o f d i sc s r e mo v ed f r o m he rb ao k a nd t h i n ki n g o f h av i n g a z i p pe r p ut i n s i n c es h e a l s o h ad d ou bl e f u s i o ns f o ur y ea r s a go t o t h ed ay . T wo Gr e a t Da ne s wh o a r e t r y i n g t o p r o v et h ey a r e l a p d og s h av e b ee n a dd ed t o t h ei r c o l -l e c t i o n. Du e t o l a c k o f h el p t h ey h av e h ad t os e l l 2 0 h e ad o f h or s e s b ut s a y s t h ei r Bu f f a l o ,Beef a l o and Cat t l e l o ar e do i ng f i ne. Roby madet he 99 convent i on wher e Ann Tucker Dul a j o i nedh er f o r a f u n t i me . S he ' s l o o ki n g f o r wa r d t oseei ng us i n Col or ado Spr i ngs.

RUTH SHAFER FLEI SHER st opped t o see t he WASP hdqs.whi l e on vacat i on i n Washi ngt on and sa i d t he g i r l s

we r e wo r k i n g " l i k e d og s " . S he s p en t a c o up l e o f d ay s a t t h e A i r a nd S pa c e Mu se um a nd r e po r t e d i twonder f u l . She I 5 i nvol ved wi t h t he 99' s andf l yi ng so me wi t h Homes t ead Mi l i t ar y Aer o Cl ub.Ru t h i s p l a nn i n g o n a r o un d t h e wo r l d t o ur t ot h e 9 9 c o nv e nt i o n i n Aust r a l i a n ex t y e ar a nd ,o f c o ur se , o ur r e un i o n i n Co l o r a do .

BE RY L ~i E NS PAS CHI CH wa s a t Ho t S pr i n gs . At t h att i me she was i n t he const r uct i on busi ness wi t hh er so n a nd g et t i n g r e a dy t o mo v e i n t o a n ewhome of Adobe const r uct i on i n whi ch t hey ar esp e c i a l i z i n g. Ha d h op ed t o h ea r f r o m he r a nd ,al so, MARY HELEN CRANE CHAPMAN who was goi ng t oRuss i a l ast Dec. , and VI VI AN GI LCHRI ST NEMHAUSERwho had bought some l and i n Ver mont and was l ook-i ng f or war d t o get t i ng her f eet on t he gr ounda f t e r h av i n g b ee n i n Ne w Y o r k Ci t y f o r 50 manyy e ar s . Ma y be t h ey ' l l a l l ma k e Co l o r a do Ci t y .

F o r my p ar t , t h e y ea r h as b ee n a q ui e t o ne . E nj o y-ed wor ki ng on t he mi l i t ar i zat i on and meet i ng 50

many g i r l s f r om ot her c l ass es. I t ' s wonder f u lt o f i n d t h e b on d o f so me )0 y r s . a go s t i l l e xi s t s .Had a gr eat eveni ng wi t h ALYCE ST~VENS ROHRER & J i m whi l e i n Pa s ad en a l as t s pr i ng . We wer e atPer r i n F i e l d t oget her . Ta l ked wi t h PAT PATTERSONWELCH who seems t o keep busy wi t h vo l unt eer wor k

at a l ocal hospi t a l and wi t h our mi l i t ar i zat i onwo r k . MARCE L L A F RI E D L UCI E R l i v e s n ot t o o f a r

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a wa y i n Al p i n e. I t a l k ed wi t h h er l a s t y ea r .S he h as c h i l d r e n n ea r b y a nd I h ad h op ed wo ul dc a l l wh en i n t o wn , o r d own t h i s wa y . L o ok i n gf or war d t o t he r euni on &h op e a s ma ny a s p os s -i b l e can come.

44- 4 Secr et ar y: J EAN McCART8 6 7 8 Fr ank l i n Ave.L o s An ge l e s , CA 9 0 0 6 921] - 650- 5586 (b) 274- 8931

Ou r Cl a s s h ad a g oo d t u r n ou t f o r t h e r e un i o n:1 7 c a me , o f t h os e , 2 we r e n on - g ~a ds a nd 2 g r a d-uat ed wi t h 44- 5 . Dor ot hy ( Br i t t ) Mann wr ot e an i c e n ot e p r i o r t o t h e r e un i o n a nd f o l l o we d i t u pb y b e i n g t h e r e !FRANCES ( STANDEF~H) ACKER wr ot e t hat she coul dn' t

a t t e n d b ut b r o u gh t u ; , up t o d a t e , i n c l u di n g h e rt h r i l l i n g r i d e a b oa r d t h e Go o dy e a r Bl i mp a t aRot ar y Cl ub F l y- i n!

HARY BE l L E ( L Y AL L ) ARDUE NGA t e l l s u s s h e ' s b e en a nAi r Fo r c e wi f e u nt i l r e t i r e me n t i n 1 9 6 8 , st at i on-e d i n F r a nc e , Ge r ma ny , Af r i c a a nd T ur k e y. He r

h u s ba n d n o w i s e n t e r i n g p o l i t i c s .We al l enj oyed seei ng BOBBI E ( LEE) MOHRMANN and

LUCI l LE DI NGLEY ( non- gr ads) agai n af t er so manyyear s.

DE L L A ( GRf ~~NG) T E SS AW s e n t u s a s n a ps h o t o f h e r -s e l f a nd p oo c h a nd a n i c e l e t t e r , t h en s u r p r i s e du s b y a t t e nd i n g t h e r e un i o n. De l l a s a i d s h e wa sp l e as e d t o l e a r n t h at OOF i s n ot j u s t a no t h ers o c i a l c l u b a n d r e g r e t s n o t h a v i n g p a r t i c i p a t e dsooner !

FL ORAB~ ( S ~i l T H) R EE CE d i d n' t ma k e i t t o Ho tS pr i n gs i n t i me f o r o ur c l a s s p i c t u r e b ut s h ewa s t h er a nd l o o ki n g j u s t g r e a t !

MAR Y HAGNE H GUT HRI E h a s b e en l o c a t e d , a t l o n g l a s t ,a nd i n t i me f o r t h e n ew d i r e c t o r y , s o t h at l e a ve s

DOROTHY ALLEN, BETTY HAYES, J O ANN PARRY, ANNUFER AND SUSI E WI NSTON. So l et ' s make an a l l -o ut e f f o r t t o f i n d t h es e g al s . I f y ou h av e a nyl e ad s a t a l l , c o nt a c t Zi g gy Hu nt e r o r me .

E D n o t e : Ca l l e d J e a n b y p ho ne a nd f o un d s h e wa si n t h e h os p i t a l , h av i n g j u s t h ad g al l b l a dd ers u r g e r y . Ho p e, b y n OH, y o u' r e f u l l y r e c u pe r a t e do r we l l o n t h e wa y J e an .

Cl ass P i ct ur e I dent i f i cat i on f r om l ast Newsl et t era s f o l l o ws : 1 t o r b a c k r o w: Me r i e m ( Ro b y) An d er s o n ,Ru t h ( S h af e r ) F l e i s h e r , J a n e ( Du nb a r ) T e de s c h i ,Luci l l e Di ngl ey ( non- gr ad) , Del l a ( Gr eml i ng) Tessaw,Bobbi e ( Lee) Hohr man ( non- gr ad) , Peggy ( Par ker )E c c l e s , K ay D' Ar e z z o , F l o r i n e ( P h i l l i p s ) S c a i f e .1 t o r f r o n t r o w: J e a n Hc C ar t , Ma r y b el l e ( L y a l l )Ar duengo, Dor i s Tanner , Mar y ( Bur ch) Ni r mei er -gr aduat ed wi t h 44- 5 , Mi l l i e ( Davi dson) Dal r ympl e,

J ea ne t t e Ka pu s , Dol l i e Se xt o n ( g r adu at ed wi t h 44- 5) ,Dor ot hy ( Br i t t ) Mann.

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E d. n ot e : Di d n ot r e c e i v e ~~y n ews o f 44- 5 .I f n ews wa s s e nt I a m s o r r y b ut I d i d n ot r e -c e i v e i t . I f n ot , p er h ap s b ec a us e 50 many wer ei n vo l v ed i n D. C. h ea r i n gs . Gi v e u s a b i g s p otof news f or t he summer Newsl et t er . OK?

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r e al c h ee r f o r o ur P at r i c i a Co l l i n s Hu gh es o f S t a r s a nd S t r i p es wh o h as k e pt u s a l l u p t o d at ea n d e n l i g h t e n ed l o t s o f u s a s t o wh a t t h e WAS P ' sd i d i n WWI I . No w, o n wi t h t h e n e ws .

GI l MER, LAURA ( RUTLEDGE) : Been ver y busy hel p i ngt h e h or s e c r o wd p ut o n a f o ur d ay h or s e s h o w,a nd h er s o n s a y s s h e' s a h or n e b ou nd g al , h ar dt o bel i eve.

GE NE VI E VE L E E S I NK L ER i s n ' t we l l , h a s h a d d o ub l ema3t ect omy and r ecei v i ng chemot her apy. Howza-b ou t a g et we l l c a r d o r n ot e t o c he er h er u p?

