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"I amvery oroud of JTou;,;oung 7!omen.'lad the outstamling .io~ 3ToUhave done

as members of the Air Forces tea.In. r-hen lie needed YO'J, you car-a thr~;u:jl;:md

h2ve served most com.ale.ndilbl~Tl.U1clervery difi'icult circuHst,.:tnces IV!C1nt'

you to lmoiv that Iappreciate YOU:' Vial' sel'vice nnd thst the A I.:? wil1.m.iss;you 1v ~ ~ r'sincer est tj':ahks .j,nd H,;:qpy L1tr:,~>~twC',!' 8,nd h-3.s

aidod inmoasurllbl,y iYl:est8.blishing ".;ome:'l's pi-3.ce in ::'.-i.s.tion. It has been agreat, honor .to have teon, the Diri3ctor of this. program 2.rid ::..pleasure .to hC'~7e

known most of you individually.. }fy. ver;,/ be~3t -.:'ishes fo::' YOl.l:r:\rture "SUCC8es'cU 1d happiness." -, '.

J().c~ueline Goch:::,,?n,Dir:Jctor 'of'"

\IoIllen Pilot s~. .

"Your services l:'Jith the AAF'l'r(.~:inin~ CO:7l.'!'"il.nd"o.s:>~.memb0r'of the '\iTos,m's

AjTforce Service Pilots have bel3!J. of rmeh great aid to the ,::,ccoJaplisr'.::lc1ntof

.our mission that IYlish to extend .tOYOlL ow .' deep appreci::ltion for n. ,job. welldone . 1'.'8knmJ tInt JTouhavo accop.lpl:i,shecl~{0u1' duties ~"i-::'hout regard for

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.QIVILIA~ CLASSIFICATION TRAINING CO~SE:

Tho following TWX v~s sont to nIl Stntions in the Eastern Flying TrainingCommand, and at t he suggestion.of the C~vilinn Personnel Officer, Hq.,

EFTC, it is being published in the NEriSLET'l'ER for responso of any intm:cstcdW ASP: , .

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.IN THE..INTEREST .OF PLACING A ~!iAXIrvlU11!INUMBEROF ;:VASPPERSONNEL"IN '.

:CIVILIAN JOBS FOR WHICH QUALIFIED AT STATIONS UNDERJURISDICTION 'OF ' .'TItiS C(]ijMAND, IT IS CONTEMPLATED'THAT'jI.'"CIVILIAN CLASSIFICATION' ,"

TRAHnNG COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTEDBY THIS IillADQUARTR-qSIN THE,

NEAR FUTURE FOR PURPOSE OF TRAINING QUF.LIFIED Wb.SPPERSONNEL TO

ASSUME DUTIES OF CIVILIAN CLASSIFICATION ANi-.LYS'l'S. IT IS D1;:SIREp'

. THAT WASP'PERSONNEL'WI'l'E' FOLLOWINGQUALIFICA'rION AND/Oft BACKGftOm:jD

BE GIVE11JCHANCETO T"::J{Ei~BVANTAGEOF THIS OPPORTUNITY:

A . COLLEGE EDUCATION, PREFERicBLY CONNEC~'EDWITHBUSINESS ADMIlJISTRATIQJ OR PUBLIC AD~INISTT~~TION

AND/OR PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AS PERS~JNEL CLERK IN-

VOLVING RECRUInliENT AND PLACEt1ENT. ./,

E. ABILITY TO -HANDLECONTACTSWITH fJiILI~1l:RYANDCIVILIAN P&'C{SCNNEL.

G. ABILITY 'fO, UNDERSTANDIifJECHANICiiLDETAIL OF

UNGRADEDJOBS.

