WASP Newsletter 06/01/78

W7lSP
NEWSLETTER
VOL.
xv
Editor - Betty Cross
*****
ATTENTION
WASP CONFERENCE
September 27 - October 1, 1978
Hopefully by now all of you have received your packets of

information pertaining to the WASP Conference to be held at
the Antlers Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 27October I, 1978. If not, please contact me at 450 Lincoln
Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, and I will see that an additional set is sent to you.
CONFERENCE
AGENDA
Attached is the proposed agenda for the conference. Our

letter dated April 3, 1978, to all WASPs stated that all activities of the conference will be on a first-come first-serve basis.
We will have many interesting guest speakers throughout the
conference, including Senator Barry Goldwater, Lt. General
K. L. Tallman, Superintendent of the Air Force Academy, and
Col. Bruce Arnold.
WX
I might mention weather and clothing. At this point I would
say anything goes; the fall season is ushered in with the changing
color of the aspen and scrub oak on the hillsides overlooking
the Academy. Occasional strong winds and light snows will alternate with 70 degree (21 degree Celsius) weather and sunshine. You might check your newspapers on Denver's weather
and be guided accordingly.
**
SNAP TO
JUNE 1978
*****
Colorado Springs, Colorado
AIR FORCE ACADEMY
GOLF, TENNIS, ETC.

Some of the finest golfing is available as well as tennis and
swimming. If it is a normal September, you should be able to
swim in the outdoor pool at the Antlers Plaza Hotel.
There is ice skating available at your own expense at the
Broadmoor, a famous resort hotel. There is a cog railroad which
takes you to a very nice zoo. Skiing will not be available at this
time of the year, but some of you might want to go to some of
our famous ski resorts. You could check with Centennial Travel regarding this.
We would like to have some idea how many people would like
to play golf. It is not possible to play at the Broadmoor unless
you have a friend who is a member of the club. The Air Force
Academy has a beautiful course. They have been contacted
and are fully aware and receptive of our needs. However,
it would be very helpful to know how many might be interested in playing golf there. The Country Club of Colorado is available to guests staying at the Antlers Plaza Hotel. Patty Jewett
golf course and Valley Hi golf course, which are city courses,
are also available. Also, there are tennis courts nearby. You will
have to provide your own transportation to the various golf
courses and tennis courts.
SCHEDULED
TOURS
AJ.R FORCEACADEl1Y
Theie is an Air Force Academy tour scheduled for
1bursday morning and Thursday afternoon.
There
will be four busioads of 40 people each for each
of these tours,
for a total of )20 people for the
two tours.
The same schedule for tours of the
Academy prevails
for Friday.
The afternoon
groups will be brought to the Academy in time
to meet the morning group for lunch.
The conference
committee would like to explain
how things came about.. Through the many meetings
and early contacts,
we originally
met with Lt.
General James It. Allen and his staff.
In the
normal military
tour, the Superintendent
and
other officers
have a given number of years at
each base.
Last year General Allen was transferred to a new base, and Lt. General K. L.
Talln>..antook his place.
At the time we first
met with the Academy personnel,
we went on the
assumption that the total number attending
the
conference would be similar to past reunions,
that is )00 - 350 people.
When it got down to
the nitty
gritty
of how many buses would be
needed, the Academy had their finances cut for
conferences.
It looked like we would have to
hire buses at approximately $2,500.00.
However,
they are ma.ld.ng buses available
to us, and we
are indeed grateful.
They have four tour guides,
and one tour guide can accommodate one busload
of 40 people.
If many people bring friends
and
relatives,
you can see that the WASP's will have
priority
for these functions.
It does concern
us that friends
or relatives
could be disappointed if they cannot attend some-or-the functions.
This is a WASPGEl' TOGEl'HER,and this is one
reason that the Board requested that you get
your registrations
in early.
NORAD
NORAi5 can acccmnodate only one busload of 40
people for each tour.
There will be one tour
Thursday morning, one tour Thur-sday afternoon~
and one each Friday morning and afternoon.
This
makes a total
of 160 people able to tour NORAD
for the two days.
We do have a tour scheduled
for Wednesday afternoon for those arriving
early
and might want to take the tour that day.
To explain further
- if you are scheduled for
either
of the Thursday tours of the Air Force
Academy you would then sign up for the NORAD
tour on' Friday because of time conflict
in tour
schedules.
Also, if you are scheduled for the Air Force
Academy tour on Friday, you would select the
NORAD
tour on Thursday.
If you choose not to take the NORAD
tou:-, you
would have the option of taking some of the delightful
sounding Centennial Travel tours and.
seeing our beautiful
area.
Maybe you would like
to get your own group together and sele?t a tour
of your choice.
Or, if thi s doe sn I t au:- t .you:
fancy, you could just stay around and VlS1.t W1.th
friends.
You can come early or stay longer and
still
have the opportunity
of enjoying BEAUTIFUL
ANDCOLORFUL
COLORADO.
ACCCMMODATIONS
A total
of 250 rooms have been reserved at the
Antlers Plaza Hotel and an additional
50 rooms
at the Rain Tree Inn.

When the Antlers Plaza
Hotel is full,
the reservations
will automatically be sent to the Rain Tree Inn, and confirmations will be sent to thos making the reservations.
When you send in your hotel reservation
card, please indicate
with whomyou would like
to room.
As of May 10 the Antlers Plaza Hotel stopped
taking any reservations
by telephone
or blanket
reservations
unless they are accompanied by a
list
of people occupying those rooms.
It was
getting too confusing to the hotel and to us to
have the blanket reservations
for an entire
class
and then the se same individuals
sending in their
registration
forms.
This will eliminate
duplicate reservations
being made.
MEMORABILIA
The Antlers Plaza Hotel has said if you W~1t to
mail posters,
memorabil~,
etc. prior to the conference,
you may do so by mailing them to yourself
c10 The Antlers Plaza Hotel, 1978 WASPConfere~ce, Chase Stone Center,. Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80903. The hotel will hold them for you
until the conference.
MISCELLANEOUS
A total
of 212 reservations
have been made for the
conference to date.
This is terrific,
and we knOl'T
that a lot more reservations
will be received
before conference time arrives.
Volunteers will be needed to help out at the
conference in various capacities.
Two of the
most important ones will be helping out in the
sales room selling
various WASPitems which will
be on sale.
Also, help will be neede to run projectors
and film equipment in the room where the
various films and ta.pes will be shown. If any
of you would like to volunteer,
please let us
know.
Penny Garrett would like to express her thanks to
all of you :whohave sent articles,
pictures,
etc.
to be used in the booklet which will be given at
the conference.
Time does not permit Penny to
thank each of yeu individually
at this time, but
she does want you to know how much she appreciates
all the information
you have sent to her.
Hey Everybody - please bring your songbooks to
the conference.
Betty Jo Reed
Mary Helen Chappell
Co-Ghairman
***
COLORADO
SPRINGS
Sept. 2:l - Oct. 1
1978
A VOTEOF THANKSU
On the following page is the complete schedule
of events and their locations
to be offered
during the Convention, as submitted by your
Chairman of the Convention Committee, Betty Jo
Reed. Thanks for all the hard work and time
that went in to setting
this program up.
I
know the whole membership joins me in thanking
you and your Co-chairman Mary Helen Chappell. FA..
PROGRAM - WASP CONFERENCE

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER I, 197B
DATE
Wednesday,
Thursday,
DATE
EVENT !LOCATI ON
TI ME
Friday, Sept. 29
NORAD Tour #3 Departs

Antlers Plaza Hotel (1 bus)
8:30 am
NORAD Tour #3
9:00 am - f,oon
EVENT/LOCATION
Sept. 27
Sept. 28
Registration
Lobby, Antlers
Academy Tour #3 Departs

9:15 am
Antlers Plaza Hotel (4 busses)
2,00 pm - 9,00 pm
Plaza Hotel
Academy Tour #3
Registration and Breakfast

Antlers Plaza Hotel
7.00 am - 8,00 am
Welcome
Antlers
B,OO am - 9,00 am
& Academy
Briefing
Plaza Hotel
9,45 am - Noon

11:00 am
Antlers Plaza Hotel (4 busses)
Academy Tour #4
11,15 am - 3:30 pm

9:15 am
Antlers Plaza Hote 1 (4 busses)
LUNCH (Academy Tours 3 & 4)

Air Force Academy
Noon
Academy
Noon
Tour #1

Antlers Plaza Hotel (I
9,45 am - Noon
N OR AD
9.30 am
bus)
NORAD Tour #1

10,00 am - Noon

11,00 am
Antlers Plaza Hote 1 (4 busse s)
Academy
Tour #2
12:30 pm
NORAD Tour #4
1:00 pm - 4,00 pm

Air Force Academy
2,00 pm

Air Force Academy
3,30 pm

- NORAD
4,00 pm
11,15 am - 3.30 pm
LUNCH (Academy Tours 1 & 2)

Air Force Academy
Noon

NORAD
Noon

- 2:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
44-2 through 44-10 class pictures 4:30 pm-6,OO pm
12:30 pm
NORAD Tour #2
1,00 pm - 4:00 pm

Air Force Academy
2:00 pm

Air Force Academy
3,30 pm

NORAD
4.00 pm
Cocktail Party/Hors D'oeuvres

Antlers Plaza Hotel
EVENING
6,30 pm - 8,30 pm
FREE
Appreciation Breakfast & WASP

Meeting, Antlers Plaza Hotel
8:30 am - Noon
Lunch (on your own)
Noon
WASP Meeting
Antlers Plaza Hotel
2,00 pm - 4,00 pm
WAFS through 44-1 class pictures 4.30 pm - 6,00 pm

Antlers Plaza Hotel
Reception/Cash Bar
Antlers Plaza Hotel
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
EVENING
Banquet
Antlers Plaza Hotel
7:30 pm -10,30 pm
Memorial Fly Away Breakfast

Antlers Plaza Hotel
9:30 am - 11,30 am
Saturday, Sept'. 30
FREE
Sunday,
Oct. 1
- END -
- 2,00 pm
WASPN:E.VlSU.'TTER
Bee Haydu, President
Sara Hayden, Vice-President
Betty Nicholas, Secretary/Treasurer
Leoti Dea.ton, Board of Directors
Mary JU1I1a
Wyall, Board of Directors
Arrangements for parking of cars and motor homes

are being made at this time for those who motor in1
Penny Garrett has already received many pics and
articles
from quite a few but doesn't have time let
everyone who has sent them knorl they have been received.
However, she says they are being received
and wishes to thank all of who contribute.
*BRlNGTO CONFERENCEll-
Committees
Awards, Ann Atkeison
Commemora~iveStamp, Helen Snapp
Historian,
Mary Anna i'lyall
Membership, ~iggy Hunter
Memorial, Joan Frost
Editor, Betty Cross
Nomination, Kathleen Hilbrandt
Publicity,
Betty Jane Willim.s
Service, Della Tissaw
RffiISTRATION
***
Betty J 0 Reed
Mary Chappell
There has been same confusion about the registration

forms and we wish to clarify any misconceptions.
The $55 fee is per individual.
If
your husband or any other guest is caning with you
there is another charge of $55 added for each one.
There can be no partial
payments; full payment is
required for a confirmed registration.
Those who
sent in partial
payments, plea.se send in remainder
of payment. Mary Chappell is holding on to your
partial
payment until total amount is sent.
If
your husband or any other guest is coming with you
there is another charge of $55 added for each one.
All registrations
must be in and paid for no later
than 8/25/78.
This is also the date by which you
must notify,
in writing,
in the event you have paid
your registration
and are unable to attend at the
last minute in order to get a refund on sm.e. After
8/25/78 there will be no refunds.
If paid Registration fee is not received by July 25, 78, such fee
will then cost $65 after this date instead of $55
per person.
All the above was noted in the literature sent to each of you. This is to remind all of
you in plenty of time and read your registration
form carefully/
c'mon girls and get those registrations in and let's
IDAkethis the best get-to-gether
yet. Ed.
Mary says not to be upset by the plural on Wamens
Airforce Service Pilots heading on forms.
It was
a Printers
mistake and since time was of the essence
there wasn't time for reprinting
the forms.
She
says so far there haven't been many registrations
from 44w6 and asks her class to start getting 'em
in so W6has a good representation
from their class.
There has been a suggestion from Mary Retick Wells,
44-6, that classes might, when they IDAketheir reservations for the Antlers, ask if they can be put on
the same floor with other members of their class if
at all possible as it makes for lots of terrific
get reacquainted parties with old comrades.
Those who have video tapes of TV interviews,

newscasts or any progrm.s about the WASPs,be sure
to bring them to the Conference in Colorado Springs.
We hope to have the proper video tape projection
equipment on hand.
"THEPREZSEZ"
"YOU'REIN THEARMY
NOW",and so the old adage
of HURRY
ANDWAlTholds true.
I know it seems
distant,
but, yes, we did have a victory in Nov.
177. This victory also opened the door for not
only the WASPs,but for other organizations
who
feel they are ~eserving of recognition
as veterans.
Regulations for all groups must be established and to this end a Board has been created
within the Dept. of Defense.
It is our understanding that the regulation
has been made and is
being presented to the Veterans' Affairs Committees, Veterans Administration and all branches of
the Military.
This is a timely procedure which
explains why so much time has past since our initial. success.
In the December, 19'76 Newsletter and by special
post card mailing to graduate WASP,we requested
that they please ao not contact the Department
of Defense or any other gover~ntal
organization
because this action is a delaying one. If we become forceful,
aema.nding and impatient,
~t is not
only bad for the WASPimage which to this point
has been a low profile
one ~for wru.chwe owe our
success), but it slow up procedures.
It creates
an atmosphere of debate on each issud inaividuals
raise and places our strong allies
in a position
of having LO continually
defend us.
Throught Col.
?ruce Arnola 1 have been regularJ.y inquiring how
things are progressing.
1 have corresponudnce
from Lhe Legislative
Division of the Dept. of the
Air Force stating:
"The Air foce, .5 Executive
Ago:::nt
for the Department of 1Jefen::lt:!,is in the
process of preparing an implementing regulation.
This regulation will establish
procedures for determining which groups will oe recognized as having
performed .ctive duty service in the Armed !,'orces
and will specify application
proceaures t.hrough
which groups and inai~duals
may apply to have
their service reviewed."
When the t.ime comes, we will be contacted ~nd so
we must now do the military bit of IWU[;ing".
Hopefully, at the Conference in ~ept. or even
Booner, Lhere will De more concreLe ~hings t.o report.
Asst. Secretary of the Air Force (.Manpower,Reserve Affairs & lnsta.llations)
Hon. Antonia Handler ~hayes and Col. Bruce Arnold want. t.o t.hank you
a1.Lfor your patience and understanding.
***JACQUELINE
COCHRAN*"*
Bee Haydu spoke with Jacqueline Cochran in Hay.

She will be unable to attend the Sept., 1978
Conference because her health will not permit her
to go to such high altitudes. She wants everyone
to know "hat she hopes all wi.ll have a really
good celebration and she is sorry that she will
be unab.Le t.o join us.
11111
IJJll
CORPORATION -
CORPORATION -
AT LAST 'JJIJ.
AT LAST
111JJ
Because of legal complications, we were unable

to use WASP Memorials, Inc. as our corporation,
although we are grate!'ul to have its use for lowcost mailings.
Sara Hayden formed a committee
who worked on the name, bylaws and structUFe of
the corporation and reported to the Board of
Directors.
We are gratefUl to all of you, more than 400,
who gave us your thoughts and preferences as to
the kind of organization we should have; it is
YOUR organization and we have tried to abide by
your wishes.
Since we have won veterans' status, WASPs will
go down in history as THE Women Airforce Service
Pilots and there shall never be another such
group. It is fitting to leave this group intact
as the only ones to be called WASPs. We have
therefore chosen the name wa~ SERVICE PILOTS
ASSOCIATION, INC. to be the legal and protecting
arm of a WASP organization to preserve our history,
and at the same time permit the admittance into
our membership of other women military service
pilots as well as the trainees, instructors, and
others who contributed to the WASP program.
The Order of Fifinella which was set up in
1944 had IIthree classes of membership:
1. ACTIVE
(a) charter (b) regular; 2. HONORARY: 3. SPONSOR.II
Many of you have asked questions as to our membership requirements, and this is the answer we have always been an open organization.
The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws follow
this preface. Please read and study these documentf
as they wi.ll be formally presented at the general
business meeting in Colorado Springs for your acceptance.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
WOMEN SERVICE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INC.
1. The name by which the corporation shall be
known is : W~
SERVICE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INC.,
a corporation of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
2. The purposes for which the corporation is
formed are as follows:
This corporation is formed to engage in strictly
educational, charitable and benevolent purposes,
for the prosecution of historical, literary and
educational purposes of the corporation, to preserve the historical identity of the Women Airforce
Service Pilots and to promote and preserve for historical, educational and literary purposes the role
of women pilots in the service of their country
d=ing times of war and peace.

The corporation shall have the power to do all
le~al acts in furtherance of its ch~:itable, educ~tj.onal, litp.rary, benevolent and historical
purposes as well a.s any other powers grant.ed to
charitable corporations under the laws of the
Cominonwealth of Massachusetts, General Laws Chapter 180, but not any other powers.
No money or other asset of any fund shall be
liable to atta.chment, trustee process, equitable
lien or other process, or to be seized, taken,
appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable
process or operation of law to pay any debtor
liability of any legal person.
This organization is hereby declared to be a
charitable and benevolent institution, and all of
its assets shall be exempt from all and every stat.
county district, municipal and school .tax. It is
the intent of this corporation to qualify as an
exempt organization pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
3. The membership of the Women Service Pilots
Association
Inc., shall be composed of charter
members w~en graduates of military pilot training pro~ams, regular members, and associate members.
Classification of Members:
A. Charter Hembers - WAFs, WASP gra.duates,
WASP administrative
B. All other women graduates of military
pil ot training programs
C. Regular Members - Persons affiliated with
the WASP training program
D. Associate members
Each member in good standing shall be entitled
to cast one vote for the election of officers.
4. Termination of Membership Privileges:
Any member who has not p.ud due s shall not
be eligible to vote or hold office.
5. By-laws of the corporation have been duly
adopted and the initial directors, president,
treasurer and clerk or other presiding, financial or recording officers whose names are set
out below, have been duly elected.
6. The effective date of organization of the
corporation shall be the date of filing with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth:
March 15, 1978.
7. The following information shall not for
any purpose be treated as a permanent part of the
Articles of Organization of the corporation.
a. The post office address of the initial
principal office of the corporation in Massachusetts is :
200 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts 01844
b. The name, residence, and post office address of each of the initial directors and following officers of the corporation are as follows:
President: Bernice F. Haydu, 4200 N. Ocean
Dr., Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Treasurer: Elizabeth P. Nicholas, 125 W.
82nd St., Indianapolis, IN
46260
Clerk:
Sara Payne Hayden, 22 Stadium
Road, Methuen, MA 01844
Directors:
Bernice Falk Haydu, 4200 N. Ocean ~.,
Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Elizabeth Pettitt Nicholas, 125 W.

82nd St., Indianapolis, IN
46260
Leoti Deaton, 2311 Roberts, Wichita
Falls, TX 76301
Mary Martin Wyall, P.O. Box 9212,
Fort i'/ayne,IN 46809
Sara Payne Hayden, 22 Stadium Road
Methuen, MA 01844
c. The date initially adopted on which the
corporation's fiscal year ends is Sept. 30
d. The date initially fixed in the by-laws for
the annual meeting of members of the corporation is: October 15
e. ~he name and business address of the res~dent agent of the corporation is : Sara
Payne Hayden, 22 Stadium Road, Methuen, MA
01844
. IN WI TNESS WHEREOF and under penal tie s of perJury, We, the below, signed INCORPORATORS do
her~by certify under the pains and penalties of
perJury that we have not been convicted of any
crimes relating to alcohol or gaming within the
past ten years; We do hereby further certify
that to the best of our knowledge the above named principal officers have not been similarly
convicted.
Bernice Falk Haydu
4200 N. Ocean Dr., Riviera
Beach, FL 33404
Elizabeth Pettitt Nicholas 125 W. 82nd St.,
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Leoti Deaton
2311 Roberts, Wichita
Falls, TX 76301
Mary Martin Wyall
P.C. Box 9212, Fort
Wayne, IN 46809
Sara P~e
Hayden
22 Stadium Road,
Methuen, MA 01844
Lois Dobbin Auchterlonie
26 Agawam Road, Acton,
MA 01720
F. V:irginia Acher Williams
324 Boston Rd., N.
Billerica, HA 01862
Mildred House Ferree
22 Standish Rd.,
Wellesley Hills, MA
02181
Mary MacLeod Loania
Proctor Street, l-lanchester, MA 01944
APPROVED:
(a) Paul Guzzi

No. 1.87.49
Secretary of the COlIIIlonwealth
WOMEN SERVICE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INC.

BYLAWS
ARrICLE I
Section 1. Name
~e nmne of this organization
Pilots Asaociation, Inc.
is Women Service
ARTICLE II
Section 1. Purpose
. The p~pose of the organization is stated in
~ts ent~rety in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 2. Legislative and Political Policies
No substantial part of the activities of the
corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence

legislation, and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in, (including the
publishing or distribution of statements), any
political campaign on behalf of any candidate
for public office.
Section 3. Affiliation
Affiliation of the i'/omenService Pilots Association, Inc. as an organization, with any other
organization or duly constituted group for the
purpose of promoting either the interest of the
other group or the Women Service Pilots Association, Inc. , shall require a two-thirds vote
of all qualified members.
ARTICLE III
Section 1. Fiscal
The revenue of the corporation shall be derived from annual membership dues, investments,
contributions and such other means as may be
approved by the Board of Directors, none of
which sources may be inconsistent with the provisions of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal
Revenue Code. No part of the net earnings of
the Women Service Pilots Association, Inc. or
any of its assets shall ever inure to the benefit of any private individual.
The private
property of the members shall not be subject
to the payment of corporation debts to any extent whatsoever.
The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin October first and shall
end on September thirtieth of the following
year.
Section 2. Dissolution
Upon the dissolution of the corporation the
Board of Directors shall, after paying ~r making provision for the payment of all of the
liabilities of the corporation, dispose of all
of the assets of the corporation exclusively
for the purposes of the corporation in such
manne~, or to such organization or organizations
orgaruzed and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, or historical purposes as
shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under Section 501 (c)
(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or
the corresponding provision of any future United Statea Internal Revenue Law), as the Board
of Directors shall determine. Any such assets
not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the
appropriate court of the county in which the
principal office of the corporation is then
located, exclusively for such purposes or to
such organization or organizations, as said
Court shall determine, which are organizaed and
operated ex~usively for such purposes.
Section 3. Due a
Duea shall be determined by the members at a
General Business meeting.
ARrICIX IV
Section 1.
Membership
The membership of Women Service Pilots Associa-
tion, Inc. shall be composed of charter members,

women graduates of military pilot trainine programs, regular members, and associate members.
Section 2. Classification of Members
A. Charter members: W.A.F. s, W.A.S.P. graduates and W.A.S.P. Administrative.
B. Other women graduates of military pilot
training programs.
C.
D.
Regular members: Persons affiliated with

the W.A.S.P. training program.
Associate members.
Section 3. Voting Privileges of Members

.
Each member in good standing shall be ent~tled
to cast one vote.
Section 4. Termination of Membership Privileges
Any member who has not paid dues shall not be
eligible to vote or hold office.
ARTICLE V
Section 1. Elections
.
A. The elected officers shall ~clude at least
a President a Vice President, a Secretary,
a Treasurer'and such other officers as ~he
membership mf'.yfrom time to time deternu.ne.
Other elected positions include two members
of the Board of Directors.
All officers shall be elected by ballot at
B. a general business meeting, except that the
President and the Vice President shall serve
..
of two years but shall not exceed
a~~
t
d
two consecutive terms. The Secre ary an
the Treasurer shall serve a miniJm.unof two
years.
", h
There shall be two elected members of t.e
C. Board of Directors who shall servce a ~imum of five years and seven years.
D. All candidates for elective office shall be
graduate military pilots.
.
All vacancies in office shall be fil~ed by
E. selection and vote of the Board of D~rectors
and shall be for the unexpired term only.
ARl'ICLE VI
Section 1. Duties of the Board of Direc~ors
The management of the corporation and ~ts property is vested in the Board of Directors.
A. The Board of Directors shall be composed of
at the least the President, the Vice President the Secretary, the Treasurer, t,,/,O
elect~d members, and the immediate Past
President who shall serve for the term of
the incumbent President.
B. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called from time to time by the Pre sident
or by any three members of the Board. The
Board shall have all duties and powers as
set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. It shall be its duty to carry out
the purposes of the corporation according
to the laws and as provided in these Bylaws.
The Board shall authorize the expenditure
of funds not budgeted and shall select an

auditor to conduct an annual audit. Such
financial reports shall be presented at the
general business meeting.
C. The President shall be Chai:man of the Board;
shall preside at all general business meetings and meetings of the Board of Directors;
shall appoint all officers and committees
unless otherwise specified; sh-.ll carry out
the collective wishes of the membership and
be their spokeswoman on matters of pOlicy.
D. The Vice President shall assist the President in the performance of her duties;
shall preside at the general business meetings or Board of Directors meetings in the
absence or resignation of the President.
E. The Secretary shall be responsible for the
accurate account of all transactions of the
general business meetings and Board of Directors meetings, and shall be responsible
for maintaining the Membership Roster.
F. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the
control of all monies due the corporation
and hold receipts for them; make report of
the receipts and expenditures at the general
business meetings;
and to the Board of Directors as required.
G. The depository for the corporation funds
shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VII
Section 1. Committees
A. The President, upon taking office, shall
appoint a Chairman and members for each of
the Standing Committees.
The Standing Cammittees shall be:
1. Historian
2. 1-1emorial
3. Recognition
4. Membership
5. Nominating
B. The President may appoint such Special
Committees as she may deem advisable and
she shall have the authority to fill vacancies existing on Standing or Special
Committees. The President shall be an
ex officio member of all cOllllllittees
except the Nominating COlIIIIIittee.
ARTICLE VIII
Section 1. Insignia and Official Pin
There shall be an official insignia called
"Fifinella" as registered with the Copyright
Office, Women Service Pilots Association, Inc."
A. No article shall be sold bearing the official insignia without the approval of the
Board of Directors.
Section 2.
A.
Use of Women Airforce Service Pilot