WOODS, J USTI NE ( FLETCHER) : Busy, busy, enl ar g i ngh er h ome i n As p e n, Co l o . a nd wi l l b e a t t h eCo l o . g et - t o ge t h er . Ha s h ad a v i s i t o r a l r e ad yMi l l y T a y l o r Ma r s h a l l o f 44- 5 . J u s t i n e s a y s t ~

c o me s e e h e r n o w.S MI T H, BARRY ( VI NCE NT ) : No t mu c h t o t e l l b u t s i n c eRe n o h a s b e en o n s o me g r e a t t r i p s •• • • E gy p tS pa i n , P or t u ga l , I n di a , a nd Ne pa l , p l u s a f e wv i ~i t s t o f a mi l y i n Ca l i f . a nd F l a . T o t o pt ~~s o f f , s h e t o ok a n e i g ht d ay h or s e b ac k t r i p ,~t ~ s e ve n o t h er s , i n J u l y o ut o f Co dy , Wy o. a ndu p ~n t o Y e l l o ws t o n e a n d S ho n on i No t P a r t s , r e -p o r t i n g t h a t t h e s c e n e r y i s b r e a t h - t a k i n g a n dwe l l wo r t h i t . He r 1 8 y r . o l d s o n h as h i s p r i -v a t e l i c e n s e n o w a n d g o i n g f o r h i s c o r n m. l i c e n s ea t Vi n c en ne s Un i v . He r d au gh t e r , Ca r o l y n ,mar r i ed a year ago t o a Mar i ne Cor p Hel i ~opt erp i l o t , a nd Ba r b , t h e o t h er d au gh t e r , i s a s e ni o ra t I n di a na U. i n n ur s i n g s c h oo l a nd s p en t t h es u mme r a s a wr a n gl e r a t a d ud e r a n c h i n Co l o .

Th e o l de s t bo y ha s t hr ee l ovel y gr a nd c hi l dr e nf o r Ba r r y t o k e e p b us y wi t h .

PEDERSON, l v l ARI E: My, what a busy t i me of yeart h i s i s , l i k e s c h ed ul e s d ue , o bj e c t i v e s d ue ,h ea l t h c a r d s d ue , e t c . , k e ep i n g h er b ur n i n g t h emi d ni g ht o i l . " P ET E" h as 5 1 l i t t l e o ne s t h i sy ea r a nd s a ys t h ey a r e a l l a s d el i g ht f u l a se v e r • • • f i v e l i t t l e b l a c k b o ys i n t h e Al - lc l a s sr e a l l y k e ep t h i n gs l i v e l y ! L i k e wh en T ar v e l l at o o k T o n' s t r u c k , T o ny i n f o r me d h i m - " S a y b o y ,y o u b et t e r a s k J e s u s t o f o r g i v e y o u, ' c a us e wh aty ou d on e h e s h or e d on ' t l i k e" . As f o r P et e , h erf r e e t i me i s s p en t p ai n t i n g. No t o ne r o om a t at i me mi n d y o u, n o ! , t h e wh o l e t h i n g a t o n c e.We I l l Ca n y o u p i c t u r e wh at c o nf u s i o n, a nd t o

t o p o f f t h e c o n f u s i o n a n d me s s , h e r mo t h e r c a mev i s i t . Al l wo r k e d o ut we l l f o r P et e a s Mo t h erp i t c h e d i n a n d ma d e t h i n gs r i s h t wi t h h e r ma r v -e l o u s s e n s e o f h umo r , t h a nk g o od n es s ! !

McDA~~m, MARY ( REI NEBERG) : Engaged t o be mar r i ed.He s a gent l eman whom she met 34 y r s . a go wh ens t a t i o n ed i n Na p l e s , I t a l y , a n d h e wa s T r o o pMo v e me n t s o f f i c e r . T h ey d a t e d o f f a n d o n wh e n-e ve r h e wa s i n t h e a r e a, a nd h as k ep t i n t o uc hwi t h Xma s c a r d s , e x c h an ge o f n e ws a b ou t t h e i r~h i l d r e n , e t c . Wh e ne v e r b us i n e s s b r o u gh t h i m~n t o t h e c i t y wh er e we l i v e d, h el d v i s i t . I nDe c . , h e l o s t h i s wi f e a nd Ma y h e c a me b ac k i n t oMa r y ' s l i f e . No d at e s e t , b ut p l a nn i n g t o b e

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l l l i l CH,SYLVI A ( KI I . . . LER) :" I ' m s t i l l i n t h e r e a le s t a t e b u s i n e s s i n Ve r mo n t . We h a ve j u s t b o ug hta s ma l l c o mp l e x o f b ui l d i n gs a nd a r e h av i n g i tr emodel ed i nt o s t or es , apar t ment s and of f i ces .I f a ny o ne g et s t o t h e Mt . S no w S k i a r e a o r S o.Ve r wo n t a r e a , g i v e me a c a l l a t 8 02 - 4 6 4- 5 00 6.

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e s t a t e f o r s o me y e ar s u nt i l a bo ut 2 y e ar s a go .Fo u nd i t f a s c i n a t i n g a n d d e ma n di n g o f t i me .We ek en ds a nd e ve ni n gs a s we l l a s d ay s . A r e -wa r d i n g p r o f e s s i o n . T h r o u gh t h e y e a r s h a v e b e eni n s o me k i n d o f s a l e s c o nt a c t wi t h p eo pl e - s a l e sr 8 p. o r wo me n' s s a l e s ~~. I n t h e l o ng r u n,f ami l y a l ways seemed t o come f i r s t , so t heseper i ods wer e a l ways i nt er r upt ed. Have got t enmy l et t er s &p e t i t i o n s o f f t o Wa s h . , h o pi n g t h e ywi l l d o t h ei r b i t i n a dd i n g t o a s u c c e s s f Ul c o m-pl et i on of t he WASP ef f or t t o become mi l i t ar i zed.

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c o u l d h o pe f o r a l l t h e o f f - s i z e wi n do w5 y o u f i n di n y ou r wo r s t d r e ams . S ev en f i r e p l a c es . On e-hal f b l ock f r om t he Chr ys l er Museum and wal k i ngd i s t a nc e t o my o f f i c e . I n Ma r c h , I we nt t o D. C.f o r a me e t i n g o f t h e Na t ' l . L e a gu e o f C i t i e sand t he I nt l . Downt own Execut i ves Assoc. ( I ' m ano f f i c e r i n I DE A) . Ha d a c h an c e t o t a l k wi t h t h ep e op l e wh o a r e wo r k i n g s o h a r d i n o u r b e ha l f .Ca me b ac k a nd g ot t h e f u l l e nd or s e me nt o f o urRepr esent at i ve ( 2nd Di st . VA) G. Wm. Whi t ehur st .He' s on t he Ar med Ser v i ces Commi t t ee - and ag oo d f ~l e nd t o o ur c a us e . T hi s . s p r i n g 1 t o o k.o v e r t h e c h a i r o f t h e Ur b a n As s ~s t a n c e I n c e nt ~v e

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t h i s s p r i n g. Ve r y i n t e r e s t i n g. E s pe c i a l l y t h es e s s i o n a t t h e Wh i t e Ho u s e; b ot h t h e F o r d a ndCar t e r admi n i s t r at i ons ar e i nt e r est ed i n t heas p e c t o f I I t r u t h i n ad ve r l i s i ngl l and a r e g o i ngt o t h e p r o f e s s i o na l s . Ke ep v er y a c t i v e i n t h ecOl l ' . muni t ya Go v e a nd l : e yo n d wh at i s c a l l e d f o r i nmy j o b. On t h e b oa r d s o f s e v er a l o r g an i z a t i o n sa nd a dv i s o r t o t h e I n s t . o f Ma na ge me nt a t Ol dDomi ni on Uni v. 1 I

Bl l l i THJ i l i I CK,FRANK1~ ( LOVVOf u' l ) . 11 1 was F l owerS ho w Ch a i r ma n o f o ur Ga r d en Cl u b a n d p u t o n ab e aut i f u l and p r o f i t ab l e s how i n Mar c h . Wor k e do n i t f o r a y e ar . I n J a n. go t n ews 1 wa s Re g-i onal Chai r man t o cont ac t WASPs f or mi l i t ar i za-t i o n b i l l . Ha v e wr i t t e n a n d c a l l e d a l l k n ownWA SP s i n Nor t h and S out h Car o l i na , Ga . and F l a .s e v er a l t i I : l e S- a t l e a s t f i v e. E v er y t i me 1r e c ei v ed a c a l l o r n ews f r o m B ee Ha y du - mo r ec a l l s a n d l e t t e r s . I t ' s b ee n q ui t e a c h or e .Never f ound mor e t han J WAS Ps o ut o f 1 5 a t h o me ,s o wr o t e l e t t e r s . Wr o t e t o a l l S e nat o r s &Reps.on t he V et e r ans A f f a i r s Comni t t e e s ; s e nt a f e wMa i l - o - g r a ms . On e t h i n g t h i s b i l l h as d on e i sg et t h e WAS Ps t o ge t h er a nd a l s o l e t t h e p ub l i ck no w wh at a r a w d ea l we g ot f r e m Co ng r e s s . Al s o ,l e t s t he y oung er g e ne r a t i on k now we e x i s t e d .Had g ood wr i t e - up s i n S ar as ot a , Tamp a and S t .P e t e r s b ur g r e t he WA SP i n t h i s a r e a . I I I n t he ad -d r e s s e s B ee s e nt me was Ev e Mc Nu l t y P e r r i n , 4 4 - 6 .1 c a l l e d h er a nd wa s s h e s u r pr i s e d! S ai d s h ewa nt e d t o g o t o t h e r e un i o n b ut d i d n It k no w a n y-

o ne wh o wa s g oi n g. Ne xt y ea r s h ou l d b e a g r e atr euni on. 11 I n J a n. h ad a l u nc h wi t h Ro dd y Ro dr i q -u es Mc I . e a n f r o m 1: 0 0 - 5 : 0 0 p . m. T he n, we s a ti n t h e c a r a nd t a l k e d u nt i l 7 : 0 0 ( o l d WAS Ps j u s tn ev er s h u t u p) . I n Ma r c h , Ma r i l y n Mi l l e r S au nd -er s & J oan Hi c hae l s L e ml e y d r ov e t o S ar as ot a andt h e n ex t da y we a l l dr o ve t o Na pl e s t o s e e E ve .We we r e a l l b ay mat e s i n t r a i n i ng . 1 wr o t e t oI r e ne Mc Co ni h ay L e ah y t o h o p a p l a n e a nd c o med own b ut h av e n' t h ea r d a n yt h i n g f r o m h er . S heand A ud r e y Hax we l l Duc ot e we r e our o t he r t wo b aymat es ••hen we gr aduat ed . Tr aced Audr ey t hr ought he r e t i r e d o f f i c e r s s e c t i on i n S an A nt on i o .Sh e i s d i v or c ed a nd l i v es i n L a s Ve ga s . T ea c h-es h i gh s c ho ol . 1 c al l e d h er i n Ve ga s a nd s h e

