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WJlS1'NEWSLET TER

Vol . X   Edi t or - L ol a Per ki ns Ri c ci   December 1974

READY FOR RENO?   PRESI DENT' s MESSAGE

NANCY CREWS

REUNI ON COMMI TTEE

Due t o t he 1974 ener gy c ri s i s , i nf l at i onand Water gat e, WASP pl ans and act i on f ort he year had t o be changed. The Reno Con-vent i on was cancel l ed and r eschedul ed f ornext summer . An annual Execut i ve Boar dcent r al meet i ng was dr opped, di scussi onsi nvol vi ng busi ness and pol i cy wer e handl edby many t el ephone and mai l communi cat i ons.

Col . Br uce Ar nol d t el l s me t hat pr obl emsof Wat er gat e have been an obst acl e i n do-i ng anythi ng qui ckl y i n get t i ng a WASPMi l i t ar i z at i on Bi l l out , but a dr af t hasbeen compl eted. He i s awai t i ng t he pr opert i me t o pr es ent t hi s as a 1s t ef f or t t o asympat het i c Senat or t o sponsor t he Bi l l .

L ooki ng f or war d t o 1975, l et ' s al l k eepi n t ouch and shar e wi t h each ot her agai nt hose unf orget abl e and unpar al l el ed dayswhen we were bot h young and WASP. So f ora l i t t l e bus i nes s, a l ot of f un and agreat Reuni on. THI NKRENO- - and by al l meanspl an t o be t her e.

BUSI NESS, ANYONE?

NOMI NATI ONS ARE I N ORDER

Now l et ' s al l mark our ' 75 cal endar sf or J une 19- 21 and t r y t o meet and c hat .Wi t h t he economy and i nf l ati on what t heyar e, t hi ngs wi l l cos t a bi t , s o s t ar t nowt o st uf f t hose pi ggy banks and come pr e-par ed t o ENJ OY. Oh t op of gr eet i ng ol dbuddi es and r el i vi ng past expl oi t s, you' l lhave avai l abl e s c eni c beaut y, a t r i p t o

t he Ponder osa Ranch at Lake Tahoe f or chow,gambl i ng- i f you' r e so i ncl i ned- and many"goodi es" st i l l i n t he al most - conf i r medst age. .

I f you have s pec i f i c ques t i ons or r e-quest s, cont act t he Reno Reuni on Commi t t eeei t her now, or af t er you r ec ei ve t he i nf oear l y i n ' 75. Hope t o s ee ever yone s t i l labl e t o wal k, dr i ve or f l y! :

 Thi s t i me, even i f t he " cr unch" hi t sagai n, we shal l PERSEVERE. Reno i s ON! :

 The commi t t ee has r ej uggl ed i t sel f - -Bet t y Boyd, 43- 5, has t aken over as c hai r -woman, but Fran Gust avson, 43- 2, wi l l beworki ng cl osel y wi t h her. Ot her member sare: Peggi e Parker Eccl es, 44- 4

Hazel St amper Hohn, 44- 4Ger r y W. Mi chel sen, 43- 2Leot i Deat on- advi sor

 J . R. Smi t h- pr i nt erNew of f i c er s wi l l be i ns t a l l ed at Reno. They have s poken f or 175 r ooms at t he

 To dat e onl y one candi dat e f or each of f i ce Pi oneer I nn f or t he per i od of J une 19- 21.has s t e pped f or war d, al bei t r e l uc t ant l y, Ful l det ai l s and r e ser v at i ons i nf o wi l l beSur el y some wher e out t her e l i es hi dden a mai l ed ear l y i n 1975.woman who woul d enj oy t he chal l enge of bei ng I n r epl y t o t hose who t hought of i ncor -Pr es i dent or News l et t er Edi t or ? Or t he de- por at i ng our gat her i ng wi t h t he Reno Ai rt ai l wor k of Secr et ar y/ Tr eas ur er ? Races - - t he t own i s sol d out and s ewed up

Don' t be shy, speak up! Send your name dur i ng Sept . We coul dn' t possi bl y do i t .and of f i c e c hoi c e t o Gene Fi t z Pat r i c k, 44- 1, New addr e ss f or Bet t y Boyd:2345 Spar t a Dr . , Rancho Pal os Ver des, Ca. 1705 Shor el i ne, Apt . 30t

90274 Al ameda, Cal i f 94501( 415) 521- 5623

 Ther e wi l l be a busi ness meet i ng at t heReno Reuni on, at whi ch t i me new of f i cer s

wi l l be i nst al l ed and anythi ng of i nt er estt o t he Or der of F i f i nel l a wi l l be di s c us s ed.Known i t em on t he Agenda wi l l be di spl ay

of t he Memori al Pl aque desi gned by J ewelEst es, 44- 10 t r ai nee, whi ch was made andshown at t he NOW Convent i on i n Houst on ' 74.Member s wi l l di scuss t he possi bi l i t y of f undi ng t hi s - and f ut ur e pl aques f or Ai rMuseums i n t he count r y.

I f you have an i t em you' d l i k e on t heAgenda, pl ease cont act Presi dent NancyCr ews, i ncl udi ng det ai l s, and a sl ot wi l lbe r eser ved. Don~t wai t unt i l t he meet i ngt o s ur pr i s e us , pl eas e.

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NOW' s i nt er est i n t he achi evement s of t hewomen pi l ot s and t hei r r ecogni t i on pr ogr am,and added, " As I under s t and i t , your ai m i snot onl y t o es t abl i s h r ec ogni t i on f or t heachi evement s of women but t ol cr eat e a con-di t i on under whi ch t hey can and wi l l devel opt hei r c apabi l i t i es and us e t hei r f ul l t al entt hus maki ng t he wor l d a bet t er and r i cherpl ace t o l i ve i n f or ever yone. " Zi ggy pr e-sent ed a comment ary of commendat i on f or t hesWW I I women pi l ot s sent t o t he conf er ence by

a mal e pi l ot , Senat or Bar r y Gol dwater, whosef l i ght exper i ence wi t h t he WAFS at Wi l mi ng-t on, Del , he r emember ed wi t h gr eat r espect .

WASP and i nst r uct or s i n t he For t Wor t h-Dal l as~ Tyl er Met r opl ex wer e i nvi t ed t o apr evi ew i n Dal l as May 19, t he week bef or et he Houst on pr ogr am. Thei r appr oval wasent hus i as t i c and r epor t s ar e t hat t hescul pt ur e i s beaut i f ul .

UNVEI LI NG OF MEMORI AL PLAQUE

Nat i onal r ecogni t i on was accor ded t heWomen' s Ai r f orce Ser vi ce Pi l ot s i n Houst oni n May i n a pr ogr am cul mi nat i ng i n t he un-vei l i ng of a model of a doubl e pl aque t obe cast i n bronze as a memor i al t o t hosewho l i ved and t hose who di ed i n ser vi ce.

 The speci al event s pr ogr am f eat ur i ng a"Sal ut e t o t he WASPs" bef or e nat i onal del -egat e~ of t he Nat i onal Or gani zat i on f orWomen ( NOW) r ecogni zed t he achi evement s of women i n avi at i on and t he accompl i shment s

of t he WASP i n par t i cul ar. The pl aque, sc ul pt ur ed by J ewel Est es,Dal l as ar t i s t , i s des i gned t o honor t he en-t i r e WASP achi evement and commemor at e i nper manent symbol i sm t he i ndi vi dual and col -l ect i ve her oi sm of womanhood i n pat r i ot i cac t i on. I t depi c t s t he heads of 2 f i gur e s- -one i n pi l ot ' s hel met and one i n gr aduateber et - - r epr es ent i ng bot h t he t r ai ni ng andser vi ce phases of t he WASP pr ogr am, and i sbased, t oget her wi t h t he memori al name pl a-que on a 52 x 26 i nch beaut i f ul woodedbackboar d. Sever al pour i ngs wi l l be possi bl ef r om t he mol d devel oped by t he ar t i s t f r omt he or i gi nal scul pt ur e. I f f undi ng pl anscan be achi eved t hr ough vol unt eer f l yi ng

ent husi ast s i nt er est ed i n hel pi ng t he WASPsaga become a per manent page i n Amer i canhi st or y, t he br onze pl aques wi l l be madeavai l abl e t o appr opr i at e ai r and space mu-seums over t he U. S. as soon as appr oval i sobt ai ned.

Par t i ci pat i ng i n t he pr ogr am wer e Leot iDeaton and Lor r ai n Bai n, 44- 5, bot h i n WASPuni f orm; Zi ggy Hunt er , WASP i nst r uct cr ; and

 J ewel Est es, 44- 10 t r ai nee. Dedi e gave somebackgr ound on t he exper i ment al aspect s of t he pr ogr am. She expr essed appr eci at i on of 

NOTES FROM THE HI STORI AN

I have i n my possessi on a book t hat waspubl i shed i n 1968 by Hawt horn Books, I nc.

New Yor k, N. Y. I t i s t i t l ed LADYBI RDS:~M£~AVI ATI ON by Edward J abl onski . Ther e i s an i nt er est i ng obser vat i on madeby Mr . J abl onski as wel l as an i naccur acyconcer ni ng t he WASP and WAFS dur i ng WW I I .

I n t he chapt er ent i t l ed "Wi ngs of War "he st ar t ed out by sayi ng t hat women par t i ci pat ed i n WW I I mor e act i vel y t han t heyhad ever done i n any war i n hi st or y, andt hat t he evol ut i on of ai r c r af t made a t r e-mendous l eap dur i ng t he ear l y year s of t hi s war . I n Dec 1943 Pr esi dent Roosevel tand ot her di gni t ar i es wer e at t endi ng abanquet obser vi ng t he 40t h anni ver sary of f l i ght . Or vi l l e Wr i ght was t he guest of 

honor . He r ef us ed t o s peak at t he di nner ,but was hear d l at er t o comment t hat "evi lmen had sei zed upon t he ai r pl ane t o makei t t he most l et hal weapon i n hi st or y". Thef ol l owi ng i s quot ed f r om t he book:

"Women of f er ed t hei r - ser vi ces t o t hei rcount r i es. The Engl i sh f or med a women' sdi vi si on of t he Ai r Transport Commandcal l ed Ai r Tr anspor t Auxi l i ar y ( ATA) .Women f r om Canada j oi ned t he ATA as di dwomen f r om t he Uni t ed St at es . . . The f i r stof t hese r emar kabl e women was J acquel i neCochr an, one of Ameri ca' s out st andi ngpi l ot s. J acquel i ne del i ver ed her f i r stpl ane and t hen r et ur ned t o t he US t o r ec rui t anot her 25 pi l ot s f or ATA. Af t er

t he US ent er ed t he war , J acquel i ne Coch-r an r et ur ned t o t he St at es t o f or m t heWomen' s Ai r For ce Ser vi ce Pi l ot s, bet t erknown as t he WASP. Ther e wer e many t i meswhen J acki e Cochr an needed t he t emper a-ment of a wasp t o conf r ont t he commonpr ej udi ce agai nst women f l i er s, i nt er -ser vi ce r i val r y and sheer pet t y j eal ousy

Despi t e t hese obst acl es t he women di dwhat t hey coul d. They t est ed and del i v-er ed pl anes, as di d t hei r Engl i sh cou~-t er part s. They even t owed sl eeves behI nd

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t hei r pl anes as t ar get s. Ai r men, whower e l earni ng gunner y, woul d shoot at t hesl eeve t r ai l i ng t he WASP- pi l ot ed craf t .

Because t hey r ecei ved l i t t l e r ecogni -t i on, f or t echni cal l y t he WASP was notr egar ded as a t r ue mi l i t ar y out f i t ,l i t t l e was known or has been r emember edabout t he women f l i er s of t he Second WW. .

 The f er r yi ng of Amer i can pl anes acr osst he At l ant i c was handl ed by t he WAFS( Women' s Auxi l i ar y Fer r yi ng Squadr on)under t he command of Nancy Har kness Love.

 Tr ai ni ng t he pi l ot s f or t hi s wor k f el lt o J acki e Cochr an' s WASP. ( NOTE: Onl y 1f l i ght was at t empt ed by Nancy Love andBet t y Gi l l i es. I t was del ayed and f i nal l ycancel l ed at t he l ast moment . Gen. H. H.Ar nol d woul d not aut hor i ze t r ans- At l ant i cf l i ght s f or t he Amer i can WAFS. )

Mal e host i l i t y was t hei r gr eat est pr ob-l em. Seei ng women pi l ot s handl e ai r cr af tt hat he was not yet qual i f i ed t o handl er ubbed t he young pi l ot t he wr ong way. Abase commander , an ol d t i mer wi t h yearsof exper i enc e i n t he ai r , had s ai d, " I ' d

be damned i f I ' d l et one of ' em t axi medown t he r unway. I want . t o hang ont o t hi ss ki n of mi ne a l i t t l e l onger " .

