Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
NEWSLETIER
Editor - Gene Shaffer FitzPatrick
Vol. VII
Deoember 1971
Reissue
February
1972
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1972
WASP REUNION
EIEcrION OF OFFICERS
Send in your nominations for new officers
for the Order
of Fifinella
with your dues.
Elections
will be held at the
June reunion for president,
treasurer
and editor.
AI'\Y0ne
volunteering
for al'\Y office will be considered as will &I'\Y
candidates
for class secretaries.
WASPNEWSlETTER
The NEVBIETTER
is the result
of time, energy and much
effort
by a group of VOLUNTEERS.This is your major contact
with an elite
group of wemen pilots
who served during WWIIand
can only be published
if news is received from YOU.
DEADLINEfor the next yearly issue of the NEWSlETTER
will be OcrOBERI, 1972.
Please send all of your news items
and pictures
to your Class Secretaries.
ClASS SECRETARIESwill edit,
type and mail all copy to
reach the Editor ONOR BEFOREOcrOBER1. This deadline will
enable the Editor to have it back from the printer
and in the
mail to the membership by November 15. It is suggested to the
Class Secretaries
that they use the NEWSlETTER
format in typing their
copy.
WAFS-Secretary:
NANCY
BATSON
CREVB
12529 Cedar Ave. Apt. A., Hawthorne,
Ca. 90250
TERESAJAMESis still
super busy with her James Flower &
Gift Shoppe in Hilkinsburg,
Pa., and relaxing
at her
place in the mountains with her German shepard.
She is
still
flying the traffic
pattern on occasion and took a
trip to Colorado Springs for the p-47 Jug Pilot convention with KAYBRICK4}_}, MARIANNE
BEARD4}-6 and JULIE
ROSS. TERESAsays any other Jug Pilots who want to
join this exclusive
group should write to Kevin Brown,
Hings Club, Biltmore Hotel, 4}8 Madison, New York City.
KATHERINE
RA\iLSsays she came to the Greenbrier
(White Sulphur Springs,
West Virginia)
16 years ago for the summer
and just never got around to leaving.
She is the swimming pro there and manages the two pools.
Holding
interest
in a Cessna 172 KATHERINE
flies
when she pleases
and spends about three months of the winter in Florida.
She was elected to the New International
Swimming Hall
of Fame at Ft. Laudersale,
which gave her credit for }
Olympic teams.
After a 10-year flying career KATHERINE
returned
to swimming as a pro, claiming teaching swimming is far more remunitive than teaching flying 1 BARBARADONAHUE
ROSS and her family stopped in for a visit
in Greenbrier
some time ago.
NANCY
IDVE has her three daughters spread allover
the country.
Hannah is through college and doing research at Cornel
Vet..
School and is going for'her
Private license this
winter,
She did not fly the year she spent at the U of
Grenoble in France.
Margaret is a junior at Colorado
College, after a year off in Australia
and is still
the
non-flying
type.
Allie is a junior at Pitzer in Claremont, California,
has soloed but is too busy with school
work to pursue flying.
On her last trip to California
NANCY
got together
with BETTYGILLIES and Bud for Thanksgiving and also managed to see BJ IDNDONand Jack.
SIS BERNHEIM
FINE drove friends
on a tour of the East Coast
and ate thousands of fried clams, lobster
etc.
Her house
is off the market now. SIS'S family has gone Navy with
Dugie and Ax at Bethesda and Rob off for Great Lakes as
he is almost 19. At a recent Internationale
Party SIS
went as an American shined up her wings and buttons and
donned her uniform I She tried to reach JANESTRAUGHN
in
Silver Springs,
Md. on a recent trip,
but didn't
have &I'\Y
luck.
BETTYGILLIES flew in the Po~rler Puff Derby and took in the 99
Convention at Wichita, having a ball in both places.
In
April BETTYand a friend went to South Africa on a threeweek "fly yourself"
safari
and used a Cessna 182. There
were 8 small planes in the group and covered J ohanns burg ,
Rodesia, North Bostwana, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique.
John Chilwell,
Editor of "Wings Over Africa" organized
the group.
BETTYalso ran into RUTHGRIMM
TREES4}-2 on
a 747 flight
from Los Angeles to Rome.
BARBARA
TO\olNE
is now Mrs. David Fasken and has moved from
Carmel, California
to Ross, Calif,
which is across the Bay
from San Francisco.
