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CLASS NOTES

WAGS TO WAFSDEL SCHARR wore her uniform at the banquet.

NANCY LOVE has sold her airplane. The girls enjoyparticipating in horse shows, while Nancy and her

husband are sailing most of the summer In

Martha's Vineyard.

BETTY GILLIES and BARBARA LONDON flew to Cin-cinnati in Betty's Baron to attend the reunion.

43-1MARY LOU COLBERT NEALS received notice of the

WASP reunion just 5 days before the 13th. The

letter finally found her in California.

MARJORIE KETCHAM DEACON passed thr~ugh Cin-cinnati just one week later on her vacatIOn. Theword was too late for her to rearrange her plans.

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CA"1HERINEVAIL BRIDGE hopes to kee p in touchfor future plans.

RUTH FRANKLING REYNOLDS has guests after thereunion at her farm in New York. The guests:tEWISE COLEMAN ADIE and MARTHAWAGANSEIL DAVIS both 43-2 class. The 3 have

not been together since disbanding.MARGARET KERR BOYLAN, named special assistant

to William J. Schulte (Asst. Administrator for

General Aviation, FAA). Margaret is daughter ofthe late Sen. Robert Kerr (D. Okla.) and just re-cently returned to USA after 10 years foreign ser-

vice duty with Mr. Boylan.MARY TROTMAN O'BRIEN missed seeing old friends

again.43-3

LAURINE (RENE) NIELSEN lives in Palmer, Alaska.43-4

NANCY LEEBAKER is in Fairbanks, Alaska.GINNY HILL WOOD and CELIA HUNTER are operating

a camp in Alaska. If you want a vacation i~ therugged wilderness from June 1 - Sept. 10 wnte.:Camp Denali, Box D, College Alaska for details.

CONSTANCE LLEWELLYNHOWERTON writes thatsince deactivation 10 gals from 43-4 class havekept a round robin letter going. That's 20 years!

ROSA LEA FULLWOOD MEEK brought favors to thebanquet from Mooney Aircraft. She is a Mooneydealer in Kerrville, Texas.

MARY JANE STEPHANS MEIKLE has moved to

Nebraska.43-5

JILL McCORMICK was one of the winn~rs of the 1964

Amelia Earhart Scholarship at the Nmety-Nme

NEWSLETTEROdober 1964

Convention. She is also on the FAA Women'sAdvisory Committee. Presently Jill is teachingin the Aviation Dept. at Purdue University.

HELENTURNER HOLLAND was in Canada at the timeof the reunion. Hopes to find more Wasps close to

Norman, Oklahoma.JO PITZ EGAN was vacationing in Florida August 13th.Major Yvonne Pateman is stationed in Anchorage,

Alaska.MARJORIE SANFORD THOMPSON toured Europe in

August, but won't miss the next reunion.

43-6CAPT. MARIAN TIBBETTS is stationed at what

used to be Big Spring Air Field, now called

Webb AFB. She is with the pilot training

program.MAURINE BRUNSVOLD WILSON was very sorry

to be unable to see everyone in Cincy.

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SAMMY CHAPIN HASSEN had a lovely pool partyfor those attending the Wasp reunion. Thevery next day the family (Sammy, Charlesand their two sons) flew to Massachusetts In

their Cessna 310.CARO BAYLEY BOSCA attended the reunion. She

was an aerobatic champion in the 40's.43-8

CAPT. DORIS WILLIAMS is back in the states for

a new assignment in Westover AFB, Mass.She was on leave in California in August.

LOIS DOBBINAUCHTERONIE is Governor of theNew England Section of the 99's.

44-2FRANCES LARAWAY SMITH hopes to make the

1969 reunion. She has a family of six.FRANCES SMITH TUCHBAND was on vacation

during August with her family.DORIS ELKINGTON KAMAKER sailed with her

husband, Cdr. USN, July 23rd for Naples,

ha~. . .RUTH M. PETRY lives in PhoenIX, Anzona.

44-3JEANNE WAGNER SIMPSON hopes ~asp contacts

with one another could lead to Information

and publication of the acti vities of t.hose for-mer Wasps still contributing to the held of

aviation.44-2

ESTHER NOFFKE is employed at Pal-Waukee Air-port on northwest edge of Chicago.

EUNICE BOARDMAN owns and operates a 48-footkitch out of Marina Cay in the British Virgin

Islands.

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LOUISEBRAND HYDE spent the month of Augustat Martha's Vineyard. She still flies and racesin the Powder Puff Derby each year~.

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'AT KENWORTHY NUCHOLS lives in DogwoodFarm, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Shehas many guests during the summer.

