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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1963 10 c Striking Brunette tells All About Stewardess Role By ROBERT JO 8ERLING UPI Aviation Editor Washington (DPI) Bev erley Boyer is one of the 10, 000 stewardesses working for the U.S. scheduled airlines. In a sense, she Is typical. A striking brunette, poised and mature iar Deyond her 28 years, in love with her job and its opportunities but honest and open enough to discuss some ot its drawbacks. In an equal sense, she is not exactly an average stew ardess. Beverley has been Hy ing for American Airlines since 1098. Her own airline, like all the others, considers itself lucky to keep a good stewardess longer than two years. She lives with her fam ily in Washington, DC; the overwhelming majority of stewardesses (some carriers call them hostesses) share apartments and a few prefer living alone. And unlike some of the newer girls, she would rather work trips on the se date and veteran Convair 240, a twin-engine piston airliner, than the glamorous Jets. Likes Convair "It's more informal, you can take more personal care of your passengers and literally you can put more of yourself into the job," explains Bev erley. Her seniority at American's Washington base gives her a chance to bid the relatively few Convair trips. Last month, she flew eight round trips to get in her maximum 80 hours flight time. Her flight left Washington at 12:05 p.m., for Charleston, W. Va., and Cincinnati, another seg ment to Louisville, then back to Cincinnati, Dayton, Colum bus, Canton-Akron and Clevc land arriving in Cleveland at 11 p.m. for a ouc-night lay over. She left Clevclund at 3:15 p.m. the next day, returning to Washington via Dayton, Cincinnati and Charleston. She averages 15 days off a month and clears about $400 monthly in addition to extra pay for such special assign ments as talking tu prospec tive stewardesses in high schools, chores for public rc lations, etc. Pay Good The relatively high pay comes with her seniority; the starting salary for the average stewardess can be as low as $250 monthly but some sen ior cabin attendants flying in ternational routes make as high as $500-600. Like most of her colleagues who have gone through the transition from pistons to jets, Beverley has found dis advantages to the jet age. She agrees with most stew ardesses who have been flying for at least five years that their jobs are more routine and less fun than they used to be mainly because it is difficult to give personalized service in a 120-passenger jet. But Beverley Boyer bristles at the often-heard charge that the modern stewardess is nothing but an airborne wait ress or barmaid. "Just remember that to a stewardess, the jet age has brought new advantages as well as disadvantages," she says. "What other job gives a girl a chance to shop in cities not only all over the country but all over the world? I've flown to Europe and back for $133. We get a 75 per cent discount from overseas airlines. We can take ourselves and our parents any where on American's whole system for free or at most an $8.20 surcharge on jets. Last fall, on my own vacation I hit Los Angeles, Hawaii, Seattle, San Fran cisco and Phoenix. Vacation Rales "I had only two week va cation time, but 1 got another six days by trading trips and three days leave from the company. In 23 days, I didn't spend $300. 1 got reduced rates on everything from ho tel rooms to sightseeing li mousines because 1 was a stewardess. 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Men's and Boy's sizes in black or white, high shoes or oxfords. 3.99 tor- ag Elgin Baylor All-Pro Athletic Stretch Socks 69f Teens Disagree on Proposal To Raise Age of Drivers Salem -fflrV- Teen-agers dis agreed over proposals to raise the minimum age for drivers licenses from 16 to 18 before the House Highways Commit tee. Eugene junior Nancy Hinch sliff, 16, said youthful drivers "lack responsibility," and should not be given a license until they are 18. John Borachcr, 10, Seaside, said he polled about 40 class mates and "half of them said the age should be increased, the other half disagreed." Mike Sellard, 16, North Eu gene, termed this a "mobile age," and added "driving teaches responsibility." Sellard said he already had a drivers license, but he was taking a high school driver training course because he thought it would benefit him. Thrat Bills The committee held a hear ing on three proposals to re strict youthful drivers. Rep. Phil Lang (D-Portland) is author of a bill which would raise the age to IB, ex cept where youths had com pleted a driver training