DEL SCHARRis still
teaching art at Central High School in st.
Louis and is head of her department.
She and Harold took
a month's trip through Mexico and drove over 5000 miles
criss-crossing
Mexico without backtracking
once.
In September DEL was a guest speaker at a hanger dinner at .
4)-2
GERI 11ASINTER HILL retired from teaching this past June and
has moved to Oceanside, Ca. She still has a few moments
wondering "what am I doing here" but finds retirement
has certain advantages, such as ignoring the 6:)0 M{
alarm clock. GERI holds her second class medical, but
hasn't done much flying lately.
EMILY HEISTER HARDEN sends greetings from her home in Hawaii.
IRIS CUMMINGS CRITCHELL and her husband are responsible for
the Bates Aeronautics Program at Harvey Mudd College in
Claremont. They are proud of having one of the few re_
cognized aeronautic courses available for specialized
experience for students at a highly-recognized academic
institution. IRIS reports working awfully long hours and
days-per-year and is kept actively flying as she is responsible for the Aeronautics Department. Not much time
for extras and keeping in touch. Daughter Sandy has completed her long cross-country towards her Commercial
license.
FRAN DIAS GUSTAVSON is still on the timing circuit for many
99 air races. This October she pulled a switch and flew
in the PACIFIC AIR RACE from San Diego to Salinas, Ca.
BETTY EAMES JOINER's husband was transferred to l1aryland for
) years. They have a home on the river with a boat dock.
Son Mark is a freshman at the U of Idaho.
KAY GCTT CHAFFEY was last reported teaching physical ed at
Humbolt State College in California.
4)-) Secretary: ESTHER POOLE BERNER
811 Lincolnwood Lane, Apt. A. Indianapolis, Ind. 46260
EMMA COULTER WARE has a house in Aspen for skiing and for summer horseback riding. At home in Missouri E}~~ has been
working with a group trying to make a refuge for wolves
(four legged kind, honey) because the species is almost
extinct.
VIlMA LAZAR QUALLS and her family recently visited with DEL
SCHARR as they just returned to Scott AFB after a tour
in Washington at the Pentagon. VIlMA learned Spanish for
a just-completed 4-year tour of duty in Mexico City.
4)-4
Secretary:
A-L:
M-Z:
MARGERY MOORE HOLBEN reports moving to new quarters in Oceanside now that husband Col. Don has returned to Viet Nam
for another tour of duty. 27)) Penkea Drive, Oceanside,
Ca. 92054. MARGERY's oldest daughter is married and living in San Jose and her other daughter graduated from San
Diego State in June, and a son is a senior in high school.
Her only classmate contacts are ELLIE MORIARITY BEITH who
checked in for a phone chat while visiting in California
from Canton, Mass. Also MARY BOWLES NELSON is reported
to be living in San Marcos and ~JlRGERY is trying to contact her. Is DOTTIE SCHULTS still living in the San Diego
area?
GINNY HILL loAJODtoured Nepal last year and is back at Camp
Denali, Alaska.
LAURETTA BEATY FOY is chief pilot at Southland Helicopters,
Long Beach and flies to Washington, D. C. each month for
a meeting with eight other members of the President's Aviation Advisory Commission. LAURETTA says their number one
concern is for the environment in creating satisfactory
plans for future airports and also studying the long-range
needs of aviation.
4)-5 Secretary:
ROBERTA E. MUNDT
Rt. 1, Box 118, Alliance, Nebraska 69)01
CELIA HUNTER says 1970 was her year to travel, starting with
a )-week cross-country ski journey in Norway. In May it
was a trip to Washington, D. C. for a meeting of the Council of the Wilderness Society and it only took her 6 hours
CAPPY I-JJITTTA.l{ER
JOHNSON writes of a glorious late-summer
vacation she and her husband had thru Australia and New
Zealand this past february. They rented a car and drove
allover both island of N.Z. and around Sidney. ~fuile
visiting a sheep ranch in New Zeland they talked flying
with the O"'l'1er
who was a 't.1,'11 pilot and also an Australian aviation pioneer--_amazing how just the sight of a
model airplane ,,~ll start us all talking for hours.
PATRICIA BO~JSF.RGIBSON reported too late for the '70 llEl-IS
LETTER but she said she spent several years as a Red
Cross Club Director in Europe and Japan. where she met
her husband. an Army Captain. They continued the Ser_
vice life for 22 years and are now building their home in
Fort Townsend, Hash. PAT coes her flying by travel
trailer and ~as looking forward to a round-the-world
freighter trip--maybe they are on it now? Address: Box
45, Route 2, Cape George Colony, Port Townsend, ~m.98368.