But t hen he had been f or ced t o admi t ,"one day I had t o gi ve one of t he WASPa c hec k- out f l i ght f r om her e t o Char l ot t eAnd now I t ake i t bac k, ever y wor d I s ai d.She was even bet t er t han some of my boys~

An AF of f i cer at Camp St ewar t , Ga,wher e WASPs ser ved i n speci al f l yi ngassi gnment s r equi r i ng ver y ski l l ed i n-st r ument wor k, echoed t he vi ew. "Two of t he gi r l s ar e as good as I am at t hi spar t i c ul ar j ob, and hel l , I t hi nk I ' Mt he best i n t he Ar my . . . . . "

Museum Not es: I t i s t he suggest i on of t heWASP Hi st ori an t hat al l WASP who havehi s t o r i c al ar t i c l es of val ue t o t hi nkf i r st of t he 2 nat i onal museums- Ai r For ceMuseum at Wr i ght Pat t er son AFB, Ohi o orNat i onal Ai r   &Space Museum ( Smi t hsoni anI nst i t ut i on i n Washi ngt on, D. C. ) , andt hen s end dupl i c at e ar t i c l es t o t he r e -gi onal museums i n t hei r l ocal ar ea. I nanot her 20 year s t hes e ar t i c l es wi l l be-come l ost or dest r oyed and so much of ourhi s t or y wi l l never be s een, unl es s i t i sgi ven now t o t he museum of your choi ce.

I nt er est i ng Dat a: At t he end of t he WASPProgr am, Dec 20, 1944, t her e wer e 916

ac~i ve WASPs st at i oned i n t he f ol l owi ngass i gnment s:Headquar t er s AAF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

 Tr ai ni ng Command . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . 620Ai r Tr anspor t Command   1411st Ai r For ce 162nd Ai r For ce SO4t h Ai r F or c e . . . . . . . . •. . . •. . . . . 37Weat her Wi ng 11Pr ovi ng Gr ound Command 6Ai r Tec hni c al Ser vi c e Command 3

 Tr oop Car r i er Command 1 Tot al 916

 The hi st or i an woul d l i ke t o have t he namesof WASPs ( and gr oup pi ct ur es) who wereac t i ve at t he end of t he pr ogr am and t hei rassi gnment s. Pl ease wr i t e di r ect l y t o:

MARTY WYALLP. O. Box 9212For t Wayne, I n. 46S09

 To dat e I have onl y 1 gr oup gi ven t o meby Anne Dai l ey Mar shal l , 44- S, of t he

WASP at Mar ana AB, Ar i z. Taken Dec. l S,1944, 14 of t he 15 i n pi c i dent i f i ed.

WE   nQ GET LETTERS

Last year dur i ng t he bi g spl ash aboutt he Navy havi ng t he 1st women pi l ots, ourSec/ Treas Mar y J ones r ecei ved t hi s one af -t er s he had wr i t t en her l oc al paper t o r e -mi nd t hem of WASP. The wr i t er , Mr . Pri ce,w~s ki nd enough t o al l ow her t o shar e i twi t h you.

Dear Mr s. J ones, You ar e r i ght ; women wer e f l yi ng mi l i -

t ar y ai r craf t l ong bef or e t he Navy cameup wi t h i t s newest addi t i on. Your st or y i n t he Pr ess 1- 19- 73 br ought

t o mi nd an i nci dent i n 1944 or ' 45 at Tuskegee AAF wher e I was an avi at i on ca-det at t he t i me. Our upper cl assmen wer ef l yi ng P- 40s ( f i ght er t r ai nees ) and t heAT- I O, i f I ' m not mi st aken. The AT- I Owas a l ow- wi ng, t wi n- engi ne j ob wi t h t wi nr udder s, and i f I r emember cor r ect l y, wasmade of pl ywood. These wer e f l own by bomb-er t r ai nees bef ore we got st r i pped- down

B- 25s.One af t er noon on t he f l i ght l i ne t he

wor d was spr ead t hat one of t he AT- l Oswas ci r cl i ng t he f i el d wi t h wheel t r oubl e,

coul dn' t get t hem down. Af t er much ado,P- 40 went up t o t ake a l ook, and c i r c l i ngt o us e up f uel , t he pi l ot " gr e as ed" i t ont he gr ass wi t hout much damage and no f i r eor i nj ur y . I can' t r ecal l al l of t he de-t ai l s but I r emember we cadet s, l i ned upi n f r ont of t he s hac k t o s ee t he s how,wer e t al ki ng i t up. We wer e hopi ng i t wasone of . our f el l ow st udent s at t he cont r ol s,seei ng i t was such a beaut i f ul l andi ng.I t woul d show our i nst r uctor s t hat wecoul d r eal l y cut i t . ( We wer e bl ack andpr oud l ong bef ore t hi s gener ati on. )

When t he " Fol l ow Me" j eep came i n wi t ht he pi l ot , our mal e egos suf f er ed a set -

back. The pi l ot was one of your zoot -sui t ed WASPs.Respect f ul l y,

s/ Char l es Pri ceP. S. That pi c t u re of you and your

gang " pos ed" i n f r ont of t heAT- 6 br ought back memor i es.I have posed wi t h cl assmat esi n al most t he same shot .

Anyone r emember bei ng i nvol ved? . . •ed.

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AN APPEAL FOR MEMORI ES ••. . •

Okey, l adi es- - we' ve asked f or r epor t sf r om any/ al l of you on happeni ngs whi l e" s er vi ng" . So f ar we have onl y s t at i s t i c alpi eces and bi t s ( 100 of you wr ot e shor tanswer s t o speci f i c quest i ons at t he Sweet -wat er Reuni on) . Now- How about a " r ecor di ng

sessi on" at Reno? To al l ow you t o r ambl eon t a pe and f i l l us i n on a f ew of t he i n-t er est i ng t hi ngs t hat r emai n i n your sub-consci ous af t er t hese 30+ year s . •.

Wi t h t ape we' l l pr eser ve t he voi ce, ac-c ent and i nf l ec t i on f or f ut ur e r ef er enc e.

 T' woul d be a shame t o al l ow our " expl oi t s"t o f ade i nt o t he unknown when wJ r e st i l lar ound t o t el l - i t - l i ke- i t - was : :

F~r i nst ance: I st i l l r emember t he Sgt .at a gas st op i n Texas when we r ushed t ot he Ops Bl dg. and asked f or a "l adi es r oom' !He f i nal l y r emembered one about 3 bl ocksaway. But t he next t i me t hr u, he f l our i sheda "l adi es" si gn, had t he Cpl . check t henear by l at r i ne and pr oudl y di r ected us

t her e- - mal e pi l ot s wai t ed t i l t he si gn camedown: Anot her t i me I pi cked up a St earmanat t he f act o r y t o del i ver t o Cal i f . I ' dbeen f l yi ng ni ce wi de- t r ack BT- 13s and hadnever been near a St ear man, so had t o ckout at t he f ac t or y. pr i or t o depar t ur e. Myf i r st r est - st op west was bl owi ng up Texasdust at about 30mph, so I r equest ed a ni cef r i endl y t axi s t r i p i nt o t he wi nd. Thet ower oper ator was qui t e adl l i nant about hi s"r unway i n use", so I made t he appr oach asdi r ec t e d, got i t on t he dec k, and gent l ywent i nt o 2360' s. A j eep came scr eemi ngup, but I waved t hat al l was unscr at ched.As I sl owl y t axi ed I DI D hear t he t ower

aut hor i z e t he us e of t he t axi s t r i p f or 2ot her s- agai n pr ovi ng one i l l ust r at i on i swor t h 1000 wor ds ••?

And how about t he "Pr esi dent i al Sui t e"weusual l y shared i n Mi dl and, Tex? Maybe Gr o-ver Cl evel and? And t he Fer r y pi l ots Gr eatCi r cl e Cour se- - P- 51 t o Newar k; ni ght t r a~nt o Buf f al o; P- 63 t o Gr e at Fal l s , Mont ; and01' f r i endl y SNAFU back t o L. A •. ?

Does any of t hi s r i ng bel l s ? or t r ans -por t you back t o your t r ai ni ng ~r dut y days? J ot down a f ew hi - l i ght s and br I ng t hemwi t h you, pr epar ed t o el abor at e, and. SHARE: :I f you have a t ape r e cor der , br I ng I t t oo,and hel p gat her what we hope wi l l . become a

per manent r ecor d of our shor t per I od of ser vi ce and advent ur e. I f you can' t makeReno, f i nd a t ape and t r anscr i be your mem-or i es~- Don' t be l ef t out .

FI FI AWARD

 The Fi f i Awar d Commi t t ee, chai r ed by DelSchar r , WA~S, i s st i l l wor ki ng on f or mul a-t i ng r ul es   &r equi r ement s f o~ the award.I f you have i deas or suggest I ons, pl easecont act her i mmedi at el y.

SMI THSONI AN I NSTI TUTI ON

Bee Haydu, 44- 7, who gave her uni f or mand memor abi l i a t o t he Smi t hsoni an sever alyear s ago, r evi s i t ed t he I ns t i t ut i on i nApr i l and has a gl owi ng r epor t on t he newAi r   &Space Museum:

"I vi si t ed wi t h Messr s. Donal d Lopez,

Asst Di r Aer onaut i cs; Loui sCasey, Cur a-t or Ai r cr af t and C. G. Sweet i ng, Cur at or i alAsst . They t ol d me t he new bl dg. wi l lhouse many i t ems per t ai ni ng t o t he WASPas wel l as women i n avi at i on. The f ormatof exni bi t i on wi l l r ecogni ze t he accom-pl i shment s of women t oget her wi t h men,not separat el y. WASP wi l l be pl aced wi t havi at i on ac t i vi t i es of ot her pi l ot s i nWW I I . The new bl dg. wi l l of f i ci al l yopen J ul y 4, 1976, al t ho compl et i on i sexpect ed bef or e t hat dat e.

When i t comes near t i me t o pl an f or t hexhi bi t s per t ai ni ng t o t he WASP, we wi l lbe not i f i ed and i nvi t ed t o hel p wi t hi deas f or di spl ayi ng. I suspect t hi s wi l be some t i me i n ' 75. Anyone want i ng t ocont r i but e t i me and i deas, pl ease l et meknow at my new addr ess: R. D. 2 BOx 519,Newt on, N. J . 07860   OWl}   362- 8618. "

MONEY FOR " THI NGS   &STUFF"

Dues Donati on i s appr eci at ed at any t i me$5 or mor e assur es t he cont i nuance of aNewsl et t er and Rost er . Thi s past year onl y30% of you r emembered t o encour age t he OoMor e i nt er est i s necessar y or we' l l havet o cur t ai l somet hi ng .

A new i t em of i nt er est t o gr aduat es whohave l ost or mi spl aced wi ngs- - a f ai t hf ulcopy, i n si l ver , i s avai l abl e . . Soar i ngsi l ver pr i ces have made t he pr I ce $25. 00,i ncl udi ng t ax and r egi st ered mai l i ng.

Pr et t y Fi f i Decal s ar e avai l abl e @3/ $1.Fi f i Pi ns $7. 50' 72 Reuni on Pi c Book •. . . . . . . $12. 50

Ext r a News l et t er s . . . •. . . •. . . $2. 00Ext r a Rost er s $3. 50

 Your Dues Donat i on ent i t l es you t o a copyof t he Newsl et t er   &Rost er .

Send checks t o Mary J ones, Sec/ Tr eas.395 Ti mber i dge Tr ai lGat es Mi l l s, Ohi o 44040

 J ACQUELI NE COCHRAN appear ed i n J ul y bef or et he Congressi onal subcommi t t ee i nvest i -gat i ng whet her or not women shoul d beal l owed t o ent er t he mi l i t ary academi es.She t ~ok a st and agai nst women ent er i ngt he academi es si nce she f el t t her e i sampl e oppor t uni t y f or women t o get aneducat i on i n t he mi l i t ar y. Dur i ng t heyear Mi ss Cochr an donat ed a uni f or m t ot he Ai r Museum at Wr i ght - Pat t er son.