Wings
The sale to and use of W.A.S.P wings shall
be restricted to W.A.S.P graduates only.
Bona fide collectors and museums may obtain these wings through the Board of Directors.
ARTICLEIX
~ection 1.
Publications
A. Newsletter
1.
The newsletter
shall be sent to all
members without additional
cost.
2.
The newsletter
editor shall be appointed by the President.
B. Membership Roster
1. The membership roster
shall be sent to
each member according to the provisions
in the St~nding Rules.
2. No member shall permit the membership
roster to be used for commercial purposes without approval of the Board
of Directors.
International
&
Space ~seum, Dayton,
A reminder:
Ple.se go through your stored WASP
material and box it with labels on the outside as
to where you want it to be delivered
at the time
of your death.
Many times your family will not
treasure
your WASPthings as IlIUchas you do, nor
will they be apt to know where they should be donted unless you instruct
them IN WRITING.
MARTY
WYALL,Historian
P.O. Box 92.l2
Fort Wayne, IN 46899
ARTICLEX
Section 1.
Amendments
A. The Bylaws may be amended at the general
business meeting, provided the revision
or
amendment shall have been published in the
newsletter
at least
sixty days prior to the
general business meeting.
B. To become effective,
any Bylaw amendment
IlIUst receive a two-thirds
vote of all members present at the general business meeting.
Women's Air
Ohio
'.r"as h.~ngt on, DC
Smithsonian
Institute,
San Diego Aero-space Museum, San Diego, CA
(Exhibit was destroyed by fire and needs replacement items.)
State Museums and University
Libraries
Local Historical
Museums where WASPslive.
***
Chairman:
NCMINATING
CCMMITTEE
-lHl*
Kathleen A. Hilbrandt
425 Franklin Ave.
Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.
201-288-3196
07604
NOMINATION
OF OFFICERS
ARTICLEXl
Section 1.
Rules
A. The Standing Rules shall be the rules to
direct the specific
duties of all officers
and appointees and shall contain an outline of policies
approved by the Board of
Directors.
B. The latest
revised edition of Robert's
Rules of Order shall govern the conduct of
all meetings of the membership and the
Board of Directors.
HISTORIAN'SREPORT
June, 1978
The WASPdisplay which is available

for local
exhibits
and lectures
contains twelve different
articles
covering our training,
assignments and
militarization
in 1977. It was exhibited May 20,
1978 at the New Jersey Air Force Assn. Convention
which saluted "Womenin Aviation".
Our own DORA
D. STROTHER
was the featured
speaker, and their
centerfold
of the program contained WASPpictures.
This packet contained many of Gretchen Gorman
Graba's WASPrecords.
She was stationed with the
5th Fighter Group at Love Field, Texas.
Please
reserve the display at least one month in advance
and allow 10 days for delivery.
It is very difficult
to know where there are
WASPEXlUBITSin IlIUseumsand libraries
unless I
am informed, and I would be very ha.ppy to hear
where we have exhibits.
The following places are
sugge stions:
Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
The Nominating Committee of the Order of Fifinella present the following slate of officers.
These candidates will be voted on at the Conference in September at Colorado Springs, Colorado.
President - Sara Hayden 44-W-IO
Vice President - Betty Nicholas 44-W-7
Secretary/Treasurer
- Ruth Florey 43-W-4
Ncminations will be accepted from the floor.
Members who cannot attend the Conference should
cast their vote before September Z7, 1978 by sending in a ballot to Kathleen A. Hilbrandt,
Ncminating Chairman, 425 Franklin Ave., Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. 07604. Please indicate
on the outside
of the envelope that this is a ballot.
Your ballot will be held to be opened at the meeting
when Nomination of Officers will be presented.
A write-in
vote is permissible.
We are happy to announce that Betty Cross has
consented to continue as Editor of the WASP
Newsletter.
Our since1'l1.
thanks to Betty for accepting this enormous responsibility.
Kathleen A. Hilbrandt,
Chairman
Nominating Committee
Selma Cronan - Member, Nominating
Committee
Alice-Jean Starr - Member, Nominating Committee
Did you forget?

Please try to rememberl
Send back duu before SeptemberU
$10 to Betty Nicholas
-;;-;'FRON YCL'R SECRETARY''-:'
FULEEZE be sure when you me,ve to send :ne your

new address and phone number as well as sending
this inform~tion to your Class Secretary.
Betty Nicholas
PUBLICITY REPORT
Chairman:
Bh--rrYJANE WIll..IAMS
5935 McDome Avenue
Ymodland Hills, CA. 91364
Ph. 213-348-8671
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN SEEKS YOUR HELPll

In order to make a comprehensive report on publicity activities, Betty Jane Williams asks all WASPs
who participated in public appearances, gave interviews (radio, TV, magazine or newspapers) to
drop her a line and SUIIIIIIarize
their individual activities.
Brevity should prevail just indicate
highlights of the ~ctivity because most of the
news clippings have been sent to Marty Wyall, our
historian, if you followed Bee's request.
Now that Congress and the President of United
States have passed l~gislation to formally recognize our wartime efforts, we want a good report of
the efforts WASPs expended to make this possible.
Appreciate having your inputs in hand by 15 August.
Send information to above address. Include talks
before groups in addition to any other pertinent
participation that you have made. Information
should state (a)Type of coverage; (b)Name of Interviewer; (c)Name of newspaper,TV, radio station or
organization; (d)Approximate time involved with interview or talk; (f)Was coverage favorable to
WASPs?
Betty was a featured speaker about the WASP at
the Aviation/Space Writers meeting in March.
She says, IIWhat makes it unique is the fact that
women in aviation were honored and we had an airline pilot, a present Air Force pilot (Capt. La
Sauce) flying C-140 I s I think and one of the wamen selected for ~stronaut training plus yours
truly we had quite a bit of photo taking, but
I haven't seen any press releases, as yet."
***JACQUELINE
COCHRAN HONORED***
On Friday evening, May 19th, the Aeroclub of Southern California, under the auspices of the National Aeronautics Association, honored Jacqueline
Cochran as one of the great pioneers of aviation

in this century. This, their first of planned
annual banquets, was held at the Marina City Club,
l.farinadel Rey, near Los Angele s Airport, on the
Pacific Ocean. Mr. Fran Fox, former head of the
Los Angeles Department of Airports, served as
Master of Ceremonies and presented Jackie with a
proclamation from Mayor Bradley in declaring that
day "Jacqueline Cochran Day" in the city of Los
Angeles--telegrams and greetings were extended
from President Carter and other national figures
Buddy Rogers, who serves on the Board of Directors
of the Marina City Club, announced that the MCC
Theater this year has been dedicated in her honor
and name.
Councilwoman Pat Russel presented Jackie with a
beautiful proclamation from the Los Angeles City
Council acclaiming all of her outstanding feate;
some two hundred guests joined in the celebration. General Chuck Yaeger added his praise for
her abilities as a pilot having flown with Jackie
on many missions in military aircraft in recent
years. Aerospace management, Tony LeVier and
other prominent aviation personalities as well as
some 15 WASPs were on hand to add their applause
and shilre in the evening's events. It was a very
joyous occasion and Jackie was looking quite
well.
TRAVEL NOTE TO LOS ANGELES AREA WASPs
In your behalf, Betty Jane Williams attempted to
set up a group air fare from the L.A. area to Colorada Springs for the forthcoming conference and
found that the new "chicken feed" class of travel
on Continental Airlines is the most economical to
be offered $123 round trip from Los Angeles International Airport directly to Colorado Springs.
She hastens to add that there are only 42 seats
available on each flight allocated for this class
and they will not block off seats in a group name.
Reservations II1Ustbe made in an individual's name,
so make your reservations early. Betty suggests
reserving space on Flight 10, leaving LAX on Wednesday, September 27 at noon, arriving Colorado
Springs at 4:12pm in time to get to the hotel,
freshen up and enjoy the evening arrival activities with friends. Return flight that seems convenient is Flight 88, Oct. 1st, leaving that Sunday at 4:45pm arriving LAX at 7:2Opn. If enough
of the WASPs book reservations on these flightsl
the same kind of camaraderie can be enjoyed as was
evident on the Hot Springs trip.
COCKTAIL PARTY
&
LUNCHEON
A cocktail party and luncheon honoring the Hon.
Antonia H. Chayes, Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force (Office of Manpower, Reserve Affairs and
Installation of Air Force), and Lt. Col. Shirley
J. Bach, Special Assistant in the same office,
was held at Ft. McNair Officers Club. It was
given by the Washington group of WASPs, on June
1st, 1978. Colonel Bruce Arnold was there and
a surprise guest was our min Dedie Deaton.

honored @~ests we~e presented with plaques.
The
Mr. Ed Nolan of Monroe, LA. and President of the

China-Burma-India HwnpPilots Association,
announced that the 33rd Annual Reunion of the Association will be held at "The Lodge" in Vail, Colorado on Wednesday, August 30th to Sunday, September 3rd, 1978.
President Nolan said the Association consists
of USAF,.ARMY,NAVY,China National Airline Corporation,
Flying Tigers, Royal Air
Force, COllllllercial and General Aviation and Airline Pilots and bonafide crew members who flew
the dangerous Him.a1.ayanroutes during WWll.
Reunion Chairman is Mr. Robert E. Nesmith, 6738
Long Drive, Houston, TX 77017 (713)644-5571;
Co-Chair.man is Robert Sizemore, Box 146, Olmito,
TX 78575 (5l2)541-12ll;
Executive Secty. is Mrs.
Jan Thies, CBI HumpPilots Assoc. ~ 808 Lester St.,
Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901 (314)785-2420.
All WASPsare invited to attend.
The P47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association invitea
all WASPJug jockeys to their 1979 meeting in
Los Angeles, members or not.
ANYP47 pilot is
eligible-combat
is not a requisite-and
the men
are delighted with the opening of their ranks to
WOOlen
pilots.
lliMBERSHIPCOMMITTEE
Chairman:
ZIGGYHUNTER
838 Havenwood
Dallas, TX 75232
214-224-2905
Gadzooksl HowWASPsdo flitl

But th~s
to
all of you who did make up duplicate copies when
you sent your membership forms, both Betty and I
were able to keep up a more current record of all
y~
mo~
arOWld. Your double copy has cut our
t~e and ~creased
our effectiveness'
tremendously.
We do appreciate
it.
Already at least one change
occurs on every one of the roster pages.
We still
have a way to go but the way is l!lUch
shorter now and we are cOOlingup with more finds
every week. If you tally up the asterisks
by
lost graduates in the Class List Section of your
roster,
you will find we've lowered the number
r~ss was 109 John St., Seattle,

WA. She attended
Central Wasmngton College at Ellensburg,
IvA..
She was married to Jordan in 1948 (marriage records
might be on file either at Seattle
or Ellensburg.
She attended Colorado State College at Greeley,
Colo. and was a member of the WomensArmy Corps,
as reported in the Avenger of 5/19/44.
You WASPs
in Washington might see how good you can be at
detective work. And please let me mOIO{ if you
have or can get the phone n~~bers of the following members of your class.
We would like to add
them to the roster info.
43-.3 Elaine Jones, Florence E. Knight, Virginia
Pierce, EmmaWare
43-4 Rosalie L. Grohman, Betty Martin, Nancy E.
Staples, Virginia Watry, Virginia Wood
4.3-5 Jeanne P. D'Ambly, Honica Frasseto,
Elizabeth E. Greene, Julia Ledbetter,
Irma
Weigel, 4.3-5(t) Mary Ann Wetherby and
Hazel S. Wolf
4.3-6 Rita Stwnp, Elizabeth Sullivan,
Hargery
F. S. Ware
43-7 Betty J. Clark, Mary Walters
4.3-8 Elizabeth Hunoz 43-8(t) Jerry Horu
44-1 Eleanor Vaughn, 44-l(t)
Jo Anne Fuller and
Ivy L. Hedgecoke
44-2 Jean Cole, Marjorie Johnson, Hary HcCallum,
Mildred W. Palmer, Frances Smith, Margaret
Walker
44-.3 Marjorie Christansen,
Josephine Gale, Patricia Weaver, Mary Louise Prine
44-4 Ethelyn M. Young
44-5 Betty Cozzens, Peggy McCaffrey, Martha
Rountree, Phyllis Strauss
44-6 Juner Bellew, Audrey Ducote, Nannette
Fuller,
Lasley J. Williams
44-7 Ann "Mimi" Sheean
44-8 Doris J. Daniel, Cathleen B. Dooley, Beulah Thruston
44-10 Mary Jo Germaine~ Janis Wheatley, Patricia
Rideout, 44-l0(t)
Isabel Gordon
WAFSDorothy Fulton Slinn
? 45-l(t) Eleanor Wagner
INST Weldon Atkins, A.T. Moore
Please send any you have to me as soon as
possible.
LATEADDRESS
CHANGE:
43-4 Hagerstrom, Virgie Lee (Jowell)

c/o R. H. Jowell
6018 Clover Ridge
Houston, TX 96941
to 99.
(SH) Box 358 Ponape
Classes 43-2 and 44-1 only need to locate one
Caroline Islands 96941
grad each to complete their locates on the gradShe an~ husband ~ames P., are still
yachting.
uates. With their whole class concentrating
its
She was ~ Dallas ~ March but said she missed
total
energies on the search, Ross (Kary) Andergetti~
me by phone. Virgie Lee, you'd better
son 43-2 and H. Lorraine (Fiedler)
Raymondof 44-1
make ~t to Colorado Springs this year.
stand a good chance of carning off the "lost" list.
From notes on the membership forms looks like
And, if each class will zero in on at least one
we can expect the biggest turnout ever at Colo
of its lost ones, weIll have at least 18 more WASPs Springs. Hope Ann Griffin Gleszer has now receito invite to the Colorado Springs shindig.
Class
ved her material for registration.
And all your
notes were,really
appreciated.
Hy apologies for
43-.3 has reached its goal of zero lost and can
not ~8Wer~ng your inquiries
about the veterans
now concentrate
on its 4 lost trainees.
Tied for
benef~ts but I had no information either.
greatest
number of lost grads are 44-5 and 44-6.
As long as you must keep moving around, don't
A new bit of information has come to light on
forget to keep those address and phone number
Karla D. (Mogensen) Jordan 44-5.
Her entry addchanges carning in.
It's
the best way to keep in
touch.
hand vote to see if there is indeed enough interest in getting

a fund started
and for what purpose, statues,
plaques, living memorials or a
helping hand fund.
FIFI AWARD
COMMITTEE
Ann Atkeison,
Chairman
Date
The following
nella Award:
1.
guidelines
5/22/78
govern the Order of Firi-
The Award is given in recognition

of a significant
contribution
made to the WASPprogr~,
The Order of Firinella,
or the the world of
aviation
and aerospace.
The recipient
may or may not be a member of
the Order or have been a WASP.
A single Award is made to a person meritorious
of the award at an O.O.F. reunion.
This does
not imply that an Award is given at every reunion, but that it is given only when merited
and only at a reunion.
The Award shall be presented by the incumbent
President
of the Order or her next in office
present in case of her absence.
The Award presentation
shall be made at the
main reunion banquet of the Order.
The banquet shall be lmown as the "Order of Fifinella
Award Banquet.1I
The recipient
of the Award shall be kept secret
by the Award Committee and the presenter,
and
shall not become lmown to the recipient
or
others until the moment of presentation.
The duties of the Award Committee have been
fulfilled
in their entirety
when the Award has
been presented and the committeels files
on
candi~tes
submitted have been given to the
Order Historian.
At this time the committee
is disbanded.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Recipients
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
of the Order of Fifinella
Award:
Col. Wm.Bruce Arnold in honor of Gen. H. H.

Hap Arnold
Jacqueline Cochran
Leoti Clark Deaton
Al Harting
The People of Sweetwater, Texas
Dr. Daca J. Dougherty Strother,
Ph.D.
NancY HarlmelJ. Love
All who wish to submit Award candi~tes,

please
furnish complete data to the Award Committee before
August 15. 1978. Mail ~ta to:
Ann Atkeison
3848 West Biddison
Fort Worth, Texas 76109
MlliORIALCOMMITTEE
Chairmant
Joan Frost
1454 Scrope Rd.
Rydal, Pa, 19046
Ph. (215) 884-2130
I ~ still
awaiting news on our Tax: Exempt Status.
This seems to be the last important step to
get cleared now that we are officially
veterans
of WWII. At our convention, we should take a
1111
LASTFUGHT ""
44-4
Betty Hayes passed away several years ago

as a result
of cancer.
Betty had been on
the "lost" list
for years and had married
J.O. Roberts some time ago.
This information was received from MAGGIE
DIFFIN CHURCH
as a result
of Mr. Roberts advising her of
Betty's passing.
44-6
MARY
SHAW
PETERSON
(t) passed away on Feb.
24th,
1978 of cancer at Luke AFBHospital.
She had planned to see everyone at the Conference in Colo. Springs, along with Clair
A. Peterson.
Clair says she may still
try
to make it.
IN MEMORIAM
The watchers saw it fall--A perfect body with its borrowed wings;
But as they had no visioned eyes at all,
They could not see there,
circling
in glad rings
That other body gloriously
climb,
Unhampered and elate,
Heedless of wind and cloud - of space and time,
To make a landing at the Leaderls Gate.
I think he did not lmow aught dropped to earth,
Save that he lighter
flew --Save for his birth to undreamed height,
But to his ears
There rose a cry, a sound of bitter
tears,
That overfiowed the brim;
This was the only pain he took with him;
And this he bore, for that he learned eire long
Howall their weeping would be turned to song.
(Author Unlmown)
The above poem was sent to Bee Haydu by Capt.
George Rodgers (WASPLorraine Rodgers husband)
when he h~ard of her mother's death (Feb. 1, '78),
He said liThe attached poem is from my 1941 Aviation Cadet yearbook -- I have derived much comfort from it in the aftermath of a death.
I
lmow our parents flew with us every time we ran
into the wild blue yonder so the words are not
inappropriate
in the case of your Mom.1I
Chairman:
**C0MMEl-10RATIVE
ST.AMP**
Ccmmittee
HELENSNAPP
6416 Olmi Landrith
Alexandria,
Va, 22307
Senator Barry Goldwater, Congre.t>WananLindy

Boggs, and Congresswoman Margaret Heckler are
sponsoring a Commemorative Stamp for WASPs,
It w:iJ.l go before the CommemmorativeStamp I,;orranittee
on July 28. If they agree, it would take
at least two years as research must be done, etc.
I have had a nice response from the Senator and
Congresswomen. More on this at the Convention.
SALESROCM
AT CONFb;RE."lCE
Hours open will
be:
Wednesday: 7 PM to
Thursday:
10 AM to
Friday:
10 AM to
9 fl.'l
5 PM
5 PM
The above hours are IF we have enough help!!!

Volunteers are needed, and that is for three or
four hour shifts.
Please see Sara Hayden ahead
of time when you get there, and write NOW
to let
her know she can depend on you. If there is
enough help we may be able to open additional
hours and the times will be posted at the registration
desk.
If you plan to bring anything at all to offer for
sale, you must arrange this with Sara NOW! We
simpl;r cannot be organized and have ;rou bring in
something at the last minute, plus all items
sold must be approved by the Board of Directors.
You will also be expected to help in the sales
room.
shared experiences COl!lll1on

to all of us.
There are three models.
The oriehlal
5~" sculpt.ure is a heavier bronze with the green patina,
available
on order.
The other model is a liehter
bronze - there are five left and Dot plans to discontinue this model. The larger 7~11 sculpture has
to be cast hollow to prevent cracking as it cools.
This involves core casting in the lost wax process, which means the wax model is hollow and has
to be filled
with a core material before the investing and burn out, for the final casting in
bronze.
111111
SERVICECCMMITTEE
111111
***WASPWINGS*>**
Chairman:
WASPwings, sold to graduates only, are authentic WASPwings (NOTa replic~.) available
through the Board of Directors of our organization.
Any other WASPwings are not authentic.
The wings are available
to bona fide collectors
and museums by order only.
The Standard Ope-rating
Procedure is as follows:
The selling
of the authentic WomenAirforce
Service Pilot's
regulation
WINGSto museums and
bona fide coilectors
shall be handled by the
Treasurer or her designated representative,
who
shall be a WASP.
When a request is received,
a letter
shall go
out to a WASPliving in the area of the buyer,
requesting
that she contact this person, see the
coilection,
and send a letter
to the treasurer
or representative
certifying
that she has done 60
and identifuing
the collection
by name if there
is one.
The organization
shall then send to the proposed
buyer a form to be signed which shall read as
follows:
"This is to certify that the purchase
of the authentic WASP(WomenAirforce Service
Pilots)
wings is made for the purpose of their
becoming a part of my collection
,'
and will not be worn or otherwise used for conmercial,
promotional or personal gain", signed
and datea.
Upon receipt
of this signed form and $25.00
contribution,
the wings may be shipped and shall
include a signed certificate
of authenticity.
There shall be only one WASPwings sold to a
collector
or museum.
II
THEWASPTRAINEESCULPTURE
II
Dorothy Swain Lewis, Creator
Dot was a flight

instructor
for several classes
at Sweetwater before joining 44-7, graduating
with ~~-5.
Her long association
with trainees
prompted the creation of the little
figure in the
zoot suit, as it seems most representative
of the
DELLATISSAW
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
602-634-2760
We are attempting to form a Conmittee to determine how many, if any, of our members are in need.
This Committ.ee would like to know the names of
those who are ill,
have been hurt or who are alone
so letters
could be written asking what we can do.
If anyone knows the names of those who fall in
any of these categories,
please write me. (Della)
This ccmnittee will, also, include writing to
any of our members who may be lonely!
FANMAILFOR\'JASP
s
To Tell The Truth, which was shown in Phoenix
Arizona yielded the following ran letter
which
was forwarded to Bee Haydu.
II Regarding
,your intervie .- of the WASPs.r was an
Attendan~ Telephone Operator at the Signal Office
at Williams Air Force Base near Phoenix, AZ between 1943 and 1945. Service Personnel c~
into
the office where I worked and placed their phone
calls.
I met everyone from Comma.ndingOfficer
to the "G.I. S". No one had the respect of the'
service personnel above that of the WASPs. It
was not mentioned on your program that the WASPs
tested planes ~
the men pilots new them.
And no one was quicker to praise the WASPsthan
the SerTlce Personnel themselves.
I was a civilian employee paid by the Mountain Bell and under some of the regulations
of the Air Force so
my viewpoint was objective.
When a \iASP entered
the office,
Service Personnel had a silence of
respect.
After the WASPleft there were comments
of respect that I ofter wished the WASPscould
have heard.
I sincerely hope they get the pension and other things they so richly deserve.
My feelings for them runs very deep, even though
I never knew any of them except as customers and
womenwho were so highly esteemed.
I always
..
thought it such a shame that so few people besides

the pilots
knew of their
accomplishments.
They were
always the epitome of high respect.
Bless all the
WASPs.II (Unfortunately,
this was unsigned and no
return address .~
II
WASPHEARINGSII
Francie Meisner Park 44-10 advises anyone wishing a copy of the 461-paperback
bound book of
WASPhearings
can be obtained
on request
to your
Representative.
She is writing
to see if there is
a like book on the hearings
in the Senate.
ANOTHER "THE PREZ SEZ"