~~ON
TIBBETTS retired in May from the Air force and brought
a 25' travel trailer to tour about the south to locate a
settledown spot. She had hoped to have company for the
summer from JILL McCXJRHICK 43-5, but JILL has been having
trouble with her knee with rheumatoid arthritis, so
HARIOll traveled alone. (Speedy recovery, Jill). She reports she got as far as Bryan-College Station, Texas in
August, leved it so much she is still there and having no
trouble finding lotsa part-time work. }~ION's using
her sister's address for mail forwarding: r~j. (Ret)M. R.
Tibbetts, c/o r~s. Frank Chrostowski, RFD 3, Box 69,
Middleboro, Mass. 02346.
LOlA PERKINS RICCI and hubby flew to Seattle the first part
of October for a few days visit with Vivian Cadman Eddy
43-3 and her family. We not only talked flying, Howard
took us around the San Juan Islands in their -Cherokee 140
(the ladies directing from the back seats, naturally),
then Ed had to buzz him around the Seattle area in the
Bonanza we were using. Since July I have been instructing
4 Girl Scouts out of Van Nuys Airport in a program sponsored by the San Fernando Valley 99's. Just can't believe we were that young when we startedl And hadn't
realized that a solo now takes over 12 hours to accomplish--the days of flying off the dirt bean patches were
easier, I think ..? Also flew in the Pennies-A-Found for
the Los Angeles 99's at a recent Santa Honica Air Show.
43-7
G~~N CROSBY BARTHEl}lliSScalled to tell me that she is beginning to change pace. After many years devoted to vlater
skiing and championship trophies, her son and daughter
have now gotten married and are settling down in Calif.
Husband Bud has recently retired as Assistant Postmaster
and they are dividing their time between Vallejo and Turlock Lake.
BETTY BECHTO~J BRICKFORD has left Ohio and now resides in Fla.
HARRIETT KENYON CALL reports she hasn't been flying lately
and has settled dOvm to the affairs at hand. "Everyt.hing
seems to be at a crucial stage in my family: Glenn (21)
is in Viet Nam: Cathy (18) is a freshman here at SMS in
Springfield. Husband recently retired and Gramma (85)
has come to stay with us. Add a dozen hens and a hound
dog to our little white cottage in the Ozarks and you've
still no idea where my time goes. This is a real switch,
believe me; but I've just got the old throttle on idle
cut off--and it may stay that way."
IDA "SKIP" CARTER is still head of the Science Dept. at the
U. S. Grant High School in Okla City. She and RUTH JOlffiS
spent several weeks this summer at Aspen, Colorado.
~
CRANE reports that she has three more books finished and
is getting them ready for the publisher. She said the
Powder Puff Derby was fun, even with engine trouble. "With
a 147 handicap and a pla1e with no compression, indicating 150 mph--need I say more?" }~
is still sho'.n.ne
Cairn Terriers and won a Best of Breed Trophy last week.
She is also part-owner of Western Mobile Home Park in
Santa Rosa. She has also been kept busy as a speaker
much in demand giving talks about the POl~er Puff Derby.
The Long Beach Chapter of 99's had her as a guest speaker
and had about 9 past ,,~nners of the PPD at the dinner.
DOLORES MEURER REED is an avid golfer. She flew a Cherokee
150 in the Powder Puff Derby with JEAN PARKER ROSE, then
flew most of the way back to California from New Orleans
on instruments. just for fun. DOLORES was co-pilot for
GENE SHAfFER ?ITZPATRICK in the October PACI?IC AIR R6.CE.
CATHERINE MURPHY LORTZ is kept busy attending conventions as
a member of the League of California Cities. She and
Chuck have been taking many trips together.
MARY KOTH MCCABE finds her wings fluttering again after watching the racers come thru Denver in the Fowder Puff Derby.
She is considering getting her flight instructor rating,
but all that book studying takes so much time.
!1ADELYN TAYLOR EGGLESTON has moved from Iowa to Vernon, Texas.