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LEOTI ( DEDI E) DEATON and her Cl i f f cel ebr a-t ed t hei r 52nd anni J ul y 12- wi t h an   eve-ni n~ di ni ng and danci ng i n For t Wort h: :Ded1e r ecei ved a speci al Red Cr oss pi n   &pl aque l as t f al l f or 50 year s of s er v i c et o t hei r Wat er Saf t y pr ogr am ( t hey al s ogave one t o Cl i f f f or " under s t andi ng and~uppor~" ) . " of cour se, I ' ve been i nvol ved1n v~r ~ous WASP af f ai r s- bi ggest one t he~nve111ng of t he memor i al pl aque. Pl aque1S el egant , t ouchi ngl y beaut i f ul ( t he ex-pr e ss i on on t he f ac es of t he f i gur e s i sr emar kabl e) , and an appr opr i at e memor i al . J ewel Est es i s a t r ue ar t i st and her har dwor k was a r eal l abor of l ove. "

WAFS Secr et ar y: KATHERI NE BERNHEI M FI NEBuckber g Mt . Road, Tomki ns Cove N. Y. I 0986

NANCY LOVE wel l , Nancy wi t h her usual f l ai rt hr i l l ed us no end cal l ed f r om Fl a. t of i l e her r epor t . She was a l i t t l e undert he weat her but i s f eel i ng f i t as a f i ddl e

now a nd i s l ooki ng f or war d t o a f un t r i pt o Al as ka as s oon as Bob r et ur ns f r omMar t ha' s Vi neyar d wi t h t hei r beaut i f ulbl ue sl oop, t he C' est Ca. She says she' sbeen di ddl i ng around whi l e her ki ds havebeen busy, busy. Hannah works at Cornel li n t he Or ni t hol ogy Dept , r i des and hunt sher Ar abi an st eed, i s f ol l owi ng i n Ma' sf oot st eps and i s f l yi ng l i ke mad. Al l i ehas been l i vi ng i n Anchor age wor ki ng asan ant hr opol ogi st and psychol ogi st wi t ht he Met hodi st U. of An~horage. Mar ky, shesays, i s havi ng a gr eat t i me pl ayi ng a-r ound i n Cal i f . Nance says she was t i ckl edt o deat h when Bet t y Gi l l i es unexpect edl ypopped i n on her way t o t he 99 Convent i on.

NANCY BATSON CREWS, our Pr ez, says shes t ar t ed 1974 by goi ng t o At l ant a i n J an.t o hel p her si st er, Amy, and her mother movef r om Bi r mi ngham. Feb. br ought a l et t er f r omFr an Gust avson t hat t he Reno Convt Com.had r esi gned because of t he ener gy cri si sso she, r el uct ant l y, cancel l ed t he WASP Re-uni on and went t o t he hospi t al i n Mar chf or s ome s ur ger y t hat t ur ned out wel l , ass he was abl e t o r e t ur n t o Nor t hr op i n Apr .wher e she i s i nvol ved wi t h t he YF- 17 Li ghtWei ght Fi ght er bei ng t est ed f or f ut ur epr oduct i on. Son, Radf or d, r ecei ved an Hon-or abl e Di schar ge f r om the AF l ast Nov,   en-t er ed col l ege i n J an, made Dean' s Li st and

i s now schedul ed f or t he Chapman Col l egef al l semest er t r i p on t he Wor l d Campus A-f l oat. Daught er J aney has been enj oyi ngher summer at t endi ng t he Carol i ne Leonet t iChar m  &Model i ng School i n Hol l ywood, andi n her spar e t i me di shi ng out i ce cream atDar i - Del i ght . Nanc y s t i l l does a l i t t l ei nst r ucti ~g, i s f i xi ng up her Super Cuband has acqui r ed a 1949 Mooney Mi t e whi chi s i n t he pr oc es s of bei ng r ebui l t . Shec al l s i t her Baby P- 51. Out s i de of t hatshe says ever ythi ng i s st at us quo exceptf or a new addi t i on- a 4 mont h ol d Ger man

Shephard, who i s supposed t o bi t e any un-i nvi t ed guest . Good Luck, Nancy:

BARBARA FASKEN DI CKI NSON wr i t es she hasn' tdone muc h t hi s pas t year . Exc ept a t r i p t ot he Sout h Paci f i c- Tonga, Fi j i , Bor a- Bor a,and Tahi t i i n Feb; t hen she and her hus-band t ook bot h sons t o Engl and, At hens   &t he Gr eek I sl ands i n May. Ahhh: Son Roger ,30, and Rober t , 26, ar e r ai si ng cat t l e i n

St Hel ena, Cal i f , and she sadl y conf essest hat t he c l os es t s he' s got t en i n year s t of l yi ng her s el f ar ound i s i n a bi g, ugl y j et .

BETTY GI LLI ES, " The Mi ght y At om" as she wasf ondl y cal l ed by t he gal s at NCAAB saysshe has not hi ng exci t i ng t o r epor t exceptshe and Ger t r ude Lockwood headed f or Mi amiand P uer t o Ri c o i n her Bar on t o at t end t he99 Convt. i n August . They wer e pl anni ng t of l y t o San J uan, but what wi t h possi bl ehur r i c anes i n t he ar ea, dec i ded t o t akeEAL f r om Mi ami . Had hoped t o RON i n Sara-sot a wi t her comi ng or goi ng. Nothi ng ex-ci t i ng?? Hmmm:

GERTRUDE MESERVE TUBBS says she i s wor ki ngpar t i me i n t he Count y Hospi t al i n Br aden-t own, Fl a and ~as j ust r eady t o l eave onher vacat i on when our l et t er ar r i ved. Wear e sur e t hat ever yone wi l l want t o sendt hei r deepest sympat hi es at t he l oss of her husband of 30 year s- and our goodbuddy, Char l i e Tubbs.

ADELA SCHAAR. Fr om what we can gat her f r omDel ' s l et t er s he has t ur ned i nt o t he pr o-ver bi al wor k- hor se; pai nt i ng, r er oof i ng,r echi nki ng mor t ar , pat chi ng pl aster andgener al l y f i xi ng up her 107 year ol d f ar mhouse. To say not hi ng of pl ant i ng ever yveget abl e known t o manki ng and canni ng,t o dat e, 40 qts. of t omat oes: She has onl ywoven 2 pur ses t hi s year because she i s

st i l l scrubbi ng down t he house and f i n-i shi ng t he pai nt i ng. She t hr eat ens, however ,come f al l , she' l l f i nd t he t i me t o weavepai nt a pi c t ur e or t wo and per haps do a'bi t of wr i t i ng. Her Spani sh gr oup meet seach Thur sday and she had a chance t o usei t i n J une when s he t ook a c r ui s e f r o mGal vest on t o Cozumel I sl and, Panama Canal ,Car t agena and Mont ego Bay wi t h hubby,Har ol d, and her si st er and br ot her - i n- l aw.She al so suggest s she mi ght wr i t e t heWAFS St or y i n Spani sh- shoul d be f asci n-ati ng- but who amon~st us coul d r ead i t ?Del i s al so chai r man of t he Awar ds Com, as or t of Fi f i nel l a Os car , and as ked t hatanyone wi t h suggest i ons on r ul es or gui del i nes pl ease cont act her .

 THERESA J AMES. We asked f or a shor t synopsi sof t he year ' s doi ngs and got i ns t ead an 8page document - ver y i nt er est i ng, but usedup al l our " bl ue- penc i l " : She wr i t es f r omW. Pal m Beach t hat t he Bour bon i n her bl oodst r eam hasn' t di scour aged t he mosqui t os,f l eas , et c . f r om bi t i ng ei t her her or herdog, Gr et chen. She' s been sl oppi ng up t hebeer and vi t t l es at her s i s t e r' s and br o-t her - i n- I aw' s r es t aur ant , Al f i e' s F i s h   &Chi ps, and get t i ng FAT, FAT. Di d you know

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s he went t o L ondon on t heP- 47 ( J ug) j un- and Cr ews c onned us i nt o bei ng s ec ret ar yket ? Sat up wi t h t he pi l ot al l t he way, t o t he WAFS, ot her wi s e we ar e s t i l l ont ake- of f t o l amdi ng, had a t r ew. endous ti me our mount ai n t op, st i l l at t he cont r ol shob- nobbi ng wi t h al l t he bi g- s hot s i nc l u- of t he 60- pas s enger s c hool bus and s t i l ldi ng L or d L oui s Mount bat t en; met f r i ends pr ayi ng f or our t wi n- di es el yac ht t o s ai lof Hel en Ri t chi es and was made an Honor ar y us of f i nt o t he sunset . Daught er , Dugi e,member of t he RAF; got t o Par i s and s aw and her hus band, Axel , j us t r el eas ed f r omt he Fol l i es Ber gi er e, et al l . Bes i des al l t he Navy af t er 4 y ear s c ame f or a 2 weekt hat , s he met s ome. f l yi ng f r i ends i n Opa vi s i t and have r et ur ned as c i vi l i ans t o

Locka, Fl a, got i nt er est ed, r ead a bunch Dur ham, wher e she has a gover nment j obof book s, c aught up on new re gul at i ons and and he i s r e- enr ol l ed at Duke f or hi s s e-i s bac k at t he c ont r ol s havi ng a b~l l . ni or year . Lot s of f un, but mot her i sOnl y t hi ng t hat t hr ew her was communi ca- pooper ~ Son, Rob, i s on a Navy Nucl eart i ons - c oul dn' t get us ed t o t he l i ngo and Tender i n Sar d i ni a f or a t wo year s t i ntdr ove t he Tower up t he wal l ~! Funny, we and i s havi ng a t i me f or hi msel f - most l ynever t hought her "bi g mout h" woul d do her gal l i vant i ng about on hi s Honda. We havei n. Si nce t he " Pet uni a Pat c h" i n Pa. i s s or t of got t en our s el ves i nvol ved i n 10-r unni ng wi t hout her , s he wi l l s t ay i n F l a. c al pol i t i c s and wi t h our us ual l ac k of  unt i l t he f unds r un out . Ni c e goi ng, Bag! t a~t , ar e on a good many ( expl et i ve de-

F LORENE MI L LER WATSON wr i t es t hat s he i s I e t e d) l i s t s .

st i l l t eachi ng col l ege gi r l s who ar e pr e- 43- 1 Secretary: GERRY NYMANpar i ng f or s ec r et ar i al c ar eer s , boys wor k- 600 E. Cot t onwood Lane, Apt . 117i ng t owar ds degr ees i n bus i nes s and i s al - Cas a Gr ande, Ar i z . 85222so a st udent her sel f t aki ng mor e hour s a-

bove a ~ast ~r ' s Degr ee. Dr : Fl ore~e? Says The most exci t i ng news f or t he' Phoeni x, Ar i z.and. Chr l s wl ~l be cel ebr at l ng t h~l r 30t h WASP has been a seri es of r euni ons ever yannl ver sasy l n a f ew mont ~s. W~W. ~nd have 4 or 5 mont hs. 43- 1 was r eal l y i n evi dencer e cent l y r e t ur n ed f r o m ~ p~ay t r ~p t o and we have had a del i ght f ul t i me:Na~sa~. They ar~. ent husl ast l c boat l ng, . BETTY TACKABERRY BLAKE l ooks gr eat and i ssWl mml ng and ~kl l ng buf f s. Daught er Ga~l about t he busi est gal i n Phoeni x wi t h herand. hus~and 11~e n~ar by and ar e expect l ng r eal - est at e busi ness. She has 3 f i ne boyst hel r f l r s t . c hl 1~ l n J a~. J ea~, her ot her and t he l as t t i me I s aw her s he was bei ngdaught er , 11ves l n Amar l 110 t l h her hus - t aken out t o a f anc y Mot her ' s Day di nnerband, 5 year ol d son and, 2 ~ear ol ~ da~gh- by al l 3 boys.t er . Fl or ene says woul dn t . l t be nl c~ l f BROWNI E KI NDI G has a beaut i f ul bi g mobi l et he WAFS c oul d ~ave a r eunl on ~f t hel r home i n a l ovel y s et t i ng on t he des er t no-own? Name t he t l me a nd. pl ac ~. . . . r t h of Phoeni x. She keeps bus y wor k i ng i n