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EDITH CRAGIN DALEY sent a letter in hopes toget a report of the Wasp reunion.

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BETTY TO STREFF REED flew to the reunion withher' husband in their Mooney. They live inDenver. See you in 1969.

BEVERLYFRISBIE CARRUTH is waiting for B.FulkHaydu to give her an account of the reunion.

BEA FULK HAYDU flew to Cincinnati in a Cessna172.

BONNIE DORSEY SHINSKI lives in Lemon Grove,California, and could not make the trip to

Cincinnati.LOIS McMURDIE is lucky the questionaire found

her. The letter went to her mother's homein Spokane which had been sold six yearsago. She couldn't attend because it washer husband's birthday.

fERI FULK CROOK and her husband Iive nearShaw, AFB, South Carolina. They have

2 teenage daughters. Jeri works for 2 Brig.Generals at Shaw.

rOT FISHER WISE is in the real estate businesswith her husband. They have a fourth in-terest in a Cessna 172, a dachund and 2teenage children. Ironically, they wereweathered in for a few days near Cincin-nati 3 weeks before the reunion. They livein Tallahassee, Florida.

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MICKEY McLERNON BROWN at present is livingin Austin, Texas. Her husband is working onhis doctorate in education at the Universityof Texas. They have 4 children 6-12 yrs.Her permanent address in San Antonio, Texas.

3ETTY MAR TIN RIDDLE sent a telegram to thebanquet because she could not attend. Shelives in Rockford, Illinois and an active 99.

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PATRICIA DISSTAN COLEMAN, her husband andtheir 3 children were on a ranch in Wyomingin August. She will definitely make the 25threunion.

MARTHA BLAIR GAUNCE came to the reunionvia camping trip. She left the family andcamp at Cleveland, flew to Cincinnati forthe dinner; then joined them again the nextday to return to North Dakota.

COMMENTS OVERHEARD AT THE SHERATON-

GIBSON"Deadie is just as cute and vivacious as sheever was!"

"Who is she" I really didn't recognize her? And to

think we were bay-mates. ""Do you realize that between the 4 of us, we have

26 children"?"Just give me a Bloody Mary for breakfast. ""Imagine that - they can both wear their uniforms"

Reunion Spotlight

2Wo.menAviaforB Y M AR IO N S. H O DG SO N

CINCIJ\'NATI, Aug. 13 (Spl)-Two record.shatteri

women aviators shared the spotlight Thursday night at t

reunion banquet of the WASP (Women Airforces Serv

Pilot~l. . Former fh'in" buddies of hlDr Dora /)oughe.rty of 3616 here includ~ Is~hel Fenton 5t

Landy Lane. Fort Worth. wa~ a son. who came all the way fn

featured speaker along WIth \Vt'slfieJd. :\'Iass.. \\:ith her fworld-ramou.s .Jacqueline Coch. l'hile!ren to aUelle! the reuni(

r~ne. war'tlme boss of the ~Irs. Stinson's memories\\'ASP, fJi2ht trainin2 days at Swt'

Dr. Dougherty. an aviation \\'~ter ar~ enliwnmg the ..ps~'choJogist with Bell Helicop- membrr when" ('ontest thattel' Company, was greeted by under way.

women she fh:w with 20 yt'ars She remembers when a rIa

ago during World War II. mate at Sweetwater was so

She holds world's helicoptt'r jng an open.cockpit trainer Sfrt'cords for womt'n. But she is eral thousand feet in the 2

more interested in talking ahotlt "She wanted to get a suntwhen she .as a Wasp helping while she was alone up thewith the war than discussing so she took off her shirt," Mhe:- records. Stinson says.

. . . "She got the suntan all rig.

"THE LUCKIEST break I but her shirt blew away."ever had a s a Wa~p was when The student radioed inJ got to fly the B-29," she 'says, help. The message was relay"They wanted two g irls to f ly from the tower to Mrs. C

around the country on demon. Deaton of Wichita FaJls, "hou;

stratiolJ hops. and of course we mother" of the trainees.all volunteered. .

"We had to draw straws. Dee. MRS. DEATON rushee! to tdee Johnson :\lorman of Sioux flight line with a blanket, t

Falls and 1 were the lucky ones. not before a curious carand I guess we were the first ',whose ship had a radio) zen

women in the world to pilot a in on the red.faced Wasp aB-2!!." flew formation with her.

