NEWSLETTER
October 196-5
Vol. II
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Kay Alspach
Twila Edwards Andrews
Mary M. Beritich
Margaret Bruns
Michie Carmichael
Jane Champlin
Susan Clark
M. Joy JehI DaCosta
Margie 1. David
Patricia Dickerson
Katherine Dussaq, Staff Exec.
Marjorie D. Edwards
Ellen Endacott
Elizabeth Erickson
Grace E. Everett
Cornelia Fort
Virginia Grant
Harriet Griggs
Frances Grimes
Rosemary Hall
Janice R. Tate Harris
Mary Hartson
Hayden Head
Annie J. Henry
Ethel D. Hoskins
Levona Lillian Hove
Mary H. Howson
Margaret M. Hurlburt
Edith Keene
Kathryn B. Lawrence
Hazel Ying Lee
Mitchell I. Long
Paula Loop
Alice Lovejoy
Lea Ola McDonald
Helen McGilvery
Peggy Martin
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Virginia Moffatt
Alice Montgomery
Beverly Moses
Dorothy Nichols
Charlotte Niles
Jeanne 1. Norbeck
Margaret Oldenburg
Shire en M. Phelps
Hazel J. Raines
Mabel Rawlinson
Helen Richey
Gleanna Roberts
Betty Scott
Dorothy Scott
Margaret J. Sei p
Helen J. Severson
Marie Sharon
Evelyn Sharp
Ethyl Sheehy,
Field Rep. to WASP Dir.
Betty P. Stine
Shirley Tannehill
Harriet M. Thyson
Marion Toevs
Gertrude Tompkins
Mary Webster
Bonnie Jean Welz
Mary 1. Wiggins
Betty T. Wood
ClASS NOTES
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;ecretary
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Secretary - MARGARET RAY RINGENBERG
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9902 Hosler Rd., Grabill, Ind. 46741
lecretary - MRS. MARION SCHORR BETZLER
MARION CARLSTRON TRICK is operating an
3190 Dale Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43213
Angus Cattle Ranch in Cowdrey, Colorado.
FRAN DlAS GUSTAVSON and her husband operate
DR. BETTY CLEMENTS is a practicing physican in
the Gustavson Flight Service at the Municipal AirPhoenix, Arizona.
port in Fallon, Nevada.
RUTH "NICKlE" CARTER JOHNSON is an instructor
JANE EMERSON CARTER moved to Ft. Walton Beach,
at Southwest Aviation, Ontario, California.
Florida last July.
JEAN LIVINGSTON DUNKLE received news of the
MARION SCHORR BETZLERhas a part interest in a
renuion, but not in time to attend.
Cessna Skyhawk. She also entered both the InterMARGARET RAY RINGENBERG entered the Powder
national Air Race and the Powder Puff Derby this
Puff Derby this summer. Her daughter, Marcia,
year.
was her co-pilot.
RUTH LINDLEY MULLER is hoping to attend the
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-)ec!etary - MRS. ESTHER POOLE BERNER
diplomatic service as an Air Attache.
HELEN PORTER SHEFFER is an active 99 and the
1057 W. 58th St., Indianapolis, Ind.
Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs in Pennsylvania.
KAY MENGESBRICK has the tremendous responsibility of being chairman of the Powder Puff Derby.
A' position she has held since BETTY GILLIES (WAFS.> 43-6
resigned.
Secretary - ELIZABETHMcGEORGE SULLIVAN
Mt. Crest Orchards, Orrtanna, Penn.
ALICE DAUGHADY is the one to thank in sending the
VIRGINIA H. YATES has been permanently retired
clipping and article about LOUISE BOWDEN. Alice
from the Air Force. However, she is now a civil
and lie::'husbo.!:dliave Buck's Flying Service in Bridgeservice employee at Shaw AFB.
ton, New Jersey. They have operated the flying
LOlA PERKINS RICCI has been busier than a bee in
service for 25 years. She instructs and owns a 225
California trying to find all the WASPs in CaliNavion.
MELVA DOYLE GRAY is a shut-in and anxious to .
fornia (of which there are quite a few).
hear from the friends she knew in the WASP training.
ELEANORFEELEYIA WRY is stationed with her husESTHER POOLE BERNER is special projects officer of
band at Travis AFB - the main gate of the West
the Aviation Commission of Indiana.
Coast. She's anxious for company.
Look her up!
MARTHA SMITH BULLOCKwas thrilled to receive
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It was the first news she had
lecretary - MRS. FAITH BUCKNER RICHARDS
had from a WASP in ten years.
7703 Caillet, Dallas, Texas 75209
MRS. MADGE RUTHERFORD MINTON
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Secretary - MARY H. BURKE
'RUBY.' MUll.INS MENSCHING entered the Internat.
