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[[newspaper clipping]] THE BOSTON HERALD JANUARY 18, 1931 [[image - photograph of group of women in front of plane]] [[caption]] (Above) WING AND PROP CLUB of New England, comprising twenty young women members, the majority of whom live in Greater Boston and fly daily from the Boston airport. Left to right: Joan Shankle, Mary Bacon, vice-president; Lillias Moriarty, Teddy Kenyon, Keet Mathers, secretary-treasurer; Cassa Dimon, Manila Davis, Lorraine Defren, president and organizer, Frances Nelson, Dolly Bernson, Mildred Chase, Eleanor Speare, Agnes Campbell, Betsy Kelley. This organization is a pioneer club, as it is the first girls' flying unit to be organized in the United States. To qualify for membership each member made a solo flight and has to continue her air career by piloting planes a certain number of hours every six months. [[/caption]] [[newspaper clipping]] BALTO SUN [[image - photograph of a woman in front of plane]] [[caption]] NEW ENGLAND'S FIRST WOMAN AIRPLANE DEMONSTRATOR. Miss Manila Davis, formerly of West Virginia, now living in Brookline, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, who is now attached to the East Boston airport staff of the Curtiss Flying Service. She is a real aviation enthusiast. (Machum) [[/caption]] [[sticky note]] [[image - badge annotated W P]] Wing and Prop Club Manila Davis [[/sticky note]]