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IN MEMORIAM

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Kay AlspachMary M. Beritich

Margaret Bruns

Michie Carmichael

Jane ChamplinSusan Clark

M. Joy Jehl DaCostaMargie L. David

Patricia DickersonKatherine Dussaq", Staff Exec.Marjorie D. Edwards

Ellen Endacott

Elizabeth Erickson

Grace E. EverettCornelia Fort

Virginia Grant

Harriet GriggsFrances Grimes

Janice R. Tate HarrisMary Hartson

Hayden Head

Annie J. HenryEthel D. Hoskins

Levona Lillian HoveMary"H. Howson

Margaret M. HurlburtEdith Keene

Kathryn B. Lawrence

Hazel Ying Lee

Mitchell I. LongPaula Loop

Alice LovejoyLea Ola McDonald

Helen McGilveryPeggy MartinMatie N. Mitchell

Virginia Moffatt

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,Beve~iy,Moses

~ Dorot,hy.Nichols

Charlotte Niles

Jeanne L. Norbeck

Margaret OldenburgShireen M. Phelps

Hazel J. RainesMabel Rawlinson

Helen RicheyGleanna Roberts

Betty ScottDorothy Scott

Margaret J. SeipHelen J. SeversonMarie Sharon

Evelyn Sharp

Ethy1 Sheehy,Field Rep. to WASP Dir.

Betty P. StineHarri et M. ThysonMarion Toevs

Gertrude TompkinsMary Webster

Bonnie Jean Welz

Mary L. Wiggins

Betty T. Wood

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ROSTER CORRECTIONS - September, 1964

Adams, Kate Harris, 4536 Momosa Drive, Bellaire, TexasAdie, Lewise Coleman, 142 Riverview Drive, Marietta, Ohio

Bessent, Mrs. Clarice, 2301 Santa Clara Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada

Born, Martha Bevins, R. R. 1, Morning View, Kentucky

Brickford, Betty Bechtold, 4603 Wood Street, Willoughby, Ohio

Campbell, Martha Duncan, 239 E. 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y.

Christansen, Marjorie Redding, Rt. 1, RFD Box 59, Cedar City, UtahClark, Elizabeth Carsey, Sugar Hill Road, Zepp, Virginia

Coakley, Virginia McPike, 31 Chester Drive, Rye, New York

Coleman, Patricia Disston, 1054 Rock Creek Rd., Bryn Mawr, Pa.Cronan, Selma, 209 Hillcrest Ave., Leonia, New Jersey

Davis;. Martha Wagenseil, 1624 Shoreline Drive, Santa Barbara, Calif.

deLaet, Mary Waters, 620 Darrell Road, Hillsborough, California

Doerr, Virginia Warren, c/o Breslauer & Warren, Kenora, Ontario, Can.

Dunkle, Jean Livingston, 3701 Court St., Sioux City, Iowa

Gaunce, Martha Blair, 514 W. 13th Street, Williston, North DakotaGibson, Patricia, 2070 Hoover Avenue, Oakland 2, CaliforniaGustavson, Frances Dias, 510 West A Street, Fallon, Nevada

Col. Oscar A. Heinlein, USAF, P. O. Box 1525, Vandenberg AFB,Calif.

* Henry, Helen Parks, 609 Henderson Falls Road, Toccoa, Georgia43-2 Hooks, Helen Ricketts, 505 N. Wilson, Hammond, Louisiana

43-3 Howard, Jean Ross, 2900 Connecticutt Ave., NW, Apt 243, Wash. DC.43-4 Howerton, Constance llewellyn, 649 N. San Marcas, Santa Barbara, Cal

44-9 Jones, Mary Regalbuto, Timbridge Trail, Gates Mills, Ohio43-3 Kidd, Louise E., 6427 S. W. 10th Terrace, Miami 44, Florida

44-10 Kimport, Julia Loufek, 206 New Castle Way, Madison 4, Wisconsin44-10* Kurtz, Mary Anne Hoyt, 1692 Hillwood Drive, Dayton, Ohio

44-6 Lemley, Joan Michaels, 5917 S. Oak Creek Dr., Apt.2, Okla. Cy. ,Okla.43-4 Martin, Betty Naffz, Box 179, Rt. 7, Florence, Alabama44;-10 Miller, Thelma Hench, 3 Central Blvd., Norwalk, Ohio43-3' Mitchell, Dorothy Christenson, 4122 Taney Ave., Alexandria, Va.

