Author: Dr. Sandy Frank
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/05
Page Numbers: 152

District VIII Report - 2003/05

Arkansas / Louisiana / New Mexico / Oklahoma / Texas

Vice President

Associate Vice Presidents

  • Buzz Averill, 11608 Singing Arrow Rd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123. Home: (505) 323-8571; Work: (505) 298-6870
  • Lester L. Barry, 4808 N. Rockwell Ave., Bethany, OK 73008-5373. Tel: (405) 789-5373
  • Max Blose, 1001 N. Betsy, Waco, TX 76706. Tel: (254) 662-5587
  • Ervin "Chick" Frierson, Box 188, Haskell, TX 79521. Tel: (817) 864-3086
  • Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt County Road 4815, Chandler, TX 75758. Tel: (903) 852-5599
  • Jim D. Marshall, Box 9092, Mission, TX 78572. Tel: (956) 585-6446
  • Randy Randolph, 4873 Fallon Pl., Dallas, TX 75227. Tel: (214) 381-7624
  • Jim Rice, 118 E. Wright Blvd., Universal City, TX 78148. Tel: (210) 945-8221
  • Ron Stanfield, 26 Oak Ridge Dr., Maumelle, AR 72113-6846. Tel: (501) 851-1697
  • Charles Stevens, 226 Delta St., Pasadena, TX 77506. Tel: (713) 473-4995
  • Ward Watts, 13415 Joor Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70818. Tel: (225) 261-5974

Frequency Coordinator

  • (North): Joe DuMond, 6731 Bridge Street, PMB-224, Ft. Worth, TX 76112. Tel: (817) 457-6685
  • (South): Gene Kent, 2811 Cork Cove, San Antonio, TX 78230. Tel: (210) 308-8043

AMA Display Coordinator

  • Karen Hopkins, 5515 Bridgeton Avenue, Arlington, TX 76018. Tel: (817) 467-9211

Please note: The new date for the Southwestern Aeromodelling Conference (SWAC) is October 3–4, 2003.

If you, your company, your special-interest group, or an AMA-chartered club would be interested in establishing a commercial trade-show display at the event, please contact me at the address above. I will provide all applications and registration information. These spaces are going fast and we expect to sell out soon. Act now if you want to be an exhibitor at this event!

The following was sent to me by Emmett R. Fry of Maumelle, Arkansas:

"Model aviation legend, icon, and all-around nice guy, H.A. Thomas has been inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame.

For more than 80 years, H.A. has been an active designer, builder, and flier of all kinds of models, including his famous Spitfire, shown here at a club meet. He was inducted into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988."

It is a tradition throughout much of the South to hold a gathering and eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. Doing so is supposed to bring luck throughout the coming year. Several AMA-chartered clubs throughout the region participated in club-sponsored flying and black-eyed-pea festivities. Below are photographs from one of these gatherings, undoubtedly assuring everyone good luck in 2003.

Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.