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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
I am adding some interesting paperwork that I have kept because of the memories they stir. Memories that come with threads of time.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
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These little bits of paper can paint a history of what it meant to be a stewardess during my time with American Airlines. Read and picture what we looked like and how we acted. I am telling you, I could hardly wait to dress in that neat, tailored uniform with the cap on my head, putting on my best smile to be of service to the air traveling population. Knowing that passengers would dress up and put their best foot forward to receive "first class service" be it in the front or rear of the plane. It was an exciting match of colorful personalities. I feel I was privileged to have been serving the public in such a special way during this period of history.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
I still have my two name plates. By now you know that I am very sentimental. Not only were we trained to know our passenger's names, but right there in front of the plane for the passengers to see were our names. "What does the A. stand for?" Many times that question was asked. "Argie"
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger letters were always rewarding for me because they validated me as a contributor. This was one of our family's core values. "Not what you get, but what you give, makes you happy." I grew up knowing that the footsteps of my life would be to give, not to take. I am saddened when my brothers and sisters of this earth's experience have not learned to embrace and appreciate this valuable lesson. "Look outward for joy, not inward to be satisfied." (Argie Hoskins) The most glorious picture is seeing the hands of giving not taking. Again, letters from my passengers told me that I was doing a pretty good job of giving. Thank you dear passengers.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
This was one of my first passenger letters.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Argie Hoskins' check ride by stewardess supervisor Peggy Warren August 3, 1957
Note the lack of excellent performance. That came later! "Anything worth having is worth working for." I was so terrified of the supervisors until I had been flying about two years and they started telling me that I would be a really fine supervisor. Perhaps I could make a career with American Airlines. I started thinking in that direction. Betty was the first one to give me the idea. I liked it. That is how I viewed myself. "As a man thinketh, so is he."
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
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Passenger Thomas Stanley
Back in those days, I was either naive or trusted everyone, because as I go through my memory items, I find that I gave out my address with regularity. At the time, I am not sure that it was a wise decision and certainly not now. The world was a safer place to live and I felt that I could discern the intent of the heart. Thomas Stanley was a good "kid" and needed a friendly smile.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
I remember the energy with which this dear man explained the organization. Good is Good!
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Military Order of the World War
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From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins Major General Irvine gave Stewardess Argie Hoskins a contest card for a given historical response to which she correctly answered.
library.truman.edu/archives/vets_memorial.htm - 17k In Memory of Our Students The World War I service flag honoring all First District Normal school students who had served in the armed forces was dedicated by President Eugene Fair on July 18, 1918, and a Soldiers Memorial Fund was established to create some type of permanent memorial to those who had died. This memorial eventually took the form of two bronze plaques which were completed and installed February 1928; one contained the text of Fair’s 1918 speech and the other the list of the honorees. A list of the Northeast Missouri State students who lost their lives and President Walter Ryle’s 1942 service flag dedication address appear on the two World War II memorial plaques. They were unveiled by four men and women representing student veterans at an Armistice Day program in Kirk Auditorium, November 11, 1948. Brigadier General Willard W Irvine’s dedicatory address was followed by taps and a 3-volley gun salute by MacDougall-Lowe American Legion Post No 20. Dedication of the Korean War memorial was held in Kirk Auditorium on Veterans Day, Nov 11 1957. Lt Col Robert L McKinney, Assistant to the President, gave the address and Janet Howell, daughter of Capt Robert Newland Howell Jr, unveiled the plaque on which her father’s name appears. The ceremony closed with taps and a 3-volley gun salute by MacDougall-Lowe American Legion Post No 20. The Viet Nam War memorial plaque, sponsored by the campus Veterans’ Club, was dedicated in a solemn Veterans Day ceremony on the Quad, Nov 11, 1980. Club President Sam Guzzo and University President Charles McClain unveiled the plaque and Bill Elmore, President of the National Organization of Concerned Veterans, gave the dedicatory address.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Loren Richard Hodge
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Probationary letter from supervisor Sally Robinson
Now Argie is a full fledged stewardess.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Letter from The White House June 1958
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Letter from The White House regarding air safety.
This is in response to my letter to them. One day in route between Tucson and LA, a military jet invaded our commercial space. The crew was concerned, as were many passengers, soooo I wrote a letter to The White House.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
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Letter from passenger Frankie Jones
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Stephen Riddle created a picture for me with a story.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Nancy Ver Burg drew a wonderful picture for me.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Richard Baldwin
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
In reply to Richard Baldwin's letter to me, C. R. Smith wrote a note.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Captain James Quinn wrote a letter about our great service. We were trained well!
