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THE BOSTON HERALD  JANUARY 18, 1931
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[[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]]


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BALTO SUN
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[[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]]


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Wing and Prop Club
Manila Davis
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