July 1, 1978
Today I received a transcript of remarks made by Hon. Antonia Chayes and Col. Shirley Bach at a meeting with Wash. D. C.
WASPs important enough, I thought, to "hold the press." Here
are some of the points quoted from a ta pe made by Dedie
Deaton.
Can anyone identify
these women? Please
this information
to Bee Haydu.
send
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111 DOESANYONE
KNOW?111
A Robert L. Chadwick, 45A Ohio St., Sattelite
Beach, Fla. 32937 has requested
if ~
of us know
~he nama and author of a book which he describes::
liThe book, if my memory serves me, concerned aircraft,
gremlins,
and I believe that the hero of
the book was an injured
RAF pilot who the gremlins
helped to get requalified
and back .flying. II He
thought that since it had to do with greml~s,
one
of us might recall
this book.
Anyone so doJ.ng,
please pass the information
on to Mr. Chadwick.
Hon. Antonia Chayes: " ... The problem was the Bill that
finally dumped the whole burden of every claim of every
organization on the Dept. of Defense. I had volunteered and said
said, "We in the Air Force will be the Executive Agent and
will take personal responsibility for getting the regulations."
We had some determined opposition but all in all, it was simply
marvelous .....
Where are we doing on the regulations? We
have been working on those regulations with all the other Services, the Veterans' Committee, and with the Veterans Administration. We are just about through with the coordination process. Shirley has been working on this .....
We are going ahead
with the move now to go through the Comptroller and then it
will be published in the Federal Register, and it will have to sit
there for 30 days. Then the applications will come in. It has
been a very slow process of negotiation .....
The regulations
are legally really superb and they are good technically. There
are always bugs in regulations that you have to live with. You
will always say, "I wish I had thought of that." But on the
whole it has been a super job. And it is going to be workable.
.... I want to thank you for not sending in any letters and
for not making any phone calls. Because I personally have had
over 500 since February, not from WASPs, but mostly from
the Maritime Service, from all over the United States."
During a Question and Answer period: (Col. Shirley Bach)
"Do you have any idea when we will become veterans?"
"As soon as this is in the Federal Register for 30 days, the
Board will be formed. So I think I would say 5 - 6 months
before the Board would actually start considering applications. And certainly when the regulation appears in the Federal
Register, I would recommend that all of you read it so that you
will know precisely the steps to take."
"The only problem is that the legislation dumped on the Dept.
of Defense includes 'any other similarly situated group.' And
it does not give any time specification, so that it could be any
time, of any war, which makes a great difference."
"The Dept. of Defense was very much behind the WASPs. If it
had just been WASP legislation, there would never have been a
question."
In addition to untold amounts of credit for the WASPs receiving anything at all through the efforts of Hon. Antonia
Chayes and Col. Shirley Bach, we owe thanks and gratitude
to Mrs. Florence Madden, lawyer in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of the Gen. Counsel who
worked closely with those "on the Hill" to help draft the
regulations. In reviewing not only the amount of work done
by these three women but the fact that Hon. Antonia
Chayes placed her position in jeopardy, I am awe-stricken.
She could have been fired because she so sincerely believed in our rights to become veterans and "stuck by her
guns." Whatever we do receive, I trust we shall all be
grateful.
WAF~- KATHRYN
(Sis) B. FINE - SEeTY.
Buckbery l>1t. Road.
Tomkins Cove, N.Y. 10986
KATHRYN
(Sis) FINE: "I'm still
bubbling along
in my own inimitable
way - accomplishing nothing.
Picked up my paints and easel again
after a twenty year breather,
as the latter
day
"Grandma Moses", and am happily bouncing from
that to Idtchen walls, etc.
Have an on-going
limousine service,
driving people to and from
airports
or wherever, and am shortly going to
Tulsa 1;,0 see my daughter, Dugie, graduate from
Law School.
DOROTHY
(FULTON)SLINN- Well, looky whomwe found
in Florida - ole Fulton - busily driving a school bus and just as she says, hanging in there.
She'd love to hear from anyone in the mood to
write and promises to reply promptly.
Ed note:
Have no address for Fulton so drop
a note to Sis for same.
HELENMARY
CLARK
- Her son, Gerry, called to say
that, unfortunately,
his mother ~s quite ill
and in a nursing home. We wish her a speedy
recovery.
TERESAD. JAMES- James.y says she hasn't done
anything interesting
~ately - but is staying
close to home and helping her sister who recently had a back operation.
However, she still
seems to be in the middle of everything.
Said
Kathryn Rawls stopped by on her way to her new
condominium in West Palm Beach, is fine, and
is busily furnishing
~t.
Esther Poole Berner
and Betty Nicholas flew in one weekend and stayed with Bea Haydu. They all had a great Chinese
etinner, compliments of Bea' s ever-loving mate,
Joe.
She, also, spoke (via telephone) to Gertie
Tubbs who is worldng in a Hospital by day, and
going to night school and Barbara Poole Shoemaker, who is selling Real Estate.
Both are
fine.
BErTYGILLIES - True to the "Mighty Atom", Betty
writes that she hasn't been doing much this
year.
Elccept - "flying fun' l.ast June & July
in the All.-WomanTranscontinental
Air Race Cammemorative Flight from Palm Springs to Tampa
in her Baron, with Nancy Bird Walton of Australia and Gertrude Lockwood. She says Gertie
Tubbs and Jamesie joined her and spent a great
afternoon in Howard Johnson's,
chit-chatting
and
drinking iced tea.
That was the longest "fly
yourself"
rip she made last year, but of course,
~here were shorter ones to the 99 Convention in
San Francisco,
on. to Washington State with the
Aviation Country Club of California
and others,
but somehow, she doesn't seem to be logging as
much time as she used to.
Her oldest grandaughter (18) has been staying with them since Jan.,
attending Palomar College, and will return home
to Rome, Italy,
at the end of the Spring Semester - with a Private License in h,,:nd. All. of
which makes grandma and grandpa very happy and
proud.
Her 9th grandchild will soon be a year
old.
WOW!If all this isn't
enough, she'll
be
going to the 99 Convention in Canberra, Australia,
in August and then it's
on to visit daughter Pat and family in Italy,
via Hong Kong, Ban-
gkok, Iran, Turkey and Greece.

Well, Betty, we
all wish you many more Catenary Asymtotes, which
in the vernacular means Happy Landingsl
ADELA
R. SCHARR
- "For years, I have taken inspiration from an old Ideffer pear tree that I pass
daily on IllY walk to the mailbox.
Whenwe moved
here in 1950, its heartwood had already rotted
beyond repair.
Through the years, insects and
exposure continued to demolish the pith until
the entire trunk is only a wounded, gnarled, unsightly shell.
Storms have pruned the tree's
limbs ruthlessly.
One wonders how the tree survives.
I couldn't bear to cut it down. For,
every spring it puts forth leav(js and blossoms.
In the fall,
it offers its fruit fromthe crippled branches.
Howtenaciously
this aged tree
continues the role for which it was intended!
I, too, am no longer young and vigorous; diseases and stresses
have left their marks for all
to see.
Nevertheless,
I keep on trying,
just
like the tree.
During this past disastrous
winter, snow drifted four feet high between my house
and the road.
For five weeks in all, as a recluse, I spent wondrous uninterrupted
hours mulling over research material
and fashioning it
into chapters of a plain and honest recital
of
what life was like for us female military
pilots
in World War II.
I have faith I shall not be cut
down before it is completed.
It's
nothing fancy,
for I'm only a kieffer
type, too, you know.
BARBARA
ERICKSON
LONDON:Am still
at Long Beach
Airport selling airplanes.
Things were slow
during our 4 months of downpour-but now that
itt s spring-things
are more active.
Really
enjoy being a Grandma-finally
got the hang of
it--and
is much easier now that he walks and
tries to talk.
Terry is still
excited about
flying for Western and she and Bob are able to
get their schedules fairly
much in line so they
have time off together.
Amloold.ng forward to
the WASPreunion in Colo. in Sept. and to seeing
everyone again.
Amstill
trying to get a 6th
Ferry Group reunion started-but
takes time to
locate everyone.
Anyone coming into Long Beach
Airport-please
look me up and cerne by__
for a
visit.
My office is right north of the Terminal
Building and eas.y to find.
KATHERINE
RAWLS; "I finally
did it!
After 22 yrs.
as swim pro and pool manager at the Greenbrier,
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., I retired
on Jan.
1st and returned home to Fla.
Just bought a
condo in Royal Palm Beach. It really feels good
to be a lady of leisure.
After getting
settled
from moving in I hope to join a flying club.
I I ve missed flying since my .3 partners and I sold
our 172 .3 years ago. I'd love to hear from any
of you gals if you're in west Palm Beach area.
My number is 79.3-5599.
FLORENE
MILLERWATSON:Sent her news straight
from
where she wrote it (her car).
Quote: "Chris & I
are driving from Texas to Florida by the out-ofthe- way Tenn., N. & S. Carolina, Georgia route
- just for the fun of it.
Will be gone .3 weeks
and plan to Gpend most of the time in the Miami
area and some time in the Bahama Islands.
I'm
still
teaching business & secretarial
subjects
at the college level and each year it seems the
responsibilities
other than the classrcom itself
get heavier.
I novi have 45 graduate hrs. on top
of my Master's Degree and plom to get three hrs.
graduate credit this summer at the U. of Aberdeen
in Scotland.
I'm going to Europe for 5 weeks
(without Chris) with a group from the Americom
Institute
of Foreign Study.
Wewill be in Scotland 2 weeks, 2 weeks cruising the Mediterranean,
going to Egypt, Israel,
Turkey, Athens & Capri.
One week in Italy and England and then home.
\'iith all this, I'll
be gone most of the summer.
I'll
get home 2 weeks before I have to go to
school again.
Our 9 yr. old grandson (Grey)
is with his other grandparents
on a 3 \-Ieeks trip
to Japan, China, & Korea. He & his sister
Shelly
(5) are children of daughter Jean and husband
Scott, who live 50 miles away in Amarillo.
Grandson Chris, named after my husband, we see
daily.
He belongs to our daughter Gail and husband Ron. Ron is a dentist
here in Barger and
own a large furniture
store which Gail runs.
I still
get to the snow & ski no,_ and then.
Try
to keep up in the "huff & puff" dept. by getting
up at 5:30M4 and go to the Aerobex gym at the
hospital
and work out on their exercise equipt.
If I didn't
have 8:00A11 classes at school wouldn't
have to get up so early to work out!
Had a 'nice
visit with Delphine Bohn recently and plan to see
her more often since she moved to Arr~illo.
I'll
be in Colo. Sprines and hope to see all at the
reunion.
GERTRUDE
(MESERVE)
TUBBS- Gertie just checked in
and how nice to hear from her.
She says she's
been travelling
around this past year.
One of
of her twin boys was married in April to a lovely girl from Costa Rica, so naturally
the mother
of the groom new merrily off to San Jose to
meet the family and attend the wedding.
Then
the other twin followed suit and married a great
gal from Belgium. Well, off IWlIIIIIIA went again,
stopping for a week's tour of Great Britain,
Scotland and London. Then on to Frankfurt where
he is stationed with the State Dept.
The wedding was in Ghent, Belgium, where she stayed at
a Holiday Inn.
Besides gadding about, she is
working a.t the County Hospital and taking night
courses at the local Jr. College.
Says she is
coming north in August~ I can hardly wait.
**HONOR
llliSTOWED**
A special honor was bestowed upon WAFBetty
Huyler Gillies who, being too modest of her ~chiements, didn't want it published.
However, S:LS
Fine f:inally got a go-ahead fram Betty's husband
Bud and sent the following on to be shared by all.
Ed.
FEDERATION
AERONAUTIQUE
INTKRNATIONALE
DIPLOME
PAULTISSANDIER
Ce DiplOme est
d~cern'
i:
Betty HUller Gillies

par 141.F~d:ration
Aeronautique
Internationale
En recognaisance
de sa contribution
la,promotion
et au developpement de l'aviation
et en particulier
des femmes <,!ansl' aviation,
durant une ~r;iode de-48 ans de devouement exemplaire en qualite
de pilote
d'instructeur
de vol et d'animateur.
'
Paris,
,
Le Directeur-General
Ie 3 Octobre 1977
43-1 Secretary:
de 141.F .A.I.
La Pr~ sident
FAI
de la
G. C. BROWNIE
KINDIG
17205 North 14th St.
Phoenix, Arizona 85022
BETTYBLAKE,busy &8 always in the real estate

field,
made a quick trip home to Honolulu to
visit
her Mother, whose health ha. not improved.
MARION
deGREl}()RIO'S
husband has just returned home
after three weeks in the hospital
- we wish him
a speedy convalescence.
They are now the happy
grandparents
of their third grandchild.
BYRDGRANGER
is presently
on a six weeks tour of
of Spain doing photographic work. She recently
received a fine write-up in the Arizone Republic
on the superb job she has done with Place Names
in Arizona - it must be quite a chore researching the history
of towns and separating
fact
from fiction
for such names as Sno,'If'lake, Noble
Mountain. etc.
MARJORIE
GRAYwas given mandatory retirement
from
Grummanand then was promptly rehired as a job
shopper and is back at her old desk doing the
same work she has been doing for years.
ELEANOR
MORGAN
is spending the summer in Nantucket, Mass., and will attend her son Winthrop's
graduation from Connecticut College.
Unfortunately,
she will not be able to attend our Conference this year.
Her address for the summer
is 26 Milk St., Nantucke~, Mass. and her permanent address is P.O~ Box 14442, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 33302.
MARY
LOUNEALEand her husband have been looking
around for a retirement
spot, possibly in Nevada or Southern Calif.
Since their four children are home from college for the summer, it
doe sn' t look as though Mary Lou and Ray will be
moving in the near -future.
GERRY
NYMAN
has come out of retirement
to work as
a tax accountant - it took many hours of study
and hard concentration
to catch up with the new
regulations.
Her son, a Navy Commanderand Pilot,
has been sent to Korea, so Gerry and Van are
planning to visit
them this Christmas.
Gerry
also continues to keep busy with State and County
Health and Welfare Agencies.
In her "ap;:re" time
she manages to knit booties,
sweaters, etc. for
the forthcoming events of two more grandchildren.
JANESTRAUGHAN
attended one of the hearings during
our battle for recognition
and supplied various
documents to help strengthen our cause.
She did
manage, to attend some of the after-hour
meetings
and, of course, the celebrations.
There are a
number of WASPin her area and they have a gettogether every two months;
sounds like !un1
MAGDA
TACKE
reports she has no exciting news _
only plays golf six days a week - bowls one day _
plays bridge - goes to dinner dances and part~.B
- lU.il.y !lUi; btl 4liXCiti.u~,I.,,,,t iiuwldl>like
plenty of action.
In June, she plans to go to
NewJersey and visit her Father who will be 95
years old.
MagdaI s sister,
Kay, who took this
reporter for her ~
airplane
ride at Teterboro, NewJersey, in a Cub, visited Magda recently.
DOTTIEYOUNG
called from Oklahoma and it was indeed a pleasure to hear that she is well
continues working, and flies now and then. '
BROWNIE
~NDIG f:in&l1.y found an ideal permanent
part tl.lJ1ejob - 8 hours a week - which is only
five minutes from home. III work for an accident
reconstruction
expert - absolutely fascinating
how he can determine the speed of a car at the
time of impact from skid marks, the position of
the cars, etc.
Also spent a day with Gerry and
we planned our trip to Colorado Springs.1I
Brownie hasn't heard from the rest of 43-1. says
perhaps they will surprise us and show up ~t the
Conference.
She says, IIAfter all
we were the
.
gu~nea p~gs at Houston and now that we have finally been recognized as Veterans, we should have
a gala celebration. II
43-2 Secretary:
MARTHA
WAGENSEIL
RllPLEY
4650 Dulin Rd. #18
Fallbrook,
CA92028
According to the roster,

we are 33 out of our original group of 43 (one of us is missing - does
anyone know the whereabouts of Mary Darling
Graves? If so, please let me know.).
Can we
get 33 together in Colorado Springs?
No other
meeting will ever have a greater attendance or be
more important to us.
And who could miss the
chance to celebrate our unbelievable
change in
status?
Or the chance to thank those who worked
so hard and long to make it come about? Or the
chance to get firsthand
knowledge of what it will
mean to us? Or the joy of such long-delayed recognition.
Let's all BE THERE!l!
LEWISECOLEMAN
ADIE (who at this moment of writing, May 22, is just landing in Greece with husband Doug): Really no great changes in our
lives except that our two grandchildren are
giving us much pleasure.
Nowthat the miserable
cold, icy, snowy weather is over, we can plan
to seo them more often.
Doug is still
with
Kaiser and not in the least interested
in retiring.
I'm still
controller
of a local contracting
firm - I'm ready to retire. but probably won't until we're ready to leave here
(Erie, Pa.).
My hours are my own. My days,
too.
I play golf when the weather is right
(not raining,
not too hot, not too humid, etc.).
Also do volunteer work with one of the hospitals and the YWCA,so am keeping busy. We had
a wonderful trip last year to England, Scotland,
and Switzerland.
Doug would have us on the go
constantly
if we could afford to be wanderers-Mexico twice in the last year and a half, and
Hawaii two years ago with a 2-week golf trip to
Maui and Kona. It would be wonderful to retire
to the Islands.
We really haven't decided where
in the world yet, but should, one of these days.
The trees are finally
beginning to leaf out (we
had snow a week ago - May 10), and if the sun
would shine for two days in a row, I think we'd
all feel 20 years youngerl
1111 be at Colorado
Springs, as far as I know.
.
CATHERINE
VAlLBlUDGE: Yes, Art and I are go~~
to give the WASPreunion in September our pr~orities
over all else.
It has been ~ecades
since we have had the freedom of act loonwe are
enjoying just now - but even that is relative!
As for my activities,
last November culminated
four years of hard work - we incorporated a
city!
I began out of my interest. in . g~rnment,
to see how it worked, and to see ~f lot ~s responsive to the people.
I found that it is, but
it requires a great deal of wo::k over ~ long
period of time just to move thin~s a.l~ttle.
Our formerly agricultural
c~ty.
~s n,?wone
of the fastest
growing areas ~n Califorma,
and
we have found it more and more difficult
to keep
on raising
citrus with increasing taxes, smog,
and people; so we are graduall;y selling out.
Hopefully, we soon will have tl.lJ1eto take up flying again - our ultimate dream, of course.
Isn't
it wonderful what the girls accomplished
for us all who were so busy in other activities;
the recognition
of the WASPas veterans!
I am
most appreciative
of their effort.
Mymain
reason for going to the reunion is to express
my thanks.
KAYGOTTCHAFFEY:Hope to get to Colorado Springs;
unfortunately,
it takes place on the opening days
of school.
I have just now (four weeks still
to
go) completed my 27th year teaching at Humboldt
State University.
My claim to aviation fame is
that I was asked to fly fire watch on Six Rivers
National Forest this coming summer. I am pleased
as punch to be asked, but I will be away all summer and can't accept.
Keep me posted about the
Bucket-of-Bolts
reunion in 1979 (note:
this refers to the P47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association
meeting in 1979 in Los Angeles.)
What exactly
is happening re militarization?
GElU MASSINTER
HILL: I have just become more involved in CRTA(Calif. Retired Teachers Assoc.).
11m now chairman of a state conunittee, Division
Presidents Conunittee, as well as being lIinvoluntarily"
recalled to active duty in our local division.
My parents moved down here to Oceanside
in 1970, and I came down to live near them when
I retired
in 1971. I spend much of my time taking care of my father,
who is alone now and
blind, and who still
lives near me. He will be
88 in June.
Had a long conversation with Barbara
Russell a few months ago. She has been in Berkeley for years.
I lived there off and on between
1953 and 1959. Neither knew the other was there.
AlMAJERl-1AN
HINDS: Really haven't done much - will
be flying in the Air Race Classic June 24-27, (
This is the new name for the all-sex
POI"1der
Puff
Derby and Alma's card is one printed by AeroPublishers in Fallbrook,
showing the route between Las Vegas and Gulfport, 2583.7 miles.),
after missing last year.
Hope to get to Colorado
Springs in September.
I've been talking to Iris
(CUJur.~nes)Critchell
about it.
Saw Fran tDias)
Gustavson a few weeks ago, and she is going.
See
you in Coloradol
JARYJOHNSON
McKAY: I'm still
at the technical
writing job for the Los Angeles computer division
of Citicorp.
Going on my fifth year nOl.... I'm
taking courses in a private school (Free Enterprises Institute),
and my husband and I are gradually improving our skills in our weekly figure
skating (ice dancing) club.
At my age I don't
expect to become another Dorothy Hounilll 11m
considering coming to the reunion in Colorado
Springs.
My husband would love to come, too he's fascinated with everything we WASPsdid.
MARY
TRO'lMAN
O'BRIEN: Saw Alice (Allie) Talcott
in Florida this winter-she's
living in Baltimore now. Like Marty Potter,
she was in 43-2
but finished up, I think, with 43-4.
Have been
to three P47 reunions & always enjoy them. I
spend my time these days playing golf-North
&
South--playing bridge and doing ceramics.
Have
made some lovely things.
Our Jupiter Island
condo is near the famous Jupiter lighthouse-the intercoastal
waterway. I love it down
there.
See you in Colorado Springs.
RUTHFRANCKirNG
REYNOLDS:A new steel garagel shop
has now replaced our old barn lost in fire last
year, and we are gradually accUlID.l1atingnew tools,
equipment, and machinery needed to manage our vacant farmland.
Still working as Treasurer and
Membership Coordinator for an environmental group.
Ward and I have a new son-in-law; two daughters
are married, two sons not.
This year I plan to
make the reunion.
(Without Ruth's permission I
shall add a few lines from the letter
that accompanied the note a.bove: lilt was just a year ago
when we were riding the beautifully
painted horses
in Central Park! I hope spring has now turned
the corner--the
crocuses have finished blooming,
the daffodils
have just started,
and the grass is
green again, but we had so few warm days.
Three
weeks ago we spread lime and fertilizer
on the
lawn and around the garage to reseed;
that day
was bitterly
cold and snowing. I have my summer
callouses already from raking most of the lawn,
digging around the flower beds, and planting
some spreading yews by the garage.
The dirt there
was so hard-packed from the grader that I had to
pick-ax the holes to find good soil."
Springtime
on a farm in the Catskills.
HR)
PATLAWLER
ROBERSON,
writing from the Republic of
Tchad: It was lovely to get your card, thanks,
but I'm afraid there's
no such thing as return
mail in this charming spot.
However, I think
there's
a fellow from the American Embassy
going out tomorrow. If I can catch him, I'll
give him the privilege
of carrying this back.
Hope the P47 meeting went well.
Somewherein
storage I have a picture of a lot of us perched
along the wings of a Thunderbolt.
In Wilmington, I believe.
Hope I can make the 1979 meeting.
\fuat do I do to join the associadoM
Dues etc.?
Teresa James sent me some informati~n on it one time during my "Trinidad period, II when Dick was flying o~t of there and I
was working in Tyler and tryJ..ng to non-revenue
my way to the Caribbean "ThenI had a few days
off.
He' ve been in Tchad almost four years
now. It's
one of the poorest states.in
the
Sahel area and of course has a lot disadvantages,
but also a lot of advantages as far as the Conoco People are concerned.
There are in ~he
vicinity
of fourteen or fifteen
people \v.Lththe
company based hereabout ten wives.
We get
two R&Rsof seven days each besides our long
leaves per year.
Consequently, we've gotten to
a lot of places that I would never see otherwise.
And 11m a devout tourist.
We've been
able to get to Egypt, Tunis, Spain and Majorca,
Kenya, Denmark, and of course ~and
and .
France-cne
has to go through Par~s to go ~ or
out of here.
Also, I've been able to get to
Niger and the Central Africa Empire on the Company DC3. Can you believe those beautiful
old
birds are still
flying?
Conoco has two of them
here.
I Imlst admit that I'm not doing anything
very constructive.
I play bridge, study French,
and help a few French-speaking people with English.
This is a l"rancophone area, and the Chadiens who've been to school speak French.
The
others speak Chadien Arabic.
Also, of. course,
one of our chief pasttimes is speculat~
as to
what the rebels are going to do next.
They're
being supported by Libya and most probably by
Cuba-Russia, etc.,
and have plenty of equipment. The French have sent a lot of paratroopers, some fighter
aircraft,
and legionnaires
in
to support the government.
The present government is military,
but they are making an honest
effort
(it seems) to bring about a reconciliation of all the many factions and ethnic groups.
It's
sad that they can't expend their effort on
development instead of on fighting.
Hell, so
Imlch for the discourse on Tchad. We get our
long leave in July, and I'm going to try to
think of some way to justify my staying over
until the reunion.
I'd certainly
love to attend. I haven't been to one yet, and besides
everything else, I love Colorado.
We really
don't have a home in the U.S. now, but we're
having a log cabin built on Lake Palestine,
near Tyler, Texas.
It should be finished by
July.
If I don't see you in Colorado, please
give my very, very best to everyone.
PS
Forgot-Lovelle
(Richards) Benesh is here now,
too.
Her husband also flies for Conoco. They
are back in California
on leave at the moment.
MARION
SCHORR
BROWN:I'm definitely
planning on
Colorado Springs and looking forward to seeing
you. After 38 years, I'm still
sweating out
flight
checks:
Seaplane Rating, Air Taxi and
Flight Examiner rides.
I haTe just about given
up instructing.
J.D. and I spent Christmas in
T.lJupawith my brother and his family.
The
company and the food were excellent;
however,
the weather was cold.
Frost every morning,
thus no golf.
Being close to NewOrleans gives
us a chance to get over there several tiJ:!;.esa
month. \'/e enjoy living in a small town- the
population is 4,000 for Patterson.
Soon the
Wedell-vlilliams Aviation Muserumwill be open
here.
The airport has a 5,000 ft. paved runway and a 4,000 ft. seaplane slip.
Till Sept.--
RUTHGR:[Mt.!
TREES: Mary Trotman O'Brien, husband
jockeys to their 1979 meeting in Los Angeles,
John, and I got together several times last
members or not.
Our western P47 group has two
;.rear. Had a ball, of course-it's
always fun
meetings a yeuo; April (at Norton AFBthis
year) and October (at Terminal Island Officers
being with them. Will try to make it to ColoClub last time, with Nancy Batson Crews and me
rado Springs if I can.
Do hope you collect lots
present).
The answer to Pat's question about
of news from our group-am looking forward to
joining and dues is that ~y Brick has been
reading it.
elected Secretary for the coming year:
the
MARTHA
WAGENSEIL
RUPLEY: Fallbrook,
CA, isn't
so
dues of $15 yearly or $100 for a life memberbad, after all.
Nowthat six months have passed,
ship can be sent to her at 622 Golden Ave.,
the thermometer no longer reads 300 in the mornFallbrook, CA 92028. Incidentally,
returning
0
ing and 80 in the afternoon,
so that we freeze
from Mexico and letting
down south of Tijuana
on the first
tee and fry on the ninth.
The
in an Aeromexico DC-9, we dropped into the
weather has become truly deligh'tlu.L unt.l..l 'ten
cirrostratus
at 33,000 feet, broke out in cold
in the morning and after four in the afternoon.
rain at about 500 feet between two long ridges
The tennis is coming along.
I live right across
that both disappeared
above us into the clouds
from the tennis courts and play almost every
overhead.
I'm still
wondering whether it was
morning.
I have muscles in my legs that I've
luck or skill.
I'm inclined towards the former
never seen before.
After Christmas, I went
and am thankful.
For a last spur, I dream of
over to the local college to register
for Spanseeing all 33 of us at Colorado Springs and
ish and Painting.
I came away signed up for
would especially
like, when we're there totennis and skiing.
Yes, skiing.
The ski run
gether, to get onto paper all the old songs
is a hill covered with AstroTurf and tiny plasbefore our memories grow too dim. It might
tic beads, it's
100 feet long, 40 feet wide,
help if you start now trying to remember the
and has a 280 slope.
Enough to re-learn
the
words.
The First Class (at Houston) had a
basics for a 4-day class trip to Heavenly Valreally great song that I would like to get
ley at Lake Tahoe--my first
experience (out of
written down "There 's a man who comes to our
four) of skiing in fresh pOWder. All other
house who drives us all to tears,
he tells us
time s, I've skied in tired old anow that froze
that we're going to die long before our years;
at night,
so we skied on ice in the morningJ
He wants us to remember all the old folks back
and thawed at noon, so we skied through slush
in the afternoon.
Beautiful
anow, beautiful
at home, etc Oh, the insurance man, the
insurance man, HO\ol
WEHATETHEINSURANCE
MAN1"
country-Heavenly
Valley is well named. Then,
Anybody who remembers that can make me happy
a 16 day jaunt to G\.l&dalajara to hear the final
concerts of the exquisite Guadalajara SymphOny;
by sending it along to me here.
After getting
to Mexico City and, at last,
lunch at San Angel
the songs remembered and written,
perhaps they
Inn; to Oaxaca and the Zapotecan ruins at Mitla;
can be included in the next Newsletter for us
to Las Hadas and its tourist
palaces with floors
all to have. See you all soonl!l
of white marble; and last to Puerto Vallarta
MARGAREl'
KERRBOYLAN:Hope to make it to Colorado
and four daye of sinful slothi'ulness.
Air fare
Springs if everything works out.
round trip only $158.04 by starting
from TijuIRIS CUMMINGS
CRITCHELL:"Nothing new-just happy
ana rather than from Los Angeles.
Dragged a
that I can keep up the class teaching load (6
wool raincoat and a heavy sweater allover
hot
units in Aeronautics at Harvey MuddCollege),
Mexico, then threw them in the closet before
fly with Prinlaries,
IFR, and cCll'mercial students,
taking off for Chicago in mid-May, where we
plus checks and duties as the Flight Instructor
found driving rain, freezing wind steady at
for our School and Commercial and IFR Examiner
35 knots, chill factor 200, and a 500 foot
tasks.
I'm bushed at the end of the school year.
ceiling that kept the P51, P38, P47, and P40
Margaret Christian and I are thinking of flying
on the ground at Meigs Field.
(Weather that
to Colorado Springs.
The P-47 meeting sounds
prevented poignant tears and lwnps in throats
interesting
and fun.
but a keen disappointment.)
Otherwise, the
P47 Thunderbolt Pilots Assoc. 1978 meeting was
a smashing success.
Last year's meeting in
43-3 Secreatry:
BETTYARCHIBALD
FERNANDES
NewYork was my first,
and I was totally
un3050 Spruce Dr. Rte. 1
prepared for the warmth of the welcome extendWoodland Lake
ed the WASPs, and the undisguised admiration.
Hernando, Miss. 38632
Truly heartwarming, the more so for being so
unexpected.
(Howunfortunate
that no one filmESTHERBERNER
retired
last July and has been hoped Bee Haydu's marvelous strip to tout the
ping ever since.
In Feb. she spent ten days
"There I Was " tee shirt.
This was in the
with her son and family in Ashville, N.C. and
business meeting, which only the pilots attend,
enjoyed her two granddaughters.
In Harch Betty
and she had over 200 of them rolling
out of
Nicholas, a. non-flying couple, and Esther at
their
seats.)
This year in Chicago, we were
the controls of a Bonanza left for Florida.
eight:
Esther Poole Berner, 43-3, Gayle Bevis
They RON
I d the first
night in Greenwood at the
Reed, 43-5, Jill McCormick, 43-5, Madge RutherVirginia and Murray McKee1 s and remained for a
ford Minton, 43-4, Liz Pearce Lundy, 43-4, ~y
99 meeting.
Most enjoyablel
On to Ft. Meyers
Menzes Brick, 43-3, and Mary Trotman O'Brien
for a visit with Betty's friends from Ohio. On
and I.
Odd-two 43-2' s, tw03' s, two 4' s, and
to Palm Beach for a wonderful visit with Prez
two 5' s. The P47 group invites all WASPjug
Bee Haydu and hubby Joe.
Tere sa J ames came
over one evening from Lake Worth. Then back to

