1995 - 1996 Another great year added to our string of wonderful years, commencing with the annual salad

toss at the home of our outgoing president, Ramona Martin. The main buzz that day and for the coming year

was the health reverses suffered by one of our past presidents, Connie Biggar. October saw us at Liz

Wahlquist's home for a talk by our own Sally Roberts and her husband, Dick, on the Elder Hostel program.

November found us learning calligraphy from the renowned Ken Brown, with a door prize for everyone!

December was the annual Sherry party in the evening so that we could see so many of our full-time employed

Bs. Also, a fabulous dance, with a big band, helped to celebrate the holiday season. We all turned into

porcelain artists with a demonstration at the Purple

Glaze in February. A friendly lunch was held at Mattitos in March. We all boarded the

Busy Bee Tour bus in April to go to the Wilson Historic District of Dallas, topped off with a shopping excursion

at the Farmers Market. The annual spring luncheon was at Brookhaven Country Club. This always seems to

be one of the highlights of the year as we gather to remember the former "glory days", which somehow get

better every year. Membership this year reached 337. We gave our traditional $2,000 to our charity

scholarship fund, The Texas Language Speech and Hearing Foundation, on behalf of the Braniff Clipped Bs.

Also, the annual Christmas Toys for Tots was the recipient of many wonderful toys for the underprivileged

children of Dallas.

1996 - 1997 Our membership in the DAL chapter soared to over 387 members, thanks to Mary Moffett's

detective work - you can run from her but you can't hide!! Our salad toss in September was well attended at

the home of Terry Daniel. October saw us on a bus enroute to the C.R. Smith Museum at the American

Airlines Training Center. We loved seeing the DC-3 parked in front of the museum and finding some old BN

memorabilia brightened our day. November brought Iris Newman to speak at Linda Shewmaker's on the

"Challenge of Second Adulthood" with which we could all identify. Adrian Ricks once again opened her home

for the Sherry party and we collected a lot of toys for the Marines toy drive…what fun to see the three Pucci

uniforms displayed…were we ever THAT thin??

Members from all chapters pitched in to contribute to the success of the May 2-4, 1997 golden gala

celebration in honor of 50 years of the Clipped B organization. A festive luncheon on May 2 at Bent Tree

Country Club was chaired by Betty Rosenberg; a wine and cheese party that evening, chaired by Adrian

Ricks and Julie Redmond, unveiled our colleciton of BN/BI uniforms. The setting was at Love Field Frontiers

of Flight Museum which brought back a lot of memories. Our two hospitality suites at the Lincoln Center

Doubletree Hotel were gaily decorated with memorabilia, great food and the chatter was non-stop! The

celebration's grand finale was the elegant dinner at the hotel with beautiful decorations, door prizes and a

memorable skit directed by Aggie Clarke. These fifty years have flown by and we treasure our BN/BI

memories and friendships. Co-chairmen Dolores Olson and Helen Adair give heartfelt thanks to all who

helped make the celebration such a memorable affair.

1997 - 1998 The year began with our annual salad toss at the home of Aggie Clarke. Also in September there

was a reception at the Hall of State in Fair Park honoring the Braniff uniform collection. This display was

available during the State Fair and these uniforms and other memorabilia was on display. Bs served as

volunteers. In October the Bs buzzed to Teddi Weil's hive to hear Knox Bishop, curator of the Frontiers of

Flight Museum tell us of the plans for the future. In November we lunched at the Bistro and had lunch at

Esparza in February. The sherry party was held at the home of Adrian Ricks. Highlight of the year was the

March guest, Captain Al Haynes of UAL who told us about his flight that crash landed at Sioux City on July

19, 1989. BISE was invited to this meeting. Our charity money of $2,150.00 was given to the Texas Language

Speech and Hearing Foundation in the name of the Braniff Clipped Bs. Adrian Ricks hosted a garage sale in

May and approximately $2,000.00 was made, which goes in our museum fund. The spring luncheon was at

the Dallas Country Club and hosted by Terry Daniel. Our membership hit an all-time high - 456!!

1998 - 1999 With 451 members, we enjoyed a year of camaraderie and memorable times! Highlights include

an entertaining trip to Fredericksburg, with tour, wine tasting and lunch at Oberhelman's Vineyard, a German

dinner with surprise program at the Pioneer Museum and visits to an herb and a wildflower farm. Author Irene

Pence was our speaker at Brooksie Agnich' home and Steve Blow, Dallas Morning News columnist was our

program at Dona Martinez. The holiday sherry party, at Teresa Kinkaid's brought out LOTS of members toting

goodies and Toys for Tots. A lunch-out meeting and tour of the Mary Kay Museum was a big treat, as was a

spring tour of the Arboretum and lunch out. A MAJOR "added attraction": we were invited to a tour and

dessert coffee at the Governor's Mansion in Austin! This was preceded by a luncheon (and many doorprizes)

at the Four Season's Grill, where we were joined by members from Houston and the Hill country, also laden

with prizes. At our spring luncheon at Bent Tree Country Club, we presented our scholarship check of

$2,255.00 to the Texas Speech and Hearing Foundation, who had earlier honored the Clipped Bees at their

awards banquet. It was a wonderful year of member-officer participation and friendships.

1999 - 2000 Our year began with our traditional "salad toss" at the beautiful home of Martha Baker with a

great turnout. November took us on a cultural outing to Ft. Worth's Bass Hall and the Kimball Art Museum

where we had lunch. Virginia Alexander opened her lovely home for the Christmas party. Lots of toys for the

"Toys for Tots"  drive were brought and two Marines enjoyed meeting the donors.