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INTERESTED WASP WHOI::EET THE ABOVEREQ'UIRErJiENTSSHOULDFILL

OUT CIVIL SERVICE FORM 57 AND FORWARDIMi'.:EDIA1'EL~TO THIS

HE1l.DQUARTEHSATTENTION: CIVILIAN PERSONNEL SECTION, A-IDIVISION, CLEA.R.LYnlDICATING ADDRESS liT "NEICHTHEY l,jAY BE CON-

TACTED DURING [dONTII OF J;~NUil.:R.Y1945. PROSPE'CTIVE ANALYSTS

WILL BE. E]\ftPLOYEDAT GRADE CAF-4 $1800 PER ANNUM. SUBSEQUENTHIGHER GP~DES ~TILL DEPEND ENTIRELY UPON APTITUDE'AND P~~FOR-

MANCEOF DUTIES AS A RESULT OF GN-THE-JOB TRAINING AT TEESTATION. Tins I''illSS;~GEIS NOT BE CONSTmmD AS DEFINITE .

INDICATION THfl.T TRl\.INIJ:;G counSE VlILL BE CONDUCTED,BUT IS MERELY

PRELIlliINARY ACTION FECESSARY IN THE EVENT PHE3ENT CON'l'EI:iIPLATEDPLANS GO THROUGHEND.

Fo,r '[.rASPs who o,re interested. in finding a 'good non-flying job at ono of the

Stntions~-\his is an oxce~lont opportunity. Although your experience andeducation may not bo outstanding under requiroment (A) abovo, it is . _,suggested that you send' in your application, innsmuch ns it is felt that

WASPs. w ould be well quc.lified undor (B) and (C) nbove. The trainingcourse would be.held sombtimo in' January and last about 10 days. Your

duties after'assignmont ~ould involve going around tho line and tho

hangers and all places whoro civilinns are employed on an Army Air Fiold,

nnd,fi~ding o~t just what a.particular job ontails. You ~ust be~blo to

deQ.:i. diroctly' with nll thecivilio.ns on the field and the military per-

scinnel.by'whom.thoy nre cmployed8.nd make a good o.nalysis of thGir work;

apd: be nble to v~'ite out your findings. Thor~ is an'ex~ellent chnnco .for

snlary advnncement for a good Analyst. At the presont time thpre is a

need for one or mo~e Job Analysts at tho following Stntions in EFTC:(

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Hdqrs., EFTC., MaA~ell Field, Aln .

]\;bx-iJGll Field, Aln.Spence Field, l':Ioultrie', . Ga.

Nnpior. Field, Dothan, Ala

Smyrna.AAF,:SmJTan, Tenn.Lnredo. iL:;;F,'.Lnrcdo, Toxas

Hendricks Field, Sebring, Fla,.

Harlingen iVlF,Hnr lingen , TeX!lSCochrnn Field, Macon, Ga.

Turnor Field, Albany, G~.

Lockbo1p.'J,1o AAfJ,. Columbus, Ohio.

Analysts are needed in 'the oth6r Training Commands also. Informalinfor-

mation indicates that tho Trnining Course will be conducted at Ma~1011Field, Ala., will afford opportunitios for prospoctivo Annlysts to be

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assigned"to ,stations under the, jurisdiction of the Central and :Western

Tr:~ining Commands. '. Promise of location of plncoment cannot be hlado.:at the

presont timc,."but every'offort will. be mndo to fllaoe tho girls 'at ..the .

:,bns(;s of their: ohoice.'

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. '..Application Forms 57 crm be obtained from your local Post Office. WASPsfrom all Commands may submit :their: appli'cCltions to:

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Commanding G(mcral, E.F. T.C.

Mnxvle.ll', Field, Ala..

~TT: Civ~lian Porsol~~-e21i?n. A-l.

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The folloYling TWXw :> .s forwardod from l'UssCochran 's office, 'i1ashingt~n, D. C.for publication in. the WASPNe~lSlott(;r: ., .,.

G L E N L . f !l A RT I N C O M P A N Y , BA L T Ii vI O R E, ' : \UlRY1J"ND, INTEPJ~3'I'ED: IHE~iPLOYING'

.WASPSIN ENGINEERINGDEPARTf:IENT. APPLICii.NTS SHOULD'CCHI:.1UNICATE

DIRECT WITHNIiSS M. L. KaUTZ Ci,RE E:NGINEERINGPERSOHNEL,.'STJPPLYING.:

C,OEPLETEIHFORIilATIONON TRAININGMm EXPEhIENCE, SUBEITTE1G SEAPSBOT.

