WASP leader Cochran talks aims of air racing mission
Miss Cochran in San Antonio outlines WASP achievements at Randolph Field amid plans to expand postwar flying roles. She highlights WASP crews handling the B 26 with exceptional safety while noting missed recognition by Congress. She mentions possible postwar Russia exchange talks and her record as a Bendix winner and famed speed pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty James
America
Australia
WASP
Jacqueline Cochran
San Antonio
A. Hornsby
Flying Command
Randolph Field
Miss Cochran
Suomort
Civil Service
RAF
Congress
Russia
Germany
Imuc
Svmie
Rene Wussag
Randolph
Trailblazing Woman Pioneers Flight and WASP Legacy
The record holder recalls Amelia Earhart’s comment on barriers for women in air races and notes Cochran’s breaking of prejudice by flying to San Antonio with WASP co pilot Helen Dettweiler. Dettweiler teaches B 17 flight at Columbus Ohio. Local club events list a officers’ gathering at Mrs. Gonle Roosevelt’s home and a bingo party at the W O W hall, with meetings and hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amielia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Womer
Tan
Rees
Miss Cochran
San Anronio
Wasp Helen Dettwailer
Miss Dettweiler
WASP
Columbus
Gisio
Officers’ Club of
Blue Hornetgrove
Weachmeneircle
Wimret
Gonle Roosevelt
Wesb
Mulberry Avenue
Elizabeth Remling
Virgie Shane
Bertie Wernette
Miss Bellack To Wed H E Keater
Announcement of the engagement of Nanty Hopkins Bellack to Edward Hollis Keater Jr. of San Antonio, son of Mr and Mrs Edward H Keater. Bellack, a Milwaukee visitor, studied at Kemper Hall and Pine Manor Junior College. Keater attended Texas Military Institute and Hil School and was linked to UNC and the Christmas Cotillion club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neven
Nanty Hopkins Bellack
Edward Hollis, Keater Jr
Edward H. Keater
San Antonio
Kay Ormsby Bellack
Milwaukee
Ooonamowee Lake
Wis
Miss Bellack
Keators
Milwaukee-Downer Seminary
Kemper Hall
Kenosha
Pine Manor Junior College
Wellesley
Mass
Service Club
Keator
Texas Military Institute
Hil School
Pottstown
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Ghi Psi
Miss Bruff Honored and Local Club Calendar
Miss Bruff honored after luncheon prior to Beverly Bruff’s departure for Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans. Details list PTA meetings and club events at various locales including Travis Park Methodist Church, Will Rogers PTA, and Madison Square Presby tery church with dates and hosts across a busy social calendar. Local reviews note Gunter Hotel event attendance and community activities.
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A. Griffith .Bruff
Beverly
Sophie Newcomb College
New Orleans
Miss Bruff
Alamo Heights High School
Dillard McCollum
Morrill Ward P.T. A
Hermosa Drive
Gunter Hotel
Mrs Lesser Much Feted In Chicago Friends Gather
Mrs. Leo Lesser, on her second Chicago visit, was feted by Texas friends the Texas Pow Wows. Luncheons at Carson Pirie hotel and a home, a Sunday tea, and a dinner party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Murray highlight the celebrations. Other social events include pledging Martha Jane Dougherty to T N T sorority and multiple club activities with the Kappa Sigma Delta sorority and the Smith PTA. A Gray Moss Inn closure notice runs at week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Lesser
Chicago
Texas
Martha Jane Dougherty
William Jewell College of Liberty
Kappa Sigma Delta
Kray Chevalier
Heusinger Scott Nuptials Announced
Miss Pinckney Scott II, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ratcliffe of Shreveport Louisiana, married William A Heusinger of San Antonio Friday in Shreveport. Ceremony at bride sister Mrs J C Fantines home with Dr M paid of First Baptist officiating. Grayson Scott was best man. Couple to Mexico City then reside in San Antonio. Tri Delta Alliance Juncheon session set for Wednesday at the Manor. Miss Hazel M Rodgers visiting in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, Pinckney Scott II
San Antonio
Tri Delta Alliance
Main and
Lexington Avenues
I. T. Cutter Jr
R. A. Thompson
Tri Deltas
Engagement Announced for Katherine Jean Filer
Mrs. 5. R. Filer hosted a luncheon in the Peraux room to announce the engagement of her daughter Katherine Jean to Cadet Donald Martin stationed at Chickashaw Oklahoma. The wedding is planned for September 23. Katherine Jean Filer is a Thomas Jefferson High School alumna and Donald Martin studied at UCLA. Guests included Mesdames John Lawrence H. T. Brunner and Misses Elaine Odom Patricia Reuters Mary Posey and Janene Kirsten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. R
Filer
Peraux
Katherine Jean
Donald Martin
Chickashaw
Oklo
Thomas Jefferso
Gadet Martin
John Lawrence
H. T. Brunner
Elaine Odom
Patricia Reuters
Mary Posey
Jaenene Kirsten
Airman’s Last Days Revealed In Navy Memoir Fragments
The Elkhart radioman Jack Cooper who died when his torpedo plane was shot down near June 15 is recalled through wallet notes and letters. His fiancée Helen E Ghetchig and his mother Henry Glevent recount a planned wedding, longing for home cooking, and the drama of a crew adrift in the Pacific before the aircraft went down.
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Elebart
Ind
Pacific
Helen
Big
Helen E. Ghetchig
Elkhart
Cooper Hiad
Wits
Henry Glevent
Jack Cooper
Navy
Cooper
Local Socials Announced for Week in Town
Miss Joan Nolan hosts a 6 p.m. Wednesday shower at her home. Nos Faloh and Laura Steele attend a 2 p.m. Thursday meeting in the school auditorium. The Beta Tau Zeta group plans a Thursday gathering at Miss Betty Morris’s home, 2218 Edison Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Nolan
Nos
Faloh
Mere Greene
Laura Steele
T. A
Hhe
Betty Morris
Edison Drive
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ASP
Tommie Low Ziegler
Thad Ziegler
New York City
Tommie Lou
Miss Ziegler
Gordon D. Iriggs-Pogey Ponder
Carl's Circus Town
Carl's Cireus Town
EH. Keater
Smith P.T. A
A. K. Japhet
City &T. A. Council
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mary Walsh
John V. Reddy
Sa’ Fonda
Walter Burrell
Dudley D. Walkerdt
William Turney
J. D. Howder
Lynn Renne
Peggy Landreth
Juanus Humphrey
Elizabeth Oliver
Rena Maverick Green
la Fonda
Janet Maverick
Elizabeth Felt
Doris Ann Leary
Madeleine Cline
Crickett Gannon
B. A. Maverick
R. M. Green
A. V. Weise
Gray Moss Inn
Weeekland
van Raalte
Carl's Hosiery
Atraet
Heusinger
Scott
Hazel M. Rodgers
Father
ST. Mary's ST
B. E. Price
Mrs. Mac BE. Suchy
Rights
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