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Social Program of Air Meet

MANY brilliant social functions are in progress this week-end honoring prominent flyers participating in the Air Races at the Municipal Airport at Vandalia.  The races, which are claiming national importance, followed the annual meeting of the Women's Aeronautical Association of America, which took place in this city on Friday.

At "Red Bud", her home in Runnymede road, Mrs. George Shaw Greene, assisted by her mother, Mrs. H. E. Talbott, will entertain at a buffet supper on Sunday evening, honoring entrants in the air races.

Others in attendance at this occasion will be the local women who 

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are entertaining the visiting flyers as their house guests.

Saturday evening, following the afternoon's races, a buffet supper was arranged at the Officer's club at Patternson Field with officers and their wives with both Wright and Patterson Fields as hosts and hostesses.

The Friday evening banquet, which was the outstanding function of the annual aeronautical meeting, was elaborately arranged at the Dayton Country club.

Dayton hostesses are entertaining many of the delegates and visiting flyers at their homes over the week-end.

Mrs. George Shaw Greene, president of the Women's National Aeronautical association, is entertaining as her hose guests, Mrs. Edna Gardner, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Ruth Baron-Nason, of Rochester, N. Y.; Miss Annette Gipson and Miss Paula Lind.

Miss Martha Smith, president of the Dayton Women's Aeronautical association and executive chairman of the air meet, is hostess at "Hollycroft" to Miss Mae Haizlit, of St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Ellen Smith, of Meadville, Pa.; Miss Rhoda Davis, of East Lansing, Mich., and Miss Helen Johnson, of Brownville, Texas.

Mrs. O. P. Echols, of Patternson field, is hostess to Mrs. C. F. Kolp, of Electra, Texas, an Miss Lucille H. Parker, of South Charleston, W. Va.

[underline]Mrs. Manilla Davis Tally[/underline], of Fountain avenue, is entertaining as her guests Miss Jeanette Lempke, of Bay City, Mich., and Miss Helen Frigo.

At her residence on Oakwood avenue, Mrs. Robert C. Austin is hostess to Miss Frances Harrell, Garden City, Long Island, N. Y., and Miss Helen Rickie, of McKee, Penn.

Mrs. Charles Harries Simms, of Oakwood avenue, has as her guests Miss May Dorin and Miss Violet L. Grosble.  Miss Ione Coppedge, of Smithville road, is hostess to Miss Peggy Albertson and Miss Abbie Putnam Dill.

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Lydia Mange,

Jeannette Lempke of Bay City Leads Field of 12 in Victory

SECOND TEST WON BY PENNSYLVANIAN

Four Major Attractions Are Scheduled in Competition Sunday.

To a Michigan woman and a Pennsylvanian Saturday went honors in two events constituting the program of the first afternoon in the two-day Women's National air meet at Dayton Municipal airport.  The principal events are scheduled for Sunday, starting at 2 p. m.

The winner of the first event, determined in a thrilling finish that brought most of the contestants over the field in low massed flight, was Jeannette Lempke, of Bay City, Mich.  She flew an open biplane from her handicap position to overtake three, who started before her, and to remain ahead of eight others whose planes were rated faster than hers, and who started later.

Second was Annette Gipson of Garden City, L. I., who finished less than a second behind.  Gladys O'Donnell of Los Angeles, flying the plane of Maude Miller, of San Francisco, with whom she flew here, was third.  Among them was divided the $175 cash prizes for the event.

Violet Crosby, a late entry from Chicago, was fourth, and Frances Harrell, also from Garden City, fifth.  The course was a 20-add mile triangular loop around a Tipp City barn and the Waco Aircraft Co. plant at Troy.

Officials praised the handicapper, John Livingston, Waco engineer and pilot, for the manner in which he handicapped the planes, and which they said was responsible for the close finish.

The second event, the precision landing contest, consisted of stalling the motor at 1000 feet and coasting down, the one stopping nearest a line on the field to be the winner.  First place was taken by Ellen Smith, of Meadville, Pa., whose plane stopped but 45 inches from the mark.  Mrs. C. F. Kolp, Electra, Tex., was second, and Ione Coppedge, of Dayton, third.  They received $100 in prizes.

The events Sunday afternoon will include a barrier landing contest at 2 p. m.; bomb dropping at 3; the feature event, a 50-mile handicap over a 10-mile pylon course, for cash prizes totaling $2000, and finally a parachute jumping contest, or exhibition.

In addition to the 12 flyers who participated in the Saturday handicap, Paula Lind, New York City, former Daytonian, expects to race.  Other entrants, besides the winners, in the handicap Saturday were Edna M. Gardner, Washington, D. C.; Helen Richey, McKeesport, Pa.; Ruth Baron Nason, Rochester, N. Y.; Alma R. Davis, Cleveland; Mrs. C. F. Kolp, Coppedge, Helen MacCloske, Harrell and Crosby.

All of these except Gladys O 'Donnell and Richey were entered in the second event, the landing contest, and in addition, Ellen Smith, the winner.

The third event, the aerobatics, was postponed until Sunday, when it will be run off if time permits.  The final event Saturday, the parachute contest, was replaced by an exhibition jump by Lucille Parker of Charlestown, W. Va.

Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky, New York city, holder of the world speed record for amphibian planes, provided thrills in an exhibition following the second event.  He flew the amphibian plane he used some months ago at Wright Field in an unofficial attempt at his own record.  Theplane has been made over into a land craft.

Six army ships in mass formation, from Wright Field, were flow before the first event, and after de Seversky's exhibition.

Helen P. Johnson of Brownsville, Tex., provided the heard-luck motif for the meet.  She flew in from Texas Thursday without mishap, but on landing discovered one of her pistons was sticking.  She flew the plane to the Waco plant at Troy, only to find it necessary to send to Hagerstown, Md., for piston ringgs.

These arrived Saturday morning, and immediately were taken to Troy, where a mechanic installed them.  The plane was flown to the airport, but when Mrs. Johnson took off, the motor died, and rather than attempt to land on the field, obstructed by other

DAYTON JOURNAL

Air News

DAYTON AIRPORT

Plans for a national women's aeronautical meet in August at Dayton municipal airport at Vandalia are being tentatively made by [underline ]Manilla Davis[/underline], local pilot.

Miss Davis, wife of Lieut. B. B. Talley, of Wright field, is a member of the 99 club, national women pilots organization, which probably will take an active part in the proposed meet.

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