There are severnl pOSGibiliti6s of ground jobs rclat;.ing qiro.ct;Ly::,:t6 t'ly in g :~ '_with the E,'1lbry-Riddle Aero College. Mr. E. J. Smith, GGncralHc.nager,vrrites as fol1oVJs: : .:-::''.~',~'' ... , '.

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The War.Department Memberof the Interdepartrncnt~f jiir Tretffic ControlBoard in Washington, D. 'C. needs a secretary.--prefernbly with an aero-nautical backgroundo ThiS Board is composed of rep!?es6ntatives of the

Army, Navy, and CAA--their purpose being the coordination of the threeDepartments ~~ all problems rel~ted to control of air traffic~ The position\ o-ffered carries, a CAF-4rating" Applicnntp submit Forms 57 to:\ '

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AIR;b'VAGUATICN NURSES:

Anne~,Berry, 44-2, offers the information tha.t graduate nurses in the

WASPco.n be taken .directly 'into Air Evacuation viork if they P[;SS thephysical examinationQ

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.There is a position open in Washington, D. G. for an Engineering Draftsman. (Cartographic), SP-7. If you hnve any experience .in this line of vfOrk,

.'submit a Civil Service Application Form 57 to:

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The Manager,of the Aviation Gas Sales in th8 Ghicng~' Office' of thePure Oil Company~'needs a good Ptivate secretary with,aviationexperionco,Contact: fu ~ ~ Til Jo Manske, Personnel Employer,'Pure Oil Company, 3 5 E

. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill.' Attn; Mano;ger0Uviation G~s Sal~ .

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Jean McCart, ~ffiSPfrom. GreenwoodAAB,Gre~wood; Miss. stopped in atNewsle.tter:' H qQ recently:o.nd it was quite refreshing to ,hear a positiveansw~r in r~sponse to 'that,. Sixty,,:,,;fo,urDollar Question: "iVhnt.a~e you goingto do tifter December 20th?1I- She and YvonneStnff0rd, Pat Velut and Fny

.Wolfe, all stationed at Greenwoodand Dolly Sexton, Lubbock.~~F, Texashave their Civil Service Transfers all lined up for ALASKA,to work withthe CAll.in Air ...Gr"btmdC'ornrnunications. "After a short lenve, they are sched-uled to report to Seattle ,Wnshington whore.they wlll be trained forapproximately six weeks. Cnn1t you just see that little Louisiana Staffordbundled up like an Eskimo drnwling !'Ugh, Ugh--you-all" to some lost Eskimopilot.---Good luck, gals---dnd don't forget your red flannelsJ

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POLICYANDSTATU~REPORTOF THE ORDEROF FIFINELLA:

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This report on the status c.l1d.policy of the !lOrder of Fifinelln!l has been

compiled from reports sub~ittedby the members of the Advisor~r Council on

pcrtinen~ organizational problems.

Your analysis of this policy and stntement is desired before it .is l0gally

contro.ctcd. Address opinions to Clc',ra Marsh, Acting Chairno.n, llOrder of

Fifinello.!I, 3504 Courville Ror,d, De'trait 24, Michigan.

1. STATUSOF ORGl~NIZATION;

STRUCTURE

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:f.!lannger:: :: Clc,rc. ~!!nrsh:

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Clara J. Mo.rsh, 44-iV-3, 3504 Courville Rd., Detroit, iIich.

Elizo.bcth ~:IG.c~\Ethan,44-.:7.2) 119 N. C,)ol Spring st." li'L1yGttevil1e, N.C.