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SI NKLER, GEN. I ! . ' V1EVE(u:E). I I Have been l i v i ng i nDe l r a y Be a c h f o r f i v e y e ar s a n d l o v e i t . . P l a y -e d a l o t o f t e nn i s a nd g ol f u nt i l 1 h ad a no t h era t t a c k o f c a nc e r - i t r e t u r n ed d ue t o my 2 ndma s t e c t o my i n ' 7 5. I h ad a t u mo r e a t i n g a wa ymy n ec k b on es , c er v i c a l s p i n e, a nd wo r e a n ec kb r a c e f o r t h r e e mo nt h s d ay a n d n i g ht . T h ate nd s my t e nn i s , b ut h op e t o s t a r t g ol f a ga i nsoon. Swi m / ! I Ver yA. . M. f or t her apy , d r i ve myc a r a r o u nd , a n d p l a y b r i d ge . Ha d mo r e p ai n f u lt umor s i n J u l y - p e l v i s and l umb ar . Had mor ec ob a l t t r e a t me nt s ( 4 0) wh i c h has r e l i e v ed a l lp ai n a n d a m n o w o n c h emo t h er a py . S ou nd s a wf u l ,b ut i t ' s o v er n o w a n d 1 a m f e el i n g i n t o p s h a pe .Ha v e b ee n l i v i n g a l o ne n o w f o r t e n y ea r s s i n c emy h us b a nd d i e d, b ut h av e ma n y f r i e nd s h er e a ndt hor ough l y e n j oy l i v i ng he r e - c omp ar e ~ t o g oodol d Phi l ade l phi a. I I

MAHLBACHER, GENEVI EVE ( NORTH) . A f t e r t we l ve y r s .o r s o ov e r s e as \ " d t h t he F or e i g n S e r v i c e ( S aud iA r ab i a , B ei r u t , Cy p r us , Ye me n, and We s t A f r i c a )we h av e b ee n i n Va . f o r a l mo s t t e n y ea r s . We nt

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PAT THOMAS GLADNEY i s l i v i ng i n Los A l t os and wor k -i n g f o r l i Th e S pi r i t o f P a l o A l t o A vi a t i o n " a sf l i g ht i n s t r u c t o r a n d o f f i c e mg r . S he h a s t wod a ug ht e r s , t h e o l d e s t , 26 , mar r i ed and t he young-e s t , 17 , wh om P at h as t a ug ht t o f l y . P at , Ma r g -a r e t , P a t S he r wo od , a nd Vi v i a n E s l e r , a g ue s t ,c a me t o t h e Ho t S pr i n gs Reu ni o n f r o m a v a c a t i o ni n F l a . i n t h ei r Ce s s na . T og et h er , t h ey h av ef l o wn a l l o v e r t h e U. S . , Can a da , A l a sk a , Cen t r a la n d S o ut h A me r i c a , p l u s Me x i c o , h a vi n g a b a l lwh e r e v er t h ey g o . Wh a t a wo nd e r f u l wa y t o l i v eit up!

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c o nd ol e nc e s . S he h as f o ur d au gh t e r s : o ne i smar r i ed and 28, h as t wo s o ns ; t he ne xt i s 26a nd ma r r i e d ; t h e n o ne a t 23 , a l so mar r i ed , andt he y ou ng es t i s 19 , l i v i n g a t h ome . J o an ne h as abur r o, 3 do gs , o ne c a t , c o ac he s a bo bb ys o x s o f t -b al l t e am a n d f l i e s wh en ev er s h e h as a c h an c e.Si n ce t h i s i n f o i s 1 y r . o l d , a dd a y r . t o a l lt h e a g es a b ov e .

J OAN GOUGH FROST s pe nd s f r e e t i me Sk i i ng an d vol -u nt e er i n g h er s e r v i c e s f o r c h ar i t ~b l e wo r k . S hea n d h e r h usb a nd t o o k t h e i r t h r e e c h i l d r e n mo t o r -i ng t h r ough Eur ope one summer , and had a wonder -f ul t i me.

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I wa s ma r r i e d i n De c . ' 4 4 t o t h e sa i l o r wh osep i c t u r e I h ad o n t h e i n s i d e o f my l o c k er d oo r .We wer e t oget her 2 mont hs i n S . F . , t hen he r e-t u r n ed t o t h e Pa c i f i c a nd I r e t u r n ed t o L . A .Pat r i c i a Br at L~and Ger t r ude Di et z wer e st at i onedwi t h me i n Baker sf i el d and wer e at my weddi ng.Ra l p h wa s d i sc h a r g ed i n t h e f a l l o f ' 4 5 a n d west ar t ed our f ami l y . One daught er , . 31, l i vesn ea r b y wi t h h er 2 g i r l s , a ge s 7 &8. My s ec ond

d au gh t e r i s 2 7, l i v e s i n A l a sk a wi t h h er b a bygi r l . Ne xt i s a s o n, 21 , who wi l l b e a s e ni o rat U. C. Da vi s . T he ba by , a b oy o f 18, i s a S opha t Ca l S t a t e U. a t L o ng Be ac h • • •Af t e r y ea r s o f i dl eness (?) I s t a r t e d wo r k i n g 9 y e ar s a go a tt he Ont ar i o~~ont c l a i r School Di st r i c t , Supv. o f t he Payr o l l Of f i ce and t he Empl oyee Heal t h &Wel f ar e Pr ogr am• ••• 11

RUTH CLI FFORD HUBERT, anot her " l ost " c l assmat e i sn o w l i v i n e; i n L a r g o, F l a . T ha nk s t o su p er h uma nef f or t s by LOI S NCMURDI E, Rut h wr ot e t o me l astOct . Rut h mar r i ed Pet e Huber t i n ' 47 who owneda n a v i a t i o n su p pl y b us i n ess . " • • •We h ad g r e a tf u n f o r a n i mb e r o f y e ar s , t r a v el i n g t h e s t a t edr j mmi ng up busi ness, v i s i t i ng a l l t he a i r showsand par t i c i pat i ng i n some, and t r avel i ng ar oundt h e c o u nt r y t o a v i a t i o n c o n f e r e nc e s , e t c . Ho w-e v er , Pe t e l s h ea l t h g av e o u t a nd h e r e t i r e de a r l y ; h e d i e d i n 1 96 ) . He h ad t wo c h i l d r e n.I wo r k e d a t S t . Pe t e r sb u r g J r . Co l l e ge a nd " wh ent h e c h i l d r e n we r e g r o wn " we nt t o t h e U. o f S o.F l a . a nd r e c e i v e d my B. A . d eg r e e i n S c i e n c e E d. Ta ug ht f o r a c ou pl e of yea r s , bu t de c i de d t e ac h-i ng wasn' t my bag and r et ur ned t o of f i ce wor k.F o r a l o ng t i me I wa s i n ac t i v e i n f l y i n g b ut h av et a k en i t u p a ga i n . I ' v e b ee n v er y a c t i v e i n t h eC. A . P . a nd b ee n o n ma ny se a r c h a nd r e sc u e mi se -i o ns t h e p a st t wo y e ar s . 1 I Rut h ' s son i s wi t ht he Nu' , y , and mar r i ed daught er has a 7 yr . o l dso n . Ru t h p r o mi se s t o k e e p i n t o uc h f r o m no w o n.

DORI S M~DZHSON DAVI EL l ocat ed 5 l ost WASPs l ast

y e ar . S he ' s s t i l l b uy er f o r t h e s t o r e , a nd wh enwi n t e r c o me s, j u s t F u t s a wa y t h e g ol f c l u bs a ndg et s o ut t h e c r o ss - c o u nt r y sk i i s . On e d au gh t e rr e c ei v ed h er P HD l a s t y ea r , a no t h er i s a c t i v e i ng ov ' t . i n Ma se . a nd h er so n g r a du a t e d f r o m hi g hs c h oo l l a s t y ea r . Do r i s h as r e al l y wo r k e d h ar don t he WASP b i l l , i n addi t i on t o t r y i ng t o l ocat emor e l ost l 1ASPs.

l - ' . ARGUERI TE" TY" HUGHES I QLL F. N, Dot t i e Swai n Lewi s( 44- 5) , and n~sel f f l ew t o Hot Spr i ngs wi t hVI RGI NI A HASH ( ~. - 10) i n her Pi per Comanche.Mo s t o f u s d on ' t g et t h e c h an c e t o d o mu c h f l y -i ng any ~or e, so wer e t hr i l l ed t o hel p wi t h t hen av i g at i n e a n d - e v en t a k e t h e c o n t r o l s f r o mt i me t o t i r r ~. TY i s st i l l t eachi ng i n Lancast er ,

Ca l . , sp e c i a l i z i n g i n Re me di a l Re a di n g. S t i l lh as h er g i r l i s h f i g ur e t o o. I l o s t mi n e a bo ut2 0 y r s . a go , a nd h av e n' t b ee n a bl e t o f i n d i ts i n c e. Am t r y i n g h ar d t o l o s e a t l e as t 2 5 I b s .bef or e t he next Reuni on.