BARBARA ERI CKSON LOND6N l S st l 11 sei l l ng a l aw of f i ce and at t he t i me of wr i t i ngai r pl anes and f l yi ng qui t e a bi t whi ch, as s he i s vacat i oni ng i n t he Eas t . '

she says, i s hel pi ng her t o make t he many GERRY NYMAN and husband Van spent t he 4t h ofadj ust ment s si ~ce t he l oss of her husband J ul y at t hei r pl ace on Coeur d' Al ene Lakel as t J ul y. Agal n, we s end one of our own i n N. I daho. I t was a g reat r euni on wi t hour mos t hear t f el ~ s ~pat hy. Her ol der al l our boys , t hei r wi ves , and gr a ndc hi l -daught er , Ter r y, l S : n ~er ~as t year a~ dr e n t her e f or t he hol i days . Whi l e vac a-San J ose St ate U. m~J or l ~g l n ~er onau~l cs. t i oni ng at Canyon de Chel l y over LaborShe has al l t he r at l ngs l ~c l u~l ng. hel l - . Day, Ger r y r an ac ross a f or mer s t udent of  copt er , does a l ot of f l Yl ng 2nd l S hopl ng BYRD HOWELL GRANGER. Thi s st ud~nt descri bedf or an ai r l i ne j ob s ome day. Br avo~. Ter r y~ Byr d' s c l as s es at t he U. of Ar i z . as t heKr i s, #2 daught er , moved ~r om Hawal l t o most out st andi ng t her e and Byr d as one of Sun Val l ey, wher e s he c ont l nues t o do her t he mos t out s t andi ng t eac her s . Byr d i s ant hi ng wi t h hor s es and dogs , no p l anes . exper t on f ol kl or e and has s i mpl y over -B. J . i s goi ng t o s t ay " put " s i nce t he f l owi ng cr o wds wai t i ng t o get i n.house i s l arge enough t o accommodate t he MAGDA TACKE and husband George are r et i r i ngki ds and al l t hei r f r i ends who keep t o a gr e at r e t i r e ment c ommuni t y at Mys t i ccomi ng home. Shor es i n Tucker t on, N. J . They wi l l have

HELEN MARY CLARK. We' r e cer t ai n ev~r yone gol f and al so ocean f i shi ng r i ght at . t he. i knows about t he hor r endous exper l en~e door s t e p. I t al l s ounds l i ke t he ul t l mat et hat bef el l H. M. and Ger r y when t hel r i n r et i r e ment l i vi ng.magni f i ent home bur ned t o t he gr ound sev- J ANE STRAUGHN i s, at t hi s wr i t i ng, f l at oner al year s ago. We r ec ent l y s poke t o H. M. her bac k r ec uper at i ng f r om t oo muc h f unwho i s now l i vi ng i n a dar l i ng hous e on at t he beac h. I t s eems her di s i nt egr at i ngf our ac r es by a beaut i f ul l ake i n S l oat s - di s c j us t woul dn' t t ake l i f t i ng t he s ai l -bur g, N. Y. and l ovi ng i t . She i s c ar r yi ng boat and pai nt i ng t he hous e, but our beton i n her own i ni mi t abl e way and s ays Hi i s t hat s he wi l l be r i ght bac k out t her et o ever y one- Di t t o- and good l uc k H. M. wi t h t hat s ai l boat agai n s oon.f r om al l of us. MARY LOU COLBERT NEALE r epor t s t hat al t ho

KATHRYN BERNHEI M ( SI S) FI NE Ou~ most memor - . one l ef t f or col l ege t o t he nor t h and t heabl e moment t hi s year cam~ when Gi l l i es

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one i n col l ege t o t he sout h gr aduat ed CumLaude and r et ur ned f or a Mast er s i n B. Ad.t he 2 hi gh school er s at home f el t com-pel l ed t o r us h i n t o f i l l t he vac uum wi t ht hei r f r i ends . So t he hous ehol d i s as f r e n-et i c as ever and money goes f or eat i ngr at her t han f l yi ng. Ray i s s t i l l wor ki ng6 day weeks f or Lockheed, so no vacat i onst o r epor t . A WASP r euni on soon woul d be a

wel come r el i ef f or t hi s f r azzl ed- ner vedHouse Mot her .MARI ON MACKEY De GREGORI O and her husband

ar e k ept ver y bus y wi t h t hei r r es t aur antbus i nes s . They had a gr eat t r i p t o Texasand t he West Coast t hi s summer . They vi s-i t ed a s on and f ami l y i n Cal i f . and had awonder f ul t i me i n San Franci sco   &Las Vegas

Our i l l ust r i ous DOTTI E YOUNG r eal l y has beenbus y s i nc e t he l as t wr i t i ng. On s pt 29, ' 73she' was {nduct ed i nt o t he Col o. Avi ati onHal l of ' Fame. I n t he spr i ng she was hon-or ed by t he Okl a. Hospi t al i t y Cl ub as oneof t hei r Ladi es i n t he News . Af t er a c at -ar ac t oper at i on i n Dec . s he i s agai n go-i ng f ul l st eam, and i n May at t ended t he

10t h anni ver sar y meet i ng of t he FAA WACOAi n Washi ngt on, D. C. Thi s doesn' t begi n t oi ncl ude al l her acti vi t i es as we coul dwr i t e a whol e newsl et t er j ust on Dot t i e:

Ger r y Nyman has a l et t er f r om her Senat or ,Bar r y Gol dwater , pr omi si ng ai d wi t ~ t heHouse Bi l l ef f ect i ng t he WASP, saYl ng

i f i t seems t o have any ser i ous chanceof act i on on t he Hous e s i de, I wi l l t r yt o hel p out over her e. "

43- 2 Secr et ar y: MARI ON SCHORR BROWN2512 Mont gomer y, Lar edo, Tex. 78040

MARI E MUCCI E GENARO i s busy r unni ng and

managi ng her successf ul Nat ur al Vi l l aHeal t h Foods St or e i n Lake Par k, Fl a. Shehas r ecent l y compl et ed a cour se at t heLi f e Ther apy I nst i t ut e i n Pal m Spr i ngs,Cal i f on nut r i t i on and body managementwhi ch qual i f i es her as a Nut r i t i on Con-s ul t ant . She wr i t es an i nt er es t i ng andi nf ormat i ve col umn on nut r i t i on weekl yf or t he l oc al paper i n F l a.

GERI MAS I NTER HI LL had not been f l yi ng f oryear s, however , has now t aken her 2ndc l as s phys i c al and got t en c ur r ent . She i senj oyi ng r et i r ement . I n addi t i on t o af ul l s oci al l i f e s he i s Pr es . of t he N.San Di ego Count y CRTA ( Ca. Ret i r ed Tea-cher s' Asso. ) The di vi si on has 525 mem-ber s and i s gr owi ng. At t he CRTA convt .i n May at Baker sf i el d, Ger i had a l ongt el ephone conver sat i on wi t h Lor ena Dal yDor r ( 43- 6) .

MARTHA WAGENSEI L RUPLEY i s our busy galf r om Sant a Bar bar a. She and Mr . Rupl eybought a 20 year ol d home l ooki ng downacross Mont eci t o Gol f Cl ub t o t he wat er .

 They haul ed boul der s, bui l t wal l s, movedt ons of di r t , pl ant ed gar dens and com-pl et el y r emodel ed. That l ef t onl y t hehour s of 5pm t o 7pm f or Mar t ha' s dai l y

gol f games. I n mi d- J ul y she t ook t i me outf or a vi si t t o New Yor k t o see RUTH FRAN-CKLI NG REYNOLDS and her f ami l y on t hei rf ar m i n t he Cat s ki l l Mt s . Fr om t her e s het r a vel ed t o Pa. t o at t end a h i gh s choolr euni on at Oakmont Count r y Cl ub ( t hei r40t h- her f i r s t ) . Then t o Cor s i c ana, Texasand back t o Sant a Bar bar a vi a Las Vegas.

MARI ON SCHORR has mar r i ed J ack D. Br own and

i s now "at home" i n Laredo, Tex. She madef r i ends wi t h Capt . Br own when he was i nchar ge of Fl i ght Transi t i on at Romul us AB,Mi ch. i n 1943. J . D. was l at er t r ansf er r edt o Br owns vi l l e, Tex. and t hey l os t t r ac kof eac h ot her f or 30 y ear s . Las t year ar os t er was pr i nt ed and s ent t o f or mermember s of t he Thr i d Fer r y Gr oup of t heATC: A " hel l o" phone c al l f r om J ac k r e-veal ed t hat eac h was s t i l l f l yi ng pr of es s -i onal l y, had marr i ed, r ai sed a f ami l y, hadbeen l i vi ng al one f or 4 year s; and mosti mpor t ant - t hat eac h had r es er ved a l i t t l ec or n er of t hei r hear t f or t he o t her . Theymar r i ed i n Feb. Mar i on l ef t her posi t i onof Chi ef Fl i ght I nst r uct or, i n Col umbus,

Ohi o, and i s now Fl yi ng Mat e f or J . D. onhi s f l i ght s f or an Oi l   &Cat t l e Produc-t i on Co. Besi des l ear ni ng about Char ol ai scat t l e, Mar i on i s enj oyi ng gol f     &sai lpl anei ng.

PAT LAWLER ROBERSON and her f ami l y havebeen l i vi ng i n Tyl er , Tex f or t he pas t 7years. Pat wr i t es, "We came her e t o oper -at e a t r avel cl ub. They had a LockheedSuper Conni e and i t was gr eat f un whi l ei t l as t ed. We got i n a l ot of good t r i ps .However , af t er spendi ng a f ort une com-pl yi ng wi t h Govt. Regs and var i ous othert hi ngs, t hey f i nal l y went br oke. Ear l i ert hi s year , Di ck was i n Tri ni dad, W. I .

t r ai ni ng pi l ot s f or a s mal l ai r l i ne, Car -r i bbean Uni t ed. I went down f or a coupl eof weeks. I t ' s been such a mad- house att he hos pi t al t hat I needed t o g et away" .

MARGARET ANN HAMI LTON TUNNER had i nt endedt o at t end t he r euni on at Sweet wat er , butGener al Tunner was i l l at t he t i me. Theyspend t hei r summer s i n Va. and wi nt er s i nAnt i gua, Guat emal a. Daught er , Suzanne,gr aduat ed f r om t he U. of Va. i n Char l ot t esvi l l e t hi s year .

MARY J OHNSON RUDOLPH i s t he pr oud gr and-mot her of t hr ee. However , she i s not a-vai l abl e f or much baby si t t i ng. She t ook8 bus i nes s t r i ps eas t l as t year . " The 2t r i ps t o Det r oi t wer e exc i t i ng bec aus e Iwas wr i t i ng an i ni t i al management summar yf or Chevr ol et t o us e i n v ar i ous pl ant swi t h t he i dea t hat we wi l l f ol l ow i t upwi t h a l ot more document at i on work. Thent her e was a ni ce 3 week st ay on LongI s l and. At t he end of t hat j ob I had 4del i ght f ul days i n Ber muda as a bonus.

 The St Loui s j ob was par t i cul ar l y i nt er -es t i ng bec aus e f or a week and a hal f Iwas escor t ed t hr u Ar k, Mi ss, and Tenn,vi si t i ng pl ant s t hat manuf act ur e wear i ngappar el and campi ng equi pment f or Sear s

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43- 3 Secr et ar y: BETTY ARCHI BALD FERNANDESRout e 1. Box 57A

Col l i nsvi l l e, Mi ss. 39325

Roebuck. I was gat her i ng i nf ormat i on f ora user manual on t hei r common comput ersyst em. Bet ween t r i ps, I f ound t i me f ora vacat i on t r i p t o Seat t l e l as t f al l , i n-cl udi ng skat i ng at Snoopy' s Ri nk and see-i ng Cr at er L ake i n t hr ee f eet of s now.