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Supervisor Dotti
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Michael Hummer
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Stewardess supervisor Jan Enright LAX October 1958
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Passenger Mr. and Mrs. Don McNamara
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Jonesy October 1958
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Passenger Edith Geren December 1958
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Passenger Floris Henderson December 1958
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Robert (Bob) Cawley Sr., director and producer for NBC-TV became a friend of Argie's brother C.L. C.L. was going to acting school in Hollywood. That is another story to tell. After I had Bob on my flight, he started helping C.L. with his pursue to get into pictures. The long and the short of it is, that after C.L. joined the Army, Four Star Playhouse sent him an invitation for a contract in a series. Too late!
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
C.L. Hoskins Charles Leslie Hoskins
Vanity Fair publication
Attending Columbia acting school where Bob Cawley was a teacher.
Bob asked me if I would like to take some acting classes. I would have very much liked to have taken classes, however my plate was full of other things at the time. Acting is what I have done all my life. I am what my heart desires to be, "Act out your life in a way that your footsteps will take you where life will be remembered as good." We have a choice where our slippas will take us.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger George Lamsa
Dr. Lamsa sent me a small book of the 23rd Pslams.
Dr. Lamsa told me as he studied the Book of Mormon, he felt it to be a legitimate writing.
He was the technical advisor on the film, The Big Fisherman"
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Lamsa Web site:
Dr. George Lamsa was a native Assyrian who was shocked to find that most Christians in the West used a Greek-based Bible. To Dr. George M. Lamsa, and many other Eastern Christians, the Aramaic Bible, is the only Bible. He worked on translating the Aramaic Peshitta into English, resulting in the Lamsa Bible.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Congratulations from Beth Spain and children Monty and Nanette Spain
to Argie Hoskins for stewardess jet selection.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Bill Phillips American Airlines
Stewardesses Claire Bullock and Argie Hoskins were on the "Stop Arthritis Telethon."
Will Fowler and Bill Phillips of AA wrote to Supervisor Jeanne Folk thanking her for our participation.
My journal entry of Sunday, February 15, 1959
"Our friend Bob Cawley said that all of the NBC control unit in his particular studio was watching. There were lots of people on the program such as Jane Russell, Jerry Lewis, Lucille Ball, Billy Eckstein, John Smith (actor in The High and Mighty), Kathy Nolan(Actress), Terry Moore,(Actress), the M.C., Uncle Miltie Berle. Oh yes, should I forget, Claire Bullock and Argie Hoskins, American Airline stewardesses.
While speaking of public relations, I accepted the invitation to represent American on many occasions such as other telethons, Rotary Club meetings, and etc.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Archive for Monday, April 05, 1999
Peter Pitchess, Sheriff Who Modernized Agency, Dies
Peter J. Pitchess, the Los Angeles County sheriff who transformed the nation’s largest Sheriff’s Department from a rustic cowboy agency into a modern professional law enforcement organization, died Sunday at his home in Newport Beach. He was 87.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
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Passenger A. C. Hershatter
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Kenneth Woolley
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Passengers from North Carolina Meyer's Store
President Joseph T. Martin Southern Gentleman
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Passenger Elmira Sears from Albany, New York
First flight on a plane and here she was on the 707 Jet.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Emmett McKowan 21 February 1959
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger Helen Goldschmidt
Impressive, engaging lady.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Passenger P. Romero
September 16, 1959
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Subject: Landing Gear - Hydraulic System
Air Conditioning
Water Injection Pumps
Gauges, Instruments - Cockpit Panel
Cabin Items
Coffee Maker
Buffet Equipment
Buffet Service Door
Buffet Air Vents
Chimes
Seats
Letter from Ralph Radcliffe
Director - Stewardess Service
[PDF]
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File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLRalph Radcliffe 1957-1958. • Classification: air transportation. • Worked for 21 years as a sales representative for American Airlines in Cincinnati, ...
