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1929

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16 New England Girl Fliers Organize First Pilots' Club

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AT ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN'S FLYING CLUB
Left to Right: Mrs. C. E. Shankle, Boston; Mrs. W. B. Bacon, Brookline, vice-president; Miss Lilias Moriarty, Boston; Mrs. T. W. Kenyon, Boston, Miss Olivia Mathews, secretary-treasurer, Dedham; Miss Cass Diman, Millis; Miss [[underlined]] Manila Davis, Brookline; [/underlined]] Miss Loraine Defren, president, Newton; Miss Billie Nelson, Beverly; Miss Dolly Bernson, Brookline; Mrs. Mildred Chase, Chelsea; Miss Elanore Spear, Portland, me. (Wellesly '31); Miss Agnes Wilcox, Colon, Panama Canal Zone (Radcliffe), and Miss Betsy Kelley, Ft. Smith, Ark (Radcliffe)
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New England

Pilots and Stu

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Meetings Are to Be Held Once a Month and Tea Will Be Served 

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FIFTEEN FLIERS were present for the initial meeting of the first women's flying club in New England in the reception room of Skyways, Inc., at Boston Airport yesterday.

Three other charter members who were unable to attend bring the total to 18. All are active pilots or student fliers. Six have licenses; three others have soloed; the rest are taking instruction.

All New England girls who are taking up flying have been invited to join, and the membership roll probably will be increased at the next meeting, January 4. 

It is likely that this club will become a branch of the national women's flying club being organized in New York. It will be called Women Pilots of New England until a definite name is decided upon.

Elected President
Miss Lorraine Defren of Newton, organizer of the club, was elected president; Mrs. Mary Bartow Bacon of Brookline, vice-president. and Miss Olivia "Keet" Mathews of Dedham, secretary and treasurer.

The six members with pilot licenses are Mrs. Bacon, Miss Mathews, Mrs. Mildred H. Chase of Chelsea, Mrs. Cecil "Teddy" Kenyon of Brookline, Mrs. Joan Fay Shankle of Boston and Woods Hole, and Miss Betsy Kelley, Radcliffe sophomore of Fort Smith, Ark.

Others who have soloed are Miss Eleanor Spear of Portland, Me., Wellesley student, daughter of State Senator Arthur G. Spear; Miss [[pencil underlined]] Manila Davis [/pencil underlined]] of Boston, and Mrs. May Slayton, Boston.

Other membes present yesterday were: Miss Della De Vita, Cambridge; Miss Agnes Wilcox, Radcliffe student of Colon, Panama; Miss Frances ("Billie") Nelson, Beverly; Mrs. Dolly Berson, Brookline; Miss Cassa Dimon, Mil
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Six Girls Flying at Marstons Mills Field

Hilding Carlson reports that six girls were flying at the Marsons Mills field of Skyways the past week. They were [[underlined]] Manila Davis [/underlined]], Keets Mathews, Mary Bacon, Eleanor Hoyt, Joan Shankle, and Victoria Wesson.

Rivaling the show the girls put on, Pilot Jack Langley did two flights a day for the Barnstable Fair.

Inspectors Boggs and Quick of the Department of Commerce spent the weekend at Marstons Mills.
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MANILA DAVIS, BRAXTON GIRL SELLING 'PLANES'

[[underlined]] Manila Davis [/underlined]], former Flatwoods, Braxton county girl, is enlisted in the world's newest industry, aviation, as a saleswoman for Curtis-Wright, Inc., at the Boston, Mass. airport. She is the first girl sales representative in the history of the Boston airport. Boston business men are warned not to be surprised if a charming young woman glides into their office and urges them to become air-minded. Miss Davis, who attended Sutton high school, and was a student at West Virginia university for three years went to Boston as a student in the New England Conservartory, where she was graduated in 1923. She has many friends in this section of the state.

"In public life," the young aviatrix says, "I am still Miss Davis, but in private I am the wife of Randolph Reidell."  Mr. Riedell is a Boston sportsman. Miss Davis learned to fly with Boston Skyways and has quite a bit of flying time to her credit. She is the daughter of Claude C. Davis, of Flatwoods.
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