FRANCES L. JOHNSON is putting down SOMe roots in Colorado and
is thinking she will retire there in a few years. She
said: "I've become a real ski nut - but have no aspirations to make the Olympics, even if they have a "Senior
Citizens" eventl I understand most areas give people over
65 a reduced rate on Ski Lift tickets and I hope to take
advantage of this when I retire." In Hay she spent time
with her son and family and enjoyed her four grandchildren
very much. ?RANCES is still an Accounting Teclmician for
the U. S. Army STRATODM Sig. Co.
RUTH C. JOHES spent six weeks in the San Francisco area this
swnmer and then she and Skip CARTER went to Aspen. RUTH
is head of the Science Dept. at Capitol Hill Senior High
School and said: "Have a new principal to break in. They
come and go, but I go on like a brook."
MADELDN BURCHPJl HILL reports that her family is growing up
fast. 11arty, the oldest son is in his third year at the
Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He already has his
pilot's license, glider rating and jump wings. "So I
guess he's follovring in his parents slip-stream." A second son Tom started last June at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. Madelon ~~d Jack just returned from a tour to
see both boys. They sandwiched in several days in Hashington, D. C., Tenn. and Iowa. The daughters aRe 16 and 17
and in their last two years of high school. 11ADELOIIsent
HADELYN TAYLOR EGGLESTOH's new Texas address. She says
that Gil is head pilot for the King Ranches and while in
Dallas they had dinner with MARGE HARPER WATSON and Elmer, but couldn't reach the Egglestons.
JEANETTE J. JENKINS is still employed by The Timken Co. It
was a quiet summer at home this year with most of it spent
trying to find out what has happened to 100 CPT (Civilian
Pilot Training) students that learned to fly at the local
airport back in 1940, 41 and 42. This is rather a difficult task to locate people with addresses of 30 years
ago, but it has been fun and the results amazing.
GADGET GADOWSKlKUSTUK wrote a nice long letter full of news.
First, in February she and Bill flew out to Arizona and
Calif. On the plane she met Dr. Ruth Adams of New York
City 44-2. She got her address and another stray WASP has
been located. Gadget's son Ken is now off to college
after a two year delay. He expects to specialize in BioMedical Photography. Gadget is starting a new career as
a medical secretary. As yet this is only part-time, 50
she still has time to play some golf.
ALBER"'A HU!'ITNICHOLSON is still active in the 99's and also
flew in the POlo.oder
Puff Derby this year.
MARY JERSHI~ O'ROURKE says there have been some major changes
for the O'Rourkes this past summer. Daughter Toni was
married in June and is now living in Grandville, Mich.
Daughter Linda and her family have recently moved to Homestead, Fla. Jersh is now adjusting to bi-focal contacts
and having some bad days, but is learning to use them.
She also sent new addresses and news from Hinky and Ann.
MARGARET DIFFIN CHURCH lives with her son Barry in Port Hueneme, Ca. Barry has many flight ratings; Commercial,
Flight Instructor, InstML~ent and multi-engine. Until
recently he worked for Executive Air at Ventura County
Airport as an Air Taxi pilot and flight instructor. He
sounds like a good pilot. After all, he was trained by
a WASPl MAGGIE has just begun a new job as ~ruseum Technician at the Seabee Museum on the Seabee Base at Port
Hueneme. They needed someone with an interior decorating background. She says the work is interest. and challenging ,nth opportunity for advancement. 11AGGIE hopes
to see some WASPS visiting the area and in comman with
many others expresses the hope that we can get together
for another reunion soon. (ED NOTE: See Page 1)
FAYE ""')LFOLNEY writes that she is teaching English at Orange
Coast College in Coasta Mesa. She lives in Huntington
Beach with her two teen-agers and is glad her address is
now in the roster. She would like to hear from other
WASP's and asks if anyone knows where SUSIE WINSTON is?
Please send any information on SUSIE to FAYE.
PA,\,
VELUT ZELL is now living in Riverside, Ca. PAT's
daughter Susie just graduated from UC Riverside.
MARY BRO~~ DOURDEVI~~ writes that her daughter Denise has
completed two years at Mount Holyoke College and has
entered Amherst for the first semester of her junior year.
She plans later to study at the U of Vienna. Son Tad is
a freshman at the Florida Institute of Tecknulogy majoring in marine biology. Her husband Tad has recently resigned as vice president in charge of engineering at a
textile finishing company and is doing consulting. They
plan to spend some time in Florida this coming winter.