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Ralph Radcliffe
Director - Stewardess Service
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Ralph Radcliffe
Director - Stewardess Service
C. R. Smith described it as "the most reliable engine we have ever operated." When you consider the overall performance, and passenger reaction to our new airplanes, plus the fact that there does not seem to be any problems that are not yielding to trouble-shooting, the outlook is solidly good.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
707 BRIEFING
Stewardess Service Division
September 16, 1959
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Subject: Changes in Current Patterns of Service
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
707 BRIEFING
Stewardess Service Division
September 22, 1959
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
October 1, 1959 707 Jet Stewardess schedule
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
On Sundays after flying my way to another city, I was off and running to Church where ever I happened to be on a layover. Following are some of the places that I visited now and again.
As I reminisce, it is fun to take my mind from place to place. This morning I found another journal. When I have time. . . more to write.
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Phoenix, Arizona
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Dallas, Texas
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I lived in Westchester area for a short time.
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El Paso, Texas
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New York City
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Westwood, near UCLC
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| From American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess Argie Hoskins |
Westwood Second Ward
This is the church I attended while living in Los Angeles. The chapel is located on the same plot of ground that the Los Angeles Temple is located. The congregation was friendly and I made a lot of good friends at church. Some of which I still enjoy the relationships. I was in the same Sunday School class with Loraine Day. She was a wonderful sister in the church.
Laraine Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Laraine Day | |||
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| Born | La Raine Johnson October 13, 1920 Roosevelt, Utah | ||
| Died | November 10, 2007 (aged 87) Ivins, Utah | ||
| Years active | 1937–1986[1] | ||
| Spouse(s) | Ray Hendricks (1942–1947) Leo Durocher (1947–1960) Michael Grilikhes (1960–2007) | ||
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Laraine Day (October 13, 1920 – November 10, 2007)[1][2] was an American actress and an a former MGM contract star.
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Career
Born La Raine Johnson [3] in Roosevelt, Utah, she was a descendant of a prominent Mormon pioneer leader, and moved with her family from Utah to California, where she began her acting career with the Long Beach Players.
In 1937 she debuted onscreen in a bit part in Stella Dallas; shortly afterwards she won lead roles in several George O'Brien westerns at RKO, in which she was billed as "Laraine Hays" and then Laraine Johnson.
In 1939 she signed with MGM, going on to become popular and well-known (billed as Laraine Day) as "Nurse Mary Lamont", the title character's fiancee in a string of seven "Dr. Kildare" movies beginning with Calling Dr. Kildare (1939), with Lew Ayres in the title role.
Her roles for other studios were often far more stimulating than those MGM gave her, including a prominent supporting part in the Irish melodrama My Son, My Son! She starred in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Foreign Correspondent (1940) with Joel McCrea, and the psychological mystery The Locket (1946) with Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, and Gene Raymond. She was paired opposite major film stars, including Lana Turner, Cary Grant, and John Wayne, and hosted a TV show alternately called Daydreaming with Laraine or The Laraine Day Show (1951).
Personal life
She was married to Ray Hendricks from 1942 to 1947, then to the baseball manager Leo Durocher from 1947 to 1960, while she would sometimes be referred to as "the first lady of baseball". While Durocher was managing the New York Giants, Day wrote a book with the punning title Day With the Giants (1952).
Shortly after her divorce from Durocher, Day married television producer Michael Grilikhes in 1960. She and Grilikhes had two daughters, Dana (b. 1962) and Gigi (b. 1964). After their births, Day rarely appeared in films, and only occasionally appeared on TV, portraying matronly types. Day was devoted to the raising of her two daughters, and largely retired from film and television to spend time with her family and be active in her church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
Hollywood Walk of Fame
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Laraine Day has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6676 Hollywood Blvd.
Death
Laraine Day died on November 10, 2007 in Ivins, Utah, aged 87, at the home of her daughter, Gigi Bell, according to her publicist, Dale Olson. Day had moved back to her native Utah in March 2007 following the death of her third husband. According to IMDb the cause of death was cancer, but there is no other evidence to support this. Most other sources have cited "natural causes".[citation needed]
Selected filmography
- My Son, My Son! (1939)
- Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
- I Take This Woman (1940)
- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
- The Bad Man (1941) with Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, and Ronald Reagan
- The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
- Unholy Partners (1941) with Edward G. Robinson
- Fingers at the Window (1942)
- Journey for Margaret (1942) with Robert Young and Fay Bainter
- Mr. Lucky (1943) with Cary Grant
- The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
- The Locket (1946) with Robert Mitchum
- Tycoon (1947) with John Wayne
- I Married a Communist (1949) with Robert Ryan
- My Dear Secretary (1949)
- Without Honor (1949)
- The High and the Mighty (1954) with John Wayne
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