DR. DORA DOUGHERTY STROTHER has been a busybee, or i s i t was p? " L es t e r and I c ont i nuepubl i shi ng a mont hl y magazi ne f or Nort hCent r al Texas r egi on cal l ed Texas Met r o. Iam st i l l at Bel l Hel i capt er Co, as Chi ef ,Human Fact or s Engi neer i ng Gr oup- i nvol vedwi t h cockpi t and cr ew st at i on desi gn. Wasr ecent l y assi gned as CO of my AFRes, 9823

Ai r Res er ve Sq, F t . Wor t h. Am a Lt Col . andel i gi bl e f or pr omot i on t hi s summer. Passed

ESTHER BERNER i s s t i l l t he ver y c apabl e my 4 y ear phys i c al - a l ot of our guys getCommi s s i oner of Aer oc aut i c s of I ndi ana. c aught on t hat and ar e out i n a hur r y. MyShe wr i t es t hat s he and Bet t y Pet t i t r es er v e uni t di d r es ear c h and publ i s hed aNi c hol as , 44- 7, f l ew Bet t y' s Ces s na 150 t o paper ent i t l ed " A Sur vey of At t i t udes of  Denver and poi nt s west . Enr out e t hey vi s- St udent Nur ses Towar ds a Car eer : . s a Mi l i -i t ed Bet t y J o Reed, 44- 7, Fr anc es Tanes s y, t ar y Nur s e" . F ound gal s s t art t hi nki ng of  43- 6, GRACE BI RGE MAYFI ELD, Pet e   &Dot t i e and eval uat i ng a mi l i t ar y c ar eer as ear l y Young, 43- 1, " 99" hdqs, t he Cowboy Hal l as h' i gh school and t hat t hey ar e mor e i n-of Fame, Es t e s Par k, Col or ado Spr i ngs , t er es t e d i n meani ngf ul s er vi c e t han i n t heand ot her s ceni c s pot s . Sounds l i f e a pr et t y uni f or m and gi r l - t hi ngs . Tr avel i sf ul l 2 week vac at i on. Es t her al s o s t at e s al s o hi gh. Gave a paper at s ever al t ec hni -t hat f or t he f i r s t t i me t he St a t e has cal meet i ngs : Ft . Rucker , Al a i n Nov 1973;al l ocat ed money f or ai r por t i mpr ovement Washi ngt on, D. C. i n May 1974. Was t he f ea-s o we know she i s bus y. She was s or r y t ur ed s ci ent i s t i n " Pr o f i l es i n Sci ence" i nt he r euni on r a s c anc el l ed t hi s year . a l i t t l e bookl et ent i t l ed Naval Res ear c h

KAY MENGES BRI CK. Si nce t he l ast Newsl ett er Revi ews publ i shed by t he Dept of Navy, Of -Kay has r ec ei ved t he Paul Ti s s andi er f i c e of Naval Res ear c h, Vol . XXV, #12, Dec .Di pl oma f r om t he FAI ( Feder at i on Aer o- 1972. Named Asso Fel l ow i n t he Am. I nst i -naut i que I ner nat i onal e) . Due t o s ur ger y t ut e of Aer onaut i c s   &Ast r onaut i cs. Advi -s he was unabl e t o r ec ei ve i t i n per s on s or t o t he I nt er nat l Women' s Ai r   &Spacei n Dubl i n, I r el and i n t he f al l of 1973 Museum, of t he Ni net y- Ni nes, I nc. Revi ewedat t he 66t h FAI Congr es s. She i s ver y The For got t en Pi l ot s ,   A   St or y of t he Ai rbus y wi t h t he P owder Puf f Der by c an- Tr ans por t Auxi l i ar y 1939- 1945 by L et t i c ec el l ed due t o t he ener g y c r i s i s and i s Cur t i s f or t he J our nal of t he Am Avi at i oncompi l i ng an al bum on 27 Der bi es . Hi s t or i cal Soci et y . I t was a ver y i nt er -

BETTY DEUSER BUDDE wr i t es t hat her l i f e est i ng book and t hi nk many WASPs woul d i -goes on i n t he s ame ol d gr oove ( hope i t ' s dent i f y wi t h L et t i c e and enj oy i t . Shea comf or t abl e one: ) . One of her f our sons l i ves at Spr i ngf i el d House, 54 London Rd. ,has r ec ent l y mar r i ed and i s wor k i ng f or Twyf or d, Ber ks , Engl and i n c as e any of our

t he Publ i c Def ender i n L . A. and anot her gal s ar e over t her e, and n ow wor ks f or t hehas j Oi ned t he Ar my and i s i n Ger many. equi val ent of our FAA- and sounds l i ke aShe al so was di sappoi nt ed t he r euni on was good 01' gal . Have wr i t t en 2 ar t i cl es onpost poned. t he WASP. The Am. Avi at i on Hi st or i cal So-

BETTY ARCHI BALD FERNANDES i s st i l l enj oyi ng ci et y has accept ed t hem f or publ i cat i on 2t he qui et l i f e i n r ur a l Mi s s. wi t h i t s year s ago. The J our n al c omes out quar t er l ymi l es of pi ne f or est s and many l akes. We and or i gi nal l y t hey had pr omi sed publ i ca-t ake s hor t t r i ps t o t he Gul f Coas t and t i on l as t f al l but a r ecent not e s ays t heyNew Or l eans and l onger t r i ps t o I nd. Son ar e " s t i l l on t he t o- be- done pi l e" , s o whoi s As s o. Di r ec t or f or WPTA- TV i n For t knows ? Ti t l es ar e The WASP Pr ogr am: An Hi s -Wayne. Hope t o s ee y ' al l i n Reno. t or i c al Synops i s and The WASP T r ai ni ng Pr o -

ELAI NE J ONES has moved t o PO Box 410, Kahu- gr am: An Hi st or i cal Synopsi s. ( al l of whi chl ui Maui 96732 ( wel l , she' s not r eal l y i n mi ght seem l i ke a "groovey r ut " . . . . ? Ed. )a PO Box •. . ed) and i s wor ki ng as an ATCS BERTHA LI NK TRASKY wr i t es t hat she i s gar den-Fl i t e Ser v i c e St at i on Spec i al i s t . Al l i ng i n t he s ummer and c at c hi ng up on neg-Al oha- l and vi si t or s st op by. l ect ed dut i es at home and t hei r cot t age i n

LOI S BROOKS HAI LEY wr i t es t hat her r ut con- t he wi nt er . She has 3 sons, one mar r i edt i nues on. Let ' s hope i t ' s s i mi l ar t o wi t h t wo c hi l dr en. Her ol des t s on was anBet t y Budde' s gr oove. Her s on has j us t Ar my I nt el l i genc e Of f i c er i n Vi et nam ands ai l ed agai n f or t he Paci f i c. l eader ~f Ki t Ca~s on Scout s . ~e was woun~ed

 J OYCE SHERWOOD SECCI ANI says t hat al l ' s wel l and r et 1r ed and 1S pr esent l y 1n Al aska w1t hwi t h t he Sec ci ani c l an. J us t pl uggi ng a- Dept of Nat ur al Res our c es and has c har ge ofl ong ( i s t hi s t he s ame as t he r ut and 1500 mi l es of t he Al as kan Yukon t hat t hegr ove pr evi ousl y ment i oned?) unt i l t hei r new pi pe l i ne goes t h~ough. The younges~ soki ds f i ni s h t hei r educ at i on- one i s a s en- j us t gr aduat ed f r om M1c h. St at e U. and 1Si or and one a j uni or i n hi gh s chool . She t r yi ng out a new j ob wi t h a nor t her n t r e7may get ai r bor ne agai n wi t h a nephew t hi s f ar m. Ber t ha' s n7w add~ess: 1960 Meadow F1elsummer and see i f she st i l l has t he t ouch. N. E. , Gr and Rap1ds, M1Ch. 49505.

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LOI S HOLLI NGSWORTH ZI LER. Her husband i s t obe count y j udge agai n and Loi s i s t eachi nghi gh school mat h. They st i l l have t hei rf ar m i n Del l Ci t y wi t h t he hous e f or t hemand t he l and l eased out . Her 3 chi l dr enar e marr i ed. Gr andma yet ? She hat ed t o heart hat t he r euni on was cancel l ed.

LORETTA BEATY FOY i s now empl oyed by Bel lHel i copt er , t oo- but t hr ough t hei r Van Nuys

Cal i f . sal es and ser vi ce oper at i on. Doesl ot s of whi r l i ng about .Sec ret ar y not e: Thank s s o muc h t o al l of  

you who r epl i ed. To t hose of you who di dNOT, t o quot e f r om an ol d s ong, " I f youdi dn' t r ec ei ve my l et t er , wr i t e and l etme ~mow" , si gned Ar chi e Bet t ybal d . . . ?

43- 4ELEANOR THOMPSON WORTZ wr ot e f r om Por t ugal ,

i n t he mi dst of t he r evol ut i on, sayi ngt hat s he and her 2 s ons ( 18  &23) wer e ona 4 mont h t r avel bi nge t o Spai n, Mor occo,

Al ger i a, Yugosl avi a, Gr eece, Tur key andBr i t ai n. They wer e j oi ned by her husbandf or par t of t he t r i p. She was on s abbat i -cal l eave f r om the col l ege wher e shet eaches.

HELEN SCHAEFER f l ew t o Dal l as f r om Cal i f f ort he Labor Day weekend and enj oyed a vi si twi t h BERT MI LLER COLLI NS and Al ber t a Head.Hel en r epor t ed t hat J UANI TA BOLI SH COOKEi s havi ng gr eat success wi t h her new en-deavor - r eal es t at e .

 J EANNE ROBERTSON wr i t es t hey had a gl or i ous6 week t r i p i n Eur ope l as t f al l - I r el and,Scot l and, Wal es, Engl and and Par i s. Man-aged t o see some of t he pl aces wher e ourancest or s l i ved. I n Nov. Char l i e un- r e-t i r ed hi msel f - - or r at her Hawai i an I nde-pendent Ref i ner y di d i t f or hi m. He i snow Super i nt endent of t hei r new r ef i ner ynear Honol ul u. J eanne r ent ed t he housei n Cal i f . and became a " camp f ol l ower " .

 They f ound a house i n Honol ul u j ust i nt i me f or t he c hi l dr en t o vi s i t i n Apr i l .

 They pl an t o enj oy t hei r vi ew of t heoc ean f or 3 or 4 y ear s .

FAI TH RI CHARDS l ost her f ather af t er sever -al year s of f ai l i ng heal t h i n Sept , s owas unabl e t o meet our news deadl i ne. Oursympat hy. Cont act Bucky f or news of anycl assmat e- or t al k t o her at Reno i n J une.

43- 5 Secr et ar y: J I LL McCORMI CK 4920 N. St at e Rd. 43W. Laf ayet t e, I nd. 47906

MEREDI TH ROLFE CAMPBELL i n Mar ch st opped atSweet wat er enr out e t o Mi s s . t o t ake a bi gnost al gi c l ook at t he l ovel y pi nk gr ani t emonument t o t he WASP and Avenger Fi el d.I n Aug t ook a c ampi ng t r i p f or t r out i nt he hi gh Si er r as, Expo at Spokane, sal monf i shi ng on t he Col umbi a and vi si t i ng r e-l at i ves i n Wash. A coupl e of f el l ows ar ef i l l i ng i n f or my Sunday School t eachi ng

( Pl us handi c raft s and t r eat s ) at SyquanReser vat i on- have. l O l i t t l e I ndi ans i n mycl ass who hel p gat her cans f or r ecycl i ngt o go t o Ri ngl i ng Br os. Ci r cus. Appeal :I f anyone shoul d have any chi l dr en' s bookst hat c oul d be s ent vi a book r at e, we c oul duse t hem. They l ove books about pl anes,r ocket s, and ani mal s. Son Chet , 20, i s now j eepi ng wi t h a f r i end i n Guat amal a butwi l l have t o get back as Ear l y Mor ni ng

War ni ng Sq. want s t o send hi m f or 2 weeksf l i ght t r ai ni ng at F al l on. Son Reg i sst i l l i n Col l ege and pl ays West er n Band-r ecent l y on Chan. 6 TV Speci al . Daught erEve has desi gn dept . at Laguna Landscape.

CHARLOTTE MI TCHELL CARL r epor t s t hat herl i f e i s r out i ne t eachi ng 5t h gr ade. How-ever s he r epor t ed t hat s he had a v i s i t byone Sal l y Kei l , MARY PARKER' s ni ece. Sal l yand Par ki e pl anned t o wr i t e a book aboutt he WASP. Al t ho Par ki e di ed i n J ul y 197~,Sal l y i nt ends t o car r y oout t hi s commi t -ment and has been pers onal l y cont acti ngt he B- 17 gal s . Char l ot t e r e por t s t hatSal l y has been t al ki ng wi t h her , FRANCES

GREEN KARl , and DAWN ROCHOW SEYMOUR f oranecdot es of t hei r exper i ences and canbe r eached at Par ki e' s ol d addr ess.