JEANETTE C. KAPUS is still stationed at Little Rock Air Force
Base as Chief of Consolid~ted Base Personnel Office. She
calls that a glorified title for military personnel. She
is looking forward to retirement in August of 1972 upon
completion of 20 years of active service. JEANETTE plans
to head back home to Milwaukee and attend college there,
pursuing a Home Economics major. She sends regards to all
44-4 and hopes to attend the next reunion, wherever it may
be.
RUTH SHA?ER FLEISHER. Here is a girl who is still flyingl
She does flight instruction at the local airport just to
keep per hand in and also belongs to the Homestead AFB
Aero Club. RUTH is still active in the AF Reserves and
puts in duty time at the base in Flight Facilities (Communications Sqds.) plus some time in the tower and the
BCA working traffic. RUTH has been active in the 99's
Goldcoast Chapter and has attended Section and International meetings recently and enjoys meeting other WASPS
at these gatherings.
DORIS B. TANNER. What a thrill to hear from this girl. She
occupies a special place in the memory of this erstwhile
WASP. Perhaps she recalls a certain day in Sweetwater
when she was flying front seat on an instrument buddy
ride? DORIS is teaching World History at the U of Tennessee, and is much involved with student activities and
feels nostalgic each time has to go OTer WdII with those
"Oh, so young and vulnerable college students." In common with all of us who turned to teaching as a career she
knows ho" much they have yet to learn and smiles over the
fact that for them the world began only twenty years agol
What with college activities and family DORIS is kept
busy. She lives with her husband Col. William on a farm
just outside Union City. They are both interested in
church work and she mentions attending a class given by
Dr. Gutzke and hearing Billy Graham speak. Keep in touch.
MILDRED DAVIDSON DALRYNPLE lives in Austin, Texas and is Communications Manager for National Western Life Insurance
Co. Two of her children are married and living in Austin
also. Her life is full of family activities. Her husband retired from the FBI about five years ago and came
home to Austin, but did not stay retired. He now works
for the state and it sounds as if they are both busy and
happy people.
KAY M. D'AREZZO lives only one block from Mildred. They entered WASP training together 25 years ago and have since
found themselves together again. KAY'S husband attended
the U of Texas, receiving his PhD last year. He is now
a consulting engineer. Their son married recently and
lives in Tennessee. Their daughter is in Law School in
Austin. New address furnished by MILDRED.
MERI~I ROBY ANDERSON. The news from Dead Eng Ranch always
sounds delightful. ROBY keeps busy with her Appaloosa
horses, burros, buffalo, dogs, cats and birds. Her husband Harry is still in the banking business and her son
Roby is attending 1.1. She says she has the smartest and
prettiest granddaughter in the world. Geel I always
thought I didt Let's match 'em up sometime ROBY and see.
ROBY attended the International 99 Convention at Wichita
in August where they had a special table just for WASPS.
ANN GIFT TUCKER writes that she is manager of the Tulare Co.
Humane Society and has been for 20 years, sending along a
copy of the society's newsletter which made interesting
reading. ANN is working on her own home, building a patio
~ she never wants to see another brick as long as she
lives (anyone having gone thru the same experience can
sympathize with her sentiments.)
ever.
MARIE PEDERSON is still wrapped up teaching 61 kiddies in kindergarten in Waterloo at two different schools. She finds
it a great challenge and most rewarding.
MARY REINEBERG McDARGH sends a picture of her children and says
Susa~ 20 is a junior at the U of Fla. The twins find
Eileen 23 married to an attorney a~d John an Ensign in the
Coast Guard station in Wash. D. C. ~ARY would enjoy hearing from any classmates who are living or passing through
the Gold Coast.
MARY BREIDENBACH HANSEN is working as a Graphic Artist at North
American Rockwell and is thinking seriously of hanging up
her T-square to play. She has been playing this summer
with a trip to San Francisco and San Diego and is flying to
Mexico City in October to celebrate 15th wedding anniversary. MARY was able to identify the "Who Were They" pix
Secretary:
PAT THOMAS GLADNEY
889 Highland Circle, Los Altos, Ca. 94022
Secretary:
BETTY STAGG TURNER
7746 Bluecrystal Court, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
NORMA BOSTON DOUGLAS and husband John toured Lisbon, Portugal in 1970 and said not only is it a wonderful vacationland, but their timing was right in September. Their
second daughter Barbara graduated this May from Millikin
University and is now teaching in Chicago. Their oldest
daughter Paula is teaching for the third year in Chicago
and the girls live together. Paula spent two months this
summer touring I) European countries in a VW wagon and a
tent. Barbara visited 5 European countries on a collegesponsored tour. NORMA and John still run an electric
store in Plymouth. Son Curtis is in 5th grade and son
David still resides in Centralia, Ill.
