HISTORY MATTERS
The Newsletter Publication of NWA History Centre, Inc.
Recent Happenings
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NARMA Visits the Centre On March 8th some 35 members of NARMA, Northwest’s retired managers group, dropped by the museum following their regular monthly lunch meeting. This was the first visit for several of the retirees. We were pleased that a number of them volunteered to help out at future functions, etc. |
Glen Dobberpuhl, Ella Strand, Roger Johnson, Darlene Lemke, Joanne Blizek, and Bob Schon at the NARMA gathering.
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History Centre Cookbooks on Sale
The History Centre cookbook, chuck full of more than 300 receipts from our volunteers and other friends of the museum, are now available for sale. Cost if $10.00 each if picked up at the museum or we will have them mailed anywhere in the United States for an additional $2.00 per copy. The cookbooks are also available at several of Wings Financial Federal Credit Union offices.
NWAHistory.org
Be sure to check out our web pages. The pages have been substantially enhanced in the past few weeks. All of our prior newsletters are now available on the site. In the near future many of the items carried in the Gift Shop will also be made available on orders placed through the web page. Order payment will include the availability of PayPal and as well VISA & Master Card.
Historical Notes
Did you know that Japan Air Lines, on January 1, 1950, chartered a Northwest Airlines DC-4 for its first post World War II inaugural flight?
Ceremonial in nature, it followed a serpentine three-hour course over Greater Tokyo, to Osaka and then “home” to Tokyo’s Handeda Field. Enroute, it scattered thousands of leaflets proudly announcing in Japanese script “Happy New Year from the new Japan Air Lines. The plane’s 32 seats were filled with Japan Air Lines officials and other VIPs. The crew consisted of Captain John Denman, First Officer Vint Hanson, Purser Bob Chernich and Stewardess Coral Yahr.