2005 - 2006 Started the year with a wonderful Salad Toss at the home of Sharon Graham. Bunky Westbrook

and Betty Brindley brought 4 of their gorgeous angels for auction. All 4 sold and raised money for the bus trip

to Waxahachie in April. Next was the sherry Party at the lovely home of Aggie Clark. She went all out for the

event and turnout was great. We raised a huge amount of toys for the Marines Toys for Tots drive. The March

business meeting was held at the home of Amber Laws for election of new officers. The dedication of the

Braniff Chapel at Terminal B (OUR terminal) was on March 3, 1006. Thanks to the exhausting work of Liz

Walquist and Dona Martinez the chapel was finally realized. Over 200 DFW executives, Chaplains, and

former BI employees and friends were in attendance. The silver stars with the names of major donors were a

big hit. Please stop in and see it as it serves over 162,000 passengers and 50,000 employees daily. A

delayed garage sale was held in March. Our proceeds were disappointing, but we had lots of fun. April was

our annual bus trek to the wonderful luncheon in Waxahachie hosted by Bunky and Betty. As always the food

was delicious, the visiting noisy! May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) brought our annual Spring Luncheon at beautiful

Bent Tree Country Club with a Latin theme. What fun! Marcella, once again, reigned as champion organizer!

Door prizes and certificates were given to the hard working and dedicated B's who slaved at the garage sale.

We donated over $3,400.00 to Frontiers of Flight Museum for our BI exhibit. We had 723 members at the

fiscal year's end, 650 or so in the Dallas base. Susie and Bud have simplified the database so now their time

consuming work is less! Keep up the good work, you two!

2006 - 2007 The year started off with our trip to Fort Worth and the Salad Toss. It was hosted by Linda Austin

at her beautiful new lakeside home. Over 40 Bs enjoyed the fabulous weather and yummy eats and were

even "saluted" by the jets from nearby Carswell AFB! Next came our annual Sherry Party at Sharon Graham's

delightful home. Once again the Bs outdid themselves in gathering items for the TOYS FOR TOTS drive.

While we are still missing the handsome Marines, who usually picked up the toys, we were able to donate 14

huge hefty bags overflowing with gifts to the Marine Recruiting Center in Arlington. There was a rousing

reception complete with picture taking and thanks for our efforts. In February, nearly 70 Clipped Bs packed up

and headed to Galveston for a 4 day cruise to Cozumel sponsored by the Houston Chapter. A BIG THANK

YOU to Sylvia Hanna, Leslie Roque and Nancy Toy for working so hard to get this done and to Sarah Welch-

travel/cruise agent extraordinaire!!! Our special Braniff exhibit at the Frontiers of Flight Museum is now on its

way to completion due to meeting a $30,000.00 challenge to match from former Braniff Captain Orville

Rogers and wife, Esther. Challenge letters were mailed in March and by the end of April the funds were rolling

in. Lastly, our Spring Luncheon was a huge success due to the special efforts of Marcella Gleason, our VP

super star. The theme was "Fat Albert Goes to Hawaii" and the room looked like a luau!! Over 95 Bs and

guests attended and 3 new members joined. Our donation to the Museum was over $3,500.00. Membership

closed at 644.

2007 - 2008 Our new year began with the annual Salad Toss at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. The Clipped

Bs Silver Service, a gift from Braniff, was donated to the Museum. Once again the Hospitality Committee

headed up by Mary Mark Welch did a fabulous job. Marianne Gwinn hosted the Sherry Party. The party was a

roaring success! Fourteen or fifteen bags of toys were collected for the Toys for Tots drive. New officers were

elected at our March meeting and once again, Judy Giles stepped up to the plate to lead our group. Barbara

DeMoulin was recognized for her outstanding publishing skills for our Buzz Notes. She passed the baton to

Paula Metcalf. The Spring Luncheon was at Brookhaven CC and the theme was "Puttin' on the Ritz". Marie

Soloman wowed us with her clever table decorations of top hats, champagne bottles and white satin gloves.

The membership closed with 644 members.