SYLVI A DAHMES CLAYTON i s st i l l wor ki ng f orI OTA Engi neer i ng, I nc, as an Ad. Asst . ( aGi r l Fri day) . The por t abl e, hi gh f r equen-cy, f l ~or escent l i ght whi ch I OTA made f orSkyl abwor ked and di d wel l . As a r esul tof t hat t hey have a new pr oduc t on t hemar ket - REVL ( Recr eat i onal   &Emer gency Ve-hi c l e L i ght ) , a 12 vol t , por t abl e l i ghtus i ng as l i t t l e power f r om a c ar bat t er yas a dome l i ght , but 8 t i mes as br i ght .Daught er i s a 2nd Lt . i n t he Ar my, mar -r i ed t o an Ar my Lt. ~bot t i n Fi nance atFt . Br agg, N. C. Son and hi s wi f e l i ve i n

 Tucson wher e he i s an engi neer and shewor ks as a s er v i c e r e pr e sent at i ve f or t het el ephone company.

I RENE FREMD DeGRAY r epor t s t hat she andBi l l are busy r unni ng t hei r own Companyand have f ound t hat Sout h Padr e I sl and i sa mar vel ous pl ac e t o s un, s ur f , and f i s hi n t he unhur r i ed way of Fl a. some 20 yrs.ago. They sneak weekends now ~nd t hen andhave a wonder f ul r est .

SOLANGE D' HOOGHE r epor t s t hat she has l i vedi n Reno, Nev. ever si nce she l ef t Romul us.For t he past 8 year s she has been a Man-power Speci al i st I V f or t he St at e i n Em-pl oyment Secur i t y. She doesn' t do . any

pr i vat e f l yi ng but keeps c l os e t o i t bybei ng a member of t he C. of C. Avi at i onCommi t t ee. She has a 21 year ol d son.

DODI ( J O PI TZ) EGAN - Quot e "My l i f e i sn' tver y exci t i ng t o anyone but me. Have t eena wi dow f or 13 year s so f i l l my t i me wi t ht enni s. Capt . of t he Ar my- Navy CC "C"t eam, go ski i ng whenever possi bl e ( Vai l ,Col o. f or 8 year s ) , r es t of t he t i mei sspent on yar d wor k, br i dge, sewi ng andv\ r i ous handwork. Woul d l ove t o see 43- 5gal s i f t hey ever have a r euni on eas t of  Denver ?" unquot e.

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 J ERRY HI LL ( MRS. ) wi shes t o t hank al l of t he Char t er wor k and t he usual var i et y. I amWASP who made t he Sweet water Reuni on such an FAA Fl i ght Exami ner f or si ngl e and mul ta success and sends her dear est wi shes t o engi ne and i nst r ument , and Ai r Taxi checkt hos e of her ver y dear f r i ends who wer e pi l ot . Pl eas e dr o p i n t o s ay " hi "unabl e t o at t end. She r egr et s t hat she, GERALDI NE HARDMAN J ORDAN r epor t s t hat she i Rut h Gamber , and Hazel Wol f e had t o cancel pr act i cal l y chi l dl ess now. She i s down t ot hei r t r i p t o Reno. She s ays t hat 6 mont hs 3 and ol des t   one   at home wi l l be 18 i n aago s he had 2 c at ar ac t oper at i ons and t hat f ew days and r eady t o t r y her wi ngs al one.she i s i mpossi bl e t o l i ve wi t h. However That woul d l eave Bet sY, 15, and Li ssa 8+ an

her s i s t er and b rot her - i n- l aw s t i l l pl an 2 c at s and a puppy. Daught er Mar y was mar -t o t ake her on a Car i bbean c r ui s e c ome r i ed l as t Mar c h t o a young man f r o m I t al y.Oc t . Good l uc k, J er . r y, have f un, and SEE They dr ove t o N. J . f or t he weddi ng. Hera l ot : I d t do. es aught er Kat hy had a boy on hi s dad

MARI ON ( SCARLET) STEGEMAN HODGSON wr i t es she bl r t hd~y. Now t hey ar e grandpar ent s 3 t i meand s on J ohn went t o L ondon, Par i s and Al l t hl S and c el ebr at i ng t hei r 30t h Weddi nRome f or hi s 13t h bi r t hday pr esent . Hus- Anni . Thi s past summer she bor r owed herband Ned had t o st ay home and "mi nd t he daught er ' s Mot or Home and dr ove f r om Okl a.s hop" , havi ng. j us t r ec ei ved anot her pr o- t hr u Col o, Wyo t o Ut ah wher e s he l ef t hermot i on. Mar i on and J ohn t r a vel ed i n al - hus band f or a Tour at Hi l l AFB. Then on t omost ever y way possi bl e except submar i ne Or e, I daho, Nev and back home- she l i ked t hnamel y: j et , subway, horse- dr awn car r i o~~ ai r condi t i oni ng, but pr ef er s t ent - campi ng-t r ai n, c ar " , boat , hydr of oi l and hover c r~f t . es pec i al l y wi t h t he c os t of gas and t heMari on' s "Col l ege Ki d' s Cookbook" i s now p. al l ons used by t he Mot or Home.over t he 100, 000- i n- pr i nt mark, and her" Br i de' s Sur vi val Ki t " i s gai ni ng on i t . J UL I E L EDBETTER ( L TC USA- Ret ) r epor t s s he

Her t hi r d c ook book " What ' s Your Beef ? " has i ns t r uc t e d and oper at ed Ai r por t s i n S. C.gone i nt o a new pr i nt i ng. Thi s pas t year N. Y.   &N. J . af t er l eavi ng t he WASP unt i lMar i on c ol l abor at ed wi t h an At l ant a ps y- s he ent er ed t he WAC i n Oc t . 1948. She di c h~at r i s t on an ar t i cl e about mar r i age, cont i nue t o i ns t r uc t i n t he Ar my f or awhl l e her Got hi c novel s t i l l awai t s a c om- number of year s , of f - dut y, but has notpl et e r e wr i t e, as does her ol d WASP book been at t he c ont r o l s f or t he l as t 6 y earwhi ch has been gat her i ng mot hbal l s and h~s She may st ar t agai n at t he near by Ft.never been submi t t ed t o a publ i sher . "Ther e' Eust i s Fl yi ng Cl ub, si nce she r et i r ed 30

 j ust ought t o be mor e t han 24 hour s i n a Apr i l 1974. She di dn' t have t o move asday, " she moans. The summer has sped by, she pl anned ahead and bought a house neawi t h t r i ps t o mar r i ed c hi l dr e n. ( I nc i dent l y her l as t s t a t i on. She r epor t s i t i s on adaught er Mar j or i e- now Mr s . J oe P ar ker , J r . r i ver and s he has a boat doc ked i nt hemaybe on t he cover of REDBOOK    one   of t hes e s i de yar d . Her f avor i t e pas t t i me i s c r adays . L ook f or a b l onde c owgi r l hol di ng a bi ng. A ni c e t hi ng happened j us t bef or enewborn cal f , or f eedi ng her hors e: ) Mari on she r et i r ed, GI NNY ARCHER WI LLI AM' s hand-

has had vi si t s f r om MARJ ORI E SANFORD THOMP- some son cal l ed on her i n her of f i ce.SON, who came t o For t Wor t h t o l ect ~r e on YVONNE PATEMAN ( LTC USAF- Ret ) i s a busy gaar t , and HELEN ANNE TURNER HOLLAND who f l yi ng and wr i t i ng. She' s i n t he Quant i col eads a bus y, busy l i f e i n Okl a. Fl yi ng Cl ub at t he Quant i co Mar i ne Ai r

HELEN TURNER HOLLAND wr i t es son Mart gr adua- St at ~on, Va. and checked out i n a Cher oket ed wi t h honor s t hi s Spr i ng f r o m Has t i ngs 140 l n J an 1974 and t ook of f f or Or l ando,Col l ege, Has t i ngs , Nebr . He' s t hi nk i ng of Fl a; t hen moved t o a Cher okee 180 f or ar anchi ng i n Nebr . wher e we have some l and. t r i p t o Hanscom Fi el d, Mass i n Apr i l . ShHe' s l ear ni ng t o f l y up t her e t o o- r i ght now hopes t o upgr a de her s el f by t r ai ni ngwher e I st ar t ed on Cubs. Daught er Bet s, an i n i ns~r ument and mul t i - engi ne i n Sept .ar t maj or at Has t i ngs , was mar r i ed t o a Meanwhl l e s he c ompl et ed an ar t i c l e on aNebr an, Nel se Lundeen, and i s l i vi ng at woman ar cheol ogi cal hi st or i an ( 17t h CentHas t i ngs . Daught er Ki t i s mar r i ed t o J i m whi c h s he hopes t o s el l t hi s f al l . She iPet er s en f r o m Al l i anc e, Nebr . , i s i n l aw now doi ng l ot s of r es ear c h t o wr i t e hers chool at t he U. of Okl a. J i m i s pur c has - f i r s t hi s t o r i c al novel on WWI I . She s aysi ng agent f or t he J . H. Hol l and Co whi c h t he t ent at i ve t i t l e i s " Tomor r ow i s Pas t

makes heavy r oad equi pment i nvent ed by my Can' t qui t e f i gur e t hat one out , Pat . . . ?husband J ohn. I f you see a huge yel l ow HELEN PORTER SHEFFER r epor t s t hat she hast r ai l er of hot mi x asphal t cal l ed t he FLOW- 2 chi l dr en- daught er 19 and mar r i ed, and BOY, t hat ' s J ohn' s pr o duc t . J ohn i s c ur - s on 16. She i s a new gr a ndmot her . On t her ent l y wor k i ng on an Ag. pl ane, f eel i ng f ar m, s he and her daught er r ai s e Appal oot her e i s much t o be done i n t he ar ea of hor s es - as wel l as l ot s of cor n and veget -ener gy needs and agr i cul t ur e. I ' m i nvol ved abI es. She al so keeps act i ve i n avi at i onwi t h heal t h pl anni ng, j uveni l e del i nquency bei ng a Capt i n CAP wher e she j ust put ipr event i on, and ETC, et c, . . . . 70 hour s on a sear ch- r escue mi ssi on. She

RUTH CARTER J OHNSON i s s t i l l oper at i ng a F I t i s s t i l l a par t t i me f r ee- l anc e f l i ghtSc hool , Rut h J ohns on Fl yi ng Ser vi c e at i ns t ur c t or and an FAA Ac ci dent Pr event i onChi no Ai r por t , Chi no, Ca. I t i s VA appr o- Couns el er i n t he Har r i s bur g~ Pa. GADO.

ved and Pi per Ai r craf t Sal es. We al so have

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f or a bear t o get of f t he gr een bef or e s hecoul d dr i ve . . :

ELI ZABETH CARSEY CLARK i s st i l l spendi ngmost of her t i me wi t h her Rockapl ent y Ken-nel and shows. She i s Pr es. of t he ShawneeKennel Cl ub and has j udged 7 al l - br eed AKCsanct i oned matches wi t hi n t he year. Shehas Gor don Set t er s, Mi ni at ur e Schnauzer s,and I r i sh Wol f hounds. Her 2 wol f hounds areChampi ons, and she has t he t op wi nni ng Gor-

don Set t er i n t he c ount r y and t he t op pr o -duci ng dam f or t he br eed. Her mi ni at ur eschnauzer , Ni ght wi nd, i s i n Cal i f bei ngshown by Cl ay Coody. J ul y was hi s f i r stt i me out as a speci al ~nd he went Best of Br eed at Or ange Empi r e over 6 Champi ons: The same day she t ook a Best of Br eed atGr and Ri ver KC and a Ter r i er Gr oup 2nd. That was t he hi ghest pl acement i n a gr oupt hat s he' s got t en wi t h a s c hnauz er , andt he ni ce t hi ng was t hat he was owner - han-dl ed by El i zabet h.

BETHEL GI BBONS qui t wor k on J une 15, and i senj oyi ng her l ei sur e. She and daught er ,Bet h have j us t t aken a t r i p t o t he Car i b-bean~- f l ew t o Mi ami , boar ded a shi p wi t hst ops at Nassau, San J uan and St . Thomas.She has 2 beaut i f ul gr anddaught er s borni n Dec 1973 and J an 1974.

PATRI CI A BOWSER GI BSON and her husband Henr yhave t r avel ed al l over t he wor l d. Now t heyhave bought a 31 f oot Ai r st r eam Travel

 Tr ai l er and pl an t o see al l t he beaut i f ulUSAf They t r avel 5- 6 mont hs each year andr et ur n f or t he summer s t o t he home on Di s-cover y Bay t hat t hey bui l t i n 1970 whenHenr y r et i r ed f r om mi l i t ar y ser vi ce. Theyf i s h f or s al mon and t r out , di g c l ams andgat her Dungeness cr abs. Now t hat soundsl i k e an i deal l i f e.