LOI S MCKURDI E r et ur ned t o Fl i ght I nst r uct i ng i nSpokane, Wash. af t er d i sbandment , t hen wor ked

wi t h t he Ai r Saf et y Di st r i c t Of f i ce of CAA.Hu sb an d Di c k wa s r e c a l l e d t o se r v i c e i n 1 95 1and t hey l e f t f ~r Engl and. I I Fo l l owi ng t hat wewe nt t o Pa . , f r o m t h er e t o T o k yo , J a pa n, t h e nb ac k t o ~. J . , a nd n ow F l o r i d a. Wh i l e i n J a pa n ,1 r e a l l y s t u di e d h a r d a t I k e ba na a nd g ot my

i nst r uct or ' s cer t i f i cat e . Cont i nued wor k ands t u dy , a nd e ar n ed t h e r a nk o f As s o c . Ma s t e r i n1970. 11 F o r t h e u ni n i t i a t e d, I k e ba na i s J a p an eseAr t o f ~l o we r Ar r a n gi n g. 1 I• • •T he n l a s t Oc t . ' 7 6,I wa s g l v en t h e r ~ o f Ma s t e r . ( NOW, mo s t o f t h e I k e ba na sc h o o l s , o f wh i c h t h e r e a r e t h ou sa nd shave many " mas t er s l l wi t h al l s or t s of v ar yi ng ,~egr e~s of r ank - - - - - not so wi t h I ch i yo SchoolI n whl ch I had my t r a i n i ng and hol d ~. cer t i f i -c a t e s - - - t h e y o nl y a wa r d t h i s r a nk t o v e r y f e wI n t h e g en er a l f i e l d o f i k e ba na t h er e a r e l o t s •a nd l o t s o f ma st e r s • • • so d on ' t g et t h e i d ea I ' mso e x c ep t i o na l " e x c ep t wi t h I c h i y o • •• I I OK , L o i s~hat ' s what JlOll s ay , but I ' m s t i l l v er y , v er y , 'l I Dp r e sse d . T ha t ' s wh y L o i s wa sn ' t i n Ho tS pr i n gs , sh e we nt t o T o k yo t o a c c e pt t h e a wa r d

ANNE DAI LEY ~HJ J . . L : l i As f or mysel f , Cl ar ence •~d I a r e s t l l l a c t i v e i n t h e Ho r s e l e s s Ca r r -l ag~ Cl ub wi t h our ' 28 Wi l l ys- Kni ght . 'tIe dr essu ~ I n t we nt i e s c l o t h es a nd t o ur a r o un d t h e s t a t eWl t h t h e c l u b. I h a ve a g r a nd da ug ht e r n ow, b utshe and her mot her &dad have moved t o Cl evel and

My o l d est so n i s wi t h Pa c i f i c Ai r mo t i v e i n Bu r - •b an k , Ca l i f . n ow, a nd t h e o t h er t wo b oy s k e e p

me o n my t o es . I s t i l l s e w a l o t , s u bs t i t u t et e ac h o nc e i n a wh i l e , a nd d o a l o t o f v ol u n-t eer wor k. Ta l ked t o MARGARET STANDI SH on myl a s t t r i p t o Ca l i f . , a nd sh e , PAT GL ADNE Y a ndPATTY SHERWOOD par t i c i pat ed i n t he Pal m S; r i ngsCa. t o . Tampa" F l a . Commer at i ve F l i ght l ast J u l y '4t h whl ch cel ebr at ed t he 30t h anni ver sar y of t h e Po wd er Pu f f De r b y . T he y f l e w t h ei r Ce ssn a180" ~aw, J oanne B l a i r Mar t i n i n Tucson, andc a me I n ~2 1 o ut o f a f i e l d o f 1 40 . Wo nd er f u l !S ~u n~s l ~k e , t h ose t h r e e h av e i t ma de . I f Id~dn t ment ~on your name t hi s t i me, you di dn' tg l v e me n ews , s o l e t ' s a l l g et t o ge t h er i nCol or ado Spr i ngs, and have a good t i me t oget herI t ' s r e a l l y a f u n t i me g al s , so se e y o u t h er e • •

J OAN F ROST: I I I ' ve j us t f i ni s he d mov i ng i nt o anew home and my new addr ess &phone number( u nl i s t e d) i s : 1 45 4 S c r o pe Rd . " Ry da l , P a.19046 Ph. i s 215- 884- 21. 30.

44- 9 Secr et ar y: BETI ' Y STAGG TURNER6161 LeSour dsvi l l e W. Chest er RoadHami l t on, Ohi o 4501151. 3- 777- 6161

J A~E FOHL ha s r et i r ed f r om t e ac hi ng an d , be l on g-~n g t o t h r e e g ol f c l u bs" i s sp e nd i n g mo st o f h ert i me p l ay i ng gol f . She has done some t r avel i ng

t o Al a sk a , t h e Ca r i b be a n a nd Ha wa i i a nd l e a v-i n g t h i s mo nt h , S ep t . , f o r a g ol f t ~ t oHawai i .

BETTY RI DDLE and husband j ust r et ur ned f r om t hePaci f ~c N. W~ f or t he second v i s i t t h i s year . Th e f l r s t , I n Aug us t , vi s i t i ng r e l at i ve s i nBr emer t on, t he sec ond t r i p i ncl uded Vanc~uverspendi ng an eveni ng wi t h Mar j or i e Osbor ne Ni c~ll o ok i n g a t Cl a s s b oo k a nd p i c t u r e s o f p as tr euni ons. Bet t y was t he f i r st WASP Mar j or i e hads e en s i n ce d ea ct i v at i o n. Be s i de s t he t r i ps " .Be t t y h as b ee n k e pt b usy wi t h h er k i d s a nd r e -l at i ves comi ng and goi r i g a l l summer . The young-

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e s t , Da n - 1 5, i s a c t i v e i n ROT C a nd o n t h er i f l e t eam. Wi t h ar t c l asses st ar t i ng, t hewi nt er pr omi ses t o be f i l l ed a l r eady. Bet t yh as a l s o " f o un d" a " l o s t " WAS P, 4 3 - < J El i zabet hL. Gar dner , 280 Ri ver s i de Dr . , N. Y. C. 10025.

PENNY FI ERCb; GARR. ; o; TTi s back i n Co l or ado Spr i ngswh er e s h e h as a " s ma l l b us i n es s " , ma k i n g p or ce -

l a i n d ol l s , ca l l e d P ENNY' S P L ACE . The y a r e a u-t hent i c r epr oduct i ons o f 19t h Cent ur y and " t ur nof t he cent . r r y" per i od. She' s a l so t eachi ngc l a s s e s i n t h e a r t o f ma k i n g t h em. P e nn y h asb ee n i n Co l o r a do f o r a bo ut a y e ar a nd i s wo r k -i n g o n t h e u p co mi n g co n ve nt i o n. S ay s t h e Ai r -f or ce Acadew~ i s wor ki ng wi t h t he commi t t ee anda r e b ei n g j u s t g r e at ! ~e a l l h op e t o b e t h er eNuT YEAR.

LI LL I AN Wf u , Y vi s i t ed her s i st er L i l a Hor nsby of Gi l r . . er ,TX. who has been wor ki ng f or our Vet -e r a n ca us e t h er e . L i l l i a n' s h us b a nd wh o h aswor ked f or AAA 30 yr s . , i s r ecover i ng f r om a

h ea r t co nd i t i o n a nd s t i l l h as t o t a k e l i f e e as y . Th ei r yo unge s t s on was mar r i ed May 7t h , an d

t h ey h av e o ne s o n l e f t a t h ome . He 1s t ~( i n gf l y i n g l e ~s o n s . Ho pe s t o s e e e v er y o ne a t Co l o .NORhA DUi J ULj , : : iq ui t h er j o b a s f l i g ht i n s t r u ct o r

f o r t h e p as t 5 y e a r s a t Do ug l a s Av i a t i o n, Ma c-co nb , I l l . , a s t h e h ou r s we r e l o ng a nd t h e j o bd ema nd i n g; s h e j u s t f e l t wo r n o ut . S he s p e nt2 weeks i n New Or l e~l s and on r et ur ni ng homehoped t o go i r . t o a se l l i ng busi ness f r om herh ome . P l a ns f o r Co l o . i n 1 78 , h er f i r s t c o n-vent i on.

" J i r - ; P"HAHNAr , says " no news" except she i s nowwor k i ng as a Tr avel Agent f or Eur opean Wor l d Tr av el Bur e au , I nc . an d l ov i ng i t .

" DU5TY" Hi \ NSOH and husband spent somet i me i n J ac k s on Hol e ag ai n an d, ag r ee s wi t h us , t he Te t o ns r r us t be t he i l l oS tbe au t i f u l mou nt a i ns i nt he ' dor l d . She r a f t ed t he mi ddl e f or k o f t heSal nl l >nRi ver i n I daho i n J ul : , '& S ep t . i n agr oup i ncl udi ng daught er Char l o t t e , canoed t heBu f f a l o Ri v e r i n Ar k a ns a s . He r f i r s t ~x pe r i e ncewi t h s l e ep i n g b ag s a nd t e nt s . S he s t i l l t e ach esaer onaut i ca l sci ence, ant hr opol ogy and advancednM; XXXPl acement Amer i can Hi st or y and enj oys ever y sec-o nd o f i t . So n J o hn i s s t i l l c hi e f pi l o t f o rAi r F l or i da and daught er Char i s t eachi ng EMRst udent s.