Betty ThoDpson, 44-1)-6, ~~our.:7inds F'lr!:1, ~7illinr.lstorm, 11.'i:.,ss.Ruth H. Petry, 44-:1-2, 104 Devon Rond, Itha !C )".J ;1e:.rydcLleAV0.,. Dnllcl'3;, .~.\;X"

Ann Lincoln, 43-;1..8. j\:la:.:,i.~.'os~\D:.::ivG, Rcdl~.nds j Oe,.1..., .Irene Crum, 44

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III. AGENCIESOF ORG~~IZhTION:

Nm'isletter: Funds nlloce.ted from tho nOrder of, Fifinelb.".

Cover~ae to be developed from existing form as needs ~nd currontc..~financial and st~tus, reports ::tne'ideas grow.

To be published monthly if prnctico.ble,.,.

Newsletter he!ldquarters will be at the .10c3.tion of the Editors.

\!Jelfare Fund: A basic fund t'o be allo'cnted from which 10.ems ill".ybOffi:J.de

to WASPs (M.embers of the 'nOrdor of Fifin8l1,::t") in good st.:'..nding on ~! ' - , 1 \ , ~ ,./!; ,

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THAT'S ALL'.AT.AVENGER:. .'.'., ,

On the 7th of December" 1941~,.the tr.ditionC).l'graduation ceremonies v'rere.h':;:lqfor thc.;-last class. ofw9men pilots to be .gradU!.:1.tedat Avenger Field. Thi~

descript.ion 9 tho gradl1ation:was:wri t.t~~bJ ' Ann Eerry, 41+ W-2, whof+ow'1,nto Avenger from La Junta. '., .:

.Nearly 100 old gi.rls Ci?me frqm yad.ous fields and from '-!aried duties

'to see t he last .braduating class 07: HASPso' Our jYjloved benefactor, ..General Arnold, [nade the principal adciress to the 'girls, ,'lnd pre sGnted to

each her silver wingse- G8u'3l'al Yount gave th,,:) gradu,'3.tion diplolJk:~.to '.E!D.ch.,

girlo Miss Cochran m.:ldea short tal:( in whic11 she told tb..B girls thcit" s n e "y:as proud to know .1000 women pilots had learned to fly the hrmy 1'1['..710'"

nyou can exert a great denl of influer.ce' on women concerning r'.vi~.:tion:>

and you can be of much help to m.tion

Some 100.,000. service-women will receive ,its ben3fits ... Thore is no ~enson.

why 1U,SPs shouldn't. h: ' . .vG tliem, tooo She 'is working t~hnvc us put on aroseI've sto.tus whereby wo ,co.n fly governmc~t :::.:ircr.:l.ft four hours a month"

Miss Gochrannruned. those .possibilit;ios pf post-war jobs:

11) With def'em,e pl!.'_~ts. flying the::i,r. surplus pl 'U1esto koep. th0m inworking condition. "

2. Hith indi vi d'uc;,l s'tdtes' or CIt;, in ::dr marl(ing e

3. Vfith agricultural dqpwtment ix 1 sowj,.l1gsood from. the

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,DPC PLANECRASH:

A Lockheed Hudson, AT.,18 crashed on to.ke-off'o.nd burned o.t the Orno.ho.

Municipo.l Airport, Qilo.ho.,Nebro.slm, to.king the live's of seventeen people.'

The flight v~s in COllilcction \V~th ferrying for the Surplus Wnr AircraftDivisior,Reconstruction Fino.nce Corp., Defense Plo.nt Corporation. In-

cludod among those,killed were Mr. Dick Tate and Mro

Ronan Torkelson, both

former Advo.nccd Instructors at Avenger Field, o.nd throe girls: Mnrio.n Isbell,Virginia Hopo and Verna May Turner.

Renenber '~ay bo.ck ~hen the bo.ck-yurd v~s our'plo.yground; then it oxpo.ndcd

to include the Tor.'11or Ci t;y; sto.rtcd flying Cubs D,nd T.cro.fts o.nd tho

neighboring To~ns and sto.tcs greTI fanilio.r~ Today the 48 States o.re our

playgroundJ'~l This is po.rtiaulo.rly true of the ATCgirls ,nlo,ho.ve flo~n

fro::! Long Bench to Ncyro,rk so no.ny tines they have lost count? 'Itls 0. Vo.stbco.~tiful cOQ~try--but o.irplnnes ho.vc no.de it conpact o.nd easily covered.