Indiana and nasty weather.
Loads of fun flyine 2134 miles in eight days.
She spent two
and a half weeks in E1 Paso helping Jill McCormick with her move to the drier climate for her
health.
WhD.e there, they visited with Lois
Hailey and Lois Ziler.
She and three other
Indiana WASPsattended the P-47 pilots reunion
in Chicago.
Next on the agenda is a flight
to
San Diego in the Bonanza with Mid Cassidy,
Betty Nicholas, and Marty Wyall to visit Esther's
sister
and then to ~olorado Springs to the
Conference.
Sonnds great.
CLARICE
BESSENT
has visited with Gertrude Kindig
(Brownie) and Solange DtHooghe. She and Claude
have a motor home and plan on vacationing in
the Pacific northwest this SUlllIIler.
KAYBRICKhas moved to Fall Brook, CA. She has
been into the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame
and also elected Secty. of the P47 Thunderbolt
Pilots Assoc. Board of Directors at the annual
reunion in Chicago.
BETTYBUDDE
and sisters
traveled over 8000 miles
through the U.So and Canada last year.
She is
near retirement
and looking forward to a visit
to Amberg, Germany to see her first
grandchild,
a girl named Serena.
BETTYFERHAlIDES
thanks all those who replied with
news. She took over as co-chairman with five
southern states for WASPmilitarization.
Drove
to Indiana and Illinois
several times to vis:i.t
relatives,
joined the DARand is living alone
now and welcomes guests.
If she doesn't make it
Colorado Springs it's
because she can't leave
her 84yr. old aunt, two dogs and four cats in
the country alone.
LOIS HAILEYhas had visits
from Esther Berner,
Kay Brick, Jean Pearson and Jill McCormick.
Lois Ziler just gave her a BFR check ride so
she is legal again.
ELAINEJONESis still
a "bum" and loving it.
She
and others are wondering about our Veteran's
status.
LAURINE
NIELSENis still
an avid gardner, mostly
flowers (dahlias,
glads and roses).
Her niece
has taken up flying and in one year has progressed from solo to night
instructor.
Through her
many letters
and phone calls she is reliving
the
good old days and has the "opportunity to tell
her her many flying stories.
ISABELSTINSON'Snews is mostly of her children.
Mary Ann and husband Frank Burton (and two year
old Benjamin) start their last yr. of Med. school
29 June in E1 Paso.
Son John is Army officer
with a mortar outfit
in Germany. Son Mark is a
2nd officer on a LNGship operating between Indonesia and Japan.
Nineteen yr. old Matthew is
an airman in photo-intelligence
interpretation
at SACHdq., but is leaving for TYDin Old.nawa.
Left at home are Isabel and Edward, her mother,
dog, goldfish and a huge telephone bill.
.
LOIS ZILER is still
teaching school and teaching
nying after school and week-ends.
Out of 15
students starting
lessons,
five have soloed and
three have bought airplanes,
which isn't
bad for
a county that has only 3000 people.
43-4
Secretary:
RUTHUNDER:.IOOD
FLOllliY
Rte. 1, Box 464
Odessa, Tx. 79763
A group of Dallas area HASPsmet at the home

of Ruth Woods (44-2) at Cedar Creek near Dallas
in October of '77.
WASPsand affiliates
there
were Marie Genaro (43-2), Frances McAdamsand
husband Lonnie (44-10), Vi Nason (43-4), Dorothy
Hawk (Staff)
and Ziggy Hunter (Instructor).
Fishing and talki..'1g, and also a delicious
dinner
were the order of the day. Plans are underway
to make it an annual affair with hopes of getting
more area WASPsto attend.
The above letter
was received from Vi 14ason.
I regret to write that Vi passed away suddenly
in April of this year.
Alberta Head called me
as well as Dedie Deaton.
Vi's ashes were flown
to Alaska and scattered
over the land she loved.
She was a Control Tower operator in Anchorage for
6 year s. Wewill miss her as she was a lovely
person.
HELENB. CALHOUN
and husband are traveling
in the
East.
China is the main Port-of-call
for Helen.
HELENSNAPPsays, "I think all the exciting goings
on in Washington have inspired the area WASPs
to be more active.
Atarting in spring of '77
we have decided to meet twice a year in spring
and fall to keep in touch.
Wlaine Harmon had
first
gathering at her home in Silver Spring,
Md.; Molly Hicks at her home in Georgetown last
fall.
This spring we met at a luncheon at the
Army & Navy Club in Virginia.
Col. Joan Olmstead will be having it at her home in Alexandria this fall.
These are strictly
s?cial gatherings,
just for fun, and we are haVJ.ng great
times.
Our group, and it numbers around 40,
(including Virginia and Maryland) give a good
showing at each luncheon.
We are hoping ~o go
as a group to the conference in Colo. Spr~s.
43-5 Secretary::
JILL McCORMICK
The Edgemere
6770 Edgemere Blvd.
E1 Paso, TX 79925
BLAYLOCK,
LORRAINE
(STERKEL)- Lorraine reports
that "not long after graduation in Sweetwater,
Lt. Bl~lock returned from an overseas assignment and we were married.
We have 5 sons and
a daughter, 4 son are "launched", Dave and
Nancy are in college.
Bill has been retired
for the IIshortestII 5 years during which time
we have travelled
extensively.
Last year we
rode the Trans Siberian RR across the whole
of the USSR; and we are leaving in a few days
for the West Coast and Africa via a freighter.1l
What interesting
tripsl
You'll have to tell
us all about them in Colorado Springs!
DeGRAY,IRENE (FREMD)- Irene reports that "this
year has been great!
We finished building our
seawall-literally
spreading concrete and the
whole bit!
Nowwe are enjoying the view from
a grandly enlarged space.
The surfing is get;,.
ting good again, the water having reached 750s,
smile; and (J) hostess Marion "Scarlet" Stegeman

and the trout are back in great numbers. Marion
(Hodgson); whose husband, Ned, barbecued chickens
and Carl Trick (Carlstrom 43-5) came down for a
for the visitors. Dul'ing the same week, Helen
few days and we had a ball catching up on 25
Anne Turner (Holland), also 43-5, and husband
yrs. of talk, as well as a trip to Matounoros
John drove down from Oklahoma, overlapping Sandy's
for the local color. We are looking forward to
visit. "Hodgson Hotel" rocked with laughter and
the Reunion this year, if we are in a good
stopping place in our development. We are dereminiscing, while a smattering of children, some
veloping a block in Port Isabel, mini-warehouses
grown, some married, got acquainted for the first
and rental business buildings.
In Oct. they
time. (One was overheara remarding, "I just
are having the international Hobie sailing races
can't believe our mothers flewl"). Two days
on South Padre so we would welcome a visit fran
later Esther Berner (Poole), 43-3, arrived with
any sailors who will be here. Also the ConfedJill, all the way from Indiana. Esther and
erate Air Force Winter show is in October and
Marion exchanged snapshots of grandchildren.
since Harli.ngen is only 35 miles from here, we
See ylall at the reunionl"
would welcome WASPs in whatever force. They had HOLLAND, HKlliN (TURNER) - "Currently, lim a member
the red carpet rolled out for them last year and
of the Board of Directors for Norman Alcohol
had a grand time with all the WWII planes. It
Information Center, the Community Council of
always thrills me to look up and see an old
Central Oklahoma which surveys and plans public
B-2.4 go over with P-51s flying cover."
and private social services for the area incluEBERSBACH, OOROTHY - Dorothy says, quote: "I am
ding Okla. City. My husband, John, moved from
enjoying my retirement of 3 years; no early
writing to inventing and manufacturing road
morning traffic rush; no evening "have to"
paving machines. You may have seen a huge yelmeetings; just a little gardening, some TV
low trailer called the FLOWBOY, which delivers
watching and a tour now and then for variety.
asphalt in metered amounts out the back into an
My 20 some years as a Public Health Nurse with
asphalt paving machine? Currently, he has demy home county were most rewarding and satissigned and developed an insulation blowing mach.fying. Marion Tibbitts (43-6) stopped by a few
ine, an improvement over those presently on the
weeks ago. We had a nice visit. Just returned
market. Our daughter, Kit, is married and is a
from a tour of Iberia, Portugal, and Spain-and
lawyer practicing here. We own land and elevaa day in Tangiers. Interesting tripl Hope and
tors in central Nebraska. The son who is getting
plan to go to Colorado Springsl
married lives in Grand Island and is learning
&:rAN, JOSEPHINE (Jo (Dodi) PITTS) - Quote: "I
the business. Our daughter, Bets, is married and
have nothing new to report except I took my
lives in Kearney, Nebr. Her darling little 2~
girls on a European ski holiday. Spent the last
year old son was drowned last summer. She and
week in Jan. in St. Moritz and the first week
her husband, Nelse Lundeen, have been most enin Feb. at St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria--most
couraging to us because they have not given up.
spectacular scenery and gorgeous skiing. Also
Their courage has been most helpful. They despent my usual week at Vail-had to make up for
cided to have a baby right away, and so Adrienne
lousy conditions of a year ago."
Elizabeth was born a month ago. I appreciate
GREENE, ELIZABETH - amost interesting rep~rt,
the efforts of those who worked for militarizaquote: "Following disbandment I became assoction." (Helen, tell Bets that we other WASPs
iated with a group of military pilots founding
admire her courage too.)
an aviation service organization.
After 27 years HUNTER, CELIA (CECE) - "I am still serving as Exwith Mission Aviation Fellowship of CA., in flyecutive Director of the Wilderness Society,
ing and administration, I came home to care for
living in Washington, D.C. Plans are now to remy elderly parents for 6 yrs. In recent months,
turn to Alaska and my Dogpatch headquarters
without the presence of my parents, I've been
next fall. I am working at the downtown D.C.
able to pursue some special work for MAF from
Office at 1901 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. in case
my home. Also, I am again active on the Board
any WASP gets to D.C. and wants to look me up.
of Directors.
World Wide MAEUSA has nearly 90
Do a good bit of traveling around the country
aircraft operated by 120 pilots and support
in connection with job, and manage to get back
personnel in nearly 20 countries. The British
to Alaska now and again, since I am still a
and Australian groups are in addition. We have
member of the Federal-State Land Use Planning
made significant contributions in areas of disCoonnission. Here in D.C. have been jogging
aster relief. We use mostly Cessna 180s, 185s,
mornings out along the C&O Canal towpath, which
and 206s plus AeroCammanders, Helicopters, a
is delightful in the Spring; even saw some deer
Partanavia twin and a Nomad. Many thanks to the
the other morning. Have visited Virginia Melgals who carried the brunt of the effort to seoney (Malany ) and M. T. Lowell-Wallace in New
cure military status for us all."
England while back there. Malany was 43-4 and
HOOOSON, MARION (STillEMAN) - "The Hodgson house
Scot was 43-6. Also see Dodi Pitts Egan now
became a WASP's nest one week in April, with
and again. Still don't own a car but do have a
half of the infamous Barracks D-5, 31Bth AAFFTD,
bicycle for getting around town. Have been workbuzzing around at different times. Members of
ing very hard on the Alaskan d-2 lands Illlgisla43-5, their names were (1) Marjorie "Sandy"
tion, which is in Congress. We hope to have
Sanford (now Thompson4, our old Group Cammander,
final passage by this Fall?"
who flew up from Houston with hubbie Braxton at
KKrL, SALLY( reporting in memory of her Aunt.
the controls of their plane; (2) plucky Jill
AUDRAIN, MARY PARKER) - quoted from the Trade
McCormick, with her brand new knees and big
News: "From September 1942 to December 1944
something unusual w~s in the air. The WASPs

were flying, Women Airforce Service Pilots. And
now a young woman named Sally Keil has come in
with a book about them. "Those Wonderful Women
in Their Flying Machines," which Rawson Associates will publish in the fall. Sally reported
that her favorite Aunt (Mrs. Mary Parker Audrain
43-5) had been a WASP, had flown the big B-17s
during the war. \fuen she died in 1973, her only
important effects seemed to be photographs of the
military planes and assorted souvenirs of her
flying days. She thought lIlOl.ybe
she would put
together an article on the women B-17 Pilots.
But the more she uncovered, the larger her story
grew. She found a full-time job to support herself and took long weekends to accomplish her
reaearch. She talked to dozens of her Aunt's
friends and former pilots, locating them through
an organization they'd formed after the war."
In doing this research work Sally said that "one
of the joys of the book was meeting them. They
lived an incredible experience. Now, their kids
are grown, a few are widows, and some of them
are reactivating their pilot's licenses which
have expired." The results of Sally's contact
with the WASPs (besides the book) is that she,
herself, became enthusiastic about flying and
became a pilot. And, believe-it-or-not, Sally,
some of those WASPs have continuously flown since
their disbandment.
McBlUDE, ALLISON (.ElJRNS)- direct quote: "Since
disbandment wowl , that covers a lot of hoursl
First ferried planes for sale fram Oklahoma to
Ontario, CA for Reconstruction Finance Corp. 2nd,
was assistant lIlOl.llager
of the airport there.
Moved to Coronado and worked in Social Security,
in San Diego, my college IIlOl.jor.
Too many govt.
regulations ao went into Real Estate. Then,
married and did family things i.e. teach Sunday
school, be a Girl Scout Leader and be president
of the PTA for the La Jolla Country Day School.
Worked on a charity raising club, Los Patronas,
for 9 yrs. and also was president. Now for
the present, we returned from a 5 week trip in
Europe. The prupose was to visit our daughter,
Cameron, who is taking her junior year at the
Univ. of Bordeaux, France. She met us in Lisbon. We rented a car and drove thru Portugal
& Spain for her Easter vacation. Then visiting my brother who lives in Mijas, Spain on the
Medi terranean. Then drove along the coast of
Spain to Mojocav, Valencia and Barcelona.
Went through France to Bordeaux. Visited
Cameron again and took all her friends out for
dinner. Then on to Paris, London and home.
The good news hOOl.ewas that our daughter, Lucy,
has just been accepted for her freshlllOl.n
year
this Sept. at Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Now back to my routine of tennis and oil painting at home."
NUTT, MAlUANNE (BEARD)
"During past year
painted and did lots of yard work at the cottage lid bought. What stirf muscles, but
worth it alII So thrilled about '77 being
the year WASPs finally officially IIlOl.de
it!
My Mother gave me a scare a few weeks ago.
Came home from work and found her on the floor.
She's being treated for high-blood pressure

and nm-[ with new medicine, she seems great.
\'iantedto get to the P-47 Convention in Chicago, but thought it too soon to leave Mom.
Mom came to live with me last August. He
enjoy life so much in whOl.twe call our vacation cottage. I asked her to come and spend
the rest of her life with me; she will be
81 years yount.;her next birthday. She is a
joy! I see Teresa James (WAF) once in awhile.
She, her sister .l.Ild
fiiIll:Lly
are so much funl
I'm still taking lessons in ceramics and started a course in stained glass, just for a
hobby. A while ago 1 helped on the 1st Handcraft & Hobby show Grununan had here at Stuart.
Turned out to be an excit.ing project. A
couple weeks from now will be helping out with
a flower and garden show. The beaches here
are so beautiful and we have an Olympic size
Community pool. We're really fortunate, 1
think. Hope things work out so 1 can meet
you all in Colorado Springs?" Marianne, thanks
for the stamps--Jill.
FATEMAN, YVONNE (L/c USAF Ret.) - Pat says that
during 1977-78 I attended Washington College
in Fredri.cksburg, VA. as a special student
auditing a few courses in the novel and taking
physical education courses (seriously--jog the
mile and a half in 16 minutes).
Grateful also
for MWC college library use while writing final
draft of my novel about one woman's experience
as a WASP and later as a ferry pilot and flight
instructor in post war Los Angeles. The package--744 pages (180,000 words) was submitted
to Harper & Row in May 1978. I also won honorable mention in Rappahonnock (VA) Community
College Literary contest for my short story,
"The Confidence Maneuver" May '78. Make the
speaking circuit occasionally:
Univ. of Md.
UC Honor Society; DAR-Chantilly (VA) Chapt.;
Women I s Overseas Service League WOSL), Washington, D.C. chapter and Mary Washington College
summer session on "Women in Power". Still
maintaining proficiency in VFR and IFR flying
at Aero Club on Quantico Marine Corps Air Station, VA. Major Marty Stanton and I have leased a Cherokee Arrow for an extended vacation.
Airport hopping through the West from Seattle
to San Diego, ending at the WASP reunion at
Colorado Springs, Colo. in Sept. 1978."
RAMSEY, NADINE - direct quote from Nadine: "In
1945 1 bought a war surplus P-38 for $1,250.00
--total
flight time 22 hrs. Flew it about
2~ years, sold it for $4,000.00 and went into
business with a warehouse full of war surplus
aircraft instruments and small component parts.
Was married in 1949 to a former ferry cOlJllllOl.nd
pilot, during which time we spent a year in
Edmonton, Canada where he flew the D.E.W. line.
Some years later we were divorced (male pilots
are not the most dependable people in the
World) and I resumed my maiden name. Have had
several spinal operations since '65, but in
pretty good shape, now. Hope to attend the
WASP conference in Colo. Springs in Sept. if
possible. Hooray for our gaining veteran status
after so lIlOl.ny
years and a gallant fight by
everyone on our side. lid love to hear from
you 43-5 WASPs, but the address is an ol~ ~ne

in the last Roster.
My present address ~s.
1926 San Francisco Ave., Long Beach, CA. 90806.
Hope to see you in Colorado Springs. II
RINGENBERG
MARGARET
(RAY)- IIFlying was something
thought ~bout for a long time,. but it was s~ething girls didnlt do. Began m 1940, went mto
WASPsin 1943. Homein 1945-joined
99s and began
instructing.
First AWTAR-1957,and flew every
year afterwards 20 races finished e~ery
race started came in 5th in 1975 and 1st in
fuel won many leg prizes, Mooney and Time
prizes.
Mother and saughter team in 1966 and
1967. Raced SMALL
- 1st in 1960, FAIR - 1st in
1966. Illinois
Race - won 3 of 7 races entered,
1968, 1975, and 1977. Flew first
Classic Air
Race, Ltd. and entered in 1978. Chairman of
Ways and Means' for AWTAR
two years - 1961 & 62.
Mother of Marsha and Mike, and grandmother of
the IIWright Brothersll,
Jon and Joey.
Pilot of
single, multi-engine
airplane Flight Instructor,
instrument and II!Ul.ti-engine airplane.
Member
of WASP,99s, Silver Wings, Indiana Aviation
Assoc., National Aeronautics Assoc. and AOPA.II
When in Fort Wayne, IN., Maggi would like to
have you call her. phone: area code 219-6273215.
RETHBART,
ANNABELLE
(KEKIC) - Annabelle says:
IIWesold our exterminating
co. to Orkin (world IS
largest)
and we're getting ready for retiremedt. My husband had to have what we thought
was a minor operation.
But, unfortunately,
since he had had two heart attacks,
the anaesthetic was too IllUchand he passed away. That
was 4 years ago. My son and I stayed in the
big house until it got to be too IllUch. We sold
it two years ago and moved to an apartment The Carlyle,
12900 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH.
(a stone I s throw fran our house, so we are still
in the same neighborhood).
I still
have Annabelle I II Oriental Imports, but plan to give it
up in the near future.
Itl s beccne too mI;lchof
a responsibility.
Imports now are very difficult - pricewise and shipping-wise.
I I m still
at iJJ.J.4 Clifton BlYd., Cleveland, OH. which is
only two minutes (driving)
from DIY apartment.
But 11m on social security and, anyway, the fun
has ~one out of it."
SCHAFFER,ELLENOR
(KURTEN)
- quote: "I'm still
inactive
except for Eastern Star.
(My husband,
Worthy Patron - me, Worthy Matron).
Lucky formals hit the floor and cover up the shoes I
have to wear.
Had to have another operation on
both feet (these toes just don't want to stay
healthy).
Timed it between meetings so only had
to do one meeting in my stocking feet.
Put two
pairs of athletic
socks on (we were on carpet).
Had 3 petticoats
on to keep DIY dress off the
noor,
and not step on it.
Hope to make Colo.
Spring..
Haven't had IllUchtime for fishing.
Maybe, better luck, after we become Past Matron
and Patron?"
SIZEMORE,MARJORIE(POPELL)- "About the only
thing I have to report is that 11m alive and
well and living in Naples, Fla., as I have been
for almost 8 yrs. since DIY husband retired
fran
the Air Force. We love it here, have a concaminium, a boat and 2 dogs.
Just purchased a 23
ft. motor home which we plan to take a trip in