J OHOTEY EST~P i s no w i n he r s ec on d yea r of wor k i nghal f - t i n ' , ea semest er on and a semest er o f f , a tSeL~r ei B Uni on Hi gh School Di st r i ct i n RedwoodCi t y , wh Ar e s h e ' s wo r k e d s i n ce 1 94 5 a nd , s i n ce

1 95 8, h as b ee n B. consul t ant i n ch i l d wel f ar ea nd a t t e nd an ce. He r mo t h er o f 9 1 y e ar s d i e d o f a s t r o k e i n J u l y . S he h ad b ee n wi t h Do r o t h ysi nce 1965. Dor ot hy woul d l ove t o see any WASPf r i ends who may be i n Redwood Ci t y at any t i n l e .

MI CY~~ BROi m' s husuand i s st i l l a pr o f essor atU. o f Ho us t o n, Vi c t o r i a Ca m? u s . E l d es t s o n ,Rober t , }. o; J est o gr aduat e t hi s spr i ng f r om U.of Ca l i f . a t Sant a Bar bar a and ent er medi ca lsc hool sOl i l ewher e.Son Geor ge expect s t o gr ad-uat e f r em Okl ahoma St at e wher e he has beenmaj or i nt i n hor t i cu l t ur e . Daught er E l l i e hasswi t ~hed f r om academi c st udi es t o mat r i mony andi s pr esent l y at t endi ng Aust i n Communi t y Col l ege

br ushi ng up on t yp i ng and t ~i ng a bookkeepi ngco ur s e s o s h e ca n s u pp or t h er h us b a nd wh i l e h ea t t e nd s U. o f Te xa s f o r t h e n e x t 3 - 4 year s .Da ug ht e r An n i s a t t e nd i n g U. o f Te xa s i n t h eCol l ege of Engi neer i ng. Mi ckey i s st i l l empl oy-ed wi t h t he Texas Rehabi l i t at i on COI I I I I l i ssi onan dh op es s h e ca n l a s t u nt i l e v er y o ne g et s t h r o ug h

s ch o ol . Mi ck e y a nd Bo b t o ok a n o v er n i g ht t r i pt o t h e b ea ch a nd ca mp ed i n t h e s a n d i n J u ne a nd ,a second over n i ght t o Bander a wi t h her s i st er &husband and a canoe t r i p down t he Medi na Ri ver .F o r h er f r i e nd s wh o k n ew h er p ar e nt s i n t h e p as t ,h er f a t h er d i e d l a s t y ea r b ut h er mo t h er a t 8 8s t i l l r u ns c i r c l e s a r o un d t h em, a nd h er h ou s econt i nues t o be t he cent er o f much act i v i t y .

ELAI NE HARMON agai n sends i n news of her f l i ght#1 t h at s h e h as co l l e ct e d t h e p as t y e ar a l t h oshe has been ver y busy wor k i ng on t he Mi l i t ar -i zat i on ef f or t s and v i s i t ed a Ger man penpal o f 4 0 y e a r s i n J u ne . The f i r s t t i me t h ey h ad me t .

HARGARET CHA}I BERLAI N ~l I TH has been goi ng t oschool and wor k i ng on her mast er s degr ee.

J O BARDSL EY GERMAI NE wr i t es t ha t BJ i l iBOSL EY ( BAR-

N1 ~) i s l i v i n g i n Ho no l u l u , Ha wa i i . J o i s v e r yi l l and has appl i ed f or medi cal r et i r ement .

ANI TA BRONKEN MATTHEW' s husband has r et i r ed andt hey have moved t o Li t chf i el d, whi ch Wr . S f or -mer l y t hei r sumner home. J ACKI E HUGHES P1' TTYvi s i t ed Ani t a i n 1976 af t er t he Powder Puf f Der by whi ch she f l ew i n . Then she f l ew commer -ci a l l y t o Tahi t i and j o i ned her husband aboar r : .a schooner whi ch t hey hel ped cr ew t o Hawai i andel sewher e . Th i s was t o be a s i x mont h t r i p .

VI RGI NI A SPEARS made her f i r st r euni on l ast f al l ,t hought i t was gr eat . V i s i t ed wi t h Est her St ahrCuddi ngt on. Had a mar vel ous 3 weeks i n Engl and;made wi t h an o l d f r i end who she says made t het r i p f or her . Want s anyone who i s i nt er est ed

i n a t r avel i ng compani on t o al most anywher et o l e t he r k no w. L i v i n g a s s h e do es i n a s o r to f t h e cr o s s r o ad s , s h e h as v i s i t s f r o m ma ny o l df r i e nd s a s t h ey p as s f r o m e a s t t o we s t o r n or t ht o sout h .

GI NNY TRUMBULL and husband Fr ed " Der f " , r et i r edf r om t he i r account i ng pr act i ce a coupl e o f year sa go . S he wo r k ed f o r h i m f o r 2 5 y ea r s . T he ysol d t hei r condomi ni um, t he account i r ~ busi nessand bui l di ng, st or ed t hei r f ur ni t ur e, and movedi nt o t he i r 25' Ai r st r eam t r avel t r a i l er t o t r yt he f oot l oose vagabondi ng l i f e f or a whi l e .

Th ey ' l l s pe nd t he i r t i me wr i t i ng, phot og r ap hy ,r e co r d i n g - t r a v el a nd wi l d l i f e s u bj e ct s . De r f

may pr oduce a wi l d l i f e r ecor d or t wo - he has

t wo out now, and t hey pr oduce a l omm f i l m on ane nd an ge r e d s p e c i e s t h at BBC t e l e v i s e d . The y ' l lwander and expl or e t he count r y and be on t hel o ok o ut f o r a l i k e l y s p o t t o " h o me b as e " a ga i nsome day. They j o i ned an Ai r st r eam c ar avant r aver si ng t he Pan Amer i can hi ghway t o Panama.

Th ey an d t he Ri c he ys ( WASP " Pe t er " Shower s ) ha vespent many vacat i ons t oget her , and wi l l house-b oa t L a k e P o we l l i n Oct . The y ' v e e x pl o r e d t h eS ea o f Co r t e z i n a l e ak y o l d Me x i ca n cr a f t ,r a f t ed t he l engt h o f t he Gr and Canyon and t heRi v e r o f . No Re t u r n , p ut t r a i l e r a nd t r u ck o n af l a t car and cr ossed Mexi co ' s S i er r a Madr e Mt ns. ,and i ce f i shed i n Ar i zona' s Whi t e Mount ai ns.

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"PETJill"SHOWERSRICHEYwas appointed U.S. District

Court Judge - the first womanin her district 50

honored. Ginny attended the swearing-in cere-

mony---a proud occasion, and added a light touch

after all the judges and attorneys had given

glowing tributes to Peter'e legal skills and

~rowess, by recounting some of the WASPexper-lences of "groundloop Pete".

JOANOLMSTEDreplrts a wonderful trip to Williams

AFB, on Sept. 2, to represent the WASPsat the

first Cadet Class to graduate womenpilots. As

the only WASPon active duty with the Air Force

our Chief of Staff felt it was appropriate for '

her to represent all of us. It was a thrill and

honor for Joan. The ten gals were wonderful and

she had much fun swapping stories about the way

we flew in the old days and the way it's done

today. Joan said we had more fun. General

Roberts, Commanderof Air Training Commandwas

guest speaker, and in his presentation was' quite

complimentary of the WASPs. From there Joan went

o~ to t~e co~st where she apent many lovely days

Wlth VEE(NI•.•U"Y) VANDELDENin her beautiful

home in Palm Desert, Ca. Also visited with BErTYI'IILlJAHSand MARTYBUELin the San Fernando Val-

ley. NewAddress for Joan: 400 Madison 1404Alexandria, Va. 22314. '

GAYLESNElLflew back to Colorado Springs over the

4th cf July holiday, and went allover the Air

Academygrounds and thought about howit would

be next year when the WASPshave their reunion

t~ere. Said it was pretty and they built it

rlght over the old airport where she learned

to fly. Had a great 4 days in Colorado going

to all the places she used to go to when she

wa~ a kid. Said she enjoyed it more than any_

thlng sheld done in a very long time.

NADINENAGLEand husband are now grandparents of

a granddaughter, Jennifer. D~ughter Ann gradua-ted from the Univ. and is now an Engineering

Psychologist, at Wright-Patterson AFB. Steve,

th~ youngest of four children, is a scp~more at

Ohlo State. Nadine says she continues to have

a feeling of joy and personal satisfaction, each

year, as a teacher for her Kindergarten classes.

B.r..'TTYTURNJillwants to know, "l,fuere did the summer

go?~ In the spring, she took an enjoyable, re-

laxlng three day trip with friends, to Ky. visi-

ting historical places. In Oct. spent a week

at Jekyll Island, Ga., visiting old neighbors

who retired there. Loved the beautiful island

with its eleven mile swimmingbeach and three

?eautiful ~ol~ courses. Spent most of the golf-

lng and SWJ.mmlng,of course. Betty and husband Bill have a new and the first granddaughter.

Nowhave three grandchildren. With son Robin

away at school, Miami U., leaves them with one

still left at home, Judy, a senior in high

school.

"COOKIE"JONES: "In Feb., Les' father died and

he was gone to Illinois for two weeks which

initiated ferI7 runs all summerto the Lockhaven,

Pa. and Vero Beach, Fla. Piper factories through

the Calif. distributorship with which he used

to be affiliated with. This gave hiJn the opp-

ortunity to visit eastern relatives and friends

and get together with NormaBoston and Esther

(Stahr) Cuddington. Meanwhile, 1 was "going

bananas" at home with daughters #1 and #3 both

announcing they wanted to get married in May!

It was finally resolved, the youngest in May,

the oldest in June, but was immersed in wedding

activities March 'through June, shopping, showers,

etc. Myyonngest daughter lives in No. Calif.,

a 3! hour drive away, and by the time of the

wedding we were sure tired of that trip! Also

had my9 yr. old granddaughter most of the sum-

mer, between 3 different camping sessions. Our

Irish setter had 1..3pups, was asked to serve as

Conmunications Co-Capt. with Cappy Whittaker

Johnson (43~) during all these months of pub-

licity and preparation for the "cause"; I took

the coastal area, she the inland areas of No.