"DUSTY" DAVIS RANSOM writes from Florida that daughter Charlotte was married last December and is living in Santa
Barbara. They combined a visit with them with a tour of
the West and loved every minute of it. Son John graduated from Purdue's Professional Pilot Technology program
this summer and is instructing at and for the local J.C
until "some lucky airline sign~ him on." DUSTY received
her Masters from the U of So. Florida this spring and is
still team leader of the American History team at Clearwater High school.
VIRGINIA EATHERTON SPEAR and Clay celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in June. Their daughter Marilyn is a
social worker at Manteno State Hospital in Illinois. Son
Lewis Eatherton is a patent attorney in Houston, Texas
with Humble Oil Co. and daughter Joan is married to a
Presbyterian minister in Lake Forest, Ill. Clay is Chief
Pilot for the Aro Corporation in Bryan, Ohio and has been
with them for 18 years so he is still flying constantly.
Altho VIRGINIA works four hours a day for a law firm she
still takes time off to accompany Clay on many trips.
KAY KLEINECKE checks in from Rome, Italy and says she is trying to sell a castle belonging to a friend of hers. It is
located about an hour from Rome, between there and Florence, perfect for an European Headquarters, and once be-
The newly formed Air Force would not change the policy of
crediting WASP's with tenure for active duty, but did grant
officer commissions to former WASP pilots in 1949. The women
A snake expert said Sweetwater and the Rattlesnake Roundup are very important.
"We obtain the necessary venom to aid medical research
and develop snakebit antivenom here."
What an act to follow for our June Reunionl
PRESIDENT'S MEMO
BOARD of DIRECTORS:
Betty Gillies
Margaret Ringenberg
43 6 Frances Tanassy
43-7 Jean Rose
43.8 Lois Auchterlonie
441
Mardo Crane
44.1 Gene FitzPatrick
441
Alberta Nicholson
441
Dolores Reed
442
Mary Ellen Keil
443
Isabelle McCrae
6 TARS
14
1
16
1
3
4
7
3
1
12
447
44-7
448
44 9
Betty Jo Reed
Bee Haydu
Pat Gladney
Jackie Petty
*
4 TARS
2
19
4
MARY ELLEN KEIL 44-2
DR. RUTH ADAI1S, !ID was with the Ferry Command on the
East Coast and then dropped out of sight. On a transcontinental commercial flight she ran into 44-1 GADGET
KOSTUK and got "current" reading past NEWSLETTERS and is
back on the roster.
4J-8 Secretary: HARY ESTILL FEAREY
P.O. Box 6JJ, New Braunsfels, Texas 781JO.
4J 8 HELEN SKJERSAA HANSEN has a new address in Tacoma, Wh.
HELEN is attending graduate school at the U of W studying for a !-laster'sdegree in Librarianship; as well as
working in a library and tending to the kiddies at home.
PEG MacNA}~
SLAYMAKER and husband have recently moved from
St~~ford. Conn. to Tiburon, Calif., leaving behind a
married daughter living near Boston and a sophmore son
at Johns Hopkins. PEG will be at the next WASP reunion
and was sorry not to have known about the last one. She
would like to see any \>/ASPswho are in her area.
LT. COL. DORIS D. \irLLIAMS was unaware that she has been lost
for the past four years. She is stationed at Tinker Ar~
and is about ready to retire after twenty years as an
air traffic controller. (See r~FI PORTRAIT)
MARGOT RECK had hopes of visiting DOT KIELTY in Italy this
spring but don't know if it came to pass.
J-f.ARY
ESTILL ffiAREY and husband Porter spent the month of September touring !-lorocco. Sign of the times: Some of the
women of the city still wear "see through" veils and hot
pants under their caftans. The most thrilling sight was
encountering a fifty-five camel caravan near the Sahara.
4J-J DORA DOUGHERTY STROTHER has just been installed as President of the Association of Aviation Psychologists, which
is an internation~l organization of psychologists who
either fly or are interested in aviation. DR. STROTHER
has also recently been elected to the grade of Associate
Fellow in the American Association of Aeronautics and
Astronautics. Congratulations, Doral
4J-4 DOROTHEA JOHNSON mORHAN and her husband Hank (USAF Ret)
have just built a lovely new home in Big Pine Key, Fla.