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2306 McCue, Apt.229,Houston,
Texas
Air Race over Memorial Day.
NELL STEVENSON BRIGHT was married in 1964.
VIRGINIA L. SWEET missed the 20th reunion in Aug.,
She,' at the time of her m~rriage, was a stock-,
1964 because she was studying at the University of
broker for a Phoenix firm.
Madrid, Spain. Hopes to see everyone in '69.
ROBBIEGRACE RINEHART owns a Christmas deM. LOUISE BOWDENis a missionary in India for the
co rations business - Robbie,. Inc., 'and has been
Presbyterian Church. (See article in newsletter. )
teaching piano and organ seven years. She has
three daughters.
ALTA CORBETT THOMAS received the news too late
HAZEL DOLL WISE was sorry to have missed the reto attend the Cincinnati, but is planning to come to
25th reunion.
union. She'll not miss the next one!
JEANNE B. ROBERTSON sends a special invitation to
JEAN PARKER ROSE and her husband, Rex,
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Secretary
- LOIS DOBBINAUCHTERLONIE
26 Agawam Rd.
West Action, Mass. 01780
JANA CRAWFORD EBERLYis amazed how
someone found her. She has had three name
changes and dozens of addresses.
MARY ESTILL FEAREY after being located
herself, helped to locate 3 of her fellow classmates. Had she known about the reunion in
time, she would have been there!
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Secretary - JEN HIll MOSELY
4958 Grayton Rd., Cleveland, Ohio
MARTHA MACE BOSHART moved to Washington,
Iowa immediately after the War. The Bosharts
have three children, and Bill is the Ford dealer.
Martha was surprised and happy to welcome the
newsletter, because she has had NO news since
1951.
HOLLY HOLLINGER GRASSO is married to a man
who owns a wholesale leather and shoe finding
business which was started by his grandfather in
1868. It has the distinction of being the oldest
finding business WEST of the Mississippi River.
HOLLY and her only son, Randy, spend their summers tI'aveling together.
FLORENCE SHUTSY REYNOLDS read of the reunion in 64 in the Air Force Times.
Time and
distance made it impossible to attend.
She lives
in the Canal Zone.
GLORIA HEATH has been connected with Flight _'
Safety Foundation, Inc. since It beginning in 1948.
She was traveling at the time of the reunion.
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Secretary - JEAN HIXSON
804 Havenwood Drive" Akron, Ohio 44313JANET LEE SIMPSON operates Kiddie Kollege in
Ruxton, Maryland.
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Secretary - BETTY PETTITT NICHOLAS
125 West 82nd Street
Indianapolis, Ind. 46260
BETTY JO STREFF REED flew her Mooney in the "Powder Puff Derby.
RUTH REIllY BAUER wrote a cute note on a
flight manifest.
She is working cargo for Wien
Airline in College, Alaska. Her daughter, Kris,
was born in 1951.
BEE FALK HAYDU accompanied MISS COCHRAN
in her Lockheed back to NYC after the Cincinnati
Reunion. BEE flew co-pilot.
Also riding were:
JANE THOMAS CAMPBEll. (43-5) and VIRGINIA
McPIKE COAKLEY (44-10).
This summer BEE
flew solo in the International Air Race.
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Secretary - JOAN GOUGH FROST
Rydal Rd., Rydal, Penn.
ANNE DAILEY MARSHALL has been teaching for
only one year in the Cincinnati public schools.
Her husband is in the GADO office of the FAA at
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mittee in 1964.
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Secretary - BETTY STAGG TURNER
7746 Blue Crystal Court
Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
liLLIAN GLEZENWRAY is living in Burbank,
California.
She is married to a supervisor in the
LAX Flight Service Station.
BARBARA HERSHEY TUCKER and her husband
are active members of the Experimental Airplane
Association (EAA). They own a little bi-plane
and have fun with aerobatics.
HELENJOHNSON CANNON lives in Las Vegas.
Her husband is manager of the Hotel Last Frontier.
Sounds like a good place to have a reunion!
BETTY MARTIN RIDDLE is married to an executive pilot in Rockford, Illinois.
They just recent ..
ly bought into the Cessna dealership at the m~nicipal airport. BETTY has two teenagers and a
wee one. She urges everyone to come to Rock- .ford next August for the EAA Show.
BETTY STAGG TURNER is that cute and petite
mother of 7 children.
MARY ANN SHOWERS R1~HEY (JUDGE) after
finishing law school became a practicing attorney in Tucson. She is now a Superior Court
Judge at the Pima County Court House.
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Secretary - SARA PAYNE HAYDEN
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22 Stadium Rd. Methuen, Mass.