Calif. What with TVappearances, newspaper pub-

licity releases, and dissemination of WASP

Hdqtrs. releases - little else was accomplished

during June, July and August. In Sept., Cappy

broke some ribs and was unable to deliver a

speech in Santa Rosa to the Retired Officers

Convention, so was asked to sub. for her that

week-end, and Sat. morning, while walking over to deliver the talk and set up an AVdisplay of

WASPmemorabilia, fell and have had my right leg

in a cast ever since, hobbling around on crutches.

Also was in the midst of sub. teaching during a

local teacher's strike and was unable to complete

that stint. There are 103 WASPin No. Calif.,

and about 60 in the Bay Area and I have commun-

icated re: the D.C. deal with most of them thr-

ough phone and mail until my phone and postage

bills began looking like the Nat'l. debt. Les

and I had planned a BBQhere for the Bay Area

gals, first the end of Aug., then Sept. and now

with me on crutches I doubt that we can make it

before the cold weather sets in, and ~ amreally

disappointed. Waslooking forward to a llfun"time. Cappy and 1 had dubbed a "C or e" affair

(Congrats or Condolences) - depending on howthe

WASPdeal turned onto Did get to spe-nd a week-

end in Carmel, attending a wedding of the son of

an old flying buddy of Les', and a couple of trips to Lake Tahoe. Last week, Sylvia Barter

43-7 phoned to say her husband was having heart

surgery and would I sub. for her and give a

WASPpresentation to the Mr. Diablo Pilot Assoc.,

50 we spent. Les' birthday doing that (and mine

at the hosp.) - so WHEN(7) things calm down we

plan on making up for it. Talked to Maggie a

couple of times on the phone, had lunch with her

at Hayward Airport where we did a publicity bit.

Definitely want to make the Academyin Colorado -

hope it will work out 50 we can all get together

again. The ranks keep thinning out."

Ed Note: In Dec. '76, Special Edition, names of

class members shown in picture were not printed as

they were not sent in time. Following are the

names as they were shown: Front. row 1. to r.

Elizabeth W. (Dusty) Davis Ransom- Betty F. Mar-

tin Riddle, Esther L. Stahr Cuddington, Rosa Char-

lyne Creger, Veda MacLum. Back row 1. to r.

Margaret Chamberlin Smith, Virginia M. Eatherton

Spear, Elizabeth M. Briscoe Stone, Lillian M.

Glezen Wray, Sarah J. Allhouse Gleeson. Not pic-

tured - Kathryn J. Kleinecke.

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ANN AT ~I S ON: Wa s t o h av e b ee n i n D. C. f o r t h eS e pt . He a r i n gs ; h o we v e r , 1 h e ar t h a t h e r mo t h e r( a H- I O r a a s c o t - s o r t - o f ) i s q u i t e i l l . Ho p e a l li s we l l Ro on ey , a nd o ur b e s t 0

mHLY CHAPI N: " l i t h f r i end and mot or home must bes e t t i n g s o me k i n d o f r e c o r d : F e b. t o t h e F l a .e v er &1 ad es , K ey L a r g o, S au s i b al I s l a nd a ndP l a i n s , Ga . I n Ma y - - t o Wa s h i n gt o n f o r ' t h e S e n-a t e h e , : - r i n g~. J u l y a n d A ug us t t o C an a da , Ga s p ean~ Pr ~! i ce Edwar d I s l and, ~nd i n Sept . , back t oD. v . H

7r c a s u a l c o n v er s a t ~o n , v . L t hBe e Ha y du i n

Ho t S ~r l n Gs t o a g r e e t o ma k e a f e w p h on e c a l l sg r ~w l ~t c a c a p t a i n s h i p c o v e r i n g 9 5 p e op l e ' h o w-7 v e r , l n h e r ' . . I s u a ~ef f i c i ent manner d i v i ded t h i s~n t o 1 1 c o - c a p t a i n s , a n d t h e y d i d a t r e me n do u s j ob c over i ng t h e N. E . U. S.

g L EANOR, Ge L L I NS ( FAUS T ) : He l p e d o u t i n Vt . e v e n

t hOUg: l she had moved t o NYC ear l y i n t he cam-p ai g n. Ho w a b ou t a n ew a d d r e s s E l l i e ?AI LSA CONNOLLY ( SI MONSON) : Al ways wr i t es wi t h an

a i r o f e x c i t e me n t , v ; i t , a n d my s t e r y . He r f o u rdauGht e~s ar e mar r i ed- - one gr andson. Her onl yson gr ~Quat ed f r om Hi gh School , and mom was t he? o ~e nc e ~e nt s p ea ke r . He ' s n ~i i n c o l l e ge . No w15 t h e h me t o t h i n k s e r i o us l y o f p ol i t i c s .Af t e r wa t 0 h i n g t h e m a t t h e He a r i n gs , 1 t h i n kyou ar e a per f ect speci J r l enf or Congr ess ?

CHARL~NE Cf u! . Gl i l l :" Hor k has been i nt er f er i ng wi t hmy p l e a s u r e s a n d h a s t o h a ve b e en c o n v en i e n c e da r o u nd , ~AS P Af f a i r s . Wo r k i s n e v er d ul l t h o ug h.L a ~~ mo nt ~ I h ad a r a pi s t t o p ut t o s l e ep t o d e-b r l Qe a n l n f e c t e d l e g f r o m i n j e c t i n g s p i t i n -

t r a v en ou s l y ( s o t h at h e h ad a c h an c e t o p er h ap se s c a p e f r o m t h e h o s p i t a l ) . T h e g ua r d o u t f i t t e di n o u r s t e r i l e a t t i r e ( c o mp l e t e wi t h b o ot c o v e r sf o r h i s c o wb oy b oo t s ) , s a t b y t h e O. R. d oo r wi t h~i s g un o n h i s h i p - - a f t e r h a nd c u f f i n g t h e p a t -l e nt t o t h e t a bl e . T he ma n h ad b ee n p os t p on edf o r 2 4 h r s . b ec a us e o f b as t a r d l y b eh av i o r a ndi t f e l l my l o t t o t r y t o h an dl e h i m. 1 h ~d s o mec ho i c e p hr a s es l i k e " t a ke y ou r c h oi c e 1 c a n k i l ly o u e as i e r t h an k e ep i n g y o u a l i v e " wh i c h u s ua l l yt a T~S t h e me an es t . Do gg on e, h e wa s a s d oc i l e a sa l a mb , a nd i t wa s a l i t t l e d i s a p po i n t i n g t o n otg et t o u s e my s p ee c h. An ywa y , we f i n i s h e d h i l l iwi t h n o d i f f i c u l t y . 2 4 h r s . l a t e r s o me on ep o i s o n e d h i m. I t ' s s t i l l u n de r i n ~e s t i g a t i o n ,~n d I h op e t h ey d on ' t c a l l me i n t o a s k my o pi n -~o n o f t h i s k i n d o f p at i e nt . T ha t ' s o ne d ay - -

s o ma n y a r e e q ua l l y a s c o l o r f u l .

DOROT HY DAVI S p ut s u s a l l t o s h a me l ! l S he p e r -

s o n ~y ~o t a bo ut 1 70 0 s i g na t u r e s b y s i t t i n gout S l ue vhe t heat er ( STAR WARS) compl et e wi t ha l a p r o b e, t a b l e , p e t i t i o n s , &a 2 x3 f t . b l o wu p o f p ag e 4 7 o f VI VA wi t h t h e b ot t o m p a r t c o v -e~~~ over and pr i nt ed P~ASE SI GN PETI T I ON FORV~H; RAN SThTUS FOR \ 'TO H EN AI RFORCE SERVI CEP I L OT S . S h e g e ne r a t e d p ub l i c i t y wh i c h c a u gh tt h e . e y e o f Wi l l i a m R an do l p h He a r s t a n d g o tNa t ~o na l c o v er a ge . Ho w g r e at t o r e ac h a h an da c r o s s t h e c o un t r y . S he wa s r e s pl e nd en t i n

uni r or m at t he Sept ember hear i ngs .PATRI CI A DI SSTON ( COLEMAN) : Wor d f r om Dot t i e

Da v i s : P at r i c i a ' s h us b an d wa s k i l l e d i n a na u t o mo b i l e a c c i d e nt . S y mp a t h i e s s e e m s o i n -

adequat e. J UANI TA DREI ER HURLBUTT; As Cha i r man of Vi s al i a

P l a n ni n g Co mmi s s i o n , s h e i s b u s y t r y i n g t o s t a ya he a d o f t h e r a pi d g r o wt h o f t h e c i t y . He r

h us b a nd , E d, i s S r . P a r t n er i n h i s o wn l a wp r a c t i c e . S on E dmu nd i s a J e s ui t i n h i s s e c -o nd y e ar o f P hi l o s o ph y a t F o r d ha m U. , NY C.S on T om i s a Ci v i l E ng i n ee r f o r G. Bo s we l l Co . ,Ba k er s f i e l d , Ca . , S on T om i s i n h i s f i r s t y e aro f L a w a t Be r k el y . Da ug ht e r J a c qu el i n e i s al o a n o f f i c e r f o r t h e F i r s t Na t ' l . Ba nk o f Chi cago.

MAHG~" T EGER ( T~ME) has donat ed her WASP dr essand f l i ght uni f or ms compl et e wi t h i ns i gni a ,p ur s e , b er e t , s h i r t s a nd t i e s . On l y t h i n gl a c k i n g i s wi n gs . A ny o ne c a r e t o d o na t e - - t ot he I nt er nat i onal A i r &Spac e Mus eum.