Son Lt. Henry has just graduated from the A.F. Academy
and is an aircraft commander on the C-141 stationed in
Warner-Robins, Ga. and is sv~n to be transitioning to
the new C-IJO. DIDI has another son in the A.F. Academy
now, Cadet Marshall J. Daughter Roberta Marie (Robin)
is now Mrs. Richard John Keller of Miami.
4J-5 BET~Y HAAS PFISTER of Aspen, Colo. has been named Chairman of the WACOA as announced recently by FAA Administrator John H. Shaffer. BETTY has been a member of this
Committee since 1969 and has logged more than 7300 hours
in the air and has participated in numerous women's air
races, including the International, which she won both
in 1950 and 1952, BETTY planned and supervised construction of the Aspen Valley Hospital Heliport, which was
the first of its kind to be completed in Colorado. She
is the heliport manager.
44-10VIP.GINIA HASH has been named Vice Chairman of the WACOA
and is a senior partner in the law firm of HASH, Cantor
and Tomanek in Phoenix. VIRGINIA is also active in many
civic and social organizations.
4J-3 JEAN ROSS HOWARD has just returned from the First World
Helicopter Championship held at Buckeburg, West Germany.
JEAN is International President of the h~irly-Girls and
LAURE'TTA FaY 4J-4 is Vice President and BETTY PFISTER is
Treasurer of this organization of helicopter pilots.
4J-J YAY BRICK attended the Safety Seminar in September in
~ew Jersey, sponsored by the Flight Safety Foundation.
KAY says it was great and recommends more seminars for
general aviation pilots.
4J-l DOTTIE YOUNG has an odd definition of "semi-retirement".
She spent most of the year implementing the FUN IN '71
AIR RACE to the 99 Convention, which involved some nice
"COOKIE" JACOBSON ONESI 44-9 gets in under the wire with news
from the San Francisco Bay Area as follows:
44-10 Juanita Dreier Hurlbutt had a busy year. Visited her
daughter Jackie, who was attending school in Rome and
"had a glorious time seeing the fabulous and beautiful
Old World." Her youngest son won a trip to Honolulu to
compete in a speech contest in May and JUANITA got to
chaperone the tripl Son graduated from high school in
June as a National Merit Scholarship winner.
44-8 MARY JANE ISHAl1 EHRMAN seems to be leading the usual
hectic life. Her ~l boy is a senior at U.C. in civil
engineering; f2 boy at Harvard possibly shooting toward
pre-med. Girls still in high school and husband Peter
in accounting business. MJ is still "doing a bit of
everything".
Living in Los Banos, Calif. the whole family enjoys many ski trips to their favorite Yosemite
family retreat.
44-6 BARBARA HART KENNEDY, after a long silence, has finally
been heard from againl If BARBARA's son keeps his present interest in flying she plans on having HER original
flight instructor give her boy dual. Daughter Kristie is
19 and at U of Nevada; 18-year old Judy just finished high
school and son John is sixteen. BARBARA does church work,
plays a little golf, duplicate bridge, raises and grafts
camellias, and is on two community boards I One of her
prized possessions is a painting done by a friend which
shows BARB in front of her favorite plane, ye ever-lovin'
li'l ole AT-61
44-8 DOTTIE ESTEP is living in Redwood City, Ca. and working
for the school district. Looking forward to next reunion.
44-9 MAGGIE GEE continues to work at the UC Lawrence Radiation Lab in Livermore in her very in~resting and iJnportant job as head physicist. She spends a lot of her time
traveling to Europe and is still a ski enthusiast.
44-6 MARION HAGEN MAYFIELD was finally re-located by COOKIE
ONES I living in Fair Oaks, Calif. They had a long phone
visit, reliving not only the WASP days, but the period of
time they both lived in Oakland after the war. MARION
spent eighteen months in Omaha, where her husband was
stationed, then moved back to Sacrament. She has made
some trips to Mexico and during one visit had a chance to
chat with GENE FITZPATRICK 44-1 while enroute. MARION
has been ill and having sessions with the medics and
would be delighted to hear from any of her old gang.
44-4 FRANCES STANDAFER ACKER spent a week at Lake Shasta on a
houseboat and recommends it alL
Her son graduated from
Vance AFB and now assigned to Bergstrom AFB in Austin.
