The Hostesses dancing...Back Row left to right are Deborah Franklin, Jill Allen (now Cohn), and Sandra Anderson. Front row, second from left is Sally Glenn. Far right, I believe, is CJ Bostic, but hard to tell without a better angle. All of them except CJ were in the first hostess class with me. I believe CJ was in the second or third class that year, our first Black Hostess. What a hoot she was. I wonder if she is still flying the line? If you ever took a trip with her, you never forgot it.
Debbie Muse (again)
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It definitely was Bachman Lake. It was lunchtime, and the employees came over from the office which was on the airport side of the lake. This was before Bachman was renovated and improved. Those of you who were not with SWA in the first 5 years probably don't remember that Bachman does not look today like it did then. Turtle Creek would have been way too far to go, and Dad would not have wanted to take that long for lunch! I sent this to Camille Keith and she will be able to fill in the blanks for everyone.
Debbie Muse
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Seeing this has brought me to my knees in tears. Thank you, Nancy Keene for sending this to me. The beautiful woman standing next to my father and presenting the ""#1 Lover" award is my mother, Juanice Muse. Mom died 2 years after this photo was taken of lung cancer. Most of you do not know that it was my mother who designed the first hostess uniform, with the help of Randy Randazzo, and Lorch of Dallas made them. I was in the first Hostess Class, and was at the first birthday. When the ad folks wanted the neckline of our sweater to be about an inch lower, my mom put her foot down, and said "No, my 20 year old daughter will be wearing that! The Hotpants are sufficient!". What's really cool is that my mom had such great legs, she could have easily worn that uniform and would have looked great in it. Only a few of you will remember Juanice, but those who knew her were blessed by her involvement in the early days. I was 23 when she died, and am now 58, but not a day goes by that I don't think of her. As for my dad, Lamar, he left this world to be with the Lord on 2-5-07, just two years ago. With the country in the mess it is in today, and the airlines in the dumps, I wish I could ask him, Lamar, what would you do if you were still running Southwest? I shutter to think what he would say. Again, many of you know exactly what I am talking about. He was a man of words.
These days, every time I board a SWA flight to SAT or AUS, I remember my days there as a Hostess, and the legacy that my mom and dad created for me there. I will always hold SWA and its employees in my heart because you are a link to my past. Love to you all!!!
Debbie Muse, Class of June, 1971
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