this sunnner, ending in Colorado Springs.
Can
hardly wait till
Peanut (male dog, part poodle
and part??-5chnauzer
we think),
sees all those
big trees!!!
Still
work a little
- have 5
clients
that I do their end-of-the-month
bookkeeping.
So I can work pretty much when the
spirit
moves me. Other than that I playas
IllUchgolf as I can.
The one big bit of news I
have is that within the last year, I finally
"found" Ethel (Squeaky) (Meyer) Finley.
In case
you don I t hear from her, she is alive and well
and living in New Jersey.
She and Jim came down
a couple of months ago, 'and it was really great,
after not seeing or hearing from each other for
about 28 yrs.,
that we were still
good friends.
Hopefully she also will put in an appearance at
the conference."
Note: Marge and Pat Pateman
are thinking of working up a Golf tournament-there are excellent
golf courses in Colorado
Springs.
Marge hopes to say more about it,
look for her report.
TEER, SHIRLEY(SLADE)- no report from Shirley
since Christmas.
But she did put some news on
her card.
She says "Howdyfrom the IITexas Riviera!"
~ne is about to retire
so we have moved
to Rockport-by-the-sea.
We have a cute house
with a huge sun deck overlooking the water.
Fishing,
crabbing and swimming at our door step!
Can't wait for springtime.
Our son will be home
from U. of Texol.Sfor a week or so, and then off
to the ski slopes.
Sandy and BrOlXtonare supposed to fly down tor a week-end sometime?1I Donlt
let that leisurely
life get you so you forget to
go to Colorado Springs--see
ya there!
(Jill)
THOMPSON,
MARJORIE
(SANFORD): "BrOlXtonand I flew
our Travelair to Guatemala in Feb. Wemet 29
other planes in Brownsville, TX.-- all part of
the Southwest Chapter of the Bonanza Society.
We were gone 10 days and it was a great trip!
We flew to Tikal to see the huge pyramids there
built by the Mayans and on our way hane we flew
to Oaxaca, Mexico to see the Zapotec ruins on
the outskirts
of the city.
In August we are
flying to San Diego to attend the Bonanza Convention there.
The convention met in Milwaukee
last sunmer and there were over 550 planes parked out at Mitchell Field.
We had looked forward to visiting
the Air Force Museumin San
Diego but it was completely destroyed by fire a
few months ago--a
fire that they believe was
deliberately
set.
We have made reservations
for
the WASPConvention and we hope to see lots of
good friends there?1I
WETHERBY,
MARY
ANN: "The primary training
at
Avenger Field is forever strongly in DIY aviation background.
Following my resignation,
more determined than ever because of it, and
encouraged by my 43-5 Flight Instructor,
baymates and other trainee friends,
I returned
East, worked toward DIY Flight Instructor
rating,
and by spring of 1944 began night
instructing.
12 years instructing
experience on a small sod
field in southern West Virginia were most rewarding.
At the end of 1956 the then Appalachian mountain area's economic situation
deeply
slowed aviation in the State and, with help
again fran pilot friends I pulled up roots and
went West. From 1957 continuing through the

present,
flight
instructing
also took on the
added duties of Flight Administrator.
Twenty
years on the San Jose, CA. municipal airport
and now on the staff of the same flight
school
which moved Dec. 1, 1977 to the Weed, CA. Siskiyou County Airport.
Please convey to all
those accomplished graduate WASPsmy respectful
regards,
and to my own baymates:
Pateman,
Modisette,
Ebersbach, Cox, and Croxton a special
salute of affection
from Ilil ole' Wetherby. II
McCORMICK,
JILL (the 43-5 Reporter )--41ee, what a
wonderful bunch of reports!
Thanks a lot, keep
up the good work! Have a bunch to report:
The
P-47 bash in Chicago attracted.
nine WASPs. So
you may read this report 8 times.
The weather
didn't
cooperate at allJ
But that didn't
stop
a bunch of P-47 Pilots.
We were educated in
the Industrial
Museum, lived, wined and dined
in the PlayBoy Hotel, and drinks, beautiful
views, and fabrications
atop the John Mansfield
Bldg.
The WASPstJresent were:
43-2, Martha
Rupley (Wagenseil) and Mary 0' Brien (Trottman)
43-3, Esther Berner (Poole) and Kay Brick;
43-4 Madge Minton (Rutherford)
and Liz Lundy
(Pearce);
43-5, Gayle Reed (Bevis) and Jill
McCormick and 44-7, Betty Nicholas (Pettitt).
A good showing, whatl
The last week in March,
Esther Berner (43-3, a real true friend,
drove
with me, in my little
Renault, to El Paso, TX
to visit my cousin.
The real purpose of the
trip was to look for a place for me to live.
We found a lovely apartment (two bedrooms, so
you all can come and visit me), which I signed
up for, because, at the time, there were no
first
floor apt..
available.
To make a long
story short, after our return in April, my cousin called and said that there would be on available
the 1st of June.
So, I signed up for
it, made a security
deposit,
and hope to be
living in it by 10 July 1978. Guess it is to
be--Icause,
I was able to get rid of my two
properties
here by this date and now there is
nothing to do but PACKand get out.
Which job
has me dizzy!
After 23 years a Hoosier, now I
shall be a Lone Starer 1 My new address will be:
The Edgemere--6770 Edgemere Blvd.--El Paso, TX.
79925. Donlt lmow the Apt.# yet, but I'll
get
mail at the above address O.K. So I'll
be going
to Colorado Springs from El Paso, but I III be
bunking with Indiana WASPs. See YOUALLat the
Conference 1
ED: The following was sent to Lorraine Nelson
Bain 44-5 as Elva Maree was listed
as 44-5 but,
in actuality,
really was 43-5, (t).
ELVAMAREE
MOORHOUSE
(t): "LONGBURIED-- the marvelous opportunities
flying presented,
until
located Fall, 1976. Along with a very heavy
oil-art
schedule, answered the alerts
to help
the WASPs--those talented,
"Sil ver Winged" STARSI
Convention timing perfect.
Will be present.
The
view should be spectacular-picture
unlike any
other I Will pursue advanced techniques in etching at Wichita State University October, 1978,
ear:ti.ng 2 hrs. credit.
For one month each yeu,
I leave NCOClsExploration
Dept., serving six
geologists
and one geophysicist,
and become
wholly an artist.
Work was selected for permanent student collection
at WSUlast fall.
Following my return to Houston, etchings made
three exhibitions.
Classed "total
creative,
all media" artist.
In 1980, Painting,
Sculpture and Printmaking will be brought together,
at which time I III wing out of the "newly
built" Museumof Fine Arts School, Houston.
My very best to you and yours - ALLWASPs.
Elva's o:.ddress is 1203 Bartlett
#4, Houston,
TX77006 for th benefit
of all her old bay
mates and friends.
43-6 Secretary:
JOANNGARRETT
5080 Walden
Fort Worth, Texas 76132
MARY
RUTHRANCE: Attended dinner given by Aero
Club of So. Calif.-24
WASpls were present.
Mary Ruth reports
Jackie Cockran posed for picture s with the WASP.
MAURINE
BRUNSVOLD
WILSONsays they are still
in
the retail
boat business and occasionally
take
a 23 ft. Daycruiser to the Colorado River for
skiing & fishing.
They plan to go to Acupulco
after the Convention.
MIIJ)RED"Duke" CALDWELL
will go on Sabbatical
leave soon to attend some classes away from Bradley Univ. where she heads the Physical Education
Dept.
She i s involved in a modest her sa breeding business and plans to continue upon retirement from academic life.
ANNCRISWELL
MADDEN
continues a very active life
with her music & lecturing
on art related
subjects.
Six of her ten children are still
living at home so life is active in that dept. too.
ELIZABETH
McGEORGE
SULLIVAN
is running her Mother's
Fruit Farm in Pa.
Says the Convention is at a
bad time of year for fruit-growers
but she is
going to try & come to Colorado Springs.
MAXINE
ST~ARD SMITHsays she loaned her WASPuniform to the San Diego Aerospace Museum& it was
lost recently
in the Museumfire.
Max is practicing law in San Diego & looking forward to
seeing classmates in Sept. (Her correct address
is 520 "D" St., Ramona, CA 92065).
NANCY
JOHNSON
THORNE
broke her right shoulder in
Feb. - says she I s safe flying but on the ground,
it's
disaster
for her.
Plans to attend Convention.
KATHERINE
KUPFERBERG
KORNBliJM
& her husband are
very involved in C~ty
Theatre :iil White
Plains,
N.Y. Said she'd had a recent visit with
Libby Gardner.
(Libbyls letter
returned - No
such address).
VIRGINIABROOME
WATERER
wrote from England.
She
is visiting
a cousin in Southern England & tourin the country, homes filled
with exquisite
antiques--right
up Virginia's
alleyl
Plans to be
in Colorado Springs.
ALICEL. MIDDLETON
& husband Jack will trailer
eastward from California
in Sept. to visit
daughter & grand-daughter
who are relocating
in
Woodland Park, Colorado & will attend Convention.
MARGARET
CASTLEMcANALLY'
5 daughter
had surgery in
Jan. and has been seriously
ill but is back in
college try~ng to graduate with a permanent loss

of half her vision.
M.rgaret is still
teaching.
ADDIEWOLAK
ELLISON& her family are going to Fla.
befpre tje Conference to celebrate
her Dad's
80th birthday.
Addie has a new sewing machine
with many g.dgets which she'll
put to good use
with 2 granddaughters.
CAROLWEBBCOOKhas lived on Gu~ since 1947.
She and her husband operated a hotel there for
12 years.
Carol lost her husband last year
(1977) and is now retired.
She wants to attend
the Convention.
LEE LEONARD
WHEELWRIGHT
says she can't be in Colorado Springs this year.
MARGARET
HELBURN
KOCHER
broke her kneecap last
October but has continued to get around and work
in a job re: environmental protection
project
around N.Y. City.
Reports youngest son finished
Columbia U. Business School;
daughter is becoming a Russian language specialist
at Tufts--older two boys are settled.
Husband Eric retires
from Columbia in July, into full time writing at
home.
MARION
R. TIBBETTShad a recent visit
with a baymate Jean Moore as she moved her sister
from
Mass. to Florida.
Since last fall Marion has
added a new room to her home and replaced a
screen porch that "needed major surgery".
She's
done the painting & papering and had a ball!
FRANSNYDER
TANASSY
& her husband spent the winter in San Diego with too IIlUchrain and not
enough golfl
She is presently
working as a
Real Estate Broker in Denver.
Plans to be in
Colorado Springs and invited all friends
coming
thru D9nver to call her---755-5624.
ELIZABETHCORSEY
CLARKcontinues to breed, show
and judge Gordon Setters,
Miniature Schnauzers,
Irish Wolfhounds, and Beagles.
She travels
all
over the country judging dog shows. Elizabeth
lost her husband last April.
She lives in
Boynton Beach, Fla. during the winter months
but returns to her Virginia mountains.
RITA DAVOLY
WEBSTER
reports
that several WASP's
have gotten together
twice in the Seattle
area.
They recently
met a Washington State Univ. student who is writing her thesis
on the WASPsand
their history.
Says the Seattle
& Washington
State group plan a get-together
in Colorado
Springs.
MOYA
MITCHELL
ANONSON
has a new address:
DI04Twin Lakes CC, 6351 S. Ted Hwy., Stuart,
Fla.
33494.
She has reservations
for Conference.
She and husband Archie plan an extended trip
across Canada next Spring and then a trip back
to Archie's
home in Norway. She's going to
contac~ other WASPsin her area to see if they
can airline
together to Colorado Springs.
CAPPYWHITTAKER
JOHNSON
is taking photography
classes at the Jr. College and is hooked on the
subjectl
Said several WASPsfrom her area recently acted as honor guard (in uniform) for
Ms Antonia Chayes, Ass't.
Secty. of the Air
Force, at the State Convention of the Air Force
Assoc. in Sacr~ento.
Cappy has reservations
LOLAPERKINSRICCI & her husband Ed are constantly
on the II go" flying around the country.
Lola
sees WASPfriends
fairly
often and says she en-
joys visiting
and chatting with Nancy Grews
(WAFS)in Calif.
City--who
stays active towing
gliders,
car rental business & renovating
a newfor- her-house.
Says everyone she's seen or
talked to plans to get to Colorado Springs.
EVELYN
L. T~1ELL & husband Mark were in Israel
last October both got the flu and took them
I,til Christmas to recover.
Spent 2 weeks skiing
in New Hampshire over NewYears.
They attended
the P47 Convention in Chicago in May & will be
MILDRED
McLELLAND
CHRISTIANSEN
has retired
after
6 yrs. at Muskegon County Airport in Fruitport,
Mich. She & Ted took their trailer
and headed
south and west this past winter and spring visiting WASPand friends
all along the way. Got to
Oregon for Xmas with their daughter & 2 grandsons.
They are buying a lot in N. Michigan perched on a mountain 1 Plans to be in Colorado
Springs, .d.th or without their Airstre~
Trailer!
MARJORIELOGAN
ROLLEsends word from Montana where
she and Ken live in a big old house on Z7 acres.
They still
have their Beech Bonanza and do quite
a lot of fiying.
For 6 weeks last winter they
toured Southern Spain and had a wonderful time.
Plans to be in Colorado Springs.
GRACEV. ALLEYRODGERS
fiys a Beech Sundowner for
pleasure and is active in the Alabama 99's.
She
visited
Margaret Cox Stegall,
a former WASPwho
lives in Bessemer, Ala.
Grace is moving June
1st to:
113 Helen Ave., Hudson, Fla. 33568.
Ph.: AC 813-868-1509.
ELEANOR
ALEXANDER
RUSTreports
she and her sister
stay very busy with their needlepoint
kit business.
They design mostly military
emblems and
says the A.F. Academy has been carrying her ki~s
for 8 years.
Her husband is a retired
Marine
who enjoys goll.
Alex manages to do some volunteer work for the Camp Pendleton personnel
but can I t get away long enough to make the Conv.
JOANNGARRETT
has new address:
5080 Walden Avenue,
Ft. Worth, TX 76132. Ph. AC817-292-8934. Will
see you all in Colorado Springs.
43-8 Secretary:
MARGE
SELFRIDGEDRESBACH
1302 Walker Lane
La Habra, Calli.
90631
PID McNAMARA
SLAYMAKER
and husband, Arthur, have
move into their new home in Santa Rosa, Calli.
Their son and his wife also are ensconced in
their first
home. Peg writes of thrilling
experiences ot her daughter,
son-in-law,
and baby
who they toted over most of Australia
and New
Zealand in a back pack.
They are due back in
the States in Sept. but that isn't
going to deter
Peg and Arthur from making Colorado Springs their
last stop en route home from a two month vacation
throughout New England.
It will be such fUn to
see Peg again after all these years.
LOESMONK
MacKENZIEexpresses her appreciation
for
living in the D.C. area this year.
Not only
could the WASPsget to work with and know Col.
Bruce Arnold, which in itself,
she says, was a
lovely experience,
but they could work in our
own headquarters
and attend all the hearings on
Capitol Hill.
She feels as many of us do - this
will be our bigge st and be st reunion yet, and she
wouldn I t miss it for anything.

Her bigge st fun
project this year was getting a Washi~gton~ D.C.
WASPChapter started.
They have 49 glrls ln a
40 mile area and have formed their chapter for
"No Reason at All" (I love itO - No officers,
no progrOiJIls, no donations to charity,
etc.
They
meet twice a year for a super long lunch and are
all becoming friends.
They even hope to ~l fly
to the reunion together.
One more great plece of
news in Loes' letter
- Doris Moffat Long, a 30
year "lost" classmate,
saw the publicity
and will
be happy to rejoin us at the reunion, and that
will make a lot of us happy too.
MAXINE
EDMONDSON
FLOURNOY
does lead an exciting
life!
This past year she joined Mary Feary in
Rome, and while' there, they journeyed to florence to see Dot Kielty, and guess what!11? Even
she is going to try to make it to our Colorado
reunion.
Another highlight
this year was checking out in the Beech Baron 58P and attending
Beech's Baron school in Wichita, Kansas.
The
third highlight
this year was the marriage of
their third daughter, Mary Anne, to Greg Guthrie
who is in his last year of pediatric
residence.
MARY
ESTILL FEAREY
and her daughter Kitty went to
Tunisia, North Africa to do archeological
work
at Carthage.
Kitty worked in the field (actually
digging) while Mary worked at the Dig House where
she recorded Roman coins, glued 800 B.C. pottery,
and sorted ashes and contents of urns from the
children's
cemetery.
Their work pleased the dig
director
and they were delighted to be invited
back.
Mary writes that perhaps next year they'll
go to Cyprus.
The method of conta?t with Dot
Kielty in Florence, Italy was 1iIllUslng. Mary and
Maxine clutched a long stem red rose as they
stood in the Florence train st.tion.
Dot COiJIle
charging by with a geranium stuck in the middle
of her forehead.
Contact!
The 3 of them thoroughly enjoyed a long talk session in Dot's hilltop villa.
The last 2 months Mary has been
.
going daily for cobalt treatments
for cancer of
the throat.
The tumor has shrunk to almost
nothing and she can see the light at the end of
the tunnel on the treatments.
We join Mary in
a spirited
"Hallelujahl"
and look forward to
seeing her in Colorado Springs.
ELEANOR
OLSENWEEMS
has been shuttling
between
grandsons in Connectivut and California
with
stops in Bennuda and elsewhere, which ~es
life
pleasant for her.
She too eagerly antlclpates
Colorado Springs.
.
MARCIA
WENZEL
MILNERalready has her reservatl0n
at the Antlers and as usual, we all look forward to seeing her again.
.
.
LOIS NASHhas just returned from.a.vacatl0n
m
the South where she had the prlvilege
of ~ttenda very special occasion which took place m
WarmSprings, Ga. Their son Tomhad been connnissioned to paint an oil portrait
of Nathan B.
Nolan, who was the first
achninistrator
of the
Georgia Rehabilitation
Center the:e~
The.portrait,
which now hangs in the Admimstrat:-on
Building, was unveiled during the cerem~m7s
honoring Mr. Nolan. Lois recently was lnVlted
to speak to high school seniors about her. ilying experiences in the W.A.S.P. and says lt was
fun reviewing once again that tremendous oppor-
Lunity we all had. Her golfing activities

keep
her busy too, but most of all she's looking
fon-/ard 1:.0seeing all the wonderful gals in
Colorado in September.
MARGOT
IlliCK, and no reunion would be complete
without Nargot, happily reports
she'll
be there.
MARGE
SELFRlffiE DRESBACH,
the 43-8 secretary,
was
terribly
dismayed when, upon returning last
Friday from 2 weeks in Hawaii with husband John,
discovered a postal inspector
had inadvertently
placed the "vacation hold" mail in a "not deliverable" box. No telling
how many of your letters
were returned to you, so if any other of vur
news is missing, there is the l'eason.
Such
foul up~; still
our postage goes up to 15 cents!
44-1 Secretary:
JEANt;'ITEJENKINS
716 Second St. N.W.
NewPhiladelphia,
OHIO44663
Thanks to all who shared news and newspaper clippings with me about your get-togethers
allover
the
country.
The fourth Sunday of April 1978 Jean Hixson 44-6 and I invited the WASPof Ohio and adjacent states to meet at the Holiday Inn in North Canton, Ohio. Attending were:
National Secy./Treas.
Betty Nicholas and Historian Marty Wyall, Madge
Minton 43-4 & Esther Berner 43-3 all of Indiana.
Flo ShutBY'Reynolds 44-5 and husband Lyle of Pa.
From Ohio were 44-2 Clarice Bergemann; 43-7 Nadine
Bluhm & husband Norman; 44-2 Mary Ellen Keil, and
ileam Hixson & me. After dinner Sat. eve, we had a
round table discussion
of many issues pertaining
to the WASP
The added costs for the Veteran Status C~paign.
Betty Nicholas reported that the
profits
from jewelry and other WASPitems sold at
Hot Springs have helped to supplement the dues in
covering the normal cost of operating the WASPorganization.
We discussed some useful items that
might appeal to WASP. We also discussed the possible need for a permoment Secretary
(could be called Exec. Secy.) to collect
dues and keep the mailing list
current then we would always know to
whomwe should send change of address No need to
worry who is secretary
this year.
The Recording
Secretary would be elected at the same time as the
Pres. & V. Pres Only the Executive Secty. would
be permanent.
Also discussed was whether we should
open up WASPmembership to the current womenmilitary pilots
or keep the WASPclosed and see who will
claim that final headline "Last WASPof WWIIDies."
Also discussed was the idea of having regional or
area WASPGet-Togethers during the years when the
National WASPdo not meet.
It was a worthwhile
evening offering much "food for thought."
Nowfor news of your classmates except ~ happy
to report 29 from our class plus 10 husbands are
planning to go to Colorado Springs, alreadyJ
The
rest of you c'mon and add to that list.
BETTYBECHTOLD
BRICKFORD
met ADELEBEYERlast summer in L.A. and they made plans to attend the
WASPConference in Colorado Springs.
Betty sent
a new addresst 3804 Gulf of Mexico Dr. #103;
Longboat Key, Fla. 33548. You will note the
street address is the s~e,
only the city has
changed.
IDA F. CARTER
and RUTHCRAIGJONESnow share an.
apartment since Skip's mother died last sunnner.
They spend much of their time traveling
all over
the USA. This spring and summer they will be on

an extended trip through all the Western States
and Canada.
In April I received
a card from Las
Vegas.
During WWII they were ~t~tioned ,at LVAAF
and report Las Vegas is much different
from those
war years.
In May I heard from them ar:d ~hey,
were at San Clemente, CA and fishing vlJ.th~n s~ght
of the Nixon estate.
They expect to return to
Oka City in time to go to Colorado Springs.
HARIEHOUNTAIN
CLARKhas recovered from her ski
accident and has shed her crutches.
Harie's
husband John is very busy with Solar Energy.
MARDO
C. CRANEis planning to move to Oregon in
August.
Her new address by Sept. 1 should be:
29735 Sovern Lane, Junction City, Oregon 97413.
DEBBIEST~WLE DICKENSreports
that she has traveled so much during the past two years she looks
forward to painting
three colllI:lissions.
She also
gives demonstrations
of Driftwood Art.
Ell.ENOREW. DOUDI~T,one of our "lost" WASP,reports that for the past )0 years she has been
Director of a small museum called Wilson l'ruseum
at Castine,
Maine.
E.W. it was nice to hear from
you.
DOROTHY
1ffiAS0VEC
EBYreports
1977 was a sad and distressing
year for her because her sister
Helen
died after a long illness.
Let' 5 hope 1978 will be
much better.
In April she and Doug spent several
days in Honolulu.
Doug expects to retire
from Pan
American in Sept. and then they will be ready for
the WASPConference.
Hurrahl
BONNIEEDMUNDS
sent regrets
that she will not see us
in Colorado Springs this year.
OOROTHY
OODDEPPSTEIN hopes to arrange her schedule
to see us at C.S.
l'..ARCIA
GLEICHERFERTIG, one of our "lost" \'JASP, has
been found.
She has had an exciting
career as an
a.ni.mator working for Disney.
Currently
she is
working for the Hanna Barbera Co. making Saturday
Morning TV Cartoons.
She and her husband hope to
meet us at Colorado Springs.
GENESHAFFERFITZPATRICKsent me a copy of the
Daily Breeze fram Torrance,
Cll with a wonderful color picture
on the front page of DOLORES
REED, GENE, and MARYHANSEN
44-6 in the cockpit of an airplane.
The newspaper carried the
story of the successful
WASPfight for veteran
status.
Congratulations
on capturing 100 inches
of print and pictures
in a local newspaper.
MARGE
WGANFRENZELhad the thrilling
experience
of
soloing her youngest son, Steven on his sixteenth
birthday Nov. 6, 1977.
Marge, perhaps you can
tell us more about it at Colorado Springs.
We
look forward to seeing you.
MARGARET
C. GERHARDT
reported
that she and lmsband
John have been at Tahoe during Jan. and Feb. enjoying cross-country
skiing.
They plan a trip
this spring following
John's route during WWII
through North Africa, Italy,
Southern France etc.
It took him 34 months, but they hope to do it in
4 weeks.
Margaret,
we hope you and John will
tell us about this trip when we meet at Colorado
Springs.
DOROTHY
HENRYis still
in Trukey and enjoys traveling which she finds educational,
interesting
and very different.
She reports
that she has
visited
the sites
of five of the original
chur-
ches mentioned in the Bible, plus numerous otner