FL ORENCE EMI G ( \ ' / HEJ l l . ER)i s s t i l l t e a c hi n g Ho meE c a t He a l d s bu r g Hi g h a nd wi l l p r o ba bl y d o s ou nt i l h er t wo k i d s c o mp l e t e c o l l e ge . P a ul a

i s a s o p hr n o r e at U. C. S a nt a Cr u z , a n d K e i t hi s a t Ca l Be r k el e y. F l o a nd h us b an d p l a y t e nn i s( Ga d, wh o h as t h e wi n d) ? F l o a l s o b el o ng s t o aS an t a Ro s a f l y i n g c l u b a nd g et s i n a l i t t l ecl oud t i me.

J hWEL ES TE S was amon g t h e Dal l as ga l s k ep t bu s yi nf or mi ng var i ous gr oups conc er ni ng mi l i t ar i za-t i o n p r o g r e s s . T h er e we r e l e t t e r s , i n t e r v i e ws ,meet i ngs , &p er s o na l c o nt a c t s . J e we l , P et eGi mbl e HcAdams, Z i ggy Hunt er , Mar i e Gener o , andFr ank i e War ms v l er e on hand t o gr eet 44- 3 A l ma J ac omi ni J es c hi en and he r t wo da ug ht er s on t hel a s t me mo r i a l f l i g h t o f t h e P o wd e r P u f f De r b y .Lor a i ne Bane and t h i s same gr oup accompani edHa z e l S ue Ri c h t e r ( 4 4- 3 ) t o t h e D- FV a i r p o r t f o r

a s e nd o f f t o v i s i t h er d au gh t e r i n T uc s o n. To m & J ewel , Cl i f f & De d i e a r e g e t t i n g t o b er egul ar s on t he l at t er ' s weddi ng anni ver sar i es . Th i s was t he 55 t h. Th ey da nc ed , l au gh ed an dh a d a ma r v e l o u s l y g o od t i me t o l i v e mu s i c a tt he ~l i nt er gar t en. Dedi e l ooks f i t t er t han usual ,

J OAN FRETE R ( UHAL T) s en t a c op y of an ar t i c l e i nt h e Me x i c o Ci t y p a pe r o f a n i n t e r v i e w wi t h B i l l

Ti s c hl er . He an d hi s wi f e wer e do i ng t h ei rc l own act " J i ngl es & J a n gl e s " f o r S hr i n e r Ho s p -i t a l s , o r p ha na ge s a nd c h i l d r e n' s h ome s . J o a n & J oe v l er e i n Gua da l a j ar a f o r t he s ummer , r e t ur n-e d t o Ne w Or l e a ns t o r e ma i n u n t i l De c . 1 , t h e nback t o Me. . uco wher e t hei r mot her s may f l y downt o j o i n t h e m f o r t h e h o l i d a ys .

BETTY FULBRI GHT ( ¥ i HI TE) won t he l ong- d i s t ance l adymo t o r c y c l e s o l o t r o ph y. S he &Omar have r i dden8 - 1 0, 0 00 mi l e s t h i s y e ar , a nd a r e n ow o f f o n a na dd i t i o na l 5 , 0 00 mi l e t r i p . An d t h at a i n ' t a l l ,t h e y b e l o n g t o a Ra mb l e r Cl u b, t h e y c a n oe f l o a td ab bl e i n r e al e s t a t e , s e l l a f e w p i n e t r e es o ~a c h i c k ~n p l a n t , a n d h a ve a n i c e " l i t t l e " g a : . d e n- 7 5 p ~n t s o f g r e en b ea ns , t o ma t Oe s , a nd p i n t ob e an s f o r t h e f r e e z e r . T h er e ' s t i me t o p r a c t i c eo n t h e o r g a n. Y o u ma k e me t i r e d l l 1 11 .

FRANCES GI MBLE McADAMS: J ewel t el l s me you ar ea l i v e. Ho w a bo ut a 1 3 c e nt e r ?

RUTH GLASER ( GUHS: r ; ) : Now i n Casabl ancaU We dog et a r o un d. Ru t h l e ar n ed t o u s e e v er y o ne a nde v er y t h i n g f o r t h e c a us e l l He r d au gh t e r h ad b ab y

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s a t f o r a g al T V r e po r t e r wh o e nd ed u p d oi n g at e l e c as t o n Ca pp y Wh i t t a k er J o hn s o n. An d t h ea r c h i t e c t s f o r wh o m R ut h wo r k s h a d d e s i g ne d t h el o c al CBS s t u di o a nd o f f i c e . T he mg r . p ut h er i nt c u c h wi t h t h e n e ws e d i t o r wh o h a d b e en o n t h eSenat e Vet er an Af f ai r s Commi t t ee when t he Bi l lc a me u p e a r l i e r . He wa s " f o r " u s a nd p ut o n s o mef i l m c l i p s a nd p ub l i c i t y . Ru t h o bt a i n ed o v er 5 00si gnat ur es.

V I RGI NI A HA3H: Gr apevi ne news of a Cor onar y by-p as s . Ho pe a l l i s we l l . THE l 1' l AHE; ' I CH( l ULL ~R) : L oo k i ng j us t as you ng as

e v e r . we s t a y e d wi t h Ma r i e B r a y ( 4 4- 5 t ) f o r t h eS e pt . He a r i n gs a n d b e c a me b e t t e r a c q ua i n t e d . S hei s s t i l l f l y i n g a nd wo r k s f o r a d ar n ed g oo d I n s -u r a n c e Co . , Ba n ke r ' s L i f e .

ELLEN HO\ L i l l D( GH. AFF) : Found by Z i ggy, but no r es -p c n Re t o my l e t t e r , n o r wa s i t r e t u r n e d.

V I RGI NI A McPI KE ( COA~~) wi t h her l ovel y s i s t erLee, ca: ne t o t he Sept . Hear i ngs wi t h Emi l y Chapi n .S he ~a de t h e Ma y o ne t o o . Y ' a l l mu s t e at t a peHo na s ; y o u n ev e r g ai n a n o u nc e .

I - , ARTYEl d ' t TI N( i " i Y ALL )v i a s i n D. C. f o r t h e e x e c ut i v e'aec~ing b ut h a d t o l e a v e b e f o r e t h e He a r i n g s .

c,: ..rp y ~l OR! USON now l i ves i n Cal i f . - - - qui t e a changef r c Q Ha wa i i t o t h e d es e r t . S he &P a t h av e b e e ndr i - v i ng t hr ought Vegas, Ut ah, I daho, Mont ana,C al s a r y o v e r t o Va n c o uv e r , dovm t hr ough Was hi ngt on,Gr e~cn, S. F . and home.

SARA. H f ' i >YNJ <:( HAYj ) ~\ j )made bot h Hear i ngs i n spi t e of per sonal obl i gat i ons . T I US I S TO REMI ND ~" ' VERYONE

THAT SARAH I S I N L I N. c ;FOR ? R: ! : SI DENT. L ET ' S SUP -PORT OUR CLAS~~ATE1! ! 1! 1 She has been a qui etf o r c e b e hi n d t h e ma c h i n a t i o n s o f t h e OOF.

J " CKl E t UL EY ( ZE RL AUT) ap pa r ent l y l i v i ng t he l i f e of Ri l e y . He r l a ug h o v er t h e p ho ne i s c o nt a gi o us a ndma k es y o u wa nt t o b e i n c l o s e p r o x i mi t y t o g et i non t he f t i l l .

N" HY VAN ~CYGC( Snj ] ' i ONDS) i s on a vac at i on now-not or ho: r . eand f i sh i ng dovm i n Roar i ng Ri ver and

p e r h a ps a c o u pl e mo r e S t a t e P a r k s i n S o . l ' . i . s s o u r i .' [ ! " : anksf o r :;.11 o f ; r o u r h e l p o n t h e R ed A l e r t wh e nI c o ul u n' t c a t c h F r a nc i e .

Fi {«NKl E Y; : ; AR\ ' J UOD:No n ews o f c h an ge s i n l i f e s t y l e ,b ut t h an ks f o r t h e Ar k a ns a s h el p .

CHARLYNE Cfili(ii:R - SPECI AL l l l i PORTl l 1I ! Ny l ocal A : ner i can Legi on t ook our Resol ut i on t o

t h p. St a t e me e t i n g i n Ne w Or l e a ns . I " g u t t s i e d " a n dasked a l ocal commer c i al a i r l i ne t o f l y me r oundt r i pf r e e a nd g av e my r e a s on s . I t s o h ap pe ne d t h at t h ey( Royal e A : i . r l i nes)wer e f eat ur i ng us a l ong wi t h ot herwomen f l : . er s i n t he I n- f l i ght n: 2. gaz i ne. They di d f l yme, and I ar r i ved i n t i me- - i n uni f or m- - t o speak be-f or e t he Resol ut i ons Commi t t ee. I t was unani mous.