43-4 Minton, Madge Rutherford, 4840 E. 77th St., Indianapolis, Indiana44-10 Morrison, Jane, Long Beach, Mississippi

43-1 Neale, Mary Lou Colbert, 24463 Wayman St., Newhall, California44-7 Reynolds, Muriel Rath, 716 Orange Ave., Nevato, California43-6 Ricci, Lola Perkins, 3876 Reklaw, Studio City, California44-9 Riddle, Betty Martin, 1320 Verble PI., Rockford, Illinois

43-3* Rueckert, Ruth Nevada, 2037 Riviera St., San Francisco, California

44-5 Rountree, Martha Harmon, 4717 Winthrop E., Fort Worth, Texas43-4 Starr, Alice May, 705 Orange Court, River Vale, New Jersey43-5 Springer, Jean Mohrman, 3439 Berry, Cincinnati, Ohio

43-6 Sullivan, Elizabeth McGeorge, Mt. Crest Orchards, Orrtanna, Pa.43-3 Trasky, Bertha Link, Grand Rapids, Michigan44-3 Wahlborg, Evelyn Taylor, 242 Castle Drive, Atwater, California

43-4 Watry, Virginia Harris, 6017 Morse Drive, Oakland, California

43-4 Watson, Ann Howell, 1118 3rd Street, Dover, Delaware

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WASPSATTENDING REUNION BANQUET, August 13, 1964

Wifs Betty Gillies

Del ScharrKatherine RawIs Thompson

Barbara Erickson London

43-1 Marjorie Gray

Byrd H. Granger

MaJ. Ann JohnsonEvelyn Greenblatt

Dorothy Young43-2 Marion Scharr Betzler

Helen S. Stone

Helen Ricketts Hooks

43-3 Dr. Dora DoughertyIsabel Fenton Stinson

Esther Poole Berner

Virginia Crinklaw

Kay Menges BrickDorothy Christianson Mitchell

43-4 Madge Rutherford MintonHelen Schaefer

Faith Buchner RichardsViola Thompson Mason

Virginia Malany Melony

Rosa Lea Fullwood MeekRucy Mullins Menshing

43-5 Martha Thomas Campbell

Geraldine Hardman Jordan

Ann Karlson Kenney

Margaret Ray Ringenberg

Jill McCormickMarion Stegeman Hodgson

43-6 Elizabeth McGeorge SullivanLola Perkins Ricci43-7 Sammy Chapin Hassan

Caro Baylay Bosca

43-8 Lois Dobbin Auchterlonie

44 -1 Betty Bechtold Brickford

Alberta Hunt Nicholson44-2 Marjorie Gilbert Stewart

Joanne Wallace OrrMary Ellen Keil

44-3 Betty Jane Hanson Erenberg

44-4 Jeanette C. KapusGrey Allison Dunlap

Ruth Shafer Fleisher

44-5 Jennie Hill Mosley

44-6 Jean HixsonSue Delano Parish

Mary Helen Gosnell Chappell

Barry Vincent Smith44-7 Bee Falk Haydu

Betty Jo Streff ReedBetty Pettitt Nicholas

Alberta Paskvan Kinney

Betty Overman Brown

Peg Parish Garland

44-8 Anne Dailey Marshall

44-9 Betty Stagg TurnerLillian Dixon Kelley

Mary Regalbuto Jones44-10 Sara Payne Hayden

Nancy Mayes

June Wolfe Leckie

Jean Terrell MoreoCapt. Nona Morrison

Louise Magoon ThokeyMarty Martin Wyall

Ann Atkeison

Virginia McPike Coakley

Martha Blair Gaunce

Thelma Hench Miller

Eileen Bristol - Establishment OfficerMrs. Leni Deaton, Staff Exec. Officer

Miss Jacqueline Cochran, WASP Dir.Non-Graduates

Helen Parks HenrySelma Cronan

Martha Duncan CampbellRuth Nevada Rueckert

Virginia Flugel KeeferJean Nelson Bonar

COMMITTEE OF WASPBANQUET

Marion Betzler - Decorations

Jean Hixson - Publicity

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Jean Ross Howard, 43-3Dora Dougherty, 43-3

FAA WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ONAVIATION

The 32-member FAA Women's Advisory

Commi ttee on Aviation is a new ly formed group

to advise and make recommendations to the FAA.The members serve two years, receive no pay,

but are reimbursed for expenses incurred in at-

tending the meetings. They are tentativelyscheduled to meet semi-annually. Chairmanof the group is Mrs. Jane Hart, 99 and wife ofSen. Philip A.Hart, D-Mich. The Vice-Chair-

man is Mrs. Jerrie Mock, the first women to

fly around the world solo, and 1st to fly insingle engine aircraft.

Seven members of the group are former WASPs:Dorothy Young, 43-1Jean Pearson, 43-3

Louise Hyde, 44-4Jill McCormick, 43-5

Jacqueline Cochran flew to thereunion at the controls of herown Lockheed Lodestar.

Jean Terrele44-10

Now Mrs. Earl Moreo

And Mother of 10!

Please send clippings and pictures for the scrapbook toOrder of Fifinella, P.o.Box 2912, Fort Wayne, Ind.