places.
Dot anticipates
retirement
in '81 or
'83 and anxiously awaits information
on our Veteran Status.
MADELON
BURCHAM
HIll. wrote that she and Jack no\"/
have a cabin on the Deschutes River in central
Oregon where the fishing
is excellent
and it is
quiet and peaceful.
Madelon is still
with Bucher
Realty in Tigard and Jack is with Dant & Russell.
Their children
are scattered.
Some in Germany,
and Japan, with Nancy still
going to college.
RUTHCRAIGJONESANDSlaP CARTERare hard to keep
track of.
Their postcards
from far away places
are so welcome. In April while home, they entertained JOANN"Bunny" GARREI'T'
43-6 from Ft. Worth,
Texas.
Ruth & Skip expect to return hame in
time for the Conference in Colorado Springs and
then depart again for far away places.
EMILYPORTERKLEINlooks forward to attending
her
!:k>R WASPReunion.
It will be nice to see you
.Einily.
NADJAGAJDOWSKI
KOSTUKsays she is on a summer schedule working Non. Wed. & Fri. at the office and
Tues. & Thurs. at the golf course.
Sounds good.
She and Bill find retirement
as busy as ever;
however, they plan to attend the Conference and
then visit
in Cal1.f. before returning
to Connecticut.
Gadget also sent an impressive newspaper account of the WASPmeeting in Connecticut.
PEARLBRAGG
LASKAreturned fram a winter trip to
Spain and is now living
in Calif.
Her new address is Box 494, Valley Center, CA 92082.
See
you in C.S.1
CATHERINE
A. MURPHY
;.od GENESHAFFERFITZPATRICK
have a new Piper Cherokee.
That should make it
easier to go to Colorado Springs.
DORISBURMEISTER
NATHAN
says her son Robert acquired his pilot I s license
last year.
So nice when
children
share their mother I 5 enthusiasm. for
flying.
ALBERTA
HUNTNICHOLSON
is planning to travel t~s
year but hopes to be in C.S. in Sept.
She also
sent a fine newspaper write-up
of the WASPfea-.
turing Alberta and her plane in the Salt Lake C~ty
newspaper.
ANNENOGGLE
has put Colorado Springs on her busy
schedule.
Bring your camera Anne.
VIRGINIASTELLO'NEILL sent a new address:
983
Morningside Dr.; Miami ::lprings, FL 33166.
She
and lmsband Bud are looking forward to C.S.
'Ginny also sent a newspaper clipping
about the
WASPin Florida.
MARYJERSHINO'ROURKE
and husband "Salty" plan to
be in C.S. unless they are on an extended trip
overseas.
.
ANNEBARTHOIFRAWLINGS
and husband Jack are making
plans to be in C.S.
DOLORES
MEURER
REEDplans to attend the 99s Convention in Australia,
but return in time to see us
all in Colorado Springs.
MARJORIEELLFELDTREESand lmsband look forward. to
attending
the Conference and visiting
with fr~ends
in Colorado Springs where they lived for three
years.
.
t
JANE ROBBINShas returned from an Asian tr~p tha
she described as fascinating
and exhaust~.
Jane, we look forward to seeing you the fJ.rst
time at a WASPReunion.
BETTYWALLROBERTSspent January in Calif. and saw
ROSIE TODDand GENEFITZPATRICK
as well as many
WASPfrom other classes.
Betty still
travels
all over the USAworking for the American Cancer
Society.
She expects to be in C.S.
BARBARA
MANCIlliSTER
ROBINSON
and husband Bill had so
much fun with us in Hot Springs that they eagerly anticipate
Colorado SprL~s.
Early in March
I received a note from Barbara saying they had
just returned from a three week vacation in Fla.
Barb did not go to Florida just to escape the
snows of Tennessee.
She went to recover from
a most unusual Jury Duty experience.
Seems that,
in January she was on her way to Jury Duty at
the Court House when she was run down by a car
turning the corner, while Barb was legally
crossing the street.
Barb wrote that she was extremely thankful to find herself
alive and lying on the cold pavement a few seconds later,
and now has a new appreciation
of how quietly
and unexpectedly life can be snuffed out.
When
the cast was finally
removed from her leg, it
was decided that the Florida sun might be beneficial.
Her legs are healing slowly and she
hopes to be fully recovered by fall.
Best wishes
for a complete recovery.
CAROL
WOOD
SAASchanged her name in Nov. 1977 when
she married Fran B. Saas.
She now lives near
Chicago and her new address is 7ll S. Milwaukee
Ave. Apt. 101" Libertyville"
Ill.
6004$.
MARY
BEECHAM
SMITHhas been found.
At least we
have an address for her.
4Ef70 Somerford Dr.,
Atlanta" GA30338.
Tell us Mary what have you
been doing.
ROSINALEWISTODDwrote that she and husband Cl.em
attended a solar energy meeting in Fla. last
year and met John Clark, Marie's husband while
there.
It's
nice to know that 44-1 gals and
their husbands are pioneering in this field.
Perhaps they can update us at Colorado Springs
and tell us what to expect in the future.
ANNEHOPKINSWlUTEwishes we coUld have more time
for 44-1 people to visit.
At past reunions we
have had interesting
discussions
on many subjects"
let's
hope we can arrange something at C.S.
ELEANOR
HINKLEVAUGHAN
sent a change of address:
3173 Washington Ave." Baton Rouge" LA 70802.
She regPets she can't attend the Conference.
They are planning to go to Venezuela with their
son and his wife in the falL
Husband" Ken" is
due for a new assignment in Sept. and they don't
know where they "ill
be living.
In May they exect to tour Israel
especially
the archeological
sites.
In June they will host two conventions
at the Superdame and expect about 40,000 people
at each one.
Best wishes Hinkey" for all your
adventure8.
LORRAINE
FIEDLERRAYMOND
has been foundl
Hurrahl
Her address is 7 Hidden Valley Rd., Monrovia" CA.
91016. What has she been doing?
For the past
10 years she has been working the office of a
small electronic
company. Her husband Ed is a
Sales Mgr. for an engineering firm.
Her four
daughters are all grown. One has graduated from
Med. School and is interning
at Hunting Hospital
in Pasadena.. Another daughter is a Paralegal to
a large firm in L.A. The other two have not yet
settled
into a career.
Lorraine,
,,/ill we see
you and your husband in Colorado Springs?
Will Flight I have a better
turn out than Flight
II?
Right now the count of those planning to go
to C.S. is even.
I still
have the 44-1 banner we
had at Hot Springs, and I will bring it along to
Colorado Springs.
Watch for it!
44-2 Secretary:
MARY
ELI.JiliKEJ:L
56 S. Chesterfield
Rd.
Coltunbus, Ohio 43209
FOU~: ~
LAUFMAN
BLOOMFIELD"
who has been
l~VJ.ng m the Cleveland area for sane time now"
found Jane La Mar's and my address in the NinetyNines Roster and wrote me May 4th with a quick
run-down on her recent history.
She's working
as a librarian
for General Electric;
her husband
retired
last year as Traffic
Controller
at Cleveland Hopkins;
her son is going to USCfor his
senior year, majoring in Mass Conununication.
KATELEE ADAMS
was planning to fly their Piper Arrow to Boston the end of May to attend her son's
wedding & fly in his 1947 Luscomb (which is 3 yrs.
older than he is).
She's also attending
her
parents 60th Wedding Anniversary in DurhQlU"N.C.
in June; And her daughter is planning to marry
the first
of September in Houston. Kate Lee ~s
she hopes to get a "B4iyC-8" Reunion together &
see us in Colorado Springs.
PHYILIS TOBIASFELKERwrites that her print shop
is flourishing"
but she is coming to the Reunion if she has to close up shop and hitch-hike.
She's really looking forward to it.
ANNEBERRYLESNIKOWSKI
is still
living on Vineyard
Haven" has two girls
through school and the third"
and last child,
a son" departs for college this
fall.
She's still
working as a high school librarian and taking occasional
trips
to Europe.
No flying" but she drives two miles to Oak
Bluffs to watch Carolyn Cullen at her Trade Winds
Airport as she flies.
Anne plans on going to
Colorado Springs.
She, too" was shocked to hear
about Betty leFevre" as we all were, because
Betty looked great at Hot Springs.
NEMA
MASONHALL
wrote that she participated
in the
PPD Commemorative Flight as a passenger in a
182 that finished
19th out of 128 planes.
She
attended her 45th Consecutive 99 Sectional
Meeting this spring at Ft. Worth.
Nema has
sent in her registration
fee for the WASPReunion this fall and hopes to see us there.
FRANSMITHTUCHBAND
ANDJEANMOORE
SOARDphoned
me from Calif.
to get their news in on time!
Jeri.1'lwas visiting
Fran and they were taking off
for Palm Springs that morning.
Jean has sold
her business in Orlando so was celebrating
her
leisure.
They, too" will be at the Reunion.
CLARICESIDDALLBERGliW\N
attended the Regional
mim-reunion
held at Canton for Ohio, Indiana,
and Pennsylvania WASPApril 22nd" and hopes to
see us in Colorado Springs.
lI.ARGARET
lli~
TWITOwrote that her older son"
Randy, has been accepted at Mayo Medical School
at Rochester and begins in September.
She says
the Conference plans depend upon the Northwest
Airlines
strike,
but she surely hopes to be there.
MARY
ELLENKEIL has ~nt in her registration
for
the Conference.
Retiree Keil spend most of Feb.
in Fla. and the remainder shoveling snow. "Now
I'm doing same flying for the Biennial Flight
Review, and having fun studying the stock market with my friends in the Big Spenders Investment Club.
So---1
t' s 100% Conference BOWldU
I heard t~ t VIRGINIADULANEY
CAMPBEll..
was caming all the w;q fran New Zealand to attend-so, dear Classmates, the glorious ending for
"The Year of the WASP"starts! Sept. 27th.
Don't
misll it.
Class 44-2 was a great class.
Let's
all get together once more. Bring your songbooks, pictures,
die.ries (?), uniforms (?) or just memories."
44-) Secretary:
MARGARET
CHAMBERLAIN
TAMPLIN
4727 East. ClUJlbridgeAve.
Phoenix, Arizona 85008
"JAKE" JACailNI JESClITENreports activities

unlimited.
She plans to f~y her plane, Juliette,
to the conference,
arriv:L11g early or late depending on the weather.
She reports magnii'icent wild flowers this spring and that Juliette
is the official
flower plane, taking anyone
who will dare for a "flower" ride.
Jake is
~usy on the acution for their orchestra,
work~
on the church bazaar for Nov., making
thi~s
of wood, cutting and polishing
rocks
for Jewelry, etc.
An old English Sheep Dog
nlUJledLuke has joined their i'lUJlily. Luke and
Jake are currently
going to school, but she
reports he is self assured, dominant, and 80
pounds strong.
Jennifer
graduates from law
school June 2nd. Ann is in the Poison Control
Center in Denver and has been helping to set
up more in South Dakota.
"SISSY" SIEBERwrites t~t
she hopes to make the
conference but is not definite
as of this tine.
She and her twin sister,
also "Sissy"
are
taking the month in May to boy sit in'Mex:l.co
City.
Her sister's
daughter and husband are
going to ~ope
on a business trip and Sissy
and her sister
are looking forward to browsing
around while the bGys are in school.
She says
she has been looking over various old pictures
and would like to see everyone again.
To
quote Sissy - "such fond memories - mixed with
fun, work and worry, wouldn I t trade them".
DOROTHY
MOULTON
ROONEY
is planning on attending
the. conference.
She and husband, Pat, are enjoYing a rather active retired
life.
They are
~olunteers for the local 1IDlseum. She is active
~~ the local Audu.bonSociety and they are plan~
on ~ttending the Audubon workshop for two
w~eks this :mmmernear Spooner, Wisc. To kee
f~t, they bike (Pat having just completed a p
two d;q 110 mile overnighter),
golf
walk the
dog ~d Dorothy bowls.
They also m~e
to
mix :-n some traveling.
In addition to Wisc.
a tr~p to NewYork is planned for this year '
ELEANOR
MARTINSAOOTA
is saving her news for the
conference - she is planning on arriving
on
the ~6th and departing on Oct. 2nd. Hopefully,
we will be able to catch up on her recent activities
then.
MARY
WATERS
HOLDEN
writes their
summer plans are
just to keep working on their new home with
time out to cruise on the Bay and the Sacramento Delta.
They are planning on making the
conference and will drive so they can do some
sight seeing along the way.
MARGUERITE
TUFFINBERNHARDT
plans to be at the
conference sooo, we can all look forward to
seeing her and hearing what she has been doing.
GLORIADEVORE
SCHWAGER
says that they had the
most ~autiful
spring ever with millions
of
flowers and flowering trees and that it was
breathtaking.
She and Hank hope to make the
conference but, at present,
things are somewhat complicated.
She really
is anxious to
return to Colorado as said she had wonderful
t:iJlles in that area.
ANNDARR: A notice from Dryad Press announces
the publication
of "Cleared for Landing" - new
'poems by ANNDARR. Ann reports
it is the best
looking book she has had - design and drawings
(5 in ink) by Susan Foster.
On June 2, Ann
joins the American Wind Symphony Ohchestra
Floating Art Barge on the Mississippi
River
from St. Louis to Dubuque, Iowa with stops in
NewAthens, Missouri; Quincy, Ill.;
Keokuk,
Muscatine and Dubuque, Iowa.
She will be doing
poetry workshops, readings,
seminars or whatever each town askc! for in the way of poetry.
Ann has been in touch with MARY
COOPER
COXand
they want to join in the celebration
and fun
at the conference.
KVELYN
TAYLOR
WAHLBORG
li.ttended the Victory meeting of northern Calif. WASPs. She reported
.
that Dottie Davis was the hostess and a ma~l1cent one. Evelyn married Roger Wahlborg soon
after the WASPswere disbanded, and spent the
next 15 years as an officer' 5 wife in the
Strategic
Air Command. After a 20 yr. retirement in 1966, they tried running a food business which they were happy to sell after 6 yrll.
Roger is now a substitute
teacher in Stockton.
Evelyn keeps busy with painting,
volunteer work,
and attended school for awhile.
They have two
daughters and Evelyn says she enjoys being a
grandmother to four..
She plans to attend the
conference.
ISABELLEMCCRAE
HALEhas decided not to retire
this year.
She says everything in the house
is falling
apart and they are also planning on
buying a motor home. They are planning on
going to Australia
in August for the Int'l.
99's
convention --also hopes to see New Zealand,
Tahiti and the Fiji Islands as well.
Isabelle'
s~
husband, son and his girl friend,
fiancee,
or
"
wife-whichever
it will be by that time, are
all planning on the conference.
They are all
active pilots and so will fly their Comanche
to Colorado Springs.
MAGGIE
DEOOLT
CHRISTIAN
wrote too late for the
last Newsletter but will include her news herein
since I did not hear from her on this request.
She said she had attended one reunion in Indio
but missed seeing no one from Flight #1 there.
She and husband, Chris, have two grown married
children.
A son in northern Calif. and a daughter in southern Calif.;
both are through
school and employed. They have two dogs and a

C-210 airplane which they are enjoying a lot.
Chris is building houses and making retirement
noises.
Maggie is teaching ground school and
related
subjects at a local college, also a
little
flight
instruction
on single, multi and
instruments and enjoys it.
She reports their
majors include Commercial Flight (Pilot)
and
Air Traffic Control and attract
a fine bunch
of youngsters.
Also, more girls are showing
up which is a good sign she thinks.
She hoped
our conference would be after school was out.
Let I s 119j)eshe can make Colorado Springsl
VERGIEBRYANT
BUCHELE
wrote at Christmas.
Julian
i8 still
Meyor of Cedarvale, Kansas and has been
for 9 yrs.
He's busy at farming and ranching.
Their girls were to be home for Christmas.
Barbara was now back in the States after teaching for three years in Australia
and now going
to graduate school.
Their oldest girl is married to a lawyer who is also a State Senator
and she teaches emotionally disturbed children
at the State Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Their
second da~ter
is a lawyer and married to a
doctor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Their youngest is married, teaches school and
her husband is in city planning in Kansas City,
Kansas.
After Christmas Vergie and Julian were
taking a cruise in the Caribbean.
MERIEM
ROBYANDERSON
is planning on the conference and hopes to have Ruth Fleisher Shaffer
and Ann Dula Tucker return with her to the
ranch for a visit.
Roby reports her back has
been giving her troubJ.e and the beautiful
winter (she uses that word loosely) kept her busy
driving a truck to feed and other light work.
They now have rural water which means no more
hauling of that.
Husband Harry will probably
join her for the conference.
JUNEBRAUN
BENThas been active this year.
Last
October she and John spent three weeks in Iran
on a Swan Archeological tour.
The young lectJ.rer on the tour had been "digging" in Iran
and could speak the language which was a great
advantage she reported.
The last week in Feb.
and first
in March, ,June and John took their
older daughter, Janet, to Banff for a ski trip.
However, June said she gave up the skiing and
.enjoyed walking and swimmingin the huge indoor pool at the Banff Springs Hotel.
They are
planning a trip to England for a week in June.
John went to school at Cambridge and was Cox
of House (Peterhouse) crew. They are having
their 150th Boat Club Dinner this year and both
are looking forward to seeing old friends.
They are also planning on the Colorado Springs
Conference and also doing same touring of the
west thereaf'ber.
KRIS SWAN
LENTplans to be at. t.he conference.
She
reports keeping busy with the usual household
tasks and caring for a few elderly ones.
A
mother who is f!!7 though still
active and able
to drive a car, and an 86 year old aunt lives
with them. Kris sees her three children in
Philadelphia
frequently
and is hoping to see
#4 in Los Angeles after the conference.
Kris
says Life is great; health is good; and a husband that makes all these things possible.
"SHAF"_ RUTHSHAFER
FLEISHERis looking forward
to the conference.
She was out of town When
my deadline for news reached her so did not give
me a report,
thinking it would be too late to
get it in.
LOIS BRISTOLYOUNGwas located last fall and sent
me a run-down on her life for the last ]0 years
too late for the last newsletter
so here it is.
Following the war Burt Rice (to wham she was
married the day before graduation) went to Veterinary school in Fort Collins, Colo.
On his
graduation in 1955 they moved to Calif.,
first
in San Diego for a year then to Pomona in 1961.
After 18 year s of marriage they were divorced.
During this 18 year period four children were
born, Lolly, Debby, Michael and Dennis.
furt
returned to his hometown in Reno and died in
1966. Lois remained in Pomona and went to work
for the Claremont Graduate School for 6 years.
Whewas married to Herb Young two years following her divorce and quit her job shortly thereafter to stay home with her two boys.
A short
:undown on her children:
Lolly has been teach~ng school for 9 years in the area, she has
four children;
Debby is a research physical
therapi st at the children's
hospital in Los
Angeles, heading a research project for the
~overnment, she has one child;
Mike is working
~n Pomona for General DynQ1llicsand was married
~ Nov. to the daughter of a life-long
friend'
Dennis recently finished his Masters degree at
the Univ. o~ Santa Clara and now works for General Electr~c.
Lois says Herb is a wonderful
happy, loving guy about whamshe can't say
,
enough, and that thanks to him the past years
have been the happiest of her life.
He has
four daughters also living in the area.
She
sa~s she does as little
as possible and enjoys
be~ng a lady of leisure.
She's hoping to attend
our next reunion.
MARGARET
CHAMBERLAIN
TAMPLIN: IIA trip to New
York and vicinity
the last of Mey was aborted
when my stepmother had a heart attack and I
flew to Oklahoma the first
of May to spend
several weeks there.
Amplanning on seeing
you ~l at the conference and hope as many as
poss~ble will be there.
44-4 Secretary:
JEANMcCART
6440 Langdon Ave
Van Nuys, CA91406
As your Class Secretary I was so pleased with the
response to my pleas for newsy letters.
I received so many nice long letters
that space won't
permit them all to be printed in full but I'll
do
my best!
ANNUFER: I had a long telephone conversation
with Ann who has been listed
as "lostll ever
since edactivation.
However, Ann, in her usual
droll way, said she waan't lost,
only that she
didn't realize we were still
an active organizationl
And we are, as the passage of llourll bill
proves!
Right after deactivation
Ann went to
Alaska working for the then, C.A.A. Then she
spent quite a few years in the Middle East teaching American Children, and has been 11ving in
Santa Fe, NewMexico for the last nine years.
Says she's not doing much, just playingl
KAYD'AREZZO
enclosed a picture of SUEDELANO
PARRISH(44-6) in her P-40.