We 1ilOnIt have the Lrny P,.51 IS" AT-6 IS Gnd B..26 is o.t our fingertips o.nymore

--but there's no doubt.tho.t lots of us will be flying so~ething sODovmere.

Several of us wore to.lking about this one do.y~-o.nd sor:loono hndo.n idee,:

y~BYNOTESTABLISHL .m~T:70RK OF~:JASPHOSTELS.ACB,OS8THECOUN1'RY?HOr::1tSORSlTc'flI'JERCOTTAGES~VEEf:.E A ~ifl~SP.COULDFEEL FHEETODROPIN FORANRONOR

TWO??? 'The thought vm .s axci ting, rtnd before we knew it, without o .n ;y co.n-vnssing, we ho.d fiv~ V&SP NESTSsuggested:

B~tty Thonpson se.id .this of her "Four 'Winds Fo.rrJ" up near Williamstown, Mass.

"Yes ~-I1d love to list r.lYplace 0.8 ,0. WASPNEST. Thero Is plenty of ,room--

and: it Ylould be .fun to have the kii:1s drop ino" Betty has 'offered to collectmcr.lOSand history articles o.nd 0.11 pertin'ent infon:18.tlon on the WASPprog-.co.ra

fo~a repository Q~til an historical officer of the Order of Fifinella is

selected. Faith BucY.l1erfollo'\'led suit with o.n offer to'r.lo.ke "A,-v-Kur2-Inn

Cotto.ge" on a lo.ke Up118C'..rChico.go an avo.ilable V l i : . .S P NEST. Fo.ith said tho.thors ~o~ld only be open from April through October.

Claro. ~lrsh suggested hoI' hone in Detroit, where her folks would be only:

too glad to hc:vo 0. HASPor two flit in. In the West, Hillly Stir(;q wo:uldlike to list tho "rfuy Worry Denl! ne[:r So.n Bornardino, Cal.

DOvV11South rIo could drop in o.t "CurIes Neck Fo.rml!, Doo.n Fergti8son1s '500'0.

o.ero fo.rm near Ricm~ond~ Vo..

Thero must be lots of others who hayo residences where they would be glad

~o be;...friond 0. tr[~nsient v i. '\. 3 P and enjoy tho'rG-i.ll1ion at tho sfli.le tii.lC. If

you bave such 0. plo.co;! ','irite a briof desc:i.'iption of it, v/hat seasons of

the. year it would be' Qvailable,and how no.ny girls could drop in withoutdistu~bing the Weight o.nd Bo.lance of tho housohold

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S8nd this infornO-tion to tho Wf-i.SPNE:'JSLETTE...'1.,c/o ,Nary Pet;I'or Rut!1 Potry,

310 2nd.Stc; > Ithe.co., }\~ II)' whore the infornationwill be compilod. A uo.pof the Stntoq I'lill be drmm 'Ivith the loc'o.tion of the WASPNESTs indicated,

and a brief description of each---for easy reference w h e n travelling QrOlL~d

the countryo

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vfuen submitting ncvm about WASPsit is requested that the Avenger Clo.ss ofwhich the vVASPWc.S Q l:lGmberbe inc'luded.

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1t4-w-6 t R E U N I 0lI:

A copy of the following letter from Hally Stires was received>bY.9~e ".~f themembers of the Newsletter Staffr and it displays such a wonderful spirit ofgaod fellowship, ..that it:.is ,being-published {:qr"all-.the '.WASPsto rE)ad.Even though. 611 w6rcnlt,.fortUnate enough to' be,Eembers of the' :outstanding

Clas~ .C ? f : V{-6, .Y!~'~:i~e ..H.a~ly..? - f J .9 . .~~l' these VfASPs.sitting: ar~und .a' 'big open

fire to knowthat we~re with ..them i,n QpA-,JttH..:.,,' _'.. .':, :_.. ' ..'. ',_! ..,;.'. :': ~ . .