BETTY FULBRIGHT WHITE and her husband are
partners in the Western Arkansas Cold Storage
.Company in Clarksville, Ark. They operate a
r~frigerated warehouse for frozen turkeys and
broilers as well as storing fruit. When choosing
poultry please take: Tasty Bird, Janet Davis,
Country Squire or Swift Premium .chickens at
your local super market.
They are always busy
during June, July and August and hence, missed
the reunion.
RUTH REES PHILilPS is living on a cattle ranch
in Sabinas, Mexico. Before Mexico the Phillips
managed a cattle Xanch for Nelson Rockefeller in
Venezuela for 6 years. RUTH has renewed her
commercial license and is errand girl with regular trips to Eagle Pass, Texas in a Cessna 182.
They live in a beautiful mountain valley, and the
four children are taught NOT in a school but by
correspondance.
She loves her life in Mexico.
VIRGINIA HASH is a practising attorney in
Phoenix, Arizona. She is always looking for
WASPs in and around Arizona.
MARTHA BLAIR GAUNCE entered the International Air Race with a flourish. She 'discovered
later that AILSA CONNOLLY SIMONSON was at
Andrews AFB boarding an airforce transport the
very moment MARTHA found out that she was
NOT at Dulles International,
but at Andrews.
MARTHA 's oldest daughter was accepted at
Smith College this fall.
AILSA CONNOLLY SIMONSON and MARTHA
BL.\IR GAUNCE have been very close geo-
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Pilot profile:
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SHIELDS, PatriciaHanl~y,
.2789 N. Star Road, Columbus; Ohio 43221
SHIRLEY, Leta Brownfield, 1301 E. Tate, Brownfield, Texas 79316
SHOWERS, See RICHEY on correction list
SHlJTSY, See REYNOLDS on correction list
SIMONSON, AILSA Connolly, Crosby, North Dakota
SIMPSON, Janet Hutchinson, 1508 Boyce Avenue, Ruxton, Maryland 21204
SMITH, Flora B., See REECE on correction lis't.
SOGG, Vega Johnson, 1154 Sheffield Place, Thousand Oaks, California
SPRINGER, Jean Mohrman, 3439 B~rry, Cincinnati, Ohio
STRA UGHAN, Mrs. Jane, Corrected spelling of name.
STURDEVANT, Mary Barnes, 15401 S. W. 260th St., Rt #1, Homestead, Florida 33030
SULLIVAN, Elizabeth McGeorge, Mt. Crest Orchards, Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
SWAIN, Dorothy, See LEWIS on correction list
TALLMAN, Jane, Box 2133, Palm Beach, Florida
THOITS, Mary E., 7350th Support Group, Box 430, APO 611, New York, New York 09611
THOMPSON, Frances M., See HUNT on correction list
THOMPSON, Louesa F., See BEARD on correction list
TUCKER, Barbara Hershey, 5775 Urban Drive, La Mesa, California
VAN VALKENBURG, Dorothy Sorensen, 1631 E. Creek Road, Sandy, Utah
WAHlBORG, Evelyn Taylor, 242 Castle Drive, Atwater, California
WALLACE, Mary Taliaferro Gilmore (Walton), 430 Grant Place, Corpus Christi, Texas
WALTERS, Esther Reinholdt, 8603 W. Stuth, West Allis, Wisconsin 53227
WATRY, VirginiaHaI:rli,
6017 Morse Drive, Oakland, California
WATSON, Ann~,
1118 Third Street, Dover, Delaware
WEBB, Dorothy E., 5528 Eleventh Ave., Bakersfield, California
WESTERVELT, Esther Rathfelder, corrected spelling of name
WILLIAMS, Capt. Doris, HQ Eastern Comm. Region, Westover AFB, Massachusetts
WILLIAMS, Virginia Acher, 324 Boston Road, North Billerica, Massachusetts
WILSON, Maurine Brunsvold, 5947 Copperfield St., Riverside, California
WIMBERLY, Ellen, See CAMPBELLin 1964 WASP Roster
WISE, H. Lucil~ J2cll,. 2314 N. Tracy Street, Alexandria, Virginia
WISE, Virginia Fisher, 229 Westridge Drive, Tallahassee, Florida
WOOD, M. Winifred, Idyllwild, California
WORDEN, EileenKealy,
305 S. W. Gate Avenue, Los Angeles, California
WRAY, Lillian Glezen, 2506 N. 6th Street, Burbank, California 91504
WRIGHT, Maxine NqIt, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
YATES, Capt. Virginia AL 1857137, HQ Sqdn CSGP, Box 2258 CMR, Shaw AFB, South
Carolina
ZIMMER, Leona Golbinec, Chubut, Argentina - Mail: 1"79Hannum Avenue, Rossford, Ohio
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