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Our Christmas party on Dec. 28, 1965 was a very happy occasion with 19 present. Doris Renninber, Irene Keith, Melanie Doolittle and Jessie B. Champerlin were members of the committee. Major Patterson, manager of the club, greeted us and Joe Galino, maitre 'D set up a beautifully decorated dinner table. Of course the dinner was perfect with a special menu by Major Patterson.

Everyone knows that since 1950 our group has presented a silver trophy in memory of Lady Grace Hay Drummond-Hay who was our international president at the time of her death in New York. She was a pilot, lived in London, England, and was a noted international war correspondent and writer. She came here on the first trip of the Graf Zeppelin in 1928 and on the Hindenburg in 1936 and was a world traveller. Some of us have valuable collections of her letters from all over the world.

Our Lady Hay Trophy winners to date include:

1950 - Kay Brick
1951 - Olive Ann Beech, president Beech Aircraft
1952 - Jacqueline Cochran, world's foremost woman pilot
1953 - Teddy Kenyon
1954 - Viola Gentry
1955 - Gloria Heath
1956 - Marjorie Gray
[[ink underlined]] 1957 - Manila Davis Talley [[/ink underlined]]
1958 - Ruth Nichols
1959 - Blanche Noyes Chief Air Markings
1960 - Irene Keith Pan American dispatcher
1961 - Dora Dougherty
1962 - Betty Brown
1963 - Doris Renninger Helicopter pilot
1964 - Fay Gillis Wells
1965 - Marilyn Link

The accomplishments of each of these girls is worthy of a good book. We plan to write it some day. Clara Adams, who has always been a generous supporter of our club, contributed $50 toward the expense of our 1966 trophy from the proceeds of the sale of some of her "first day air mail covers" sold at our last Presidents' Tea. Also Clara and Jessie Chamberlin Jr., paid for the printing and mailing of this news letter.

Awhile ago we had a letter from Jean Crane who spoke of her two grandsons who are now 5 and 6 years old. Their famous grandfather, Joe, is now chairman of the board of the Parachute Club of America.

Grace Kellett Chatterley is very proud of her son, Don Kellett, executive vice-president and manager of the Baltimore Colts now in second place in the National Football League.

Phyllis Crouch moved since our last letter, to 9 Princeton Road, Upper Montclair, N.J.