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~'Thetime has comefor all good W-6'ers. tq:.hay:~the grand"ol'.:."GetTogether" we have so long talked and dreamed about. The time setfor this gala.: occasion .i8 to be: from 30 DeC61nocr1944 through ..January 1 9 4 5 . The reason ~or;extending the time .overt~is period

is 80 that everyone will have an opportunity to get there at some. time-duringi:he nboV'.ementi'oned dates.' :It.is aIs~ set after

Christmas, to give everyone a "chance. to be' home for that time"However, it would.be fun to have.ffiostof w - - : 6 together to ring out

.the old yea):' cmd r.ing in the hew.. ".'

.. Ii' you are driving, 'bring blankets as: there will be snow" Alsobring ,your. rntionbookso

The' cabin. is .located in' the ',San Bernardin!') Mountains about half.waybetween. San.Bernardinq and. Lake Arrowhead~. Your address vrhilet~ere 'vdJ..l, be BGX 83, Crestline';. California. Phone Crestline 6717.Bu~e~.~~.da~ly froID;SnnBernardino to Crestlina. Upon'your arri-val phone Mother (Nellie A. Stires) for directions to the cabin.

March ~iE!ld, Riverside,} ,:Cal'ifo).'nia is the heal'est field to .fly into .. 1'.willb"!3 here at Avenger'.through 8 De.cember. After that time

write to. Randolph' Field;-:General' Delivery., Texas c/o either BettyWilliams., .WASP.01" Marie Pederson, 'WASP..Wouldappreciate a promptreply vib-ether.you:can or:'cannot be thcr~ for :the reunion.

So 'till we are all gathered 'round the big 01 1 .fireplace re-living all the days at Avenger and hearing all about your doLDgsatyour various bases, will say,

Makeplans to be there and take care,

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P.S. To have been a part of this program as a Trainee and also outin the field as a WASPis, in itself something for vlhich to be thank-ful'e Perhaps this is a bit early for Seasons Greetings., but mayChristmas find you with loved ones, and here is hoping tho.i;.'s..qmo..thing somewhereto your liking., unfolds for you before the NewYearis..v~ry old 0 II "~. .; .... ;. :

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Tho,,Order.of Fifine11a. vliii nward,,,a~Fifty~~i'"1ar ($50.00) VIarSand..to thegir.:+.'\7ho,sends in the ;lnOS.t"amusing..personaJ.~'flight ...incident, or oxp'(C;rionceasD . WASP. Your contributiClhSsh.Quld .be ..'l'imited to-,.jOOwords:.. These stories

will be published, in c[\04 issue of the Newsletter, until twenty incidentshave been published.~ Fromtho t~enty best tales, the Newsletter Editorsand the .Advisor~.CoUncil QII select the most out3tanding~ The winner viIIbe announccdin'theNewslotter at the close of the contest~

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jobGroves, 44 ~).-9, l"i~1s been doing C o finethe orientntion sessions of officors,

progr.s,PelS married scvsr,l'..l weaks ::..go

to 1st Lt. John Rnwlings, B-29 pilot from Las Animas, Color,..do. She is nOVI

w(),tching his proross in nevvsp".pers, folloving the re.ids over Japan. Iv':ary F::ters

44 "'-3, is planning a JiLl1uC'.rywedding to Lt. i,lberic (Ricky) doLaot~ He;will bestationed at Olmstead :,LF, Middletown, Pn. Bobbye Cr.1in, 43 1.':-8, and C:-~!)tain

Cholby Jersig of ClOVis, NON Moxico, WGremarried rocontly. C~'.Dt2inJcrsig is

on IJ.yoars' leave of absnoce from the Marine Corps, and she will join h~~ on

December 21. Est.hor Rluller is quite excitod too c.oout her pending m'..'.rri:.lgo inJenuary to her flight instructor of Piper Cub days.

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