Last year FRANNIE and husband Don enjoyed a 25-day tour
of the Far East with stopovers in Hawaii, Phillipines,
Wake Island and Okinawa.
44-9 ESTHER STAHR CUDDINGTON visited classmate BErTY MARTIN
RIDDLE in Rockford, Ill. and they re-lived experiences
and exchanged reunion pix. Since then ESTHER and her
husband spent three weeks at a Colorado Dude Ranch, attended the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City, made
a trip to the B lhamas and visited friends in Dallas and
Ft. Worth, AND ESTHER lost )2 pounds 01l.ringa four-month
period I (What's your diet, gal?)
44-8 Trainee MARGARE!' JOHNSON GARVEUNK lo.'t'ites
her oldest boy
Frank is getting married.
She recently enjoyed a trip
to Europe this spast summer and sends a special "hello"
to all her old baymates. She now lives at 90* Second St.
Rt. 2, Lawton. Michigan 49065.
44-8 DOROTHY JOHNSON BURRI and MARIE "COOKIE" ONES I 1.+4-9got
together for a luncheon chit-chat at \he Berkeley Marina
on October I). DOTTIE's retired Marine Corps. husband Al
is working for the Post Office since their move to Berkeley from Maryland. DOTTIE says she doesn't fly too often
but occasionally "gets up in the air" with Al, who is an
instructor.
Son Eric ,is a sophomore end Robert is in the
eighth grade in the Berkeley schools. Those who flew with
DOTTE will remember references to her sister "Twink" , who
is a lab technician also living in Berkeley with two children.
44-9 COOKIE ONES I , 1971 has been a "nothing" year for her with
the days from January through May taken up with the usual
teaching chores. Ughl Memorial Day, she tripped on a rock
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CAUFORNIANS
R. H. Carruth Jr.
44-7
OwnER
pun
DERBY.
251H .....
~UB!'
Mother-Daughter
PPD Team
GENE FITZPATRICK
44-1 and Kay
Banff. Canada
PAT GLAD:,EY 44_8
LOIS AUClITERLONIE 4)_8
GS'lE !'1TZPATRICK 44-1
BSE HAYDU 44-7
DOLORES !\EED 44-1
JEAN ROSE 4)-7
BEVERLY BEESEMYER
44-6 in Grove, Okla.
MARTYWYALL 44_10,
BETTY NICHOLAS 44-7
ESTHER BERNER 4)-)
tour USS Irrlependence
MARYREINEBERG McDARGH
44-6 introduces
family
Susan on floor
and twins
Eileen
and John seated
CROSS-WIND
by
ALBERTA HEAD
Here and there along the east side of the hanger, girls
-students, sat singly or in pairs, watching their classmates shooting landings on the runway. It was warm here out
of the cutting west wind. Maybe it was west southwest, but
a pretty stiff cross-wind for landing on that north_south
runway, Good practice for this class.
"I thought I wanted wings," the girl whispered to herself, gazing abstractly at the brilliant sunny airfield.
"And now you don't? I prompted.
"Now I don't know.
"So you can't get him out of your mindl He's so dar.o.
wonderful you can't find a flaw in him. O.K. he's 100'%1
Concentrate on anything you like to keep yourself awake, but
don't let's have any more idle dreams."
Her mouth was grim now. She knew I was right, but it is
fun to dream, and she was finding it hard to let go of even
a little of her hero-worship.
"it
"Sure you do. Oh, you'd trade all the wings in the
world for him, but he's spoken for. You'd pass up the wings
if you could go on being his student forever, but that won't
work either. No, if this cross-wind gets you, you're washed
up for life, If you come through all right, he'll respect
you, and that's all you can hope for now. Anyway, you both
share the air and she, well, she is on the ground. Not much
consolation, maybe, but then maybe you don't think enough of
him to want to be flying, just because somewhere, maybe halfa-world away, he is flying too."
I put my hQlmet back down on my head aOO fastened it,
not trying to look prq'tty. I s}0ad up, pulled the parachute
up on my shoulder, and stepped'out of the lee of the hanger
where the strong wind could catch me. I started down that
long line towards my ship- -not waiting for the instructor to
come out of the ready room. No more tears in the eyes, no
more stars in the eyes, maybe a lump in the throat was permissible, Anyway, I thought, I really gave myself a good
pep talkl