Sue stopped off in
Texas to visit
Kay and show off her restored
plane painted with the Libyan Desert COlIIlpaign
decorations
including the shark's teethl
Kay
and her husband are planning a trip to West Point
for his 40th class reunion and her son is attending Trinity Univ. Seminary in Illinois.
JANEBAESSLER
DOYLE
plans to attend the reunion
which will be her first.
Says she I s working in
Personnel at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids,
Mich. and involved in art projects
at hane.
FOlIIlilyinventory includes one daughter unmarried
and 3 daughters and a son, married.
HAZELSTAMPER
HOHNis her usual whirlwind self,
into all kinds of projects says she had a call
from Fred Bunyan who was her UC78 instructor
in
Romulus, Mich. (mine too).
Fred says he may come
to the reunion.
Hazel got to fly the Spirit
of
St. Louis replica
twice around the Reno traffic
pattern
since she was publicity
director
for the
stopcver there which was sponsored by the local
Experimental Aircraft
Association,
of which she's
Secretary.
She visited
Europe for six weeks,
toured a German Air Force Base, various aviation
museums. In between, she manages to attend college and did a paper on the Political
History of
the WASPfor her poly-sci
class.
Hazel had loads
of other news but we can catch up on it at the
reunion!
MAGGIE
DIFFIN CHURCH
wrote of the passing of Betty
Hayes due to cancer several years ago. Betty
had been on the "lost" list
for years and had
married J.O. Roberts some time ago. Maggie learned of her death through Mr. Roberts.
Maggie
says she's changed her name back to Margaret K.
Dallwig(Diffin),
so it's
now official,
and Roster,
please pick up the correction.
Says son Barry is
doing just fine now as a cOllBllercial helicopter
pilot.
For those of you who may not have heard,
Barry was seriously
burned in an airplane crash
and has lost the use of his legs.
Maggie's
working as a MuseumTechnician and Registrar at
the Seabee Museumat Port Hueneme near Ventura,
Calif.
ALYCESTEVENS
ROHRER'Steaching at Arroyo High
School in Pasadena, Calif. but says she plans to
retire
so she can attend the reunion!
Alyce ~ys
her three grandchildren
were visiting
and wore
her and her husband out, remarking, t1thank
heaven it's
the young people who have the
kids they can stand the pace"l
NORMA
TRUCKS
RUSSELL
writes that she owns and
operates the Lake County Abstract Co. in Baldwin, Michigan, started by her father in 1910
and now her daughter has joined the firm.
Says she has five grandchildren
with two more
due in July and feels ten years younger with
each onel
FLORINEMANCIB
SCAIFEsent me a photo of her
28' cruiser,
FIFINELLAcruising the Balwnas
(I drooled with envy!).
Said she spent a
"la Dolce vita?" winter snorkeling,
fishing,
1ndJmningand sailing with a friend who has a
yawl, the Librium Illl
Wonderful n~
for a
yacht.
Florine's
coming to the reunion and
bringing some needlepoint
kits of "Fifinella"
which will be for sale, and of course OOFgets
a percentage,
so buy!
MILLIE DAVIDSON
DALRYMPLE
says she's glad to help
out on anything for the WASPexcept as Class
Secretary again!
Says she can only cope with
one obsession at a time and that's
tennis now!
COlIIlIlents
the rest of her life is divided between her job with American College Testing
Progr.m and assorted fOlIllily fun.
Her youngest drives race cars and now she remembers
skinned knees with nostalgia!
Her husband is
going to be attending the first
reunion of his
31st Fighter Group in Colorado Springs just
one month before the WASPtake over and hopes
that finances permit TWOtrips.
RUTHSHAFER
FLEISHERsays her t1biggie" this year
is a round-the-world
trip in August and September, and the 99' s Convention in Australia
returning
just in time to do her laundry and
head for Colorado Springs!
Says she, Roby
and Tucker plan to make the reunion for sure.
DORISKLEINOHM
writes from Sacto she hasn't
much to report except a "miserable" trip through the Canal Zone which was interesting
but
the passengers were the "pits"!'
Says she
jumped ship in Curacao and cOlIllehome. Meantime doing volunteer work at the Casa de los
Ninos, a be~fit
lunch progrOlIllfor the Sacramento Children's
Home. Her biggest excitement
now is that her daughter Debbie will make her
a grandmother for the FIRST time, in August.
She's coming to the reunion, rooming with
LOUISEBRAND
HYDE. She also reminded me of a
midnight auto trip we once took through the
Mojave Desert where we got a flat tire out in
the boondocks Ah youthl
FRANSTANDEFER
ACKERsent some great news items
and a picture of herself and Capt. Kathy La
Sauce, one of the ten new WomenAir Force
Pilots.
Fran attended the House Hearings in
DC along with her son, his wife, and her parents.
She flew to Phoenix to visit
her son
Capt. John Acker who's flying F-15's at Luke
AFB. Last January Fran and her husband visited daughter Debbie in Hawaii where Fran did
some snorkeling and scuba diving.
Some Grandmother!
JEANMcCART:"As for myself, two big events this
past year had that usual middle-age disease,
gallstones,
so into the hospital
for removal
of SOlIIle;and had a swimming pool builtin
my
backyard which almost gave me a nervous breakdown. Thanks to all who took the time to write
and see you in Colorado Springslll
JANEDUNBAR
TEDESCHI:Jane volunteered to coordinate the Connecticut effort for militarization
and did a fantastic
job of obtaining publicity
about our "causell
She said she had to survive
instant
celebrity
status when the reporter who
came to her Aeronautics class last March, released the article
in various newspapers as
well as UPI in November. She said that fan
letters
and phone calls cOlIllein fran all over
NewEngland as a result,
and much TV and local
newspaper coverage too, and all of it most
supportive,
many people commenting that they
were surprised to learn of our existence.
(Very few people were even aware that there
were any womenat all flying for the military
prior to the few who have just recently received pilot training).
Jean.
Note: On SUNDAY,
JULY16th, BETTYJANEWIlLIAHS
(44-6) and I, (Jean) are cooking up a minireunion at my home, 6440 Langdon Ave., Van Nuys.
We hope all local WASPscan come by for some
sun, a swim, food, and booze! \'/e'll be contacting you local gals soon, or call BJ or me
for further information.
iness.
He designed lamps which are sold through decorators around the country.
Janet is
thinking about being at the conference in
Colorado in September.
PATRICIAKENWORTHY
NUCKOLS:Pat moved to Vermont permanently August 1977-skiied
all winter!
Sorry she isn't
a rewu.oner although she
did enjoy the one in Sweetwater.
Pat expresses
thanks to the hard workers who carried the load
for all of us and were victorious
in their aim
44-5 Secretary:
LORRAINE
NELSON
BAIN
to have Congress recognize the WASP.
3161 Flowerdale Lane
JEANNEL. McSHEEHY:Becky's big 40th reunion of
Dallas, Texas 75229
her college class is the same weekend. but
'1 be at the WASPIIconferenc6111
' Becky
,
she wil
MAlUEBRAYdoes lots of traveling.
Since Christjust returned May 17 from an interesting
three
mas 1977; drove from Falls Church, Va. to Alweek trip to Mainland China, visited
Peking,
buquerque, NMto help her older daughter, Donna,
Canton, Wuhan, and Shihchiachuang, mostly by
start teaching dance.
Marie's husband works for
train.
Her very delightful
roomate was Helen
the National Assoc. of Sup. of Fed. Govt. as
(Peg) Calhoun of 43-4.
They had met a couple
their lobbyist.
After the annual National Conof times beforehand
but did not discover unvention in Feb., it was on to North Carolinatil the day they started
the trip that they
then Europe.
They visited Frankfurt,
Cadiz,
had both been in the WASP.
.
went by train to Heidelberg, Zurich, Milan,
PEGGY
MOYNIHAN
McCOFFREY:Peg teaches school
Barcelona, Madrid and back to Cadiz-backTheir eldest daughter and family are ser~
tracked to Madrid then to Paris, back to Frankas Christian Missionaries
in Hawaii with YWAM.
furt.and
home. Younger daughter, Bonnie is
No. 2 is married and is a junior high teacher
getting married on June 10th.
From there Marie
in Jefferson County.
No. 3 has spent four
will take Donna and family to Cocoa Beach, Fla.
years in the Air Force.
Then spent a year in
to their condominium. In August it is on to
~taly as governess to an Italian
family.
She
Seattle,
and she hopes to attend the Conference
~s now enrolled at UNC, Greeley working on a
at Colorado Springs in September.
In October,
degree in Library Science.
Ed served a year
they will be in Albany, NY--and so it goes.
in Korea with the Military Police and is now
SELMA
CRONAN
retired
last year as a real estate
at Ft. Hood, TX. Anne graduates from high
broker, this year retired
from retirement
and
school this year with plans to attend USC, Ft.
is back working a short 60 hour week which is
Collins,
in the fall.
The love of Peg's life
part-time
in that business.
Her 32 year old
and mainstay of the zany brood is in Educationbaby son is making his mamavery proud doing a
al Administration
and was invited to serve on
with retarded adults.
Selma doesn't want
a study and curriculum development committee
to miss our Reunion and will see us there!
which spent seven weeks touring and studying
PAULINECUTLER
WHITE: Polly's
husband just reEgypt, the country, people and schools.
Peg
tired May 1st and are presently
scheduled for
was privileged
to accompany him during the
a freighter
trip to Yugoslavia in September and
last three weeks which proved to be one of the
most remarkable experiences of their lives.
will not be in Colorado Sp!'ings.
Their three
Peg teaches 'homebound' students which include
children are grown---Barbara is married and has
two pregnant girls and an epileptic.
All are
one son age two, Jack is to be married in August
progressing beautifully
and Peggy finds it very
and Dick spends his time working at his enginrewarding to work with those young adults.
eering job and sailing his Laser in Annapolis.
Peg will be at the Conference in Colorado
They have a 35' Morgan sloop they sailed to
Springs.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands several years
MARYLYN
MYERS
PEYTON: Mert will be at the Conago, and are thinking of taking it back to the
ference, in fact she is helping to prepare it.
Bahamas this winter.
Polly has a guest room
Mert's husband is retired
and they live in
always in readiness and would love to have
Loveland, Colo.
They have a motor home and go
WASPsstop in to see them (might even take
traveling
around the country.
Will leave for
them sailing).
They live just south of BaltiMichigan for a few weeks the first
of June.
more on the direct route to Washington.
Cathy Marie, Mert's daughter, lives in Florida
JANETHARGRAVE:
After getting her WASPwings,
and is studying law.
Cathy has a daughter,
Janet was stationed in Alabama and Texas.
Kim--so Mert is a grandm-.. It was so good
After we were disbanded she and Jenny Gower
hearing from Marylyn as we had lost contact
ran a flying school and service in Nashville
with her for many years.
and was the aviation editor for the Nashville
MARY
NESHITHEARN: Mary will be at the reunion,
Banner and a free lance writer.
Then back to
too.
The Hearns are retired
and love living
California
as a social worker and from there
in Florida.
Mary started
swimming in April
plunged into arts and crafts-clock
that she
and now swims 3/4 a mile a day!
sold on the street
corners, at fairs,
and shows
IRENERAVEN
ROBERTSON:
Irene says she will be
up and down the state,
plus Arizona and Hawaii.
at the conference in September.
Irene is just
Both of Janet's
parents died last year and she
finishing
a
six
year
term
as
Chairman
of the
took over the management of her father's
bus-
J2E
County board and a two year term as chairperson for the WyomingLibrary Trustee Association.
Her husband, Marlo, is on the Wyoming
Aeronautics Commission. In June they plan to
take in the U.S. Open Golf Tournament in
Denver.
CAROLINE
SHUNN: Betty and Shutsy will be at the
Reunion.
Betty's Bill had heart by-passes last
October, and is doing pretty good. They have
a new granddaughter on May 15th.
Betty says
that is what puts the years on-not
the fat
and wrinkles.
DOROTHY
BEARD
BURNS: Dot is retiring
after 20
years in the real estate business.
After
July 1, they will be in their new home at
18210 Willowbrook Drive, Sun City, Arizona.
Then, she will have time for golf, bowling and
bridge.
Daughter Mary Jane Hogan lives in
Pocatello with two boys and a doctor for a husband. Mary Jane just got her PhD in Political
Science.
Son, Bob, will get his PhD in educational psychology in June.
Cathy, the youngest,
is a horse trainer.
Dot plans to be in Colorado
Springs for our reunion.
HARRIETTRAINBLAKE: Choo leaves next week for
France.
She has a small house on the Mediterranean where she spends the summer. However, if
she is in the USAin September she will be .-t
the reunion.
Choo does some successful
freelancing.
In the summer she is going on a cruise
around the Greek Islands and up the Dalmatian
Coast to escape the great unwashed hordes that
descend on the Riviera in August.
LORRAINE
NELSON
BAINwill be at the Reunion.
We
want to thank everyone who worked at getting
our Bill passed by Congress and getting President Carter to sign it.
Also thanks are extended to all who worked and are working to
keep us informed about the WASPactivities
and
who are keeping track of our addresses and finding our lost members.
44-6 Secretary:
BEVERLY
BEES1'11YER
Rte. 3, Box 109
Grove, Okla. 74344
I'm sorry to report we have lost a classmate Mary (Shaw) Peterson departed this earth on Feb.
24, 1978 of cancer at Luke AFB Hospital.
She and
Clair A. Peterson had planned to see everyone at
the conference at Colorado Springs.
Clair says
she may still
try to make it.
MARY
REINEBERY
McDAIlGH:Still
nor married, but
soon, so address and name still
the same. Even
thinldng of honeymooning in Colorado Springs
and catching the conference too.
They both
lived in Denver years ago.
Talked to Retick
and they cooked up a nite shirt saga for those
who had forgotten Mary and her nite shirt.
A
replay will take place, so remember to come.
She also wants to express appreciation
to all
those "comrades of the cock-pit" who directedramrodded and gave their all to make us veterans; and a big thanks to Franlde Lovvorn
Bretherick.
This thanks I know comes from all
of us.
FRANKIELOVVORN
BRr..'THERICK:
Just returned from
Vero Beach and another get-together
with 44-6
Barracks K, - Eve McNulty Perrin, Mary Miller
Sanders, Joan Hichael Lemley, and Frankie, who
was playing Hother to a baby dove that was 2
weeks old.
Bet it won't let her give up.
Sounds like Florida would be a great spot for
the next reunion.
44-6 should really make a
showing as so many live down there now. Says
she runs a little
faster each year as there is
always tomorrow.
The garden club is building
a nature t:t"ail at the Boys Club and Frankie
volunteered for the committee to oversee the
project and a fulltime
job.
Ed note:
Hey,
Frankie?
Will you keep track of my shoes
again at the Convention?
Even though my husband is coming, he can't hang on to them for
me either.
uRed".
BARRY
VINCE1JT
SMITH: A few trl.ps to Florida to
visit
her Mother who is 83 and her two brothers
who were both pilots
during WWII. Also, her
husband won a trip to Arizona and they are
planning to take another 7 day horseback pack
trip in July to Grand Teton National Park with
some of her children.
Been squeezing in a
couple of flea markets the last year with Madge
Winton, 43-4.
She is looking forward to seeing
a big 44-6 turnout and will have lots to relate
at the conference.
BARBARA
HARTKENNEDY:Will be at conference and
says Doris Ohm, 44-4, is opening her own framing shop and does a great job.
So anything to
get special attention
if framing department,
call Doris.
SUEBOOTH
WARDLE:Shirley Chase Egler and friend,
Larry, visited
Sue in January in San FranciscoThe Town of Fun- and they had much fun and sight
seeing.
Took in San Francisco Bay, San Juan
Batista,
and on down to Monterey Peninsula.
It poured rain the whole time but didn't
stop
them one bit.
They were cruising along Highway 1/1 at edge of ocean along Honterey and
Carmel and jost got past Spy Glass Golf Course
and the road closed due to wash out from the
heavy rains,
and boy, did it rainl
Sue and
Ken flew to Los Angeles and visited Vic Hansen
in April.
Took a flight
to Avalon, Catalina
and called and saw Kay Ander son. Got over in
time to see her art work strewn all over, before she had time to put it away. They were
glad because they really got a chance to see it
all - a great exhibit.
Ken is recovering from
open heart surgery (one year now) and feels
like a new person.
Hope he joins Sue to Colo.
Springs.
Says Mary Hansen is coming also.
They are leaving May 12th for a week in CanadaVancouver to Banff and return.
Won't be a spot
left for Sue and Ken to visit
before long always on the go. Keep it up - sounds greatl
MARIEPEDERSEN:The grass is green, the dandelions are growing, so out with the weeder and
mower. Two state conventions hosted by Waterloo members in April and May - busy, busy.
So
really counting the days when school is over
and will see you all in Colorado.
She said to
count on Gen North Hahlbacker who also plans
to attend.
Let's all get out and have a mini44-6 reunion.
PENNY PENCE KNIGHT: Traveled from June to Nov.

with 3 members of the family; Cape Cod, Catham,
Mass., Alexomdria, Va., Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and almost stopped for a visit in Grove,
Okla. Wish she had! She finally arrived home
Oct. 15th. Had practically packed house up with
only neighbors' help to watch and care for it,
but luckily a policeman wanted to stay in it for
3 weeks; and then, at that time, the neighbor's
mother would take over til Penny returned. The
gardener quit at the last minute, thus leaving
the yard work to the policeman. Well, he cut
once, the neighbor's son cut once, and when
Penny returned, she had to practically use a
machete to get to the front door, jungle style,
and the back was really a jungle. So, with
best laid plans going awry, they returned to an
Enchanted Land, with house hidden somewhere.
Working diligently and about to see her way
clear, her husband was put into the hospital
with dizzy spells, for many tests. Thinking he
had a brain tumor, they left Nov. 14th for Albuquerque for more tests. Results: calcification
of cerebral artery and non-operable.
With medication and exercise, they are enjoying a good
life. If you, who received Penny's Christmas
letter, wondered what happened, too.much and
too little time. Lots of Christmas celebrating
with 10 others; a co-op dinner, thence New Years,
Valentine's Day, Easter, and maybe a moment to
write the letter and keeping up with 150 people
from allover the world. Thus, between holidays,
Penny is doing 80 hours volunteer work and making 12 dip and drape clowns for Service League
Crystal Ball on 8th of April. With all of this
activity, Penny definitely plans on seeing you
all in Colorado, hopefully, with husband, but
that depends on his health.
ELINORE FAIRCHILD STEBBINS: With a sports line of
goodies and a special cater to the horse set,
a great and elegant catalogue, Elinore says she
is kept busy and has had trips three times recently to Vienna, Va. and also to a side-saddle
clinic in Vuddleburg and stayed with her Georgetown studen-son, living in Arlington; then back
to Point-to"'Point in Maryland and visiting dealers in Virginia. Only WASPs she has seen recently was Edith Cragin Daley, 44-6, who looks
just the same. Embarrassment about a mis-quote
by a Hartford Newspaper saying she new B-29's.
Don't feel bad, Elinore, they misquoted in
Tulsa Papaer as to the base I was stationed and
listed me as first pilot in B-26 instead of copilot, so it can happen. Hope you can find time
to make Colorado Conference. We all would love
to see you and hear about your fabulous line of
wear.
BErTE PHILLIPS HENNE: Visited La Jolla, CA where
she lived prior to Sweetwater. Lots of changes
since 1949. The old home is now a parking lot.
Got over to Catalina Island and had a swell time.
Visited with Kay Portzline Anderson. Took a
ferry over and returned by helicopter. Worried
all the way back about one of those darn rotors
failing and a plop into that big drink of w-~ter.
She plans to be at Colorado Conference even if
it takes two mortgages on her house to do it.
LESLEY WILLIAMS: Husband retired AF 30th of Sept.
'76 and he is now teaching ROTC in High School.

End of school and they plan to stow everything
and do some traveling, follow the golf tournaments etc. so the permanent address for any corr~sp?ndence is her #2 daughter, c/o Marleen
Williams, 926 5th Ave. N., Jacksonville Beach
Fla. 32250 .If their schedule will permit, th~y
?lan to be III Colorado Springs. Lesley is pack~ng by floors, starting in the basement where
35 years of rat packing has been put away for
future use, now ~o pack. Will work her way up
floor by floor til done. Florida is tempting
them for their next home area so you Floridians
keep an eagle eye out for Lesley.
EVE McNULTY PERIUN: Enjoyed visiting Vero Beach
Fla. and a mini 44-6 clambake with Marilyn MUier
Sander, Joan Seeley, Frankie Bretherick and in
spare time playing lots of golf and tennis.
Harry and Eve are going to Greece in Oct.; then.
on to the Black Sea and thus will not be able to
make the next conference.
Says that now we have
reached Vet status. she hears from no one.
JUSTINE FLETCHER WOOD: This has been a traveling
year, Australia and New Zealand, Virginia Island.
At this point they and another couple rented a
42' sailboat and had a great time. Justine is
planning the next trip to Colorado Springs so
we can get details first hand. She has extended
an invitation for 44-6 who want to visit a little
longer to come to Aspen, which is just three to
four hours away from the conference.
MARY RETlCK WELlS: Sent her reservation in for the
conference with a request to try and put 44-6
all on the same floor so we can knock on doors
and visit easily. Mention it when you send
your reservation in. Mary said it would have
been lots of fun to all attend a football game.
What a cheering section the WASPs and now Vets
could have made for dear old Air Force Academy.
Rahl Rahl Also, Mary's uniform is complete except for a beret. Anyone have one to lend?
Mary has a great idea for locating some lost
WASPs. Use the local newspaper action line;
she tried it and used her maiden name while
trying to get any information on Winifred Beasley. Got no response from or about Winifred,
but a gal who went to school with Mary called,
another who knew the Offun Twins and lived in
El Paso, plus Nancy Johnson, who moved from
Calif. and wants to be part of a get together
whenever. Still no Winnie Beasley in Espanole,
NM. Does anyone remember her? The newspaper
bit sure did bring results though from a student
she taught to ny, to a woman she had taught in
the third grade in 1947, so you see what trouble
one gets into. Mary and Jimmy plan a two week
sailing trip ccme May 21, in the Bahamas. Just
the two of them and a 30' craft; now that sounds
romantic. They plan to return in time to make
the Colorado Springs bash and sure hopes the
Squirt Squadron, Jerry Tribble, Doc Reineberg,
and Ann Warren make it.
BEVERLY BEESEMYER:
"Well lim out on the deck with
typewriter, which overlooks this beautiful lake
getting together this news and having a hard
time concentrating for boaters and skiers. We
have really had a cool Spring, so cool I've
practically had to sing "0ff we go into the wild
blue yonder II to get the lettuce,

beans and tomatoes, to even peek their little
heads above
ground.
Lettuce is coming out of my ears now
so summer is here, and even though the garden is
slow the grass is reaching a record breaking
ye.:r and mow, mow, mow. Finally got a riding
mower and it's
like learning to fly a Stearman
in a Texas cross wind, so have a few nicks in
the trees,
battle
scars, like notches on a gun
handle.
Spent Jan. and first
half of Feb. in
Calif.,
visiting
my 84 year old parents,
and
got rained out everywhere Palm Springs, Morango Valley, Desert Hot Springs.
Each trip the
same story, rain,
so finally
gave up and took a
short trip to Vegas where the total yearly rain
is )I'; but, would you believe,
we made an instrument landing and yepl rain, and more rainl
Well, it's
time to think of a new class secretary for 44-0 anti a new and different
twist to
the news. I've enjoyed doing the newsletter
and
with all the good response from everyone it has
made my job easier and want to thank you all.
I have one volunteer,
SUe Wardle.
We can get
together on this in Colorado, and speaking of
Colorado, Mary Chappell, who is working on reservations
for the conference,
says it appears
to be coming along great and should be a dandy.
However, 44-6 isn't
sending in reservations
yet,
and we want to make our class the biggest class
group this year, so sit down and count pennies
and sign in.
See you all.
44-7
Secretary:
ELEANOR
M. GUNDERSON
859 N. June #301
Los Angeles, CA 90038
BEEFALKHAYDU:Our Prez Bee has had sadness

in her family---with
the death of her mother
-peacef'ul.ly
in her sleep Feb. 1.
IIShe was
a wonderful mother who always backed my ventures wholeheartedly
and was never discouraging.
I'll
miss her tremendously.1I
Those of
us who shared Bay A-3 with Bee remember Della
Falk and extend our sympathies to Bee. There's
good news in Bee's life--daughter
Diana's
wedding to Jeff Potter scheduled for September 2. Bee's activities
regarding WASPscan
be noted elsewhere in this account.
MILDRED
ECKERT
CARDER
advises the reason she
hasn't been able to attend any of our conventions is that they always oc:cur at the wrong
time for lIan old school teacherl11 Teaching
became her profession
when her husband retired from the Airforce to 'farm' Mildred
says she teaches so that he can afford to
farml
Both sons are married and away from
home--one is a captain in the Army stationed
in Germany; the other, a Marine captain lives
in Georgia.
Mildred attended a workshop for
teachers to further
the profession
sponsored
by the Tennessee Bureau of Aeronautics.
They
flew with the CAPand Reserves to Wright Patterson AFBto tour the installation
and AirForce Museum. She reports the WASPexhibit
is fine and contains a picture of 44-7 taken
around the 'wishing well' before graduation
and now considers herself to be a IImuseum
piecell (Aren't we alll)

Mildred also appeared on local TV to tell of the WASPcause ,
llfun--otherwise
life is daily-but
GOOD.II
BETl'YROTHCROSS
IINot much to tell.
Have
spent a good part of the time in the hospital
off and on. My husband, Guy, says I Im like the
Bionic Woman'cept they remove parts and never
replace any. I still
navigate ok. Every time
I go in for surgery, though, the nurses always
say, 'Didn't think there were any more places
they could cut on you.'
I tell
'em, as long
as there's
a piece of skin left,
they'll
find
something to take out.
Do wish they'd replace
some of the parts they've removed with some
spares occasionally,
otherwise I'm going to be
like the proverbial
straw man. Nothing solid
to hold me together.
Want to thank the Mem.bership for the flowers and card on this last
removal party.
Still
have my hand and have
it working, though can't figure out just how
they managed it.
The fingers work pretty good
but sure glad I'm left-handed
as the rest of
the appendage is a bust as far as using it.
My everlovin'
husband may come to Colorado
Springs with me (I'm gonna hogtie him and make
him come). We lived in Casper, Wyomingfor a
few years when I taught flying there and he
was in Construction building dams so we have
lots of friends in the Wyoming-Colorado-Montana area we'd like to visit,
plus some nieces
and nephews in and around Canon City.
Recon'
that's
it,
'cept I got back back to bowling
in time for our team to roll off for League
Champions. We didn't make first
but did get
second, so felt pretty good about that.
Ohl
Yesl Had a new grandson arrive on June 1.
Hit my deadline for news. Our daughter's
first
child and possibly a new astronaut
for
the future.
Nameis Christopher Michael &
mustered in at 8'20z. at 6:30p.m. just in
time for the night flight.
We also have 2
granddaughters.
Our son Don is still
overseas with the Air Force in Germany but due
back in the States in Dec. or Jan. Youngest
boy just went back to England for another tour
of duty in England, this time at another R.A.F.
base the Air Force sent him to.
Both of our
sons are married to English girls and they're
lovely people.
Hope to see everyone at the
Antlers in Septemberll
IlRedll Roth Cross.
BETTYPETTITTNICHOLAS
says there's
nothing interesting
in her life to report In November
1977 she was promoted to Sepcial Projects
Coordinator at her company. Next February she
looks forward to retiring
and spending the
following summer lying the 150 around the
country.
(Sounds pretty interesting
to me&)
SYLVIAMILLERREICHis still
in the real estate
business at Mt. Snow, Vermont. She and her
daughter Jesse own a ~
shopping complex
where Jesse has a lovely store called liThe
Cheese and Wine Peddler.1I
They do mail order
business on the Vermont cheese and maple syrup
and other Vermont products.
(At this writing,
she just got one new custamer&)-how
about
bringing some of that Maple Syrup to C.S.&)
Mother and daughter have been doing same volun-
teer work with the Senior Citizens who come on

running "Legsll should really be in shape by
tours to beautiful
Vermont-taking
them to the
Colorado Springs Time Janie says her hope
race track--entertaining
them in many ways--for the future is to be a full fledged printer
having great fun.
with her own off-set
press and to be able to
GEORGIE
WHITE: I receive tempting brochures from
run around Green Lake I
Georgie telling
of the great Canyon and river
lOLA CLAYMAGRUDER
Iola lost her her husband
trips by IlGeorgie's Royal River Rats.1I Georgie
in February.
She is still
teaching school in
pioneered groups through the Grand Canyon and
Hontgomery County" Haryland and will soon move
personally
guides all trips.
She has concession
into the new house she is building in the couissued by the Department of the Interior,
South
ntry.
lola's
two daughters are also school
Rim of the Grand Canyon. Included in the broteachers.
chures were all sorts of exciting activities-VELTAHANh'Y
BENNis now chief pilot at PG airport
river trips in big boats and little
boats----D.C. area.
She still
flies her Cessna 310
camping trips---parties---etc,
etc.
Sounds greatl
and may bring it to Colorado Springs filled
MARGARET
PARISHGARLAND
Well, the old Wing
with beautiful
daughters.
It should soon be
Commanderis still
at it!
Since April, Peg has
time for a 30,000 hour party, Veltal
chaired the powerful state Environmental Board
NONA
HOLTPICKERING
has ranked as class villain
and is the chief liaison
post between Republican
by becoming an auditor for Internal
Revenuel
Gov. Richard Snelling
(Vermont) and the legisHaybe she can straighten
IRS outl
On M~y 19,
lature.
Peg is the only member who has been on
she and several WASPsattended the Aero Club's
the board since it was formed in 1970. She lists
first
annual tribute
to the Pioneers of Aviaher profession
as IIcitizen-activist,
II being a
tion in Marina del Rey. It was a salute to
state president
of the League of WomenVoters
Jackie Cochran-Jackie
was there with a lot of
and chairman of the Vermont Natural Resources
well-known pilots Nona and group enjoyed.
Council.
She also has been an engineering asst.
In June, Nona plans to return to Minneapolis
in research for United Aircraft,
a studio direcfor her high school reunion and then, of course,
tor for R&cording for the Blind and the mother
join us in Colorado Springs for ours.
of two sons, now grown.
..
MURIELRATHREYNOLDS
agrees IIFii'ty is Nifty."
BEEJAYOVERMAN
BROWN
writes IIRon's U~ted AirLile's
greatl
Muriel is teaching Jr. High colines job has put us several spots on the ~.S.
ed 5 periods a day, square dancing,/folk/social
map San Francisco,
Chicago, Denver, Washingwhen music is right,
T'ai Chi classes and swimton, D.C. Our move from Chevy Chase, Md. subming at Calistoga hot springs spa.
Still
has
urbia was made about eight years ago, to our
tin~ for movies and sight-seeing.
She got a
camp-home on Gilman Pond in cent::al Maine.. Wildbrand new private pilot's
license and a brand
nerness trips,
whitewater canoe~ng, kayaking,
new grandchi~d.
Muriel says that son and
flights
into the northern lakes, photography and
daughter-in-law
made becoming a grandmother
the pure enjoyment of living in the North Counthe nicest event since veteran status.
try has been very special for us.
Ron commutes
to Chicago for his Honolulu f1ights~
One so~ is
the recording engineer with the Mar~ne Band ~
44-8 Secretary:
ANNEHARIEDAILEYMARSHALL
Washington.
Our married daughter is an R.N.
2225 E. Whitton
and has Grandparent-ed us.
Another son keeps
Phoenix, AZ 85016
us young is happily engrossed with volunteer
602-956-9574
work with the Governor's Critical
Area Advisorary Board, the Conserntion
COIIDlIi.ssion
and as a
MARY
JANEEHRMAN
sent an announcement from Calif.
Regional Planning Commissioner.
Grass roots .
that she was having an exhibit of her art work
work for three yec.rs as Chairman of the Pl~
this spring.
Nowthat her children are in colBoard was tiJne well spent.
Natural Resources
lege and some leaving the nest, it gives her more
Council and Audubon Society doings are always
tiJne to devote to her talent.
Tell us more about
on our agenda. We hope to get up to the Gaspe
your art media at the Convention, H.J. because
Penisular on the Gulf of the St. Lawrence this
we're counting on seeing all of girls,
especially
swmner for a Geo-ecology session with the state
from the Western States.
Paleontologist.
I also plan a solo canoe trip
JOANGOUGH
FROSTand SCOTTYBRADLEY
GOUGH
wrote
on a portion of the Allagash Wilderness Waterthey're
heading West in July for a five week
way in early September during the fd 1 foliage
camping trip.
Joan sent a snapshot of her
se.son.
Would there were more hours in the
IIbroodll, and they're
a handsome group of teendays to do all the things we are interested
inl
agers.
Amlooking forward to meeting them when
See you in Colorado Springs l
they swing through Phoenix in July.
JANEHARRISCUNNINGHAM--a
phone call Janie has
TOTFISHERWISEand Warren write that they're
still
had a double share of sadness--the
death of her
easing out of their real estate business~ having
mother last August and her sister
in April
turned over much of the work to their son and
Also happy events--all
children educated ~d
nephew. And, as the IIretirell from Real Estate,
out contributing
to the world.
For her ~nd
I'm starting
to work parttime in that same field.
and character,
Jane is in her sixth quarter in
Just as many of the rest of you have discovered,
school learning the printing
and graphics trade.
not working can sometimes get dull, dull, dull.
For her body, Jane has received her 100 mile
So I thought I I d try my hand in something new
T-shirt from the YMCA
and is jogging along to(for me).
wards her second 100 mile shirt.
With all this
Howmany of us will beat

Colorado Springs?
Clarence and I are planning to drive up and stop off
at places of interest
along the way. There are
few of you who haven't attended a single reunion, so please make an effort this time.
We
do so want to see all of you. Incidently
if any
of you would like to be Class Secretary,
~lease
let me know. 1'd be happy to have saneon~ else
take over the helm. I have enjoyed it
but it's
time for saneone else to take over.
ANNEDAILEY
MARSHALL.
~9
Secretary:
BETTYS. TURNER
6161 Le Sourdsville
W. Chester Road
Hamilton, Ohio 450ll
MICKEY(McLERNON)
BBDolN
has h~d a busy year climaxed with the marriage of her eldest daughter
Ellie to Matthew Moreau. The occasion brought
together her (Mickey-s') sisters,
brothers,
mother and all her other children,
on Dec.
23rd, and all had a grand Christmas together,
especially
since her eldest brother passed
away just three months later.
The bride and
groom reside in Austin where he attends UTe
Ann, the youngest, is also in Austin where she
is a Chem. Eng'g. student at UT. Robert is
about to complete his studie s at U. of CaliJ:.
Santa Barbara and is awaiting word on his acceptance in medical school sanewhere.
George
remains at Oklahoma State in horticulture
and
will finish in mid-winter.
Vacation for Mickey and Bob consi sted of an overnight campout
on the beach at pt. Aransas last year, but
they made it up when Bob had an Amer. Educ.
Research meeting in Toronto, Ont., and Mickey
went along for a beautiful
week in the interesting city.
On the flight
she said her pulse
quickened and the long su1:mersed desire to
take wing surfaced.
We all, I am sure, know
that wonderful feeling each time we fly anywhere.
She says if anyone else is flying up
to Colorado Springs from San Antonio to please
give her a buzz, as it would be fun to go as
a group.
CATHERINE
(PARKER
CHATHAM
was married May 6, '78,
to Roland Chatham at St. Andrews Episcopal
Church, Bryan, Texas.
She is looking forward
to bringing her bridegroan to Colorado Springs
in Sept.
Her address now is:
P.O. Box 201,
Bryan, Texas 77801.
Phone: 713-846-6920.
FiNNY(PIERCE) GARRETT
is a very busy lady these
days working on the 1978 WASPConference in
Colorado Springs.
We all appreciate
all that
Penny and the other ladies,
the Acadell\Y,and
everyone else involved, are doing for us to
make this Conference a great one. W-9 let's
all give our clasamate Penny all the help we
can in every way.
MAGGIE
GEEwhile in Washington, D.C., attending
a meeting of Physicists,
had dinner one evening with Elaine Harmon, Ruth McClung and Dean
Ferguson, and had a very talkative
evening.
Maggie continues to work as a Physicist
and
is involved in local politics,
serving on two
ccmnissions, Energy Conservation and Under-
ground Public Utilities.