MARGARET HELBURN KOCHER sent campai gn pos-

t er s and newspaper cl i ppi ngs f r om her cam-pai gn f or N. Y. St ate Assembl y. She saysmuch has been made of her havi ng been api l ot , and s he s t r es s es t hat her t ec hni c alt r ai ni ng i s a good backgr ound f or under -st andi ng t he pr obl ems t hat f ace t he l egi s-l at ur e. The campai gni ng has been ver y st r enuous- - not so much t he door t o door andsupermarket sppear ances- but t he meet i ngsever y ni ght , and al l day on t he t el ephone,and worki ng out a myri ad of det al 13 at herdesk, not t o ment i on keepi ng t he vol unt eer sand f unds r ol l i ng i n. I f t her e ar e ar dentsuppor t er s of women f or publ i c of f i ce outt her e, t hey c an deduc t as a c redi t agai ns tt hei r Fed Tax ( l i ne 52, pg 2, par t I V of  For m 1040, 1973) a cont r i but i on t o a pol -i t i cal campai gn up t o $12. 50 si ngl e, $25per coupl e. I t wi l l go a l ong way t owar dcover i ng pr i nt i ng cost s, mai l i ngs, et c.

ELEANOR FEELEY LAWRY si gned her not e, " TheHappy Ci vi l i an". Cas r et i r ed f r om t he mi l -i t ar y over a year ago and El eanor says shei s enj oyi ng havi ng wi ndows wi t h cur t ai nsand j r apes made- t o- order . No more madeover s or mak e- do- f or - a- year t ype. Cas i sget t i ng hi s hel i copt er r at i ng and enj oyi ngl i f e wi t hout t el ephones.

43- 6 Secr et ar y: CAPPY WHI TAKER J OHNSON4175 Kennet h Ave.Fai r Oaks, Cal i f . 95628

LANA CUSACK BOXBERGER and her husband J er r yr e cent l y r e t ur ned f r o m a t r i p ar ound t he

wor l d. Lana r eal l y whi pped up a bi g par t yon Mar ch 7t h when J er r y r et i r ed f r om TWA.Now t hey' r e- a gol f i ng duo. Had di nner i n J ul y wi t h Lql a and Ed Ri cc i .

BLANCHE OSBORN BROSS- I was del i ght ed t o getan addr ess f or Bl anche f r om Pat Gi bson.

 They f ound each ot her af t er 10 yar s, event ho l i vi ng onl y 4 hour s apar t . Bl anchehas l i ved i n t he Or e- Was h ar ea f or t hepas t 25 year s . Af t er her mar r i age t o Wi l -l i s t hey l i ved on a houseboat i n t he Co-l umbi a Ri ver unt i l a baby boy changedher mi nd about l i f e af l oat . They movedt o Vancouver , Wash wher e t hey caughtChi nook Sal mon f r om t hei r pat i o. Theyoper ated a Seapl ane base i n t he Col umbi af or a y ear or s o, doi ng c har t er f l i ght sand sceni c ones- Bl anche says t he passen-ger s di dn' t seem t o mi nd a woman pi l ot.

 Thi s t ur ned out t o be mor e f un t han i n-come, so t hey bought a seaf ood mar ket onLong Beach Peni nsul a i n Wash. They ow~ ahome on Wi l l apa Bay whi ch Bl anche cl al ms

i s t he l ast unpol ut ed wat er on t he WestCoast . She doesn' t f l y now, but does pl aygol f ever y chance she get s. The gol f cour SEi s "woodsy" and one day she had t o wai t

SHI RLEY SLADE TEER had pl anned a LONG vaca-t i on i n Spai n t hi s year but her husbands uf f er e d a s t r oke s o s he had t o r e mai n i nHous t on. Repor t s he i s bac k at wor k f orhal f day now and i mpr ovi ng. Son i s goi ngt o Texas Tech and has become qui t e at enni s buf f . Shi r l ey says MARJ ORI E SAN-FORD THOMPSON i s wOr ki ng at t he Museumabout 6 hour s per day. She was a vol unt eer

f or so many year s and di d such a good j obt hey of f er e d t o p ay her . To f i ni sh of f wi t h t he news of cl ass 43- 5

your r eport er , J I LL McCORMI CK, had a r e-vol t i ng si t uat i on t hi s summer . Went t o ahospi t al i n Oak Par k, I l l . wi t h my Docf or t he pur pos e of t es t i ng whet her or notI coul d t ake a medi cat i on cut - back. Pl an-ned t o be t her e no mor e t han 3 weeks-att he end of t hat t i me i t was f ound I mus thave st omach sur gur y. To make a l ong ones hor t , I l ef t t he hos pi t al 6 weeks and 4days af t er I had ent er ed mi nus hal f myst omach. I t wi l l make l i f e cheaper f orme now- - shoul d eat onl y hal f as much:Comi ng al ong f i ne, get t i ng st r onger evr y

day. I n f ac t , bui l t up my s t r engt h s o It ook my FAA Bi enni al Check i n a Cher okeeAr r ow and passed f or my Com.   &I nst ument .I wi l l r et ur n t o P ur due f or Fal l Semes t e rand once agai n t r y t o knock some i nst r u-ment f l i ght pr oc edur es i nt o t he J r . c l as si n t he Pr of essi onal Pi l ot Pr ogr am. Youal l st ay wel l and see you i n Reno.

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MARGARET CASTLE McANALLY i s st i l l t eachi ng4t h gr ade at Boron, Cal i f . She has movedt o a mi ni - house as al l her chi l dr en wi l lbe gone. The ol der gi r l i s mar r i ed, s on i nAF and t he younger gi r l j ust gr aduat edf r om hi gh school . As a gr aduat i on pr esentan aunt t ook her t o Russi a, whi l e Meg wentt o L os Angel es t o c ar e f or t hei r mot her   &ol der aunt . She went ot Hawai i dur i ng sum-

mer f or semest er hour s. Says her f l yi ngpr ospect s ar e ni ~, wi t h one mor e chi l d t oput t hr u col l ege, but st i l l hopi ng.

ANN CRI SWELL MADDEN has onl y 7 of her 10 athome now, but says each one has ubout 3f r i ends t hat c ons i der t hei r home a s or t of  

 Teen Cl ub, and t hei r f r ont ci r cl e l ooksl i ke a us ed car l ot . I n s pi t e of t hi s Annf i nds t i me t o t ake or gan l essons and con-st ant l y "Museums" t o col l ect mat er i al f ort he ar t hi s t o r y l ec t ur e s s he gi ves t o wo-men' s cl ubs. Last f al l she j oi ned one of her daught ers who was st udyi ng i n Eur ope,and t hey wander ed by car f r om Amst eraamt o Par i s , whi c h i s Ann' s f avor i t e c i t y.

I n t he spr i ng 5 of t hem di d Di sneyworl dand as of t hi s wr i t i ng, s he i s get t i ngr e ady t o t ake of f f or Rus s i a wi t h one of  her chi l dr en. They ar e j oi ni ng a gr oup i nL ondon f or 2 weeks t o s t udy t he ar t andar chi t ect ur e ar ound Moscow  &Leni ngr ad.

FRAN BUFORD PULLEN st ays busy wi t h house-wor k, t aki ng c ar e of her c hi l dr en and vo-l unt eer wor k. Her ol der son gr aduat edf r om Ber kel ey havi ng maj ored i n mat h. Heryounger daught er who i s i nt er est ed i n r i -di ng, has st art ed j umpi ng.

LOLA PERKI NS RI CCI has had a r ather qui etyear. Fl ew down t o t he Br ownsvi l l e ar eaof t he Gul f Coast f or Thanksgi vi ng andhad t o t i p- t oe al ong t he Tex-Mexi can bor -

der on r et ur n bec aus e of s t or ms . Tr i edNew Year' s i n Lor et a, Baj a Ca. but al waysseem t o acqui r e Mont ezuma' s Revenge j ustf l yi ng ac ross t he bor der - t hat s hor t enedour s t ay. I n Apr i l s t ar t ed out f or NYC  &D. C. Bounced as f ar as Al buquer que andgot ki nda st al l ed by "t ur bul ence, t hun-der st orm l i nes and t ornado warni ngs" - wet ool ed ar ound t o Sant a Fe and Car ef r ee,Ar i z , but t he weat her s t ayed l ous y f or 3days, so we headed sout h and spent 4 daysi n Mazat l an and t he La Paz ar ea ( wi t houtt he usual f ood pr obl ems) . I n J une Ed   &If l ew t o Seat t l e and spent 3 war m dayswi t h Howar d and Vi v Cadman Eddy, 43- 5. On

t o Vancouver , Kaml oops, Wms. Lake andCampbel l Ri ver wher e we di d hook somes al mon. Get t i ng eager t o t r y t he Eas t er nt r i p agai n- maybe i n Oct . Our pl ans seemt o r evol ve ar ound t he pl ane, but t hat ' snot a bad way of l i f e! :

MARGE LOGAN ROLLE and Ken t ake many t r i psi n t hei r Beechcraf t Bonanza. I n May t heyf l ew t o Bi l l i ngs t o vi s i t r el at i ves t henon t o Al buquer que f or 4 days at t he I nt ernat i onal Asso of Ai r por t Execs' meet i ngFrom t her e t o Phoeni x t o spend 4 dayswi t h Ken' s si st er and f ami l y. From t her e

t hey f l ew t o Pal m Spr i ngs ( had t o l andt her e as t he LA basi n was compl et el yf ogged and r ai ned i n) . They r ent ed a c arand vi s i t ed f r i ends i n t he LA ar ea f or 5days, r et ur ni ng home by way of I dahoFal l s, Boi se and Mi ssoul a. I n J ul y t heyf l ew out t o Seat t l e and Mar ge enj oyed aday at a shoppi ng cent er bef or e goi ngout on her s i s t er ' s boat f or a c r ui s e

and sal mon f i shi ng. At t he t i me she waswr i t i ng t hey wer e pl anni ng t o go t o t heNW Avi at i on Pl anni ng Counci l meet i ng atCouer d' Al ene, I daho and on t o Expo 74at Spokane.

VELMA SAUNDERS dr opped a card t o t hank usf or keepi ng ever yone up- t o- dat e on t henews and say~ she has a spar e bed f orany WASP pass i ng her way.

MAXI NE STEWARD SMI TH went back t o pr i vat epr a ct i c e of l aw t he f i r s t of t he year .I n May she was t aken out t o di nner byPEG WI SSLER ROBERTS and husband J ay. They wer e depar t i ng shor t l y f or a t r i pt o Per u, Ecuador and ot her i nt er est i ngspot s, whi ch expl ai ns why I di dn' t hearf r om Peg. Maxi ne al so had hear d f r omHELEN ABEL, st i l l happy i n Br azi l , andhad t al ked wi t h MI LDRED McCLELLAN CHRI S-

 TI ANSEN who was i n San Di ego because of her mother ' s i l l ness.

I RMA "BABE" STORY was a l i t t l e l ate get t i ngher news i n because she was i n Las Vegasgoi ng t o school - a Govt Const r uct i on Con-t r act i ng Cour se- - not deal i ng. I n J une herCompany bi d on 16 j obs and got 8 of t hem,al l over t he US s o Babe wi l l be t r avel i ngmost of t he next 3 mont hs. They al so have j obs i n t he Mar i anas, Panape and Tr uk,and an of f i ce i n Guam. Wi t h l uck, shehopes t o get a t r i p out t o see CAROL WEBB

COOK. She managed t o f l y a Musket eer atSan J ose and a coupl e of l andi ngs i n J u.whi l e att endi ng school at I BM. She wentt o 2 di f f er ent I BM " Exec ut i ve I ndoc t r i n-at i on Sc hool s " and s ays i t i s a way of  get t i ng a day of f f or her .

