Ed Seuer

Norma Staats, Shirley Baker and Georgia McCarley

Dick Cole

Standing room only.

As usual, the gathering was started with delicious aromas wafting from the kitchen area. Thanx to Ed Seurer for the super delicious brats and fixins. Of course, all cannot be accomplished alone. Three lovely ladies, Norma Staats, Shirley Baker and Georgia McCarley held down the kitchen duties to make it a spectacular showing. Thanx all for a delicious start to the evening!!

We had a record crowd…I counted over 106 in attendance!!. Standing room only at the start of the meeting. We also had seven new guests—welcome and come again!

Some updates on our chapter members; Danny Daniels got his tail wheel endorsement, Susan Robinson got her private ticket—congrats!!! First flight of the Zodiac by Randy Stout—congrats!! Louie “crash” Viggiano is healing nicely, David Talley took the time to clean all the chapter house lights and replace bulbs—thanx!! New member Steve Antonelli has volunteered to take over as grounds keeper—thanx!! In fact his kids were seen hard at work watering the plants.

Skip Barchfeld, our Christmas Party coordinator, announced that we will have two choices for our Christmas Party dinner. More detailed info elsewhere.

Matt Oetken– Our chapter scholarship recipient to attend the EAA Air Academy presented a slide show of his superb experiences. He was well spoken and “did us proud” at the academy. Thanx Matt for the presentation!

Bob Cabe then introduced out guest speaker…WWII hero, and co-pilot for Jimmy Doolittle on the B-25 raid on Tokyo—Dick Cole. Dick first showed a made for PBS tape about the 18 April 1942 flight of 16 Airplanes. Dick himself had to bail out and landed in a tree. There are 18 men left of the group and they hold their reunion in Tucson. We all sat captivated by his words, there were numerous questions from the crowd. What a great evening.
Miriam Talley