This typically masculine decision got very much in the hair of blue-eyed Mrs. Betty Huyler Gillies, Long Island society matron and transport pilot. Last week she sent a message to CAA: lift that ban.

Starting in 1971 with her UPDAC work, which planted trees in the Urbana and Champaign downtown areas, Mrs. Gillies had a profound impact on the parks and community in Urbana and central Illinois.