course. They would be able to gel a license at age 16, but would be under curfew not to drive alter 11 p.m. on pre school nights, and after 1 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Parking of cars near schools also would be prohibited. A bill by Rep. Ken Maher (R-Portland) would have the 18-year limit except for a provisional p e r in i t" that could be issued in some cases to those 16 and over. A bill by Rep. Wlnton Hunt (R-Woodburn) would raise the age limit for instruction per mits to 17, and for driver's li cense to 18. All three said there was a direct relationship between ownership of an auto and school dropouts and lowered grades. bPI If ijtSi l. m 1 fjk " PPW Industrial Arts Teacher Is Honored Vcrn Voss, wood shop liv slruetor at Mcdford High school , has been selected as the state's outstanding indus trial arts instructor. The selection was made by a committee composed of Ore Ron Education association rep resentatives, state department of education representatives and the Oregon Industrial Arts association. The selec tion was announced at the recent OEA convention in Portland, and Voss' name for warded to the American In dustrial Arts association. Outstanding Industrial arts i instructors from throughout the country were honored at a recent joint convention of the .mencan Industrial Arts association and the Indiana Industrial Education WOCtt tion in Indianapolis, Ind. This Is the first year that national recognition has been given outstanding nidus trial arts teachers from each slate. The awards are based on the teacher's contributions in the classroom and his profession al activity. IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Stores Alto in Klamath Falls, Eugene Salem Oregon Delicacy on Way to World's Fair Eugene, Ore. W1 The Eugene-born "Ery-Jo. ' a veri dough delicacy molded into i various shapes and deep-fried. I is going to the Now York ' World's Eair next year. Mrs. Grant Chase says the recipe originated in her fam- ily. She first vended Fry-Jos at the Lane county Fair in 1 t I and expanded operations at the Seattle World's Fair 1 last year. to be but in other ways it's even more exciting because of the off - duty opportunities j available." There is some truth to the able gripes. Such as drunks, wolves and mechanical or weather delays which may mean a broken dinner date at a home base. The first calls Beverley. -Delays don 1 1 wno insists on I guess imra aniiK wcn d we.i we re oniy n- bother me, anyway thP rhipf erine I have is a darn passenger who's too demand-; lowed to serve two NEW SIDING New beauty for older homes: wood siding, the oldest and still most popular material for the outside of a home, is now offered with a factory-primed, baked-on first coat of paint. It is the ideal base for long-lasting paint serv ice; wood is now more useful than ever for add-a-room pro jects and other modernization plans. Siding by Weyerhaeuser Company regulation of a stewardess is not to plan anything social ahead of time. She's Lucky "I've been fairly lucky," re- alleffation that the modern law. rule and stewardess, despite her chic uniform, performs tasks no less menial than the average waitress. But one thing should be noted: Her presence aboard an airliner is required for safety reasons, not passenger comfort. Civil Air regulations specify that a cabin attendant must be present on any trans port capable of carrying 12 or more paying customers. The majority of "flygirls" re gard their training in emer gency procedures as the toughest part of a steward ess course. "Menial" also is too broad a word. The airlines believe a good stewardess can imparl personalized service even on a crowded jet. Smile on Job "I agree," Beverley says. "There are a lot of little touches a stewardess can pro vide even when she's swamp ed like wearing a smile along with her uniform. And there's always room for or iginality and ingenuity. I know one girl who always puts an amusing "thought for the day' on the cabin bulk head. Her passengers get a real kick out of it." Stewardesses have incvil- ing and thinks be s me oniy one on the airplane. Women seem more appreciative than men because they don't fly as much, I suppose. And my other gripe is the passenger Contrary to me popular conception, most stewardesses do not marry pilots. If they fly for less than two years, thev usually marry "the boy back home." After two years, they are more likely to marry men they meet on flights or socially- They seem to mako good wives, too at least one survey showed a lower divorce rate among steward esses than any other femala group. 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