NANCY J OHNSON THORNE' wr i t es t hat she hasnot done anyt hi ng newswort hy except t ost ay st r ong and ski nny. Howe~er , . she .hol ds down a f ul l - t i me t each~ng J ob, g~vesher mot her a l ot of car e and vol unt eer sany ext r a t i me she has t o a. ni ece' s sonwho had a bi r t h i nj ur y and ~s al most

par al yzed. She al so has horses ( t oo many,she says) and put t he Beckl ey hor seshows

on paper.MARI AN TI BBETTS i s wor ki ng as a vol unt eerdai l y at t he Red Cr o ss of f i c e. She i s t heDi sast er Chai r man f or her Chapt er ; had at r ai ni ng cl ass back i n J an wher e t heyt r ai ned 46 peopl e i n al l but t he nur s i ngand medi cal port i on. The nur si ng chai r mani s s et t i ng up a t r ai ni ng s es si on j us t f ort hat al one and when t hey become t r ai nedt her e wi l l be bet ween 60 and 75 peopl e t ocal I on at any t i me. I n J une t hey obt ai nedan ol d t r a i l er s hel l , s t r i pped i t , i ns u-l at ed i t , put i n new c ei l i ng, wal l s , f l oor

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Secr et ar y: MARY HELEN BURKE1700 Seaspr ay Cour t #1143Houst on, Texas 77008

and s l i di ng gl as s dt , or s . Now i t i s a f i ne 43- 7Fi r s t Ai d St at i on and on t he 4t h of J ul y,at a Wi l l i e Nel son Count r y West er n Pi cni cat t he Speedway Tr ac k, t hey gave f i r s t ai dt o 300- 400 peopl e f or ever ythi ng f r om sun- MARY COON WALTERS r eport s she l ost her hus-bur n and s pi der s - i n- ear s t o br o ken l egs . band i n J une but wi t h hel p of 19 y ear ol d

EVELYN TRAMMELL went t o London i n Apr i l t o son who i s a sophmor e at t he Uni ver si t y,t he P - 47 c onvent i on. Ther e wer e 4 i n her s he i s r et ur ni ng t o her l i f e as a l awyer .

gr oup, Kat y St r ehl e 43- 4, Mar i ana Nut t 43- 5 Mar y was on act i ve dut y 1951 t hr u 1955,and WAF Ter es a J ames . She s ays t hey had a r et ur ned t o s c hool f or her l aw degr ee andgr e at t i me, wi t h about 150 on t he c har t er t hen s er v ed f or s ever a l year s as a Di s -and f un c omi ng, goi ng and whi l e t her e. I n t r i c t J udge. Her l aw f i r m has a t wi n- en-Aug s he ~t t ended t he 99s I nt er n at i onal gi ned pl ane wi t h a f ul l - t i me pi l ot , s oConvt . i n Puer t o Ri c o and pl ans a t r i p t o s he does n' t f l y her s el f anymor e. Woul dt he Or i ent i n Oc t wi t h t he Shr i ner s . They enj oy hear i ng f r o m any of t h~ gi r l s . ,t r aded t he 411 on a 421- A l as t Sept and J EAN PARKER ROSE, al t ho s t i l l 1ns t r uc t 1n~l ove t he pr e ss ur i z ed c abi n advant ages . f or her own F l i ght Sc hool , has f ound t 1me

DOROTHY WEBB i s l i vi ng i n Baker s f i el d and t o f l y i n t he I nt er nat i onal Ai r Rac e t hrt aki ng c ar e o f her mot her , whos e heal t h Mexi c o' at t end t he 10t h anni gat her i ng ofi s f ai l i ng. She says out si de of bei ng t he WACOA ( she' s a cur r ent member ) i n Wash-chi ef cook   &' bot t l e was her s he does n' t i ngt on, D. C. ; and was pr es ent , as a pas thave any news . She p l ans t o at t end t he wi nner , when t he n ames of ~PD wi nner snext r euni on, and I know al l her ol d f r i - wer e i ns cr i bed at t he s pec 1a1 ar e a atends wi l l be del i ght ed t o hear t hat . Ri ver s i de Ai r por t , Cal i f .

MAURI NE BRUNSVOLD WI LSON t ook her physi cal LELA LOUDER HADI NG says she r et ur ned f r omand r enewed her Com L i c ens e and Mul t i r a- t aki ng c ar e of her 1s t gr andc hi l d but s ht i ng. Her br ot her , who i s a r et i r ed AA pi - di dn' t s ay wher e . . . ? but c ar d was pos t edl ot f l ew hi s t wi n- engi ne Beechcraf t down f r om Cheyenne, Wy. Any way t he, l i 1 gi r lt o Ri ver si de i n Aug and Maur i ne got t o f l y mi ssed Lel a' s bi r t hday by 77 m1nut es. Lei t . L as t year s he and her hus band and16 yr i s a f i s her man( ? ) and i s t r y i ng t o bes tol d daught er went t o Ac apul c o and t hi s her 26# s al mon c at c h of l as t year overSept t o Hawai i f or a week' s vacat i on. On   +ho   T. "hor   Dav weekend i n Or egan.Aug 7 t hey att ended t he G1ast r on Boat Dea- MARY HELEN BURKE r eport s she became t he Mo1er s annual meet i ng and wer e gi ven a s pe- t her of a 21 year ol d nephew l as t Nov.ci a1 awar d f or t he bi gges t i ncr eas e i n He s oon l ear ned t hat t he har d wor k of as al es . She s ays t hey s t ay s o bus y t hey " wr ec ker " was n' t what he want e d i n l i f edon' t have t i me t o do any boat i ng t hemse1vs af t er al l so has moved back wi t h hi s

VI RGI NI A YATES wr i t es t hat s he c hanged po- f ol ks and r et ur ni ng t o U. of Okl a. t hi ss i t i on i n mi d- Apr i l t o t he Fed Ener gy Ad. f al l . But we ar e s t i l l demol i s hi ng ever yas I nf or mat i on Spec i al i s t i n t he Of f i c e of t hi ng we c an get a c ont r a ct on and hopeOi l   &Gas i n Di v of Ener gy Res our c e Deve1- t o be abl e t o c ont i nue unt i l Soc i a1 Sec -opment . Her of f i c e i s c onc er n ed wi t h i n- c ur i t y get s me. Tr i ed t o c al l ever y WASPc reas i ng domes t i c pr oduc t i on us i ng known t hat l i ves i n Hous t on f or news f or t het ec hnol ogy. Her home addr es s i s t he s ame. L et t er , but s uc ceeded i n t al ki ng onl y t o

CAPPY WHI TTAKER J OHNSON i s st i 111 i nvol ved Shi r l ey Sl ade Teer , 43- 5.doi ng vol unt eer work wi t h Pr oj ect Re- ent r y, SAMMY CHAPI N HASSAN r eport s t hat her l i f ean or gani zat i on wor ki ng on t he r ehabi 1i t a- i s a DRAG . . ? Spends her summer s wi t h hert i on and s oc i al i z at i on of s t r ok e pat i ent s . hus band and 2 b oys at home on L ak e i n NoShe has appear ed on sever al TV progr ams i n Mi ch. Come f al l t hey   put   t he boys i nconnect i on wi t h t he Pr oj ect and wi l l be on school and Sammy and hubby go t o Mexi cot he Uni t ed Cr us ade Pr ogr am i n Oc t . Fi ndi ng f or Whi t eWi ng Dove s eas on, t hen of f t ot hems el ves wi t h an" empt y nes t " s he and L y- F l a. f or gol f and t hen of f t o t he I s l andal l dec i ded t o make over s on Davi d' s r o om f or s ki n di vi ng. They do al l t hi s i n t hei nt o a gues t r oom. Si nc e t hey had bui l t N222 whi c h i s a Ces s na 414 wi t h pr es s ur -t he house f r om t he gr ound up 12 year s ago, i zat i on and r adar . Bet ween Sammy and her

t hey di dn' t ant i c i pat e any pr o bl ems , but hus band t hey have a t o t a l of 75 y ear s ext hey di dn' t c ount on t he t ol l of t hos e 12 per i enc e~: Sounds j us t gr e at s o k eep onyear s. Cappy says 2 days of pl ast er i ng a1- enj oyi ng l i f e, Sammy, and l et us hearmos t di d her i n. Anyway t hey hope t o have now and t hen.i t f i ni s hed by t he mi ddl e of Sept and wi l l BETTY J . CL ARK i s s t i l l oper at i ng a FBO atc el ebr at e by t ak i ng a 2 weeks vac at i on i n Ri f l e, Col o and have t he onl y woman AGt hei r t r avel t r a i l er t hr u Or e and Was h. oper a t or i n t he c ount r y al ong wi t h Pat

 That same guest r oom i s al ways avai l abl e Sul l i van. Bet t y says she f l ys some t of or any WASPs . who happen t o be i n t he Sac- keep her hand i n but most l y managementr ament o ar ea. now. Been i n busi ness si nce ' 50 and l ove

t he Newsl et t er.PAT SEARS SULLI VAN cont i nues t o enj oy be-

i ng ac t i ve i n avi at i on. Her bor s ar e

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gr own now- one i s marr i ed ( but no i nf o onwher e he l i ves or what he does) and t heot her i s an Ar my Capt i n Kor ea. Do t r yt o make t he next r euni on, Pat and Bet t y,

 They ar e f un.EMERALD DRUMMOND. Poor Emmy . . . someone el i m-

i nat ed her f r om t he Ros t er and s he i s s adSo I not i f i ed t he Ros t er t o put her bac kand she i s i n good st andi ng. Thi s vaca-t i on Emmy st ayed i n Los Angel es and en-t er t ai ned her ni ece' s chi l dr en ages 13,

12, and   7.   Don' t know t he sex but Emmysays t hey' r e r eal l y keen ki ds. They t ooksai l i ng l essons f r om Emmy 3 hour s eachday and had a marvel ous vacati on.

MI LDRED D. ( MI CKEY) AXTON r epor t s her Waynehas r et i r ed so t hey ar e enj oyi ng wi nt er son Gul f Coast at Rockpor t , Texas ( you got hr u Hous t on t o get t her e, gi ve Mi c key acal l ) . Have a boat and Hondas. Hope t or et ur n t o Eur ope next year and spend somet i me. Regr et t o hear Mi ckey' s mot her hasbeen i l l but hc pe t hi s f i nds her bet t er .So gl ad t o hear Mi ckey i s a Gr andmot herof no l ess t han 6. Daught er l i ves i n Mi nn-eapol i s, Mi nn. Son i n Denver i s l ear ni ngHang Gl i di ng.

ANN HOLADAY l ost her husband t o a hear tat t ack l ast f al l . He vi si t ed Avenger manyt i mes ( mor e t han any ot her husband) - aNavy pi l ot , he managed t o get i nt o Sweet -wat er unbel i evabl y of t en- he was a dedi -cat ed WASP suppor t er . Our sympat hy.

43- 8 Secr et ar y: HELEN TRI GG LUTSP. O. Box 178, El Dorado, Cal i f 95623

ANDREA. SHAW- Li ke ever yone el se Andy was di s-appol nt ed when t he r euni on was cancel l ed

but expec t es t o be t her e i n ' 75 and " i twi l l be gr eat t o see ever yone agai n. " I ncat chi ng up over t he year s Andy wr i t es" Spent 1951- 58 i n t he WAFS whi ch i ncl uded4 years at Hami l t on AFB and 3 i n Engl and.

Enj oyed t he t r i ps t o Ger many ver y muchbut Engl and was r eal l y t he qui et l i f e:Asked t o be r el eased i n 1958, went i nt oReser ve ( cor r espondence cour ses) and i n' 71 r et i r ed as an Lt c. Spent 1961- 1970i n Anchorage, Al aska as- a US Cust oms I n-spectr ess. The wor k was ver y i nt er est i ngand bei ng wi t h ai r craf t and peopl e a" nat ur al " . Ret i r ed " ear l y" i n 1970 andbui l t a house near Redmond, Wash- - i n t hewoods: - - and am busi er t han ever doi ngwhatever i nspi r es me or needs doi ng a-r ound t he house and yar d. A never endi ngchor e l i st ~~!

PEGGY MacNAMARRA SLAYMAKER i s l ooki ng f or -ward t o seei ng ever ybody i n Reno nextyear . L ooks as t hough t hi s wi l l be t hebest ever r euni on f or 43- 8. Peggy wr i t es"I don' t have any ver y exci t i ng news. West i l l ar e i n our home i n Ti bur on. Ourson gr aduat ed f r om J ohns Hopki ns i n Dec.and now i s worki ng f or Bank of Amer i cai n t he c i t y and s har i ng a hous e i n Ti b-

ur on wi t h 2 ot her s . I t i s ni c e havi ng atl east one of t he chi l dr en near . "

 J ANA CROWFORD EBERLY has a bad cas e of Augharvest bl ues. As wi t h most gar dener s,she got over ent husi ast i c at pl ant i ng t i meAf t er al l t he weedi ng and hoei ng, sud-denl y, t her e i t i s : What t o do wi t h i tal l ? J ana says, "t he t omatoes went wi l d,so I ' ve spent sever al weeks put t i ng up

pr eser ves, j ui ce, pl ai n ol d canned t o-mat oes, chi l i sauce and t he next bat chwi