I wa s t h e n g i v p . n t i me t o s p e a k t o t h e Ge n er a l As s e m-b l y - - f o l l o Hi n g t h e Go v e r n o r . I r e c e i v e d a s t a n di n govat i on &1 00 % e n do r s e me n t . T h e n e xt s t e p wa s De n -v e r f o r t h e Na t l l . c o nv e nt i o n. I wa s me t b y Be t t y

J oe Rp- ed , Col o. who al s o en do r s ed ou r Res ol ut i on, an dDo r i s T a nn e r , T e nn . wi t h a n ot h e r e n do r s e me n t . B et t yJ. \ ' i i l l i amsf l ew i n f r om Cal i f . We wer e pr e sent i nu n i f o r m f o r t h e e x e c ut i v e me e t i n g t o r e j e c t o r e n -d or s e o ur r e s ol u t i o n. At f i r s t i t wa s r e j e c t e d. MyL o u ~s i a n a ma n r e q ue s t e d t h a t we b e h e ar d . We c o u l do n l y b e h e ar d i f t h e b o dy o f me n - - 1 00 - 1 50 e l e c t e d1 00 % t o h e ar u s - - a n d t h e n o n l y i f t h e WAS P we r e a

L e gi o nn ai r e . I a m, b ut I t u r n ed i t o ve r t o B. J . ( s h e

i s a L t . Co l . , a nd e l i g i b l e ) . S he d i d i t we l la nd q ui c k l y . T he d ec i s i o n wa s c ha ng ed t o a s p e-c i a l s t u dy f o r t wo mo nt h s a nd t h e d ec i s i o n t o b eg i v en i n Oc t . OK, t h ey s h ou l d n ot h av e g i v ent est i mony i n D. C. i n Sept . Congr ess man Hammer -s c h mi d t a g r e e d wi t h me . T h e D. A. V. d i d e s s e n -t i a l l y t h e s a me t h i n g. I h ad t h e wh ol e o f L a .D. A . V . , V . F . W. , R . O. A . , and t he Amer i can Legi one nd or s e d . T hi s t e l l s u s t h at t h e me n ARE F OR

US , a nd i f we c a n a l l g et t o o ur l o c al c ha pt e r s ,who wi l l i n t ur n t ake t hem t o t hei r St at e meet -i n gs , a n d o n t o Na t i o n al - - wi t h c o p i e s g o i n g t oWASP HEAWUARTERS t o gi ve t o t he I I FORI ICongr essa s f o dd er t o s h o w t h at Na t i o na l i s wr o ng t o b es p ea k i n g f o r t h es e g r o up s . T he s e g r o up s c o ns t i -t u t e mi l l i o n s o f wo me n a n d me n . I wa s t o l d t h a tt h i s i s t h e f i r s t t i me i n h i s t o r y t h a t e v e r ys i n gl e Co n gr e s s wo ma n a g r e e o n a s i n gl e i s s u e .

Th er e j us t ar en ' t en oug h women t o be a maj or i t y . YOU CAN 00 A L OT MORE THAN YOU THI NK I S POSSI BL E.I t i s o nl y a ma t t e r o f e du c at i n g t h e p ub l i c , a ndy o u wo ul d b e s u r p r i s e d a t h ow ma ny d o n ot k no wwe e v en e x i s t e d, a nd h ow s u r p r i s e d t h ey a r e t h atanyone coul d poss i b i by compar e us wi t h so manyc i v i l i a n g r o up s . Y ou g et t o b e a p r e t t y f a i rt a l k e r a f t e r a wh i l e . I f l e w t o Wi c h i t a Fa l l st o h e l p De d i e i n a d i s p l a y o f " Wo me n i n t h e Ai rFo r c e " . T h e y o un g mi l i t a r y s t a n d wi t h t h e i rmo ut h s wi d e o pe n a nd o f f e r t o d o a l l t h ey c a n.And t h i s weekend past , t he Conf eder at e A i r f or ced e di c a t e d t h e i r Ai r s h o w t o t h e WA SP s a n d g a vea b ou t a 1 0 mi n . a c c o l a d e wh i l e t h e c r o wd p a i dt r i b ut e t o u s o n t h e VI P s t a n d a n d S ue P a r i s ht a x i e d u p i n h er p i n k P - 4 0. T he r e we r e n o l e s st han 100, 000 ~eopl e exposed t o t h i s i nf or mat i on,s o ug ht u s o ut t o o f f e r h el p , s i g n p et i t i o ns , t a k emo r e wi t h t h e m, a n d a n yt h i n g e l s e s u c h a s c o n t a c -t i ng Senat or s & Congr ess men. They wer e \ - I onder f u l . Th e Cana di an War s hi p Her i t a ge So c i et y ga ve us awi l d g r a n d r i d e i n a B- 2 5 b uz z i ng P a dr e I s l a n d

a t 5 0 f t . Ma r i e Ge n er o &Zi g gy e v en g ot i n s o mec o - p i l o t t i me . T h ei r me mb e r s a l l e x p r e s s e d d i s -b el i e f a t o ur l a c k o f r e c o gn i t i o n.

S e pt . h e ar i n e s o n C ap i t o l s t e p s .

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Fo l l o wi n g , i n i t s e n t i r e t y , i s t h e E di t o r i a l~~. Wm. Randol ph Hear s t publ i shed and i s

r e p r o d uc e d t h a t a l l ma y r e a d i t , i n t h ee v e nt t h e y mi s s e d s e e i n g t h e a r t i c l e .

Editor's report

It's time to righta 33-year-old wrong

By William Randolph Hearst Jr.

Edltor-in-Chief, The Hearst Newspapers

NEW YORK - Earlier this month a class of 10women graduated from Air F orce P ilot S chool atWilliams Air Force Base, Phoenix. They were hailed asthe first women to fly military aircraft for the U .s. Air Force.

These young women richly deserve the congratula-tions of their country,the plauditsof their military superiors and tbeir role in history as the first"commissioned" women pilots.

But the truth is, these recentgraduates are not the first womento pilot military aIrcraft for the Air

Force. Back when tbe Air Forcewas caned the U.S. Army Air Corpsthere were 1,074women pilots whoflew every kind of military aircraftthen in existence. It was wartime,

. and tbe young women belonged toW. R. Hearst Jr. a unit formed by Gen. Hap Arnold

called Women Airforce Service Pilots - WASP.

Tbese courageous ladies piloted figbter eraftand bombers to all parts of tbe world. Tbeir role was

to relieve male pilots for combat duty because therewas a pressing shortage of rombat-ready pilots int be w ar 's e ar ly d ay s, a nd t be y - t be w om en -

performed their jobs with rourage, dispatch and effirienry. So dedicated were they that 38 of tbemlost their lives.

WAS P was activated In S eptember 1942 and disbanded in December 1944, when there were enoughmale pilots and the women were no longer needed.They were simply discharged - decommissioned, so tospeak, without ever having been commissioned as

officers.

Now the ladies of WASP, no longer young, wonder why they have never been given customary veterans'

benefits, and they are asking for them. There are 850 of them still living, according to Col. Bruce Arnold, son of

Hap Arnold.Tbe women of WASP believe they are en tilled to

the ba sir s - hospita liza tion when neede d inveterans facilities, G.I. insurance rights, time served

with WAS P in tbe Army Air C orps added to <ivllservite time served subsequently as civilians torount toward pension programs and last, but notleast important to many, the rigbt to burial in amilitary cemetery.

A bill introduced in botb houses of Congress togive veterans' benefits to the WASPs has met withunexpected resistance, mostly from bureaucrats and the Veterans' Administration, which adberes to theattitude: "We'd be opening a can of worms."

A Senate committee held a hearing on the bill lastMay but did not put it to a vote. A House committee willhear witnesses Tuesday and Wednesday of this week,and there appears to be strong opposition building,mostly as the result of lobbying by the government'sown agencies. Chairing the committee is Rep. RayRoberts, D.Tex.

Washington correspondent Marianne Means of the Hearst Newspapers has reported tbat PresidentCarter is opposed to tbe bill and that Mrs. Carter shares his opposition.

The total cost to the republie to provide fullveterans' rights to the bra\'c women "ho served t he ir c ou ntr y so w el l m or e t ha n a q ua rt er o f a

rentury ago would be a measly $100,000 a ~'ear for aslong as the 850 sun'ivors live. Not a 100 million, nor even one million, but 100 thousand.

To resist this on grounds of its cost is nothingshort of incredible for an administration that isrequesting $10.6 billion for the first year's budget for its new Department of Energy. But more on that inanother rolumn.

We should regard the women of WAS P as theforebears of the 10 female officers who graduated fromthe Air Force Pilot School this month - and we should honor them accordingiy. It is simply not proper todeprive. them of the military benefits that were

bestowed by a grateful populace on all other military personnel.

The members of WASP came for"ard at a time

wben they were desperately needed. Tbe idea of equalrights lor women simply did not exist then. Tbe

problem was simple: There were too few men pilOts; tbe

women were eager to help win the war, and in thosedark days of 1942 and 1943 tbe government wasgrateful to get all tbe help it could.

Right from tbe beginning, members of WASP weregiven to understand that if tbey proved capable, theywould be made an official part of the Army Air Corps.

Due to congressional red tape, tbe entire plan wentastray.

It did not take long to demonstrate tbat WASP wasvaluable to the war effort, but it was not until thesummer of 1944 that Congress voted against tbe billdesigned to make WASP par! of tbe air corps.

By tben, though, there was no longer a shortageof male pilots, and the t ime had come to get thewomen bark to the kitchens where, in the chauvinistview of lhe day, they belonged.

Bitterly disappointed at not being allowed toremain in service until victory was assured, the WASPswent their own ways.

Because these were, for tbe most part, highlymotivated young ladies, they did as well in civll1an lifeas they did in the air corps. The did not raise tbequestion of veterans' benefits until quite recently. Theydidn't need help, so they didn't ask for it.

The basic objection of the Veterans Administrationis that the granting of veteran status to WASPs would set a p~ecedent and there would then be no way todeny veteran status to the many groups that worked asauxiliaries to the armed forces. The Civil Air Patrol isnamed as one such group.

I contend, however, that they cannot be equated.The CAP, also founded by Hap Arnold, was composed of civilians who flew planes on their days off to sear~hfor submarines off the continental shores. It was associal as it was military.

Are we to forget these ladies of WASP, now allmiddle-aged, who gave so much and asked for so littlerecognition? How ungrateful can a nation become?

Write your senator. Write your congressman.Write me, c/o the Examiner.

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