She will get to
Europe again this summer and is looking forward to seeing everyone in Colorado Springs
ANNGLESZERsaid a wonderful consequence of the
getting together of everyone working to get
the passage of the Veterans'
Status Bill, was
the fact that the group of WASPsliving in
Connecticut were drawn together by this cemmon cause, and have renewed friendshipa.
Jane
(Dunbar) Tedeschi 4li-4 was the "~kll
for
this get-together.
Anita (Broken) Matthew
and Ann were there and happy to see each other
again.
Ann and husband Ken, had a wonderful
summer of 1977 in Switzerland,
Italy and Germany. They were able to see the great "Fete
des Vigneronsll, (Festival
of the Vineyards)
in Vevey, Switzerland.
Ann says this magnificent festival
is given only once in 25 yrs.
and is the most beautiful
thing ever done
anywhere. It took the people of Switzerland
5 years to complete.
Ann still
teaches French
and now Spanish too after a struggle through
a couple of summers of s1.Ulllner
school and evening courses.
Ann hopes to see everyone at
Colorado Springs in Sept.
MARGARET
(CHAMBERLAIN)
SMITH, (Trainee),
got her
Masters' Degree last summer.
RUTH(GROVES
McCLUNG
sendallher new address: 1600
South Eads #622N, Arlington,
Va. 22202
ELAINEHARMON
has been very busy with the fight
for Veterans recognition
and for the first
year
has skipped her letter
to keep in touch with
her "Flight III classmates,
but had sane news
to send on anyway: Norma )Boston) Douglas has
given up instructing
and has a new job with a
well drilling
company as secretary,
flight
instructor,
charter pilot combination.
Her
bought a Cessna 172 and she taught him to fly
and is now working on his instrument rating.
HELFlI(CASEY)CANNON
was elected president
of the
school board for a two year term.
A new Jr.
High School was ruuned after her.
The aci100J.
cost $4,000,000.
It is so well insulated
that
99% of the heat is provided by the lighting
system and body generated heat.
It's
located
on 20 acres.
Her daughter Alice and husband
have moved into a new house which they built
themselves.
Her IilonRobin has completed two
years of medical school.
Between his first
and second year, he spent a year in Sierra
Leone, West Africa, working in clinics
and
concentrating
on Lassa Fever research.
BEl'TY(MARTIN)RIDDLEwas in Oklahome for Christmas visiting
her mother who is very ill,
also
visited
her grandmother "who is 93 and as perky as can be - lives alone and is lots of fun."
Betty and Howard went on to Hollywood" Fla.,
to visit
son Steve and his family.
Easter time
they took their first
family type fishing vacation.
Rented a cabin on White River in Northern Arkansas near Mountain Home. Dan and Howard finally
caught enough for one meal.
Betty
took her paints and finished a painting while
there. She and a couple of friends
spent one
day each week last winter painting all day.
Had fun as well as turning out a few paintings.
She has 7 paintings
in an Art Show at a local
shopping Center, and a couple at other permanent shows, also sold a Covered Bridge painting recently.
While in Arkansas they bought a
lot and hope to build on it (planning on retirement).
They would like to be where it's
not so cold and it isn't too far from where
their families are in Kansas and Okla.
Betty
isn't
too sure about getting to the Colorado
Conference as it follows awfully close on the
heels of the NEAA
Meeting St. Louis that she
will attend with Howard. She wants to go to
Colorado very much and will have to see what
develops.
LILLIANG. WRAY
returning from a visit
in Texas
and taking her two sisterlil- and a brother-inlaw to Richmond, Va. for a short visit,
found
the news request card waiting for her says,
"she hopes to see us all in Colorado in Sept.1I
GLORIAWOODY
(trainee)
was elected Calif.
delegate to the Nat' 1. Women's Conference in Houston in Nov. 1977. She may go to Washington,
D.C. re the ERAJune 6th and will probably
stay thru June.
Can be reached at her mother's
address in S.F. 773 28th Ave., San Francisco,
CA 94121 (415) 426-0928.
She mayor may not go
to Colorado.
Has been very busy between 1970
and 1976 as an activist
in the Women's Movement.
BETTYTURNER: III was sorry to have missed the
last two reunions very much, but shall definitely be going to the Colorado Springs Conference.
GAYLE
SNELLcalled and said she and PAMCARRand
PHYLISS(McCARTHY)
BAHLplan to attend.
It was
good to hear from Gayle again and shall enjoy
seeing everyone.
ESTHER(STAHR)CUDDINGTON
also
called and we chatted for nearly an hour catching
up on all the news of the past years.
She and
her husband plan to be in Colorado too.
Esther
has been busy with Art shows of her paintings,
and attended a reunion in Eagle Pass, Texas
given by their ex CO. I will be moving back to
Columbus, Ohio sometime in July or Aug. as soon
as "we sell our house in Hamilton and find one
in Columbus.1I I am going to hate leaving the
beautiful
countryside of Hamilton, but hope to
get down often to see the children and grandchildren.
Will have new address to you all as
soon as I get located.
Want to thank all who
sent in their letters.
44-10 Secretary:
CHARLYNE
CRmER
3048 Sandra Drive
Shreveport, La. 7lJJ.9
ANNATXEISON:Reports she is retired

by RE-tired
to being able to help be all things to dear
aging relatives
and wondering how she ever had
time to work. IIMom"took the big bird this
month to visit her daughter, Dixie, in Virginia.
Rooney will see us in Colorado.
PAMCARR: Good to hear from you gall
She has
been recovering from a catastrophic
illness
the
past 8 years and says that to cane up from the
bottom of the barrel everything looks pretty
good. She stays busy making gold and silver
jewelry & ceramics.
EXLLYCHAPIN: Except for a glorious week in Antigua in mid-March .&n:i.lyand Gertie spent the
winter catching up on yardwork and getting a
garden going for the woodchucks to snack on--if they were sharp enough to maneuver an improved fence.
They will drive the motor home
to Colorado.
CHARLYNE
CREGER: First,
our sympathies to Bee
Haydu for the loss of her mother.
For me it
has been a series of tragedies;
the greatest
being the loss of my 86 yr. old mother in April.
She was born in Indian Territory
(Oklahoma) in
a IIha.li'-dugout", lived a life of constant challenge, and was among the last of a proud breed.
A.flood last month caught my sister
in her night
gown being re scued through a window in her apartment. It is some sight to see a piano standing
_
in sewer jewels and know the threat of bayou
snakes.
I couldn't reach her until morning, but
was able to salvage old photographs and'most
things of importance. Jane Thomas Campbell,
43-5, introduced herself
by mail at Christmastime & said she would be in NewOrleans for
King Tut.
Friends & I flew down but missed
connections.
Was asked to participate
in WASP
uniform for Barksdale AFB45th Anniversary in
April.
MARGARET
EGER(T.lliME): Her interest
in horseback
riding led to volunteering
a few hours a week
to help in the Heartland School of Riding for
handicapped children & adults in Kansas.
The
instructor
is Gail Brown, none other than the
god-child of Jewel Estes, 44-101
JEWELESTES is on the mend from a very severe case
of pneumonia. The Dallas gals keep her newsworthy.
B.J. Buehner got an instrument tour in
the cockpit of a 8-47.
Marie Genero visited
with homemadenutrition
candy.
Jewel is so
appropriately
named-no wonder we keep in touch.
BETTYFULBRIGHT
(WHITE): She is practicing
the
William Tell Overture of the motorcycle rally
(rumpte-dump, rumpte-dump).
She and Omar are
hosting a 4 State rally in Sept. this year.
Most of their year is filled
with motorcycle
activities
&/or hunting.
I finally
got by
Clarksville
after 34 years of trying.
It was
great to flap lips for a few hours.
VIRGINIAHASH: CORREX:
TION111 Virginia did not
have a coronary bypass.
She had an aortafemoral bypass which was completely successful.
She is back to full time work and flying.
She
flew to the Lawyer Pilots Bar Assoc. meeting
in St. Petersburg,
Fla.,
but there was no time
to stop in Shreveport.
While at the meeting
she met Jim Tilford who has such a love affair
with the WASPthat Fifi is tattooed on his
left shoulder.
Last summer Virginia became
shairman of the City of Phoenix Municipal
Aeronautics Advisory Board and has been busy
with that.
Another one for Colorado.
THEIMA
HENCH(MILLER): Nice vacation to New
Hampshire in early May, then a jet trip to
Minnesota to see two grandsons.
She's still
going strong in Life Insurance.
Time off for
Colorado.
KATHLEEN
A. HILBRANDT:May 24, 1978, she celebrates 30 years of service with Bendix Corp.
at Teterboro, N.J.
She could retire
with a
pension but plans to work for a few more years:
IItoo young to retirell
This past May she
motored from N.J. to Key West, Fla.,
and back
in her new 1978 Mercury Bobcat, purring like

a kitten all the way. Bee was in N.J. at that
time so a visit was missed.
She was sorry to
miss the Eagle Pass Reunion, but hopes to make
the one in '79.
Shelll be in Colorado.
NATALIEJONES(VINSON): Retired 2~ years ago
from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
Since
then has been travelling
and generally doing
as she pleases.
At present is going to school
and up to French 4.
She ruu1ts of more details
in Colo.
BARYJ. LIND (SELLERS): Jenny became a member
of the Combat Pilots's
Assn. of America when
they opened their membership to WASPs. She
says the closest to combat was flying the AT6.
Well, at times, it did get combative-especially on a check ridel
Wowlif tenants were
not occupying their Spring house most of W-IO
could sack out on the floor and make up for
34 years--what
a conference that would bel
She is Colo. bound.
El'HELLYTCH(MILLER)and husbo:nd Marv are still
enjoying the good retired
life in Santa Maria,
CA., playing a lot of golf, a little
fishing,
and son,e trs.velling.
Thel is now working 2
days a week at a local dress shop and really
likes it.
Her children are fine and a fourth
grandchild is expected in Oct. Another llyesll
for Colo.
MARTY
MARTIN(WYALL): The Ohio WASPsent out
invitations
to all neighboring States for a
Fifi get-together.
II came for dinner &
breakfast
at the Holiday Inn in Canton, April
22-23. Marty & Betty Nicholas flew to NYCin
her Cessna 150. Marty' s son Wil.S nervous about
flying VFRand only one radio.
What would he
think of the old Stearman? During the board
meeting just completed Marty's son, Sandy, was
to pick up the 5 board members in Hartford,
Conn. taking them across the river to Pratt &
Whitney company airport
(Renchler) to give
them a tour of the plane he flies when they
take long trips.
It is a Boeing 727 that has
been converted into a sleeper jet.
Seats &
sleeps 65 on their weekly trips to Europe.
Nothing much going on at the farm other than
putting in another big garden.
Only one son
living at home this summer. The others are
scattered.
Out of 5, only 2 are married and,
as yet, no grandchildren.
Colo. bound in Sept.
FRANCIE
MEISNER(PARK)says: IIHello out there!
First,
belated gratitude
to all prime' movers
for our Official
Status!
And, a little
known
fact and name among them must not be lost in
the cheers and must be included on our IIscroll
of plauditsll-Teresa
James, WAF,who was a
prime original
motivator who preceded our Glorious Achievers (just as there were experimenters who went befor the Wright brothers).
Teresa spent several hundred personal dollars
and countless hours breathing life back into
us and our hope of veteran status prior to the
1969 Calif. reunion where she passed the torch
to the first
committee who would grow to bring
us through to ultimate victoryl
A long-timecoming discrimination
predicament broke open
at a time to prevent being in Washington for
the hearings.
Then son, Steve, IIWhohad left
his mother" in Kansas City for Phoenix a year
prior, graduated #1, and other honors from

Phoenix Police Acade~.
By the way ~ow a
II
roo ki e on the street II, he spotted a' license
plate reading IIWASP-411 What else?
He llpul1ed
her overll to meet Ina Barkley Petsch 44-4.
Imagine her shock and his delight!
Daughter,
Jonnie, became a real estate agent and lIinstant
successll--already
2nd runner-up in sales.
Back to Phoenix in Dec. for son, Steve's wedding. Colo. too.
DOROTHY
NAGEL(IRELAND): After her husband's
retirement last year they moved to their personal Paradise-Hawaii.
Their apartment is on
the beach on the grounds of the Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.
This is for rent during U.S.
travels in August. If anyone wants long term
accommodations (a month or more) please drop
a line.
They plan to traverse NewEngland as
the leaves turn, Washington, D.C. at reunion
time.
They will visit Florida,
NewOrleans,
and San Antonio, arriving
home about Dec. 1st.
SARAPAYNE(HAYDEN):Many notes back and forth
throughout the year.
Apparently Sara stays
busy with clinic work, WASPbusiness,
and survi ving the winter.
ELIZABETH
PATTON: Retired from teaching art
after 35 yrs. in the State of N.J.
She is now
iJ.1a condomini';lffiin Clearwater,
Fla., just 3
miles from a ruce small airport.
The last 5
years have been spent happily painting up a
storm--and constantly exhibiting.
In spite of
the boys at Avenger who tried to keep her from
cluttering
up the airways, she was only able
~o stay away for 4 years, getting her private
~n '50.
She has owned at various times her
own T-craft and Tri-Champ and sharing on an
E:coupe and a.Tri-Pacer.
She has added gli?ing to her t~cket, has joined the local fly~ng clubs and seems to be more of an achiever
in flying than many of her W-IO classmates
that made the finishing
line.
Thanks for
writing.
MILLICENT
PETERSON
(YOUNG): Is busy with the
WASPConference.
Shelo also the program
person for the National Council on Alcoholism
in Colo. Springs.
She continues to work for
the Dept. of Social Services in Adult Protective Services.
She, also, has the title
and
the job of being the agency Consultant on
Chemical Abuse. This means that she is frequently in court on child abuse or neglect
cas~s, and is also the last ditch resource for
ad?icted persons who are on Aid to Dependent
Children who have a drinking.
She gives talks
to young people who have drinking problems or
to schools as a part of their health classes.
M~ch of the work consists
of crisis
intervent~on.
There are two daughters in college and
one 9 year old son. An elder son works for
the Boulder County Alcoholism Council.
The
second son has taken the Bar exams in Colo
and awaite results.
While waiting he was ~orking for the Colo. Forestry Dept when cutting bettIe-kill
pine a big tree fell on him
and badly damaged both legs.
Millicent
still
thinks flying,
attended the dinner for the
Colo. chapter of the Confederate Air force
joined the local chapter of the Antique ~_
plane Ass' n. and plans to get back in the air
after costs for educating the two girls is

reduced and before the 15 yr. old starts costing.
RUTH IlliES(PHILLIPS): Now living in Ausin, TIC.
after a year in San Antonio with two daughters
still in high school. Her new interest after
a divorce last year is in a Diamondrique Salon
(simulated "man-made" diamonds) which will open
July 1st. SL'1ce the business will be so new
she can't make the Conference, but would love
to see any of the gals passing through or living in Austin. She's keeping her hand in with
a little flying.
HENRlETI'A SPECKLES (SPROAT) says life is different since Bill's death. She and son, David
(15) went to Scotland and on a Norwegian Cruise
last summer. This one will include a visit
with Kathy and husband in N.Y. Debby is married to a Presbyterian minister and living in
Sherman Oaks. Henrietta had lunch with Ruth
Jurnecks and Dottie Ireland last fall when
Dottie was here for her son's wedding. There
is time too to be studying art and painting.
JEAN TERRELL (MOREJJ) enclosed a card with kids,
mama, and dog gathered around a picnic t.ble.
There seemed to be a parallel somewhere there
when she related the goings on of a family
with ten offspring. No wonder it took her 34
years to have time to write, and what a rich
and wonderful life they must have! Child "4
has a commercial balloon license and has given
her a taste of LTA "simply wonderful floating along with the wind, you can even hear
people talking on the ground because you are
travelling with the wind and chasing balloons
in a pick-up truck can be interesting t?o
you meet some very interesting somet~es
friendly sometimes irate pe ople II SHE is
starting a new career as an engineer for the
So. Pacific RR. Is in training now, but will
soon go to San Francisco, where she now lives,
and work there, jockying engines around in the
yard. II This is their first year of the empty
ne st syndrane 5 are in Calif. One is in
Japan. He comes home every two or three years
and they eat a lot of Sukiyaki. The oldest is
in Denver and will probable be with us in Colo.
Springs. Only one is still in Ohio. "I used
to think one of them would grow up to be President (at least), but now I know we were very
fortunate to get them all to 21 and stay out
of jail. II There are a few college grads among
them and one promising artist. As is being
such a production manager all these years
weren't enough, Terry is working as an Eng'g.
Aide for the City of Vandalia AND manages the
Municipal Cemetery. She lives a mile frorn work
and rides her bicycle to work on pretty days.
She contributed to a research project at Wright
State U. on Wornen in Aviation. She conned
Robert Conrad (of T.V.) to write letters in
the GREAT push last year and says he might
come to the conference is asked.
JUNE WOLFE (LECKIE) and Bill have spent the last
year getting acquainted with the Florida environment. They now own a 42 ft. cruiser
Jubilee that is at the back door in Crooked
Creek which runs into the Manatee Pocket-thence to the ocean. They've gone through the
Bahamas, past Nassau and into the Extimas.

They've lived aboard for 3 months--going as
far north as Martha's Vineyard last summer.
She says she was as thrilled over her first
good docking as when she mastered her first
power landing. She & the youngest daughter
are off for a short vacation in Europe--Then
a trip north to check on the other four kids
and to visit old friends. One thing for sure
Colo. is the priority for Sept.
'
SARA HAYDEN has passed her test for Real Estate
Broker's License and will be starting a new
career very soon. She had the pleasure of having DEDIE DEATON as her guest when she came horne
wi th her from the Board meeting in Hartford.
Dedie is having her brains picked to put down on
paper all the things she knows about the WASPs
that have not yet been written. She also found
herself participating in the Memorial Day parade
and ceremonies with the American Legion and VFW
in the Town of Methuen. The promised peace and
quiet wasn't!
FLORENCE .E1-lIG
(WHEELER): "School, tennis (a little), flying (not much) two kids in college,
(son Keith, at Cal. Berkeley and daughter Paula,
at Cal. Santa Cruz.) Husband still teaching
and tennising. Went to Homecoming activities
at San Jose State Univ., my alma mater-also my
mother's.
She went with me-representing her
class-1910.
(She'll be 90 in December and is
still going strong. We'll be horne most of the
summer. Anyone passing nearby should give a
call: 707-433-2111.
fhoenix and vicinity group of WASP at a celebrat.ion dinner in November.
At DWT Lake. Guess who~

Answer - Ty Hughe s and
Curly Blair.
I
j
Of course, we knew we could count on you!

You just forgot to send in those back dues.
Ear to the ground

Tht'
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or-th(',wl"I'k
a ard
lilt~.~ In thE'
driH'r of a f-'ord pickup Sf'''"

on Houtl' 31.
Ili~slkk rr ad: "Imptach
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mf'."
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bU~l::inll:
S.M,S
A note from ~Irs. Jane
Tl'dcschi,
of B~lhany. _is
tadl'don:\
lJnard In the oHlcl'
at ~1~cHon lh~h School
.It thank lIlcml*rs of Ihl'
Sch()l)l'sslaffforlhC'irdforts
to ll('lp hef tC'c('i\'C ~1ililary
\'clrran"s
status
In the
Wom('n"s Air Force N-rvicc
Pltots of World War II.
"fo't'w tl'lroarli\'(' bl-n('[ils
are c:qwct('d. but,"' the noll'
reads, "caml' 10 think of it.
ynu have h(']p'cd me ~:linthe
right 10 a military funt'ral."
"So, ",hE'n - .f - the lim('
orrin's, 'Y'all' come and
~'njoyit ""'Ilh me."
~t.J.H
Above, FRAN ACKER 44-4 and Capt. Kathy LaSauce, one of

the 10 AF women pilots. Fran also sent in drawing below.
Left, Charlyne Creger, 44-10, in her Flea Market in Shreveport,

La. "It's my week-end resting place." I am still working at the
Shriners Hasp. for crippled children and Doctor's hasp. when
needed in the A.M. and practicing and teaching anesthesia at the
La. School of Medicine on the emergency evening shift. Working
with anesthesiology residents is a new and rewarding experience."
Left, ELVA MAREE MOORHOUSE
43-5 clothed in sized "42"
Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX.
Right, SUE DeLANO PARISH
44-6 with her P40 in
Austin, TX.
Have you paid your Oct., 1977

to 1978 Dues?
WASP MEMORIALS, Inc.
c/o Mrs. Ted Nicholas, Secretary
125 W. 82nd Street
Indianapolis, In. 46260
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Editor - Betty Cross

Hopefully by now all of you have received your packets of

Attached is the proposed agenda for the conference. Our

GOLF, TENNIS, ETC.

at the Rain Tree Inn.

PROGRAM - WASP CONFERENCE

NORAD Tour #3 Departs

Academy Tour #3 Departs

Registration and Breakfast

Academy Tour #4 Departs

Academy Tour #1 Departs

LUNCH (Academy Tours 3 & 4)

NORAD Tour #3 Departs

NORAD Tour #1 Departs

NORAD Tour #4 Departs

Academy Tour #2 Departs

Academy Tour #3 Departs

Academy Tour #4 Departs

NORAD Tour #4 Departs

LUNCH (Academy Tours 1 & 2)

NORAD Tour #1 Departs

NORAD Tour #2 Departs

44-2 through 44-10 class pictures 4:30 pm-6,OO pm

Academy Tour #1 Departs

Academy Tour #2 Departs

NORAD Tour #2 Departs

Cocktail Party/Hors D'oeuvres

Appreciation Breakfast & WASP

Lunch (on your own)

WAFS through 44-1 class pictures 4.30 pm - 6,00 pm

Memorial Fly Away Breakfast

Arrangements for parking of cars and motor homes

There has been same confusion about the registration

Those who have video tapes of TV interviews,

Bee Haydu spoke with Jacqueline Cochran in Hay.

Because of legal complications, we were unable

d=ing times of war and peace.

Elizabeth Pettitt Nicholas, 125 W.

(a) Paul Guzzi

WOMEN SERVICE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INC.

corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence

The membership of Women Service Pilots Associa-

tion, Inc. shall be composed of charter members,

Regular members: Persons affiliated with

Section 3. Voting Privileges of Members

of funds not budgeted and shall select an

Use of Women Airforce Service Pilot

Space ~seum, Dayton,

The WASPdisplay which is available

Did you forget?

-;;-;'FRON YCL'R SECRETARY''-:'

FULEEZE be sure when you me,ve to send :ne your

PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN SEEKS YOUR HELPll

Cochran as one of the great pioneers of aviation

a surprise guest was our min Dedie Deaton.

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

Gadzooksl HowWASPsdo flitl

r~ss was 109 John St., Seattle,

43-4 Hagerstrom, Virgie Lee (Jowell)

hand vote to see if there is indeed enough interest in getting

govern the Order of Firi-

The Award is given in recognition